More than 600 customers are in the dark as of 1 p.m. Sunday, according to PG&E. This comes following a winter storm in the Bay Area.
Expect scattered showers in the Bay Area Sunday and heavy snow continues to hit the Sierra. Lake Tahoe area is under a blizzard warning. Here are the latest updates.Caltrans said Highway 50 reopened at 8:52 a.m. Sunday after an earlier snowslide at Echo Summit.
Temperatures in some spots in the Bay Area could drop close to freezing Saturday night to Sunday morning as this storm continues to roll through the region. This round of cold air has prompted places across the Bay Area to open warming shelters. For those staying the shelters, they say they save lives.
The shelter at the church isn't the only place opening its doors. In Sonoma, the city is opening its warming center for those who need it. A tornado warning, a rarity in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast, was issued Saturday evening by the National Weather Service. If outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, forecasters advised moving to the closest substantial shelter.Three special shelters will open Sunday in Santa Cruz County to protect the homeless from a severe weather system and possible flooding, officials said.
Interstate 80, remained closed Saturday over Donner Summit. The dangerous winter storm was slamming the Sierra with rare blizzard conditions, creating a bone-chilling mess. Trucks on Interstate 80 were stranded in heavy snow.Renee Adelmann from Marin County is riding out the blizzard in South Lake Tahoe.
Caltrans announced the closure of State Route 9 from Sanborn Road to Redwood Gulch Road near Saratoga in Santa Clara County after it was blocked by debris due to an unstable hillside, according to a Friday press release. Individuals who are unhoused are advised moving to their nearest shelter, if possible, officials said. The county said some shelters have expanded capacity on a first-come, first-served basis.The National Weather Service issued an avalanche warning for the eastern Sierra slopes between Virginia Lakes and Bishop Creek. The NWS says a HIGH avalanche danger is expected in the backcountry through 7 p.m. Sunday.and the closure of Interstate 80.
And the storm was already threatening to take out his home's power early in the evening. "We had a very close call earlier where we started to lose power, but luckily didn't. It just flashed and came back," explained Davis. "I think right now we're probably getting two or three inches an hour probably. So yeah - it's coming in.
Road conditions have been changing by the hour. Caltrans has a checkpoint set up in Applegate making sure big rig drivers have chains for the journey. But some truckers forgot to pack them.Trucker Jason Dal Bianco is headed to Salt Lake City. Multiple lanes are closed in both directions. Officials are advising those traveling to seek alternative routes.I-80 closed in both directions over Donner Summit due to low visibility, high winds, CHP saysWestbound traffic is being turned around at the Nevada state line and eastbound traffic is being turned around at Drum Forebay.There is no estimated time of reopening.All lanes are closed on northbound Highway 9 due to a mudslide in Santa Clara County, according to Caltrans.
City officials said food brought by registrants that is ready to eat and does not require refrigeration is allowed. There is no available cooking, meal service or kitchen access at the center. It was a similar story in Truckee overnight. Video taken between 1 and 3 a.m. shows snow plows already out working to clear the roads after the area was slammed with snow overnight.
The most powerful Pacific storm of the season is forecast to bring up to 10 feet of snow into the Sierra Nevada by the weekend, forcing residents to take shelter and prompting Yosemite National Park and at least one Lake Tahoe ski resort to close. Milpitas resident Jason Ting was boarding in Tahoe this past weekend. "I'm staying away from that this weekend I think there's like 5-8 feet of snow," Ting said. And he's not wrong.
The approaching cold wet, weather has some North Bay communities gearing up to help their most vulnerable populations stay warm and dry during the storm.Ojebola is making sure that about 100 of his unhoused clients are getting a hot lunch. "I'm actually trying to get to a place where I can get a warm drink, coffee until I can go back there," Reville said.
Escaping the rain and cold is what Reville will try to do this weekend. He just relocated to Santa Rosa from Pennsylvania. "Our snow survey today, we recorded a depth of about 47.5 inches, about four feet we are standing on. And a snow water content of 18 inches. That's about a foot and a half," said Andy Reising, an engineer with California Department of Water Resources. "If you took 48 inches and melted it down, that's essentially 18 inches of liquid water."
Winds could reach speeds of between 30-40 mph on Thursday while rain will intensify into Friday and continue throughout the weekend. Between 1.5-2 inches are forecast for San Francisco. Road conditions in the Sierra foothills are expected to deteriorate rapidly on Friday as a blizzard warning is in effect from 4 a.m. Thursday to 10 a.m. Sunday. Driving conditions are forecast to be "nearly impossible," according to the Weather Service. Drivers are urged not to travel in the area. Closures are anticipated on Interstate Highway 80 and U.S. Highway 50.
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