sandhya patel. doppler 7 because the showers are still going and it is not just the rain showers. we are going to get you in closer to them how to -- timeout hamilton. they are seeing the snow. pretty cool stuff right around highway 35 around the san mateo county peninsula area. page mill road we are seeing the wintry mix. as we go around to other parts of the bay area snow showers closer to sea level starting to get picked up along with some hail. there have been reports of snow around bodega bay. don't be surprised if you do see some down to the valley floor. a light snore through -- a light storm through this afternoon. the area of low pressure is going to drop down and the intensity and coverage will pick up.

more rain across the region. intensity at 1:00 a.m. is going to go. winter weather advisory up to two inches between 8000 to 2000 the for the santa cruz mountains and the santa clara county hills. we are talking about it becoming a winter storm warning for the hilltop shaded and a pink until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. i will be back with a closer look as to how long this is going to last. >> team coverage on this of winter. sac fuentes is in the south bay. >> hang and a second but highway 10 one is temporarily closed in the northbound direction. pg&e crews are repairing a power line damaged by a large tree in menlo park. the crews will close south 101 following the northbound closure. crews expect to reopen the

highway by 6:00 tonight. the power outage impacting people in menlo park and east palo alto. everything is shut down for the repairs. some people have been without power since tuesday. w nearly 20,000 bay area customers currently without power. the majority of the residences and businesses are in the peninsula and the south bay. > roads leading to like observatory on mount hamilton are closed due to dangerous conditions. the observatory got two inches overnight and the storm coming is expected to dump 33 inches more. almost three feet before it is done. we also saw a lot of snow in the santa cruz mountains. >> that is where we find zach fuentes. i don't see any snowballs.

>> there is not much evidence left of the snowfall that came down this morning but you can ask anyone who lives in this era -- this area. we are at a lower elevation right now. it didnow. something thas thrilled who live in this area and other parts throughout the bay area. s the santa cruz mountains. this video shong you how much of the area was impacted by snow. >> very and sly items. it is just gorgeous. >> the rare dusting of snow had everyone in all. inspired this couple to see it for themselves. >> we took a drive over the mountains highway nine. we were surprised to see the snow over there. 12 miles from home -- i live in san jose. you never expect it to snow but it is snowing up there. >> locals we spoke with we just as taken with the snow as those who came in from out of town. >> first time i have seen snow

in long time in california. me and my girlfriend woke up at 3:00 in the morning and it was coming down. it was prey nice. >> the snow accumulating throughout thursday afternoon but much of it was gone by midday. locals did not waste any time preparing for power outages. something they already endured for a short time when they woke up in the morning. >> taking pictures. for the short time enjoying although i did not have any power i was on generator power for the whole time. >> the snowplows work throughout theight to clear roads. the snow brought other disruptions to some of the santa cruz menton communities. traffic was blocked early in the morning when a pickup truck spun out hitting a guardrail. most locals agree it has been a treat to have this rare view right in their own backyard.

>> it beats trying to drive up to the sierras. >> they did not have to travel for the beautiful views. we will see if they feel like that later on. more snow is expected this evening. a w is in effect until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> residents living in the oakland hills woke up to a let dusting of snow early this morning. here is ho it looked at 8:00. snow fell at the 1250 foot level for about 40 minutes. let's chk in with unser huston. >> don't be deed by the sun. the sun is out but it is still really cold here in the oakland hills. earlier this morning a little bit of rain. something we do not often see. the snow >> my husband was not awake yet patty morning at hersnowing. house in the oakland hills.

she shared this view of the snow as it came down. >> people say they're not seasons in california. there e. it is not like the midwest. but it is unknown usual. -- it is unusual. it is fun and different. >> thursday morning snowfall was light compared to what could come thursday night to the east bay hills could it up to a few inches of snow in elevations above 2000 feet. crazy to see snow this kind of year? >> very crazy. it is cold in the hills. >> david bishop is with oakland department of transportation. he is part of the many crews canvassing the area. they are preparing the hills ahead of the cold front moving in. snow is not the only issue they are facing. >> we are appeared doing our mechanical storm cleaning. throughout the hills in skyline boulevard. >> it happens every 10, 15 yea but it is pretty unusual.

>> joshua davies comes out to redwood regional park for a run even in the rain but earlier in the morning it was not raining late snowfall that impacted the roads. this is video of his drive along skyline boulevard in oakland. >> as i was driving on skyline the snow really started to come down and i was surprised it started to stick to the ground and i saw some people pulling over trying to collect snowballs. not a whole lot of snow to collect but it was fun seeing. >> as i have been telling you the storm will bring winter like conditions that could mean limited visibility, downed trees and pg&e is warning residents to be repaired for the possibility of more power outages. >> the weather has caused the oakland zoo to cancel the nighttime lantern festival. it had been extended after a major sinkhole caused it to be

canceled in january. >> the snow and wind combined for gusty conditions in mount tam. there is how it looked from our tower camera just after noon today. snowflakes blowing sideways. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is five in santa rosa were the biggest storm over the arriving same. >> i have not warned these gloves in years but today i definitely need them. it is cold and windy here. some of the highest peaks in santa rosa get seven inches of snow overnight and more is on the way. neighbors in mill valley stepped outside to a hailstorm thursday morning. the day lose of tiny pellets lasted for several minutes before falling away. sky the dog was living it. he experienced snow for the first time. several inches of snow fell overnight get the face of mount

st. helena was covered in fresh snow. stayed shred that at a clouds most of the day take out the flurries from our tam camera. several inches of snow is predicted here at the sure to draw a crowd to check it out. >> it is exciting especially somewhere does not happen often. it is a lot cheaper to go and see the snow than to drive to tahoe and fend a -- and spend a fortune in that endeavor. if you are trying to get up here to see the snow, park at a lower elevation and hike. will be ch safer than driving up. >> at petaluma rain not snow made for slick roadways on 101 -- 111. chp urging everyone to slow down. definitely slow down. keep in mind places like marin county don't really have slow pillows -- not really have snowplows. if there is significant close down panoramic highwayo

mporary. if you do check out the snow, don't forget your gloves. live in santa rosa. >> glad you still have yours. >> need a scarf now.we will dre. > it is even colder -- >> thank you. >> he will need that if he goes to the sierra. i weigh 50 at echo summit at the 8200 foot level. plenty of snow falling and here is how it looked near brockway not too far from king's speech at lake level. hard to drive there. that is for sure. you can keep track of weather conditions and access the same live doppler 7 our team uses when ever you want available on demand on the abc 7 the area at. >> snow in a blizzard warning in southern california. we will have more on theild weather throughout the state.

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we will have more on the snow and what is ahead in a few minutes. first we are talking the oakland mayor. >> the mayor is turning us live this afternoon. thanks for spending time with us. let's dive right in because it has been a busy two months. let's start with the recent news and crisis. the ransomware attack on the computers. how is the investigation going and how confident are you the city will be able to prevent other attacks in the future? >> i know it is completely frustrating. i'm equally frustrated. previously there has not been any investments into our i.t. department but i can assure you under this administration will be investing to ensure this will never happen again. i'm positive a situation like this will not occur again once we are through with upgrading our i.t. department. our city team is working around-the-clock. they are trying to resolve and making strong progress every day. we are focused on fixing the

problems. i am very optimistic we can get back to business as usual. >> please keep us posted on the upgrades. i want to talk about the firing of police chief armstrong. you're getting a lot of criticism and pushback over the decision. did you anticipate you might get protests and recall threats? >> look, at the end of the day i have great respect for chief armstrong. again, unfortunately i no longer have confidence he can continue to do what is needed to reform the police department. the federal judge overseeing the city -- we are in the federal oversight said he was profoundly disappointed. the independent report demonstrated significant cultural problems in the department. we have a lot of work on our hands and i'm focused on doing that work and that is reforming opd system of internal investigations of the situation and potentially incorporating a civilian component into investigations as well.

i know that there -- we have heard from a number of community leaders they understand and support my decision. i understand some folks will feel differently. that is ok. for me i am always going to put oaklanders at the forefront pair the residents and businesses as well. we are moving forward in that way. >> i have a few more questio regarding the oakland a's. they have been very quiet lately. you have not said much about the situation. billy thing we have heard is commission around manfred said he has yet to talk to you about a project that is six to $12 billion. are you going to talk to the commissioner sometime soon and what is your sense or level of confidence phase will remain in oakland? >> i continue to one to keep the a's in our town. i understand they have had talks with other cities. regardless we want to upgrade our infrastructure to make our city more sustainable and safer. i'm going to fight for the funding. i've been talking directly

today's. those have been good conversations. this is been a long standing issue for many years before i became mayor and we are going to keep working together to forge a path forward. >> one of the hangups has been the infrastructure money the city proposal said they would have or the city would have. it does not appear all that money is available. how do you bridge that gap? going to ask again what is your level of confidence you can keep the a's here. >> the way we bridge the gap is to have these hard conversations with the oakland a's like i stated i am fighting every time i am in d.c. to ensure we have the infrastructure funding so we can move forward with this project. in regards to whether or not -- how i feel about the way we are moving forward i am very up listing. -- i'm very optimistic. >> the first

devastating fire. what can you tell us about that? >> such a devastating tragedy for a tightknit and long-standing community. i have the honor of visiting last sunday. for me it fell on the energy in that space, just being in the building itself walking into a historical building where people who were turned away from having an education. people of color were turned away for having an education where they were educated in that space felt really strong and so for me the mayor's office is going to help them make sure they rebuild and recover from this. folks can also join in. they do have a gofundme account and it is on their website. california state of emergency declaration will end next week so what is the city of oakland doing and are you ending the city public health emergency? >> we are going to be able to resume in person council and commission meeting starting next

week. we will be in a hybrid form. the hybrid option is going to be completely important because we need to have the ability to be in person and hybrid for our constituency. that will be some setting along with the states. there planning on opening city hall so stay tune for all that information and how we are activating the public spaces for city hall as well. for the city of oakland right now in the main future -- in the future? >> i ran for mayor and we had big challenges that has been underscored by my first few weeks any office but i set an ambitious goal for more affordable housing for oaklanders so that is number one. obviously public safety paired public safety ties into safer streets, cleaner streets. ensuring we have those resources. and of course activation of public spaces in cleaning up our streets. i am excited we will be announcing pretty soon as well

our first annual one oakland spring cleaning. look forward to that update. >> we look forward to that. thanks for spending part of your afternoon with us, mayor. >> talk to you soon. >> california's computer education does not compute with some people. the changes that could be happening. >> the bay area woman working to build a better bay area one building

>> no snow but it is cold out there. we have seen 70 shots of snow from various locations. it is so captivating because it is so rare here. >> if only we could get some snow at sea level in the city. i don't think that is going to happen but the level is going to come down really low. >> it is already there. we have seen snow in boulder creek to 500 feet. looking back at previous years there have and a handful of times we have seen snow near sea level. it is a small possibility but i think i can still happen. don't let your guards down. i want to show you snow that is fallen from ever suffer covert camera.

the intensity of the snow will continue to pick up. chain controls leading up to mountains. best to hold off on traveling because we are but winter storm warning until 4:00 a.m. on saturday. 326 feet above 3000 feet. went to three feet at lower elevations. difficult to impossible travel. we are seeing a mixture of showers and showers across highway 128. taking you all the will toward point arena. we are seeing some of that wintry mix as we look at mount st. helena. we are certainly seeing snow in the hills above calistoga. between mount hamilton and livermore we are seeing the white stuff. mount tam cam showing you clouds overhead. snow and rain increasing in coverage. under chance and other frigid night ahead with wintry mix continuing tomorrow. temperatures in the 40's and

50's. we have a few areas in the 30's. well below average for this time of year and the winds are getting to pick up out of the south gusting for 25 between nine miles per hour until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. could cause some issues so be aware of that. hour-by-hour were the winds picking up in intensity at 11:00 p.m. you are over 30 miles per hour scattered showers, breezy conditions. snow over the hills. it becomes a two tonight through tomorrow morning widespread rain and we are looking at dusky weather. the snow will be increasing. hail and thunderstorms are possible to the showers remain scattered the intensity in the coverage ends to pick up at 8:00. at midnight we are seeing more of the wintry mix. snow as possible lower elevations down to the valley floors so don't be surprised do

see that especially heading toward tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon still some scattered showers. the showers will linger into saturday morning before they move out of here. renfro estimates for most of you have inch category. we do have a freeze warning for inland areas in the hills and a frost advisory for the coast bay shoreline echoes of from midnight until 9:00 a.m.. go 30's to upper 30's depending on where you are. protect your pets, points and outer pipes. temperatures mid-20's around ukiah lakeport should most other areas in the low 30's below 40's. the heavy coat and the ring gear. wendy as well tomorrow with a mixture of sour -- of showers and snow. a level two for your friday. cold start, wintry mix. saturday have the chill in the air any the morning. a level one with a mixed precip and rain return sunday.

keeping it unsettled through early next week >>. that is your minneapolis forecast. >> might as well be. in february we do get snow. i have seen it happen in the last few decades. what is where is the winter storm warning. the snow levels are so low. 500 feet we are seeing snow reports. >> windy rainy and snowy altogether. >> at least you give us the information so we can be well prepared >> storm coverage continues. snow in hollywood would and across the state. >> a blizzard warning and a some unusual places and wild

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> interesting. snow like getting the bay area hills. this video chopard sky 7 showing enough snow that was sticking and piling up. >> in the south bay not as much snow. look at the drawing view. your snout there was not more snow? i think the people on the freeway were happy. a dusting of snow on the trees. >> deeper snow in mendocino county. this video was shot this morning along highway 101. we are seeing snow across parts of the state. >> 60 million americans remain under winter weather alerts as extreme conditions and storms continue to march across the country. >> alex stone has the latest. >> from portland oregon to city south dakota record amounts of crippling snow. 25 states are under alerts for

blizzards. heavy snow, strong wind, ice and bitter windchill. over 60 million americans impacted by those alerts right now and it is still snowing. all of it moving south and east. the storm that hit oregon wednesday now swinging south into california prompting the first blizzard warnings and a los angeles county in over 30 years. >> this is the first time i have seen snow like this coming down like this hard and at this level of elevation. southern california but the heaviest snow is expected friday into the weekend. the california highway patrol is telling drivers to have food and water under their cars and their cars in case they get stuck. highways would likely get shut down change l.a. area drivers are not used to driving in snow. > we'll most never see this. >> already a light dusting of snow around the hollywood sign. all of the weather is impacting flights. portland and minneapolis with the most cancellations.

these snowplows at the minneapolis airport trying to keep up. any the southeast at it is record heat. 40 degrees warmer than normal in some areas orlando seeing temperatures any the 90's. new orleans, 83. mcallen texas hit 98 degrees on wednesday. dakotas were below zero. over a 100 degree temperature difference in the continental u.s. >> it is all weird. it is cold and rainy into tonight which means more snow. >> sandhya patel working overtime these days. >> there are storms to talk about it let's take a look the california met. was warnings down south and in the sooner nevada. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow p.m. saturday for southern california. you will notice they are already

seeing some of the wintry weather. snowfall totals for parts of southern california in the two to five foot category above 4000 feet. we are seeing a mixture of showers and snow. as we get you a little closer to where it is snowing on mount hamilton in the hills just southeast of livermore we are seeing the snow showers and as we hand around to other parts of the bay area note as it is not just snow showers that we are seeing some showers right around highway 80 to into the san bruno. keep those umbrellas handy and i will be back with a look at another weather forecast coming up later on. >> an update now. highway 101 still closed in menlo park. delays were -- lanes of a closed for pg&e crews to repair a power line damaged by a large tree. this is a live shot of the freeway. you have to get the power back on to thousands of people in

menlo park and east palo alto. some have and without electricity since tuesday. it is going to >> get so cold. california as one of the few states that does not require high school students be taught computer science. >> there is a bill in sacramento that would include sacramento among 27 other states that already do. lian melendez tells us the next step is to begin hiring more teachers in that field. the >> name of the san francisco high school speaks to itself -- speaks for itself. galileo. >> usually they ask me ap computer science. >> in 2015 this will board voted to begin teaching computer science at all san francisco public schools from preschool to 12th grade. salesforce has been the main set order in stem and computer science education should >> students are going into a world where everything they are doing is on some sort of device.

so i think it is important for students to learn about how that technology works. >> 25% of public high schools in california do not allow -- do not offer an computer science uses. >> 27 states already require at least every high school have access to computer science. there are five states that already have computer science as a graduation requirement. >> those five states are nevada, south carolina, arkansas, tennessee and nebraska. assembly member mark furman representing menlo park has introduced a bill to ensure every student in the state have access to computer science. >> we have such a huge shortfall in terms of employees going into these positions. californians that have the skills we need for cybersecurity positions or for coding positions. >> while the bill will take time to make it through sacramento he hopes to see this kind of access

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warning in the bay area was 2011. it ended up snowing in the sum of the hills in san francisco. we spent many years back east. what is your reaction to snow here? >> my reaction was this was going to be my first full winter without snow coverage, thinking about it, enjoying california and here rico. >> but we wanted to welcome you and make you feel at home. >> i ran away from it an never want to see it again unless i am in tahoe. hopefully everyone enjoys it, is safe and try not to drive in it. >> good thing is it does not stick. it is gone after a little while. >> unless you are over the peaks and then you have but sticking for a little while. >> let's talk more about being in california. apparently we have the shortest attention spans in the u.s. a survey bay and online gaming

app found 67% of californians frequently use their phones while watching tv. 60% of them use them on the toilet. please, larry. nwho is guilty of at least two of those four things? it see the sky. -- see this guy. >> we are on your phone just now? >> she attacked me. i do not use the phone in the bathroom. i don't know who does. anybody that wants to out themselves feel free, kristen. are you surprised b those things? >> i do watch tv with my phone. >> i'm not surprised and i will tell you why because when you have kids and you are multitasking i find myself doing that because otherwise you cannot keep up with everybody's messages and stuff. >> how nice is it -- have you

just put the phone away at dinner said we are not taking our phones out? we do not use our phones at dinner. >> if it feels good -- you connect. you feel better with the people you are with. >> not allowed on game nights either. speaking of connecting, national drink wine day was earlier this week. nonalcoholic beverages are trending. for many january is dry every year. i'm of the past for years dry is year-round especially gen z years from august 2021 to august 2022 sales of nonalcoholic beer and wine went up more than 20% to >> joining us is brian mcmonagle founder and president of indy weight in beer bar in san francisco. thank you for joining us. not only did you provide wine that we have all kinds of food here. kristen wrestled the pizza away from me but i got the shark you to reboard.

>> i am a to alcohol so a great alternative. how do you get this nonalcoholic but it tastes like it has one? >> glad you guys enjoyed it. it is definitely a new trend. it is a process that has been developed over the past 10 years. to make it as a real wine and then remove the alcohol. it is as close as possible to the real thing. >> interesting. the ladies will joke about this but in general i'm philosophically opposed to wine or anything nonalcoholic but was stunned when i tasted it. are you getting more requests for nonalcoholic wine at your bar? >> we certainly are. it is definitely a trend around the country. you guys mentioned dry january. dry january brought it on this year.

we had so many requests over the bar in early january. -- in jerry drain away. -- in early january. when we sent you is by far the one we found. >> at indy wine and beer bar what percentage of your customers would you say opt for the nonalcoholic? >> it is tiny but rising. 10%. four or 5%. definitely growing. a lot of people don't drink wine at all but also people who occasionally don't want to drink wine so they will opt for something without alcohol for a certain evening. >> so you have some food you think goes well with nonalcoholic wine. >> absolutely. we have been working on pairings with this wine. we tasted everything earlier you guys are enjoying. >> real quick i don't know

whether it is a cause and effect thing here but when we were in the real throws, the early stages of the pandemic you could not find beer, wine. people were drinking everything they could get their hands on. do you think you are seeing the reversal now we are coming out of this pandemic state and people are going i don't need the alcohol? >> it is a good point they probably had too much alcohol during the pandemic so this is a little bit of a result of that. i'm sure that is not a coincidence. >> i will add that this nonalcoholic wine -- it is sparkling wine by the way. tastes like the real thing. that is incredible. i would enjoy this. >> kristen has taken all of my food here. where is your bar located? right down the street from you guys on 175 green street between buttrey and samson. you guys are neighbors. >> i will see you in five minutes. >> he wants the real thing.

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>> abc7news is celebrating black history month and high letting people working to build a better bay area. in the beat -- in the east bay one woman has been doing that for decades. at the age of 80 she has no intention of stopping. >> how she is building homes and

a legacy. ♪ >> thank you. ♪ west oakland it is all about building. not just this new apartment building but legacy, community and wealth. >> i feel like i quit one more -- i put one more footstep in the sand of time. > this is the woman behind it. dealing brown. she named the building going up the black panther. do you feel like this is a continuation of that legacy? >> i absolutely do. >> elaine brown served as chair of the black the party, an organization founded in oakland in 1966 dedicated to fighting for housing, health care, food,

employment and education for the black community. now brown says that work will continue in this building. what makes you proudest when you stand here? >> to know that this community that is predominately black that has been abandoned has been destroyed in its beauty from 7th street from esther's and slim jenkins supper club and we may resurrect the spirit. >> between the 1940's and 1960's 7th street in west oakland competed with san francisco's fillmore district for the title of harlem of the west its bustling music scene and black-owned businesses. several urban renewal projects uprooted the black community. for more than 30 years the slot stayed vacant until the nonprofit ground founded oakland in the world enterprises get a license from the city of oakland to develop it. brown s set her sights on a

buildin with businesses and affordable housing. the biggest challenges, the $80 million price tag. >> nobody knows how i did it. i don't even know how i did it but i forced my way into the system to get enough money to do this. > worthen have the money to build the 79 units came from the state. all the units will be for people with low income and brown says the ground floor be a commercial space with four businesses owned by people formerly incarcerated or economically marginalized. brown made it a priority t higher black contractors to build the black panther. antoine long is a project manager and says it is something you don't see a lot. >> it is very significant. it means a lot. when people see that, they get a different sense of i can do that. i can be there. it can be possible.

>> the building is not set to be finished until 2024 but oakland and the world is already working with prospective residents. misty crossed into in king, actavis who occupied a vacant home in the area for two months to highlight the housing crisis are part of the team engaging with them every week. >> it gives them an opportunity to be part of oakland's development as we see all these nice buildings going up your they are unaffordable for us. to see a nice project being affordable for like people to live in is a great opportunity. >> at 80 years old brown says she never imagined she would be doing this. >> i did not even think i would be a live past 30. we all thought we were going to die but we did not. if you did not die, i had a duty excuse me to remember why did i start the work of the black panther party? i have to hold onto it and do what i can as an individual. >> continuing the black panther legacy while building a new one.

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>> it appears even birds of prey are enjoying this bay area snow.

sky 7 captured this video of a bald eagle. what a gorgeous site for us to see. you might want to be flying the coop and had somewhat warmer. abc 7 reporter reena roy has some ideas that could be cheaper then you might think. >> dreaming about a big trip this year? going.com is out with their list of where to go in 2023 that focuses on interesting locations that are less expensive. >> we pick not just the most popular spots on the map but places we think have a interesting exciting promise for 2023. >> going.com cofounder scott k's says there are two european countries where prices have gone down recently. >> ireland and portugal are two that or not the cheapest places to fly to in europe in 2019 but

have added a ton of capacity over the past 12 or 18 months. now they are consistently the cheapest places to fly to in europe. >> while travel to japan has been curtailed over the last few years he thinks that will change. rebound and a big way. you're going to see well over two or 300 cheaper flights popping up to japan as a lot of airlines try to capture that demand. >> other places include norway, tahiti, nova scotia and new york city. for the more adventurous there are some less well-known places like a ne-yo, laos and let the winnie appeared >> when i think back at all the different countries i visited with the winnie a is one that stands out. a ton of promise but not yet a ton of tourists. >> catch station 19 followed by grey's anatomy, the company to

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building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> it. a rare bad area has brought a blanket of winter white today. this is just the start of what is to come up with more snow, rain and cold temperatures on the way as we head into the evening. thank for joining us. >> that snow is testing all parts of the bay area and even the lower elevations are seeing it. and just wait until tomorrow. >> just crazy. we have live coverage with zach fuentes showing us the conditions along highway 17 at the santa cruz mountains, as well as the peninsula, where