Tonight, a break in the severe winter weather
as we prepare for another storm to hit.
The recent storm brought with it heavy snow.
Take a look at this video in Homewood
where residents saw more than three
feet of fresh snow in the past few days.
The snow blanketed the area so thickly
you can't even see where the road is.
The situation looks the same near
heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe.
Dangerous road conditions chaos ensued over
the weekend as skiers flocked to the resort,
but the heavy snowfall put a damper on those.
Plans cars trapped in snow as you see
a Jeep in the background spinning and
rolling down the hill out of control.
Thousands of PG&E customers in the
foothills are still in the dark tonight.
Some have been in the
dark for an entire week.
According to the PG&E website,
some areas are estimated to get
the power back by tomorrow night.
Good evening.
We are working to get answers tonight.
I'm Chris Thomas.
I'm Laura painter.
Thank you for joining us.
We continue to see the winter
storms impacting people,
especially in the foothills.
Many have been without heat and
power and food for days now.
That's why 13 counties across the
state have been under a state
of emergency since Wednesday,
but other counties facing
the same conditions have not.
Tonight, ABC 10 investigative
reporter Andy Jackson has a look
at why some counties were not added
to the list and what it takes to
be under a state of emergency.
Yeah, Chris, people have been
telling us that we they've been
calling us with some frustration.
So we began looking into this story,
and we received a dozen emails from people.
Especially in Placer County,
struggling with those harsh
impacts of the storms and feelings,
frustrated about not getting
the support they say they need.
While Nevada County,
just a few miles away,
has been under a state of
emergency and has efforts to add,
plaster county only just began this
Friday after we began investigating.
Now we found the county's Board of
Supervisors have to 1st declare a
local state of emergency before it
can be elevated to a state level.
But some residents in Placer County.
They're frustrated and felt left in the dark,
quite literally, as many have no power.
That's ridiculous.
We had no power for seven days.
We have a lot of people.
In a lot of trouble we will do what
we can and everybody has rallied,
but it's almost unconscionable to me.
That there hasn't even been a
thought that maybe we need help.
Plot who has gone without power,
heat, and even had her car
flattened by a tree that fell over
from the heavy snow. Now, what do
officials in Placer County have to say?
And what kinds of resources cause could
residents in the county be getting soon?
Well, that's coming up at 6:30.
We'll make sure to bring all
those details, but my goodness,
Andy, we know Jamie is not alone.
This is a scary time for so many
people. How is she doing tonight?
Yeah, well, she's still frustrated,
actually. The carport her other
car was under his now collapse.
She's yet again trapped.
So just kind of. She said it's
almost getting to a comical point,
but it is of course, frustrating.
So hopefully there's some change with
that state of emergency and definitely
a scary situation.
Our Andy Judson reporting
live in the studio tonight.
Thank you. Thanks.
Well, many of you have been wondering
why El Dorado County wasn't
included in the state of emergency
due to weather complications.
We asked and the county has
answered those questions.
The Sheriff's Office did proclaim
a local emergency for the county,
but the county does not meet the criteria.
With the state of emergency,
officials do want to stress that
California Office of Emergency Service
is continuing to receive damage
reports and is making assessments
which are based on damage to government
and non government entities.
The county would then be included
if damage met the criteria.
This afternoon we had some rain in
the valley but it did not last long.
The sun even made an appearance
in some places. And Monica.
I know the Kings are playing tonight
at Golden one center around 7:00 or so.
How are things looking? For the game,
while we're still
tracking some severe weather in and
around the valley, so we'll get to that.
As you can see, our winter storm warning
still in effect until 10:00 AM on Wednesday,
so we've now extended that past
tomorrow and into Wednesday morning.
An additional 1 to 36 inches of snow
still coming and it's still snowing.
And the higher elevations,
there's those lightning
strikes right around Chico,
so it's for Butte County and
parts of Tehama County.
We were tracking severe weather,
some hail in the valley and some
hail in the foothills as well.
Still some isolated storms out there.
You can see some heavier.
Rain moving just off to the east of Lodi
and through Copperopolis and Sonora.
Higher up it is snow once again.
That snow level has been sticking
close to about 2500 feet and just
slightly above that Pollock Pines
still with snow just above Forest Hill,
Blue Canyon,
Truckee all with on and off snow showers
and that continues as well north of I-80.
This low pressure system
does not want to let go.
It hangs on through at least a good part
of our Wednesday temperatures for today,
right around 50 in the valley.
We're still in the 30s for this year and
as you can see with their hourly forecast.
With tracking scattered showers in
through our Tuesday forecast and beyond,
we'll get a brief break periodically.
But overall,
there's a lot of moisture to get through.
And then we start tracking a dangerous
warm storm ahead for the end of the week.
Guys,
Monica, thank you.
We'll check back in shortly.
In Nevada County,
hundreds of people lined up to get
groceries at the food ministry this morning.
Interfaith Food Ministry serves
more than 600 people each week.
Volunteers are always preparing
grocery items for those in need
the food ministry is also facing.
Challenges of their own because
of the dangerous conditions
from the winter storms making
it difficult to get resources.
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