PICKING
PICKING UP THE PIECES. >> IT WAS BOLTED TO THE GROUND
LAST NIGHT BUT IT REALLY DID
NOT STAND A CHANCE.
ALL OVER THE PLACE POWER LINES
WERE SPARKING JUST LIKE THESE
IN CARMICHAEL.
THOUSANDS FORCED TO SPEND THE
LAST 24 HOURS IN THE DARK AND
THE BITTER COLD.
>> THIS CAR LOOKS MORE LIKE A
PANCAKE.
CREWS CHOPPING UP A TREE THAT
CRASHED INTO IT LEAVING BEHIND
A MESS OF GLASS, STEEL AND
SMALL BUSINESSES TAKE YET
ANOTHER HIT LIKE THIS
RESTAURANT IN STOCKTON.
FINALLY ABLE TO REOPEN AFTER
WEEKS OF LOCKDOWN AGAIN
FORCED TO SCRAMBLE JUST TO KEEP
THEIR BUSINESS FROM LITERALLY
BLOWING AWAY FROM STANNIS LOST
TO YELLOW FROM ELDORADO PLAZA.
THE PICTURES KEEP POURING IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIES TO
DRY OUT, CLEAN UP AND STAY WARM
AFTER A MASSIVE WINTER STORM
LEAVES SO MANY OF US
WATERLOGGED, COLD AND WITHOUT
POWER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE ABC 10 NEWS
AT FIVE .
I'M CHRIS THOMAS.
AND I'M MIKE DUFFY.
>> WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS TONIGHT.
A HOMELESS PERSON HAS DIED
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S STORM IN
SACRAMENTO.
THIS COMES AFTER MAYOR DARRELL
STEINBERG SPOKE OUT ABOUT
WARMING CENTERS BEING CLOSED
DURING A TIME OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CAN'T GET A
WARMING CENTER IN MORE THAN ONE
NIGHT BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS
RULES SAYING THIS STOP TALKING
ABOUT ANYTHING BUT WHAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE TO BRING MORE
PEOPLE INSIDE AND LARGER
NUMBERS.
>> THE MAYOR VERY PASSIONATE
THERE WILL NOW THERE IS A NEW
PUSH TO FIND SHELTER FOR PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE STREETS.
MAYOR STEINBERG HELD AN
EMERGENCY MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON WITH CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS ON WARMING SHELTERS.
ABC DOES.
LENA HELLAND IS LIVE TONIGHT IN
SACRAMENTO WITH THE DETAILS AND
WHAT THEY DECIDED LENA.
>> WELL, JUST MOMENTS AGO IN AN
EMERGENCY MEETING, CITY COUNCIL
PROCLAIMED A LOCAL EMERGENCY
AND IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE THEY
DID AGREE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN
UP WARMING SHELTERS OUTSIDE
OF THE COUNTY'S CRITERIA.
THEY DID AGREE TO OPEN UP AT
LEAST ONE WARMING SHELTER
STARTING TONIGHT AT THE
GALLERIA DOWNTOWN.
BUT THAT MOVE, HOWEVER, COMES
JUST A DAY TOO LATE AS LAST
NIGHT'S STORM TORE THROUGH
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ALL OVER
SACRAMENTO.
WHILE THE COUNTY HAD ZERO
WARMING SHELTERS OPEN BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES DIDN'T FALL BELOW
FREEZING.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE SAW
TODAY NEAR LOAVES AND FISHES
MANY TENTS WERE DESTROYED FROM
THE GUSTY WINDS OR FALLING
DEBRIS.
WE SAW LOTS OF TREES DOWN
AROUND THESE ENCAMPMENTS AND
ALSO QUITE A BIT OF FLOODING
AROUND THEIR TENTS.
THE LOAVES AND FISHES ADVOCACY
DIRECTOR TOLD ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE A TORNADO TORE
THROUGH OVERNIGHT.
THESE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
OF AND THEY'RE LIVING THROUGH A
NATURAL DISASTER RIGHT NOW AS
EVIDENT BY ALL THE FLOODING.
>> EVERYTHING THEY OWN IS IS
TRASHED.
>> THAT'S WHY MAYOR STEINBERG
PUT OUT A CALL TO ACTION THIS
AFTERNOON CALLING FOR WARNING
CENTERS TO BE OPEN EVERY SINGLE
NIGHT IN SACRAMENTO THROUGH THE
REST OF WINTER AND NOT JUST
WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW
FREEZING.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
MAYOR AND WHY HE WANTED TO MAKE
THIS PUSH SO QUICKLY TODAY.
COMING UP ON ABC 10 TONIGHT AT
6:00 IN THERE IS THE BREAKING
NEWS FOR YOU HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
>> LENA HELEN REPORTING LIVE
FOR US.
LENA, THANK YOU.
>> AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO CHECK THIS OUT.
SNOW MEASURED IN FEET CONTINUES
TO FALL AND HAMMERED THE
SIERRA.
>> IT'S A NIGHT LIKE WE HAVEN'T
SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME.
RAIN, WIND, SNOW, COLD POWER
OUTAGES.
THIS STORM HAS REALLY PACKED IT
ALL IN.
WE HAVE OUR TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
ABC TENDS GIACOMO LUKáIS IN
TRUCKEE WHERE THE SNOW
CONTINUES TO FALL.
MONICA COLEMAN HAS BEEN ON THE
MOVE ALL DAY CHECKING OUT
DAMAGE IN OUR REGION AND KURT
RIVERA'S IN STOCKTON LOOKING
OVER THE DESTRUCTION THERE.
BUT FIRST, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
MONICA WOODS IS TRACKING
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
A BUSY DAY MONDAY AND IT REALLY
STARTED LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN
THE WINDS STARTED COMING
THROUGH HOWLING KNOCKING OUT
POWER FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, THE
FOOTHILLS AND EVEN INTO THE
SIERRA ALPINE MEADOWS.
>> ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE MILE
PER PEAK WIND GUSTS MCCLELLAN
SIXTY SEVEN FIFTY EIGHT FOR
VACAVILLE, LINCOLN AND
STOCKTON.
SOME OF THE REST OF US SEEING
UPWARDS OF 50 TO FIFTY
FIVE MILE PER HOUR PEAK WIND
GUST STOCKTON CLOCKING IN LIKE
I SAID AT FIFTY EIGHT FORTIES
AND THIRTIES FOR THE FOOTHILLS
AND WIDESPREAD 30S AND 40S AS
WELL FOR THIS YEAR AND NOW
WINDS ARE STILL A BIT OF A
PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE DONE WITH
THE WINDS YET THEY'RE STILL
GOING AT ABOUT 17 TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR.
THEY WILL START TO BACK OFF
EVER SO SLIGHTLY.
NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RAIN.
THIS IS STARTING TO BECOME THE
BIGGER WEATHER STORY AS WE HEAD
THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS RIGHT HERE
THROUGH THE NORTHERN KEENE
VALLEY VERY LIKELY GOING TO BE
CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS
ESPECIALLY LOCALIZED FLOODING
ON THE STREETS AS WE HAVE ED UP
INTO THE FOOTHILLS THAT SNOW
ONE IS STARTING TO MOVE UP.
SO GROVELAND SANORA MURPHY'S
IT'S ALL RAIN NOW, ARNOLD.
IT'S STILL SNOW 80 50 CORRIDOR.
IT IS JUST COMING DOWN HARD.
AGAIN, RAIN AND SNOW A MUCH
BIGGER PART OF THE STORY
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW
.
WE'VE GOT OUR FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IN EFFECT FOR THOSE BURN SCARS
AND THEN FOR THE SIERRA
BLIZZARD WARNING.
THE REST OF THIS YEAR UNDER A
WINTER STORM WARNING.
THAT'S WHERE WE JOIN OUR JACQUI
LOOP LUCA WHO HAS BEEN UP THERE
ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
GIACOMO, HOW'S IT LOOKING?
MONICA IT IS COLD AND THE SNOW
IS SURELY COMING DOWN HERE IN
TRUCKEE TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THIS AND IT HAS
BEEN COMING DOWN REALLY COLD
AND HEAVY FOR AT LEAST THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS.
I'M LOOKING AT MY CAR RIGHT NOW
AND I CAN SEE SIX INCHES
OF SNOW JUST IN THE TIME THAT
WE PARKED HERE.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND US,
YOU CAN SEE THAT ABSOLUTELY
MASSIVE SNOW BANK THAT SETUP
THERE OBVIOUSLY NOT EXACTLY
WHAT THEY GOT BUT THAT'S ALL
THE SNOW THAT HAS BEEN PILED UP
FROM ALL OF THESE TRUCKS THAT
HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH HERE.
IT REALLY SEEM LIKE A FACTORY
IN TRUCKEE, IF YOU WILL, WITH
ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE
WORKING TO STAY OPEN THEY WILL
RUN THEIR SNOW BLOWERS JUST
LEFT AND RIGHT.
THEY HAD FOLKS WITH SHOVELS.
THEY'RE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO STAY OPEN.
THIS IS A MOUNTAIN TOWN SO
THEY'RE USED TO THIS KIND
OF SNOW.
BUT LET'S GET TO SOME OF THE
DETAILS THAT FOLKS NEED TO KNOW
FOR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS,
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS HIGHLY
LIKELY TONIGHT AS THOSE WINDS
START TO PICK UP.
WE'VE ALREADY WATCHED
VISIBILITY DROPPED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN JUST THE LAST
HOUR.
CALTRANS CLUES THEY'RE OUT
CLEARING ROADS.
CHAIN CONTROLS REMAIN IN EFFECT
IN MANY AREAS.
SOME ROADS EVEN CLOSED WHILE
THIS SEASON IS WHILE THIS IS
THE SEASON'S LARGEST STORM, THE
SIERRAS REALLY BEEN RELATIVELY
DRY AND LOCALS SAY BRING ON THE
SNOW.
IT'S REAL GOOD FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND THIS WILL
DEFINITELY HELP TO GET SOME
PEOPLE COME UP OVER THE WEEKEND
ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE
RESTAURANTS HAVE SWITCHED OVER
TO TAKEOUT SO THERE'LL BE A LOT
OF BUSINESS THAT WAY NOW BACK
OUT HERE LIVE HERE IN TRUCKEE,
ONE OF THE ONCE THIS STORM
BLOWS OVER, KAPSACK SAYS THAT
HE'S HOPING THAT FOLKS ARE
GOING TO FLOCK TO THE AREA AND
SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
>> NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT
HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
CONTINUING TO BRING THE VERY
LATEST ON THIS BLIZZARD HITTING
THE SIERRA.
FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT
BACK TO KURT.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
GIACOMO IS JUST A WINTER
WONDERLAND THERE.