Marin County Couple Describes Rescue From Viking Sky Cruise Ship Off Norway's Coast
A Marin County couple got caught up in the drama when passengers were evacuated from a cruise ship foundering in high seas off Norway last week.
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A Marin County couple got caught up in the drama when passengers were evacuated from a cruise ship foundering in high seas off Norway last week.
There will be no relief from cabin fever this week for residents in the Lake Tahoe area as a low pressure system spinning off the West Coast was ready to batter the Sierra with as much as 2-3 feet of new snow.
An author from Rio Vista was among the hundreds of travelers awaiting rescue aboard a Viking cruise ship caught in stormy 'tornado-like' winds off the coast of Norway.
The rain moving across much of the Bay Area Tuesday morning will intensify later in the day and early Wednesday, but won't be anywhere near as powerful as storm that blasted the North Bay last week, according to the National Weather Service.
For a second time in a month, flood waters have shut down all travel on Highway 37 between Novato and Vallejo, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Amtrak says two trains together carrying nearly 300 passengers to and from the Bay Area stopped and reversed directions due to a railroad track closure in the Sierra Nevada.
Working non-stop Caltrans crews were able to reopen the westbound lanes of Highway 37 early Wednesday nearly a week after run-off from a fierce winter storm breached a nearby levee and flooded the roadway.
Road crews in Marin County on Tuesday continued to work nonstop on the westbound lanes of Highway 37 in an effort to reopen the flood-damaged roadway.
Repair crews were working around-the-clock to remove floodwater and clear the roadway, but here was still no word from Caltrans on when the westbound lanes of Highway 37 will reopen.
Susan Gordon has become thankful for the small things in life after she survived her picturesque home's terrifying tumble down a Sausalito hillside.
A frigid weather front slammed into the Sierra Friday, burying the region under more than a foot of snow, shutting down both Highway 50 and I-80 because of white-out blizzard conditions for much of the day.
Work crews from San Rafael-based engineering contractors Maggiora & Ghilotti, Inc. on Friday morning began clearing debris from the area of a destructive mudslide in Sausalito.
Flood waters continued to flow through streets along the Russian River Friday, driving local residents like Sam Minniefield fromn their homes.
Authorities in Marin County confirmed late Friday morning that westbound lanes of Highway 37 were still shut down from flooding and could stay closed into the weekend.
Residents living along low-lying areas around Russian River and its tributaries are being asked by Sonoma County sheriff's officials to evacuate Thursday if they live below 36 feet sea level, a sheriff's spokesman said.
CHP in Marin County are warning of a potential flooding situation in Novato late Thursday morning where a levee along State Route 37 between Highway 101 and Atherton Avenue has breached.
A mudslide ripped through a hillside home in Sausalito early Thursday, slamming the duplex into a neighboring home, trapping a woman inside and forcing the evacuation of 50 other residences.
An evacuation order was lifted for San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood Thursday morning, just hours after police and firefighters went door-to-door telling residents they needed to leave their homes.
A fierce winter storm battered the Bay Area for a second day Thursday, forcing a handful of North Bay schools and San Jose City College to cancel classes.
A Category 3 Atmospheric River roared into the Bay Area Wednesday, triggering torrential rains, flooded roadways, mudslides and falling trees across the region.
Pleasanton residents living atop an eroded hillside were braced for the upcoming storm.
Fire crews rescued two kayakers who fell into the storm swollen waters of the San Lorenzo River in the area of Paradise Park Saturday evening.
Caltrans is predicting it could be two weeks before the agency is able to reopen a stretch of State Highway 35 (Skyline Boulevard) near the intersection with Page Mill Road.
Early Wednesday morning, when folks arrived at the Saint Perpetua Church in Lafayette, they discovered a nearly 100-year-old oak tree had fallen over onto one of their buildings.
