"So, I've got comfy shelter oppose to most people who are under the direct rain and intense leaking."Ĭartwright said there are just not enough overnight warming locations, and the ones that are available don't allow the residents to bright all their belongings, or their pets.Īs wind, rain, snow and freezing temperatures battered the Bay Area over the last few months, Cartwright warns conditions have also brought repeated loss of supplies, clothing and shelter for the many living on our streets. "I'm one of the few people under the bridge right there," Shane pointed out. or both."Ĭartwright introduced us to a man named Shane, an unhoused resident who stopped by to collect dinner and supplies as he prepared to endure another cold night. "It's just been like two or three months of just solid cold, wet. "They're just at a point where, you just can't take much more," she described. VIDEO: Snow fun or no fun? Bay Area winter weather brings mixed reactionsĬartwright spent much of Monday afternoon delivering hand warmers, tents, tarps, hot meals and more to the many without proper shelter. On Monday, these items and more made their way into the hands of the unhoused population living along Coyote Creek in San Jose. "We have blankets here, we have hygiene supplies, we have rain suits," Shaunn Cartwright with the South Bay's Unhoused Response Group said, as she pointed at boxes loaded into her van. Homeless advocates in San Jose are highlighting how fierce wind, frozen temperatures and other inclement weather conditions are perpetuating the struggle for the unhoused population. But the reality is: if your car is not equipped for serious weather, you should stay away. As beautiful as it was, many had to make the call to turn back for safety.Ĭaltrans told us that they understand that many people have never seen snow before, and having it this close makes it seem like it's worth the trip. We watched many cars without snow capabilities like four-wheel drive quickly learn driving here was a mistake. As temperatures dropped into the mid to lower 30s, the falling precipitation along Big Basin Way quickly turned from rain to snow. Words I don't think any San Jose resident has said before. Hamilton at the observatory," San Jose resident Jose Arevalos said. "I've been living here my whole life, I'm 22 years old and I have not seen this much snow, only up on Mt. It made for one of the easiest trips to snow that people in the area have ever seen. Hamilton, we saw snow falling and covering the Saratoga Hills, just about 15 minutes from town. No, it wasn't snowfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains or at Mt. VIDEO: A look at the best snow videos from rare Bay Area snowfallĪ taste of Tahoe in the South Bay. Previously one lane was open in each direction.Īlso in Palo Alto, Page Mill road is closed again due to snow in the road, between Moody Road and Skyline Boulevard. Storm-related impacts continued to affect Bay Area traffic and BART on Monday afternoon, with some roads flooded by heavy rains or closed due to snow.Įl Camino Real in Palo Alto is closed in both directions due to flooding at the University Avenue underpass, police said about 12:30 p.m. There's no timetable on the cleanup here, but Mill Valley police say the section of Cascade Drive where the trees fell is now closed to the public. "I don't want to brag, but the fire department, the police department, and DPW all came out and nobody did anything, so myself and a guy I just met who's probably in his 70s, old timer from Bolinas got out here, got my battery-powered saw, cut up all these logs, cleared the road, swept everything, pulled these lines back," said Speer. In this case, no one was hit and no structures were damaged.īen says he spent most of the afternoon cleaning the roadway. They came down on a roadway that hikers use to travel from Tenderfoot Trail to those Cascade Falls. One of the top-rated waterfalls in the entire Bay Area. The trees fell on land in walking distance to Cascade Falls. "We're sitting on the couch drinking coffee, heard a loud loud bang, power went out, I saw some power lines moving back and forth and we came out and saw this," said Speer.
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