SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Here is the latest on the storms hitting California gathered by AP reporters across the state:
9:58 a.m. PST:
Pacific Gas & Electric says 80,000 customers are without power. It’s Larkin substation in San Francisco was out, but restoration was expected later this morning.
9:53 a.m. PST:
In the small, farm town of Healdsburg, cars stalled on flooded streets. Laura Cobar, a Safeway employee, said the water was rising and she feared it might enter the grocery store.
“We got kids canoeing in our parking lot, and there’s water up to our doors,” she said.
9:53 a.m. PST:
Isolated power outages and downed trees were reported in the Sacramento Valley as the storm moved inland, but traffic over the Sierra Nevada was not yet affected with snow levels remaining above pass levels.
A Sacramento Municipal Utility District worker was taken to a hospital after he was struck by a vehicle north of downtown Sacramento while he was walking to check on a downed power line, district spokesman Robert Tokunaga said. The employee was awake and alert as he was transported, Tokunaga said.
9:53 a.m. PST:
Boat trips taking people to Alcatraz Island, an iconic stop for San Francisco visitors, were canceled due the storm, according to Alcatraz Cruises LLC, the company that operates the tours. Tickets will be refunded, and the company said on its website that it expected to be operating again Friday.
9:30 a.m. PST:
On Twitter, the hashtag #BayAreaStorm was trending, while #HellaStorm had been tweeted about 10,000 times over 24 hours, according to analytics site Topsy.
9:25 a.m. PST:
The storm arrived overnight and dropped heavy rain north of San Francisco before spreading over the Bay Area. It’s expected to move throughout the state through the day.