The warmth that is expected to increase as the calendar gets deeper into the spring will drop into the Bay Area over the the next 72 hours, with temperatures likely to jump into the 80s in some places by Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Call it only a tease. By the weekend, it is expected to be chilly and rainy again. Related Articles Weather | Solar eclipse wows Bay Area Weather | Chilly storm front escorts rain, snow across the Bay Area Weather | Live rain map: Where it’s raining Thursday and Friday in the Bay Area Weather | Evacuation warning issued for Big Sur res ..read more

The city has yellow-tagged three homes overlooking Newport Beach’s Back Bay after an early morning landslide on Galaxy Drive pushed most of one home’s backyard down the hillside and destabilized two neighboring properties. The landslide occurred around 4 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, said Seimone Jurjis, the city’s assistant city manager. City crews were out immediately and were on site Thursday assessing the situation as the land continued to move, he said. Residents of the house most affected have been asked to leave the property. Jurjis said the residents of the two neighboring homes have been ..read more

Rain arrived in the Bay Area on Thursday morning and is expected to continue, off and on, into Friday. Related Articles Weather | Evacuation warning issued for Big Sur residents impacted by partial road collapse Weather | Big Sur businesses, workers impacted by Highway 1 closure due to weekend slip-out Weather | Will Big Sur headaches never end? Another partial road collapse adds to the coastal mecca’s woes Weather | Gov. Newsom announces updated water plan amid above-average Sierra snowpack Weather | Crews escorting cars around damaged section of Highway 1 near Big Sur after lane colla ..read more

When the Route Fire burned about 5,000 acres near Castaic in August 2022, prompting closure of the 5 Freeway at The Grapevine followed by weeks of lane closures for repairs, motorists exited onto The Old Road detour, bringing traffic misery to the Santa Clarita Valley. Detours from the primary north-south freeway link between Southern and Northern California also occur during snowstorms, fog, flooding and road work, repeating the scenario ad nauseam with miles of snarled traffic both on the freeway and along the deteriorating side road. The dirt bike path under the bridge supporting the In ..read more

BIG SUR — Emergency officials are telling Big Sur residents impacted by last weekend’s partial road collapse to evacuate before expected rains hit the coast this week. People living south of the Highway 1 Rocky Creek partial road collapse to the Dolan Slide should leave Big Sur before a full road closure at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to an evacuation warning from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say both the north and south directions of the road are expected to be closed for several days amid forecasted heavy rains and thunderstorms. “If you feel unsafe, medically fragile, or ..read more

Sporting snowshoes and stylish shades, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday trundled around a summit south of Lake Tahoe with state water officials to unveil a “roadmap to resilience” for the state’s fickle water supply and to confirm good news from an army of sensors scattered throughout the Sierra: California’s end-of-season snowpack haul is blessedly above normal. The crucial April reading clocked in at 110% of normal, state water officials said Tuesday — a harbinger of a reliable water supply during the upcoming dry summer months. Last year, the April snowpack reading hit an astounding 244% of nor ..read more

As winter conditions wind down, the beginning of April is always the most important time for California’s water managers to take stock of how much snow has fallen in the Sierra Nevada. Related Articles Environment | Second storm system will bring Bay Area rain this weekend Environment | Proposal would change how California power bills are calculated, aiming to relieve summer spikes Environment | Increasing rain in Bay Area expected by Friday as second storm system bears down on region Environment | Rain returns to Bay Area with two storm systems likely by Saturday Environment | Some Sant ..read more

Drizzle arriving on Friday provided a preview of light to moderate rain and colder temperatures that are forecast throughout the Bay Area this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Widespread showers moved into the central coast of the Bay Area early in the day, due to a low-pressure system coming from the Gulf of Alaska. The prefrontal rain, associated with a warm front, was likely to pass by Friday evening, NWS meteorologist Rachel Kennedy said. The rain, which is expected to carry into Saturday in some areas, will give most lowland areas in the East Bay, South Bay and Central ..read more

By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — It’s become a rite of summer in sunny California: When the temperature spikes, so do electricity bills, leaving some customers with monthly payments over $500. A big reason for that is the way California’s largest power companies calculate rates. The more power you use, the more money you pay — not just for electricity, but also for things like maintaining the grid and reducing wildfire risk. A proposal unveiled Wednesday by state regulators aims to change that. Instead of calculating bills based mostly on how much power people use, a portion would ..read more

A slow-moving storm system got the ball rolling on what is expected to be a handful of damp, cold days in the Bay Area, dropping a small amount of rain on Wednesday and into early Thursday ahead of another heavier system expected to arrive Friday. The initial system produced about 1 1/3 inches of rain in Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains over a 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m., as well as about two-thirds of an inch at Point Reyes of the Marin Coast, according to the National Weather Service. Those were the two highest totals in the region. Related Articles Weather | Rain returns to Bay ..read more