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Residents of San Mateo County’s Woodside Told ‘LEAVE NOW’ As Mudslides Move In

Evacuation orders are in effect in parts of the incorporated small San Mateo County town of Woodside, and the sheriff’s office is not mincing words as they tell residents to “LEAVE NOW.”

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Golden Gate Park’s Entwined Sculpture Installation Completely Flooded, Yet Somehow More Dazzling Than Ever

The popular LED forest installation 'Entwined' is now engulfed in floodwaters of up to a foot deep, but the resulting lake has created a spectacular mirror-image effect that doubles the amount of visual joy the piece creates.

Bernal Hill Becomes One Big Mudslide As San Francisco Sees 173-Year-Old Rainfall Record Shattered

You can see the rain pouring down outside in a steady, heavy way, and if you were thinking it seemed especially heavy, you would be correct. And if you live in Bernal Heights, the water is flowing pretty much all over.

This Drone Footage Shows Just How Bad the Washout South of Big Sur Really Is

The massive atmospheric river downpour that drenched California — especially here in NorCal — caused a stretch of Highway 1 in Big Sur to dive right into the ocean; this Caltrans’ drone footage shows just how much actually dove off the cliffside.

Rainstorm Floods Muni and Multiple Corners of San Francisco

As has happened many times before, heavy rain flooded parts of the Muni Metro system on Saturday, shutting down train service into Saturday evening between Embarcadero and West Portal.

Flooding Predicted This Week As Record Sierra Snowpack Melts Quickly

Drought concerns are so last year. This year, floods are the far likelier catastrophe in Northern California as the Sierra Nevada snowpack — currently at 190 percent of its historical average and the largest

Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Tahoe; Brace For High Winds And More Mudslides Around The Bay

Tons of rock & vegetation will take crews all day to clear slide NB 17 just past #ScottsValley. Rain could hamper cleanup. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/3ZYFDeWpDF— David Louie (@abc7david) January 9, 2017

Pictures And Video From A Flooded Guerneville

Flooding in #Guerneville 😮 #NorthBay #Workfromhome ☔️💧☔️ A video posted by KTVU Channel 2 News (@ktvu2) on Jan 9, 2017 at 9:53am PST Getting some of the worst of the storm-related flooding today and

Ancient SoMa Water Main Breaks, Flooding Central Subway And Snarling Traffic

Water main break causes some flooding in the Moscone Center and unfinished MTA subway. https://t.co/Y3kEfdsgLN pic.twitter.com/zwmgoJpeRi— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) December 9, 2016 A South of Market

Forecasters Warn Of Flooding, High Surf, And Dangerous Driving As First Big Storm Of Season Approaches

Forecasters are saying that the rainy weather expected to begin tonight will increase in severity by Friday, in what they're calling the "first big storm of the season." As previously noted, rainfall expected

Renowned Insurer Ranks The Worst Things That Could Happen To San Francisco

Though a huge earthquake is often mentioned when discussing either San Francisco's utter destruction or the only way one might be able to afford property, it won't be the worst thing to happen

Flood Advisories Issued for Bay Area

The National Weather Service issed urban and small stream flood advisories for Contra Costra County. San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Mateo counties until 3 p.m. A flash flood warning was

UPDATED: Muni Subway Service Shuts Down

Due to extensive flooding, Muni temporarily shutdown subway service at 4:15 p.m. MTA will flood (heh) the streets with buses for this evening's commute. "We're putting as many buses as we

Arts & Entertainment

Tippling with Kipling, San Francisco 1889

Ah, today should be a citywide holiday, it really really should. December 5th marks the 74th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, just a tick of the geological clock since that final state

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SFist Tonight

-- Tease-O-Rama Meet 'N' Greet: Before the sluts of the weekend-long burlesque convention Tease-O-Rama have you sporting erections via cheeky performances, come meet them for an intimate night of, um, conversation. Also, '60s,

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SFist Tonight

-- Peter Bjorn & John: That damn hipster cum first-dance-at-your-wedding song! Grrr. But if that's your bag, have at it. Show starts tonight at 8 p.m. at the Warfield, 982 Market; $25-$

Stormy Tuesday

And with all the bad weather comes the attendant flood warnings and winter storm warnings in Tahoe. In other words, it'll be a great time to be skiing this week (surfing too). Those

And It's a Hard Rain's a-Fallin'

So why is it? Well, it's a matter of sewage. San Francisco just doesn't have enough of it. And what we do have is single-pipelines, which obviously can't hold as much rainfall as

Happy Anniversary, Laurie Beijen!

If we ever host a World Series of San Francisco Pop Culture contest, we're totally asking the question "Who's Laurie Beijen?" Ms. Beijen is, of course, the well-connected bride who made Gavin Newsom

It's Raining, It's Pouring

Tired of squishy socks? You and the rest of the Bay Area -- today's wet weather makes it 25 days of rain in a <30-day [ days hath March!] month, making March 2006

Craigslist Encounters: How Much For That Scary Dolly In The Window?

Craigslist trollers, such as us, oftentimes wonder how much thought goes into these values. For some goods, such as cars and baseball cards there are places to get rough estimates. But what about

When it Rains, It Pours

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is warning residents in low lying areas that the expected rain for this and next weeks may lead to property damage and flooding. The PUC has mobilized

A Voyeuristic Blind Item

I was scheduled to judge a "Halloween Underwear Contest", but the club owner gave the promoter, Sean Masters, the green light to let the party get as risque as he wanted...The party

Ski Jump Redux

So now that Laurie Beijan had her dream wedding at Flood Mansion uninterrupted by cries of "Tubular!" from outside -- what's going on with Jonny Moseley's ski jump plans now? The good folks

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