BART workers service an electrical panel outside the closed Montgomery BART and Muni station on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
A waterlogged RV near the Russian River outside Guerneville on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014.
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The Russian River on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014.
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Flood waters rise over the top of a car on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Cal Trans workers stand near a pump house beside a low spot on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The road flooded, submerging three cars. Two pumps weren't operating, but a third had been installed and was working. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Cal Trans workers exit a pump house beside a low spot on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The road flooded, submerging three cars. Two pumps weren't operating, but a third had been installed and was working. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
A fallen tree is seen in the yard of Natalie Letcher on Parker Street in Berkeley. The tree fell during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
A CalTrans worker stands near a submerged car on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Carol (no last name given) cleaned up a hole leading to the San Anselmo creek from Creek Road in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Flooding at Rainsville Road and Stony Point Road in Petaluma, California, Thursday December 11, 2014. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
A door hangs from a damaged outbuilding after a retaining wall collapsed at Nathanael Sylvains' house on Blandon Road in Oakland during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. No one was injured and the home remains habitable. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Nathalie Letcher looks at a tree that fell in her yard on Parker Street in Berkeley during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The tree damaged a fence and took down power lines. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Nathanael Sylvains is seen in front of an outbuilding damaged when a retaining wall collapsed at his house on Blandon Road in Oakland during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Sylvains shares the home with his wife and mother-in-law. None of them were injured and the home remains habitable. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Beth Hird uses her feet to clear a clogged storm drain to prevent rising water from flooding a building she co-owns at 700 Gilman Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
Nathanael Sylvains surveys an outbuilding damaged when a retaining wall collapsed at his house on Blandon Road in Oakland during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Sylvains shares the home with his wife and mother-in-law. None of them were injured and the home remains habitable. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Cal Trans workers stand near a pump house beside a low spot on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The road flooded, submerging three cars. Two pumps weren't operating, but a third had been installed and was working. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
CalTrans workers watch as flood waters rise over the top of a car on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, just east of Highway 580, during a severe storm on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Terray Sylvester / The Chronicle
A Caltrans worker prepares to pump water from a flooded section of the Ashby Avenue underpass near I-80 after three cars were partially submerged by rising water as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A fireman carried personal items to dry land from a car stuck in a fast rising creek in Petaluma, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A water fall developed in this Mill Valley, Calif. apartment complex from storm water coming off the hillside. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Avery Roux, age 17, talks with her mother on the phone while her brother Westin, age 15, swims in the waist-deep water at a Safeway parking lot flooded by rising water from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Two people crossed a flooded roadway to get to higher ground from the Petaluma River. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A group of girls laugh while running down a flooded street Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Healdsburg, Calif. A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Eric Risberg/Associated Press
A Caltrans crew prepares to pump water from a flooded section of the Ashby Avenue underpass near I-80 after three cars were partially submerged by rising water as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
(Far left) Stephania Mohme, of San Francisco, and her sons Bett and Matthew watch waves crash at high tide during the rain storm at Crissy Field on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach / Special to The Chronicle
A large tree was uprooted at the Serramonte Ridge apartments in Daly City on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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Terry Wahlen, of San Francisco, watches waves crash at high tide during the rain storm at Crissy Field on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
Crews start the process of removing a giant oak tree that fell onto a home and vehicle at 2353 Boxwood Dr. in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm continued to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
The on and off-ramps leading to I-80 from Ashby Avenue are closed after the underpass flooded and partially submerged three cars as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A Petaluma, Calif. police officer watched flood waters overtake the major intersection of Petaluma Blvd North and Stoneypoint Road. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A car sits partially submerged at a Safeway parking lot at the corner of Vine Street and West Matheson Street, in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Beth Hird clears a clogged storm drain with her feet to prevent rising water from flooding a building she co-owns at 700 Gilman Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
Fire officials talked with a family forced from their homes by the rising Petaluma River. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Rain doesn't slow down a small handful of runners and cyclists who fought the weather at Crissy Field on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
A Caltrans crew prepares to pump water from a flooded section of the Ashby Avenue underpass near I-80 after three cars were partially submerged by rising water as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A large cypress tree fell on a playground area at Gateway School in Santa Cruz, pinning an 11-year-old boy to the ground. Santa Cruz Fire Department officials freed the boy from the tree, and he suffered non life-threatening injuries.
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High winds of up to 70 mph kick up waves big enough to surf on Lake Tahoe Thursday December 11, 2014 as a large winter storm moves through the area. Courtesy / Placer County Sheriff's Office
Francesca Dicochea, left, Natalie Boyle, Jenna Tiewater, Nicolette Morgan, and Maisie Rogers react to seeing partially submerged cars at a Safeway parking lot flooded by rising water from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Two boys took the family kayak out for a spin on Creek Road in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A group of people watched the rising Bailey Creek in Petaluma, Calif. which ultimately shut down Stoneypoint Road. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A major rainstorm on Dec. 11, 2014 flooded a Redwood City mobile home park. Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle
The on and off-ramps leading to I-80 from Ashby Avenue are closed after the underpass flooded and partially submerged three cars as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A small herd of miniature horses were stranded on the east side of a drainage ditch on their property along Lakeville Highway in Sonoma County. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Crews start the process of removing a giant oak tree that fell onto a home and vehicle at 2353 Boxwood Dr. in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm continued to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Pat Kirkish, left, owner of Dovetail Collection, talks with fellow merchant Gina Parmenter as Kirkish cleans up water that seeped onto the floor of her store in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
A major rainstorm on Dec. 11, 2014 flooded a Redwood City mobile home park. Evan Sernoffsky/San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Asper struggled with some sandbags to protect his home on Porteous Avenue in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Clean up crew walk through the flooded patio next to the building of owner Malcolm Davis at 2180 Folsom St. in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle
Sophia Barwick, age 12, left, walks with her brother Jonathan, age 10, in waist-deep water at a Safeway parking lot flooded by rising water from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
A pedestrian tries to cover herself in a rainstorm near Lake Merritt that hit the Bay Area on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
Cars and trucks navigate through standing water at the 23rd offramp from north bound highway 880 in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area during the morning commute. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
A driver who declined to give her name is rescued from her car by members of Santa Rosa Engine Company 3, from left, engineer Steve Montoya, captain Greg McCullom, and firefighter Sam Hoel, after her vehicle became stranded in a flooded parking lot near Airway Drive in Santa Rosa, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Austin Creek flooded the backyard of a Sonoma County residence on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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The San Anselmo creek, which flooded before, is only a few feet from flowing over its banks. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Cars navigate through standing water at the corner of E. 8th ave. and 10th street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Danielle (right) and Laura watched the flood waters run by their home on Creek Road in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A clogged stormed drain outside Lake Merritt Bakery caused a road to flood in Oakland during the rainstorm on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
A family living just off Creek Road in Fairfax, Calif. chatted as flood waters rushed by. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
A car is submerged in San Mateo on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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A bicyclist rides through a flooded portion of Gilman Street near Fourth Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A pedestrian covers herself in downtown Oakland during a rainstorm that hit the Bay Area on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
Steve Brooks walks his dog Moose with his children Bowen, age 19, left, and Robyn, age 16 across from a Safeway parking lot at Vine Street and West Matheson Street that was overcome by flood waters rising from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
A transportation worker walks through the vacant and closed Montgomery BART and Muni station on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in Santa Clara, Calif. Beck Diefenbach / Special to The Chronicle
Crews work to remove a large fallen tree on John F. Kennedy Drive during the early hours of Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
Armando Carlin (foreground), tow truck driver, prepares to tow the rental car of Paul Latimer (center background) of Austin, Texas after it stopped in standing water while driving on San Bruno Avenue between Huntington Avenue and San Mateo Avenue on his way to the airport on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Bruno, Calif. That section of roadway was closed to traffic by barriers. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle
Paul Latimer of Austin, Texas sits in his rental car after it stopped in standing water while driving on San Bruno Avenue between Huntington Avenue and San Mateo Avenue on his way to the airport for a flight on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Bruno, Calif. That section of roadway was closed to traffic by barriers. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle
Chris clears debris from a drain on the corner of Geary Boulevard and 21st Avenue on Thursday morning, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Chris said he lived on the block, noticed the blockage, and thought that the city would have enough to do on a day like today so got a broom to clear the drains. He said he hoped others were doing similar acts around the city as people. Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
PG&E crews work to repair a blown transformer near 42nd Street and Taraval Street in the Sunset District of San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, December 11, 2014 during the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in 6 years Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
A tree was knocked over by the rainstorm in Pacifica, Calif. on Thursday. SF Gate / Mike Moffitt
Jeff Zets hydroplaned and crashed his vehicle on I-280 in San Mateo on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Evan Sernoffsky
A couple watches the waves while shielding themselves from the rain on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, December 11, 2014 during the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in 6 years Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
An employee of Lake Merritt Bakery attempts to clear a clogged storm drain in Oakland during the rainstorm on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
A person walks across Great Highway which was closed due to risk of high flooding and strong winds near Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, December 11, 2014 during the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in 6 years Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
Warning signs along highway 580 eastbound in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area during the morning commute. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Cars navigate through standing water at the corner of E. 8th ave. and 10th street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Wind surfers prepare their equipment before heading out on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. Thursday, December 11, 2014 during the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in 6 years Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
A road closure sign is set up at Great Highway due to high risk of flooding and waves expected to reach 25 feet on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, December 11, 2014 during the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in 6 years Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
A worker rearranges barriers to block a section of San Bruno Avenue to prevent people from driving on it on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Bruno, Calif. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle
Traffic moves along the Golden Gate Bridge in the wind and in the rain during stormy weather on Thursday morning, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
Westin Roux, age 15, right, does a cannonball into waist-deep water while his sister Avery, age 17, looks on, at a Safeway parking lot flooded by rising water from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Crews start the process of removing a giant oak tree that fell onto a home and vehicle at 2353 Boxwood Dr. in San Jose , Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm continued to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Caution tape blocks off the closed Montgomery BART and Muni station on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
Cars had to negotiate flooded roadways in downtown Petaluma, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Classmates Christopher Dow, age 11, left, and Aidan Perez, age 12, explore the flooded Safeway parking lot at the corner of Vine Street and West Matheson Street in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Traffic personnel direct cars and pedestrians due to inoperative street lights along Market Street on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in Santa Clara, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
Erik Granstrom, who works on Gilman Street wades through a flooded section of sidewalk after moving his car to higher ground as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A boy played in the water at the corner of Wood Lane and Porteous Avenue in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Crews work to remove a large fallen tree on John F. Kennedy Drive during the early hours of Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
A pedestrian tries to cover herself in a rainstorm near Lake Merritt that hit the Bay Area on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
San Anselmo Creek reaches critical levels in downtown San Anselmo around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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A fence was blown down by high winds in Pacifica, Calif. on Thursday. SF Gate / Mike Moffitt
Department of Public Works employee Scott Britt replaces a manhole cover which became dislodged at University Avenue and Sixth Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A pedestrian leans into the wind and in the rain while walking along the Great Highway during stormy weather on Thursday morning, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
A man who works nearby retrieves his car on a flooded section of Gilman Street near the railroad tracks as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A car sprays up water as it drives through water collecting on the corner of Clement and 25th Avenue during stormy weather on Thursday morning, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle
Onlookers watch the waves crashing in Pacifica, Calif. on Thursday. SF Gate / Mike Moffitt
A driver who declined to give her name is rescued from her car by members of Santa Rosa Fire Engine Company 3, from left, engineer Steve Montoya, firefighter Sam Hoel, and captain Greg McCullom, after her vehicle became stranded in a flooded parking lot near Airway Drive in Santa Rosa, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
A driver who declined to give her name is rescued from her car by members of Santa Rosa Engine Company 3, from left, engineer Steve Montoya, captain Greg McCullom, and firefighter Sam Hoel, after her vehicle became stranded in a flooded parking lot near Airway Drive in Santa Rosa, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
A pickup truck makes a splash driving west on University Avenue as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A manhole cover pops up from a flooding storm drain after a vehicle drove over it at University Avenue and Sixth Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A cyclist braved the wet streets to make his way in Fairfax, Calif. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
San Anselmo Creek rises near Fairfax on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The water was more than 9 feet above normal.
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Cars and trucks navigate through standing water at the 23rd offramp from north bound highway 880 in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area during the morning commute. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Jonathan Barwick, age 10, center, dives into waist-deep water with his sister Sophia, age 12, at a Safeway parking lot flooded by rising water from nearby Foss Creek in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Crews look over a large fallen tree on John F. Kennedy Drive during the early hours of Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Beck Diefenbach/Special to The Chronicle
A driver avoids an exposed manhole at University Avenue and Sixth Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A man crosses University Avenue at Sixth Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A car drags a broken section of its rear bumper through a flooded section of Gilman Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A commuter drives through a flooded section on eastbound University Avenue as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
A pedestrian walks in Oakland's Chinatown during a rainstorm that hit the Bay Area on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
A pedestrian covers herself in downtown Oakland during a rainstorm that hit the Bay Area on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
A storm drain caused flooding in Oakland on Thursday morning. SF Gate / Douglas Zimmerman
Traffic slows to a crawl through a flooded section of Gilman Street as a major storm hits the area in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle
Armando Carlin (l to r), tow truck driver, prepares to tow the rental car of Paul Latimer (in car) of Austin, Texas after it stopped in standing water while driving on San Bruno Avenue between Huntington Avenue and San Mateo Avenue on his way to the airport on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in San Bruno, Calif. That section of roadway was closed to traffic by barriers. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle
Austin Creek flooded the backyard of a Sonoma County residence on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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San Anselmo crews clear a storm drain as rains continue on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 in San Anselmo.
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A news crew covers the rainstorm in Paciica, Calif. on Thursday. SF Gate / Mike Moffitt
3.5-year-old Reuben Fincher checks out flooding in Healdsburg in Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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Two residents made their way down a flooded sidewalk on Wood Lane in western Fairfax, Calif as their street flooded. The big storm hit the North Bay first with rain and wind beginning in the overnight hours Thursday December 11, 2014. Brant Ward/The Chronicle
Residents watch a rapidly rising creek at Maria Drive and Sunrise Pkwy in Petaluma, California, Thursday December 11, 2014. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
Stacie and Paul Durfey walk with their son Dallas, center, through flood waters to get back to their home in northwest Petaluma, California, Thursday December 11, 2014. Stacie Durfey has lived on this 5-acre property for 48 years. Paul Durfey says he puts this storm in the top three that he has seen in his 41 years of living there. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
Cars driving through a flooded portion of Skillman Lane at Thompson Lane in Petaluma, California, Thursday December 11, 2014. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
Nathan Lange of Petaluma photographs flooding at Rainsville Road and Stony Point Road in Petaluma, California, Thursday December 11, 2014. Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle Ramin Rahimian/Special to The Chronicle
A major rainstorm on Dec. 11, 2014 flooded a Redwood City mobile home park. Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle
Christmas lights hang from a fence destroyed by a fallen tree at a house on Parker Street in Berkeley on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The tree fell during a severe storm. No one was injured, but it took down power lines. Terray Sylvester/The Chronicle
Two women who declined to give their names walk in past a business that is drying it's floors from the rain, on Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Antonio Rodriguez, left, talks with Steve Centanni in front of a sandbagged storefront on Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Jim Milovina of Hopland runs in the rain back to his vehicle, past sandbagged storefronts on Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Pat Kirkish, owner of Dovetail Collection, cleans up after heavy rainfall seeped onto the floor without resulting in any major damage inside her store in Healdsburg, California, on December 11, 2014. Alvin Jornada/The Chronicle
Cars navigate through standing water at the corner of E. 8th ave. and 10th street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday Dec. 11, 2014, as a heavy rainstorm begins to move across the Bay Area. Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Oakland-Alameda ferry service was suspended this morning, but the Vallejo ferry service continued to run this morning. Twitter / David Oro @PivotalOro
An uprooted tree at Yorba and Sunset in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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Heavy surf caused by a larger rainstorm to hit the San Francisco Bay crashed along the shoreline in Paciica, Calif. on Thursday. SF Gate / Mike Moffitt
•Roads: Highway 1 partially washed out near Panoramic Highway in Marin County. Ashby Avenue closed at Interstate 80 in Berkeley because of flooding. Lanes of westbound Highway 37 closed near Highway 101 in Novato. Lanes flooded on Central Expressway in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara.
•Muni: Cable cars replaced by buses.
•Flights: 242 cancellations at SFO. Many flights delayed. Up-to-date link: SFO .
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•Power: About 287,000 customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in Northern and Central California without power. Up-to-date PG&E map: Bay Area Electric Outage Center
• Meters: No enforcement in San Francisco because of the storm.