4:30 pm — 101 still closed, in fact a number of places in the area are closed. Look at this CHP log:

A levee broke near Chualar Union School causing flooding in the area. MCSO is currently evacuating some portions of Chualar. The current storm is not helping.
This whole area is a mess with the flooding, people stuck on top of vehicles that are flooded. There are at least 4-5 CHP incidents in this area. Here is one re 101 which is closed both NB and SB near Chualar under 3 ft of water:
Incident: 00248 Type: Roadway Flooding Location: Us101 N / Esperanza Rd Loc Desc: NB AND SB Lat/Lon: 36.595968 -121.545822
Detail Information | ||
3:32 PM | 12 | [21] CPD SNCR WILL NEED TO CLOSE SPENCE X OS, SPENCE X 101 |
3:31 PM | 11 | [20] 1039 MTRY CONFIRMED SO STARTED A BREAK |
3:31 PM | 10 | [19] A27-012 12 IS 97 TRAFFIC BACKED UP SB 2 MILES OF TRAFFIC BEHIND 12 |
3:29 PM | 9 | [18] OS X 101 IS CLOSED, DETOUR IS RIVER RD |
3:26 PM | 8 | [16] 12 INQ WHERE SO IS DIVERTING TRAFFIC |
3:24 PM | 7 | [15] SO CREATED A BREAK DIVERTING VEHS – CPY SCNR |
3:19 PM | 6 | [14] STARTING A TRAFFIC BREAK SB F/AIRPORT |
3:16 PM | 5 | [11] [Notification] [CHP]-[10] PER DIST 5 / CANT RESPOND / THEY ARE STUCK IN CHUALAR / THEY DO HAVE A CREW ON ESPERANZA BUT CANT DO ANYTHING /. TOO MUCH WANTER |
3:16 PM | 4 | [10] PER DIST 5 / CANT RESPOND / THEY ARE STUCK IN CHUALAR / THEY DO HAVE A CREW ON ESPERANZA BUT CANT DO ANYTHING /. TOO MUCH WANTER |
3:11 PM | 3 | [6] [Notification] [CHP]-MONT SO 1097, NEED TO CLOSE NB AND SB 101 JSO CHUALAR UNDER 3 FT OF WATER |
2:57 PM | 2 | [4] 1039 CALTRANS DISPATCH |
2:55 PM | 1 | [2] AFFECTING NB 101 #2 LANE |
