With heavy rains beginning to saturate the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley, trees are falling, closing roads in the area. Stay updated by following the road closures here.
Also, we’re looking for interesting storm photos. E-mail them or other storm-related news to pbeditor@pressbanner including the location, photographer’s name the time it was taken.
For countywide road-closures:
http://www.sccroadclosure.org/
On Twitter, follow: SLVROADS for road closure updates in the San Lorenzo Valley.
**Logs that blocked the roadway at Glen Canyon Road in SCOTTS VALLEY have been cleared.
**1:12 p.m. Wires are down in the roadway at San Lorenzo Avenue in BOULDER CREEK.
** 1:05 p.m. Two lanes closed at Highway 236 at Highway 9 in BOULDER CREEK.
**12:39 Old County Road in BEN LOMOND is closed at Hillside Avenue.
**11:30 a.m. Wires are reported down in the roadway on Bethany Drive in SCOTTS VALLEY.
**11:27 a.m. Wires are down on Ebony Way in BOULDER CREEK.
**There is a minor mudslide south of Highlands Park on Highway 9. The road is still passable.
**10:45 p.m. a tree fell in a yard, felling some power lines on the 1600 block of Glen Canyon Road near Redwood Drive in SCOTTS VALLEY.
**10:32 a.m. A tree fell onto a powerline on Smith Grade Road near Empire Grade Road in BONNY DOON. One lane is partially blocked.
**9:45 a.m. A rockslide partially blocking the road and a branch hanging on the power lines was reported on River Drive at Glenwood Drive in BOULDER CREEK.
**9:30 a.m. Felton Empire Road is blocked by two trees and wires down between FELTON and BONNY DOON. Felton Empire Road is closed at Gushee Street in Felton and at Empire Grade Road in Bonny Doon. Road crews are en-route to clear the scene.
**9:20 a.m. Alba Road is closed in BEN LOMOND and in BONNY DOON for trees down.
