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Petaluma levees stand out on California's flood-risk map

KPIX's UC Davis study walkthrough identifies vulnerable airports, highways and coastal communities from San Luis Obispo to Humboldt Bay.

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KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA Story of November 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 97,542 views a day, 44 times a normal first day on this channel (2,220).

New report details CA's highest-risk infrastructure from El Niño flooding

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0:20A digital map introduces six main risk areas between San Luis Obispo and Humboldt Bay.
1:03Moss Landing, Highway 1 and Santa Cruz face flooding and beach-erosion risks.
1:34Elevated-water scenarios show exposure around SFO, US 101 and South Bay marshes near Alviso.
1:57The assessment identifies vulnerable areas around Oakland International Airport and West Oakland.
2:38The area east of the Petaluma River faces a highlighted risk of levees overtopping.
3:26The walkthrough reaches Humboldt Bay before directing viewers to the interactive map and full report.

KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA takes a wider view of California's flooding problem: not just where water reaches the road, but which roads, airports and levees could become points of failure.

Using a three-dimensional map, the station's meteorologist walks through a UC Davis study of infrastructure vulnerable to El Niño flooding and high tides. The report drew roughly 100,000 views in its first day, far beyond the station's usual audience for a regular upload.

The most pointed warning concerns a small area immediately east of the Petaluma River, where the report highlights a high chance of river levees overtopping. Nearby Lakeville Highway appears on the map. Elsewhere in the North Bay, the assessment flags Highway 37, the San Rafael Canal area and US 101 through Corte Madera.

The airport sections make the potential disruption especially tangible. The map shows exposure around San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport and the South Bay marshes near Alviso under different elevated-water scenarios. These are mapped risks, not footage of those places already underwater.

As we reported here, KPIX has also followed workers building a wooden flood wall in Mill Valley. This report broadens that local picture, tracing coastal erosion and flooding concerns through Pismo Beach, Moss Landing and Santa Cruz before finishing at Humboldt Bay. The presenter also points viewers toward an interactive map so they can explore the locations themselves.

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The facts

Channel: KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
Subscribers: 477,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,264,987
Channel views, pace per day: 206,256 (on a normal day: 147,784)
Video published: November 1, 2026
Video views so far: 125,309 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day: 107,481

The numbers

The flood-risk report reached an unusually large first-day audience for KPIX. Its comment section was also much busier than on a typical regular upload.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,220

this video

97,542

subscribers

477,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

647,950,976

views per day

206,256