Live updates: Tracking the Bay Area Christmas storm

OAKLAND, Calif. - Rain fell in the Bay Area early Wednesday morning, causing trees to fall up north and streets to flood in Menlo Park, and half an inch of rain to fall in Los Gatos.

By lunch, there was a lull in the storm.

But the wet weather and winds were expected to pick up on Christmas Eve and last through Christmas Day.

1:30 p.m.

PG&E says 24,000 customers around the Bay Area are without power as another storm system heads towards the region Wednesday night and peaking Thursday morning.

The numbers

San Francisco- 5 customers impacted
Peninsula- 4,169 customers impacted
North Bay- 17.263 customers impacted
East Bay - 133 customers impacted
South Bay - 2,643 impacted

Noon

Lull in the storm.

11:23 a.m.

Gov. Newsom issued a state of emergency for the California storms.

4:20 a.m.

Streets were flooded with rising water early Wednesday morning in Menlo Park, prompting police and fire crews to knock on doors, warning residents of possible evacuations in a neighborhood near the Meta campus.