North Bay power outages, downed trees and flooding brought by rainstorm

Heavy rain across the Bay Area on Sunday created treacherous conditions on the roadways, flooding and caused scattered power outages. In Fairfax, more than 1500 customers were without power Sunday evening after a tree came toppling down onto power lines and a car.

Mudslide and tree fall force 19 Fairfax residents to evacuate

This may be a harbinger of things to come to many hillside communities. Nineteen people who live in this three-building, six-unit complex, at the foot of a very steep hillside, have been evacuated from a cul-de-sac just off Olema Drive in Fairfax.