San Jose police evacuate people living along waterways as rain pours

In the South Bay, the rain has been coming down steadily and now San Jose police are moving people living along the waterways out of those areas.

Tuesday, making it mandatory for anyone living near rivers and creeks to evacuate.

"Most of the people said no, I’m not going. I’m not going. I was really hoping that they said you have to go and everybody had to go," said Cindy Locs, who lives along Coyote Creek. City officials don’t know just how many people are living along rivers, creeks and streams, but it could be in the thousands. Santa Clara County data shows that right now, about 10,000 people are unhoused in San Jose. Coyote Creek flooded back in February 2017 after another atmospheric river storm. This time, the city says it’s prepared and will do whatever it can to keep people safe.

Just before the storm moved in, one San Jose resident who lives near Coyote Creek expressed his concern about the homeless after seeing the devastation from 2017.

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