Record-breaking King tides impact parts of the North Bay leaving car stranded in floodwaters.<\/p>\n
Based on the San Francisco tide gauge, the following peak tides are forecast for the first days of 2026:<\/p>\n
Thursday: Peak tide at 8:41 a.m. (7.0 feet)Friday: Peak tide at 9:34 a.m. (7.2 feet)Saturday: Peak tide at 10:26 a.m. (7.1 feet)<\/p>\n
Residents in vulnerable areas should plan for possible travel disruptions and allow extra time during morning hours when tides are at their highest.<\/p>\n
Traffic and transit conditions can be checked at 511.org, while local emergency information is available at emergency.marincounty.gov.<\/p>\n
Residents are also encouraged to sign up for Alert Marin notifications and verify their contact information to receive timely updates.<\/p>\n
Nearly real-time rainfall data can be viewed on Marin County’s One Rain page at marin.onerain.com, and road and storm updates are frequently shared on X by @MarinDPW, @MarinSheriff, and @CHPMarin.<\/p>\n
During storm events, emergencies should be reported by calling 911. For non-emergency flooding or roadway concerns, residents may contact the Marin County Department of Public Works at (415) 473-6530.<\/p>\n
The Southern Marin Fire Protection District urges residents to take preparedness measures by seeking sand and sandbags should they need them.<\/p>\n
Sand and bags can be purchased at local hardware stores. Sand and sandbags may also be located at the following locations:<\/p>\n
Mill Valley:1 Hamilton Drive (Hauke Park) – sandbags are located in the parking lot next to the Public Safety Building.71 Thalia St. (Boyle Park) – sandbags are located in the parking lot near the baseball fields.40 Molino Ave. (near Old Mill Park) – sandbags are located behind Old Mill Park approximately 100 yards east of Molino Avenue\/Cascade WaySausalito:610 Coloma St. (old MLK School) – sandbags are located between buildings 6 and 7.530 Nevada St. (Sausalito Corps Yard) – sandbags are available Monday-Thursday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.Strawberry & Alto:10 Miland Drive – sandbags are located across the street from 10 Miland Drive next to the fire road gate approximately 500 feet up the hill on the left.Tam Valley:203 Marin Ave. (Tam Valley Community Center parking lot) – sand and bags are to the left upon entering the parking lot; please park in the spaces and do not block the driveway – www.tamcsd.org or (415) 388-6393.Tiburon:654 Tiburon Blvd. (Blackie’s Pasture) – Sandbags are only at this location when big storms are known to be approaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Record-breaking King tides impact parts of the North Bay leaving car stranded in floodwaters. Based on the San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[129489,273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-213907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-129489","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}