Ben Lomond Fire’s Mike Ayers inspects the damage after a large fir tree fell across Highway 9 near Park Way bringing down utility lines and closing the roadway on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A Tacoma pickup truck is submerged on Park Avenue in Felton Grove during heavy rains on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A firefighter goes door to door in Soquel to make sure all are safe along a flooded Porter Street on Saturday afternoon. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Wet going along Highway 9 near Glen Arbor Road. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A slip out along the San Lorenzo River, at right, closed Highway 9 near Highlands Park on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A rain-swollen San Lorenzo River flows toward the river mouth early Saturday afternoon. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Soquel Creek overflows its banks at a bend near Soquel Elementary School on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A Felton Grove resident steers around a floating recycling bin on Circle Drive to evacuate the area. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Ben Lomond firefighters clear a storm drain after flooding caused a slip out along Highway 9. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Central Fire’s Tommy Linebarger rescues Darla on Saturday after Darla’s family needed to evacuate their home flooding on Porter Street in Soquel. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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Ben Lomond Fire’s Mike Ayers inspects the damage after a large fir tree fell across Highway 9 near Park Way bringing down utility lines and closing the roadway on Saturday. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel)