A third round of rain dumped down on the Bay Area Friday and is expected to linger into the weekend after earlier storms this week caused flooding, sinkholes and traffic accidents.
This week's wet weather has shined light on the aging infrastructure in the Bay Area.
In the South Bay, a San Jose elementary school is hoping a temporary repair holds up to the weekend rain.
Dorsa Elementary was built in the early 1960s. Two classrooms were flooded and leaks popped up throughout the school this week during the storms.
"Pretty vintage buildings," Alum Rock Union Elementary Superintendent Hilaria Bauer said. "We need to take care of this right away."
Bauer was not surprised to hear parts of Dorsa Elementary's roof gave way to rain -- there were already plans to fix the roof over the holiday break.
The project is years over due, but Bauer said the money was not there until now.
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"Obviously we're planning to see if we're able to speed that up to get most of the work done by the end of Christmas," Bauer said. "Tall order, but we're working on that."
Dorsa Elementary is not alone in needing repairs -- San Jose City Hall, built in 2004, also sprung a few leaks this week.
Crews spent Friday clearing storm drains throughout San Jose to make sure the expected rain has a place to go.
Meanwhile, California Highway Patrol officers are bracing for the worst.
In the Santa Cruz mountains, the rain came in with heavy fog and made visibility a real problem on Highway 17.
"It was pretty nice heading up and then just a little before the summit...bang...you couldn't see anything," Bonny Doon-resident Brad Wilson said.
The conditions led to accidents.
Petaluma-resident Philip Elias ended up spinning out in his white truck on Highway 17. He told NBC Bay Area he was driving normally, but in abnormal conditions.
CHP officers are warning motorists to drive slower in the wet weather.
"You definitely have to drive slow," CHP Officer Paul Ghiglia said. "Wet roadway conditions -- you never want to drive too fast."
The string of storms this week is exactly what the Bay Area needed, water officials said, noting reservoirs are rising for the first time since last year.
"A little bit of an uptick. We have about 1 percent increase in reservoir storage, so we're almost at 30 percent," said Marty Grimes, Santa Clara Valley Water District spokesman. "We'll probably make 30 percent in the next few days."
Lingering showers are expected in several areas Saturday morning, with skies clearing out by the afternoon.
