fears of a gas line explosion, loud shrieking noise and hundreds of people forced from their homes. an intense night in the east bay. >> this is where evacuations are happening around poinsettia and sassoon in pittsburg/bay point area. we will start with our weather. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here's mike nicco. >> winds pretty light as you get into, say, highway 4 and willow pass. 1 to 5 miles per hour. the closer you get to the water, up to 14 to 17 miles per hour.

temperatures in the mid-40s to mid-50s. 60s at the coast today. 67 to 74 around the bay from noon to 4:00. a warm 82 inland. >> good morning. take a look outside. right now we have a good look at san rafael. tail lights headed past north gate and civic center. no delays here if you're traveling from novato. a little sluggish as you make your way to tara linda. 20-minute drive into san francisco. we've got a couple of issues to remind you of. limited parking at the pittsburg bay point bart station. bart is not affected. trains are all on time. that is an evacuation center for the pittsburg bay point antioch fire. amtrak is tracking around that area. delays into martinez this morning. no other problems. >> thank you, sue. now to the very latest on the breaking news in the east bay.

evacuation orders in the pittsburg bay point area because of fears of a gas line explosion. this morning classes canceled at willow cove in pittsburg because it's near the evacuation zone. a total of 4,000 people are under evacuation. there are two he evacuation centers. one at cavalry temple church and other boy paint bart. that's where matt keller is live. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, alexis and reggie. american red cross arrived with another trailer. they are handing out blankets because obviously it's cold out this morning. some people are requesting more blankets. a lot of people sleeping in their cars, hanging out in their cars this morning. they are trying to stay warm and positive as well since they're out of their homes. i'm walking over to a car right now. there may be a dog that will bark at me. his name is teddy. his owner marissa is inside and

is going to talk to us. there is teddy. he is being good right now. marissa, tell us what happened last night. >> around 11:00. the sheriff came and knocked on the door. they said to evacuate. i would why. he's about to jump out of the car. i asked where can we go? he said here. i said can i stay? he said no, you have to go. so i just grabbed on my dog, put on p.j.s and came here and brought a little water and food for my dog. >> they provided a blanket for you. >> they ran out of blankets earlier. they came and dropped off more blankets. >> what's it been like? >> it's a whole neighborhood. did your neighbors go as well? >> i see my co-worker. he's over there.

just making sure everything is good and keep him updated. until they can figure out a way and there's some place to go, they will remain here for now. i have an update. let's fill you in. american red cross told me they are thinking about moving their shelter to a different place. los madonnis college. they are working on getting cots delivered. they will be moving people over to the college which will provide them a place where they can be inside, be warmer. they will have cots. it will be traditional. they will obviously deliver food. breakfast is coming up. a lot of people hungry from sleeping here overnight. >> hopefully tha will be a little more comfortable there for them and everyone who has been stuck in their cars all night as well.

i imagine a cot sounds nice as well. any new developments as they happen. we got the update from the fire department that there will be a press conference at 6:45 this morning. of course we will bring that to you live. they're hopeful when we talked to them an hour and a half ago they would get people back in their homes before noon. you can find complete coverage on abc7news.com and our news app, including the exact locations of the evacuation orders. >> moving on now, police in the east bay hope you can identify this man robbing a wells fargo on oak grove road. he apparently told the teller, no dye pack, no funny stuff. he was given $8,000 before he walked out the door. this happened on august 1st. if you know him, call police. also in the east bay, oakland police looking for the driver of this car. investigators say it was involved in a hit and run september 28th near 35th and east 17th street.

the driver is accused of hitting and fearly injuring a motorcyclist. it was a 2007 to 2009 gold toyota camry. a san jose man faces several charges after he attacked a sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl. >> it happened sunday night 6:30 behind a church on south king road. officers say this man, 20-year-old esteban mosqueda lured the girl to a secluded area and attacked her. he has been book in santa clara county jail. the press democrat reports a high-definition camera stalled two weeks ago gave firefighters an immediate view of rising smoke at geyser peak in healdsburg. crews held yesterday afternoon's fire to about an acre. no structures were damaged. they approved half a million dollars for the camera cans in august. new at 6:00, more pressure for mark zuckerberg to leave facebook's board. why the challenge to his

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this is a look at the temperatures around san francisco. noe valley the cool spot, 49 degrees. the rest of us 53 to 55. 57 in ocean beach. ourthey'res elsewhere, low to mid-50s both sides of the bay shore and south bay. pittsburg, 54. were same thing richmond and petaluma. here's a look at santa cruz this morning. looks calm out there. sunny spots along the beaches today. sun and haze over the bay. if you're exercises, grab the sunglasses. peninsula, 53 this morning. 67 at noon. low to mid-70s from 1:00 through 6:00. we have the east bay valleys, look at that warmup, 48 this morning, 73 at noon. low to mid-80s this afternoon. our last stop will be the east

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>> california senator kamala harris may be gearing up for a 2020 presidential run. they are discussing a rough is strategy. >> it will focus iowa. she will visit the state next monday and tuesday. it will follow a stop in south carolina. another early primary state. and a visit to the battle ground state, wisconsin. harris says not announced yet if she is running for president. tonight, san jose legend tommy smyth and john carlos will receive the highest honor, tower award. it comes 50 years after their stand for human rights at the olympics. they were joined by fellow olympians, hall-of-famers and scholars during a historic

townhall. at the 1968 summer games in mexico city, as the national anthem played during the medal ceremony, sjs sprinters bowed their hands and raised their >> as loty. the popus of your ders eate the gmuute. and i'm still here and still trying to help the young people in the street. >> former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick tweeted his support. in 2016 kaepernick reignited athlete activism when he kneeled at the start of each game to protest police brutality. the queen of funk will be the grand marshall for the tournament of roses parade on new year's day.

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trend as it will be slammed back to the ocean with a little bit of offshore breeze developing. cool the next couple of nights with fog along the coast and into the north bay. cooler weather and a chance of rain next week. here's what's called a high pressure on top of a low pressure. it pushes the jet streams so far away from us. it will hang around three more days. san jose southward, low to mid-80s. lovely 76 in santa cruz. check it out. warmer at the coast today. mid to upper 60s for you. we will make it to 70. 71 downtown. 72, south san francisco. 72 in sausalito. 80 to 81 through most of the north bay valleys. along the east bay, 76 to 78. 82 to 85 inland. don't will be a lot like this morning. a little less cloud cover. mid-40s to mid-50s once again.

next three days puts us in the upper 60s at the coast. near 80 at the bay. mid-80s inland. drops into the 60s and 70s monday through wednesday. that's where we should be. >> san jose a little bit of love this morning. traffic is looking great. highway 87 in the northbound direction right by the airport there in san jose. make your wa northbound thraouf the san jose area. cross town to 280, headlights headed in the northbound direction directly under the 17/880 overcrossing for a 7-minute drive from downtown san jose towards cupertino in the northbound direction. not bad at all. a quick look at our overall traffic map. slow traffic beginning to build. metering lights on at 5:30 this morning. slow in the central valley. thank you, sue. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> our pal rob marciano with a

look at what's ahead this morning. hey, rob. >> great to be with you. we have a lot coming up on gma. new details on the alleged grisly murder of that "washington post" writer as the paper publishes his final column overnight. what the president said as he prepares to meet with secretary of state mike pompeo this ho dos girlfriend charged with drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women. appearing in court, more women are now coming forward. >> and an abc news exclusive. rmember that 13-year-old boy miraculously survived a shark attack, a little banged up, 1,000 stitches. he returned to school. wait until you hear what he had to say to his classmates. that is a tale to be told. it's thursday. deals and steals, guys. big savings on big items for your home and kitchen. nobody likes a deal better than

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here's a look at some of the fog we're tracking. it will be around the entire morning commute. napa, santa rosa airports, visibility less than a mile. be careful around there. here's alexis with more news. raw chicken is claimed for salmonella outbreak in two dozen states, including california. 92 people got sick after having contact with uncooked chicken. the source still isn't clear even after lab tests. it has shown up in and ground chicken. we want to update you on a story we first featured to build a better bay area. earlier this week we introduced you to this oakland woman who works two jobs and is still homeless. so many viewers responded and changed the course of her future. oakland city council announced a measure to allow sleep in their cars. they hope to have a few churches up soon.

abc 7 news reporter has the details. >> i'm in shock. i never expected this kind of a turnout, you know? i thought maybe someone would say, hey, i have a room. you know? or i've got a little studio. i never expected this. >> a friend has sent out a campaign for her. if you would like to donate, we have a link at abc7news.com. yeah. definitely happy for her and hope she can get back on her feet. we hope you will join the conversation. use the #betterbayarea to share your ideas about how development is making an impact where you live. and together we can make progress on building a better bay area. the second huge lottery jackpot up for grabs. >> we have to win, right? >> heads-up for bart riders. big change being unveiled at the downtown berkeley bart station. >> we are working to get new details on breaking news in the

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>> breaking news in the east bay. fires causes fears of a li -- gas line explosion. >> good morning. it is thursday, october 18th. we will have a lot more coming up. first we want to get an update on weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> if everybody had their earthquake kit handy, folks could have grabbed that. that maybe would have made things a little bit better this morning. >> i heardh h to leave

atas the only thing grabbed. >> good point. sorry about the sidebar. you're never more than 7 minutes away. they are fastener boy paint than the hills there. 55 degrees. light and variable just about everywhere. san rafael. fog in the north bay. it's not here right now. my accuweather 12-hour planner the same start. mid to upper 40s. a degree or two warmer this afternoon. that does include the coast. hey, sue. good morning. a couple of issues to update you on. we have our first motorcycle accident of the morning. this is blocking the left lane with near railroad avenue. and a solid stretch of slow traffic leaving antioch towards concord. here's a look at the issues that are related to those evacuations for the fire. limited parking.

no bart delays. but limited parking at the pittsburg bay point parking lot because that is an evacuation place. and the capitol corridor amtrak train is also delayed, switching track through that area. thank you, sue. now a closer look at the evacuations. >> this is a half mile radius around.setty and sasoon poinsettia. some evacuees are at the bart station. they are being moved to los ma d donis college. >> amy hollyfield is at the command center in pittsburg. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie. we just relocated to the command center. we're expecting a press conference in just a few minutes. of course evacuees hoping they will hear some information about when they can go home. 1,400 homes told to empty out because of the threat of an

explosion. it started 8:30 last night. that's when evacuations were ordered because of the risk of pipeline explosion, because of they wanted the evacuations to stay in place overnight. they asked cavalry temple church to open up and let people in. the church said of course. when we were over there they had at least 160 people that people were still arriving. in the pastor said when people started arriving last night, there was a lot of emotion. >> you know when they first showed up, there were some people in tears. you know, upset because they didn't know what was going on. some of them had door-to-door by the p.d. and tried to clear them ou. others got notification through news, radio and through the activation through the cell phones and whatnot. >> reporter: so the red cross brought in cots so people could

get some sleep. they are working to get them a warm breakfast. now they are hoping to get news. they're hoping that news will be that they can go home sometime this morning. this press conference is scheduled to start around 6:45. stay with us. we will get you the latest information. we know a lot of people out there anxious to get an update on this situation. reporting live in pittsburg, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. 30 minutes ago we spoke to matt keller. he was at an evacuation center at the pittsburg bay point bart station. >> that evacuation center is now being moved over to los madonnis. matt has moved over there and joins us. hi, matt. >> reporter: hi alexis and reggie. five miles from the bay point bart station. you can go inside and see what they are doing. they are setting up. they have a lot of ts ey hav hdlboutdreore ave blankets as well. and so they are obviously setting up here.

and this is going to be where they're going to allow all the people who are going to be they are at the bart station. they are going to be coming over from there. they are letting them know in that station what is going on and how they will move them over here for the red cross station. the red cross said we can't be in here even though there are no evacue evacuees. they are telling us we can't even be in there when there's nobody inside. that's air different policy than they are used to telling us. obviously we will respect what they want done. the people are the most important part of this story. they were evacuated late last night. here's one man's story. i was lying down, getting ready for bed. i seen lights and sirens. i wondered what was going on. the cop came pounding on my door, there is a gas leak in the back that might blow. there is a urnc line and six-inch gas line that might

blow. so the first thing that popped ere.y head was san bno >> reporr: scary moments last night. they were in the bart parking lot for several hours. let's put up a graphic here that you can see the address here for los madonnis. 2700 east leland road here in pittsburg. anybody who needs a place to stay, they have cots being set up and food being delivered as well. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. here's what else we know. willow cove in pittsburg will be closed today and venting from the bay point gas line caused loud shrieking noises in antioch. if you heard that or are currently hearing that, do not call # 11. con fire says it's a normal part of the process. as we mentioned earlier, costa fire will be holding a

news conference in just a few minutes. 9:45 the official time to update us -- >> 6:45. >> excuse me, 6:45 to update us on the situation in the pittsburg and bay point areas. less than 10 minutes away from that. and abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will be there and bring it to you as soon as it happens. we'll show you exactly what that update is. we sent a push alert as soon as evacuations were ordered in bay point last night. a list of san jose priests accused of molesting children will be released this morning. sap jose archdiocese says the list only includes credible accusations. this comes months after a shocking report from a pennsylvania grand jury. that report accuses the catholic church of covering up abuse by more than 30bishop patri mcgraw releasing the names will help the victims, survivors and their families heal. of the

troubled salesforce transit center is fighting back against a lawsuit from the contractor. web corps obiashi says planning mistakes by the joint powers authority is what led to cost overruns totaling $150 million for the contractor. it also blames the agency for delays in completing the project. the transbay said many involved delays that handled before web corps committed to completing the construction on time. it has been closed 23 days. this lawsuit does not mentioned the crack issue. happening today, the great california shakeout at 10:18 this morning. take a minute for an earthquake drill. drop, cover, and hold on. millions of people across the state will be taking part. also, developers now say an earthquake early warning system is now ready to be used more broadly. it is being built for california, washington and

oregon. it detects a quake and sends out automated alerts. it may give warnings of a few seconds to perhaps up to a full minute before shaking begins at locations away from the epicenter. did you see the first alert of magnitude 10.3? can't wait to see how that works. 45 in morgan hill. everybody else low to mid-50s in the south bay. pretty much on both sides of the peninsula. san carlos, 49. 44, napa, novato, danville. san pablo, 51. lafayette, 46. livermore, about 48. richmond side of the bridge, fog up in the north bay again. fog on the bay especially around san pablo. hazy sunshine this afternoon. a coat, you'll need that early this morning. 63 at 8:00. san francisco, is going to get into the mid to upper 60s this

afternoon after starting off at 52 degrees. going back down to the south bay. 52 with a few clouds this morning. sunshine and 69. mid-70s this afternoon. we'll be back down to 65 under the stars. our warmest days are here. today, tomorrow, and intod. ho you the cooling trend and that slight chance of rain in the accuweather 7-day forecast. how is the commute doing. >> good in certain spots, not good in others. bad news first. an accident approaching the san mateo best bound. traffic is a little bit lighter than we see on there. heads-up. take a look at the backup there. from 880 towards the toll plaza, and we'll zoom in to give you an idea of the volume of traffic there. of it's about a 30-minute drive from 880 towards 101. taking a quick look -- excuse me. there's the sky there. westbound 4 near railroad

avenue, motorcycle down. left lane blocked. we are seeing traffic stacked up from pittsburg through bay point, concord for about a 30-minute drive. guys? thanks, sue. we are standing by for a news conference in the east bay with that fire and the threat of a gas line exploding. it's supposed to start in about

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a press conference here. this is in pittsburg at command center. all surrounding the situation. we had a grass fire that is threatening an underground gas pipeline in bay point. about 4,000 people are evacuated. it looks like we are just about to get this started. >> you see the public information officer from konta costa fire who is about to step up to the mike. >> i'm steve hill. we have law enforcement commander, subject matter expert from chevron to answer your questions. i would ask -- they will each make a brief statement. hold your questions to the end if we can. and without further ado, i know some of you are live. we will go to our incident commander. thanks. good morning. my name is terrence carey. assistant chief of contra costa fire and incident commander for this incident. a brief overview. approximately 6:00 p.m. last

night, we had a fire in the area of the incident that we are working right now. crews responded to that vegetation fire, extinguished the vegetation fire. approximately an hour after we left the scene we were called back out to the scene for a fire in the vault. what we discovered was an active fire burning in a vault with a large pipeline with natural gas. i'll let our shove ron expert discuss that a little further in detail. it was realized very quickly that there was a high probability of danger and so a decision was made to escalate the incident, which included setting up an evacuation zone of a half mile radius around the incident. and we also called out additional firees.

we went to first and second alarm to stage n rupture of a gas line. we have been working with law enforcement partners and chevron partners, unified command to mitigate this incident. we are understanding we've had to evacuate quite a few of our citizens. the safety of our citizens is paramount and our number one concern, as well as safety of our fire resources. what we're at right now is we're working on clearing the gas line of gas. once that is cleared out, we anticipate the active fire still burning in the vault to be extinguish exnguished. we will go in and invti and ensure thath once tt do lagn, we eery sympa

displaced frir and our safety as well. good morning. i'm lieutenant paul o mary with office of the sheriff. mere station area commander which bay point falls under my area of operation. last night we were notified by con fire there was a fire and what possible evacuations were needed. we had multiple units from the office of the sheriff respond, along with pittsburg p.d. because the half-mile radius went into their jurisdiction off willow pass. we were able to evacuate approximately 1,400 homes and approximately 4,000 individuals in a very short amount of time. we set up evacuation sites at pittsburg bart station and the cavalry temple church off evora

road, two locations that individuals in bay point who live there know these areas and are able to sp we recognize thae probably ha means of transportation to leave the area. we contacted tri delta transit. they responded with three large buses and literally went down every street with us and assisted in evacuating individuals with no means of transportation. we v recognize we have nonambulatory individuals. con fire were able to assist the individuals that needed medical assistance or any type of assistance out of the area there. we also were able to -- pittsburg p.d. was able to bring their drone team out. that drone is capable of detecting heat source and give temperatures. we utilized that night to fly over the vault and get temperatures to help chevron and con fire determine what was actually going on there were.

currently our shelters are still open. red cross came out and provided necessities to make everybody as comfortable as we could while they were being displaced. short of that, the evacuation order will hold until we get the all clear from chevron. thank you. >> good morning. i'm team lead for the facility that is involved here today. we worked in close collaboration with contra costa fire and contra costa sheriff to address this situation. our number one priority is the community, the people of this community for their safety and the environment. one thing we have done is last night is we implemented the first response protocol with first responders for our assets

to respond and then address is the situation. part of that was to go down the line, start establishing blowdown of the pipeline to purge the pipeline of the natural gas that's in there. we do have an active fire in the vault that's on site that is still on fire. our plan moving forward is to go in and basic live purge the remaining natural gas that's in the pipeline and inject nitrogen into the pipeline which will extinguish the fire. that is our number one priority, to extinguish the fire and get control of the situation. if you guys have any questions, we'll take them now. >> how long is this going to take until we get this danger

mitigated? >> with the purging of the nitrogen that's going into the pipeline will extinguish the fire in the pipeline in the vault itself. it is basically the natural gas that's in the pipeline has been consumed by fire. so basically the release that's happening, it's a small -- relatively small leak. nonetheless, when the fire started, it ignited natural gas from what we believe is a transmitter line that created the release and initiated the fire within the vault. >> you've been watching a news conference from chevron and also from fire officials in contra costa county. 4,000 people evacuated because of the fire threatening a gas line. >> we will carry this live on abc7news.com/live. also on our news app.

everyone else, we will be switching over to good morning america. thank yo

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