employees suffered minor burns parade their figuring out how these things started. it will be contaminating any other type of water source. chevron will be hosting a community meeting for members of the area. it will be at 6:00 at richmond's memorial auditorium. we have a look at how the fire looks like when it first broke out. this video is from gland foster who lived at point richmond just above the refinery. klan was a video director in l.a. for years. when he looked outside, he said he could not believe his eyes. he also said it looked just like a movie. kaiser hospital in richmond

was completely fooled with people coming in all suffering the effects from the refinery fire. all people we spoke to were all experiencing similar situations my skin was burning really bad and my throat was burning. are my chest that type, my eyes were burning. my approach was a cheap and dry. people were told to go outside and avoid going outside. we will have an update from a hospital in richmond. is there a air quality concern? lawrence is tracking conditions right now if i live in that area, i would definitely stay indoors. we are seeing some very light

winds right now. hopefully we will have everything under wraps by then. clear skies around the bay area although for the most part it looks like these afternoon will have very similar numbers. we will have sunshine by the afternoon. maybe '80s and '90s as we head toward the livermore valley. 67 degrees in san francisco. the next couple of days we will be heating things up. we will be up to the 100 degree mark in some spots inland by thursday and friday prayed sirens art sound off every half-hour when potentially

hazardous smoke is in the area. in richmond yesterday evening, people were still seen on this is going about their normal business. mean while there is no free ride for drivers who cross the bridge during beaemergency prayd it the drivers will be built later when the toll takers were instructed to leave. it is the bay area's largest refinery prayed it is a crucial processing location for all of california. the facility first opened 100

and years ago before the city of richmond was founded. the first oil flowed into the refinery of july 19th 02 parad0. many of you guys sent to us photos of what you were seeing. we want to thank all of you who took the time to e-mail some of us those photos parade if you would like to see more log on to our website. i was in martinez and i would say about an hour after it started, the big cloud sort of drifted through martinez. it was sort of eerie.

no major hotspots out there right now. we do have some overnight roadwork including a major construction project through the mud cmacarthur mace. in the meantime, your other major roadways siret the my car therm mace is looking pretty good. they have several lanes blocked off especially if you had toward 680. near the eat benecia bridge parade is scheduled to be picked up by 5:00 parade you will notice some more road closures along highway 85 and 880 parade

a lot of that is scheduled to wrap up as well. in the meantime back to you guys. is going to be cleared today if san as a police officers will be able to vote confidence or no confidence on the police chief more. it is unclear if the other 14 support it. it is in the wake of check reads budget cuts and layoffs. today's meeting is set for k m at a downtown i school on vermont streak. the biggest jump was in palo alto at 63%.

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but felt island where the response jumped more than five minutes. the suspect of these seek shooting was a white supremacist. he was an army veterans according to fbi authorities. his face but shows him wearing swash the gust. insert a mornings fire was the work of a least one arsonist parade there are offering a $10,000 reward for one information the to an arrest or conviction. sharon lee lost in is accused of killing six people and wounding

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mama bear. the president's douglas supports a foundation that supports gay marriage. did those says he made the donation privately printe. it selected of the seventh to be national marriage equality day parade i think all of us will be drinking coffee today. i know for a fact you are lying. if folks around the bay area, we have a couple areas of patches of fog this morning.

in the richmond area, we are seeing lied to wins early on. it's likely the winds will pickup later on into the day parade there'll be a it westerly wind. i just checked the air quality management board, so far they are reporting good air quality for the entire area. some low 90s inlands. a lot of '70s around the bay area. as you go toward the coast line, you will see '60s. pass ammocete rich build overhead, the temperatures will near 100 degree mark in land.

you will see mid-80s in toward santa rosa with mostly sunny skies. triple digits will be a possibility as we head toward thursday, friday and into the weekend. overall we are not too bad on the roadways. we have photographers threat the bay area to show you the road conditions. you will find some road work near the trimble area of highway 85. also on a 80 as you approach broke caught road. things are looking pretty good heading toward san francisco. pretty big road work project

near the macarthur maze. they should be picking it up shortly parade you could also use them palo avenue as an alternate. as you approach the benecia bridge coming out of martinez, a 680 you will find various lanes blocked on the mid span. and your east bay drive time is still all in the clear at this time. it kept coming at of the altamont pass is looking good. no major delays coming out of the caldecott. mass-transit also reported no delays. syrian kgovernment forces

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lights up the night sky. it beainvestigation for the caue begins. the smoke still a concern, is that an impact on the air quality, we will talk about that coming up if will look at your morning commuters coming up. if fire at the chevron refinery is at this morning. you could see the big plume rising from beet refinery. there was an explosion and fire at 6:00 p.m. yesterday evening. caltrans put told peckers back on these richmond and san rafael bridge.

they actually just arrived here on scene. they are getting their notes together and planning the speech. we will give you an update on the press conference and when it is available. commuters will be able to travel normal. air quality is cleared, so you can basically go outside and breathe a sigh of relief which is sharp contrast of yesterday's incident. first we heard a boom. the new see the smoke, then you see on all the fires. there was three more after that. it was all white smoke. you could see the flames and it just started going. that thick cloud