diesel fuel. at this time we

are putting steam on the unit, that is how we would safely extinguish the fire and that is going on as we speak. we will be as open as we can, we hope to hold a community event with in the next few hours that will allow people to ask questions. things are to the complex, and it may be awhile before lead in establishing recalls. --a root cause. >> reporter: take a look behind a this is what firefighters are using to battle fires all over the bay area. not ticket that would look like as i drove --now, take a look at what it looked like as i drove to richmond. you can see all of the dark smoke billowing

into the ear. --into the air. you can see how intense and large the flames were at that time. the smoke continued to go up into the air for several hours. >> justine: that thick black smoke in richmond sent hundreds of people to hospitals with breathing problems and here's what they did with all of the patients. >> reporter: here in richmond there have been a steady flow of patients coming in all like--all my long. they wanted to be checked out just in case the some had serious symptoms. now what the doctors are doing with the patients, they are taking their blood pressure and other vital signs. they will keep them for observation to make sure

that they're ok, for the most part most people are leaving and able to go back home. >> reporter: after the explosion people rushed to the hospital and the doctors and emergency room for inundated with people. people rushed in and said they had kiichi eyes or their throat was brought during them--their throw was bothering them. the emergency room was absolutely packed to capacity with this large crowd. extra security guards were called in to help deal with all these people. >> justine: right now will tran is live to tell us what the conditions are like. do you smell smoke? can you see

any smoke? >> will: no, i do not smell smoke, there are no flames in the sky. now it seems like they're back to business as usual, people are coming and going. maybe in about 50 minutes we can go inside the refinery as well as talk with a spokesperson on the latest conditions. i can tell me i have breathing problems and i suffer nothing this morning. it is a little breezy but not at all very breezy. if you just came to this area and knew nothing about the fire, you would think what is going on this morning? i did not see any black smoke, i saw some white puffs of smoke but that is not unusual for the refinery. >> justine: have you seen any emergency crews, or is the scene totally clear?

>> will: the scene is totally clear. there are no eager to see crews at all. like i said, if you just arrived in i blindfolded you, you would never have known that there was a huge fire last night. as far as the breeze and the breathing problems it seems like things are back to normal. we will see what is going on this morning as far as being allowed inside. there may be some contractors that are still missing this morning but we will have to find out in just a few minutes. >> justine: will tran is a live as we cover this refinery fire we will have more on that story in a few minutes to let us check in with erica with a look at our top forecast. >> erica: good morning justine, it looks like we will see low nineties for the inland areas but overall pretty comfortable and mao conditions for the bayshores. we do have some

high clouds over downtown san francisco but it really is not obstructing visibility whatsoever. as we take a look at the day planner, we have some coastal fall to contend with. we could make it into the and 90's. it looks like we have a relatively warm one for those in antioch, waking up to the mid-60s in daly city and as we take those temperatures to the afternoons we will see mid- 60's in places like san francisco, we have 72 on tap for open. it looks like we could see some 90's in fairview, antioch and your seven day around the bay forecast shows that today is the last day of warm weather. tomorrow is going to get hot. we will see temperatures in the mid-90s and will continue to climb in numbers as we headed to

thursday and friday. we may be contending with triple digits. >> erica: high on the numbers for you and i will also keep an eye on the traffic conditions.--i will keep an eye on the numbers for you as well as your traffic conditions. we have no metering lights to deal with ec top speed at the incline and across the upper deck. it is pretty quiet at the san mateo bridge, your west bound and east bound traffic it's looking good. traffic is moving at top speeds this hour. on the golden gate bridge we have overall clear conditions. >> justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news on this tuesday morning will take a break with a live look outside. the mount

tancam is not showing as much left over from the chevron refinery fire. we will have an update when we come right back.

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>> justine: there are new questions about bay area bridges and its safety tests were conducted properly. some reviews have show doctored data on suspicious test. >> reporter: caltrain has said all along that sent the test are valid in the bay bridge is most of all are safe but that may not be too according to this investigation. it reports engineers reviewing the safety of concrete foundations of four bay area bridges have found 23 cases where data may have been inaccurate. the first bridge in question is the new eastern span of the bay bridge where the report said the irregularities were found in the testing of the least two of the concrete pilings of the foundation.

and then we have the martinez bridge, the team found significant irregularities, at least 14. on the dumbarton bridge, but looking at this one unspecified problem according to the report. it also says that they also found and other unspecified problem on the san raphael bridge. this issue is expected to be the that formally it before the transportation committee on august 14th. >> justine: the caltrans director had a statement saying that the report is based on a preliminary craft not a final report. he says it is respect--he says the following.

>> justine: we will take a quick break and we have new details about the refinery fire in richmond when we come right back, we take a live look outside the bay bridge and traffic is very light.

>> justine: the fire at the chevron refinery has now been but--been contained. just last night to come to costa county sheriff's department and added that the residents are not at risk and they can open all of the windows and doors. a health advisory remains in place anyone would smoke allergies in the western part of contra costa county. >> justine: to discuss this will he be at 5:00 p.m. at the main gate of the chevron refinery to update the public on the fire and to

answer any questions that people may have. we do plan on carrying that press conference live. that is about 45 minutes from now. will tran is they're getting the latest information and we will carry the press conference live again at 5:00 a.m.. >> erica: we are taking a live look outside at our mount tancam, we do have some cloud coverage up above, but it is not impacting visibility. as we headed to 9:00 a.m., some clouds the to see right now will pass, and we have mid- 50s for downtown san francisco and the city. it looks like it is pretty warm up and antioch coming in at 60 degrees. we have low 60s waking up in fairfield. >> erica: by 12:00 p.m., it is mostly warming. it looks like we will introduce the 80's and also see the

potential for some 90's. around 8:00 p.m. it looks like we will see significant cool down for most locations sitting in the '60s and '70s. now i will break down the numbers neighborhood by neighborhood. these are very similar conditions to what we saw yesterday. >> erica: we could see some 80's starting to develop, so it is actually a the cooler for those in livermore. we have 92 expected for antioch in fairfield looks-at one of silicon-and fairfield looks like one of the warmest spots. we have some '70s around the bay and some 60 for the coast. now throughout the weekend and starting the next work week we will see upper 90s if not triple digits for your warmest in the areas. here in the traffic center we have no hot spots to contend with. your approach is

smoothly out of oakland into the city. traffic is slowly but surely building in the westbound direction out towards foster city. your golden gate bridge ride around south bound 101 is problem free. as we take this to the traffic map, all is well on the shore freeway. we do not see any delays for those coming off of it altamont pass. >> justine: now this man had a 9 mm pistol and a heart full of racial hatred. army veteran murdered half a dozen sihk--sikh worshipers. >> reporter: the calls came in just before 10:30 a.m., there was reports of a shooting at the temple and milwaukee california--in

milwaukee. the first to respond was 51 year old brian murphy a member of the oak creek capt. squad. >> he was met by the suspect who basically rushed him. >> reporter: murphy is in critical condition but expected to survive. other police arrived and ordered the shooter to drop his weapon when he refused an officer with a rifle brought him down. >> the suspect is not moving i am encroaching upon him. >> reporter: the bodies of two victims were found in the parking lot and inside the temple they found four others including the president. his nephew says that he died trying to save for others. >> reporter: members say they are often mistaken for muslims but if the gunman's

intent was to scare them off he failed. >> if his sole purpose was to drive us away, it would not work. [music] >> reporter: the sikh massacre happened at a temple like this one. >> and as a family, we are very upset. >> reporter: sarinjid suspects that his brother and others were targeted because of the curtains that they wear. --because of the turbans that they wear.

>> reporter: during my visit a group of teachers stop by to pay their respects. >> i stopped by it as an american i wanted to express that this was just a single person and for the rest of us there are so many of us that just want to welcome all different people to our country. >> reporter: sarangid ask me to emphasize that he and his followers are american. >> he says that he feels very bad but praise to everyone and informs the american people hopefully this will not happen again. >> justine: we will take a break and be right back.

row house. police are trying to say they're determining if this is legal. so far police have not made any arrests. and san jose police are looking for people who were shot in san jose last night this happened before a 30 p.m.--before 8:30pm investigators to believe the shooting was gang-related. >> justine: -- >> reporter: people were beating the streets and making a lot of racket. janitors for many of the city buildings converge downtown to get their message heard. they say it is time for a decent contract. >> reporter: you can tell

that they're very loud and noisy and they want to get their message across. these chances are saying that they're not being properly compensated. >> reporter: the group was carrying signs, beating drums and yelling at the top of their voices. they circled the building several times. after several revolutions, the group went on the march. san francisco police officers stopped traffic so that the process could safely continue up the street. several intersections throughout the downtown area were closed for a time, the marchers continue on to express displeasure to anyone that would listen. despite the noise, those marching were peaceful and said they did not to cause any trouble they just wanted to be heard. the also won for management to come to the table with a contract that they would like. >> justine: we will take a quick break, a live report from outside of the chevron refinery to give you an

update on the fire that happened yesterday when we come right back. we will take a quick break and we have a live look outside at the bay bridge.

>> justine: more on the top story, fire crews worked all night to get control of the massive refinery fire at the chevron plan. we have some video this forced a lot of people to stay indoors and it also shut down the bart locations in the area. this morning the shelter in place has been lifted. but we want to start the story off with jeff bush. >> reporter: it was a busy night for workers at the chevron refinery. if you the that the distance, there's not much on a wide shot ankle, but as we zoom in you can see that this was the hot spot. this is where the

refinery caught fire. during the overnight hours, you can see these workers began to scrape down the hot spot. they began to spray it down and they were busy doing that. now this scenario that you are looking at you would not able to look at in the early evenings when the fire started because there was so much black smoke and flames all over the place. when i arrived 10 minutes after this thing started, that was at 6:40 p.m. you could see flames shooting up in the year, they could be seen for miles, shooting up in san francisco. but you can also look at this camera view in the distance. you can see all the houses that were shaded by that such in the sky. it stayed up in the sky for some very long hours. again, it has been a night full of activity here.

many of these workers put it down the water just trying to make sure that this was under control and its stays under control. >> reporter: ever since the fire broke out there has been a small army of workers out here. chevron workers and state officials are trying to get an answer to what happened out here to cause the fire. at a news conference the project manager spoke about what they had learned so far. >> the fire was a diesel fuel igniting. what you were seeing were the black smoke dissipating. at this time we are now putting steam on it, that is the way that we would save the extinguish the fire and that is going on as we speak. we will be as open as we can and we

hope to hold a community event within the next 48 hours which will hopefully allow people to ask some questions. we may know in a little bit more detail by that time. these things are to the complex. it may be a couple of days before we actually saw--we actually establish a cause. >> reporter: i am here at the refinery and you can see some smoke coming from the distance. not take a look at what it looked like when the fire were spurred --when the fire first was on the scene. people that live in north richmond wanted to see what was going on. and some of them stood along the road to see what was happening. there'll three loud explosions and then they saw the smoke going up into the ear. many people

were concerned about their health and their safety. >> reporter: after the explosion people rushed to the hospital and the virgin to room was inundated with people. people rushed and said they were complaining about itchy eyes, and having trouble breathing. >> i have an itchy throat, it is hard to breed and i have a headache. --it is hard to breathe and i have a headache. >> justine: now let us turn to will tran who is live outside the plan to tell us what the conditions are like this morning. >> justine: what are the

conditions like out there right now? >> it seems to be no longer the question is what happened to the fire? why did it start? we should know in the next half hour. you can see the employee's right they're coming and going. it seems like a business as usual. there is not much of a problem, the sky does not have much smoke and no flames at all it seems like things are back to normal although there are questions that remain. we will try to bring you a news conference as it happens. so far no smoke and no flames come back to you. >> justine: thank you so much, we will soon have a live report coming up. >> erica: now conditions outside the door look like we are in the fifties for the most part.

>> erica: as we take a look at your weather headlines into the afternoon we have pretty similar conditions compared to yesterday. we have 60s along the coastline and we are getting into the low nineties for the eastland inland valleys. >> erica: as we look ahead it looks like we may have to triple digits by thursday and friday and pretty hot weather as we transition into the weekend. i will have your full details coming up in your seven day around the bay forecast. on satellite and radar looks like we did not see too much as far as cloud coverage. >> erica: down in the south bay i think will keep it in the upper '70's for the most part.

>> erica: we have plenty of sunshine in a wide range of '70s for most of our northern locations. >> erica: here is a look at your forecast. we will have more clout afternoon sunshine for the next few days ago we will continue to see a gradual warm up. >> erica: see for yourself on the seven day around the bay forecast. over all it looks like we will continue to gain several digits with friday being the warmest day of the week. in the traffic

center is still pretty quiet we are looking at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. yes there are more cars out there but no weights at the pay gates. your drive is just 13 minutes from in to end. we have a very quiet morning and your ride is under 22 minutes out of navato into the city. >> justine: 8 bay area family is in morning after a 16 year old athlete is killed near his home. the shooting happened in richmond they have one person in custody. people stopped by a makeshift memorial to leave flowers. the shooting happened of around 1:30 a.m.. when the police arrived they said the 16 year-old was found dead on the scene. they have made one arrest and are looking for another suspect.

>> we are looking for a second suspect in the case. from what we know, the conversation--the suspect and victim had a conversation before the suspect about the gun and shot the victim. >> justine: for the victim's family and friends, they say all this is overwhelming. >> reporter: this is the victim's home as family and friends came by seeking comfort on such a dark location. this is a picture of the young man right here in his football jersey. his cousin talks about what he was like. >> he was always so positive. on sunday they had just come back from my grandmother's house and they played. and he went to go

walk the dog and to when they came back of a solid the ambulance and they did not expect that to be him. >> reporter: his fellow teammates talk about his death. >> at first i did not want to believe it i said i would just wait until i get to practice. and it was him. i just broke down. >> i got a text message that your brother got hit. i was thinking maybe somebody hit him at football practice but then they told me he got shot. >> reporter: his mother says that he was not in trouble and he was not in a game. his family members say he was wearing a red shirt when he was shot and they believe that is the reason why he was shot. >> he was not in a game, or anything. we are praying for

him right now. my aunt has the support of everybody but we know that will not bring him back. >> justine: we will take a break and be right back with much more after this.

>> justine: both presidential candidate to raise campaign money. this was mitt romney as he campaigned in california. he had three private fund raisers in the bay area a couple weeks ago. the mitt romney campaign says that there is a total of $186 million in cash on hand. he has been out producing the president and fund raising. he brought an $35 million more than what the president raised. president obama and the democratic national committee raised about $135 million in july and they said 90 percent of that money came from people that donated in amounts of $250 or less. we have an update

on the chevron refinery right after this.

>> justine: the shelter in place advisory has been lifted and the fire at the chevron refinery has been contained. residents they say are not at risk. the health advisory does remain in place for anyone with breeding conditions in the western part of the county. at five innings and then meeting will take place to update the public and to enter any questions that you might have. we want to bring that press conference live that is coming up in about 50 minutes. now at

least 200 people needed medical attention for respiratory problems after the fire. >> the hood the explosions occur, a lot of people were getting out of their car and on the side of the road. i looked up and we saw the explosion and then i looked up to see what was one on and i looked back down and i saw my wife here go into a seizure. we were the first ones that were here. at the time was really a chaotic i was still shaken up. >> justine: the richmond

refinery is capable processing more than 242,000 bar. of oil every day. the refinery has suffered fires before. >> erica: now let us bring your attention to whether this morning. if you like yesterday was certainly like today. we do anticipate similar conditions. temperatures are very normal for this time of the morning. for the most part, temperatures are very similar, we have no shocks or surprises. we are still holding on to some 60 for antioch in fairfield. as we take those numbers into the afternoon we will see mainly 60s along the coastline, we have '70s

coming down the shores. for those situated along the peninsula we could see some low eighties for those developing along the inland valleys. and by 3:00 p.m. it looks like pretty much the in the same condition. we do introduce the potential for some icloud. 90's for the most part will be along the delta. >> erica: expect to reconditions and nothing but blue skies. we could see some low nineties developed for antioch in fairfield, 87 on tap for concord, we have 73 for castro valley. along the east bay shoreline we will keep it in the low '70s.

>> erica: if you plan on going to the oakland a's game, it looks like the first pitch will be at 7:05 p.m. and temperatures will be in the low 60s. >> erica: now by saturday and sunday will continue to see warm weather around the bay area and potentially low '70s along the coast. keep an eye on your forecast over here in the traffic said to the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza looks good with no problems to report. your san mateo bridge ride is moving smoothly in both directions of highway 92. has been taken over to the golden gate bridge we have some role work that is continuing. south bound 101 is approaching the bridge and not producing too much in the way of a slowdown. as be taken over to the traffic

map, we have no place to speak of coming off of the off to my past. in the south bay we see a lot of green on the road we centers. we do not have a single accident to report along the peninsula. this looks like a smooth and easy ride coming down the bayshore freeway. >> justine: the curiosity rover from nasa has sent back its first images from mars, this is what we are seeing right now in these high-definition technology photograph. gabe slate of of why this is the most important mission it yet. >> of the rover name curiosity will be nasa's biggest and most robotics laboratory yet to make tracks on mars. the mission will last two years and it will cost over $2.5 billion. the mission is to answer age old question about whether or not life existed on mars, or if the planet can sustain life in the future. president obama has laid out a bold vision of sending

humans to mars. today's landing marks a significant step towards achieving the goal. curiosity carried 10 science instruments. to carry all of this is 15 times larger than the two previous 15 to morris. one has a laser firing instrument and another one of its unique instruments is a trio of chemistry tools. it stands for sample analysis at mars. the job is to analyze samples that are scooped up. >> roughly the size of a microwave oven this can do the work of an entire chemistry lab. it is the most advanced instruments of its kind that was to listen to another planet. if you want to follow curiosity online, log on to our web

page and look for the news section i am gabe slate with kron4 news. >> justine: now charles clifford shows us exactly where it landed on mars. >> reporter: last summer they settled on the gail crator as the landing site for curiosity. now this is a view of the red planet from space pitt the redlined indicates the equator. if we move in closer to the surface you can see that the gale crater said south of the equator. in the middle of this is an 18,000 ft. peak. about 30 mi. northwest you can see a green oval. this is the target area of where nyasa--nasa wanted

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>> reporter: pay attention to the volkswagen on the right of your screen, the driver can see the big rig but instead of wielding he accelerates and passes. >> reporter: an officer from

the california highway patrol have to have a chat with the driver. >> you should not be using the shoulder to pass, he should slow down and allow him to pass you. >> reporter: interstate 80 has a lot of the greek-- interstate 880 has a lot of the great and car--big rig and car accidents. >> reporter: wanted to cut off that big break? >> -i was trying to keep up with traffic. >> reporter: it is not just cars that are in the wrong, this trucker is driving too closely. >> reporter: this truck has

been driving in the number to blame for quite awhile. i spoke with the driver that happen to be a trainer and she had this to say. >> i tried a couple of times to get over and the cars they just ignored our blinkers. it is really that, they will not merge, they will not move. they see our blinkers and he loved them. --they see our blinkers and they ignore them. they cut us off and they swim on their brakes. they did not realize the danger because this is an 85,000 lb. wrecking machine. >> justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. in just a few minutes we will have a live update from officials at the chevron refinery in richmond where the company plans to update

us on yesterday's fire, stay with us.

>> justine: the chevron refinery in mid--richmond created breathing problem for hundreds of people do to be fire. --due to the fire. >> justine: we want to let you know that all the bart stations are open right now they were closed yesterday. now will tran is outside of the refinery with the latest. we do not see or smell any smoke but what is it like right now? >> will: right now it just looks like another day at

the refinery, you can see the cars coming and going. if i put you here, you would not even know that there was a fire. i did not see any fire or smoke. right now, we are waiting for a spokesperson from the chevron refinery to give a news conference. they just arrived a couple of minutes ago. we have a podium set, once they get ready we will try to bring in live to you. let me toss it back out to you they will be to the podium we will be established are shot and bring it back to you. >> justine: you do not see any emergency crews there, everything is calm? >> will: no emergency crew, this is just a normal situation. there were some incredible pictures last night. but six or seven hours afterwards the fire

was declared out and is seen by another day. you can see employees showing up to work and employees leaving this place. from the spokes people, you can see several of them two of them right behind me, the question this morning is will cost the fire? maybe we will give that answer in just a few minutes. back to you. >> justine: that thick black smoke sent hundreds of people to areas we continue our team coverage and show how the doctors dealt with all the patients. >> reporter: here in richmond at the kaiser medical center there have been a steady flow of patients coming in all night long. some had serious symptoms like tightness of chess and a little difficulty breathing or coughing and will really eyes. what the doctors are doing, they are taking their

blood pressure and other vital signs. they will keep them to make sure the patients are safe. >> justine: we are waiting for the press conference to start to get an update on the refinery fire that happened at chevron. the shelter in place warning is over can we will have an update on traffic in just one minute of first a check of bay area weather. >> erica: we do have some cloud coverage over downtown san francisco but overall it is a pretty clear start around the bay area. we could see some low 90s and our warmest in the areas looks like the fog will make a comeback as we head into the evening. i will have a complete breakdown of your afternoon high temperatures and show your seven day around the bay forecast

coming up. but now it is time for a check on your morning commute with george. >> george: that you erica, we have no problems to report, no delays. we have smooth conditions on your bayshores commute. >> justine: thank you so much george, but as the you updated on what is happening in richmond. we have a lot to talk about with the chevron refinery fire. we are waiting to find out from officials of what started the fire that caused a shelter in place yesterday and then sent black smoke all across the area. a lot of people said that the with the health problems, their eyes were bothering them, they had scratchy and energy throats. we want to go back live outside of the refinery. we have will tran their who is monitoring a live press conference that

will start in any minute because a lot of people want to know what caused this? there was another fire back here a few years ago. people have a lot of questions. let us go live to richmond with the very latest. >> we want to seriously think all the firefighters and all the others that provided to aid last night for their efforts to safely extinguish the fire. we can report that the main fire has not been extinguished. safety officials are allowing a small controlled burn as a safety measure to help reduce pressure. this is helping to ensure that more talks in genetic skate. this is similar how we utilize safety requirements. >> the refinery also ended

our shelter in place by 11:49 p.m. last night. all employees and contractors are thankfully safe and accounted for. three employees did sustained minor injuries but they have been treated on site. the fire started at our facilities and last night at 6:30 p.m.. the source of the fire is still under investigation. 20 response vehicles and 80 firefighters were on scene to help respond to the incident >> we want to thank everyone for their efforts last night. >> finally, we want to close by saying we apologize to our neighbors in this

community for the fire and the concern that we have caused them. we are now working to determine the cause, so that we can prevent such and its different car of the acclaim in the future. thank you. my first name is heather and my last name is kulp i and the public affairs manager for the chevron in richmond. we had some minor injuries like a slight risk to burn. we had a burn on any year for one of the responders and then we had minor smoke inhalation. >> right now, the cause is under investigation. like i said, we have chevron crews and others working to determine the cause. once we

know more and have a definitive answer we will be able to provide more information. >> we will conducting normal operations during the day. >> how many people were working in the refinery that had to evacuate? >> there was no on-site evacuation that happens of the entire refinery was not evacuated we just had to evacuate the scene. >> how many in total? >> i do not have that number right now. >> who helped in the investigation your own investigators or are you bringing in a separate team? >> when incidents like this occurs we have government

entities and the two letters that have been on site and they will continue to be on- site and they will help us to determine the cause of the van. but >> you were talking about a controlled burn, so if we see smoke we should not be concerned? >> that is right right now, there is a controlled burn to ensure that this incident continued to be maintained under control. >> health services has information so i would encourage you to contact them. >> right now we know that we will work to get the refinery up and working when it is safe to do so.

>> i think that is a difficult question to ask. we have had intensive past antler to ensure that this incident is fully investigated and we understand the root cause, so this does not happen again. >> there was an incident at the refinery in 2007 it was a different incidents. >> right now, all of our operations, right now, i can say this the unit is completely shut down. i did not know about the status of all of the other units. nothing is being done at the refinery unless we can do it safely. our fourth unit is

completely shut down. anything else that is going on is going on because it is safe to do so at this point. for us it is a normal day at work. we are expecting people to be on-site and we will continue to operate. >> how will this affect production people may be thinking there is another reason for gas prices to go up can you speculate? >> i cannot at this time. i will say that we will start the facility back up when it is safe to do so. >> i cannot speculate on how long it will take us to get up. >> i am sure people are

wondering why were we seeing black smoke for hours and hours? was that a normal amount of time? was that something that was designed to happen because of the fire to keep the burned going? what amount of time is normal? >> we had fully trained and specialize fire crews on side. they responded, they worked the plan. all of these crews worked together. they did an excellent job in making sure that this incident did not become anything worse than what was so we are very proud of them. >> now any ground water at the refinery is already

captured in a system, it is a complicated thing, but basically underneath the ground have crown water captured, so none of that, we do not to have run off that is put into the environment, so that as a part of the normal day to day operations. >> what i said is nothing is being done at the refinery unless we are sure that it is being done safely. >> one that i will have to end it. we will come back out and check with you in case we have any other questions thank you so much. >> we will continue to provide updates as new

information becomes available. >> that was an update from chevron officials, what happened yesterday. there was a refinery fire, the fire is out there are some small controlled burns her still happening today. we learn that there were employees that have minor injuries. the cause of the fire is

>> justine: chevron just offered its apologies to its neighbors in richmond and is says that it is working to make sure that a fire like this does not happen again. this happened just after 6:00 p.m. last night it sent flames and smoke in the era, and shelter and place. a lot of people went to the hospital saying that

they felt sick and the fire is out this morning of the we just heard in a live press conference that there are some small controlled burns that are still happening in the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

>> justine: as the follow what happened in richmond to take a quick break from that and up to you on today's forecast and erica says this will be a hot one. >> erica: the morning just seen as we take a live look at conditions overlooking downtown san francisco we have some high cloud coverage to contend with of for the most part we have conditions especially for those locations east of the bay bridge toll plaza. at the checkout some of the temperatures of around the bay area of the flood mid- 50s waking up in downtown san francisco we had a perfect gift bills in san jose and 58 for those in concord. her future forecastles by lunchtime, the 50 starts to develop into '60s and '70s and maybe some low eighties for the

warmest and in areas. by 3:00 p.m. it looks like we will pretty much stay and that color grid. you will gain a couple of degrees and we have the possibility for some 90's. it looks like we will see some relief as a session for the inland areas. by 8:00 p.m. it looks like we will see '60s and '70s for the most part. sunnyvale is coming in at 763 is an essential for the levine and mountain view. we have skies and sunshine all across the area. here in fairfield we will reach 93 degrees. we have '70s for the most part for castro valley, union city and for those in berkeley it looks like navato could reach 74 degrees. we have 10 degrees warmer in napa and downtown san francisco is hitting a high of 65 degrees and similar conditions in the city. your kron4 seven day around the bay forecast shows triple digits by

friday. this could actually the longest day of the week. although we may lose a couple of degrees we will have a pretty pleasant day with a lot of sunshine and temperatures above the seasonal average as the transition into the weekend. that measure weather and a see how traffic shaping up. we have an easy day it looks like. >> george: yes, conditions here looked we looked like we are problem free. here on the 101 south bound your ride is easy. your ride through marin county is without delay. >> george: 101 is looking

good as you head from the coyote valley. we have no delays through marin county adjutancy with green showing on the road sensors. we will take a quick break and the kron4.com when the will of the cutback.

>> justine: now to the latest on the chevron refinery fire that happened in richmond. no employees were seriously injured but we london in a press conference that we carried it live, three employees had minor injuries resulted for

burn and smoke inhalation. there were hundreds of other people that showed up in the early morning hours to local hospitals. they complained of breathing problems and this morning in the press conference that we carried live, chevron apologize for the fire and they said it will work now to make sure that this is happening again. it did prompt a shelter and place one for thousands of people in contra costa county for several hours. that shelter in place has been lifted. the rich and bart station closed last night, but bart is open and we're not hearing about any delay so far this plan. it seems to be running as good as normal. let us go to will he is going to update us he was just at that press conference. >> will: what we did not learn is because of the fire, they say that is still under investigation. according to the

spokeswoman, today is just another day and they should be back to business as usual. they will conduct an investigation but do not low--but they do not know how long that will take. the the shell to employes was lifted around 11:50 p.m. last night. no breathing problems this morning and no flames. they have a controlled burn going on i asked several times about that and they say basically that was to relieve some of the pressure that delta during the processing of the fuel. this the same thing we see from time to time when we drive by the refineries, we can see the flames on top of the smokestacks. that is what is going on this morning. as far as people injured, everyone has been accounted for. we are talking about regular employees at chevron's some have problems ranging from burns of the years to end unrest--some have been burned on their ears and wrist, and some smoke

inhalation problems but nothing major. now we asked who will help with the investigation, people out there want transparency and for this to be fair the chevron spokesperson says it is not just their own investigators doing this but they will also have government regulators and other outside agencies coming in to help with the inspection and the investigation to find out what will happen. as far as the crew the unit, that is down until they find out exactly what happened. they also want to make sure going forward this is safe for everyone. i got a chance to ask because everyone else out there is thinking about this. how will this impact the cost of gasoline that would pay at the pump? she says that to there is no room to speculate they're just focusing on the investigation and one phylum--one final notice the use thousands of gallons of water to the out the flames

and people wanted to know where is that wooded glen? will the the back and the system possibly injuring the people out there and according to the chevron spokeswoman she says no, they have a system in place where all the water that they used to pull out these claims have been recaptured. so that water is at the plant. >> justine: one question for you, as you were out there this morning they were talking about the control burn that is still happening, and one that held a press conference said that people might still see and smell smoke in the area of a huge not see or smell anything. - >> will: i do not see much, but you can look over and see a puff that goes on

every now and then they call this a safety device. if that is happening i can tell you this is not happening at this location. but if you see that, you should not be concerned. people that live near here i am sure that they are used to seeing that so you not have to worry. not every now and then you may see in the but of white smoke, but she says that is just business as usual. >> justine: you brought up the point about what this would do about gas prices and we want to talk with robert black around 6:00 a.m. to see what he says. >> justine: this refinery was founded more than a century ago. it is the third largest in the state. the richmond refinery is capable of processing more than 242,000 bar. of oil every day. the refinery has had some fires the last major one was back in january 2007. that fire lasted

almost 10 hours. analysts are saying that california could have a spike in gas prices in the coming weeks due to the fire and they say everything depends on the extent of the plant damage and the ability to maintain its operations as the bay area's largest refinery they say that gas prices can be affected even by unscheduled made its pickups. meanwhile, the average cost of gas in san francisco for regular is $3.95. in oakland, it averages about $3.81. in san jose is about $3.80. we want to talk to robert black about with this fire can do to gas prices in richmond because even though the spokesperson says that they will not speculate that as we just reported the analysts say that gas prices could go up. we will go back

to will live and we want to update you on what is happening in the bay area households because a lot of people are still there because the city have breathing problems stay with us for more on that, now let us check in with erica for our forecast. >> erica: i did some research and it looks like the air quality has greatly improved. we cannot have any quality reports in that regard. it looks like the wind will pick up to about 15 mi. per hour as we head into the afternoon. right now looks like temperatures are sitting in the '50s and '60s with a were coming in at 57 degrees. we have a chilly start to the morning. as we head into the afternoon we have very similar conditions compared to will be enjoyed yesterday we have mid-60's along the coastline ranging in the low 90s for your warmest in the areas. it looks like we will notice a warm-up as we head into tomorrow. we could see

triple digits as we head into unseasonably warm weather. i will have the full details and show your seven day around the bay forecast coming up in my next report. but now it is time for traffic good morning. >> george: here is a quick commute check, we have like conditions in which started to see a little bit of slowing. 580 still looks good but there is still light traffic for the south bay, the peninsula and your north bay ride. >> justine: thank you so much, we will take a break and be right back.

and >> it was hectic, it was so many people inside, children and babies there were people inside coughing. >> justine: the shelter in place the advisory is lifted the fire was contained this morning. last night to announce the residence or not at risk and what about

to open up the house--last night they announce that no one was at risk. the fire was contained around 11:00 p.m. last night. there will be small controlled burns happening this morning. >> justine: the city of berkeley did not issue in shelter and placed advisory. they recommended that people who smelled smoke stay inside keep your windows and doors closed and turn off the ac units even those in berkeley that did not smell smoke and encouraged i to follow the same precautions. we will take a break on the kron4 morning news and have much more after this. [music]

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on the chevron refinery fire, that fire is now under control a full investigation is underway into what started the massive fire. it started around 6:30 p.m.. it was under control just before 11:00 p.m.. that fire splayed out thick black smoke that could be seen for miles. >> justine: at least 200 people in contra costa county are seeking medical attention after that fire. we have some deal of what is happening in san paulo. our solo reporter yolie is there out of the hospital good morning. >> reporter: good morning justine i just walked into the emergency room about 20 minutes ago, it seemed pretty empty i did not see anyone waiting there. at this plant will really do not know how many people have been treated and released. i am still waiting to hear from the

spokesperson from the hospital to give me that information. we do know that at least about 200 people were serviced last night because of respiratory problems and because of that fire. the hospital set up an incident and command center around 6:30 p.m. last night to try and treat people for those problems. as i mentioned that this morning it looks pretty empty in the emergency room. i did not see anyone went in there may be there with one person in there for a different issue. but, it does seem like most of the people that came in last night, they seem to either be in the hospital being treated for they were released. and of course, if you are still filling and a little bit irritated, or a little more like, still having trouble breathing or anything like that they tell people to try to come in and make sure that you are being treated. at this point, the

old shelter in place is no longer in place. the hospital is constantly checking for their quality around here in this area because they were also affected. they're just saying if you still feel any type of illness come in and be treated. >> justine: thank you so much now let us check in with erica for the forecast we are expecting triple digits. >> erica: good morning testing, will triple digits should arrive by thursday may be friday. the uptick in the clear conditions here can it did not have much in the way of cloud coverage. what we do see is hanging on to the coastline. temperatures are running about average for this type of morning. >> erica: our future

forecast shows that the microclimates will start to develop. for our bayshores, we could see some low 80s beginning to trickle in by lunchtime for your warmest in the areas. it looks like we will gain a couple of degrees by 3:00 p.m.. then, we start to see the and then filling in where we could see some 90's. temperatures are very similar to what we enjoy it yesterday. we have a much needed relief for the inland areas with most of the bay area staying in the '60s and '70s. we have a pretty comfortable conditions as we head into the evening. but as the focus on your afternoon high temperatures, it looks like we will contend with '70's in the south bay. we have will skies with plenty of sunshine and light wind starts to pick up around 12:00 p.m.. sunnyvale is reaching 76 degrees, and it looks like we will see upper '70's for places like campbell, we have low 80s as

well. we could see some low nineties for fairfield and antioch. turning our attention to the east bay shoreline it looks like we may actually be a couple of degrees warmer compared to yesterday. >> erica: downtown san francisco has an afternoon high of 65 degrees and very similar conditions are expected in daly city this afternoon. we do have a pattern of morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. friday is expected to be the warmest day of the week. you will see on the seven day around the bay forecast the could hit triple digits inland's. >> erica: we could certainly have beach like weather on sunday and low '70s expected full-year coolest the bay area spots. now let us check on traffic with george. >> george: we are not

tracking any hot spots or delays, or problems. i want to start with a quick bridge check. taking in the epicenter tell bridge ride, the problems here. for the golden gate bridge, 101 south bound is still delay free through marin county and no problems or construction delays. looking at the traffic map we still have an easy ride for the east bay freeway. your commute through the san ramon valley is about 70 minutes now. yourself a traffic looks great. 101 north bound is a problem free. your melinda, still the playfully.--is still delay free. >> justine: san jose mayor

is defending the police chief saying that he has done an excellent job given the resources that he has been given the san jose police officers' association board of directors says that it has taken no action of any kind regarding the matter. the mayor says the plant keeping moore on the job no matter what the outcome of the no-confidence vote. >> justine: will you errors has been cleared by napa state hospital psychologist, he has been accused of molesting seven boys between 1991 and 1996. the children were his patients. today's report indicates that he has been faking signs of dementia and a hearing in october will decide if the court believes he is competent. tomorrow a judge will decide whether or not to grant him bail, or

keep him in jail. before we head to break, we will see what a woman saw right before the fire started. this is at the chevron refinery. >> we heard an explosion. we heard a second one and then we saw flames and smoke and a third explosion. then we felt like coming this way to see what was going on. [music]

>> justine: nasa has now released low resolution video of the curiosity rover. this video is showing us the protective shield falling away as the rover plummet could through the atmosphere. the dust was being kicked up as it was lowered by cables inside the crater. curiosity successfully executed the landing on sunday night. here, you can see the

pictures that it has started to send back. these are the first ones that were taken from the rover. the mission team and nasa is waiting for high-definition color pictures that could be processed very soon. we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. we are following the very latest on the chevron refinery fire that happened in richmond. the fire is out but we are taking a live look now at the hospital in san paulo where at least 200 patients were treated for breathing problems yesterday. we will have a live report from the scene in richmond and at the hospital and come right back. [music]

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