[music] >> mark: good morning and thank you for joining us on august 9th. >> mark: a federal investigs now in richmond this morning looking into the chevron refinery fire. we will have the latest details. and you will want to stay hydrated around the bay area, temperatures could approach a record 100 degree heat. let us start with a quick forecast with erica. >> erica: it will be a scorcher, especially for

the and in spots getting into the triple digits. it looks like you're afternoon high temperatures will bring '60s, '70s and 90's in triple digits into the evening. we will notice a significant cool down. i will show you the extended forecast coming >> george: thank you erica, we have no hot spots yet, traffic in san francisco is like. in the east bay you will find some slowing on 580. a good commute still for the south bay peninsula and north bay. >> mark: are developing story out of oakland, power lines are down, we will show you what happened here. this is on 81st avenue and san leandro street. jackie is live on the scene right now one of our solo reporter to give you more news faster. >> reporter: the poll is

still down and the power lines are still draped across. oakland police officers are blocking any first. there is some good news there rubout 700 pg&e customers that were without power we are being told only about 80 are without power. they have just been restored about one hour ago. now we have been told is around 3:00 a.m., a car came careening down 81st avenue and struck the power pole and knocking the power out. i shall do this earlier, the suspect vehicle is still outstanding obviously this was a hit-and-run accident with no suspect information. as i said, at the height about 700 customers were without power most of them have been restored. we are being told by pg&e that this could take the better part of the day to actually fix the power pole itself. it

looks as though a first avenue will be blocked off with a good portion of the morning. obviously we have developing stories as soon as everyone gets power we will pass that along. >> mark: a seven member investigative team is now on the scene of the refinery fire in richmond. this is an independent agency charged with investigating serious chemical accidents. the fire crew had to go back yesterday after a flare-up at the facility. there were no injuries reported at this latest flare-up. they say the fire that flared up was put out in minutes. we are there with the details. >> will: the fire may be out at this place, but chevron officials are still feeling the heat. investigators are combing through this place, chevron worker say they noticed the vapors two hours before the actual explosion and try to

fix it but cannot do it in time before the fire. the u.s. chemical safety board will look at all aspects of the fire including physical problems and whether there are problems with industry standards no word on how long the investigation will take. and part of the investigation is the team from cal osha. chevron is not saying how long this processing unit will be down that is already causing prices to go up at the pump. >> mark: for the first time we're hearing the 911 calls from the fire. a dispatcher seemed confused about how much aid it needs to be sent to the refinery. >> hello we have a fire. we are processing crued.

>> i do not know what that means? how much do you need? >> whatever the obstruction is for us i think it is like three. >> mark: now thousands of people are lining up to the claims forms in hopes of filing lawsuits against chevron. outside one office the line stretched all the way down the street. they say people started showing up early yesterday morning. we spoke with one woman in line about why she intends to sue. >> my family suffered tremendously from allergies and asthma, it triggered a great deal. it is causing more breathing problems and having to give more medication than usual. it was really a horrible experience that we all have to go through so i'm just down here to file a claim so that we can be compensated

for this horrible tragedy that happened. >> reporter: the you think the company should pay? >> i think they should, i think it should be responsible for the mistakes that happen because that is the only way you can learn from your mistakes is to make sure that it does not happen again. a lot of people were affected by this will definitely they should be responsible for that. >> mark: 1 law firm brought in extra staff to help with the long lines. >> mark: chevron has told people that they need to start walking down things and what specific things are those? we put those questions to the contra costa county health department. if anything was exposed to this, the issue by the down with water and mild detergent like children's play areas, toys,

dog dishes that are outdoors. if it is on your car, wash your car. people who grow vegetables, vegetables in general should be washed with water and mild deters them before you eat them. that should handle any particular problems that may have resulted from the chevron and today. >> mark: according to the epa's toxic release inventory, that refinery has completely violated the air quality rules, 93 violations in just the last four years. there richmond refinery is one of three facilities and contra costa county that are on the top 10 emitters' of toxic chemicals. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we have really thick fog. and we do have someone in a

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron4 morning news, we are talking about the weather. it is 60 degrees out and livermore, and 92 degrees at noon. it is a hot evening for the inland.

>> mark: now waiting for the opening bell on wall street we could see stocks up a little bit. the dow closed up seven yesterday. international markets showed some small gains. >> mark: crude oil prices fell slightly yesterday. and we have a new report on jobless claims coming out this morning. we have 361,000 americans filing for unemploymentfor the first time last week. >> mark: more united states

homes are hitting before closure list. default notices have increased on an annual basis even so banks took back 21 fewer homes last month than in july of last year. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look outside.

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triple digits starting to erica, antioch, livermore, and 90's in walnut creek. we have low 80's in oakland and downtown san francisco is coming in at 74 degrees and

90 expected in san raphael. here is a look at your big weather story. it looks like we will see '70s and '80s for the most part, temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 50's overnight. >> erica: so here in the bay area, the triple digits that we see almost nothing. >> george: looking at a good

ride around the bay area we are not tracking in the hot spots, we want to start our bridge check where your west bound commute looks good. the meeting lights look like they have not yet been activated. your commute to the golden gate bridge looks morning. we have no delays because of the fog. and looking at your commute around the bay tracking some drive time for you, we have 60 minutes from hercules to berkeley. i want to point out a delay. normally the bypass is trouble-free but through here there is a report of an accident, and your south bay ride looks good within the will--your

south bay ride looks good with no problems. >> mark: decision 2012 news, today president obama is pushing for economic fairness for voters in colorado. this comes as his republican rival mit romney is protesting a campaign that links him to an woman dying from cancer. now it is something that both candidates do agree on they say they are against a controversial ban of the members from the boy scouts of america. the president has publicly taken an issue on this and mitt romney first voice support for this back in 1994. last month the

boy scout affirmed their ban on openly gay scouts and leaders after a two year review of its policy. state lawmakers 10 bit state officials to enter questions how or why nearly $54 million set in--sat in funds while they were going under. now the bay area is mourning the loss of worshipers in a temple shooting that killed six people. while vigils were held around the country to remember the victims several were held last night. >> he feels that we are getting a lot of support from the community and he

wants the community to know that our faith teaches us to think of all the good news for everyone. >> mark: we carried a press conference live when we announce that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. in the meantime, the people are still that includes a police officer who shot eight times. in colorado meat organizations will ask a judge to get a court document on holmes. media members are asking the judge to scale back in sweeping gag order that bars the university of colorado from releasing details about him. he was a former student there. >> mark: have had a quick

break until the kron4 morning news continues. we are watching the fog from our roof camera in san francisco.

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>> george: harrison look at your ride through san jose, we still have like conditions here and a cook meat check shows the south bay peninsula is still pretty light and so is your ride through the north bay the only slow traffic is for the east bay on highway 4 on interstate 580. >> mark: federal

investigators are at the richmond refinery trying to find out what caused the explosion and fire. company officials say vapours leaked from the processing units. will tran is at the refinery this morning with the details of the ongoing investigation. [no audio] >> will: the fire may be out at the refinery, but chevron officials are still filling the heat. investigators from several agencies combed through this place. officials say they try to fix the problem but cannot do it in time. they want to look at all aspects of the accident including physical problems like equipment failure. there is no word on how long the investigation will take.

there were no fatalities from the explosion and fire but there were for minor injuries to employees. in the meantime chevron does not know how long the process he did that was then to will be down an already lack of production is causing gas prices to go up at the pumps. that not only makes people in richmond angry but also millions of drivers that live along the west coast. >> mark: hospital saw early 1700 people following that fire. most people are being treated for respiratory problems and eye irritation. >> mark: many people are making their second trip back to the hospital because their symptoms have not improved. >> i came for migraine headaches and i left with a migraine headache.

>> there are a lot of people, there are hundreds of people coming in. >> mark: 1 reach in the crowds may not be shrinking because people who plan to file claims or lawsuits against chevron have been invited to get medical documentation. >> mark: 1 man suspected of soliciting sex from walnut creek park and police then-- say they received several complaints about lewd activity in and around the restroom. they are located on the southern end of the park. police say they will continue to monitor this park for any criminal activity. >> mark: three men arrested in connection with a robbery on an armored car vehicle a year ago will be arraigned today. >> mark: you may remember this the--video. two men

were arrested on attempted robbery and kidnapping charges, the robbery took place at an armored car service on august 11th of last year. they took an undisclosed amount of money enclosed the steel doors behind them leaving the victims inside of the armored car. >> justine: the u.s. home service just reported a quarterly loss of $5.2 billion this is for the third quarter. this is more than $2 billion more than it was last year. they say they're being hurt by the mounting cost of future retiree health benefits and the declining use of first- class mail. they have urged congress to allow them to eliminate saturday delivery and reduce the annual health payment of $5 billion. i am sure we will talk to mark black--talk with robert

black about this. >> mark:we will be right back as we take a live look at the san mateo bridge this morning. george will update at the san mateo bridge this morning. george will update u[ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

>> mark: the government says they will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plant until they resolve radioactive waste. there will not be any license extension four existing facilities at this time. the regulatory commission believes that current storage plants are safe and achievable with the federal court says they believe they are wrong. there are 14 reactors that are awaiting trial. their 16 additional reactors that are winning permits for new construction. >> mark: an investigation is

under way to figure out how this commuter jet landed at the wrong airport in west virginia. it was supposed to fly from morgantown but somehow it landed at the municipal airport 10 mi. away. the flights operator is investigating along with the faa, the flight crew has been removed from service. >> mark: one of america's leading breast cancer advocacy groups as a shakeup, and nancy who founded this group 30 years ago will leave as ceo. once a replacement is found, she will move into a new position. the president and two board members are also leaving she says these changes are unrelated to the planned parenthood controversy earlier this year. that is when the foundation decided to cut off funding to planned parenthood projects. planned parenthood says that they were supporting anti- abortion groups.

>> mark: we have a quick break a but first a live look outside as we watch the fog.

>> mark: the top stories we're following right now, this is a live look from open right now. we are taking a look at a power line that is down. we'll go live to get an update from jackie to see what is being done right now. a federal investigative team is here to look into the chevron refinery fire. firefighters had to go back to the filing yesterday after a flare-up was reported that was quickly extinguished. the hot weather is a big story for us and the bay area a live look at san jose as we see temperatures are warming up for the '60s looking for highs in the mid-90s. we are

keeping our eyes on wall street right now, the dow closed up seven points. it looks like we have another day with the dow jones industrial average up. our financial expert robert black is joining us with the financial headlines. >> the manhattan having a really good string of days. it is summer, so that is something to think about. >> mark: we see a drop every week in unemployment. >> yes, that is a little bit of a story out there. obviously more americans are working and more economy working because we live paycheck to paycheck. government assistance is not

a fat paycheck so we need to get people out to work. >> we have some good news and bad news, zinga loses their ceo, but cedar fair's is doing incredibly well. we have a lot of mixed messages out there it is not as bad as people wanted to be. >> mark: who wanted to be that? >> the cnbc's of the world. >> mark: i see what you mean. now looking at greece, what you do? >> you shut the country down, but we do not care about grief, we are more concerned about spain. >> mark: what is going on

with foreclosures? we have a number of foreclosures going down, but homes that are starting to get into this, they are doubling pick--. >> if housing could fix itself in one year that would be wonderful they cannot. foreclosure filings fell for the 22nd straight month. that is nice to see, all things considered i like what we are seeing out of housing. it will add to the gdp. i think people will start to feel better about this the right now has that olympian feeling like the sour face. [laughter] >> mark: now one analyst says that when a two-thirds through the housing crisis do you think that is fair? >> i think that is about fair. >> mark: the postal service

lost $5.2 billion but 2 billion of that is to pre- fund their pension, they have to do this for 70 years of their retirement benefits over the next three to five years. there is no other government agency, there is no private company you have to everything that is killing the postal service. >> this is kind of eight free company that is operating as a government company it is and it is not. this is such a 19th century business model may need to shut this down on saturdays, people will not like that but they need to shut it down. >> mark: it seems like they have a pretty fat pension system that they're trying to find that they cannot

fund that but yes, i cannot say anything further but it is a business model that is not working. they may need to go to a different system. >> mark: thank you for joining us. now on to bay area weather with erica. >> erica: good morning to you mark, you can see the blanket of fog overlooking are mount tancam but the big news is that went off. in terms of your temperatures right outside the door we have low 50s and waking up to 54 over in oakland and san mateo. it looks like redwood city is coming in at 55 degrees. as we take the fifties into the afternoon, if the cycle will be much warmer compared to yesterday about two to five degrees depending on where you are located. we have sunshine

all around with 90's and 80's. 92 expected in sunnyvale, and 90 over and now on view. we have a spare the era of attack has then he should he expect triple digits so it's possible that it could be uncomfortable out there. for the east bay shoreline we have mild to warm temperatures and 81 expected in all fan and a wide range of 80's for the north bay. >> erica: as the taken the that your seven day around the bay forecast we will continue with warm weather into the weekend. now friday by lunchtime temperatures could be warmer or cooler compared to today it just depends on where you are can't expect 91 out in concord, upper '70's in oakland and as we pushed the clock into three or 4:00 p.m., check this out we

have 102 degrees expected for livermore and 103 degrees for those in fairfield. it is a little bit cooler compared to what we will see today. as we head into the weekend on saturday we could see triple digits. as we start the next work week we could see a little bit more in the way of relief. we have a new way for you to get your kron4 forecast any time. this is our weather channel that you can find on channel 193. checking in at any time for the latest news, weather and traffic information speaking of traffic, how is the ride? >> george: we are not tying up traffic badly and we are not looking at any hot spots. we have in like and easy ride with your drive time under 12 minutes. this is for you to get across the upper deck. your san mateo bridge move is moves. we are problem free over at the golden gate bridge in the southbound direction. there are no delays. checking the

traffic maps and updating driving times and up to 18 minutes. this is from hercules down to berkeley. there is some slowing at the 580 merge. your ride coming out of the altamont pass shows 29 minutes. >> george: there are no delays for 280. this ride is that 15 to 16 minutes now north bound from the coyote valley up to santa clara. there are no delays for marin county. >> mark: starting next week and document used in san francisco that came to the united states before the age of 16 can apply for a deferral of deportation. if you do not meet that requirement, applicants under 31 that are currently in school or have a high school diploma and not have

a significant criminal record can also apply. people interested in applying should consult with a nonprofit immigration agency like a san francisco immigrant legal network or with an experienced immigration attorney. >> mark: a sick patient has arrived in new zealand for treatment at the request of the u.s. and australian medical team picked up the patient to patient is seem to be american. >> mark: rescue workers picked up the patient from a research station at a temperature that was 13 below zero. they said the patient is here at christ church and in stable condition. we will be right back with a live look outside as we the watching fog in san francisco.

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