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>> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> grant: there would be a press conference at 545 pertaining to the warehouse we just mentioned. >> grant:time for action.that was the focus for some members the oakland's city council today. at a public works addressed by the city to warehouse fire. earlier >> vicki: today three city councilmembers talked to these prevention measures. >>"we need to understand whether the building department has systems for accountability" >>"we need to look at staffing up in fire prevention" >>"we know what we need to do we just gotta do it" >> reporter:members of the oakland city council are taking action to preparing for a vote on an emergency declaration being council later this week but before that happens councilmembers
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on the public works committee want to make sure the following questions are answered >>"number one is clearly define what the fire code are and what the planning codes are for any property property in oakland" >> reporter:if property owners are violating city codes. >>"are we staffed appropriately to respond where there are these types of complaints? because i think it's different, there are buildings that maybe housing people legally that foster areative and innovative underground community, there are others who are breaking the law" >>"we have to also address the housing crisis" >> reporter:another concern for councilmemers.what happens to tenants living in buildings in violation of city codes >>"fundamentally people need better housing options, for everyone, the housing pressure that has been put on oakland by the region and by the cuts from the state have been truly devastating" >> reporter:these city councilmembers would also like to see increased staffing in fire prevention and filling the vacant assistant fire marshall position. in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news. >> reporter:our team coverage on the deadly fire
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continues with kron four's philippe djegal. >> vicki:today, he met with the prinicipal of montalvin manor elementary school in san pablo. that's where travis hough worked -- one of the victims who did not survive the fire. >>sot- "through music and through art, he did therapy." >> reporter:it's been an emotionally trying several days for students and staff at montalivin manor elementary school. >> reporter:this is where 35-year-old musician travis hough spent as a licensed family therpist, serving as a councilor for students going through tough times in san pablo. >> reporter:prinicipal katherine acosta-verprauskus says the kids are struggling to come to terms with hough's passing. >>sot- "the kids have lots
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of questions, they're very confused. they wanna know why, they wanna know why mr. travis, and you know, we've tried to be very specific with students that sometimes things happen and sometimes bad things happen to really good people and every single person that was a victim of the fire was a good person and mr. travis just happened to be one of them." to add >> reporter:throughout the day, students have written notes and letters to hough, known affectionately as mister travis. leaving the well wishes on his door. >>sot- "he was here on the weekends, and he volunteered whenever possible and study trips and um, played outside with the kids at recess and he really just became a part of our community and a really important part of students families." acosta-verprauskus says she learned on sunday that hough did not survive the warehouse fire, and immediately called each staff member. >> reporter:the crisis team for the west contra costa unified school district was called in monday and will be available throughout the week, to help the school get through this. >>sot- "just last week, he
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helped me and all the parents to decorate our cafeteria for the school dance and he helped me come up for the songs for the school dance. he danced with the students. he was just a really important part of our community." >> reporter:travis hough is survived by his fiance. montalvin elementary is planning a memorial service in mister hough's honor friday. >> reporter:in san pablo, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> grant:alameda county has activated its disaster relief fund for the victims of friday night's deadly tragedy. anyone interested will be able to contribute to help those affected by the three-alarm fire. >> grant:now you can go to the county website.or our website at kron-4-dot-com and find the link to donate to this cause. two online fundraisers set up over the weekend have already raised more than 750-thousand dollars as of this morning. >> grant:and alameda is doing extra.by giving county employees the option to donate up to five days of accured time.such as vacation or holiday time to
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help those in need at this time. a remarkable and moving sight of a vigil in oakland last night. >> grant:this is at lake merritt. hundreds of people showed up to the area to remember those lost in one of the city's worst fires in it's history. >> grant:you can see the lights of the candles people were holding. according to reports, mayor libby schaaf was there.showing support. and listening to the tearful speeches from people who were close to the vicitms. >> grant:can you just talk about by tomorrow night's commute. >> brittney:despite recent
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rainfall-- californians are still concerned about dry conditions. >> brittney: 50 degrees, with 52 and san francisco and the 83 and oakland. over the next few hours you will notice the temperature quickly dropping in the low forties for inland temperatures by 9:00, already in the low 40's. >> brittney: our future temperature show by 430 and the morning we are in deep freeze for santa rosa. for now but and concord along with livermore we will stay in the 40's. for san francisco as well. >> brittney: if you are near
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livermore or rio vista, we are expecting temperatures between 28 and 32 degrees. >> brittney: we do have a weather disturbance that would track to the north of us. >> brittney: so not during the day, as we get lunch hour we will start to see a bit of rain fall and the north of that. --in the north bay >> grant: alright, brittney.
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>> reporter:in washington, i'm elwyn lopez. >> grant:at 5:30. >> grant:our top story tonight--- the deadly warehouse fire in oakland. tonight investigators looking into what may have sparked the fire. and it's been a tough couple of days since the fire broke out friday night. >> vicki:police locating 36 bodies. 35 of those have been identified. while officials are still unable to identify one person. >>music >>music
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waiting for a press conference at 545. in regards to the fire that broke and oakland. >> vicki: in the meantime; bodies that had identified a total of 36 with one possible person still missing. kron4 has more inflammation. --information >> grant:kron four's dan kerman has been following this story joins us now with the latest. dan? >> reporter:crews are combing through the debris of a massive fire in oakland california where at least 36-people were killed. >> reporter:one of the victims was nick gomez- hall.who friends say was a
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brilliant man who could do anything. but at the same time, was humble, warm and outgoing. >> reporter: they expect the search for bodies to be completed by midnight. >> reporter: debris removal was being done at the front of the building. investigators were looking at the source of the fire from the rear. >> they're looking at any electrical appliance or source of emission and that area. and we have a engineer that is a specialist in that spilled light on the same. --here on the scene. >> reporter: the sheriff says some of what he has seen is heartbreaking. >> there was to people who
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were trapped in a hugging position. >> reporter: that was a horrible story from the sheriff as he elaborate on his experience. >> reporter: we are all expecting an update from the news conference. >> reporter:livce in oakland, dan kerman... kron4news >> grant:from our partners with c-n-n.shannon handy reports on how his friends are remembering him. >> reporter: described as an artist and world traveler and genius. this is video of him performing.
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>> a class act, great guy and well rounded. >> reporter: 2 would often say hi to each other between glass-this class is. they have shared stories about tam. each one the same. >> we are glad to hear more and more bohol also he was. >> we are glad to hear more and more about how awesome he was. >> reporter: net was one of 36 people died. --nick was one of 36 people who died. >> reporter: another person simply sit rest and paradise. --simply said
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rest in paradise fifth >> reporter: >> reporter: continuing with your import and work, connecting with our students on one another. --important work. >> grant:and on our website kron four dot com. we have more information about the victims who died in this fire. >> grant:plus-- information on vigils being held tonight around the bay area to remember those who lost their life. we are hearing more from the community about the ghost ship, including those who thought about living at the warehouse. >> vicki:although it was not permitted to be a legal
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living space, we now know that dozens of people called the ghost ship home. there were beds, bathrooms, showers and propane tanks set up to run hotplates for kitchens. >> vicki:one oakland man says he took a tour of the warehouse when he was looking for an affordable home to live in but he says after looking inside he felt it was not safe. >> i had to move. i looked and looked and looked. there was nothing available to close to reasonable. so, they were offering me a place here. i seriously considered it but the fire risk was too scary for me. and i did feel claustrophobic. and the lack of privacy. >> reporter: about why you fell claustrophobic? >> there is a lot of stuff there. and, it is beautiful. and it is really beautiful. with all of the artwork and
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such. >> reporter: but, the important thing is you do not feel safe? >> right. i did not feel safe. >> vicki:some former tenants have come out and spoke about the living conditions saying it was unsanitary and a fire hazard for quite some time. cold blast tonight plus rain >> grant: 1 will be rain is supposed to come?-- when will the rain come? >> grant: take a look right now and live look at our east bay zones. and few glenn close there. was 52 degrees in oakland ciliate since santa rosa already in the low salaries. so we will
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drop down. the cold air will make its way in from the northwest forest--from the northwest >> brittney: a freeze warning in effect. all into tomorrow. >> brittney: our timber to going into the overnight hours into tomorrow down 38%. >> brittney: places under the freeze warning, vallejo will get down to 28-32 degrees. >> brittney: by one party, we will see a few raindrops just starting to develop. in parts of san francisco and north bay. >> brittney: we will
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>> vicki:a terror threat has security around metro stations across los angeles. the f-b-i received an anonymous call monday night... >> vicki:threatening the red line station in universal city. officials say a man called an anonymous tip line overseas... warning of a potential attack today. authorites are now working quickly...checking bags, conducting undercover operations, and increasing police presence. >> vicki:los angeles mayor eric garcetti... boarded a train this morning at the heavily guarded station... to demonstrate confidence in security. >>"not doing myself"
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>> vicki:the mayor also urged people to not be alarmed from the heightened security... that it is there for precaution. l-a-p-d's chief says they are still vetting the credibility of the threat. >> vicki:grant? >> grant: press conference is scheduled to take place about 20 minutes from now and will bring that to you live on the air. here is a look at some of the victims who lost their lives and that billy fire. --deadly fire >>--music
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>> reporter:the splash brother put on one of the most impressive individual performances in the history of the nba. dropping a career high 60- points. >> reporter:just like many of us, mark carpenter.is still blown away at how it all happened. >> reporter: magical night. >> reporter:going into this season, many thought thompson would have to adjust his game since kevin durant is now on the team. it seems, he is doing just fine.and not missing a beat. >> reporter:can't say it enough. >> reporter:thompson dropped a career-high 60-points last night against the pacers.
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even more impressive is how efficient this performance >> reporter:he did it on 21- of-33 shooting and played only 29-minutes. making him the first player in the shot clock era to score that many points in under 30-minutes. >> reporter:another mind boggling stat is that he only dribbled the ball 11- times. and his points were a product of moving without the ball. the splash brother talked about his night after the game. >> reporter:now switching to a team that's had a difficult time scoring any points. the 49ers announced today that colin kaepernick remains their starting quarterback. >> reporter:this comes after a brutal outing in chicago where kaep.threw for only 4- yards on 1-of-5 passing. those kind of numbers put him on the bench in the 4th quarter. niners have a strong chance for a win this sunday though.as the 3-and-9 jets come to santa clara. >> vicki: thank you, mark. >> grant: >> brittney:cold blast tonight plus rain by tomorrow night's commute.
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>> brittney: 7 francisco will stay in the 40's. however,patch frost is expected. >> brittney: our lows tonight will get down to freezing. 36 degrees and concord. and will stay in the low 40's and san francisco and parts of half moon bay and along the coast. >> brittney: still, it cold below average in store for us tonight. >> brittney: all of these areas highlighted in blue are preparing for a freeze warning. >> brittney: with temperatures dropping between 28 and 32 degrees.
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you want to be careful going into the rest of tonight. >> brittney: we are watching for dispatch of moisture to continue and push into the bay area. as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon will be really cool. what rainshowers on the way. >> brittney: we are also attracting a round of rainshowers as we go into thursday and friday. >> brittney: possibly up to a courtroom of an inch. but as we go into thursday and friday morning showers are expected to fall. >> brittney: highs of around the region is at the 50 degree margin. >> brittney: unsettled weather as they go into the
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next four to five days or so. >> grant: thank you, brittney. >> grant: the entire building is expected to be served if all goes well by midnight tonight. that debt totals still stands at 36 with a horrific fire that exploded in the warehouse friday night. >> grant: we will bring that to you live starting at 6:00 and we will stream that live on our mobile application. kron4 will be back after a short break. ,$8drw
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ariel is taken courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. what >> vicki: >> vicki: again, we are waiting for the press conference it was scuttled as 545 creek now scuttle for 6:00. they are hoping---now scheduled for 6:00. they are hoping that there aren't any more victims. >> grant: there is a memorial set up an attribute of the victims as well. that wraps up kron 4 news at
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>> reporter:we are awaiting a briefing from investigators and fire officials at that the scene of the deadly warehouse fire in oakland that killed 36 people. >> reporter:today they began bringing that was considered dangerous. that briefing is expected in just a few minutes. >> reporter:and we will bring it to you live. next on kron 4 news at six. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> reporter: breaking news tonight on kron 4 news at six. crews say they're close to the warehouse in oakland where a fire erupted killing
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dozens of people. >> reporter:the search is 90-percent complete. the number of dead remains at 36 tonight. >> reporter:investigators say they still have one person left to identify. they also appear to be zeroing in on a cause. >> reporter:we know the fire started in the back of building. >> reporter:federal investigators are looking into whether a refrigerator or some other appliance sparked the blaze. >> catherine:good evening. i'm catherine heenan.pam is off tonight. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. >> steve:those are the latest details we have. but we are about to get another update from investigatorson this deadly fire. >> catherine:this is something that's been talked about a lot the past 24 hours. the frantic moments after the fire started. we know some people did make it out, and we have been hearing from them. but for those who didn't, their family members are opening up about what happened.
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>> catherine:the alameda county sheriff's office tells us about some of the eerie text messages that were sent out as the fire raged through the warehouse. >>some of them have shared special moments with us and some of those moments are pretty chilling you know, we know that as the fire was going on inside there as it began to get worse and worse, these young people were texting their families that they loved them or that they were going to die. >> reporter:sergeant kelly says he expects more stories like this to emerge in the coming days. >> reporter:he also revealed that two of the victims were found inside the warehouse. holding one another. return >> vicki: >> catherine:our breaking news takes us to the building manager. derick ion al-mena. he decided to give an interview on national t-v today. >> grant:but what he said. startled some people.and may leave them scratching their heads.
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>> grant:this interview on n-b-c's "today" show turned a bit awkward as almena refused to answer some questions and it ultimately got cut short. a kron 4 crew was there as almena arrived at the site of the warehouse fire. from this video. everything appears fine. >> grant:but as the interview started and progressed. he became more and more distraught. almena had this to say about the friday night fire. >> grant:"did i remove my children from the space and get a hotel because i wanted to avoid this, because i wanted to cast blame on other people? no, because i wanted to get a good night sleep with my children. i wanted let the young people do what they wanted to do." >> grant:almena went on to say: "i'm only here to say one thing: i'm incredibly sorry and that everything that i did was to make this a stronger and more beautiful community and to bring people together. people didn't walk through those doors because it was a horrible place.
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>> reporter:according to one man who knows almena. this was not the first fire at the warehouse. >>peter veilleux/patron: "there had been another fire previous to that and right away they just started telling me about that and so -- if they knew also -- it was scary but i guess the steps were just not taken to fix it." >> reporter:it's not clear when that first fire happened and what if any damage it did to the warehouse. >> reporter:one thing almena did say this morning that may provide clues. he hinted the ghost ship was started because of soaring housing costs in the bay area. >> reporter:we're learning the names of more of the victims in the deadly warehouse fire. as we get them, we're updating the kron 4 website with new information on each person. >> reporter:their age. where they're from. and pictures of them.. >> reporter:just click on the story. and choose to view the gallery to see the
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photos. >> reporter:chelsea dolan died doing what she loved doing most, playing music. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, dolan was also a dee-jay who is being fondly remembered by her on-air colleagues at u-c berkeley. >> reporter:our team coverage on the deadly fire continues with kron four's philippe djegal. >> they were loved and they will be remembered. my condolences to you. >> reporter:in berkley, rob
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fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> steve: thank you, rob! today, he met with the principal of montalvin manor elementary school in san pablo. worked -- one of the victims who did not survive the fire. affectionately known as >> reporter: >> at this time i'd like to have achieved or read, up and brief you. -- chief reid >> at this time we have proclaimed a local state of emergency. this has been scheduled to be ratified by city council on december
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8th. some of you may be asking, what does that mean? once the state of an emergency has been proclaimed it allows the city to be available to receive refunds from state and federal government. for multiple disasters. >> to receive funding to help in regards to their businesses for local businesses and baulked or impacted by this horrible tragedy.
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>> there were some areas of the interior of the structure that we had to secure. the second floor of the mezzanine that was located was compromise with potential to collapse and we had to bring our other companies to shore it up. >> this had to take place before we were even able to start our rescue operations. once that was taken place. we proceeded with our such an--with our search and recovery.
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but it >> i just wanted to know that this is at ongoing investigation and still ongoing with a eight t f and their-- with atf >> this was a unified command. oakland fire department working in unison with the share of the apartment at the alameda sheriff's office. we also work with fire partners throughout the county. we were rotating crews of every three hours. every fire
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department has been out here for 24 hours continuously all round the clock. it says the fire and it. we have been working 24 hours straight, rotating crews began. --crews in three hours at a time. >> we recognize that it was important for us to utilize our mutual aid partners and engaged the mutual aid systems and we brought and the following companies that we incorporated into the operation. alameda county fire department, alameda city fire department, pleasanton, hayward and east bay regional park and tell fire. and so many more. -- cal fire and so many more.
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>> this is a huge operation and we cannot do it by ourselves. we all came through and we work through. and i believe we are pretty close to tell the families that we have completely searched this warehouse. >> yes, we have completely searched this warehouse is what we want to tell the parents, to their faces. and, to say that there are no more victims in this warehouse. >> i wanted to thank the various chaplains and leaders that came out to assist us and all of the people who supported us in the community and with their from that test with their donations. ---with all
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the people in the committed to who came out to support us with their donations. >> to all of our first responders and firefighters, police officers and our townies, city state officials and voluntary staff. to everyone here tonight. let me just say; your response has been such a dignified response in many many ways. >> i have had the opportunity to speak to several family members today and they appreciate and thank you as you help and work through this very challenging moment. we continue to pray for the victims, the love once and
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the entire city during this very english in time. and it is a and anguish and time. -- anguish in time. >> we will continue to greet with you and we will continue to do everything that we can do to care and comfort you to this very difficult time. >> i mentioned this to the mayor yester day that part of the efforts earthquake and fire storm of 1991. and the resilience of people in oakland and they're concerned for their fellow neighbors and it was on parallel there. i doubt have to say that we have experienced another terrible, terrible tragedy. and the first responders and all of their officials have
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risen to the location and a significant way. it has been on parallel if you ask me. --unparallel >> are on a deeply and deeply grateful for your response. as we move for tran this aggrieving. paris --as we move through this this grieving. >> federal partnership is seamless. i have spoken with several senators. and they are committed to supporting the city and what ever efforts are necessary as we go through this healing and rebuilding. mayor shaft, has
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been steady and the priorities have been correct in regards to focusing on the victim's, families a lot of once. along with the dignity. i am very proud of our city. >> i have been in touch with the white house but i want to conclude by reading a statement from president obama. >> audio difficulties
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>> as of right now we have identified 35 of the 36 victims. we are currently in the process of notifying the all the families. so far we have notified thirty and the content and we will continue to notify the other five. >>mayor schaff-tonight is the night we continue to wrap up the recovery process and move into the future. there are so many
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questions that you have had and will continue to have. so tonight we will began by making it accessible to you'll public record. of the last 30 years of the city of oakland planning and building department related to the warehouse at 1315 31st ave. as well as the neighbors of the they get lots on and separate parcels. at 13 05 31st ave. >> the release of any public documents prior to december 2nd will not compromise any investigation related to this fire. it will be treated as a public record.
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in the 30 year period, roughly cover the land of time that we had a electronic record. >> the vast majority of the questions that we have received, regarding the content we have. but we want to recognize that there are other city agencies that we are working on compiling records from. including police calls for service and fighters and inspections. -- fires and inspections. >> i just want to say that we are also seeking out workers from other public
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agencies including alameda that will have records of interest. many people have axed and i want to have this confirmed that as of 2007 the owner listed and is also listed over the bay get a lot. to use it as a commercial space and not permit for residential. nor public assembly use. now prior to the deli where house fire. there have been three complaints made about this i dress. 2 and 2014 and one and 2000 in five. --made about this address
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spirit between 88 and 2018. --2014 >> november 16th illegal interior building structure at on the 13th " there are a ton of garbage piling up on the property. a lot of items left on the sidewalk with trash that is hazardous. >> again; and these records will be made available to you on our web site as we continue calling all public records. we will begin this available on our website. this is downloadable and accessible to everyone in the public. >> no one ever wants to see
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a tragedy like this in their community. but an allied strike is our responsibility to take aggressive and quick action to of lloyd any future tragedies. --to avoid any future tragedies and prevent any future tragedies from happening. >> we have reached out to the national fire protection association of which is highly porous regard it nonprofit organization. -- which is a highly regarded nonprofit organization and it will be here this week to start building this team with us.
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>> and top-notch group will work with us on the ground. and make the best recommendations for safety improvements. and, we believe in a way that will improve comments tuesday of this country. tomorrow, at our downtown emergency operations center. we will be holding a father press conference to provide more details on this effort. we hope that this will make oakland safer. at the same time making the community safer and lifting each other up. >> thank you. >> thank you, mayor scahff--
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recovery efforts is still ongoing. we will be out here death valley until we can say that we have searched the entire structure and there are no more that comes through it-- and there are no more victims. >> it is going to take as long as it will take. we will respect the fact there is potentially victims in there. so however long it is going to take to secure the warehouse is the time that we will take. but, by the time we leave the scene will be able to tell everyone that we have search that warehouse and that there are no other victims in stride. --inside
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that the atf has been one of the same sense the first day of the incident. the investigation has been going on since that time. it is still ongoing. there is no determination of origin at this time or cause to this fire. >> with all due respect i believe that question has been answered to the best of
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>> brittney: temperatures ranging between 28 and 32 degrees for this area is highlighted and blue parrot --blue >> brittney: small of the more mr. will start to push through. ---the systems will begin to push through. >> brittney: heading into thursday with a closer look to half an inch during the day. >> brittney: freezing rain is a possibility if you are headed out toward the sierra. >> brittney: 7 day forecast shows unsettled weather. >> brittney: more coverage
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be completely finished searching the warehouse late tonight. at a state of emergency has been declared which will free up state and federal money that will help all that have been affected by this deadly fire. they think the fire started and the back left hand side perhaps the refrigerator. they did not confirm it. >> grant: they did say earlier that is something that they could consider as a possible source. >> grant: 35 of the 36 have been identified. and 35 of the 35 families to the victims have been notified. >> we cannot do this by ourselves there is this was a huge operation as something that we did not
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expect as a citizen of oakland that something like that would happen here. but we all work together and came together to work together and we have come pretty close. to where we can tell the families a lot of them in their faces to say that we have completely searched this warehouse and we can tell you that there are no more victims in this warehouse. >> grant: hopefully the number stays at 36. >> grant: they eventually called and mutual aid from all over parts of the east bay to help out. the oakland mayor says there have been three complaints before the fire. in regards to the
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warehouse. >> grant: steve? >> steve: oakland firefighters are speaking up since the deadly warehouse fire. >> vicki: stopped by to share their thoughts of men and women who might have been on the front line to share what they think the help future tragedies. >> reporter: have been many voices sunday off to say what can be done to prevent tragedies of on this man is to from happening again. -- of this magnitude from happening again.
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