(vicki)(vicki)onht at 5... evacuation orders have now lied in threatened a natural gas line. thousands of residents were forced from their homes in the middle of the night.. over fears of an explosion. hello i'm vicki liviakis. (grant) and i'm grant lodes. people there were just allowed to return home a few hours ago... more than 15 hours after they were told to get out. this is infrared video of that fire... you can see the flames burning inside a concrete vault. at one point it was up to 400 degrees...so hot that it wasn't safe for firefighters to go in and put the fire out. the flames broke out after a grass fire in the area... kron 4's terisa estacio is in pittsburg tonight with the very latest. we are getting the latest information here at this command post - here is what we know right now.

contra costa fire protection district. "the incident rapidly escalated and the first task preservation of life." track: contra costa fire protection district deputy chief talking about this.... this is infrared video showing a fire inside a concrete vault - the fire burning officials say from a leaking natural gas pipeline owned by chevron. with a larger pipeline underneath the leaking smaller one, and temperatures hovering around 400 degrees, fire officials say the entire situation a real life safety risk for the public. brochard. we had to get people out of the area if large pipe exploded. how the fire started is under instense scrutiny. there was a grass fire in the area wednesday night from a downed pge line. as the day unfolded, another drone passed over the area... this time, showing temperatures dropping enough

to allow fire fighters in hazardous material suits to get closer. using sophiscated air monitoring sensors, they cautiously made their way to the vault.asst chief ems terence carey, contra costa fire protection district "we went into the vault, it is 10 by 12 wide, 8 feet deep, able to render it safe, now chevron techs on scene to evaluate the situation and look at fix. (estacio live) also part of the plan to de-esclate this potentally dangerous situation crews at two chevron plants were injecting nitrogin into the pipleline, pipeline safe to approach. everyone lucky no one got injured. te (grant) (grant) thanks terisa.

and we have team coverage tonight.(vicki) haaziq madyun is at the location of one of the evacuation centers... and dan kerman is live in the neighborhood in pittsburg... as people are finally returning home. dan? sotit was scary they pound on the doorsotwe were thinking the worse, like our house was on firepittsburg residents talking about what it was like when police came knocking on their doors at 11 wednesday night.sot troy williams/pittsb urg evacuee 11-15they were like they have to evacuate there was a fire near a gas linethursday afternoon, many who spent the night in their cars or a friends were hanging outside the barricades waiting for word to they could go home. sot rafael madrid/pittsburg

evacuee 23-30we have stuff to do, things to do at the house and we dont know when we can come back to the hosuethis family went past the barricades the get their most prized possessions.sot margaret doty/pittsburg evacuee 43-47were were told to get our stuff and get out and we thought we could go back so we didnt take the dogs so were were waiting for an opportunity to get them and we did and its great.at 230 the all clear was issued and the barricades were taken down... thankful residents returned to their homes.sot karen fryer/pittsburg evacuee 55-100 grateful everything is still here and police and firefighters did such a wonderful jobsot charles shelton/pittsburg evacuee 101- 113what are you going to do now ? rest, its been about 30 hours since i had sleep so it was a long night 114/long night

(grant) many of the people who were forced out of their homes... went to one of two evacuation centers. one of them...was at los medanos college in pittsburg. kron 4's haaziq madyun is live from that evacuation center tonight... haazie were people happy to finally leave? (haaziq live)after nervously waiting for the mandatory evacuation order to be lifted, evacuees at this red cross emergency shelter in the los medanos gymnasium are all gone. but early today it was nervous for some families(take

pkg) (pkg)close to 100 evacuees fleeing the underground natural gas fire made their way to this red cross disaster shelter set up in the gymnasium here at los medanos college in pittsburg. the emergency evacuation order happened before midnight and in the rush to get out some residents say they regretfully left behind their petssot those who did evacuate with their pets found that the gymnasium prepared to only accomadate specific petssot i saw some people with non service animals tending to them outside the shelter or or near their vehicles in the school parking lot. breakfast and lunch was made available for evacuees, along with blankets and cots for those needing sleep. children were seen inside the gym passing the time playing basketball. officials here at los medanos college say the campus is part of the contra costa county mutual aid system. in fact officials here say this is the

first time the gym has been used as an emergency red cross shelter..on the campus of los medanos college in pittsburg haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) we first told you that evacuations had been lifted through a push alert on the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news in your neighborhood. (grant) you might have smelled smoke in the air all across the bay area today. and it's from wildfires burning in southern oregon. this is video from san francisco's embarcadero today... you can see the haze in the skies. there is an air quality advisory in the bay area.. and it has just been extended through friday. (vicki) time now to

check on our weather... with meteorologist anny hong. slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(vicki) (vicki) another big story we are following tonight... as expected, the san jose diocese has released a list of names of former clergy members who were known by the church to be child sex abusers. (grant) kron four's rob fladeboe has more on the story now live from san jose. john salberg/priest abuse victim "...i would love to see the catholic church cleanse themselves completely..."john salberg is a survivor of sexual abuse by a priest, the late father josephpritchard, whose name is on a list of known, credble child sex abusersreleased thursday by the san jose diocese.john salbert/survivor of sexual abuse by priests "...im not expecting too much, i would not just love to see the catholic church cleanse itself of this once and for

all..."salberg's case was settled in 2005 but he continues to speak out on behalf of other victims.john salberg "...i've gotten past it, i am disappointed, i just wish the church would come clean..."all of the priests on the list are either deceased or banned from the ministry. bishop patrick mcgrath, shown here in an unrelated story, issued a statement expressing his deepest apologies for the actions of those who were in positions of authority who violated that sacred tust by abusing children."john salberg ",....the only way to resolve this is if the vatican would release all the information it has about the abuse world wide..."the release of the names follows a series of "listening sessions" held by the diocese in recent weeks to uncover evidence of sex abuse by clergy dating back to the 1960's.john salberg "...ii,ve been let down by the church for the last 16 years but i am happy and yet a little disappointed that this may just be a reaction to the grand jury report out of the diocese in pennsylvania rather than their own good will...

(vicki) as soon as the san jose catholic diocese released the names of priests accused of abuse... we sent a push alert and posted all the names to kron-4-dot-com. download the kron4 mobile app and be the first to know about breaking news. (grant) coming up... a search is intensifying for a young teenage girl who is missing... after her parents are found dead inside their home. details on why police leads are coming up dry. (vicki) plus... the mega millions jackpot is nearing closer to a billion dollars. and while winning is and while winning is mostly a dream... we have details on what you should do... if you take home the jackpot. (grant) and after the break... we're tracking breaking news. evacuation orders... now lifted after a

pipeline fire in the east bay. we're live in the neighborhood as people return home.

back to our breaking news tonight... a fire burning in an underground natural gas storage area in bay point is now out. thousands of residents were evacuated over fears of an explosion.... but they are now allowed back home. kron 4's sanaz tahernia is in the neighborhood that was evacuated... sanaz have most people returned

home? home? returned most people returned home?

"is it a random attack or is it a targeted attack, i don't know that answer."(vicki) what has happened to 13=year=old jayme closs?that question hanging over a wisconsin town tonight.the teenager disappeared minutes after her parents were shot to death in their home.(grant) that was early monday morning, and sheriff's deputies are begging for someone to come forward with a possible motive for the murders.catherine heenan is here with the details. catherine? (catherine) this drama is unfolding in a small farm community some eighty miles northeast of minneapolis ... it began with a mysterious 9=1=1 call .

"it was unreal it just doesn't happen"jayme closs's great uncle..edward downing,"you see it on tv or read about it..you see it on facebook but it doesn't happen to you down here and then all of a sudden when it happens it hits you so close that it really hurts." the teenager disappeared monday night after gunfire rang out her family home. "we heard the first shot, followed by the just a couple of seconds by the second shot."9-1-1 operators alerted deputies after someone called but did not speak. the 911 call was given that night from the residence on a cell phone but no contact was made with somebody that was on the other line. and that's what's unusual about that 911 call. deputies arrived within minutes and found the bodies of james and denise kloss. "based on our investigations thus far, we believe jayme was in the home at turkey store in the town of bannon. "they were active in girl scouts, in school-related things, just like the rest of us in a tight-knit community."as for the missing girl ... "jayme is a sweet, quiet girl, who is a loyal friend and loves to dance."earlier this week, police in miami, florida, responded to a tip that the girl had been spotted with two men in their 30s driving a black ford explorer

with wisconsin plates.the sheriff in wisconsin said the report was not credible.today he called for 1=hundred volunteers to comb the farmland near the closs home. i haven't seen anything like this in rural western wisconsin. we just don't see this thankfully. thankfully. (catherine) jayme closs is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 100 pounds with green eyes and blond or strawberry blond hair. grant and vicki? (anchor) taking a live look outside-- overlooking downtown san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meteorologist anny hong. (anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the

upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(vicki) (vicki) still ahead... an

east bay park plagued with crime will now have surveillance cameras. why some people say the cameras will do more harm than good. (grant) plus... an earthquake early warning system could soon reach more people. we'll show you the latest developments.. that could save lives.

(grant) millions of people around the world practiced the basic earthquake safety skill of "drop, cover

and hold on." today marks the 10th anniversary of the "great shakeout" earthquake drills. this is video from the governor's office of emergency services. you can see the kids practicing the drill at 10:18 this morning. bart also participated in the drill.. and trains were slowed down... like they do when there are noteworthy quakes. (grant) developers testing an earthquake early warning system say it's automated alerts are now ready to be used more broadly. the u-s-g-s says the system has now transitioned from a production prototype... to operational mode. steve kuzj reports. there's something always on the backs of the minds of californians.we're talking about earthquakes.rep. adam schiff/(d) california:"the big one is coming. we just don't know when and the only question is will we be prepared?"a few crucial seconds is all it takes to avoid disaster and save lives. that's the idea behind shake alerts.it's a brand new technology developed by the

geniuses at caltech to protect the west coast from powerful quakes.how does it work? according to the caltech seismologists and engineers who created it... when an earthquake begins, a variety states are instantly triggered. the quake's location is pinpointed and everyone in the shake area is sent alerts. eventually officials hope to reach everyone with shake alerts through their cell phones -- similar to how your phone vibrates or blasts out alarms whenever you're in the area of an amber alert.for now though, shake alerts go to transportation systems, schools, hospitals and utility companies -- as well as a few other places.the drawback is because earthquakes spread so fast... some people will only have seconds to react to their alert.others will have no time. "the earthquake waves themselves travel about 2000 miles an hour or so. three times the speed of your fastest jetliners. so they're quite fast, but it does take some time to get from the earthquake epicenter to you." rep. judy chu/(d) california: "individuals can receive advance notices of 10 to 20 seconds. that may not sound like a lot, but think about what can be done in 20 seconds. a surgeon can safely pause an operations, saving a life on the table. trains and elevators can be stopped so passengers are safe. gas lines can be closed.""the potential is enormous."

(grant) that was steve kuzj reporting. select industries, utilities, schools and other entities have been using shakealert for years... but officials now say it can be used more widely. (vicki) next at 5:30... an east bay city is pushing back against a major retailer moving in. why people say it will cause even more congestion to an area that is known for bad traffic. (vicki) we continue to follow our breaking news. evacuation orders a now lifted after a pipeline fire in bay point. we'll have the latest in a live report after the break.

in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. "i'm thinking oh my god. i

told my husband lets go lets goo. i woke my son and he threw a fit cause he's only 12 and i said lets get out of here". (vicki) forced out in the middle of the night... with the fear that their homes could not be there when they return. we continue to follow our breaking news in bay point and pittsburg tonight... a fire burning in an underground vault near a chevron pipeline is now out... and people are able to return home. (grant)

the evacuation orders were lifted just a few hours ago... nearly 15 hours after residents were told to get out...because of fears of an explosion. (grant) kron 4's terisa estacio is live in pittsburg tonight with the very latest. terisa? a very nerve racking time for many residents and officials out here - crews worked all night long on this potentially very dangerous situation... (take vo) this is drone video obtained by kron four news... it is infrared and shows how the fire calmed down, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees... that enabled specially trained fire personnel with the contra costa fire protection district to go to the vault and inspect with a human eye the fire. earlier drone video showed the fire burning around 400 degrees and a very active flame... making it much to dangerous to examine the vault and the fire. all of this started to unfold last night after a grass fire flaraed. crews were balled back out when there were reports of

smoke coming from the ground, and that is when the vault containing a natural gas pipeline was discovered... now, nearly 24 hours later, the situation under controal and a full scale investigation underway. fortunately, no one was injured, and the 4 thousand people evacuated making their way back home. here in pittsburg, te (grant) our team coverage on this developing story continues with kron four's philippe djegal.(vicki) he reports from bay point -- where a church became an evacuation center -- opening its doors to everyone. (philippe) the uncertainty of the situation is what really made the evacuees nervous. but they were

also grateful at the same time, that cavalry temple church, now the bay church -- opened it's doors.monique malcolm/evacuee- "and, all i heard was, gas, wake up, gas leak cavalry, so." monique malcolm and more than 60 other women staying at the "love a child missions homeless recovery shelter" in bay point were rushed out of their building on willow pass road... and, taken to the church overnight... where they slept on cots, with everyone else -- concerned their temporary home might go up in flames...monique malcolm/evacu ee- "i'm a strong believer in god, so i figured like, everything happens for a reason and god is gonna handle this situation."stephanie lopez/evacuee- 'it was like 1130, 12 o'clock. something like that and we came straight here. one of the directors had surgery -- they had to get her out. she was in a walker." from just before midnight through the early afternoon... youth pastor apollo seulse (soul-say) says several hundred evacuees used the church as a place to stay. apollo seulse/pastor- "breakfast wise, we served about 260 meals, and we ran out." local food banks and schools also donated food to the church for people to eat at lunch. people who live just outside the evacuation zones also stopping by to see if they could lend a hand.

damond troupe/neighbor- "it didn't quite hit us, but you know, close enough, close enough to home to see all these people that need help, we gotta help them." the american red cross -- present as well. making sure the elderly were comfortable and that pets were safe.jeorge perez/evacuee- "i'm cold, um, afraid -- kinda worried." the families we spoke with say this say this is definitely an inconvenience... they were worried -- they're stressed out. but they're just fortunate that everybody made it out alive. in bay point, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) we first told you that evacuations had been lifted through a push alert on the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news in your neighborhood. (vicki).. and kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) .. in the east bay... the berkeley city council voted to install new security cameras in san pablo park. the decision to add the cameras comes after a series of shootings after a series of shootings in the park over the past few years. but some neighbors say the cameras would give people the assumption that the park is not safe for families.

they also sat the cameras won't actually deter crime. council members say the cameras will deter violence and make the park safer. (grant) ikea, is getting a lot of pushback... after the company announced that it wants to open a new location in dublin. many people who live there are adamantly opposed to the idea of the enormous store moving into their city. the proposed site is an empty lot off hacienda boulevard near interstate 5-80. many who are against the project say rush hour traffic is already a nightmare in the area, and would only worsen with an ikea in place. city council will hold a vote on november 8th, but if ikea does not get the green light...the company says it plans to sue. (vicki) in the south bay.. san jose police have arrested a man they say attacked a teen girl behind a church sunday night. 20-year-old esteban mosqueda was arrested police slured the victim behind the church sunday night on the 27-hundred

block of king road. mosqueda is being held at the santa clara county jail facing four felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon and sexually battery. (vicki) voters in san jose will consider a bond measure for affordable housing projects on the november ballot. measure v would make 450-million dollars available for affordable housing. those projects would benefit senior citizens, teachers, service workers, and the homeless. the annual tax rate would be about 8-cents per one-thousand dollars in property value. the measure needs two-thirds vote to pass. (grant) police in vacaville arrested a man in connection to arson at a wedding venue. it happened at the mission on the hill events center on east monte vista avenue sunday morning. police say a fire destroyed part of the inside of the events center... and caused heavy smoke damage in the rest of the building. police arrested 45-year-old terry smith after reviewing smith after year-old terry smith after reviewing surveillance video and connecting him to the crime. (anny hong): a slight warming

trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(vicki) coming up... the

mega millions drawing is tomorrow night... and the jackpot is nearly one billion dollars. hear from a financial expert on what you should do with all that money... if you just so happen to win. (grant) plus.. check your refrigerators. certain salads could make you

sick. we have the details you need to know. (vicki) for your

health tonight... hundreds of pounds of ready-to-eat salads sold at major grocery stores is being recalled. officials say the salads could contain corn that is contaminated... and there are fears of salmonella and listeria. they were sold at walmart, trader joe's,

whole foods, and 7-eleven. one of the suppliers that distributed the salads is in sacramento. all of the salads were made earlier this month. if you have salads that contain corn from any of the affected stores... it's best to just throw it away. (grant) still ahead... a new study says global warming could cause beer prices to skyrocket. but a scientist says not to panic just yet. we'll explain.

(vicki) a big story tonight... the mega millions jackpot keeps getting bigger. it is now 970-million dollars. officials raised the estimated jackpot today due to strong sales ahead of friday night's drawing. the prize is the second- largest jackpot in history... behind that one-point-six billion dollar powerball prize won in 2016. the mega millions drawing is tomorrow night at 8:00. (grant) and if you don't win the mega millions on friday.. you have another chance to become an instant

millionaire on saturday. the powerball jackpot is now at 430-million dollars. this after nobody had the winning numbers yesterday. saturday night's drawing is at 8:00. (grant) so what do you do if you win one of those the big jackpots? kron 4's gabe slate spoke with a financial advisor who warns winning the lottery can be dangerous.(vicki) he says it can put you on a path to bankruptcy if you're not careful. here is advice from that financial expert how to protect yourself and not end up broke somewhere down the road. sound from - robert regan/financial planner, regan financial group llc. danville ca"congrats you won the lottery you have a chance to be set for life" financial planner robert regan, with the regan financial group based in danville says no matter how many millions you have won it's easier to lose than you think.sound from - robert regan/financial planner, regan financial group llc. danville ca"no matter how much you have you can lose it you need a lot to be set for life." if you don't want to be one of

those people we all hear about who win the lottery, and then end up broke. here's roberts advice sound from - robert regan/financial planner, regan financial group llc. danville ca"learn to say no, work with financial planner, 1) hire a financial planner: spending plan-you need someone to walk you thru your expenses and help you understand how big purchases such as mansions and yachts will cost you over time. he says you gotta keep in mind with any purchase, you must think about what it will take take to operate the household. 2) hire an attorney: you need to have someone help you protect your money legally. what happens if you die? who gets your money. what if you divorce? 3) invest your money: look at the risk factors and consider investing. you want your money for you." in danville gabe slat kron 4 news.

(grant) new tonight at 5... kleenex is scrapping its 'man-size' branded tissues after complaints of sexism. the company launched man-size tissues in 19-56 -- claiming they would quote "stay strong when wet." 62 years later, the male-targeted marketing strategy found itself in the middle of a social media uproar. kimberly-clark, kleenex's parent company, said it received a "consistent increase of complaints" about the branding. bowing to the pressure, the company will re-brand kleenex man-size tissues as "kleenex extra large" starting later this year. (vicki) earlier this week we reported on new research warning that a warmer climate and extreme droughts could harm the world's beer prices. experts saying those prices could more than double. (grant) now a scientist

is weighing in on how likely it is this could happen. clay falls reports. plenty of people were grabbing a cold brew at the corner bar and grill in northgate.a new study suggests global warming could theaten the world's beer supply and possibly drive up prices.nat sot: "looking for like an ipa or sticking around the base?"travis jones is the corner general manager. he says if costs go up -- they'd have to pass the cost along to the customer.travis jones, the corner bar and grill general manager:"that would definitely do a number on us. i think it would impact us we wou dlhave to raise our beer prices as well. supply and demand i think would definitely shift a little bit i'm not sure if you know people would have to cut out other things."he says college students might also cut back how often they consume.travis jones, the corner bar and grill general manager:"with the budget that a college student's stuff like that is working on i can definitely see how it might be able to cut their business down."nat sot: "it looks just like wheat basically."clark neely is a texas a&m small grains and oil seed extension specialist.he's also an expert on barley.clark neely/specialist:"i think barley is probably going to be as susceptible as any other crop. i mean all crops are going to suffer if temperatures go up and we see more and more drought so i think that's kind of across the board will affect any crop that we grow. "if prices go up.. jones believes it may push people towards cheaper options.travis jones, the corner bar and grill general manager:"i think it would have an impact (vicki) that was clay falls

reporting. in 2017... 70 thousand acres of barley were harvested here in california... which is also home to many craft breweries. (anchor) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meteorologist anny hong. (anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay. (vicki) next on kron4 news at 5... a michelin

(vicki) the north bay. developing over the north bay. (vicki) (vicki) (vicki) next on kron4

news at 5... a michelin star restaurant in the mission is serving up california mexican dishes with a side of history. after the break, i'll take us to californios.

san francisco's mission is famous for mexican food. but there's one spot that's anything but typical.

(vicki) tonight on dine and dish - bring your appetite as i take us to the michelin star rated - californios. "there's no aluminum foil wrapped burrito to be found here. not but there's plenty up the street no problem." welcome to californios - in the heart of san francisco's mission neighborhood. a family run restaurant... this is chef val cantu and his wife carolyn. chef cantu is not new to the restaurant biz - he grew up in his dad's mexican restaurant. "i'd love to say that i learned to cook in my dad's restaurant but mostly i was doing deliveries and making tortilla balls." now he's grown up to be a local all-star and named best new chef by food and wine magazine among other things. californios is modern mexican cuisine... so good, it's earned two michelin

stars. check out these delicate beef cheeks are wrapped in banana leaves bathed in a beautiful mole sauce. this is plantain bread with banana butter. sweet grilled peppers... or osetra caviar sitting on a whipped bean cloud. so what is the cuisine exactly? "it's california mexican." and the name californios? here's a history lesson. "the californios were the mexican people who settled california in the 1800's." chef cantu and his team are prepping for dinner here at californios... he's also planning to serve up his mole secret sauce dish - joining other local chefs at the james beard taste america in san francisco. "it's known as the oscars of the food world." what better than better way to share your culture - than with a taste of it. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(grant) ken wayne and catherine heenan are here with kron 4 news at six. (ken) coming up next on kron4 news at six. we're

continuing to follow breaking news..breaking news..after being forced out of their homes for 15 hours - residents in pittsburg and bay point are returning home> we have the latest on the underground fire that forced the evacuation.(catherine) then - we have the just- released list of priests accused of child abuse. it was released by the san jose diocese.. tonight we'll hear from a victim of one of the clergy members on the list. that's coming up nexxt on kron4 news at six.

(ken) breaking news: thousands of pittsburg and bay point residents are home tonight after being forced to flee their neighborhood in the middle of the night. it's after a fire threatened an underground natural gas

pipeline.... hello i'm ken wayne.(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan. tonight - that fire is out - but an investigation is underway into what sparked it. this is infra-red video -- showing the flames inside that concrete vault this morning. it was too dangerous for fire crews to get near the vault.... so they used a drone to determine the size and temperature of the fire. the fire began - just after a grass fire in the area...(ken) our team coverage starts tonight with kron4's terisa estacio - with the latest from fire officials.. terisa? .. .lewis brochard, deputy chief contra costa fire protection district. "the incident rapidly escalated and the first task preservation of life." track: contra costa fire protection district deputy chief talking about this.... this is infrared video showing a fire inside a concrete vault - the fire burning officials say from a leaking natural gas pipeline owned by chevron. with a larger pipeline underneath the

leaking smaller one, and temperatures hovering around 400 degrees, fire officials say the entire situation a real life safety risk for the public. brochard. we had to get people out of the area if large pipe exploded. how the fire started is under instense scrutiny. there was a grass fire in the area wednesday night from a downed pge line. as the day unfolded, another drone passed over the area... this time, showing temperatures dropping enough to allow fire fighters in hazardous material suits to get closer. using sophiscated air monitoring sensors, they cautiously made their way to the vault.asst chief ems terence carey, contra costa fire protection district "we went into the vault, it is 10 by 12 wide, 8 feet deep, able to render it safe, now chevron techs on scene to evaluate the situation and look at fix. (estacio live) also part of the plan to de-esclate this potentally dangerous situation crews at two chevron plants were injecting nitrogin into the pipleline, to render the pipeline safe to approach.

right now, everyone feeling very lucky no one got injured. te

(catherine) the people who had been evacuated wereallowed to return home at two-thirty this afternoon. (ken) reporter dan kerman joins us now live from pittsburg. dan.... the doorbell rang and then vigous pounding on the doorsot i was scared, really scaredsot charles shelton/pittsburg evacuee 09-16the police said we have an emergency gas situation adn we have to evacuate immediatelyit was about 11 wednesday night when these pittsburg residents were told to evacuatesotwe panicked and we didnt know what to do sot i got my stuff in 30 seconds wallet adn keys and leftthursday afternoon, many who spent the night in their cars or a friends were hanging outside the barricades waiting

for word they could go home...but most were pleased the police responsesot troy williams/pittsburg evacuee 39- 43i am glad i got out and beign out my life isnt in immediate dangersot karen fryer/pittsburg evacuee 44-51 this could have been another san bruno thing, thank goodness it wasntat 230 the all clear was issued and the barricades were taken down... thankful residents returned to their homes.sot charles shelton/pittsburg evacuee 59- 106the polcie department sheriffs department constra costa fire, cant say enough about those guys, i have a home to come back to and i'm happu (ken) an emergency shelter for those whoevacuated was available on a college campus this morning... i'm happucome back to and i have a home to come back to and i'm happu

(ken) an emergency shelter for those whoevacuated was available on a college campus this morning... (catherine) it was opened at 7-am -- and 7 hours laterthey were happy to get the all-clear. kron 4's haaziq madyun has that part of the story (pkg)here at los medanos college in pittsburg, after nervously waiting a little over seven hours for the mandatory evacuation order to be lifted due to the natural gas fire in bay point, evacuees at this red cross emergency shelter say they are thankful to be going home natsot/haaziqhappy to be going home?sot sotsot

mutual aid system. in fact officials here say this is the first time the gym has been used as an emergency red cross shelter. on the campus of los medanos college in pittsburg haaziq madyun kron4news (ken) we first told you that evacuations had been lifted through a push alert on the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news in your neighborhood. (2-shot/ken) the diocese of san jose, as expected, is out with a list of clergy accused of abusing children going back decades.(2-shot/catherine) kron four's rob fladeboe has reaction from a san jose man who was abused by one of the priests on that list. john salberg/priest abuse victim "...i would love to see the catholic church cleanse themselves completely..."john salberg is a survivor of sexual abuse by a priest, the late father josephpritchard, whose name is on a list of known, credble child sex abusersreleased

thursday by the san jose diocese.john salbert/survivor of sexual abuse by priests "...im not expecting too much, i would not just love to see the catholic church cleanse itself of this once and for all..."salberg's case was settled in 2005 but he continues to speak out on behalf of other victims.john salberg "...i've gotten past it, i am disappointed, i just wish the church would come clean..."all of the priests on the list are either deceased or banned from the ministry. bishop patrick mcgrath, shown here in an unrelated story, issued a statement expressing his deepest apologies for the actions of those who were in positions of authority who violated that sacred tust by abusing children."john salberg ",....the only way to resolve this is if the vatican would release all the information it has about the abuse world wide..."the release of the names follows a series of "listening sessions" held by the diocese in recent weeks to uncover evidence of sex abuse by clergy dating back to the 1960's.john salberg "...ii,ve been let down by the church for the last 16 years but i am happy and yet a little disappointed that this may just be a reaction to the grand jury report out of the diocese in pennsylvania rather than their own good will...rob fladeboe/san jose

(catherine) as soon as the san jose catholic diocese released the names of priests accused of abuse... we sent a push alert and posted all the names to kron- 4-dot-com. download the kron4 mobile app and be the first to know about breaking

news. (ken) some slightly smoky skies in the bay area today - because of wildfire smoke from oregon. there's from oregon. there's an air quality advisory in effect for parts of the bay area... (catherine) the advisory is in effect today and tomorrow....here's meteorologist anny hong.. (anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(catherine) the fallout continues...over missing saudi journalist jamal kha-shoog-jee... president trump saying today that it"certainly looks" like he's dead... reports claim the u-s based journalistwas brutally murdered in the saudi consulate in turkey nearly three weeks ago.. the new york times is reporting thatsaudi leaders might be ready to blame a high-ranking general....with ties to the saudi crown prince. president trump seems to be givingthe saudis more time to come up with an explanation.. reporter - do you think he's dead? president trump - it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. it certainly looks that way. we're waiting for some investigations. we're waiting for the results. about three

different investigations we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soon. secretary of state mike pompeo met with the president today after his visit to riyad..and suggested waiting a 'few more days' to let the saudis finish their investigations. the president has previously warned thatthe kingdom will face "severe punishment" from the u.s. if it's determined that saudi arabia was responsible for the journalist's death. (ken) coming up on kron 4 news at six... the midterm elections are less than a month away but some democrats have their sights set on 20-20... we'll take you on the campaign trail. arizona for the rescueof a man who'd been trapped inside a mine... (ken) and after the break california is reconsidering

the life sentences of thousands of inmates... we'll talk with a stanford professor live to get an indepth look at what that means for the state.

back to our breaking news.. people have been returning to their homes in pittsburg and baypoint. 14-hundred homes were evacuated overnight - because of an underground natural gas pipeline fire.(ken) kron4's sanaz tehernia is in bay point where she was able to talk with residents as they returned to their homes this afternoon. sanaz... what

was the mood like out there?

(ken) there? (ken) new at at six: california will reconsider life sentences for four thousand non-violent third strike criminals. it comes after a court battle -- a judge ruled that the state had illegally excluded non-violent career criminals from seeking parole.after voters passed a measure to reduce prison populations..(catherine) joining us now to talk about this is -- michael romano - he's the founder of the three strikes and justice advocacy project at stanford law school.

(anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(ken) if you haven't already - you might want to dust off your good luck charms. (catherine) there are the north bay. developing over the north bay. the north bay. developing over precipitation slight chance of late week with a persist

through will persist through late week with a precipitation developing over the north bay. (ken) if you haven't already - you might want to dust off your good luck charms. (catherine) there are two really big lottery jackpots up for grabs... grant lodes is here with the details.. grant...? (grant) catherine and ken... the mega millions jackpot has been growing since july 24th and is

now up to 970 million dollars... to 970 million dollars... that means if you took the cash option and won you could walk away with 548 million dollars. the next drawing is tomorrow...whi le no one has won the le no one has won the jackpot yet a safeway employee in san francisco did match five of the six numbers earlier this week. (grant) the mega millions isn't your only chance to become a millionaire... last night was the powerball drawing and there were no winning tickets sold. that means the new estimated dollars. the next powerball drawing will take place on saturday. so ken and catherine... that means

between the two jackpots there is approximately one point four billion dollars up for grabs... back to you. (catherine) still ahead on kron4 news at six... our team coverage continues with the latest on the vault fire. (ken) plus...an arizona man survived for days trapped in a mine with some unwelcome visitors... we'll tell you how he was able to get out.

in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. a man in arizona is

safe....after being stuck in a mine shaft for two days... rescue crews have been able to get him out. he had no food or water... and had to fend off rattlesnakes in the arizona desert. kron4's ryan o'donnell joins us with more on how he got trapped in the first place. here's the rescue behind me... this is about 90 miles northwest of phoenix. i lived and worked there for a number of years, and a lot of people accidentally stumble upon mineshafts... but apparently 62-year old john waddell went into this gold mine on purpose. there are a lot of mineshafts in d while waddell was visiting this one, he fell 100 feet... breaking multiple bones in the process. what may have saved his life... was the fact he told

his friend and neighbor, where he was going. they had a deal... if he wasn't back the next day... to call for help. terry shrader/ friend: "since he didn't come home yesterday, i was bound determined to come out here today. just as i pulled out my truck i could hear him hollering. help, help, you know." 0:09 soon after the discovery of his friend... the mountain rescue team showed-up with rope... and created a pulley system to waddell out. he was airlifted for treatment of his non-life threatening injuries. (ken) facebook is trying to combat misinformation heading into the midterm elections... we'll take you inside their war room. (catherine) also... democratic candidates are making appearances in south carolina... who's apparently getting ready to take on president trump in 20-20.

(ken) breaking news -- evacuations in pittsburg and bay point have been lifted -- after a fire in an underground vault fire threatened a gas pipleine. (catherine) kron 4 reporter terisa estacio joins us live - with the latest from pittsburg..terisa?...

(catherine) our team coverage on this developing story continues with kron four's philippe djegal.(ken) he reports from bay point - - where a church became an evacuation center. (philippe) cavalry temple church -- now, called the bay

church... opened it's doors to everybody and for breakfast, they had more than 260 people show up. in fact, they actually ran out of food.apollo seulse/pastor- "i've been here since about 630 or so, but some of our team members have been here, uh, since midnight and beyond." youth pastor apollo seulse (soul-say) says no one in need of help was turned away.apollo seulse/pastor- "we have a great team. uh, as soon as we found out, we started sending texts out to all of our leaders and our staff, and just people in our community, and the've been coming out. we've had volunteers flooding. it's been inspiring." naima (nye-ee-muh) blackman was aware of the fire before falling asleeping wednesday night... but wasn't aware of the severity of the situation until she woke up. naima blackman/evacuee- "and, i actually have an 18 year old whose in school in concord. i took her to high school, thinking everything was ok." jeorge perez/evacuee- "(philippe) is you family safe? (jeorge) yes, my family is safe." jeorge perez and his family left their house at around midnight... and, stayed at the pittsburg bay point bart station until six in the morning, when they were taken to the church. his cousin lives in nearby antioch and opened up his doors to perez.adrian gattis/lives nearby- "i was fortunate to pick my cousin up, and have him come to the house and relax while all this stuff is going on, and uh, i just wish the best." the kids -- pretty much kept out of the loop... left to run around and play games... while the elderly rested up with help from the american red

cross. in bay point, philippe djegal, kron four news. (anny hong): a (anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay.

(catherine) nearly two million people across the bay area joined in earthquake drills today -- as part of the great shake-out. this was the tenth anniversay of the event... it began this morning...with participants

being told to react exactly as they would in the event of a real quake. people dropped to the ground, took shelter under desks or tables...and held on. bart commuters experienced a brief slowdown because of the drill. it happened one day after the 29th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake.. (ken) with the 2018 midterms just more than two weeks away, a number of potential presidential candidates visited early primary states today. this, as president trump begins a multi-state swing in the west to help republican candidates this november. karin caifa (prono: kay-fuh) reports from washington. at rally after rally, president trump has been on a blitz to boost republican fortunes next month.but even as they support their party's midterm candidates -- some democrats may be looking further ahead. with many heading to places like south carolina in the coming weeks.

former new york city mayor michael bloomberg was- in south carolina thursday -- home of an early 20-20 presidential primary.the billionaire businessman -- one week after announcing he'd re- registered as a democrat -- taking aim at the president on trade.michael bloomberg, former new york city mayor: "i think the trade policies of this administration are disastrous for america."also in the state thursday -- senator cory booker of new jersey.sen. cory booker, (d) new jersey: "right now we are called to stand up and participate to ensure that we have a democracy to pass onto our children."senator kirsten gillibrand of new york -- was headed for new hampshire.for some weighing a 20-20 bid, it's about introducing themselves to voters in early states -- and donors.others -- need little introduction. former vice president joe biden -- accepting a civil rights award in memphis wednesday night, had sharp criticism for the president's handling of events like last year's charlottesville clashes -- and said trump has prompted a critical moment.fmr vice president joe biden: "we're once again living through literally a battle for the soul of this nation."president trump -- may be campaigning for midterm candidates right now -- but f-e-c filings this week showed his re-election bid has already raised more than 100 million dollars, for 2020.in washington, i'm karin caifa.

(catherine) next on kron 4 news at six thirty... a woman is caught on camera leaving a toddler on stranger's front porch... sfx: tinny headphone music

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of somebody's house last night.. a disturbing scene

that was caught on camera. kron4's ryan o'donnell joins us with more onthe texas incident.....and what happened to that toddler. how sad is this... you see the woman walking to the doorway, carrying the child and two big bags. she's smiling and ringing the doorbell... then splits... leaving the two year old confused and looking back at her. the woman the woman then... hops in a car... and takes-off. apparently, the little boy... who's name is royal prince simmons... was supposed to be dropped-off at his dad's house. but this wasn't it... and the woman doing the 'drop-off' isn't mom. when mom was confronted... she says she was at the hospital and the woman was a friend, who must have mixed-up the addresses. a female homeowner brought the little boy in and allowed him to rest with her own kids as she waited for deputies and cps to arrive.willie simmons / child's father: "they must have thought that was my wife.

so she laughing trying. i guess she trynna mess with my wife by dropping the baby off at the house and taking it as a game. but your game came to an end. you dropped him off at the wrong house." 0:13 the child is with a foster family now... with deputies hoping little royal can be reunited with his family today. deputies are trying to figure out who to give the boy back to.they also know who the woman is in the video and say she could face child abandonment charges. (catherine) next at six.. facebook says it's fighting bad informationand it's a 24-7 job... we'll take you the frontlines.

(catherine) new tonight at six: facebook is taking new steps to try to prevent a repeat of the election interference that happened in 20-16.(ken) the social media giant has built a so-called "war room" to help fight misinformation campaigns. but, as trolls get more sophisticated, the fight to protect facts has become an around-the-clock

endeavor.(catherine) laurie segall has a look inside facebook's new security blanket. just weeks ahead of the midterms - facebook has created what it's calling the war room.samidh: "we have a bunch of dashboards that you see around the perimeter of the room, which actually are backed up by artificial intelligence and machine learning to be able to flag any sort of anomalies or problems that we see. once that happens, our data scientists are able to review it, understand what's happening and pass it along to our engineers and operations specialists to take action against harmful content that we see on our platform."it's been nearly two years since facebook was caught flat footed.there was the russian interference aimed at manipulating the 2016 presidential election.a privacy scandal that left users wondering if they could trust the platform.now ceo mark zuckerberg has vowed to get ahead of these issues, and facebook's new war room is a part of those efforts.. . leading up to the midterm elections - this room will be operating 24/7.the people in

this room are supported by the 20,000 facebook employees across the globe hired to work on safety and security. samidh: "we've actually been running this for the first round of the brazilian election, which was just last week. and during that time we saw a spike in potential voter suppression related content." two years after the 2016 election, the attacks have changed..nathaniel gleicher - who served on president barack obama's national security council - now leads facebook's efforts to eliminate trolls and state-run disinformation campaigns nathaniel: "one of the challenges we always face is that if you have sophisticated threat actors they keep evolving their tactics, they don't do the same thing again and again. and so part of what we've done is that we head into these elections, we sort of think about our threat model. what are the new challenges that are coming, what are the things we haven't seen before that we could see and what are the new twists that might get throwing at us? and then we test that and run that."another challenge - communication.silicon valley and the government have historically had trouble communicating as platforms like twitter and facebook become weaponized.twitter founder jack dorsey acknowledged the problem in a congressional hearing in september.dorsey: "we would like a more regular cadence of meetings with our law enforcement partnerships. nathaniel: "so we work closely with the foreign influence task at the fbi, with the department of homeland security. another really important partner for us actually is state election officials because they're the ones on the ground.

(ken)that was laurie segall reporting.facebook officials go on to say that they believe they have done everything in their power to protect the security of users. the midterm elections are coming up on november 6th. (catherine) as florida communities try to rebuild after hurricane michael -- some are dealing with another problem...red tide. the toxic algae is moving northward along florida's east coast. and because of it - thirteen counties in florida are under a state of emergency. some have had to close down beaches. the red tide was a problem before the hurricane.. some had hoped the winds and high waves would help clear it up -- but that didn't happen. let's take a look outside right now... meteoroganny hong joins

us now with the four zone forecast. (anny hong): a slight warming trend is forecast through the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds over the region. dry weather conditions are also likely to prevail through the weekend. a pattern change will result in cooling conditions early next week that will persist through late week with a slight chance of precipitation developing over the north bay. .(ken) much of country could much of (ken) . the north bay. developing over the north bay.

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(catherine) in sports.... the 49ers prepare to host the only unbeaten team in the n-f- l... hear what richard sherman had to say about their quarterback...(ken) and steph curry and the warriors hit the road to face the utah jazz tomorrow... but first they have to sort through some sluggish moments from their opener... mark carpenter has steve kerr's reaction... coming up reaction... coming up

narrator: he claims to be an education reformer, but marshall tuck's failed record managing actual schools won't work as superintendent of public instruction. as ceo of l.a.'s partnership schools, the teachers gave tuck a vote

of "no confidence." and tuck's total mismanagement of l.a. charter schools caused financial problems that cost taxpayers thousands. tony thurmond. the only candidate endorsed by classroom teachers. holding all our schools accountable and always protecting neighborhood public schools. tony thurmond. for our schools. (catherine) time now for a look at sports.(ken) mark carpenter joins us in the studio. we'll open tonight with the warriors. the champs opened their season with a celebration and a win, but steve kerr is putting an end to the post-title honeymoon... and seeing what needs to be corrected. -the warriors at practice this morning before leaving for a two-game road trip... starting in utah tomorrow, then moving to denver on sunday. --although golden state started the year with a

victory against okc, one of the takeaways is how the warriors looked sluggish offensively at points... and surrendered a double-digit lead that let the thunder get back into it. --the head coach on what needs to be cleaned up. "if you have three straight turnovers, you want to execute, you wanna get the ball side to side. so you have a few pet sets that kinda settle the team down. we didn't do that the other night, but it's game one, so we're gonna get better, we talked about it today. i think we'll be much more focused and settles coming up." --here's an intriguing basketball story to keep an eye on and see how it affects the college landscape. --the nba's developmental g-league announced today...a new initiative that will over young, elite prospects six- figure contracts to play pro ball, instead of going to school. --this is a direct response to the ncaa's one-and-done model in which student-athlete's spend a year in school and then leave for the draft. --the new g league plan allows for

players, who are at least 18- years-old, to play immediately, get paid, hire agents, and pursue endorsement deals. now to the nfl-- while the raiders are on a bye, the 49ers trying to stop a four-game losing streak, but it doesn't help when one of the most powerful offenses in the league is coming to town. --kyle shanahan and cj beathard getting ready to host the undefeated l-a rams... not only the team that's first in the division, but the lone unbeaten in the entire league. led by novato's own and former cal star jared goff... the l-a attack is first in the league yards per game and 3rd in points. for the last two seasons, goff has been a star working alongside reigning coach of the year sean mcvay. richard sherman with his thoughts on the former number one overall pick. "obviously sean's scheme is very intricate in detail, but he has great grasp and understanding of it. um he has a ton of playmakers and they've only surrounded him with more. he seems to have a great rapport with sean. their relationship has thrived, their offense has thrived. he

protects it well, a lot has changed since his rookie year." three keys for the 49ers this weekend first off, you have to keep cj beathard upright against that fierce l-a front..of ndamukong suh and aaron donald. big task ahead for the 49er defense..trying to stop one of the highest scoring attacks in football led by goff and todd gurley. also, the niners put up 30-points last week in green bay...it'll be huge if they can carry over that output. your mercedes benz keys to the game. finally tonight, sharks hockey returns to the tank down at san jose. if it feels like it's been a while, that's because it has. more than two weeks havessed si played a home game. they had their home opener in early october...then went on a five-g coast. in fact, they were

gone so long that the warriors played a preseason game there last week. for their return home, they'll be unveiling their special edition 'stealth jerseys' in fact, we have a look at the jersey right now... check it out, this is their brand new alternate kit..brand new this is their check it out, this is their brand new alternate kit.. that wraps up kron4 news at 6.we'll see you 6.kron4 news at that wraps up that wraps up kron4 news at 6.we'll see you tonight at 8.... on your bay area's local news station.

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