clyde. joining you on the telephone once again is paul andrews is the contra costa county hazmat department. and paul, just in case people are just joining us now, what is the situation? >> there is a shelter in place in clyde, north concord and the martinez area around the refinery. a shelter in place, means close all your doors and windows, turn off your heating and ventilating systems and stay tuned to the media. we'll update you through the media and you should be receiving a telephone call from our automated telephone system. >> okay. >> and paul, are you getting any sense at all that the situation is getting better? i don't know -- you've got your room there where everyone is monitoring this. are you getting any sense that the situation is getting better now? >> again, when they do an emergency shutdown of the refinery, it can -- they have to do kind of an orderly -- an

orderly emergency depressurization of the entire refinery. so again, they'll have spurts and periods of more flaring than -- than less flaring. so the -- the situation i'm sure -- and we have someone at the refinery. i haven't talked to them lately, but the -- the -- >> go ahead. paul, are you there? >> yeah. >> i guess we're having a little trouble hearing you here. but let me just say one thing and that is that just judging by these pictures here, it does look like we're not seeing quite as many -- quite as big a flare as we have in the past and not as many as we have seen in the last hour or so. >> i know the wind conditions and weather have a lot to do with what's going on in martinez. let's bring our chief meteorologist, bill martin, in this. what can you see from the

winds? >> the winds are lighter than they have been all day winds are blowing out of the west- northwest. if you know the martinez area, over towards the bridge, the bridge or the refinery there is blowing that smoke in a southwest -- or southerly direction. that's why clyde and north concord and now martinez, certainly, the east side of martinez is in a shelter in place. the winds are blowing the smoke in that direction. here's the upshot. the inversion is very deep. it's not a shallow inversion. if it was a typical hot day, the smoke would be -- the smoke is rising freely to about 4,000, 5,000 feet. so that's somewhat helpful. the winds -- and you see that in that shot. what's interesting and what you note is the heavy matter, the hydrocarbon is falling out. you can see this plume moving toward the cloud area. you can see it falling out. the winds are light.

the inversion is deep. that's helpful. >> well, joining us now, we have ken donnie from the refinery. ken, are you there? >> i am. >> what exactly is happening here and is the situation getting any better and when do you think all of this will be resolved? >> what i can tell you is that we were informed that there was a power outage in the area affecting about 17,000 people and that we were affected as well by it. what the refinery is experiencing right now is a shutdown of all of the units. as part of that process we are flaring and those flares are a safety mechanism to release the pressure within our units, within the refinery. we have had no safety incidents within the refinery. nobody's been injured in the refinery. we're working with all of the regulatory individuals to make sure the community is safe. so we've issued a community warning system level iii which is informing our surrounding

informing to shelter in place. we expect to have the flaring under control within a few hours. but again, it's an emergency situation and we are responding in a safe and reliable manner, being affected by the power outage. >> you mentioned the flaring may continue for a few more hours. does that mean the sheltner place could be going into the night for the next few hours? >> that's correct. what we'll do is work with the regutory agencies and air monitoring systems and we'll let people know when the shelter in place is lifted. >> how do you give people the all-clear? >> >> we kak them -- we contact them by phone and agencies. >> what exactly is and what exactly is going on at

the tesoro refinery? >> hydrocarbon emissions are burning because of the power outage. what we're doing at the refinery is ensuring that all of the equipment is going into a shutdown mode so that we can have as minimum impact on the community on employees as possible. we're doing it as safe of a manner as we can, we don't understand what the loss of power is at this time we're investigating that at well. i understand it's not emanating from the refinery. again, everything that we're doing is working with regulatory agencies, to ensure that the safety of the refinery employees and our community are protected. >> do you have a backup generator in a case like this? and if not, why not? >> the power at the refinery -- it -- required is -- there's not enough systems as far as backup type of units to man the

refinery like this in this situation. this is -- this is an emergency situation with a total loss of power. we don't have those type of generators onhand. >> how common is something like what's happening today? >> i'm sorry. can you repeat the question? >> how common is something like what we're seeing now. >> this is not a common occurrence. again, we're trying to understand what happened and we're -- you know, what i can tell you is that we're responding in a very safe and reliable manner to make sure that everybody is as safe as they can be and we're sending -- in addition to what we're doing with the equipment, we're sending in folks to monitor the air and to make sure that we understand what has occurred and -- so we can look at how we might mitigate this from happening in the future. >> okay. ken donnie from -- donnie from

tesoro. we understand there is a shelter in place order for people in martinez, north concord and collide. bringing in fiona from pg&e. can you tell us more about this and when you expect this to be fixed? >> we are seeing an impact to 17,000 people. we have restored approximately 7,000 customer. our crew are working as quickly as possible. >> is the power back on at the refinery? >> actually, the normal procedure -- [ inaudible ] >> is the power back on? >> we believe so. >> okay. >> do you know what caused this power outage in the first

place? >> this is still under investigation. >> so no -- no -- do you know where exactly it started? >> i think the crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to get the power back on for the remaining customer. we will keep you posted for more information. >> okay. but again, power outage -- about:00 this afternoon and -- affecting about 17,000 people and also and the tesoro refinery. in case you are just joining us here, what you are looking at is a flareup at the tesoro refinery. that led to the uncontrollable burnoff. they are calling this a level iii situation, which essentially means people who live in the area and specifically three hours,

clyde, north concord and martinez are being asked to sheltner place. this could last for a couple more hours at least. >> we'll keep in touch and brings you updates throughout this newscast. carnival cruise lines is calling it the worst in the company history. now the way home is finally underway for passengers. >> we continue to operate on auxiliary power and the ship continues to be without the key services, such as air condition, hot food service and telephones. we do have functioning toilets in most cabins and public restrooms located throughout the ship. >> two tugboats are helping tow the ship. the ship lost power after an fire in the engine room. with the bars and casinos closed and most rooms pitched

black, there's really nothing for passengers to do. >> conditions on here are very, very challenging. we're very, very sorry for the discomfort and inconvenience our guests have had to deal with. >> investigators say the ship could arrive in san diego as early as tomorrow. that's not soon enough for one bay area woman who said her aunt is on board and today, ktvu's tom vacar spoke with the woman is worried that the ship lacks basic supplies to keep her aunt healthy. >> reporter: when you think about it, when the cruise goes bad, the passenger's friends, family suffer, worry, and wait too. ms. longs has family on the "splendor." >> she's diabetic and my biggest concern was is she getting food for one, and obviously to keep her insulin refrigerateed. >> reporter: today they finally

heard from their uncle. >> i know that my aunt had started feeling like she was going into diabetic shock and my uncle notified the crew members and they gave her one tic tac to give to her. >> full refunds for not only the cruise fare but the airfare and any land options that they purchased. they will get all transportations costs paid for to get back home and they are gonna get a full cruise credit for a future cruise of their choice. >> reporter: 35 other triple-a members are scheduled to go out on the "splendor" cruise scheduled for this weekend. >> they can transfer to another ship if they want. there's ships all over the world. >> reporter: this attorney says anyone wanting more through the courts will have their work cut

out for them. >> the problem is, their contract says bring the suit in florida, broward county. >> reporter: what about a major class-action suit? >> carnival is not sapid. they've been through this too many times. they have another condition in their contract that says, "you agree no class actions." know it's not possible here. >> reporter: so carnival's offer may be the best option. >> in the years i've been in travel, 20 i've never seen this. >> i doubt she will ever want to get on another carnival -- another boat again, especially a carnival boat. >> reporter: you can certainly believe the possibility of government regulations looms large. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. a coast guard crew from here in the bay area continues to be involved in the ongoing rescue effort. the coast guard based here left to help the ship. theythey will had remain on scene to help the passengers

aboard the "splendor." crewmen boarded the cruise ship and found the passengers safe and healthy. for more information go to ktvu.com. theretherethere is a real political cliff-hanger going on in san francisco? who is going to replace gavin newsom and who gets the job may totally depend on which day mayor new some decides to step down. rob roth is live in san francisco tonight to explain why. rob? >> reporter: frank, this is today's edition of the paper that shows mayor newsom with the headline "i'm out of here." with the question of who will fill out his term, that question is clear, clear as mud, that is.

leland yee joins other candidates for the job. >> figure out how do we move the city forward in these tough, tough times. that's what i'm going to do in the months ahead. >> reporter: but there is another battle brewing about who will fill out newsom's term. newsom is scheduled to be sworn in on january 3rd but he won't say when he will resign. >> i will resign on january 3rd. >> reporter: that new board won't be sworn in until january 8th, five days after newsom is supposed to begin his new job. >> the new board may want to consider doing the right thing which is giving them the opportunity to make the decision that correctly affects them. >> reporter: since supervisors want the current more progressive board to decide, it

may -- they may take a tentative vote. this man is a political analyst. >> you have a group of people on the board of supervisors who are very far left and well to the left of most of the city who are trying to shove a mayor down a city's throat. >> reporter: rumored to take over are tom ammiano, willie brown, david campos, david chu, mark leno and aaron peskin. >> the outgoing forward doesn't have consensus then that goes to the incoming forward to make the decision. >> reporter: the next shoe to drop could come next week, fasten your seat belt, they say, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. across the bay and oakland people are still trying to find out who their mayor will be.

no updates will be released until all ballots are counted and reportedly only a few hundred ed dread remain -- hundred remain. the latest numbers showed quon with a lead over perata in the rank's choice vote process. keep in mind, can you find more political coverage by politicking on ktvu.com. not a bad day at work for thousands of employees at google. every single person at google is getting a big pay raise and a bonus. robert honda is live in mountain view to tell us why google is making this big move. robert? >> reporter: well, frank, there are no doubt a lot of happy employees at google and the raises will probably generate a new flood of these job applications since raises usually indicate prosperity. but some say google kneeled to do this to stay -- needed to do this to stay ahead of the

rivals. senior mason will soon hit the job department. he's encouraged to see google displaying growth. >> i have a range of internet and computer operations and with that comes many jobs, not just software engineers but everyone to help make it run. >> reporter: labor market analyst says google's move is a big clang for the past two years when the company and just about every other company cut back. >> perhaps there's more optimism and more competition and competition drives a lot of what happens. >> reporter: many silicon valley supporters agree, google has characterized the raises as a reward of its workers revenues rising 23% this year but some analysts say google is trying to slow down defections to other up and comers such as facebook. this man says the bigger benefit is the raises might

slow down the migration of disgruntled workers leaving silicon valley. >> this kind of a practice may help other companies come around to the idea that maybe we better start to contribute to our employees' well being. >> some former high-tech workers we talked to agreed. >> being in the high-tech industry for ten years, i think it's something that definitely is needed. you know, to feel appreciated. >> google will start showing that appreciation at the start of the new year. analysts say it will be a big expensive gesture as one put it about $1 billion right off the top. live in mountain view, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. two storms in the past week. more than a foot of snow. why some say this ski season is starting off as good as last year and that was a good year. right now, i'm tracking the

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don't be big tobacco's next victim. we're looking live here again at a developing situation in martinez. a shelter in place is in order right now for those people who live in martinez, north concord and clyde. a power outage affected the refinery. the flaring began just after 4:00 p.m. the flames are burning off hydrocarbon emotion. we spoke to someone from the refinery and he says this could go on for the next couple of hours. over to our chief meteorologist, who has been monitor everything the conditions here. bill, what do you take from this? >> well, let's take a look at live stormtracker2.

here's the refinery right here. the winds are blowing out of the west-northwest. so it's something like this. very calm winds. what we have is a shelter in place, picks up clyde. there's northern concord. what we're looking at is -- with these live winds, the smoke is basically -- the heavier particulate is falling out in the closer proximity where i just showed you, the shelter in place. but if you were doing 20, 30- mile-per-hour winds as we often do, you would have a larger shelter in place, programs to clayton, to pittsburg, to walnut creek, just because the winds would transport all of that material. so i guess in a good way the winds are not blowing all that hard. i will be back in a little bit. i will have your weather forecast and we'll keep an eye on the situation. skiers and snowboarders, listen up. if this past weekend is any indication, it could be a great year. they've gotten a foot or more

so far and that could mean the slopes opening up earlier. ken pitch let is up at donner system -- ken pritchett is live at donner. i can see those machines making snow. >> reporter: they've been making snow all day. those lights there, they are atop the poles. there are actually people skiing here. you can't see them, for the snow making that's between us and those skiers heading down that main slope. in terms of snow on the mountains here around the tahoe area. if you talk to folks up here, they say it's already been a better start than last year and that was considered a banner season for the industry. outside of the occasional cloud of a snowmobile, it was quiet today at sugar bowl ski resort. the bowls are running at nightle mother nature has done

most of the work. >> i think the most significant thing out of that last system, the temperatures dropped enough where we could fire up the manmade. >> reporter: more than a foot of snow has fallen in the past week, they are considering an earlier opening. >> we're hoping, thingers crossed on thanksgiving. we'll have to see if mother nature cooperates. >> reporter: at the ski resort, which sits at a higher elevation, it's colder and skiers and snowboarders here have been on the slopes for weeks. >> it's awesome. there's not much open yet. but the snow is coming. >> i came up like a week ago, it was totally bare. but we came up today, it's perfect. >> reporter: what ski operators leak about the beginning of this season, it's starting out like last year. >> last year was a tremendous winter. >> reporter: california ski resorts saw a 20% increase of lift ticket sales last year and that's despite the economy.

as for this year, there clearly is optimism. >> sweet! [ laughter ] >> reporter: this ski resort is the only one open right now. a handful such as heavenly have announced opening dates before the thanksgiving holiday but we could see more resorts such as sugar bowl move their dates prior to the holiday before thanksgiving, if for the next two weeks it remains cold and we get more snow. near donner pass, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. a bay area school that's been open for more than a hundred years is closing its doors. which one and why. also -- when it comes to building another bridge to span the bay. and we are staying in contact with health officials about the shelter in place in effect right now.

the proposal for the new, previously studies back in 1991 and 2002 rejected this idea because of its $8 billion price tag at -- and potential damage to bay wetlands. the new study is expected to take about 18 months.

ac transit riders can breathe easy, for now. the agency is not making service cuts. the transit board agreed this afternoon with to a binding arbitration settlement for a new three-year contract. riders would have faced new service cuts in december without the agreement. the ac transit board says even with the contract, more service cuts are likely less year. >> reporter: a school that's been open for 130 years is closing its doors. i are tell you why and where the students may go next year -- i will tell you why and where the students may go next year. also, live, new details coming in to us about the shelter in place in three east bay communities because of the situation you see right here at the ten-year sore row -- tesoro refinery

we're back to our top story, live pictures, once ginn, of a breaking news situation from the tesoro refinery in martinez. what you are looking at is a flareoff that's been going on for about an hour and a half. it all started about 4:00 this afternoon when there was a power outage in the area. 17,000 people were without power. as a result of that power interruption, they needed to burn off materials that were inside some of the pipes there at the tesoro refinery. you are looking at the situation. we're getting a lot of calls here to the channel 2 newsroom. as a result of that smoke, it's gone to a level iii situation

which means there is a shelter in place. last word, it could last for several more hours as they work to get this situation under control. >> and for more on what's happening in the area, let's bring in rita williams. she's live in concord with more. rita? >> reporter: gasia, we were in pittsburg. you can see the plumes of smoke over the hill in pittsburg. we've now driven here to concord on port chicago heir. right behind me, you can see the burnoff is continuing. now, we've talked to some hazmat officials from the health department from the county. they've told us that the smoke seems to be dissipating somewhat, that it seems to be going straight up and they consider that a good sign. as you know, there was a power outage around 4:10 today and that cut power to the refinery and, as you said, to about 17,000 people in this area. now, that included the plant. as we understand it, there was

petroleum product in some of the units and what they have to do at this point is burn off the project. that's what's creating all of the smoke in the the air. when we first got here, we ran into a hazmat company taking samples, driving all over the area and we talked to some residents who told us they've lived in this area for many, many years. they've never seen this sort of burnoff. they have smelled smells here but they haven't seen this sort of a burnoff. i think you are looking at pictures from our helicopter, newschopper2, which will show you just how large of a plume of smoke it was. this has gone over to north concord. we're right across the street from clyde, which is didded part of concord, i'm -- which is considered part of concord, i'm told. residents have gone inside.

you can't see much if we point in that direction. but they are sheltering in place as they've been told to do. this is considered a level iii alert, meaning stay inside, try not to get outside, don't breathe the air. residents were telling me that alarms went off here, sirens as well as calls to their homes alerting them to the problem. they are now still inside. police are set up across the way on port chicago highway from us. you may be able to see right across the highway and so they are still monitoring the situation here. most people are staying inside. pg&e tells us that the number of residents who now have -- who do not have power has dwindled to 3500. so they are working on the problem. reporting live in clyde, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> one question for you, rita. you are not far from where that burnoff is going on. can you smell anything?

is there any irritation to your eyes or anything as a result of the smoke? >> reporter: frank, we got here about 20, 30 minutes ago, and you could smell a little bit when you first arrived here. it seems to be disappointing here. there's no wind but for some reason it seems to be burning off and we don't smell as much as we did earlier. >> no irritation to your eyes or any trouble breathing? >> reporter: again, a little bit when we first arrived but not right now. >> thank you, rita. joining us on the phone from concord is rick cole. rick, i understand you are in a building without power and you are watching what's happening right outside your office window. >> yes. power came on about 15 minute the ago -- 15 minutes ago. so that problem has been solved but it feels like the smoke is drifting south over in the city of concord. we did have a few complaints

for some of our employees thatly had possibly some -- that they -- that they had possibly some irritation. but that's about it. >> those people that have been complaining, have they been outside? >> well, it's hard to tell. some of them have been coming in from the outside. another one was working with the door open and so -- so it could be a -- i didn't talk to anybody that had been in the building without expork sewer to the outside -- exposure to the outside air. >> rick, all -- what's the situation? >> some of them went down to get something to eat while this thing clears up. >> are they staying inside the building? >> yes. i'm looking at a parking garage. people are leaving. a lot of them are starting to

trickle out and leave the parking garage now. >> just to kind of put this in perspective, i'm not sure how long you've worked there but we have heard from some folks who said this is one of the larger flareups they've seen in the past few years here. what about you? >> yeah. actually, i would say this is the largest one. i've never seen anything this large in the past. of course, usually the winds push it more to the east but the way it is tonight, it's kind of drifting towards the south and over the city of concord. >> it does sound like everything is -- at least is as controlled as it can be, that things are working according to plan and hopefully this sheltner place which probably started about 45 minutes ago or so will be over in the coming hours. obviously it's a story we'll continue to follow during the course of this newscast and ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> we're getting more information and i wanted to pass along that the power problem we've learned may have started at the substation in

the refinery. also the latest information coming into us now 1,000 people are still without power. that's down from 1700. we're gonna stay on ton of this -- on top of this breaking news story and have more on the rest of the news of the day. >> reporter: a school that's been open for 130 years is closing its doors. i will tell you why.

parentsant students are in santa rosa say the school is going to be closing in june after more than 100 years of service in the community. >> reporter: the school's been open for 130 years. we would like to show it to you but the principal threw us off campus. all of this comes as a shock and a surprise. there's signs and banners outside the school, showing support for the school that will close this year. >> it's sad. it's heartbreaking. >> we're all very sad. >> reporter: since 1880, the school has been educating young women from all over sonoma county. many parents we talked to say when the school closes, it will

be the end of an era. >> i came here. my sister came through here. my nieces have gone through here. i had hoped that my daughter would graduate. >> it's soy sad. we had had our ring ceremony a couple of weeks ago. we had our -- got our class ring and we don't get to graduate. >> reporter: the major reason for the close something said to be financial. since the 1999-two school year, there's been a decrease in enrollment. >> i believe the e-mail said they had to dip in to 1.2 million to support the school until the end the year. >> reporter: next year, nearby cardinal all boys catholic school will open its doors to ersulin. newman's principal is open -- is hoping for a smooth transition next year but before

the transfer can happen, a lot of questions need to be answered. ersi -- ursuline may open. there are meetings today and tomorrow. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. today we called animal control officers in alameda and contra costa county and they tell us that reports of aggressive raccoons at an apartment in alameda appear to be an isolated incident. one woman said they had to fight off five raccoons at a park. her barking dogs brought on one and a pack of them. these are her scars. she feels lucky she's not hurt. campos is now receiving rabies shots at a precaution. well, coming up here, more on the breaking news, the shelter shelter in place in

three communities in and around the tesoro rea finally in martinez -- refinery in martinez. our passengers will feel the effects of this for years to come. >> what sully sullen berger is doing -- sullenberger is doing. information online.

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[ sirens ] >> that siren you hear is coming from the tesoro refinery in martinez. that's what's happening live right now as people who live in the areas of martinez, north concord and clyde are getting a warning to shelter in place as a result of flaring that's been going on for an hour and a half. we just spoke with pg&e. we have new information. we now know that the outage began at thety so vo refinery -- at the tesoro refinery. the shelter in place still stands. we'll stay on top of this breaking news situation and bridge you moyer information as soon as we get it. the bay area's hero pilot, sully sullenberger, was in washington, d.c. speaking out against an faa proposal to change rules intended to reduce pilot fatigue. captain sul lun berger is famous for his miracle crash- landing in the hudson river.

he had had just seconds to bring his plane into a safe water landing after his engines were knocked out by a flock of geese. the faa says the proposed rule change will create a poach to preventing pilot fatigue. sullenberger says to increase the amount of time flying from eight to ten hours a day would make matters worse. >> i can tell you from personal experience and from my knowledge of the science. there's no data that shows that flying more hours will decrease fatigue. >> sullenberger says pilots should be given ten hours downtime between flights instead of the proposed nine- hour turnaround. he applauds the faa's efforts to require the same rules for domestic and international flights but says safety must come first. >> the rules we enact now, we must get right because not only will the people would fly be

living under them for decades to come, our passengers will feel them. >> congress demanded new standards after pilot's fatigue was blamed for last year's crash in buffalo new york killed all passengers on board. coming up next at 6:00 we continue to monitor the situation at the tesoro refinery in martinez and the shelter-in-place order now in effect. our julie haener is in the newsroom with more stories. >> also at 6:00, new information on the arrest of a bay area high school teach who is accused of having sex with one of her students. the rumors students say have been going around for some time and what they are saying about how she dressed and acted in class. also ahead with all of the talk of budget cuts we're learning that a city worker made more than $500,000 a year. who he is and what people are saying about that. the case of a high school football player and his unusual cleats and how it's led to a

lawsuit and may end up keeping him from graduating on time. these stories and more at 6:00. back to bill martin. we're in the middle after major midweek cooldown. >> yes. it will warm up during the day. but overnight lows, they are gonna get down there. frost in the inland valleys, some maybe some valley fog. outside we go to the santa rosa area and you got temperatures in the 50s. but by -- by midnight. we'll see numbers in the low 40s. here's how it goes forecastwise. we have patchy fog in the forecast. cold tonight, no frost advisory but there will be frost in many locations. there will be patchy fog, especially the north bay. 35 in napa. that's the overnight low. 40 in fairfield. these are some of the cooler temperatures we've seen. this morning will be the coolest morning pretty much for the next couple of days. chilly in napa, 35 degrees when you wake you. 65 for a daytime high. the weather systems are staying

to the north. the jetstream is doing that. we will dry out and we will warm up during the day. during the day, temperatures will get back in the 60s and even some 70s. that's right into the bay area week. 65 in san rafael. 65 in vallejo for your forecast highs on a thursday. 67 in livermore. 68 in morgan hill and in los gatos. and we have a lot of 60s coast side. no fog. just warmer weather. the five-day forecast breaks out like this -- patchy morning valley fog. cool overnight and then daytime highs start to warm up. rain is out of the forecast for the next five days. >> and you will be keeping track of the wind situation in and around the tesoro refinery situation. >> yes. a disturbing discovery on the ground for nasa. they may look like it but they are not rescuers. it's a drill about how to thing into action in an emergency. ñsxóxgñ

the space shuttle "discovery" has hit another snag. nasa found cracks in the fuel tanks. they called off last fry alaunch. it will had now be at least

until november 30th before it launches and the delay could be longer depending on the repairs. help me! help me! help me! >> this drill was simulating an earthquake. >> it gives them an experience that they may not have had had had before. actually, doing a search and rescue operation. the more training they get, the more prepared they will be for the real event. >> today's drill involved 40 members of alameda's response am as well as volunteers who work primarily with the police department. and there's much more news ahead. the warning sirens are blaring as flaring continues at the

tesoro refinery. here is a live look in martinez.

good evening. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. we have more now on the developing news in the east bay. a shelter-in-place order is in effect as a burnoff is ongoing at the tesoro refinery in martinez. the problem affects people who live in clyde, north concord and martinez. taking a live look from chopper 2, you can see the flames from the burnoff. the problem began shortly after 4:00 this afternoon with a