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anger over monday night's meeting at the chevron refinery. the question is what is next for that community. claudine wong joins us with what we can expect over the next several days, good morning claudine. >> reporter: we have been watching employees head into work and the general managers say cleanup is still underway and then of course the investigation into how all of this happened once the state access and investigation team meets. now they stood before several frustrated angry community members to talk about what happened. they are now set up to deal with the financial impact of what happened but it didn't seem to be what this crowd wanted to hear. >> i am not here to put in a claim to get paid because my life means more to me than a couple of dollars because that's all we are going to get based on all the people who are
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affected, so my concern is this... is somebody out there cleaning up this now? >> reporter: like that one most of the people stood to talk about their health concerns not only for themselves but for their children. 449 people went to emergency rooms and some are still feeling the affects. >> just because those people had gotten symptoms from this will recover in the next day or two some perhaps a little longer it does not mean this exposure is okay or that it is acceptable. >> reporter: now people are still concerned about what they were and are breathing and air quality officials tested for 23 compound. if we come back out here i will show you that report, it lists a lot of chemicals including ethenol and free on and it
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unless you know what you are looking at none of this means anything. there is no significant health concerns... certainly that is not how people felt about what they were breathing in at that meeting and we have another report expected to come in by 5:00 tomorrow and we will talk about that coming up. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> as claudine mentioned, they have a spent hotline set up for community members and they say they will take monetary expenses over for those affected and you can call the number on your screen, (866)260- 7881. many community members are upset about how long it took for chevron to issue a warning. there was a 10 minute gap between when the fire started
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and when they issued the alert. many consider it a fast response but others disagree. >> i asked where are the fire engines and i heard the sirens 10 minutes later. >> how can we help our children who have asthma or help people who are in wheelchairs, you know get them safely somewhere, that did not happen. >> richmond city council tells the times he received an auto mated call three hours after the warning system started, he calls the warning system a disaster. then chevron's fire chief says fire crews knew there was a problem two hours before the fire. he said he first noticed a leak coming from an 8-inch pipe and
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then they saw a flammable vapor and it ignited shortly after and the fire is still under investigation. police are investigating a fatal accident overnight in livermore. it happened south of the avenue. police found the cyclist -- the motorcyclist in the road and they are asking for any witnesses to come forward. they are expecting the road to be closed for at least another hour. neighbors helped two people get out of a santa rosa home after it caught fire this morning. it happened at a home on price avenue. nobody was hurt and the cause of that fire is still unde investigation. in more than as to pay areas they came to take part.
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chris moore went to a block party. times have been tough, burglaries are up 15% and police staffing is at an all time low. >> we need to get together, work together because you can improve this neighborhood awning improve your lives. >> more than 600 block parties were scheduled in oakland. we caught up with mayor jean quan and she says it strengthens spirit and resolve. last year 37 million people participated. one city which canceled was anaheim. coming up in about 14 minutes, why an event designed to bring peace and unity was called off. and they are remembering
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the seek worshipers who were shot and killed at their temple. people he have all faiths held candles and prayed for the victims. the police chief spoke there and he has been struck by the peaceful reaction to the attack. some bay area seek tell pills will have a vigil scheduled from 7:00 to 8:30. san jose 9 to 10:00 and 7:00 to 8:00 this evening. and this morning could be a busy day for the casino matrix in san jose. at one point this morning it was expected to be the grand opening which would have been 3 / 8th which is a lucky number in the asian culture.
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it was originally there and they still hope to get approval to open more gaming approves. the 4.4 magnitude quake happened just before 11:30 p.m. it was centered in orange county and was felt as far away as los angeles which is 30 miles away. no word of any injuries or damage though. back here they are concerned about the eastern pan of the bay bridge. they will be dealing with media reports from tests used on concrete have been changed. it is under hikely the safety has been compromised. we will check in with traffic,
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sal? good morning pam, traffic is moving well along the bay area and let's look at what we have on 80 westbound. it is not a bad commute and as a matter of fact we are looking good as you drive out to to the mcarthur maze. moving well at the bay bridge toll plaza and at the bridge it is moving a long nicely. if you are driving off and it is already middle of the week. >> so we are halfway there? >> we are halfway there. thank sir. on the san mateo coast, there is a little bit of fog is out there high pressure shows every sign of building back in. 50s on the temperatures and that santa rosa was 48. livermore concord also
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fairfield, not much of a president, i don't think it will matter inland. it is a fight between little systems sliding back to the west and the 4 corners and as it does slide back it will be hot and heating up. it warms up a little bit, cooled down about 3 degrees for some it was warmer and for us it will be warmer for most. hot inland and you are getting mid-90s for some, upper 90s for others, low 90s and 60s and 70s, hayward 78, san mateo 78, except for some fog around the coast and bay, inland temperatures will be toastier, and probably cooler as we head to next sunday, pam. and on the opposite side of the country, hurricane ernesto
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moves across yucatan peninsular with winds up to 85 miles per hour. at least 2300 tourists were evacuated and moved into shelters. there is still fear the storm to turn in flash floods and the storm is now moving. the illegal underwater move that helped him win gold and why he did not get caught. and emergency rooms are growing, the reason they are being turned away. so far the traffic is moving well and we will tell you some areas you may want to avoid.
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patchy fog, hot for -- good morning, we have some patchy fog, hot for some and cool for others. a man has died after a -- a woman has died after a tragic accident, she has been identified and her mother said she was jetskiing off the coast of honolulu when another jetski rammed into her from behind. the other jetskier, a 20-year- old man is in serious condition. he will keep his gold medal but that's despite he admitted he cheated. he won the 100-meter breast stroke. the rules allowed a dolphin kick. he confessed to several kicks which are not the thing to do but he claims other swimmers cheat as well. and for the floor exercise
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and the bronze on the beam, she was going to appeal. and became the most successful with his 6th career gold medal, and oh limb him trainer will go for three in a row jennifer cassie in women's volleyball. china leads with 73, voled by u.s. with 70 followed by great britain and jeremy rounds out the top 5. on the presidential race, mitt romney will attend a fundraiser tonight. i want to show you some video of mitt romney, he stopped at the restaurant nearby while later he will attended in new
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jersey and will be here in california for a fundraiser. he starts with events and the president will call on congress to extend tax cuts for the middle-class. he will talk about how it has improved with insurance coverage for women. they are calling on the fcc to remeasure radiation. they say the standards may not reflect the exposure. the report comes after dennis kucinich called for cell phones to carry warning labels. they scheduled oral arguments on an ordinance to require retailers how much radiation
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cell phones admit. >> traffic is doing well and it is a decent dry time to be driving. you can see traffic is heading out to the mcarthur maze and for some reason there was a police presence and there should not be a problem with that if you are following the laws and it looks good getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >> if you are inland it will be warm to hot, all toe though a few cool down with 60s and 70s very warm aloft and the lows
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are on the cool is side. mainly there is fog on the san mateo coast and it regroups around 10:00. santa rosa 50 and they will come in at 48. west southwest at 14 and there is still a sea breeze, and that high pressure has been working out, yet a weak system rotates and we will not get the offshore breeze and even though the fog gets chewed up it is not that warm for some but patchy fog temperatures 60s and 70s coast and bay and then you will get it and that downtown santa rosa looks to be about
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86. it does look hotter friday into saturday, pamela? thank you steven. last night anaheim canceled their night out ever since a series. they plan to disrupt a block party at an anaheim city park. they tried to find a different location but could not on such short notice. it would allow police on racial profiling. instead he wants to focus on traditional strategies and use crime tracking software to stop gun violence. he is wanted in connection with the killing of a high school football player. he was shot and killed sunday night. this is the man police are
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looking for. 26-year-old matthew john. police say he would still be in jail but was released early signed by a governor since last year. >> his criteria did not fit the charges to stay in prison. >> he was seen run from the scene and they say matthew and steven have gang ties. and they show emergency room are in critical company. it adds 92% are affected where others are send to the hospital because the er is too busy to take in other peytonsment and they say city patients are the most overcrowded. >> if we had say it is the
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public good then we need to finance it that way. >> most community including patient flow and it is on average on diversion of four hours a day. they will vote to approve sales tax increases. they will decide on a quarter cent tax increase and voters will decide on 1 / 8th sales tax increase and that will last 10 years. muni's back toward policy is working out and it could be a circus outside the circus. the issue they planned on voting on tonight.
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. happening now, a car fire was quickly put out. flames were coming from a car on emma drive but they were able to put it out before it could spread. no word on a cause and there are no injuries. suicide prevention groups are trying raise awareness since the first suicide at the golden gate bridge. the names of those who took thy
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their lives on the bridge were red allowed. they also called for a project at a net below the bridge. >> there have been other areas where this has happened. when there were barriers people stopped going there to die. >> reporter: since that, 1,500 people have committed suicide by jumping off the bridge. and they allow clipper boards which seems to be cutting the commute time by an average of 6 seconds. the biggest drop is on one california express route and all door boarding started. saving 6 seconds. to quote the mode, everything counts in large amounts.
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>> very nice. >> let's go out and take a look at the traffic, it is moving along well as you drive through out the bay area, let's go outside and take a look at the live pictures we have for you. the traffic is not all that bad if you are driving on the community. it is not a bad commute as well. westbound this time is a good time to go with no major issues. and all the freeways, it has been looking pretty good from fremont and it is off to a good start, let's go to steve. >> a shout out to special mode. >> we continue to kind of flirt just to the east and south and keep an eye on it, it is very close. warm air is aloft and it is
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running a couple of degrees cooler than the past couple of morning. there is not that much out there low-to-mid, there is not much of a sea breeze in place. little system to the north and a high in the middle of the count trip coming back, patchy fog coast and bay and they come up about, even though by the cost they were 80s yesterday. inland 80s to low and mid-to- upper 90s in antioch looks like a couple of days there up to clear lake and morgan hill it will be near 100 and it looks to be a little cooler as we go to sunday. a dog owner faces charges of assault on a police after he
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attacked a police officer's horse. it happened 2:30 yesterday afternoon. the owner was told to take control of the off leash dog but he refused. the dog lunged and bit a police horse. the horse kicked the dog and animal control now has custody of the dog. animal rights activists plan to treat the elephants. they a arrived last night as workers unloaded animals and walked them into the arena. notice a deadly mysterious accident, why police need your help. and what happened after the
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