and tonight, cal/osha is investigating what happened. tesla is not releasing the extent of the injuries but chopper 5 caught an ambulance leaving the fremont plant as well as several fire trucks. the workers were using an aluminum casting press and suffered second-degree burns from hot metal. cal/osha will be checking that equipment and checking tesla's safety plan. >> turned out to be was an industrial accident involving some pressurized equipment that they use at the plant. this resulted in three patients being treated for burns by our department. >> reporter: how serious are those injuries? >> the injuries are moderate to serious and they have all been transported to local hospitals. >> tesla released a statement saying in part, three employees were injured by hot metal from that press. we are making sure that they receive the best possible care." now, this is just the latest in a series of pr troubles for tesla. the company is now the target of a class action lawsuit over

and again, when the cal osha final decision did come out, it clearly stated that arborwell was not a accident and, we were not responsible and it was deemed an unfortunate accident. the part with the training, again, there was not an accident, cal osha did investigate but they did not practice for any housekeeping issues of failing to train these people in a correct and orderly manner they didn't because it was not there and they are keen and looking for that and looking at a company and they want to see that you have done everything possible to equip and to train them to not have what happened happen. lastly the pictures that he has shown, he takes a lot of pictures and he has taken a lots of pictures for years and a lot of pictures from enough angles you can basically argue anything that you want, i, contend that none of those pictures show anything out of the ordinary and we were conducting work and in a coned off work zone and in a safe and orderly fashion, the safety equipment and the crane operator's license and the vehicles and the one picture of the vehicle in the middle of t

posterity from the contractor, of unsafe practices from cal osha that the department was not made aware of. those are handled for the specifically stated by the cal osha and there is a finding from all indications and as it relates to the contractor being hostile, and that is something that really is between the contractor and who hires them, along with the neighbors. that have the issues and there is nothing that the department can do from that perspective, to dictate that aspect of the issues that is being raised. but we can, again, say that it is that, the permit that the department did issue was to occupy, that portion of the right-of-way and usually the parking lane and in some cases the sidewalk, to provide, for the construction operation to the arborwell in this case, at two specific locations and we believe that the department really did nothing wrong in providing these permit and there has been no complaints until, you know, until it has to contact them and it was issued correctly, and you know, they had that appeal and so, that is with the board right now. we are able to answe

cal osha will complete its investigation of today's accident within six months. tesla's ceo is expected to visit the employees here at the hospital. >>> a san francisco police officer is suing the city in federal court claiming he was racially profiled during a traffic stop. lorenzo adamson says he was stopped because his license plate wasn't visible. one of the officers put a choke hold on him. adamson's suit claims excessive force, racial profiling, and assault. >>> the u.s. gs says it had a magnitude of 3.3. across the bay area there have been six quakes above a the.0 since last friday. seismologists say this activity is not unusual. >> there are places where we have fairly frequent small earthquakes. the san ramone valley area is one of those. >> geologists say if the quakes continue, it could become a swarm, especially if they increase in size. >>> a troubled east bay hospital has declared a fiscal emergency saying it could run out of money in just 6 months from now. they voted on that emergency room last night. it gives the hospital more authority to trim c

. >> new dails this morning, cal osha investigating an industrial three workers to the hoital. this happened las nht and the ceo elon musk, saying the accident wasaused b equment malfunction. that he says caused the worke to be burned by molten aluminum. cal osha records show the are other accidents at the facility cluding one where a worker had a finger severed bymachiny. the carmer also has mad headnes for three recent fires in its model s electric car. the national transportion safety board is investiting to see if iteedso issue a >> i think a bit too much attention paid to tea. it sms maybe we getn unusual amount of attention at tesla no matter wha it is. >>e can let you know that one of the workers has bee reased om the hospital, that happed last night. musk also points out the company is now dng its very own instigation. >> another investition under way this morng, jon, into h a muni busnded up rolling down the tracks without a driver. look at the top center of the screen. the driver had walke out there to check a pblem with the dos, and then the train just starts ving. i

we had cal osha out here doing test weeks. >> cal-osha comes out because the state of california, unlike the city of new york or other places, in the state of california, cranes are inspected by the state, not the local jurisdiction. in the wake of the crane collapse in california in 1990, the board of supervisors passed legislation which is now still in it regulations in the building code that requires crane safety programs to make sure that the building department is collecting all the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the actual infection. what did they do for an inspection? >> they bring about 20,000 pounds of test weights and check all the weight limits and wells and electronics and connections and the limits. they do everything. >> is there somebody up there right now? >> there is thomas in the cab. >> can you get him on the radio and have him we've to us. -- and have him wave to us. there is a job. >> there is no bathroom. we will not discuss that. >> the safety rules say there have to be some provision. >> there is a provision. >> don't stand under. >> we have

tonight, cal-osha is on the case and looking over tesla's safety plans.em with equipment at the company's fremont factory injured three workers. ryan takeo on the confusion during the initial emergency calls. ryan. >> reporter: fire crews came right here to gate 8 thinking that there was a fire. it turns out there was not. three workers had second-degree burns and in the last 15 minutes we learned one of the workers is released from the hospital. this video from chopper 5 shows an ambulance taking an injured worker to the hospital. a total of three workers were burned by hot metal. tesla emailed a statement this afternoon confirming the incident writing, "there was a failure in a low pressure aluminous casting press. three employees were injured by not metal from that press. we are making sure they have receive the best possible care" > everybody heard there was a fire at first so obviously respond a fire assignment. >> reporter: the fremont fire department instead started treating the injured workers and took them to santa clara valley medical center. th

cal osha launched its own investigation and cal osha fined tesla $2, 700 last year for what theycall, ote, a serious violatn and tesla was fined for an accidt at a different facility two years ago in which a workerost a fingertip. tesl stock dipped slightly education headlines, the check is in the mail. this week, school districts all over the bay area are receiving millionsf dollars to implement new academicstandards. the state department of education isssuing the second of two bul payments forhe new common cor state standards. more than $1 billion for the ted common ce which works out to about $200 per student. themselves how the want to for spend tt mone >>> als tonight, we're beginning to hear more from the widow ofteve jobs. loauren powell jobhas been qutly involved in feedation for years butecently stepped out in severalinterviews for a webse sheacks calle ozzie.com. the most recent clip posted days ago, powell-jobs says the education refo movement has a, quote, communications challenge. though she, herself,s a longtime sporter. >> charter schos, and mit pay, or perfoance pay an

cal osha now investigating. now sk, he also says the investigation aswell. we d have a team iplace covering the sto and will about 10 mites.coverage live in >> 6:05. to the recover efforts in p philippines. aid is slowly trickling into the couny. hours ago jan announced it woul send 1,000 troops to the area, the largest relief dispatch in that country's history. a strike force from the "s georgeashington" arrived in the regn to help with recovy efforts as well. one of the hardest hit areas, tacloban,oldiers are distributing rice and water to survivors, teamsorking to unblock roads in the area. earlier this morning there was a mass burl ceremony where 30 people were burd in a mass grave. people were killed by typhoon haiy. >> heartbreaking seein this. we can tell you that people in the bay areahey are jumpingn to hp out. tonight more than 1500 volunteer nurses will head over t manila. many have personal or possibly professional ties to t area. they all replied to a call from the registered nurse response netwk which was formed after the south aan tsunami in20

. >> tesla motors is answering to cal osha. they want to know why three workers are suffering from burns at factory. tesla's ceo spoke with the victims a couple of hours ago. >> reporter: elan musk said he was come and he did. he cass candid, straight forward. he answered all our questions before he left but you got the sense he was doing some damage control. elan musk arrived unannounced in the darkness with a small entourage and headed straight for the cameras. >> he wanted to make sure they were getting good care. >> reporter: he visited his employees in the burn unit and referred to them by their first names. jorge and kevin had minor injuries. >> in the case of jesus, his hands were burned pretty badly so it's not clear what the recovery is going to be. obviously, we want to have that recovery as much as possible so we'll do everything we can on that front. >> reporter: chopper 5 captured firefighters at the plant today. >> we had an equipment malfunction. it's built of molten aluminum and that was the issue. >> reporter:

ere are going to be two investigations going forward into today's accident cal osha is going to be investiging. live in s jose, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay aa news. >>> that's a muni train rolling down the tracks. screen. top center ofour thdriver walks outo check a problem withhe doors, and then the train rolls away. it headed towar the forestill station before a psenger pull the emergency brake luckily no one washurt. >>> there's aesperate search she was seen yesterday when she ft for school. the car sheas driving was found in a rural area of s mateo. her family says i would be very unusual fo emma run away. >>> new video tonight. fremonpolice are looking for a packe thief. yorequest see him drive up in at tt blue sedan. this shows him put down an empty box and walk away wit two recently delivered packages. it happened earlier this month. the suspect is described as a black man about 6 feet ll. >>> travelers are returni home from the philippines sring gruesome stories. >> reporter: flights are arrivingere from the philippines andarrying emotional passengers. people whoaw first handhe death and

cal osha is investigating the accident. >>> power is just coming back on in hayward after an overnight outage, the cause of the outage happened here after a van crashed into a power pole just after 1:00 this morning. the crash knocked out power to 5700 homes and businesses in the area and the driver involved in the crash was taken into custody on suspicion of dui. >>> the palo alto city council is set to consider adding new stricter rules to its already tough smoking ordinance. right now it is illegal to smoke in parks or within 25 feet of public entrances. the new rules would ban smoking outdoors, downtown on university avenue and side streets as well as the california avenue business district. city leaders are concerned about the dangers of second hand smoke, some residents we spoke to say they support expanding the ban. >> just walking up and down here university avenue here in palo alto, 25 feet is definitely not enough, the smoke carries, you can smell it from more than 25 feet away, if you can smell it you are breathing it in. >> the city council is set to consider that on monday

records show cal-osha fined tesla $2500 when a person was hurt by a hydraulic power press that did not have the proper stop control. tesla was also fined when a worker at a different plant lost a fingertip in an accident two weeks ago. >>> today is the day a lot of video gamers have been waiting for. they can now get their hands on the new sony play station four. people lined up outside of stores around the country including 500 outside the game stop on san francisco's market street last night. they all went home with their new consuls but nearly all the u.s. stores are expected to sell out sometime today. >>> a federal judge sided with google over a group of publishers and authors. google scanned 20 million books to create the largest digital library. the law enforcement wanted $750 for each book oar $1.5 billion. the judge threw out the case saying google was creating a word index to help people find books. >>> innovators from around the world and across the bay area are the latest winners of a prestigious honor. 1400 people paid $500 each to be part of the tech award gala last night

. >> it was brought to our attention that there were numerous cal/osha violations that hadn't been addressed. >> reporter: the committee on label and employment is putting bart safety under the microscope today in the first of several hearings to come. >> four people have died as a result of the i would say inaction of bart to fully implement all necessary safety procedures for the protection of the workers. >> reporter: two bart workers were hit and killed by a train near walnut creek on october 19. they were on the tracks under simple approval where workers are responsible for their own safety, provided no protection and given no advance warning of approaching trains. bart suspended that procedure. >> what we'll do in lieu of it we'll determine. the immediate effects will have impacts on our service efficiency. >> reporter: another worker died in 2008 while working under simple approval. bart was cited for that but continues to challenge that citation. bart says safety is paramount but agrees there is room for improvement. workers say that's an understatement. >> there's a serious lack of

and now, cal-osha is investigating the accident. firefighters got the call just before noon yesterday. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. officials say there was a failure in a low pressure aluminum casting press. the three workers injured by hot metal from that press. tesla c-e-o elon musk visited the workers in the hospital and explained what happened. one of the workers has been discharged. there's no word on conditions of the other two. a community march is happening today in oakland to support sasha fleischman, the 18-year-old who was set on fire on an a- c transit bus. police say the incident was a hate crime attack. a hate crime attack. the oakland save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale is on now at sleep train. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i

. >> in 2012, cal-osha says a citation was issued to tesla for several violations. one of which was serious because they didn'thave a piece of protective equipment in pce. ama dates, abc7 news. >>and developing news, two women are accused of stealing the identities o dozens of people including breast ncer patients. they were arrested november 5th in santa clara. they checked into a hotel ar great america using a fraudulent credit card. officers found stolen mail and personal information from at least a hundred people. 15 of them were cancer patients at the medal center in oakland. authorities are now contacting the victim. >>> new at 11ing on, police are are -- new at 11, police are seeing an alarming trend in the past couple weeks. three students have reported being drugged a parties. we sent alan wang to santa cruz to find out mor >> usually it is like if someone gives you a drink or if they are mixing a lot of stuff you can't tell what is in it, that'what happens. >> uc santa cruz police say it was the likely scenario when three female students were drugged at se

. >> in 2012, cal-osha says a citation was issued to tesla for several violations. one of which was serious because they didn'thave a piece of protective equipment in place. ama dates, abc7 news. >>> and developing news, two women are accused of stealing the identities of dozens of people including breast cancer patients. they were arrested november 5th in santa clara. they checked into a hotel near great america using a fraudulent credit card. officers found stolen mail and personal information from at least a hundred people. 15 of them were cancer patients at the medical center in oakland. authorities are now contacting the victim. >>> new at 11ing on, police are are -- new at 11, police are seeing an alarming trend in the past couple weeks. three students have reported being drugged at parties. we sent alan wang to santa cruz to find out more. >> usually it is like if someone gives you a drink or if they are mixing a lot of stuff you can't tell what is in it, that's what happens. >> uc santa cruz police say it was the likely scenario when three female students we

cal-osha is now investigating the accident at the plant. according to the san francisco chronicle, one of the workers has been discharged. there's no word on conditions of the other two. zçzçzçtó obamacare enrollment numbers missed the administration's target in october, but some supporters are highlighting the positives over what has been a problem-plagued website. andrew spencer reports another problem also has lawmakers dealing with pressure from their constituents. >>: and folks are getting a 6 percent error rate and now we are down to 1%. but she says the president is also working on keeping his promise. >>: if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >>: many feel pressured by their constituents to vote yes on a republican measure that would allow people to keep their current policies. in california alone of more than 1 million people received policy termination letters. the republican party compare that with low enrollment rates. >>: this is the problem. any of these numbers pale in comparison with the mill

. >> in 2012, cal-osha says a citation was issued to tesla for several violations. one of which was serious because they didn'thave a piece of protective equipment in place. ama dates, abc7 news. >>> and developing news, two women are accused of stealing the identities of dozens of people including breast cancer patients. they were arrested november 5th in santa clara. they checked into a hotel near great america using a fraudulent credit card. officers found stolen mail and personal information from at least a hundred people. 15 of them were cancer patients at the medical center in oakland. authorities are now contacting the victim. >>> new at 11ing on, police are are -- new at 11, police are seeing an alarming trend in the past couple weeks. three students have reported being drugged at parties. we sent alan wang to santa cruz to find out more. >> usually it is like if someone gives you a drink or if they are mixing a lot of stuff you can't tell what is in it, that's what happens. >> uc santa cruz police say it was the likely scenario when three female students we

it says it has worked with cal/osha over the years to remedy the problems. >>> 4:37. a bit of fog driving into work today. >> yes. some dense fog out there around the bay area. it's friday, guys, so getting ready for the weekend. i can't wait. looks like it will be a nice weekend, although these temperatures may begin to cool down a few more degrees. out the door we go, yes, we do have some dense fog out there. in fact, under the bay bridge you can see some of the fog in the distance things disappearing outside as we have a thin layer of some dense fog early on this morning. temperature-wise we're in the 40s and the 50s right now. i think by the afternoon, that thin layer will give way to mostly sunny skies. maybe some mid-70s in the warmest interior valleys. 60s a few 70s around the bay and 50s and low 60s toward the coastline. we'll have more on your weekend forecast in a moment. right now, let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >> speaking of the fog, you can see a lot of it this morning in our bay bridge toll plaza cam. you know, sometimes the fog kind of

. >> reporter: over the years bart, has racked up dozens of worker safety citations from cal/osha. instead of addressing them, legislators say bart appealed them for years all in an effort to keep from changing their culture and policies. >> there's just been a long line of appeals that continue to drag the situation out and have actually forced us to be here today. >> engage in dialogue and share information and especially on issues involved in the citations. anytime there would be a citation -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> the national transportation safety board is handling the investigation into last month's deadly accident. it could be up to a year before there is a final report. >>> san francisco is making a new push to cut down on robberies on muni. specifically, they want to eliminate the number of thefts of smartphones. police have upped their patrols and are making a dent. they are now calling on riders to keep their eyes up and put their phones down as part of a new campaign. chief greg suhr says two out of every three robberies

. >>> cal osha is investigating what happened after it burned three workers.ident resulted in hot metal spilling on to the workers who were taken to the medical center in san jose. >> they had some type of an industrial accident involving press advised -- pressurized equipment and it resulted in three workers being burned. >> the other two were admitted to the burn unit and one was released. one told reporters two should make a full recovery but that the third worker has bad burns to his hands. >> they released a statement, there was a failure in a low pressure aluminum casting press. three were injured and we are making sure they receive the best possible care. >>> muni is talking about an incredible incident. a runaway train pulled away from the station without its operator. the surveillance video shows us that train. the driver gets out to check a jammed door, the door closes and then that single car train in automatic mode pulled out of the station with 30 people on board but the driver was still on the platform. >> i think had the emergency brake been app

. >>> cal osha is investigating an accident that sent three tesla workers to the hospital. all three workers were taken to valley medical center in san jose. two were admitted to the burn unit, and were visited tonight by tesla's ceo, elan musk. the company issued a statement. three employees were injured by hot metal from the press. >>> the coast guard is searching the pacific ocean for a woman who witnesses say intentionally went overboard from a cruise ship that had departed from san francisco. the grand princess was about 650 miles northeast of hilo, hawaii. the spokesperson confirmed the 54-year-old woman went into the water on purpose. right now, it's three days into a 15 day round trip cruise to hawaii. the ship changed course today, and is said to be helping in searching for that missing passenger. >>> four marines were killed at camp pendleton today. the marine corps said there was no live firing at the time. one report said the marines were just finishing their work when a piece of unexploded ordinance detonated. 8 months ago, 7 marines at camp pendleton died when

ses like maybe we get an unusualmount of attention at tesla no matter what it is. >> reporter: cal osha will be investigating yestday's accident while musk himself is wing a thorough internal investigation. reporting live in san jose, bob rell, "today the bay." >> let's followp with our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew. truth be told accidents not uncommon. bob mentioned some happened as the tesla plant was tesla. this is not unique. tesla plant t pject between he general motors and toyota. accidents weren' common but they ham. one pers run over by a pickup truck andnother lost his hand to a high pressure water hose. these ings are going to occur when you mix people a heavy machinery. that said it has been a statisticalldifficultouple of weeks for tesla stock. shares sliding after the car fires at bob wasalking about. down to about $ since their all time high. on musk in the cente has said himsel thought the stock was overvalued. tesla suffersar fewer fis, by the way, ten any other r. whent comes to the car fires all three of the drivers in all threof the cars that were bued they

. >>> cal osha is investigating an accident that sent three tesla workers to the hospital. all three workers were taken to valley medical center in san jose. two were admitted to the burn unit, and were visited tonight by tesla's ceo, elan musk. the company issued a statement. three employees were injured by hot metal from the press. >>> the coast guard is searching the pacific ocean for a woman who witnesses say intentionally went overboard from a cruise ship that had departed from san francisco. the grand princess was about 650 miles northeast of hilo, hawaii. the spokesperson confirmed the 54-year-old woman went into the water on purpose. right now, it's three days into a 15 day round trip cruise to hawaii. the ship changed course today, and is said to be helping in searching for that missing passenger. >>> four marines were killed at camp pendleton today. the marine corps said there was no live firing at the time. one report said the marines were just finishing their work when a piece of unexploded ordinance detonated. 8 months ago, 7 marines at camp pendleton died when

cal osha says they're sending investigators to the plant. they did investigate tesla last year after an accident involving a hydraulic power press and found three violations. they have 6 months to complete this latest investigation. reporting live in san jose for ktvu channel 2 news. >> today's industrial accident follows a string of tesla car fires. two model s sedans caught fire after hitting a metal object in the road. a third after a high-speed chase. the ceo says there are no plans for a recall. he insists the model s is one of the safest cars on the road. they tumble 3% and bounced back to $138.70, a gain of .7% for the day. >>> new at 5, a train full of people and without a driver. the train took off from a platform without the driver on board. it was up to passengers to bring that train to a stop. we obtained video of what happened this morning along with a possible explanation. >> reporter: the operator of that train will undergo drug and alcohol testing, suspended with pay pending an investigation after what happened at this statio

this afternoon, even before the fire engines left, the department notified cal-osha. >> our protocol anytime there is any industrial injury anywhere in the city of fremont we are required to notify osha, which is what we did. >> reporter: normally there are two types of people at tesla's fremont factory. there are workers churning out tesla's popular car, or interested buyers at the factory store. soon osha investigators will be on scene. they will try to figure out what exactly happened. osha investigators will interview witnesses to this incident and they will check out the equipment. the agency has six months to finalize a cause. live in fremont, ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> despite today's troubles for tesla, the electric car company's stock ended the day with a gain. it was up 90 cents. >>> the bay bridge is the poster child for overruns and overbudget. taxpayers could be tied up in more projects like high-speed rail. kpix 5's ann notarangelo is in sacramento saying project managers are counting on us to put the past behind us. ann. >> reporter: ken, remember when they first told us a

. >> reporter: over the years bart has racked up dozens of worker safety citations from cal/osha.ad of addressing them, legislators say bart appealed them for years all in an effort to keep from changing their culture and policies. >> there's just been a long line of appeals that continue to drag the situation out and have actually forced to be here today. [ inaudible ] [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> the national transportation safety board is handling the investigation into last month's deadly accident. it could be up to a year before there is a final report. >>> eyes up, bones down. san francisco wants muni riders to follow those instructions to improve security. the city is launching a new campaign specifically to reduce the number of robberies on buses and trains. they have already stepped up police patrols on certain lines but say they could use the help of riders. people will start seeing signs and ambassadors advising them to spend less time looking at their phones and more time at what's around them. >>> now we're cooking with gas!

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cal osha is investigating what happened.tesla released this statement yesterday... . >>> if you smoke and live in palo alto, you may have to be more careful where you do it, that is if city leaders get that way. city council members want to expand the current outdoor pan. now more live from palo alto to tell us what is being prosed and more. jean? >> reporter: good morning, tori. we are here on university avenue where we spotted several cigarettes butts here on the ground even though you are not supposed to smoke here because it is within 25 feet of a public entrance. city leaders want to take the ordinance even further. they want to go beyond the 25 feet and prohibit people from smoking downtown and on side streets and california avenue business districts, saying it will eliminate the small pockets outside the 25-foot buffer zone and make enforcing the ban easier. we spoke to a man whose 38-year- old sister is suffering from lung cancer, stage 4, she got from secondhand smoke. >> she has to walk around palo alto with a mask