we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news. the energy sent a statement to kron 4 responding to residents. concerns saying in part, quote, >> we remain committed to continue working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure the safety of our neighbors and community. continuing to monitor the air on the plant site and in nearby in the nearby community. and no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings have been confirmed by both the federal environmental protection agency and local public health officials. in san jose, a fire displaced 7 people yesterday in the early morning hours. it happened a woodland terrace. fire crews responded around 5 in the morning. they managed to put out the flames in 30 minutes and fortunately, no people were hurt, but sadly, a cat died in the fire. red cross of northern california says they're offering resources to the 7 people affected. and take a look at this. san jose police found a machete, guns and ammunition while searching a car friday. officers pulled over a

now the official reporting agency showing good air quality near moss landing.owers. if you recall earlier today. they passed through pretty quickly. they didn't amount to a whole lot. a few hundreds to about a 10th of an inch. right now. it is breezy over the higher terrain. hawkeye 30 miles an hour. mount diablo 23. tonight we're expecting those temperatures to drop into the 40s and 50 by 9 p.m. clouds will be starting to clear out. by morning, there will be some patchy fog. temperatures in the 30s and the 40. we are in for some big changes. i'll be back with the forecast coming right up dion. >> all right. looking forward to it. sandia. thanks. the first of 33 new speed cameras are now in place in san francisco. the city the first in the state to use the technology in an effort to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities. today, one group gathered at the intersection of geary boulevard and seventh avenue to celebrate what they say is the beginning of a safer city. >> who wants to hang out in geary? right? it's like, so scary. it feels like a freeway. >> the gr

a rally was held today by a citizens group known as never again moss landing. their goal is to raise awareness about last month's lithium battery fire at the moss landing power plant. >> kron four's lindsey ford spoke with several people who live there. they're saying they're hopeful. the lawsuit filed last month will bring them much-needed answers just shock, trying to figure out how did this happen? why? >> why weren't they better regulated community members rallying and expressing their confusion and anger with signs reading this stress? this is shameful. >> and this truck poisoned us. this comes all after the january 16th, lithium battery caused fire at the moss landing power plant. the fire was ignited at the company history, energies, battery, energy storage system, their batteries front. >> and that's not the one everybody. 6 lane, goes up comes that's why trying to cheryle robinson lives in elkhorn, which is 3 miles down the road from the power plant. robinson says vistra energy has not responded to any of her calls or emails. >> the only thing offered

a lot lives near moss landing and has filed a claim she witnessed the explosion at the power plant sounding like a tsunami but i getting in that. you weren't going out this on landing road and lot says she didn't even get a gift can same the citizens group recently sent over 100 samples of surface testing to a local environmental company. >> to check with medals have been released from the fire. griffin says samples were collected from carmel deal, right? hollister, santa cruz and other immediate areas. we're not against green technology. i mean, we are all in for cleaning the environment and clean technology. we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news. >> vistra energy sent statement to kron 4 responding to residents. concerns saying in part we remain committed to continue working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure the safety of our neighbors and community. they continue to say we continuing to monitor the air on the plant site and in the nearby community and no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings have been confi

we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news. well, this to energy sent a statement kron 4 responding to residents, concerns saying in part. >> we were frame. we remain committed to continue working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure the safety of our neighborhoods and community. we also are continue to monitor the a year at the plant site and in the nearby community and no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings have been confirmed by both the federal epa and local public health officials. now for some people, super bowl sunday is a chance to get out of the house while everybody else is inside. watching the game. skiers and snowboarders in the high sierra enjoyed phenomenal conditions yesterday. lot of folks flocked to donner ski ranch where the snow base was farm enough to write fast, soften up for easy tourney resort manager for donner ski ranch. davis, bennett said the weather cooperated perfectly for super bowl weekend. >> it's interesting crowd. i think that there's a lot of peopl

this is moss landing near santa cruz. our sky ranger was overhead today. you see the facility still smoldering with smoke there after being engulfed in flames last night. this is among the dangers of lithium ion batteries, which power everything from our cell phones, laptops to electric cars. here's what happened. neighbors first noticed light smoke yesterday evening, not long after the fire grew. you see it there. neighbors were told to close their windows and stay inside. vistra energy, the owner of this plant, says it hasn't detected any hazardous conditions in the air. a monterey county supervisor tells us this new fire was in the same area as last month's fire, but it real clear it's a complicated mess. there's thousands and thousands of batteries, so you get one that goes wrong and it's close to another, and it can spread that way. joining us now is investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken, who's been on this now. and jackson, am i gettings this right? this is essentially last month's fire that rekindled. that's right. it's the theory is that a bank

. >> a new fire started at the moss landing battery plant around 6.30 last night. they burned out overnight, but this was inside the same building where a massive fire burned last month. this is video from last month's fire that shut down part of highway one near moss landing and forced evacuations. a group of moss landing residents is preparing to file a lawsuit against pg e and other companies. whether time now as we get a live look outside on this wednesday. a beautiful night there at the golden gate bridge and those clouds are not producing any rain, at least for now. high lawrence kind of moved guys. yeah, see those showers going to speak by early on today and then. >> now get behind that. you get the ice that fresh air out there right now. it looks like partly cloudy skies around the bay area looking toward half moon bay right now have some light showers there. just a few hundreds of an inch of rain showing around most spots in the bay area that system kind of moving on out tonight. we got enough moisture in the air, probably going to see some patchy, thick f

the moss landing power plant is located adjacent to walled off and separate from pg e's moss landing substation and quote. >> all right. let's get you a check of your forecast now as we're taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. slick roads out there yet still slick. but it does seem like that rain has really let up after another very interesting day across the bay area, lawrence, at rough drive boy coming in today. no getting around that. those winds were really whipping across some of the bridges to we had some 50 plus mile an hour gust even across the golden gate bridge today. >> we still have wind out there right now. we're not done with that just yet. we still got some gusty conditions around the bay area and yet the roadway still a little bit slick out there tomorrow morning. looks like we turn to a couple raindrops to so the wind advisory now along the peninsula into the east bay solano county as well. still expecting some gusty winds overnight tonight. and you can see just the last few hours here, the winds begin to back off just a little bit. but still, it's gusty,

beneath this raging fire in moss landing is a massive 300 megawatt battery facility. the fire burned for hours and destroyed 80% of the plant's batteries.t also triggered evacuations of nearby neighborhoods, and monitoring data shows it spread toxic heavy metals into a nearby ecological preserve. the facility, run by a texas company called vistra, is one of the largest in the world. it's part of california's ambitious effort to ramp up battery storage systems to harness the potential of solar power. but the fire is serving as a wakeup call of the potential dangers. it's really no longer an emerging technology. it's here. adam barrow is an expert on battery safety with underwriters laboratories fire safety research institute. he says lithium ion batteries are normally safe, but using them on a vast scale poses significant challenges that the industry is still grappling with. this is not your standard fuel. this design uses a mass cluster of batteries stacked on top of each other, protected by a cooling system. but barrow says that densely packed configuration can be pr

we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news.ister energy sent a statement to kron 4 responding residents concerns saying in part, quote, >> remain committed to continue working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure safety of our neighbors and community. we are continuing to monitor the air at the plant site and in the nearby community. and no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings of both been confirmed by both the federal environmental protection agency and local public health officials. >> another developing story this morning, a mysterious murder case may be linked to the radical says ian community. now vax-a-million bentley snyder, a 22 year-old data. scientists is facing murder cha-ges for allegedly killing 82 year-old curtis lindh. investigators say linda had become friends with members of the and community. snyder's arrest follows an attack on lindh in january of 2025. the investigation continues as prosecutors now charging snyder with murder. meanwhile, a man is in jail this morn

firefighters are still watching the moss landing battery plant tonight after a new flare up that hadneighbors closing up windows. air quality monitors did not detect any health risks last night. work begins this weekend to dismantle part of the burned out facility. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez looks at the next steps. >> officials monitoring the moss landing battery plant are expecting more flare ups. the video to the left was taken tuesday when a fire reignited in a section that previously burned on january 16th. nadine malouf is a former stanford professor and current ceo of cunovo, a battery management software company in milpitas. >> big facilities like this, it's new territory. i don't think we have developed the processes or the mechanisms to fight fires of this magnitude. >> during a virtual press conference on wednesday, officials in monterey county said plans are underway to reduce the possibility of another fire. crews will de-link or disconnect remaining batteries on saturday. >> right now, moss. >> landing is relatively, i don't want to say highly urbanized are

this comes all after the january 16th, lithium battery caused fire at the moss landing power plant. fire was ignited at the company history, energies, battery, energy storage system, their batteries front. >> and that's not the one everybody. 6 lane, goes up comes that's why trying to cheryl robinson lives in elkhorn, which is 3 miles down the road from the power plant. robinson says vistra energy has not responded to any of her calls or emails. >> the only thing offered to her and others was back in january. a gift card to help with displacement expenses after the fire. like a sorry before you bring fact that, you know, the group never again, moss landing discussed health concerns caused by the fire. heather griffin, who's part of the group says community members have told her they've experienced respiratory issues and blood. he knows is she even has had her fair share of health issues. and i don't take any kind of medication at all. so there's no reason why should have let in my blood on top of having lithium in her blood. she has experienced mouth soreness and consistent metal ta

we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news.son for vistra energy sent us a statement. >> responding to the residents, concerns saying in part we remain committed to continuing working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure the safety of our neighbors and community. we're continuing to monitor the air on the plant site and in the nearby community and no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings have been confirmed by both the federal environmental protection agency and local public health officials. san jose is partnering with milpitas sent a private company to tackle the city's abandoned shopping cart issue. the city council voted to hire retrieval service to recover estimated 2000 carts each year. the program could be integrated into the city's 3, 1, 1, app allowing residents to report abandoned carts. concerns were raised about the potential strain on city resources. a proposal for a pilot program will be reviewed by the city council before may. on the peninsula. san mateo county resident

we just wanted to be safe. >> in moss landing, lindsey ford kron, 4 news. out a statement kron 4 responding to residents. concerns saying in part, quote, >> remain committed to continue working with local officials, regulatory agencies and the public to ensure the safety of our neighbors and community. continue to monitor the air at the plant site in the nearby community and make sure no hazardous levels have been detected. these findings have been confirmed by both the federal environmental protection agency and local public health officials. >> white 50 is the time and now that the football season is over, a lot of folks are turning their eyes to baseball and the a's which are set to begin playing at sutter health park in sacramento next month. ahead of the first game fans there and businesses in the sacramento area say they are awfully excited. >> they have 23 different. chat has been a fan since 1972. so ecstatic. the kings of created such community and culture here. i think the a's will do the same. feels like you know, once in a generation opportunity

firefighters are still watching the moss landing battery plant tonight after a new flare up that had neighbors closing up windows. air quality monitors did not detect any health risks last night. work begins this weekend to dismantle part of the burned out facility. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez looks at the next steps. >> officials monitoring the moss landing battery plant are expecting more flare ups. the video to the left was taken tuesday when a fire reignited in a section that previously burned on january 16th. nadine malouf is a former stanford professor and current ceo of cunovo, a battery management software company in milpitas. >> big facilities like this, it's new territory. i don't think we have developed the processes or the mechanisms to fight fires of this magnitude. >> during a virtual press conference on wednesday, officials in monterey county said plans are underway to reduce the possibility of another fire. crews will de-link or disconnect remaining batteries on saturday. >> right now, moss. >> landing is relatively, i don't want to say highly urbanized ar

and e's moss landing electric substation.possible new police partnership between the city of oakland and northeastern university is. >> causing some concern in east oakland kron four's lezla gooden has that story. >> mean, the leaders and some residents are asking for open communication and more information about a potential partnership between oakland police and northeastern university. the community leaders are concerned that any new partnership lead to more policing and patrollleg >> is open needs help open needs help more. police is not the help you need the anti-police terror project says they found out about northeastern university's. >> discussions expand their public safety resources from concerned east oakland residents, according to a blog post, one potential proposal would have the university created its own police department. give campus officers equal authority to regular officers is already patrolled by the oakland police department. the california highway patrol occasion. the sheriffs. >> so you're talking abou

. >> a flare up at the moss landing battery plant, reigniting health concerns along the coast. the precautions neighbors are being advised to take this morning. good morning. it is thursday, february 20th. >> yeah. we're going to turn to drew for a look at the weather. >> yeah. so now warming trend gets underway here. we're done with any sort of drizzle we had yesterday. cloud cover. it's all about warming temperatures over the next couple of days. and as we head into the weekend it will feel like spring. we're talking temperatures 510, nearly 15 degrees above average. so you're looking live from our exploratorium camera this morning. you can see clear skies from this view. and in fact, most areas are reporting clear skies. so from the start this morning you will notice that we have sunshine from the get go. once we have that sunrise here shortly after 650 this morning and temperatures are going to feel nice. but this morning we are a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday. we're mainly starting out in the 40s right now, so a little cool out there before we warm up those temp

. >>> and more nervous moments after the fire reignited in the battery storage plant in moss landing that went up in flames last month. and so you may remember that it was on january 16, the huge fire that forced more than 1,200 people to evacuate because of the dangerous smoke. and the new flare-up is under control, they still have questions about safety. >> reporter: fire crews brought this fire under control early this morning, but they have remained on scene here in case there are more flare-ups. neighbors in about a month are asking more questions than ever. >> january 16, this would be 5:30. >> reporter: and the photo she took on her phone last month when that storage plant blew up for the first time. last night, she got the alert that they came burning back, though not as bad as before. >> we would have an alert from that county. and i was seeing the clock where i was willing to keep the windows closed. i wasn't going to go outside. and i would wait until the morning. >> reporter: it was a reignition of the january 16 fire, which destroyed much of the battery storage facility

there was an overnight warning in monterey county for people who live and work near moss landing. the residents were told to close their doors, close their windows because of a flare up at the vistra energy battery storage plant. the alert was sent out just after 830 last night. now, last month, a big fire burned for days at that very same battery plant. the initial fire caused some evacuations in nearby neighborhoods. county officials say the flare up had some light smoke coming from that burned area. there's no word yet on when the current warning will be ending. >> oakland police helped to make sure people were safe during all star weekend. they're releasing the latest numbers. the police department issued numbers of arrests during the last weekend's enforcement period. the combined efforts of oakland police and the chp resulted in more than 60 arrests, 44 for felonies. 18 cases involved people driving under the influence. in all, authorities issued 177 traffic citations. law enforcement also recovered six firearms. and police say the arrests were connected to various crimes, i

in response, vistra corp, which owns the moss landing facility, is urging the community to seek financial assistance and track symptoms. >> we are concerned about the impact and the disruption this has caused to our neighbors and to the businesses in the area, so we were very prompt in listening and taking action. two programs that are still ongoing. >> the u.s. environmental protection agency says it will be disconnecting batteries to reduce potential fire risk. this week, we are tracking developing news in the north bay. some families in the santa rosa school district are in limbo. they don't know whether their schools will be closed due to budget cuts. a contentious school board meeting ended last night, with the board voting on only part of a budget balancing plan. >> balwani's. she said when she said. >> hundreds of people showed up for the board meeting, they demanded district leaders reconsider a proposal to close several schools to balance a $20 million deficit. the majority of those in attendance were from elsie allen high school. several speakers said shutting down elsie allen w

e's moss landing electric substation. the contra costa health department is releasing new information on the health concerns caused by the martinez refinery fire. the company told officials chemicals burned during the fire can cause cancer as well as heart and lung disease. the county's health officer said the community was fortunate. the wind blew most of the toxic smoke north of the refinery away from populated areas. the bay area air quality management district took air samples during the fire and health officials are still waiting on those results. that fire broke out on february. 1st. and health advisory remained in effect until that fire was completely put out 3 days later. san francisco mayor daniel lurie's fentanyl, state of emergency ordinances cleared its final hurdle today. the board of supervisors approved the ordinance meant to help san francisco addressed fentanyl crisis. it's designed to allow faster funding hiring and contracting to expand treatment and shelter capacity. it also allows the mayor to get fun

the first lawsuit has been filed over last month's fire at the moss landing battery plant.he lawsuit was filed today against p-g-and-e's and vistra energy. the texas based company that owns and operates the plant. both companies are accused of failing to take proper safety measures to prevent the fire, which spewed chemicals into the air and the water. the lawsuit was filed on behalf of four moss landing residents, who say they've had health problems as a result of the fire. p-g-and-e's and vista energy have not commented on the suit. >> coming up, the san francisco cannabis shop owner, who was shot seven times, including in the face, is now talking about the traumatic incident. >> i remember just feeling like a hot metal something in my face, and my whole life was flashing before my eyes and thinking like, this is how i go. like this. is it like, incredible. >> stay with us. abc to make drastic cuts. and tonight is the last opportunity for the public to weigh in on how to slash $95 million. the budget and finance committee is meeting to look at dozens of proposals that are

the facility is entirely separate from pg&e's moss landing substation. >>> after a bit of a break from the rain, another powerful storm taking aim at the bay area this week. first alert meteorologist darren peck has a look at when that wet weather will arrive. >> we'll do a little comparison here because i don't want you to get faked out when the rain comes in on tuesday. watch the timestamp down there. light showers come in late tomorrow night and it's cold enough we might get a light dusting of snow on mount hamilton from it. that's tuesday night. i'm going to play this forward and play out this first wave of rain. watch what happens when this first wave is pretty much done by wednesday morning because we'll take this southern wave pretty much focused on the south bay, you maybe get a 0.1-inch of rain out of that. it doesn't rain again until very early thursday morning. most of wednesday, in fact, all of wednesday you don't get rained on. here's the comparison i think that will drive home the point of how much more impressive the thursday rain will be. this is what we just watched on

. >>> and another fire reported at a moss landing battery facility. the situation on the ground now and what county officials are doing to try and help people feel safe. >>> some light rain showers scooted through the bay area the first half of today, but by this afternoon the sun had peeked through the clouds, and we saw a beautiful sunset looking to the west from salesforce tower, fog on the horizon. we'll track the fog through the rest of tonight, add up the meager amount of rain we saw today and look ahead to a warm weekend coming up in first alert weather. >>> and if you've been keeping your eyes to the skies, we have some news on an asteroid that may or may not be on its path toward earth. ♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. >>> it's not something any of us really want to talk about, but it is a fact of life. we are all going to die. typically you've just got two options for what happens next, either a traditional burial or cremation, but a father and son team in emeryville are using a relatively new method that's also gainin

. >> nosebleeds, headaches and breathing problems all reported after the massive fire at the moss landing battery plant. tonight, attorneys heard from neighbors who are frustrated and they're afraid. and now leading the charge for answers. the woman whose fight against p-g-and-e's inspired a movie. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has the story. >> none of this happens until you come forward and exercise your voice. >> renowned environmentalist erin brockovich is supporting the moss landing community weeks following a battery plant fire there. the law firm singleton schreiber has filed a lawsuit against plant operator vistra and three other companies. on tuesday, the firm hosted a virtual meeting to answer questions. >> or have there been lawsuits regarding property values that have gone down because of an accident like this? >> yes. >> the lawsuit alleges some residents have reported health impacts after the fire, like difficulty breathing, nosebleeds or metallic taste. >> a lot of times when i see patients, they don't mention that they've had a nosebleed since the january 16th fi

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beneath this raging fire in moss landing is a massive 300 megawatt battery facility.ire burned for hours and destroyed 80% of the plant's batteries. it also triggered evacuations of nearby neighborhoods, and monitoring data shows it spread toxic heavy metals into a nearby ecological preserve. the facility, run by a texas company called vistra, is one of the largest in the world. it's part of california's ambitious effort to ramp up battery storage systems to harness the potential of solar power, but the fire is serving as a wake up call of the potential dangers. it's really no longer an emerging technology. it's here. adam barrow is an expert on battery safety with underwriters laboratories fire safety research institute. he says lithium ion batteries are normally safe, but using them on a vast scale poses significant challenges that the industry is still grappling with. this is not your standard fuel. this design uses a mass cluster of batteries stacked on top of each other, protected by a cooling system. but barrow says that densely packed configuration can be prone

. >> nosebleeds, headaches and breathing problems all reported after the massive fire at the moss landing battery plant. tonight, attorneys heard from neighbors who are frustrated and they're afraid. and now leading the charge for answers. the woman whose fight against p-g-and-e's inspired a movie. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has the story. >> none of this happens until you come forward and exercise your voice. >> renowned environmentalist erin brockovich is supporting the moss landing community weeks following a battery plant fire there. the law firm singleton schreiber has filed a lawsuit against plant operator vistra and three other companies. on tuesday, the firm hosted a virtual meeting to answer questions. >> or have there been lawsuits regarding property values that have gone down because of an accident like this? >> yes. >> the lawsuit alleges some residents have reported health impacts after the fire, like difficulty breathing, nosebleeds or metallic taste. >> a lot of times when i see patients, they don't mention that they've had a nosebleed since the january 16th fi

this is in moss landing paulding resident step to shut their windows and doors overnight. this happened around 6.30, tuesday. you've got several agencies getting together at the facility to assess the situation. follows a large lithium battery fire at the power plant. this is back on january. 16th. that prompted evacuations. then officials say the smoke does not appear to be burning and damage. battery modules from the january fire. teachers and staff and the central valley school district protesting tuesday against proposed budget cuts. the school district says they need to close a 26 billion dollar budget deficit in order to reach that goal. leaders want to increase class sizes, eliminate management, administrative and custodial roles. teachers and staff are now pushing back. >> think a lot of us feel betrayed. because we understand declining enrollment. we understand budget issues, but we also understand that it's management's responsibility to ensure and safeguard our kids. the school district says they're going to work with the unions representing teachers and staff.

moss landing residents affected by last month's battery plant. fire have already filed a lawsuit against pg e and other companies, health issues, drinking groundwater and consuming products produce grown in the area where the biggest concerns. >> a large number of pg e customers in the south bay will no longer see frequent safety related outages. during extreme weather events, the utility is now undergrounding power lines in south san jose in hopes of reducing outages for 10,000 customers. >> the electrical circuit that serves these communities. the hicks. 21 0, 1, line. passes through both urban and high fire risk areas. so in this case, we want to keep the safety settings in the high fire risk area, but reduce the impact. dps outages in urbanized neighborhoods. >> this is one of dozens of projects coming to the south bay this year to produce outages. during heat waves and winter storms. looking outside here. this is san francisco starting to see some blue skies. some try to break through the clouds. we have meteorologist kyla grogan here now wi

in a statement, pg&e says the fire was not a pg&e incident and the moss landing power plant is completelye from pg&e substation thatperates in that same area. san jose sharks tomorrow hosting their own black history celebration, and the team plans to roll out some unique commemorative jerseys. this video gives fans a taste of what to expect. they were created by washington, dc based logo artist jordan dabney, who is also an active member of black girl hockey club, and she is going to be part of tomorrow's pregame puck drop. the sharks host the dallas stars tomorrow night at seven. all fans will receive a special beanie featuring her artwork, and it is very lively. look how cute that is. very colorful, i love it. that's cool. i mean, i guess you can say cute when we're talking about the sharks. it looks tough. if you can make a shark cute. that was really tough. yeah, don't even start with that baby shark. there you go. oh, no. right here. yeah. hey, let's talk about the weekend. because i think everyone is looking forward to tryingut a little bit. drying out a little bit. it's still going

vistra, the company that operates moss landing power, is working now with investigators. >> obviously, we are focusing on the severe weather that's headed our way, but wet weather is also headed to southern california, threatening to derail recovery efforts after last month's deadly wildfires. >> fox's matt finn is in los angeles now, with more on who this will impact most and how homeowners all across the state could be affected. >> southern california once again bracing for severe weather. >> i'm helping this gentleman put sandbags in his car. >> we're right below the hills if they come down. i've been there, done that before. we need to be super careful. >> with nearly five inches of rain predicted in some areas, the threat of flash flooding and landslides is growing. the risk is highest in the palisades, altadena and malibu fire zones, where almost no vegetation has been left after last month's devastating fires. officials now warning the few residents with homes still standing to prepare for possible evacuations. >> when you're given an evacuation order, he the order and leave as

the new fallout following recent fire at the moss landing battery storage facility.ng will the man who killed tech ceo bob lee spend behind bars? we'll give you an update on what's happening in court today, and how this case is getting more national it takes a rebel to ke something beautiful. beauty takes courage. it's an act of joy. so resist the ordinary. and embrace the wow. at floor & decor. telling me that bob is dead and. he. the murder of tech ceo bob lee. getting more national attention. dateline is set to air a new two hour episode focused on the tech titans murder. ahead, we hear exclusively from those who worked on the case, also those closest to lee, including his own children. this, as the man convicted of killing bob lee is in court. plus, shocking surveillance footage. the new video of the moment, a san francisco dispensary owner was shot seven times. we have an update on his recovery and where the investigation stands. and we are looking live outside this morning in san francisco. and we're taking a look ahead at your weekend forecast. meteorologist k

the moss landing power plant is located adjacent to but walled-off and separate from pg e's moss landingc substation, end quote. meanwhile, down to southern california where those devastating wildfires have decimated so many homes and buildings. there have been countless reports now of looters stealing from some of those evacuated homes. the situation affect got so bad. it's led to 2 new bills to increase penalties against people caught preying on fire victims. one of the bills would classify burglary committed during a state of emergency like a wildfire as a felony. the other bill would make impersonating emergency responders, a felony. and that was an issue that came up last month when police arrested an oregon couple who were trying to impersonate firefighters and get into and evacuated neighborhood. >> to already be in a difficult situation where you're worried about your house burning down to also have to worry about people trying to take advantage of you and your community and steal from your house just needs to end. and i think we need to send a strong message to anyone who would

moss landing power plant is located adjacent to but walled off in separate from pg moss landing substation. mayor lory is increasing police presence in downtown san francisco. that's all part of a new initiative. he calls a hospitality task force. the mayor says it's going to kick off the economy and make downtown a lot safer. laura says the task force will primarily focus on areas around the mosque. only convention center. you gardens and union square. the trolls are directed to work with local businesses and hotels to make the area safer. according to the mayor's office, task force will be an important part of our public safety plan for next week when we have the lunar new year parade and we have nba allpstar weekend. >> but let's be clear. it's going to continue after that. every single day, the hospitality zone task force will provide residents and visitors with the security. they deserve 365 days. a year. >> marin for signs that a secure downtown will track more visitors create additional jobs and boost the economy across the city. now to bay area basketball. it is official jimmy butl

a group of moss landing residents is taking legal action over last month's fire at a battery storage they say that the vistra energy company, which owns that plant and pg e which controls the equipment failed to take proper safety precautions. and they also say the facility houses a type of battery that is more susceptible to overheating. oakland city workers are being ordered back to the office after years of being able to do remote work. employees now are required to work in the office 4 days a week that begins in april for all city workers. >> 62, let's look outside. we've got some pretty clear skies this morning, at least for most of us. here's a view at the golden gate bridge from sutro tower. visibility between the 2 looking just fine as you can see up in the sierra. still a few lingering snow showers up that snow showers up that direction. we will have som mid morning sprinkles due to some showers up to the north of the bay area. we're we're sitting in the bay right now. most of us are pretty calm, but some light showers in san francisco in the san mateo bridge in dumbarton br

any incident, but moss landing power plant is located adjacent but wild often separate to pg e's moss landing electric substation. >> driver texting diversity, wearing a red hoodie with the black straight. great answer. black shoes. >> in the east bay, this is video from the chp showing a police chase that ended at the san pablo casino. toledo police say on saturday night they tried to pull over a man for reckless driving and instead of stopping, they say he drove into oncoming traffic until we reach this casino in san pablo and they say he then went inside to the chp, got involved in this pursuit. they found and arrested him. and when they got him, they say they found meth on him. authorities say he had more than one drug-related conviction, a no bail warrant and had his license revoked. he's now been booked into jail. all right. let's look outside here at the city of san francisco. pretty big storm is on its way. we're going to check in now to get the timing of all that when it's coming in winds leaving right now. it's kyla. yeah, everyone to know when it's leaving. that's a big to

. >> the new fire broke out at the moss landing battery plant. the fire sparked around 6.30 last night and burned out overnight, but it was inside the same building where a massive fire broke out just last month. this is video of last month's fire that shut down part of highway one near moss landing and it forced evacuations. a group of moss landing residents affected by last month's battery plant. fire. they're preparing to file a lawsuit against pg e and other companies. >> all right. let's talk weather here as we get a live look at the golden gate bridge. the storm has cleared out. not a big storm, but it was raining earlier. it but is it coming back is the question kyla grogan here. let us know when yeah i have answered it is not only are wrapping it up we're getting sunshine kind of breaking here all across the bay area. few clouds still out there. but >> as far as any showers are concerned, we should pretty much be wrapped up here. roads have dried out. we're looking pretty good there. >> the only catch is we do have a little bit of wind ou

there was an overnight warning in monterey county for people who live and work near moss landing.ws and doors because of a flare up at the vistra energy battery storage plant. this is new video from the flare up that prompted the alert at 830 last night. last month, a large fire burned for days at that same battery facility. you might remember that the initial fire caused some evacuations in nearby neighborhoods. county officials say the flare up had some light smoke coming from the burn area. no word yet on when the current warning will be lifted. >> happening today. santa rosa city school district leaders are meeting to discuss which schools to close in an effort to narrow the district's budget deficit. the district is deciding between two options. one would keep all high schools open, but lead to the closure of all middle schools in the district. in that scenario, the high schools would make room for middle school students and staff. three elementary schools would also close. now the other option would be to close three elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school.

the moss landing power plant is located adjacent to but walled off and separate from pg e's moss landing substation. meantime, the martinez refinery has filed a report saying air quality levels did not significantly worsen during last weekend's explosion and fire. the refinery was required to send a 72 hour report to contra costa county's health department with preliminary details in the report. refinery wrote less than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released. the fire injured 6 workers and prompted the county to issue a shelter-in-place order to nearby communities. on saturday. coming up next at 10 o'clock, san francisco trash pickup costs. >> could soon go up. well, the city's waste management company says it needs to charge customers more. plus rain in the bay area causing a big hold-up at sfo. many flights were impacted today and we've got new details about the deadly plane crash dc what lawmakers are saying about the investigation coming about the investigation coming up. did you know using the grocery outlet app gives you the opportunity to win groceries for life? imagine never p

meanwhile, neighbors in moss landing are told to keep their windows closed this morning, light smokeming into the area from the battery storage , and last month's massive fire forced evacuations because of dangerous smoke and so far monterey county officials say this is not nearly as big and evacuations are not needed. >>> in san francisco, a neighborhood is getting a potentially life-saving speed camera today, it is at the geary boulevard and seventh avenue. this community is celebrating safer streets this morning, veronica. >> reporter: good morning, today's celebration marks a six-year journey for people who fought to make the streets safer and some of the people who are expected to be out here later today are people who have lost loved ones to a very preventable death, out here you can see already a sign is up letting drivers know they need to slow down, these speeding cameras are coming. we know that san francisco is helping them celebrate, and helping those victims along their journey to honor their lost loved ones. this area was chosen because city data shows there was a high

an apparent re-ignition of the fire last month which destroyed much of the energy facility in moss landing, last night's fire was smaller and is now under control but residents say they still have questions over safety. >> batteries are important, but vistra and the whole battery industry have themselves a bit of a pr nightmare on their hands. >> last months fire revealed heavy metals were found in nearby wetlands, officials are working to disconnect the remaining batteries to avoid the risk of another fire. >>> next, we sit down with alameda county's new district attorney on her first day on the job and she's already undoing some of her predecessors work. >>> how the trump administration layoffs could have a big impact on the wine industry. >>> some light showers earlier today gave way to a pretty sunset, a little bit of fog and cloud cover along the coast but we will see the fog trying to spread out later on tonight, and we are tracking a big warm >>> it was the first day on the job for the newly sworn in district attorney, ursula jones dickson , she tells us safety is one of her top pri

fire officials are advising people living in moss landing to stay indoors and keep your windows closed. they say that light smoke is coming from the vistra battery facility. it was back on june 16th at a massive fire forced evacuations because of dangerous smoke. monterey county officials say the fire is not nearly as big today and no evacuations are needed. pga is making some changes it says will lead to fewer power outages for people in san jose. it's going to underground power lines and reliability devices in south san jose. pga officials say this should eliminate safety related outages for about 10,000 customers during extreme weather events. >>>>so this project involves installing nearly 6500ft of new cable conduit underground. it removes overhead power lines. it moves a recloser, which is a high voltage electric switch that automatically detects and repairs faults in the power lines to reduce the number of customers that are in the zone. >>>>pga says this is just one of dozens of projects in the south bay aimed at reducing outages during winter storms and heat waves. speaking of

and meantime, a group of moss landing residents impacted by last month's battery plant.is preparing to file a lawsuit against pg e and other companies that they say are at fault environmental advocate erin brockovich is leading the lawsuit. she heard from the community last night. some cella said that they or their pets have been experiencing new health issues since the fire broke out and others are concerned about the groundwater and consuming any water that comes out of the ground produce are things that are grown from the ground because of high levels of metal that were found in the soil after the fire. >> i see with communities. they know these things. they speak up about these things and they're often times if north and that is why we're here. it's something that shouldn't be ignored. voice does matter. it does count what the heck happened to you and we've got to push back against today are right by all of you. the best we can. >> the lawsuit alleges that vistra energy, which owns the plant and pg and e which controls its equipment failed to take proper safety measu

if you want to the east let's go to moss landing.nts there that are taking legal action over last month's fire at a battery storage facility. >> we brought you that story during our newscast at the time. the residents say they suffered adverse health effects because of that fire, which they say sent chemicals into the air and polluted local water is there in monterey county. they're also alleging that vistra energy, which owns the plant and pg e which controls the equipment failed to properly take safety measures. well, the plaintiffs also say that that facility houses a type of battery that's more susceptible to overheating. and so that's the basis for their lawsuit. we did get a statement back from p g name. they told kron 4 that they're aware of the lawsuit, the reviewing it and then they go on to write in part, quote, the fire was not pg e or at a pg e incident. the hamas landing power plant is located adjacent to but not or but walled off and separate from pg e's moss landing electric substation and quote. >> what the bartman ev

vistra, the company that operates moss landing power, is working with investigators.h san francisco could join the growing list of peninsula cities to support the removal of san mateo county sheriff christina corpus. the city council is going to choose tonight whether to endorse measure a. voters will take up that measure next month in a special election, and decide whether county supervisors should be allowed to remove corpus from office amid allegations that she is abusing her power. this week, city councils in redwood city and belmont also endorsed that measure. well, north bay police are warning people about a disturbing scam yesterday. a parent in napa received a phone call from someone who claimed to have kidnaped their daughter, and the scammer played a recording of the girl's voice attempting to convince the parents it was their child. but when the parents contacted the school, they found that their child was actually safe in the classroom. police are urging people not to panic if you get one of these calls, but to contact police if you get one. and theranos f

. >> first, environmental activists are holding a town hall over the moss landing battery plant fire. is leading the virtual town hall tomorrow. brockovich's fight against pg and e in the 90s was turned into an oscar nominated film. during the meeting, attorneys will discuss the lawsuit against vistra energy, which runs which runs the moss landing plant, and pg and e, which uses the power store there. >> also tomorrow, fremont city council is set to vote on a first in the state plan on homelessness. this ordinance would make it a crime to aid or abet a homeless encampment. doing so could result in a $1,000 fine or six months jail time. aid workers are concerned their work to bring food and supplies to encampments could get them arrested. the mayor says they won't be targeted. >> our next advancer the latest round of job cuts at san francisco schools are beginning to take shape. san francisco unified superintendent maria swease is expected to present a plan to cut jobs and address the budget shortfall. the district is looking at cutting 535 positions to save $114 million. many of the c

. >> and the concerns from moss landing residents as smoke from a battery storage facility fills the air once again. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. we have new developments this afternoon out of monterey county where smoke is once again coming from that battery facility that caught fire weeks ago. >> that first fire resulted in political and legal action, as the community has remained concerned about potential health impacts. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena joining us live in the newsroom with the latest on the response to this new flare up. luis. >> yes, larry. just last month, a large fire at the same battery facility led to the evacuation of residents in the surrounding area. today, health officials confirmed last night's fire is under control, but they're still monitoring the air quality. it happened again. another fire at the vistra energy battery storage facility in monterey county. this alert urging residents tuesday night to close windows and doors as fire crews fought the blaze. >> we first responders will remain uh- at the s

a group of moss landing residents impacted by last month's battery plant. fire preparing to file a lawsuit against pg e and other companies they say are at fault environmental advocate erin brockovich was leading this lawsuit heard from community members last night and some said they're not experiencing new health issues. others expressed concerns about their drinking water from the ground also consuming produce that's grown in the area after researchers found high levels of metal and the soil after the fire. i see with communities. they know these things. they speak up about these things and they're often times if north. >> and that is why we're here. it's something that shouldn't be ignored. voice does matter. it does count what the heck happened to you we've got to push back against today are right by all of you. the best we can. >> the lawsuit alleges vistra energy which owns the plant and pg e which can scroll controls its equipment, failed to take proper safety measures. the plaintiffs also say the facility houses a type of battery that's known to ove