you don't want to put bleach next to ammonia. in a disaster if /taeu break and mix, what will happen. you will have a hazardous material place in your house. how about this? the typical garage. most people don't have gas in the suburbs you do. if you have lawn mowers. store it low. gas fumes will creep down to the bottom. if you have to store gas, store it mostly full. if you have an empty gas container -- if you want to protect yourself put cords across it so it doesn't fall in an earthquake. you screw it in. strap it across. make sure the shelf is screwed into the wall if it's screwed into a stud it will not tip over. when you go home look at your hazards. get everything in a box. there is no correct spot to put it. some people get a can and put it in their yard. it's up to you. there is no correct spot it's where everybody in your family knows where it is. if you are not home and a disaster hits who the find it. the whole family gets involved you, yourself, family members, kids, let them know where it is. if something happens

. >>> a salami company will pay fines after an ammonia leak.hey must overall their refrigeration system. 30 needed medical help after a pipe carrying ammonia burst. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee will break ground on a new cruise terminal which is being built as part of preparations for the americas cup. groundbreaking is at 10:00 this morning. how is it looking sal? >>> so far so good anyway. let's go outside, i want to show you some pictures. no major problems and traffic looks good if you are driving on the 28th 0 extension -- 280 extension downtown. and this morning's drive on 101 as you drive through the area, that traffic is moving along well moving out to contra costa county and now let's go to steve. >>> we have low clouds, a little rain yesterday, i know, not much it moved out mainly san bernadine county and not showing up are the low clouds but everybody is talking about some drizzle and high clouds will be on their way. fog, drizzle mostly cloudy and that system clouds us up tonight takes us to wednesday morning. there could be some

the ammonia leaked from a ruptured valve in the system that cools salami. >>> new feature failing --ew state-of-the-art cruise terminal. katie marzullo is live to show us the planned transformation. >> reporter: we are on the back end of pier 27. not many people have cause or desire to come back here nothing to see, nothing to do. that is going to change. moments ago mayor lee broke ground on the future james r herman international cruise terminal. mayor lee says this is a long awaited project. it was mayor newsom in 2007 who created a panel to look into this. it is going to create 600 jobs, 20% expected to be local. a 92 million dollar project. that not only will be a cruise terminal but also a public plaza. the mayor hopes it will revitalize the port and invigorate the waterfront. >> this is a world class international event we are hosting. it is also important legacies we are establishing with the cruise ship terminal and the open plaza 2 1/2 acres more of open space that will be publicly accessible as another part of this important legacy. iñ the international event that the mayo

the ammonia leaked from a ruptured valve in the system that cools salami. >>> new feature failing -- new state-of-the-art cruise terminal. katie marzullo is live to show us the planned transformation. >> reporter: we are on the back end of pier 27. not many people have cause or desire to come back here nothing to see, nothing to do. that is going to change. moments ago mayor lee broke ground on the future james r herman international cruise terminal. mayor lee says this is a long awaited project. it was mayor newsom in 2007 who created a panel to look into this. it is going to create 600 jobs, 20% expected to be local. a 92 million dollar project. that not only will be a cruise terminal but also a public plaza. the mayor hopes it will revitalize the port and invigorate the waterfront. >> this is a world class international event we are hosting. it is also important legacies we are establishing with the cruise ship terminal and the open plaza 2 1/2 acres more of open space that will be publicly accessible as another part of this important legacy. iñ the international event that the ma

it says don't mix ammonia and bleach makes a gas. these are bad things to mix with bleach. who's got these under their sink in i do. everybody does. you want to separate the ones that don't go to together. how do you find out? read the labels. these are department of transportation placards, they are colored. they are all red. they have the sort of flame thing up there. the little number here and number here. we've got books in our rig that tell us what these are. based on a number. we will see a 1219, look in the book and say a truck carrying 1219 and it's leaking every where what do we have. george, we have 92 octane gasoline, that's not good. we call people and get help. we as volunteers are not going to be hazardous material people. you need to know this is red, it's flammable. if there is a problem, let us know and keep people away from it. these are more placards. explosives, anything orange, reds yellow. oxidizer, that's going to make a small fire into a really big fire without much help. inhalation hazards, don't breathe it. okay. the rest it self explanatory. there

the ammonia will track them to pee again. >> don't use ammonia. >> right. i get tongue-tied.my knees because that's how i do this. i love to save money. good, old white vinegar is terrific. and baking soda. the first thing, like i said, is you want to take a microfiber cloth or paper towel so this way you won't -- if you use paper towels, no laundry. you get up as much of the liquid as you can. by the way, very important that you get what's underneath if you can. >> you try. >> after that, you saturate it with a 50/50 mix of white vinegar, okay, and just get it really wet. let that dry for a while. again, what you want to do here, and you shouldn't be drinking when you do this, is -- >> my mai tai. >> the dog. if you would stand on here, okay, and -- >> in high heels like julie does. >> like this. or if you want to sit and read another book, you can do that. >> what did you put under there? plastic bag? >> you want to do that because you don't want to ruin your books. this will prevent the moisture getting on your books. five to ten pounds of weight to get the moisture out. >

the materials team identified one of the chemicals as ammonia and are trying to determine if other chemicals were involved. >> a disabled oakland man facing eviction is getting a temporary reprieve. the 60-year-old is talking to sheriff deputies right now instead of being served wilson will now get a mort audit to review his case. he has lived in his house 26 years and says an increase in the monthly mortgage payment went from $2,000 to $3900 combined with a case of identity theft left him on the verge of homelessness. >> it could be different if i had a place to go. i don't have anyone left here that is helping me. only person helped me is tanya. >> in addition his friend, the woman just mentioned is using a legal tactic to help him, she was evicted from her home last year but she fought back and repossessed her house, she says she signed a lease on the property to further delay the eviction. >> and in a budget environment when the state is looking for every dollar officials are going after billions tonight. $7 billion in lost revenue caught up in the underground economy. we're live to expl

it's used by spare beef trimmings treated with ammonia oxide.nald's said the decision was not based on any particular event. >>> the environmental protection agency is getting more tech savvy with the launch of a new free app. the app is called hair now and it allows people with apple and android phones to my a zip code and see how healthy the air is. it's helpful for people with heart or lung conditions who need to avoid going outside when pollution levels are high. >>> the smell of fried food, moss and beer means you're probably in the big easy. new orleans has been named the smelliest. others include san francisco, new york and dallas. for the worst head across the fond paris. >>> coming up, an investigation into the mishandling of remains at dover. we have that story on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >>> the same-sex marriage bill started in the legislature. the governor testified at the hearing. i'm don harrison. i'll tell you what he had to say. >> i'm jeff hager in the northeast where the attempted theft of this lawn tractor en

south san francisco has agreed to pay a penalty and over haul it's refrigeration system after an ammonia leak. several people were sickened after a pipe burst in 2009. they will spend about $6 million converting the system to a safer technology. >>> an oakland teen accused of killing his adoptive parents will be arraigned today. 15-year-old moses common is expected to be tried as an adult in the deaths of 50-year- old susan and 55-year-old robert common. the two one found dead in a car outside their lake merritt home on friday. >>> demolition of the old bay bridge may take longer than expected. what's behind the new delay. >> some people watch the super bowl for the game. some watch for the commercials. we get a sneak peek at some of the best ads just released. >>> caltrans is calling it a monumental day inside devil's slide tunnel. coming up we'll show you what happened inside today and when you can expect to start driving through it. and talking about a sticky mess. 43,000 pounds mess that snarled traffic in the valley. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather cen

amedee ammonia around the local time i went out on the balcony and it was a very calm on and on and on shots were being held from a long distance away and that's why i was on that balcony because i realized i wasn't in any danger by being there on that balcony looking over the city at. algebra a bridge just four hundred metres away from the hotel to american tanks and taken back a position since the early morning. sergeant sean gibson scans with his binoculars the floors of the hotel. he focuses on the fifteenth floor always spot someone new to. protrude a reuters camera that is filming from his rooms balcony the entrance of the u.s. on the and back. during that time i was receive a mortar rounds to try to make the bridge collapse so when i'm sitting down here and i got all these fires coming from all directions i don't think it could tell me is that somebody is looking for somebody else and then when i seen the individual standing up all about and what a pair of binoculars. and they were talking and he was pointing. i did not immediately engage that individual i did not do that i call

they determined the chemicals were concentrated hydrochloric acid, ammonia and fiberglass resin. >> it's an inhalation hazard, it's bad for your lungs. the hydrochloric acid will corrode metal. and the residue on you is a mere sense it would cause reaction similar to a very severe sun burn. >> workers have been treated and released from the hospital. investigation is underway to determine who dumped those chemicals. investigators say a new year's day fire in san francisco caused $2.6 million in damage to three homes in the 1300 block. the home in the middle suffered the most damage estimated to be over $1 million worth. investigators say they believe the fire started accidentally, however the exact cause has not yet been determined. >> president obama signed legislation which made its way through congress following the pipeline disaster. the law toughens oil and pipeline regulations. it was approved by congress late last year. it aims to close gaps. it also doubles the maximum fine for safety violations to $2 million. >>> it marks the first context in the 21st -- where results are stream

they had been exposed to trash in a dumpster containing acid, ammonia. >> it corrode metal and burn your skin and the resin if you get it on you is an irritant. it would cause reaction similar to a very severe sunburn. >> fortunately the workers were only sick far short time and released from the hospital last night. police are trying to determine who put the chemicals in the dumpster. >>> members of the occupy movement in walnut creek plan on making their voices heard today. they hope not to lose steam. it's staging weekly anticorporate protest. they plan to gather at 3:30. that is right in front of the bank of america there. organizers say they have plenty of extra signs available if people can't bring their own. >>> also today the city of alameda will hand over keys to the animal sheller to a grown up of volunteers. the city will pay friends of alameda animal shelter $300,000 a year to run the facility. this will save alameda at least $600,000 a year. the city ran the shelter for more than 100 years but it's handing over control to save that money. >>> 4:49 is the time right now. a fi

the bleach from the ammonia. you will ask me, george, where do i take this garage full of stuff. i have a garage full of stuff i don't use. there is a place on tunnel avenue if you are a city resident you take it down there and show them you are a city resident and they will take it. call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an incident is the guy with the big thumb. the rule of thumb is this. if you cover the incident with your thumb you are far enough away. does it look like he's got it covered with his thumb? you see the smoke going to the side. he's still too close. he's got to back up furth

florida yesterday to be at the side of his three-year-old daughter who was rushed to the hospital with ammonia. she is the youngest of santorum's seven children diagnosed at birth with a syndrome similar to down syndrome. >>> however they say it's much too late. they believe she should have been proactive in stopping the protests rather than responding to the violence afterwards. >> this is her city. she is the elected official. she is the director of oakland and she needs to lead and she doesn't know how to do that. >> there are two certified recall drives. they need to call 20,000 ballot signatures by may but quan backers say the mayor is gaining more support in recent weeks. they say people realize she needs more time to address oakland's issues. >>> the main website for the city of sacramento is still down after it was hacked over the weekend. someone got into the city's main website and two related sites. now the hacker left a message. it reads hacked by el-mhuammcd. now the city is working to restore the website. >>> santa rosa school board will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the cl

. >> at first half describe this as an ammonia. >>reporter: in 2004 when google went public it racing in new $2 billion stimulus facebook is attracted to write 10 billion and torn the talk consumers. and it won't--and just because he used physical does not mean me to purchase a stake in it. past two years to give us and them samples of woodstock floor high. >>reporter: this i feel could be a boon to the cash strapped state of california fuel--. >>jacqueline: it was turned in a warm day out there today. will it be like this this weekend? i will have that answer coming up. >>pam: california their regulators to pass new strict rules >>kimberlee: the comparative voted ninth is the role of improving look how-- approving and then in california. >>kimberlee: 80 question today, car dealer and the heat made relations and they've seen is now the heat of a guilt >>reporter: companies from saw the high nominal long time ago and came across with the lead-killing and your phone it clear and clean. part by like this one, we need to clean a screen

the agreement stems from two early morning accidental releases of ammonia back in 2009. in one of the incident, 17 people were hospitalized and 30 others needed medical help. >> had it happened just few hours later, and there was three day care centers very proximate to the incident, and it could have been significantly worse. >> epa officials say the company has been extreme leigh compliant in working with the agency to solve the safety problems. they say the upgraded system is expected to be in place by next week. >>> today president barack obama plans to send legislation to congress to expand tax breaks for small businesses. the president is proposing a new 10% tax credit for small businesses that add jobs or increase wages this year. it extends the abtd of businesses to immediately deduct all of the costs of equipment and software purchases. the legislation is based on bipartisan proposals that could win support even in an election year >>> florida voters will end a contentious big money campaign today in the race for the gop presidential nomination. we have the repo

of ammonia into the air.arya: a developing story, the agreement is today for a 15 year-old oakland lawyer arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents. friends and co-workers of the parents are mourning their losses. their bodies were found inside of their car outside their home on friday night. their adopted son is now under arrest. >> one of the kindest most sensitive people i have ever met clear if >>maureen: susan poff for work as a physician's assistant at this whole blissful medical facility. >> she had an incredible record with the people that we serve. >>maureen: this was one of her patients for the last 15 years. she helped him get off of drugs. >> she has been a very important part of my life. fly am really hurt at this loss. >> it is impossible to rector arms around. >> co-workers are having trouble dealing with a loss of their friend. fog treated inmates at san francisco still health system. he was a psychologist. >> they dedicated their lives to working with people that were underserved in the

the case stems from an ammonia leak that happened back in 2009 and made 50 people sick. 17 people were sent to the hospital after 30 others were injured after the pipe burst. >>> meeting in the bay area this week, they are worried new federal restrictions could cause problems against the west nile virus. it creates pesticide fogging in areas marked in red and those areas are officially marked as protected waterways. the unusually warm winter could lead to a bad west nile virus outbreak this coming season. >>> the state-of-the-art terminal will be at peer 27 and it is being built for the mark's cup at 10 this morning. >>> alcatraz is causing some subtle changes at the real alcatraz and they are warning others not to go into service areas. they are trying to find secret rooms they see on the show and the rooms they found filmed, the secret rooms are not real. we put a lock on the date which we didn't have before to keep people out. >> they have tightened up security but that may not stop us. >> the 1996 movie caused some problems from tourists. >>> let's check in with sal for the commute

they found several gallons of ammonia night trait in -- night trait in bangkok. now you see them in a picture here and he is being detained for illegally possessing explosion sufficient materials. >>> united states is part of an ongoing u.s. effort to put diplomatic pressure to increase sanctions on iran over suspicions that iran is moving ahead with nuclear development. today south korea's foreign ministry has not decided to cut back on the foreign oil. >>> as allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, a new poll shows he has a widening lead over the pack, allison? >>> that is right, the washington post shows romney has a 2-1 lead over his closest competitors in a nationwide race and the steaks are getting higher in the primary if any of his rivals want to slow him down, rick rick santorum seemed to trip him up a bit last night on a question of whether felons should be allowed to vote. >> they have exhausted their parole and probation, should they be given the right to vote? >> first of all, as you know, the packs that run ads on various candidates

there is a where authorities say two garbage collectors became ill when an ammonia container burst inside of the truck. four wis businesses were closed. >> turning to politics now. tonight is the night the iowa caucuses begin. contenders will know who has the momentum. >> mark matthews is here now with what looks to be a close race. >> if you believe polls. the trouble with iowa is that polls are often wrong and 40% are saying they just might change their minds. the contender squeezed in campaigning before the caucuses. >> i work for you. not the only way around. we need to make this a great nation. >> mitt romney is increasingly confident. >> we're going to win this thing. >> romney held steady, rick santorum has emphasizes social issues, opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. >> and we feel good and our money is coming in better than it's come in. >> santorum's organization is not that strong compared to ron paul, the third front runner according to polls. and. >> if you believe polls romney has an edge. if you believe an organization, then ron paul has the edge. if you believe i

say the neighbors reported drug activity at the building on madison street and said the smell of ammonia was overwelming. police executed a search warrant thursday and found a bottle containing pcp. three people were arrested. >>> an afternoon of hunting ends with one man in the hospital in charges filed against him and his friends. the man was hit in the chest and stomach while he and his friends hunted in the woods in fort washington, maryland. he is expected to recover, but hunting is illegal in that area. so police say he and everyone he was with will be charged. >> the search is on for missing search dog, veto, is a german shepherd that spotted fox and took off on thursday in bowie. he is part of a group called fairfax search dogs incorporated. they train dogs for the federal emergency management agency. he went to haiti to help find victims. he was last seen in the area of route 301 and 450. he has collars, but we understand he has no tags. >>> say good-bye to the mild weather. a change in temperatures is coming tonight. glenn with details. gwen. >> you are absolutely right. time t

florida yesterday to be at the side of his three-year-old daughter that was rushed to the hospital with ammonia. she's the youngest diagnosissed at bit with a rare condition similar to down syndrome. >>> he appeared over the weekend at a town hall event in maine ahead of the caucus there is on february 4th. >>> 6:16. a hearing continues for the gunman that tried to assassinate president ronald reagan. authorities are considering a request that john hinckley junior be allowed longer visits to his mother's home in virginia. his lawyers are also asking far permanent release. he's been held in a mental hospital since that failed 1981 assassination attempt. federal prosecutors want to block hinckley's request. they say he's still a threat. >>> overnight a magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck the coast of peru. it was located 170 miles from the capitol city of lima. ica suffered major damage in 2007 but right now there are no reports of injuries or damage there. >>> a pair of earthquakes hit near the geysers in sonoma county last night. first one at l -- first one 3.1. the second one 3.2. there are no rep

the fines stem from a 2009 incident where clouds of ammonia gas were released when a refrigeration unitople were hospitalized. >> 6:36. want to get a look at the forecast and meteorologist christina loren in our new weather center. >> good morning. always a little easier to get up and get out the door when it's not frigid. and this morning we're running rather mild compared to our norms for low temperatures. 49 in concord, 49 in oakland, another hour of cool before we hit our lows. the coldest point of the day around sunrise. 45 degrees in fairfield. as you set your futurecast in motion, 7:00 a.m. you can see the cloudy sky. we continue to about 10:00 a.m. when the sun will come out. we're going to get three or four consistent hours of sunshine, then clouds will roll in. ahead of an area that's slated to bring us light precipitation especially in the north bay tomorrow. 59 at the coast, at 4:00 p.m. as you make your way home, only 4 degrees of separation by the water and inland with the fully cloudy sky. coming up i'm going to tell you what cities have the chance to see showers and we'r

the overwhelming smell of ammonia from cat urine combined with pet hair makes breathing difficult. unlike other areas, the air in jessica's room is much cleaner. >> it doesn't hurt to breathe in this room. your eyes don't burn. your nostrils don't burn, your throat doesn't suddenly hurt. you don't feel like someone's sitting on your chest. >> with the house in such disorder, jessica finds day-to-day life mentally draining and physically exhausting. >> it takes ten times more work and effort to do simple things than it should take, to take a shower, you have to get all your stuff from your bedroom, make sure you have your flip flops on, step over your baby gate, walk to the other end of the house. i don't walk around barefoot. i don't want stuff on my feet. it just flat-out grosses me out. to cook anything, i have to go to my fridge in my room, get everything i needed, get all my utensils and bring it into the kitchen to prepare my food, then clean it and take it all back to my room. to sweep and mop, i have to do a quarter to a third of a room at a time. i have to move everything a

they had been exposed to trash in a dumpster containing hydrochloric acid, ammonia and other dangerous chemicals. >> the hydrochloric acid will burn your skin. the resin, if you get it on you is an irritant and would cause a reaction to a very -- to a very ill sunburn -- to a very big sunburn. >>> joe torre has quit his job as mlb's vice president. now he's planning to join the group trying to buy the los angeles donors. that -- dodgers. that group is expected to submit a formal bid in a few days. >>> the rein the team is up for sale, the couple that owned it went through a very nasty divorce. >> the mccourts. >> yes. >> and he -- they had to put it up for sale. >>> as massive search for a truckee man ends. what authorities say he was doing when he fell in the water. >>> and retailers are smiling a lot after the holiday shopping season. >>> a woman will lead san rafael's police department. [ cheers and applause ] >> city council chambers were filled last night welcoming diana bishop as the new police chief. she started her career as a patrol officer in santa clara 23 years ago. she was

court decree. 17 people were hospitalized and 30 others needed medical help after a pipe carrying ammonia the plant burst. >>> 7:55. sal, you ready to take care of everybody, get them to where they need to if? >> yes, i am, dave. the commute is looking better which is good news. let's go outside and take a look at 101. san francisco, it's not a bad commute. when things are good, we just leave it alone. things are looking pretty good here. no major problems there. this is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. that also looks pretty decent. now, in the south bay, you will see some slow traffic, especially on 280 from downtown near 87 getting up into the west valley. 85 is also slow from los gatos to saratoga and then cupertino. >> thank you, sir. a very good morning. we have mostly cloudy skies. there's some sunbreaks out there. all of the reporting stations are saying cloudy to mostly cloudy with a low cloud deck. the higher clouds are already moving toward us. it's going to be a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. maybe we'll get some partly sunnies. mostly cloudy by noon. we'll be cloudy by this