. >>> it could be a cold next day for brookfield elementary. all of the heaters at the school are shut down. that is because of a gas leak spotted on thursday. brookfield is using 18 space heaters as a temporary fix. >> we have some small space heaters but have not been as efficient as we would like. we brought in bigger units that will be more robust. >> another problem, brookfield cannot serve hot food because the stove and oven are not working. repairs will take up to four days but the rain could delay that. >>> all these things having to deal with weather in different ways. we saw snow up in the mountains. amazing. >> i have never seen it like that. >> 37 inches sounds like a lot. >> multiply that by 12. 37 feet. there may be five more feet in the next couple of days. >> it seems like around here when it rains it pours. i am being literal. we are a streaky weather pattern this winter where we don't get it, we get nothing. if we get the rain we get a lot. we are getting a lot the next couple days. first a little burst of rainfall is moving t

. >> and may not be exactly the polar vortex, but at brookfield elementary school in east oakland, students the it has been as cold inside the classroom as it is outdoors. >> yeah, i got two sweaters. >> reporter: kids complaint but still came to school. >> they did not want to go to school, but they had to wear to cut. >> reporter: work crews were on the school roof repair with the oakland school district says is that gas leak in the line. the school discovered the leak last thursday and shut off the gas. after last week's gas explosion in san francisco, that set five buildings on fire, no one wanted to take any chances. >> there was a lot of nervousness around it. we just make sure the gas was off and kids were safe. >> i would rather the gas the off that for it to be on in there be a problem, so we can bundle up either >> reporter: and bundle up is what these more than 300 kindergartners through fifth grade children are doing. last friday, the school brought in space heaters to ward off the cold. the school says the smaller heaters basically could not want a marshmallow, so the district

the house report states in january 2018, brookfield business partners, a subsidiary of brookfield asset management, announced its plans to acquire westinghouse electric for $4.6 billion. westinghouse electric is the bankrupt nuclear services company that is part of ip3's proposed consortium to build nuclear reactors in saudi arabia, and which stands to benefit from the middle east marshall plan. in august 2018, brookfield asset management purchased a partnership stake in 666 fifth avenue, a building owned by jared kushner's family company." isaac? interestingspecially given jared kushner is on his way to the region very shortly. there is a lot of discussion in the house oversight committee's report about materials being prepared for conversations between kushner and the president, and obviously jared kushner has developed a close relationship with mbs, the crown prince, and rereportedly was described as in his cop -- pocket. ro khanna? >> here is one thing the president and the administration could do to show some distance from the saudi regime, and that is to sign the war powers resolu

it may not be exactly the polar vortex, but in brookfield elementary school in east oakland, students that it has been as cold inside the classroom as it is outdoors. >>, i got two coats. >> reporter: some kids complaints but came to school anyway. >> they did not really want to come to school because they had to wear two codes. >> reporter: workers were on the school roof repairing what is a natural gas leak in the line. the school discovered the leak last thursday and shut off the gas . after last week's gas explosion in san francisco that set five buildings on fire, no one wanted to take any chances. >> we just made sure the gas was off and the kids were safe. >> honestly, i would rather the gas be off then to bundle up either >> reporter: and bundle up is what these more than 300 kindergarten through fifth grade children are doing. last friday, the school board and space heaters to ward off the cold. the cool says the smaller heaters basically couldn't warm a marshmallow, so the district brought in these larger heaters today , put them in every classroom, and everyone says they ar

brookfield elementary has not had gas service since last week. ktvu is live at brookfield elementary. a gas leak caused the problem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the gas outage means there is no central heat at this school and no hot meal prep because the kitchen uses gas to prepare meals. the school district did bring in 18 space heaters to put in some of the classrooms to help the students and the faculty feel more comfortable. of course we are experiencing some pretty cold temperatures. the coldest of the school year for some of these students. the problem started thursday. that is when they discovered a gas leak on the campus. according to a spokesperson, pg&e came out and shut off the gas thursday. a students evacuated as a precaution. when the leak was sealed off, students returned to class for the rest of the day thursday and then went all day friday and monday yesterday without central heat. according to a spokesperson repairing the gas leak in order to restore heat, it has been more complicated than expected. the repair was s

the problem began last thursday at brookfield elementary when heating had to be shut off when a gas leak was discovered. the school can't make any hot food so the students are getting sack lunches. they hope to have the heating up and running. >>> a battle that some say a racist name. deciding if the dixie school center will change the name. the word dixie and if that is offensive. the dixie school district covers northern san rafael. >>> it has turned into a playground for millions and vips. now the organizers of burning man are doing soul searching. high rollers have created an uncomfortable trend. burning man's atmosphere is supposed to be inclusive and not exclusive. long time burners say they are troubli troubled by the many social influencers to launch new product. more low income tickets will be offered this year to encourage more hands on creative participants. >> a lot going on. >> it looks like a lot of fun. our weather, looks scarey. >> some heavy pockets just offshore. you can see all of this cloud coverage out here. that stream of sub tropical moisture. from our storm system

elementary school that has not had heat for a week the crews will keep working with repairs of brookfield elementary as they try to fix a natural gas pipe. gas was turned off thursday when a pipe was spam that meant no heat in the school and the school kitchen cannot function >> there is nervousness around it. we wanted to make sure the kids are safe but i would rather the gas be off than on and there be a problem. >> the crews tall ktvu, it may be another week before the gas line is fixed. and wells fargo is helping the kids in school providing hot lunches or the end of this week.>>> it is 4:17. sal and steve are busy. in marin county rained all night into this more. there is a lot of water on the roads.>> it is windy out there. i was looking at a video of this crash on the bay bridge. the crash is still there with no injuries. i want to go there. the video shows this. this is further away. you can see slow traffic leading up to the crash that is blocking games. they are clearing it now. it is not a serious injury crash but it is slowing traffic there. we are looking at the toll plaza. i

a spokesperson confirmed brookfield elementary has been without gas since thursday. the gas leak forced the school to shut off all gas service. no gas means no heat.>> it has been a cold and wet winter. we know this is going to last a while, so we are cognizant of this. we want to make sure kids are warm and they can focus on it is hard to focus when you are cold. this is what we want to make sure we we need to get done. >> the district gave the school 18 space heaters, but there is no hot food. repairs will take four days and with the rain coming up that work requires good weather. that could be a problem. >> crews are investigating after an rv caught fire . this happened this morning near grand avenue and wood street. you can see all the smoke filling the freeway. right now, no word of any injuries. meanwhile, crews are busy investigating another fire. this time it was at a warehouse. flames tore through the building on walnut avenue this morning. one person suffered minor burns. the fire was knocked down in about 30 minutes.>>> a san mateo supervisor introduced an

brookfield elementary school place.g had to be shut off after the school also can't make any hot food. students, instead, are getting bagged lunches. >>> there you have it, the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. the dow rises for a second day, growing optimism on that trade deal. authorities are hoping that the u.s./china trade will make a decision before that early march deadline. the dow is up some 90 points. >>> apple is reportedly going to launch a new subscription service. the announcement could come in march. the tech giant would offer premium magazine and news articles in a single bundle, similar to what netflix and hulu do with television and movies. there are reports it will cost $10 a mocompany's upcoming streaming service is about selling subscription based services to make money. >>> spearheading the company's push into health care. you can watch their conversation on our website, including what apple is pledging not to do with your health information. >>> experts warn a new type of spy is at work right here in silicon valley. >> we've already seen examples of th

. >>> students at brookfield elementary in oakland say they are going to classes in a school with no heat. the district says it had to shut off the gas after a leak was discovered on thursday, prompting the school to evacuate. classes resumed later that day with no gas. students have been complaining about the cold, even with the 18 space heaters supplied by the district. the district says it is working on repairing that week. the district has also looked for replacement teachers in case of a strike. they have placed ads seeking emergency temporary teachers. candidates must have at least a bachelors degree come of the pay is $300 a day, more than double the current $113 daily rate for substitute teachers. >> they have reduced the requirements substantially. so, there are not any of letter recommendations requested. >> a strike can be disruptive and we need to keep their schools open because a lot of families depend on schools being open. >> the teachers union is seeking a 12% pay increase over three years plus more support in the classroom and smaller class sizes. the district offere

the problem began a week ago at brookfield elementary school. heat was shut off after a gas leak.porary heaters are in place. the students are getting bagged lunches instead because they can't get hot food. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," nike takes a page out of "back to the future." the high-tech shoes the company is launching and you don't want to miss how they work. our hillshire farm craftsmen start the day slow-roasting turkey for incredible flavor. then, they double seal every slice for freshness. the results, well, they speak for themselves. bridge >>> look at the rain coming down. this is at the bay bridge approach this morning. kari is saying a lot of gusty winds as well. look at the rain along the top, where you see kind of the lighting, you can see it falling at an angle already. it is very slick out there on the roads, already a couple of accidents reported near the bay bridge and on the bridge. mike is keeping track of those. we'll check in with him in moments. 4:26 right now. >>> so if there's one thing the warriors know how to do, it's certainly to close. >> n

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the problem is at brookfield elementary school where central heating had to be shut off after a gas leak was found. ehey also can't food. >> we hope that happens sooner than later. >>sp be damp too. >> it has been hard to recover from the flu going around. >> one of my daughters is really sick we do have heavy rain on the way. we've been monstering this the past several hours. it has taken a while to come in. it will take a while to fill in are across the bay area. trace amounts. we are seeing it pick up along the coastline that could bring heavier rainfall around focus ol it is the morning commute tomorrow. if you have anything happening between 5:00 and 8:00 tomorrow, very heavy. that will continue to 8:30 tomorrow. we are still stuck with this rainfall and the storm system through 3:00. this storm breaks up. you've got another branch of moisture mixing together to keep rainfall likely in the forecast through thursday morning. we are looking at three quarters of an inch. we have a flash flood wash in effect. could take down some trees tomorrow. snow from one to five feet. we have a ris

interest in selling nuclear power to saudi arabia is westinghouse electric whose parent company brookfield asset management offered a financial lifeline to mr trump's son in law. jared questionnaire. and meanwhile saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon m.b.'s continues to make news on his tour of south asia after visiting pakistan we told you about that in in king economic deals with president imran khan mr bin solomons mr bin solomon has called upon indian prime minister narendra modi the two leaders met in new delhi earlier today inside five agreements five of them involving cooperation on energy housing tourism and anti-terrorism the chair of the saudi india busiest council said the general strategic cooperation between the two leaders puts india in a very small group telling online business publication business today quote this type of high cooperation council exists with only the u.s. and china. the day after the state of california officially joined a lawsuit challenging president trump's declaration of a suppose an emergency and crack open the federal piggy bank without congression

adviser jared cushion or who refinanced a deeply indebted new york building with a company called brookfield business partners which had just acquired a nuclear services company westinghouse electric under scrutiny as well question his ongoing relationship with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon. and central to the report longtime trump supporter and one time national security advisor michael flynn who the report says was deeply involved in pushing a nuclear plan for saudi arabia that included the construction of as many as forty saudi nuclear plants the report says michael flynn was a paid advisor to a company known as i p three international during the presidential campaign through the transition period and even while serving as national security advisor the report ends on february the twelfth that is last week president trump participated in a white house meeting with private nuclear power developers initiated by i p three international and as a democrat led oversight committee commences a large scale investigation the question is whether house republicans will commit to it as we

. >> now we are live from brookfield elementary school in east oakland. >> reporter: you can see the trucks and construction equipment behind me. the work is under way to get on the roof of the building replace some of the old leaking gas pipes and eventually restore gas and heat. the students, teachers and staff have been without heat since thursday. students bundled up with coats and extra layers before heading inside . ready to face another day with limited heat in the class room. >> my teach has the heater so we keep warm in there. >> pack more layers and coats? >> yeah i got 2 sweaters. >> we just been going to class. it is cold but they are doing fine. they have been doing fine. >> staff members discovered a gas leak and shut off the gas and they have been without heat ever since. . >> i would rather the gas be off than on and a problem. >> the district provided 18 space heaters but it is not enough to combat the cold. >> we didn't become aware until yesterday that they were not doing the job we were hoping they would do. >> oakland crews installing larger wall unit heaters for

the crews will keep working at brookfield elementary to repair a gas pipe. the gas was turned off last thursday when the leaky pipe was found. that has led to no heat at school and the kitchen cannot punch a. >> there is nervousness around it. we make sure the gas is off. >> i would rather the gas be off than on and to have a problem. we can bundle up. >> the crews told ktvu, it may be a. wells fargo is helping the school, providing high lunches for students through the end of the week. >>> it is 5:17. we want to look at traffic this morning which could be a little dicey with water on the roads. >> we have crashes already. the most serious at concord avenue, the overturn vehicle. they are trying to get someone out of a car. let's go to the bay bridge. there is a backup because of the earlier problem on the span. it is windy and rainy. it will take you a lot longer to dry. i would not recommend driving you can avoid it. there is some sort of traffic hazard and lakeshore, a crash. highway 24, a new crash and at expressway at the accident at interstate 80. go r

he is going to berlin and speaking with top names including brookfield asset manager, and carlyle group's rubenstein. that starts wednesday. on markets, ge is selling its farm operations to dan her. keeping the rest of its health care division. we will dive into what it means for ge's bottom line. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ here is the ge starting today after announcing the sale of its biopharma business. the deal is part of a larger turnaround to orchestrate something. to walk us through what this means for the balance sheets and their aggressive recovery, our bloomberg opinion columnist joins a spirit you have to imagine 20 plus billion dollars is a nice out. but is it enough for the longer-term book? >> $21 billion is a lot of cash. i think this does go a long way in terms of resolving ge's balance sheet issues. they laid out 50 billion that they are going to need to bring in to resolve their overall debt issues. getting some cash from the resolution of the merger with their transportation unit. as you remember, the original that debt andve pension liability on to that. that plan has been

. >> here at brookfield village elementary school, for the last 30 minutes and even i had to wear a coat. we're told the warmers here in the cafeteria are powered by gas. so students are having to eat cold meals. school district officials say the repairs could take them to the end of next week. >> it's supposed to rain pretty hard tomorrow making the work they're doing dangerous. we can't do it then. hopefully, there's not too much rain on thursday. >> meanwhile, the cold from outside doesn't seem different than inside. liz pena, be abc 7 news. >>> the bay area is home to some of the newest technological -- >> next a look at an effort to bridge the digital divide. it's a project that could be put to use in other cities. >>> a thief steals thousands of dollars from a man's bank account. the bank refuses to believe it. i'm michael so chances are you've seen at us around the house...ep. or around the yard... on the shelf... or even out in the field. your mom knew she could always count on us, and your grandma did too. because for over 150 years we've been right by your side. advancing the h

adviser jared cushion or who refinanced a deeply indebted new york building with a company called brookfield business partners which had just acquired a nuclear services company westinghouse electric under scrutiny as well question his ongoing relationship with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon. and central to the report longtime trump supporter and one time national security advisor michael flynn who the report says was deeply involved in pushing a nuclear plan for saudi arabia that included the construction not as many as forty saudi nuclear plants the report says michael flynn was a paid advisor to a company known as i p three international during the presidential campaign through the transition period and even while serving as national security advisor the report ends on february the twelfth that is last week president trump participated in a white house meeting with private nuclear power developers initiated by i p three international and as a democrat led oversight committee commences a large scale investigation the question is whether house republicans will commit to it as w

here with me today is kelly pressler, representative from brookfield properties, the project sponsor for the 185 maryland street apartments, also here are representatives of the project sponsor for ocean beach apartments. and gail mcguire, a representative and mission house representative corporation is present for the south part scatter side projects. finally, my colleagues viviana and carolyn are here to answer any questions that you may have. before that, on behalf of mo c.d. and the project sponsors, we would like to thank you for your consideration here today, and look forward to your support for this project. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions for mr cortes? i have a few. the first project is 20% affordable, and that is a 20% that will be affordable is 50% of a.m.i. is that correct? >> yes. >> why is it only 20% affordable units? the project is part of a d.d.a. and part of a larger development , for this specific project, it is 20%, but the overall affordability requirement will be met with 30%. >> thank you very much. i want to comment on item numbe. that is in my distric

. >>> students at brookfield elementary are going to classes in a school with no heat. the school district says a had to shut off the gas after a leak was discovered thursday prompting the school to evacuate. classes did resume later day but witht the cold. even with 18 space heaters supplied by the school district. the oakland school district says it is working on repairing that link. >>> there is an effort underway on san mateo county to change the taser policy for the sheriff department. protesters showed up at the san mateo county hall of justice last night . for people died last year after being tased by law enforcement in the county. that led to calls for more transparency surrounding the use of tasers and some people want a ban. the board of supervisors held a special meeting to listen to the pros and cons of tasers from the aclu, a card is cardiologist and a sheriff. >> without the taser i'm sorry high degree of injury is likely to occur to a member of the public and or a deputy when physical force, a baton or a firearm is used. >> 51 people signed up to speak a

brookfield elementary has not had gas service since last work week. we are alive at the elementary and it started with a gas leak. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, no gas service means no central heating for the students on the campus and no hotmail because the kitchen uses gas to prepare meals. the district has brought in 18 space heaters according to district spokesperson to help students and staff here feel a little more comfortable her this outage comes in times when we have experienced the coldest temperature so far this school year. the problem started on thursday when a gas leak was discovered at the elementary . according to a spokesperson pg&e came out on thursday and shut off the gas. students were evacuated as a precaution but then they returned the rest of day thursday then went all day friday and all day yesterday without any central heating or hot meals. repairing the gas leak in order to restore heat has been more complicated than expected according to a spokesperson. the repair was supposed to take several days and it was delay

i mentioned the brookfield project, they're just getting underway and building this project. it's going to be a construction zone for the next 12 months at least. so not super inviting to the public today, but we are worki working closely with orton. we expect orton to polish stuff up over the next week or so, and bring an update to the next c-wag meeting with a proposal, getting feedback, so once the project does finance issue the next two buildings, once 20th street is rablthed and reopened, i think we'll be ready to go with a meaningful site activation plan. did you want to say anything in. >> yes. as phil mentioned, the conception project is still underway. i'm there every day, and it's a -- it's greatly improved. one of the best moments was taking the fences down and putting sidewalks down so people can walk on flat ground. our neighboring construction projects are going to be a challenge. we're going to have to come up with creative ways to negotiate that in the interim, but our goal is to provide a series of programming that we're currently working onto activate the sp

also in oakland today, wells fargo delivered pizzas for everyone in brookfield elementary school. aghast at its there has left students without hot lunches or heat for the past several days. school has brought in space heaters to keep kids warm while they work on a permanent repair. >>> to run counter with a controversy over the name of the school district is still unresolved. the dixie school board in san rafael listen to three hours of public discussion last night. some in the community believe the name reflects an air of slavery and racism and should be changed. supporters say keeping the name honors the schools past. the border did not take the vote to change the name. board members say they want to hear ideas from a wider group of people before making a decision. >>> city lawmakers want people bigger tax ome or apartment in crescent. a bipartisan group is pushing for the first increase of the renters tax credit in 40 years. the credit would apply to single people who are earn up to $41,000 for couples who make up to $83,000. renters without children would get a $220 credit. h

crews are expected to continue work at brookfield elementary as they try to repair and natural gas pipen the school. the gas was turned off last thursday when the leaking pipe was discovered. that has meant no heat and the >> a lot of ner. we just make sure the gas was off and the kids were safe. >> honestly i would rather the gas be off then to be on and there be a problem. we can bundle up. >> crews tell us it can be another week before can be fixed. >>> caltrans could end up owing regional water officials a lot of money because the state agency doesn't do anything about roadside trash. the bay area regional quality control board is expected to order caltrans to start capturing trash that comes from vehicles on roads around the state. the order would set annual standards and require caltrans to clean up nearly six square miles of trash from california roads and roadsides, or face fines of up to $25,000 a day in the next seven year. >>a macarthur bart station will return to court. he is accused of stabbing r sis his attorney says he is getting more and more delusional and paranoid, and

of brookfield is here with me. it is buzzing here.ike these guys spent a lot of opportunity in this rather turbulent world we are living in. >> there is always opportunity. there is a lot of consternation and politics and things out there, but the world is generally in a pretty good place right now. the economies of the world are good or some are improving. i'm not quite as good as last year, but on balance, if you look back over many years, it is pretty good in the world and environment. jason: in the world is brexit happening or maybe not happening. you are a huge landowner in london. this? you play all game. this is a long will make investments assuming you are going to have issues when you go through it. tesla happens to be political. -- this one happens to be political. it will be what it will be. we assume everything will work out in the long-term. placek london is a great to invest and it will be for a long. . -- for a long period of time. the underlying fundamentals of most of the businesses we have, which are $30 billion busi

big heaters were brought into classrooms at brookfield village hmt elementary. the gas knocked out the central heating to the school. >> the district need to fix tis. this is ridiculous. these are kids in here. it's cold. it's freezing. why don't they have the heater on? why can't they fix it? they knew about it last week. it's now tuesday and still not fixed. >> repairs have been delayed because of today's storm. >>> all right. so what we're looking at is the commute planner. sorry, i was trying to tweet something out. i was tweeting out the commute planner, putting it on twitter and facebook. what i want you to see is we've got heavy rain and gusty winds and that's going to bring us plenty of tto increases right nowea:00raz sideways ra, if y're waiting for mass transit. we've got gale warnings for the bay water. winds will gust up to 50 miles per hour. here we are at street level. lucas valley road, down 101 to san rafael, san an sale mow, kentfield, larkspur, even san quentin and now the richmond-san rafael bridge, moderate to heavy rain there. we have a mode

big heaters were brought into classrooms at brookfield elementary. the gas leak knocked out the central heating system in the school. >> the district needs to fix this. this is ridiculous. these are kids in here. it's cold. it's freezing. why don't they have the heater on? why can't they fix it? they knew about this last week. it's now tuesday and still not fixed? >> unfortunately, repairs have been delayed because of today's storm. >>> in the north bay, the dixie school district in san rafael is stig texs suppo there were thred public comment. the board voted 4-1 to reject individual suggested name changes. they'll consider making a change if all aspects of the community have input. some say it's racist because of the ties to civil war era south and slavery. >>> new reaction to governor newsom's big high-speed rail surprise. >>> will edna the cat be returning to a san francisco fire station facility? the proposal the fire commissioner is pitching today. >>> some parts of the bay area already have 2 inches of rain. places like santa rosa. this is the

adviser jared cushion or who refinanced a deeply indebted new york building with a company called brookfield business partners which had just acquired a nuclear services company westinghouse electric under scrutiny as well question his ongoing relationship with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. and central to the report longtime trump supporter and one time national security advisor michael flynn who the report says was deeply involved in pushing a nuclear plan for saudi arabia that included the construction of as many as forty saudi nuclear plants the report says michael flynn was a paid advisor to a company known as i p three international during the presidential campaign through the transition period and even while serving as national security advisor the report ends on february the twelfth that is last week president trump participated in a white house meeting with private nuclear power developers initiated by i p three international and as a democrat led oversight committee commences a large scale investigation the question is whether house republicans will commit to it as wel