we had cal osha out here doing test weeks. >> cal-osha comes out because the state of california, unlike the city of new york or other places, in the state of california, cranes are inspected by the state, not the local jurisdiction. in the wake of the crane collapse in california in 1990, the board of supervisors passed legislation which is now still in it regulations in the building code that requires crane safety programs to make sure that the building department is collecting all the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the

. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, cal osha says a peninsula lab didn't keep its workers safe., it's facing serious violations after a scientist died at that lab last fall. adrian martin was blasted 15 feet in september after a pressurized cylinder exploded at membrane technology and research, located in menlo park. cal osha found pressure in that cylinder reached triple the level it could safely contain. the lab is facing $50,000 in penalties and improper worker training. >>> a schoolteacher says she did not kick or slap her special ne needs students. she appeared in the courtroom today and pleaded not guilty to nine charges of abusing two 4-year-olds at roosevelt elementary. she told the judge, quote, i never abused a child and i can't believe this is happening to me. the judge ordered her to stay away from the school and the alleged victims. she'll be back in court in may. >>> in the east bay, union city plans to reconsider its current restrictions on tobacco sales. the rules prevent the sale within 1,000 feet of parks, cities and libraries. now, the city says it will re-eva

>> this at this point both fire department and cal osha describing this as a co 2 leak and the problem alleviated when a system in the kitchen was turned off. still, the owner has doubts and expressed them to reporters. what is clear is that something made workers here sick. in cases to the point of vomiting. 74 people were sickened and 71 transported to three area hospitals and according to officials there are 11 of those appeared to be ill. and this owner thinks it might have been a chain reaction. sheer what one fire sporksman told us his people found. >> they were advised there was a leak from inside of the building but they turned it off and that they're in the process of getting employees out of the building. >> we care. and just have to see what happened. i n can't assure you that every test in that building has been cleared. >> and once evacuated personnel set up an area here and emwere checked out by paramedics and transported to the hospital. and we can take a look at the

i was terminated because i spoke out to cal osha, highway patrol, places that could help us. it is your jurisdiction to make sure that the public -- as a supervisor, it is your obligation to your constituents to make sure they have save transit vehicles in your district. but do you do that? no, you sit here and you pass b.s. litigation for the big businesses, you have got to be able to take care of your own infrastructure before you can enhance it. if you cannot do that, if you cannot make a basic decision on making sure your constituents have safe, reliable transportation, there is no need to expand it. commissioner campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> my name is cynthia carter. i am also a wrongfully terminated driver of the sfmta due to my filing a sexual harassment charge, due to me being a whistle-blower. something needs to be done. they need to go to sfmta management and see what is going on. when you file a complaint, like i did, sexual harassment charges, i was terminated. they came after me. i was terminated within a year of filing those charges. yet,

cal osha are continue to investigate to find out why so many people here got sick. >> terry: this morning first lady michelle obama will be in alameda to commission a new coastguard cutter. she attended a re-election campaign fund-raiser. first lady was going to raise $175,000. >> i was really hoping to hear from her how she was going to support the young people who might not have the best opportunities right now. >> terry: after a visit to alameda today. she is going to go to los angeles for the nickelodeon kids choice awards. she will present an award to taylor swift. >> we have a new price tag for the high speed rail project in california, just over 68 building billion that is $30 billion less -- $68 billion and it's $30 billion less. they will have details on monday. it would stretch from merced to los angeles and that is a significant expansion from the so-called train to nowhere concept that originally linked central valley cities. >>> we were waiting for the storm. >> lisa: i told you it was coming. >> terry: i believed you. i see it and you cameras are getting wiped out. >> lisa:

. >> cal-osha will start their investigation, it will depend on them with the county environmental health, they will make sure that the building is safe, operations are safe and no one will get injured from their operations. >> reporter: most of the people was released but one man is still under medical care. the owners said they have never had an incident like this. >> our number one concern is for the health and safety of our staff. >> reporter: charles k -- charles clifford kron 4 news. >>> two weeks since a teen went missing the search is on for sierra lamar. they are now looking at foot hills in south san jose and possible evidence found yesterday is being investigated. all of that while hundreds joined the search for a fourth day and tonight sierra lamar's mother thanked those who donated their time and pleaded for her daughter's safe return. >> please, please, release her to me. i just want her safe recovery. i want her back with us. i just going to thank everyone out there, you know, that had continued these efforts and it -- nobody backed 79 it is truly amazing and i am grateful.

this he started with pizza restaurants this, plant produces frozen items and there is now up to cal osha to figure out exactly what happened and what made all of the people so sick. >> there are so many patients that paramedics had to take them to different hospitals to treat them all. >> there is center solano medical center. all of them but one have been treated and released. the one checked into the hospital we're told is in serious condition. earlier today the hospital set up tents in the parking lot behind me. doctor skbrorz nurses evaluated patients. this was a triage area where justin was brought in. >> i didn't feel symptoms but i have seen other people, they said they're feeling fine, then, they said they couldn't breathe then falling and painting and throwing up. and it was just scary to see your co-workers going through that. >> the patients were arriving and the doctor said was an evaluation of symptoms they were showing. >> we evaluate them for sweating and headaches and stable saigs. and there is main thing making sure they don't go into cardiac problems including cardiac a

now, again the local authorities and cal osha are still investigating. they are trying to figure out exactly why so many people here got sick today. reporting live in vallejo, sergio quintana, abc news. >> thank you. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting and car crash involving a taxicab. they were over the scene moments after it happened. after 6:30 it was at cole street and foothill boulevard in east oakland. at least one person was injured by gunfire. officers closed off the street, and they are still trying to piece together what lead to the shooting. there was no word on the condition of the victim. >>> today marks two weeks since the disappearance of 15-year-old sierra lamar. she left for school in morgan hill and hasn't been seen since. today hundreds of volunteer searchers turned out again, and now the search strategy will change this weekend. abc7's thomas roman is live in morgan hill at the command post. >> we are here at the search headquarters at burnett elementary school. today saw the largest group of volunteers since sierra lamar

they have brought us to the planning commission, cal osha, the spca. three times, even our children's pets have not been abused. they have reported our home vacant and abandon while we were living there, both to the city agencies and to our mortgage holder. whose interests are they serving, and what is their goal? on may 18, 2011, mr. butler appeared before this very commission with blatant arrogance, he showed photographs çlr home, and this is in the archives -- you can all watch it. he said, "when we go down into the garage" -- let me assure you, over my dead body did i give permission to this man to enter my home. there appears to be no limits to which mr. butler will not go to achieve his goals. a fairly even breaking into my home is acceptable practice. once aware of our interests, in 550 states, they have transferred their campaign for harassment to that property. last week, during their request for a discretionary review hearing, the sole supporter of that motion -- [bell rings] >> thank you. the speaker. >> good morning, commissioners. i am was

i also talked to an official from cal osha. he says that they have not gotten any information or any violations from this plant, and this investigation could take about a month. reporting live in villejo, nbc bay area news. >>> new details in the case of the so-called speed freak killers. the remains two of teenage girls found in an abandoned well have been identified. investigators in the central valley say the remains have been identified as 19-year-old kimberly billie who went missing in 1984 and 16-year-old joann hobson who vanished in 1985. forensic expert have yet to identify a third body uncovered from the well in lyndon. death row inmate wesley shermandine is linked to the 15-year killing spree. the search for remains began last month after he gave maps of boneyards to a bounty hunter in exchange for $33,000. >>> a troubling discovery in the search for sierra lamar. crews found bones but confirmed this afternoon they were animal bones. nbc bay area's marianne favro with more. >> reporter: yes, detectives spent the after

now, again the local authorities and cal osha are still investigating. they are trying to figure out exactly why so many people here got sick today. reporting live in vallejo, sergio quintana, abc news. >> thank you. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting and car crash involving a taxicab. they were over the scene moments after it happened. after 6:30 it was at cole street and foothill boulevard in east oakland. at least one person was injured by gunfire. officers closed off the street, and they are still trying to piece together what lead to the shooting. there was no word on the condition of the victim. >>> today marks two weeks since the disappearance of 15-year-old sierra lamar. she left for school in morgan hill and hasn't been seen since. today hundreds of volunteer searchers turned out again, and now the search strategy will change this weekend. abc7's thomas roman is live in morgan hill at the command post. >> we are here at the search headquarters at burnett elementary school. today saw the largest group of volunteers since sierra lamar

so that's very heavily regulated by cal osha for safety concerns. >> and not by the city of san franciscowe don't regulate that at all. >> that was big in the regulating world. >> you have to clean buildings. >> they're swaying it inboard. as we would say. >> the original design for old buildings were, they would open up the window and there were these two bronze hooks. and the guy would hook himself up and hang on the outside of the building, close the window and wash the window from outside, hanging off these bronze hooks. now, there's no way i would do that but they found people to do it. >> why would people use bronze? it's not just corrosion resistant, very highly corrosion resistant. >> it is a hard material. not soft like copper. >> on high rise we have cladding, this is from the outside of the building, very unusual. >> this is about four ircht incs thick. when they build this building, the bank said money is no object. so in most buildings you will see in san francisco, the veneer is 3 centimeters thick with a concrete backer. >> and then as you go up, you sort of get lower and l

cal osha was called in. officials tell us they have no records of violations at the plant. the hospital officials say they treated 45 employees. they have been treated and released. one employee is still at the hospital and he is listed in serious condition. in vallejo, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> well, to the weather now. rain returns to the bay area and it could start rolling in later on tonight. jeff ranieri is in the nbc bay area weather center with the details for us just in time for the weekend. jeff? >> this makes three weekends in a row where we've had the rain starting at the beginning of the weekend. what you'll see is the warm front starting to roll in. that warm air helped numbers to boost up into the 60s and low 70s but also some sunshine. so enjoy it now because as we head throughout tomorrow we're going to see things shift. the jet stream is riding over northern california. it's going to provide enough uplift that as the developing storm arrives on saturday, it's not only going to drop our temperatures anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees but it will also b

. >> so-cal osha investigators came and have already left and the plant is back on line, many of those workers are back working according to the owner including the original guy that fainted. the bottom line is a big question, could this have been a psychosomatic situation? where one person felt ill and then another got sick and then so they got sick. and it just snowballed? that is what the owner implies but it remains to be seen as an officials have not confirmed that. >> sharon chin is at the medical center where the staff was on high alert to receive into dozens of those sick workers. any word? >> more than 70 people were treated and released at the hospital, they say there is one person in the emergency room listed in serious condition, getting ready to be admitted to the hospital. this afternoon the staff put up three tree of tense in the parking lot, they were ready to take in 70 patients and ambulance bosses rushed 45 people here. 44 have been treated and released and one patient has been in mid in serious condition under observation. 30 other people when to kaiser. similar sym

that there is ongoing investigation but that is kind of standard for local authorities and also cal/osha who was also called here and those types of investigations do sometimes take awhile so it may awhile until we actually get some answers as to exactly why so many employees started getting sick here. about this is abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> quick note on carbon dioxid dioxide. it is used in food preparation for carbonating soda, dehydrating foods and keeping food cold. dry ice is the solid form. firefighters tell us that during a leak people would have trouble breathing because co2 displaces oxygen in the air. >> oakland police investigating a shooting and car crash involving a taxi cab. sky 7 hd over the 16 moments after it happened about 6:30 this evening at coal street and foothill boulevard in east oak land. at least one person was injured by gunfire. officers closed off the street. still trying to piece together what led up to the shooting then the crash. there is no word on the condition of the victim. >>> 15-year-old sierra la mar disappeared two week ago today on her w

cal osha found pressure in the cylinder was trifp the level. >> this morning experts are warning of higha after a skier was killed in lake tahoe. the skier and two friends triggered a slide in an out-of-bounds area near the alpine meadows ski resort. deputies say the men were pushed several hundred feet down the mountain. >> one was caught in the slide, right from the git-go and taken down the mountain quite a ways, probably 300 feet down. he was all messed up. he was pretty wrapped around a tree. quite a few broken limbs. >> the injured skier was taken to the hospital in truckee where he died. the other two men were not hurt. so far none of the skiers has been identified. >> this morning a memorial dedicated to war veterans is ready to be rededicated after a bay area community spent $30,000 to repair damage left by vandals. damian trujillo is live in san jose with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the san jose war memorial had been boarded up but yesterday the volunteers and the contractor put the finishing touches on the restoration of the san jose war memoria

. >> t--cal osha is on the scene. >>reporter: 45 workers have been released. at this hospital and others. the owner is speaking up saying this was a big misunderstanding. coming up the kron 4 news at 5:30 we will hear his side of the story. reporting live, terisa estacio. >>pam: in response and emergency tria forge unit with emergency- triage one man described the scene. >> from what i saw everybody started dropping. it is kind of scary. there was a lot of people fainting. they were out of breath and throwing up. they could not speak. one of my co- workers said that she felt kind of sick and was short of breath. we were working inside of the kitchen and the supervisor came in and asked us if we were fine. what ever. some people did get impacted. some people did not. maybe five, 10 minutes later. we heard an announcement on the intercom for everybody to get outside. >>pam: out of the dozens examined in the outdoor medical unit only one patient was admitted to the hospital. >>pam: new developments on the " speed freak " killers. new victims' remains have found.

cal osha will be inspecting equipment and safety measures at that plant. >>> new this morning, in his weekly address president obama is urging americans not to believe in political rhetoric this election year. >> any career politician who promises some 3-point plan to $2 gas are knock look for a solution. they're just looking for your vote. >> the president says he has been watching the rising gas prices and he wants congress to end the $4 billion in annual tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry. mr. obama says the high gas prices are a result of unrest in the middle east and the increasing demand for oil overseas. president obama says long-term solutions involve alternative sources of energy and raising fuel economy standards. >>> the obama administration is now unveiling options for its free birth control policy. it is focusing on ways to provide the free contraception to women working at non-prompt church affiliated places. churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship are exempt from the law. the policy says free birth control has to be provided to women at the cos