masiva de combustible en la refineria "cónoco-phillips".--la falta de hidrogeno provoco el cierre de la planta, por lo que se decidio quemar el exceso de combustible.--el departamento de salud del condado de contra costa advirtio que las personas con enfermedades respiratorias como asma o enfisema podrian verse afectados por los gases y el humo generado.--a ellos se les esta pidiendo que permanezcan en el interior de sus casas. --contiÚa la controversia por la mortal explosÓn de san bruno. y nuevamente, la tuberia de gas que provoÓ este desastre se ubica en el centro de la polemica.-- beatriz ferrari nos tiene los

this week, earnings were better than expected for conoco. it's in the middle of a restructuring effort, which it now says will include selling some refining operations. also on the block, exploration assets in the u.s. and a liquified natural gas project in australia. conoco wants to raise money to pay down debt and more tightly focus the firm on production and exploration. tomorrow morning, it's exxon mobil's turn for earnings. and stronger refinery margins and higher oil prices are expected to help its bottom line. shares were down 1% today. over the past year, the stock is among the worst-performing dow industrial components, down 10%. speaking of dow stocks, procter & gamble gave us its unique read on the global consumer with its quarterly update. we'll have the latest data here, with earnings coming in two cents better than expectations, even though they were down from a year ago. margins were hurt by higher commodity costs, something we heard about yesterday from competitor kimberly-clark. shares squeezed out a small gain. they've been

excessive flairing at the conoco phillips refinery can seen in rodeo. the plume has been growing since early this morning. we just spoke to county officials who say a health warning continues to be in effect right now for residents in the area. there was an equipment failure that triggered the loss of hydrogen forcing the plant to burn off excessive fuel. the process sends particulates into the air which could be a problem with those who have respiratory problems. health fishes have not issued a shelter in place just a health warning. they will issue a shelter in place if things get worse. >>> today we learned california unemployment rate didn't budge from last month. the state jobless rate remained steady at 12.4% for september after creeping up slightly between july and august. a 12% figure is sharply higher than one year earlier but it looks like that's not the bottom. ktvu consumer editor tom vacar joins us now from alameda to explain, tom. >> reporter: right at the moment, the concern is with taxpayer supported jobs being lost in big volume. that's

a conoco phillips spokesperson says workers still need to inspect much of the equipment before they caning it back on line. >>> an arlington based company that provides a service for doctors to share electronic medical records is expanding. starting in january they will offer a new platform that allows doctors to share information across networks that don't normally communicate to one another. it consides with a push by the white house for the modern situation of medical recordkeeping and the upcoming release of 20 billion dollars in stimulus funding for that purpose. >> 5:56. the vallejo city council votes tonight on a plan to transfer the operation of the city bus service out of its gurs diction. the plan calls for the merging and the shifting of vallejo and venetia bus and transit services to a new indict called solano county transit or sole- trans. officials say this transition will be seemless to all the passengers. it could be completed within a year. >> let's go back over to tara in for sal this morning. how is traffic? >> it is backed up a little bit at the bay bridge toll plaza

residentes de las ciudades de rodeo y crockett , debido a una quema masiva de combustible en la refineria "cónoco-phillipsxceso de combustible.--el departamento de salud del condado de contra costa advirtio que las personas con enfermedades respiratorias como asma o enfisema podrian verse afectados por los gases y el humo generado.--a ellos se les esta pidiendo que permanezcan en el interior de sus casas. --contiÚa la controversia por la mortal explosÓn de san bruno. y nuevamente, la tuberia de gas que provoÓ este desastre se ubica en el centro de la polemica.-- beatriz ferrari nos tiene los ---diez estudiantes resultaron heridos, luego de la repentina explosion de un equipo de cocina portatil en la preparatoria "north" en la ciudad de "torrance".---cuatro preparatoria "north" en la ciudad de "torrance".---cuatro de los alumnos los y manos.cc1: ---al parecer, la explosion fue causada por una falla en el tanque de gas.---el plantel escolar no resulto daÑado, por lo que la escuela permanece abierta.---los estudiantes de cocina participaban en un evento de recaudacion de fondos para la "unicef". mas adelante

. >>> we want to go back on the developing news on the conoco phillips plant. rita williams just arrived in rodeo and has the latest on what's going on. >> reporter: this has been going on for a couple of hours residents in residents in crocket and rodeo. commuters are probably noticing it as well. it was much bigger than this earlier, maybe three or four times the flame and billowing smoke but they have got this under control. we are told that this will continue until as late as 10:00 tonight because that's how long it's going to take to shut down the plant because they've added equipment failure. and the flair is the intentional burning of excess fuel. air testing is under way for hydrocarbons but we've been told that they have been detected as low. so this has been deemed a level two and only people with respiratory problems are being urged to stay inside and avoid breathing the air. so far hazardous materials folks here in contra costa county say no one has been sickened, no one has reported for care in connection with this. inside the plant, they are tryin

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. >>> the flaring has stopped at the conoco refinery in rodeo. what happens next. >>> getting to the bottom of the san bruno gas line disaster. why two employees on the job that night have not talked to investigators. cbs5 eyewitness news is next. ,,

tomorrow: the september reports on new home sales and durable goods, along with quarterly results from conoco-phillips, hess, proctor and gamble, and visa. also, we'll have two "street critique" guests to answer the question, which is better to own-- gold, as in the yellow metal itself; or gold stocks, the companies digging it out of the ground. a legal victory today for amazon.com and some of its customers. a federal judge says the online retailer does not have to turn over customer names to tax officials in north carolina. he said those consumers, and the right to keep private what they buy, are protected by the first amendment. north carolina has been trying to get data on amazon customers to charge them state sales tax. lawyers for the state are now reviewing their options, including an appeal. >> tom: glaxosmithkline will pay $750 million and plead guilty to manufacturing and distributing tainted products. the settlement with the justice department is the latest in a growing number of whistleblower lawsuits involving pharmaceutical companies. glaxo was accused of knowingly selling contaminated ba

officials have been trying to shut down operations at the conoco refinery in rodeo since midmorning. >> and the flame is part of a process they wish was going much faster. amy hollyfield is live in rodeo to take you through exactly what is happening. >> dan, it is a slow process, and they have been working on it all day. the flare is down though. they have down graded the threat from a level two to a level one meaning any impact from this burning should be felt on site only. not in the neighborhood. but these flames caused quite a scare on the streets of rodeo today. when the giant fireball first appeared in rodeo this morning, residents thought their neighborhood was burning. >> it looked like a giant volcano. if you didn't know any better you would have swore the apartment building at the top of the hill was on fire. >> this one was burning on purpose. the refinery had to shut down the plant because of a system failure. they are burning processett gas as a safety measure. >> the gas is under pressure in the process units. so it has to have -- when you lose steam and power it needs

we'll hear from conoco phillips and also exxon mobil who will report their numbers along with visa and microsoft. and then at the end of the week we'll get the weekly jobless claims and also get the first reading on third-quarter gdp. that's critical to see how the u.s. economy is faring. >>> i'm a.j. hammer and here's what we're watching this week. janet jackson is sitting down with the ladies of the few monday. everybody is wondering how she's doing more than a year after michael's death. and will bristol palin survive yet another round of "dancing with the stars"? we'll be right there on the set of the show. "showbiz tonight" tonight is at 5:00 p.m. eastern and still the most provocative tv entertainment show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and 8:00 p.m. pacific. >>> stay tuned for the week ahead. we'll be covering haiti a lot. cholera there has killed 200 people and sickened thousands. also stay tuned for my election road trip. next week i'll be traveling through the midwest to cover the election starting monday in chicago and heading east. in cities all over the midwest. we'll be in elkhart

oil company conoco phillips not directly as the company's president but given a bit of dated but on the open market according to wednesday's market quotations.

so that's the situation that's happening near crockett and rodeo at the conoco refinery so we'll keep you updated throughout this newscast and, of course, at 6:00 tonight. >>> in other news a shark attack in southern california has killed a body boarder. the attack happened this morning at surf beach in santa barbara county near vandenberg air force base. we have some photographs. these actually show the sharks bite marks on the board. amy johnson reports about the three closed beaches. >> reporter: a santa barbara county sheriff's department helicopter crew searching the waters of surf beach at vandenberg air force base where 19-year-old lucas ransom was fatally attacked by a shark just before 9:00 a.m. >> the friend was surfing. the victim was boogie boarding. saw his friend go under water for a brief moment, came up, something was wrong, noticed that he had been attacked by a shark. assisted him into the beach. >> reporter: ransom a chemical engineering student at uc santa barbara was pronounced dead at the scene. the shark reportedly tearing his leg off. >> the boogie board was al

. >> the problems begin late this morning at conoco phillips refinery which?lyfield is live. >> the flames is making people nervous. look how dramatic. it's very bright and active the smoke is black. officials have been monitoring the air but the fire is controlled. they are doing this on purpose. it's part of shutting down the plant. because of the

after ending at a ten month high can this session energy producers on the rise with petro china and conoco among the gainers. right here in moscow the markets finished in monday's session in the black energy shares made strong gains across the aft is up one percent gas from a slightly behind with point nine percent of gains going to make euros more than one percent after the positive after posting a five times increase in pursed itself. but the third largest steelmaker lower lip its expectations for second quarter results look to profits from january to choose to five hundred nineteen million dollars to a loss in the same period of two thousand and nine stronger steel prices boosted the company's performance but it's a warning that third quarter profits will be weaker. inflation in russia is speeding up it reached is. point eight percent in september fueling concerns that angle inflation will be higher than the official forecast of tema growth was driven mainly by food prices in particular this relates to buckwheat and eggs the price of eggs jumped around thirty percent in more than fifty

the conoco phillips refinery had to shut down the plant. they are burning gas as a safety measure. >> the gas is under pressure in the process unit. it has to have someplace to go. >> there are concerns about what this is doing to air quality. officials from several different agencies are monitoring air samples and have decided to issue a level two warning, advising people with breathing problems to stay inside. >> i'm pregnant so it's not good. >> she is standing outside. she was tired of being cooped up inside. >> it's hot inside. earlier in dated i was in the house. >> kids are playing tonight. one man says if people couldn't see the flames they might not have known about it. the refinery didn't send out any kind of announcement. >> we saw it on tv. that was it. that the refinery was burning and for people to stay inside. >> i would like to express my apologies to the community, just the visible flair and causes alarm for that and we're truly sorry. >> we're used to live here. they burn whatever they burn. >> they are monitoring the air

we'll hear from conoco phillips and exxon. along with visa and microsoft. then we'll get the weekly jobless claims at the end of the week and get the first reading on third quarter gdp. that's critical to see how the u.s. economy is faring. we'll track it all on "cnn money." >> i'm a.j. hammer and here's what we're watching this week. janet jackson is sitting down with the ladies of "the view," monday. everyone is wondering how she's doing more than a year after michael's death. will bristol palin survive another rounds of "dancing with the stars." we'll be right there on the shet of the show. "showbiz tonight" is on at 5:00 p.m. at hln and 11:00 p.m. eastern at pacific. >>> thank you very much, guys. cnn's national editor's desk is here with stories we'll be watching overseas. oh, man, haiti, cholera, last thing they needed and now in port-au-prince. >> the numbers keep growing. few 53, 3,000 infected. if they don't quarantine this somehow, it's going to spread and that's our number one story going into next week. >> the worst fear was it was going to reac

the conoco phillips refinery is causing the refinery to burn off excessive fuel. bad air quality affects rodeo and also the neighboring town of crockett. while a shelter in place hasn't been issued, the health department does say people with asthma or emphysema could have trouble breathing outdoors. there's no estimate how long those noxious fumes will be around. >>> just in, a secret u.s. military report on the three american hikers arrested for allegedly crossing the iraq-iran border has been leaked. the field report says the three uc berkeley grads did not cross into iran during their hike but it did predict the three would be accused of spying. it also conceded the three friends ignored cautions about their travels. the document was among nearly 400,000 secret u.s. military documents just released by the wikileaks website. sarah shourd was released from prison on humanitarian grounds recently. her fiance and good friend remain behind bars in iran. >>> things are heating up tonight for one of the most watched measures in the united states. we're talking about p

. >> health officials, in the east bay, with respiratory problems their comical philip, a conoco loveo contra costa county, that on bird hydrocarbons, were in the air. unburned and uerefined so far, no injuries. >> and at the san bruno gas line explosion investigation. friday, the mayor of san bruno is pg&e and the intention of the city to remove it. >> i've made this very clear that it would be not impossible to rebuild that neighborhood with that pipeline repair in place. mr. johns has made a commitment to me, on the behalf of pg&e that he did not want that pipeline reconnected through that neighborhood. pg&e will do everything they could to find another location. also the emphasis for this to have an associated commitment on our part to help finding a suitable relocation. >> i, in turn made that commitment to mr. johns. >> despite that commitment from pg&e, others challenge is moving that pipeline. a new location in the densely populated area will be a problem. and, the environmental impact report will have to be release complete, and this t the state utilities commission will of t

that's blocking first street closed between conoco and ridgely.40. and there's a look at the drive times and speeds. and 44 miles per hour on the slowest spot between 95 and 83. there's a look at the westside. and again, sun glare could be a factor there. and discoverkia motors. to learn more, go to kia.com. >> whether and it's a gorgeous day start. and we have the big low over the north east. and the big movement is effecting a gigantic area. one of the showers to the west -- as you look at the forecast this is coming in here later on. it can't be overlooked. we're in the 60s now and a gentle breeze and the winds picking up later. >>> baltimore city school teachers come out by the thousands to vote on a proposed contract that could change the way they're paying. andrea fujii has more. >> reporter: the union leaders will push for the news contract again in a news conference. the teachers voted no last year. currently, the salary is based on their own degrees and years of service. the union leaders will advocate the contract again hoping for anothe

recently, shell partnered with exxon-mobil, with chevron, with conoco phillips to fund a $1 billion effortto engineer and construct equipment designed to improve our industry's capability to contain an underwater blowout in the gulf of mexico should one occur. this entity is called the marine well containment company and it's a non-profit organization the new containment system will be flexible, it will be adaptable an be able to be deployed within days and be full my operational within weeks to capture and contain oil from a potential future underwater well blowout, should one occur. it's designed to enhance response capabilities for maximuprotection of the environment and it's designed to fully contain oil with no flow to the surrounding water. the ne system is going to be engineered thor provide a capacity of 100,000 barrels a day and have the flexibility to be expanded of we've also sent our top deep water drilling experts re to washington, d.c. to help policymakers better understand what's involved in developing resources in the deep water. we shared the information because we believe