hirsh says it could take years to test new soil samples. in the newsroom, i'm kate larsen, back to you. >> all right, kate. back to you. >>> now to a scare in the east bay. thousands of bay point and pittsburg residents are back in their homes tonight. last night they were forced to evacuate when a nearby chevron pipeline caught fire. abc 7 news reporter unser hudson is live in bay point where crews are working to find a cause. >> yeah, alma, chevron crews are still out here monitoring the situation. they're thankful no one was hurt, but many residents describe last night as chaos, complaining that the vaubzs were handled poorly with people not knowing what to do or where to go. the lights are back on tonight in bay point after thousands of residents were forced to evacuate last night. >> it was kind of scary, you know. we didn't know what to do. like they're telling us we're going blow up. >> cecilia mccoy says she only had time to grab her 6-year-old daughter and a pair of shoes before rushing out the door. her family slept in the car at

>> commissioner hirsch: my name is bob hirsh, i'm also a lawyer. that makes six out of seven. we have one regular person on the commission. i grew up in new york city, but i came out here to go to law school many, many years ago, and i've been in san francisco for about 40 years. i've been a lawyer here for 39 years. i was a labor lawyer for many years representing unions. i then became the general counsel of an investment firm in san francisco for many years, and for the last 11 or 12 years i've been an arbitrator and mediator, which means i'm on my own. i function as a private judge or a mediator in labor disputes, in commercial disputes, securities matters, depending on what it is, and i've been active in law enforcement matters for many years and joined the police commission a year and a half ago. the late mayor ed lee appointed me, and i miss him. >> vice president mazzucco: thank you, commissioner hirsh. so, especially for the members of the criminal justice class, you'll see that we as a police commission are the liaison between the community and the police department.

joining us in a moment is michael hirsh, who's been following the story.o later, norman solomon talk about liberals, the democratic party, and 2020. it is the 21st day of october, we are back in a moment. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, on american artifacts, a baseball americana exhibit at the library of congress, which includes the baseball magna carta. and at 8:00, on the presidency. ,ormer president george w. bush cokie roberts and friends, reflect on the life of former first lady barbara bush. about,had this motto you're going to be judged by the life, by yourr relationships with friends, family, coworkers. and people you meet along the way. tv,atch on american history this weekend on c-span 3. >> university of pennsylvania annenberg school of communication professor on web privacy issues. policies are not designed to protect your privacy,

. >> reporter: hirsh's research adds to questions of cleanup efforts. >> we were told it was clear. who would buy in a super fund site that wasn't cleaned up. eight months ago two people were put introprison for falsifying data. >> are you worried that this will be able to get cleaned up? >> i'm hopeful. we're in the middle of a housing crisis. >> we should add the company hired to clean up the shipyard told us it stands by its work there at hunter's point. >>> the test results are in and san francisco's drinking water has no trace of pesticides. last week, people complained their tap water had a strange taste. the reports mostly came from the sunset district. tonight, the public utility taken, and none ore than 20 were positive for pesticides and say it appears the water was never unsafe to drink. >>> a dangerous incident at oakland's zoo is prompting security changes. we show you this video of a visitor climbing the outer wall. after viewing the video, officials will add more foot patrols around the ground. >>> it's just a little drop, but it's symbolic. for the first time in seve

so this commission is taking it very seriously, as commissioner hirsh mentioned. there's a lot of history, a lot of studies, a lot of medical and policy decisions that had to be considered, but at this point the commission has passed the use of tasers, a policy is in place, and that's one of the importance of the crisis intervention training, because now our officers are trained that when somebody's in distress, when somebody's undergoing a psychiatric episode, that force is not the ideal first option. it should be the last option. and so, you know, we're trying to do this in a way that preserves all life and preserves the safety of our citizens, our officers, and everybody. >> and you can see where it's a very -- we as a commission really worked with each other. even if we have different opinions, we basically work through this. you know, and at the end of the day, some of us made the decision that, you know, tasers are lethal, candidly, in some instances. some people say it's less lethal than being shot with a firearm. i'm one of the few commissioners, probably

jeff hirsh: tonight four candidates, two seats in congress and you get to decide. from local 12 news in conjunction with the american jewish committee, the jewish community relations council, this is the 2,018th congressional candidates. now here is your moderator. jeff hirsch. jeff good evening, everyone and welcome to the next congressional districts. we will discuss some of the issues facing voters when they go to the polls three weeks from tonight. before we bring out the candidates i want to tell you a little bit about them and where the districts are. the first stretches from western hamilton county east of downtown and also cut the narrow path across northern hamilton county before jetting north to include old warren county. county. for the first district seat is democrat serving as hamilton county clerk of courts. he's a graduate of ohio state university and uc college of law. prior to service he worked at procter and gamble at the attorney's office he and his wife lived downtown. republican steve chabot is the republican having represented the first distri

jeff hirsh: tonight four candidates, two seats in congress and you get to decide. from local 12 news in conjunction with the american jewish committee, the jewish community relations council, this is the 2,018th congressional candidates. now here is your moderator. jeff hirsch. jeff good evening, everyone and :