>>erica mitchell rosa is with cal osha. the state worker safety agency that's among those investigating the incident. it's cal osha that issued the shutdown order until new star can prove. it can operate safely again. so cal osha says this work site has no history of violations. >>this is one of the work sites where they take safety. i'm participate in cal osha consultation services, voluntary protection program and the highest ranking for that. >>as the investigation proceeds new stars working to clean up the facility. in a statement. the company says our first efforts are to ensure there are no air or water emissions from the terminal. we have engineering teams on the ground working with inspection companies to assess adjacent tanks and equipment for damage. new star would not say if they had vented adjacent tanks to relieve pressure or drain the containment ponds surrounding the damage tanks that protective foam is now gone, and it appears there still some form of liquid in the ponds also thursday crockett firefighters h

cal osha does have jurisdiction. >> because this does impact worker safety, cal osha is looking into exactly what occurred. >>> new star has won praise for program status. all parties say the company has been fully cooperative. nonetheless a thorough investigation of nustar energy's operations, maintenance, training and record-keeping is underway which might result in fines and sanctions. >> at this point it is too soon to tell. we don't know exactly what caused the rupture and the fire. >> reporter: if you look on the county health department website will note there have been 54 major accidents at refineries or chemical facilities. that is quite a bit. the health department will look at that and certainly people will consider more regulations. with that many it seems like that is needed. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the fire yesterday led to a shelter in place for those who lived in the area of crockett and rodeo. here's a look at air quality across the bay area. the green area shows good ai yellow area which covers much of the east bay is moderate air quality with some pollutant

but state regulators say new star has not had problems before at that work site cal osha as. >>and no incidents of workplace safety and health inspections that resulted in violations as the investigation proceeds new star is working to clean up the facility. >>and making plans for repairs. in a statement. the company says vacuum trucks are removing firefighting water and foam which was contained on site. no there's no mention of whether they're still ethanol in those ponds the company goes on to say our engineering teams are on the ground working with inspection companies to assess adjacent tanks and equipment for mechanical integrity with regard to air quality we conducted air monitoring in multiple sites for a multitude of potential contaminants. all were below detectable levels. also thursday crockett firefighters had to return to the hillside adjacent to the new fire tuesday. that's when a small spot fire rekindled it was quickly put out. >>there's been a lot of speculation that monday's earthquake might have led to tuesday's explosion and fire here. a new star says after

again, cal osha issued no citations in that incident. i can see that we're taking this nustar statement. nustar put out a statement earlier. we've learned some more new information since they did. let me tell you what they said initially, they were working with first responders to extinguish a fire at the sell by terminal in crockett, california. in the statement earlier they said there were two impacted tanks which were holding very low volumes of ethanol, less than 1% of tank capacity. of course, just a short time ago we learned it's actually three impacted tanks and that one of those tanks had as much as 176,000 gallons of ethanol. that's according to fire officials. nustar in the earlier statement said all personnel is safe and accounted for. that's good news there.. also, nustar enacted emergency response procedures and were cooling adjacent tanks so they could reduce the risk of the fire spreading and contacted all regulatory agencies. we have video to show and i'd like to tell you more about nustar in general. they have 74 termina

but now cal osha, the atf, contra costa fire and the d.a.'office have a full-scale investigation under way. >> to determine what happened and couldt happen again and ensure before that -- before that shutdown order is lifted that the -- that newstar energy can operate safely. >> reporter: meanwhile, the crockett fire department is staying on top of hotspots around the plant. firefighters with a small all-volunteer fire department rehe first to respond to tuesday's fire. an experience they'll never forget. >> we're very proud of that k t handled this, chief did a fantastic job managing incident. yeah, it really went well. >> reporter: we're back here live. you can see there is still firefighter presence out here at new star. now, i also just got off the phone with the chief of contra costa county's environmental heth he just told me that the test results from those air samples at the bay area air quality management district took out here on tuesday night are in and he hopes to be releasing those soon. reporting live in contra costai area news.

nonetheless, cal osha does have jurisdiction. >> because this does impact worker safety, cal osha is looking into exactly what occurred. >> reporter: nustar has one praise from cal osha for its status. and all companies say the company has been fully cooperative. nonetheless, a full investigation is underway which might result in fines and sanctions. >> at this point, it's really too soon to tell. we don't know exactly what caused the rupture, and the fire. >> reporter: if this sounds all too common, get this. in checking historical records over the last 20 years, contra costa county alone has suffered 54, 54 of what it calls major refinery, or chemical plant accidents. 54 in just 20 years. that's the situation right now. we'll be back at 5:00, at which time, we hope to have another news conference on the latest on what's going on. tom vacar. >> could that have any impact on gas prices in the bay area? >> reporter: very unlikely, because there isn't really enough stuff going on here. it's not like a refinery that's turning this stuff out. the chevron refinery is responsible for one i

cal osha does have jurisdiction. >> because this does impact worker safety, cal osha is looking into exactly what porter: new star energy has won praise from cal osha for their voluntary protection program and the company has been fully cooperative. nonetheless an investigation of operations, training and record keeping is underway which might result in fines and sanctions. >> it is too soon to tell. we don't know exactly what caused the rupture and the fire. >> reporter: in tracking the historical records. over the last 20 years contra costa county has suffered 54 of what it calls major refinery or chemical plant accidents. 54 of those in 20 years. that is five every two years. this is a very major problem out here. this doesn't make things any easier. the industries can probably act more regulations and from that number it appears they deserve it. tom baker, ktvu fox 2 news. >> we have seen in the past when there is a refinery fire that gas rises tend to spike. this wasn't a refinery to tank storage area. will have impact on gas prices you think? >> reporter: since it was used for

but state regulators say new star has not had problems before at that work site cal osha as. >>and no incidents of workplace safety and health inspections that resulted in violations as the investigation proceeds new star is working to clean up the facility. >>and making plans for repairs. in a statement. the company says vacuum trucks are removing firefighting water and foam which was contained on site though there's no mention of whether they're still ethanol in those ponds the company goes on to say our engineering teams are on the ground working with inspection companies to assess adjacent tanks and equipment for mechanical integrity with regard to air quality we conducted air monitoring in multiple sites for a multitude of potential contaminants. all were below detectable levels. also thursday crockett firefighters had to return to the hillside adjacent to the new star facility that caught fire tue was quickly put out, there's been some speculation that monday night's earthquake may have led to tuesday's tank explosion and fire. >>new star says after that earthquake. the

cal osha is over seeing this. they will not allow it to go back up until they have finished the investigation and make sure it's safe. they say it could take weeks, even months. they're trying to fast track this. >> we're learning that one of the emergency sirens in the area of the fire wasn't on operating last night. the sheriff's department says it may have been damaged by the explosion and fire. four others were sounding the alarm to shelter in place. the malfunctions siren was in the area of the small town that was evacuated. people said they heard and felt the explosion. >> the power went out and then the sirens were going off. >> it was loud and the house just shook and rattled. >> the bay area air quality management district says they'll test an air sample to learn more about the toxins in the air. our coverage of the new star fire continues on our website, ktvu. >> vice president, mike pence, and secretary of state, mike pompeo are on their way to turkey to begin a ceasefire. president trump announced his

. >> cal/osha is stopping the use of petroleum storage facility in crockett after a major fire broke out. how it started is under investigation. and assessment team is on site investigating the cause while fire crews worked to avoid another flareup. sara zendehnam joins us live from crockett with the latest. >> reporter: officials just told us they really dodged a bullet. they say if those tanks had more ethanol in them this could've been much worse. i was step out of the way so you can see we are. we are at the front gates of this facility and there are a lot of people out here assessing the scene. right now they are in the cleanup process of this situation. cal/osha's is prohibiting use of the facility and nustar said last night all operations and shipments are stopped for now. we don't know when the facility will be up and running. an assessment team has been here for hours touring the facility but still no word on the cause. the contra costa fire protection district held another news conference with an update from the scene. as we know, two tanks containing 252,000 gallons of eth

there are representatives also hear from cal/osha. we will determine whether or not we need any additional resources or expertise as to find out what actually caused this incident. >> reporter: in a statement nustar corporate said there are two impacted tanks which are holding low volumes of ethanol. less than 1% of tank capacity. all personnel are safe and accounted for. back out here live you can see the activity that just started going on. i would say in the last 20 minutes or so. we are seeing some vehicles around this fire scene. we did see a couple of fire crews out here and other emergency vehicles as well. we are expecting cal/osha to be out here today to continue the investigation. sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> operations at two refiners are open. this will refinery and the marathon facility in concord report mondays earthquake set off a flare incidents. the companies say they burned gases in those systems for 15 minutes's safety shut off what caused the flaring. >>> as you can imagine the recent bay area quakes are ma

the explosive fire that happened at the new star storage facility in crockett the up we've got cal osha now that shut down that facility until the company can prove that it can operate safely again kron four's will tran is live in crockett with the latest will what's the concern. >>the concern is it will happen again and this time possibly it could injure the employees which is why cal osha. >>stepped in and demanded that new star shut down the facility you can see the lights are on behind me. but nobody is working no timetable on when it could possibly get back to business because of this explosion. it happened on tuesday afternoon at around one 50 it was at a couple of storage tanks, holding about 250,000 gallons of ethanol we covered a wall to wall on tuesday. the explosion was so spectacular that it actually ripped the lid off of one of the tanks that caused the shelter in place a cause the firefighters to scramble to this location and spray foam on to the area for hours actually into the very next day because of the fire. the fire was going so. that it actually raced up the hillsid

here's cal osha talking about their steps. and all of safety records they're interviewing. the employees that were on site and other witnesses to the fire that occurred. >>they're also interviewing the employer supervisors union representatives, and highly probable that they'll send some of the equipment involved in the fire. i'm specialist to review and give assessments on as well. >>ok so she talked about equipment right so according to new star. they said after the earthquake, they went through this facility, they looked at their equipment, including their pipes that move the chemicals back and forth and that those pipes seem to be okay but nothing definitive at this point to please callow show which is why they came in and demanded this place be shut down. we do see more activity than we saw say 5 o'clock in the morning looks like a er trk, pulling in but in essence this has been shut down. fortunately, nobody died when the explosion and the fire happened as far as breathing they have stayed on top and the air quality in this area papers were a huge concern but they say

we know that cal/osha is involved with the investigation and will be on site. we reached out for details and are waiting to hear back. investigators have not said yet how the explosion at nustar petroleum storage facility selby teinoctt started but it's something the out. this happened tuesday afternoon. video shows the explosion and intense flames at the facility. two tanks containing ethanol and jet fuel were destroyed by the fire while two others were damaged but still functional. last night nustar set all operations and shipments of products in and out of the facility are stopped for now. one of the tanks had 167,000 gallons of the chemical. that amount of liquid wood fill up seven average sized swimming pools. the fire was so close to i-80 it was shut down in both directions for hours. it reopened last night but cummings skyway between san pablo avenue and i-80 is still closed. one of many tasks moving forward is making sure the tanks are safe to store fuel. >> asked this goes on and engineers and other specialists are brought in, we will, they will look t

cal osha did not issue any citations in either of these incidents. you'll know earlier we said cal osha said they didn't believe there were any incidents whatsoever. the same spokesperson says sometimes an employer will list their name in different ways. at first glance it didn't appear there were cal osha investigations. but getting lots of calls from report ertz across the bay area and they found these two incidents. we're waiting to hear more about the one in pittsburg back in 2015. i want to tell you a little about the facility. we know it's a petroleum storage facility with 70 terminal and end storage facilities. we know they handle a number of different liquids including petroleum products, specialty chemicals, crude oil and other liquids. nustar is putting out a statement saying there were very low volumes of ethanol. we heard fire officials saying earlier that ethanol typically burns blue and we're seeing thick, black smoke. it's not clear what, if any, chemicals might have been mixed in here. i also can tell you nustar has about 1500 employe

the atf and cal/osha are also investigated. and issued a routine search warrant. they issued an order to preserve evidence on those two tanks and the pipes involved in the fire >> reporter: cal osha said although they have up to six months to finish the investigation they plan to make this a top priority, interviewing employees and reviewing all safety and maintenance records. >> it may include sending some of the materials, pipes, etc., to specialists for information on exactly what occurred. >> reporter: into the night nustar contractors were removing the spelled ethanol and firefighting foam with big trucks. the county said the petrochemical mutual aid organization is open to monitor operations with a specially trained firefighters . the county fire district said it could be weeks or even months before this facility is able to reopen. jana katsuyama, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we've also learned that one of the emergency sirens in the area of the fire did not sound during the emergency. the contra costa county sheriff's office said it may have been damaged by the exp

in addition we certify members for use of respirators as part of the osha protection program.nder the transmissible disease standard for which the fire department is a covered entity, we also will review the results of the annual tuberculosis testing that we perform for members. and since the standard also encumbers the employer to provide vaccines for transmissible diseases, we provide all of the vaccines that are covered under this standard. the affor mentioned programs in isolation may not appear to be significant, but they are a major component of the department's health and safety program. one thing that i would like to mention is that annual testing for tuberculosis is about to undergo a radical change in the united states as it pertains to healthcare workers and since first responders are considered to be covered under the healthcare worker, annual tuberculosis testing is going to go buy the wayside. other entities have implemented the recommendations from the cdc, and the only barrier that prevents hospitals in california from making that change and for that matter cov

he also said that cal osha has been called to the scene to help with the investigation into the cause. jana katsuyama, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> yesterday on the safe side all four schools in the john's unified school district will be closed today including rodeo hills elementary, carquinez bridge school john swett gh school and willow high. neighbors also complained about those warning sirens saying they were aggravated even though they were necessary to keep people safe. as many as 12,000 people living or working near the oil storage plant had to stay indoors while the fires burned. and they looked out for each other, especially senior citizens. >> one of our neighbors is an elderly friend and she got kind of alarmed seeing all the smoke and the alarm going off so we both went down and sat with her for a while. >> the scary ordeal lasted nine hours before the shelter in place ended at 9:45 pm. make sure you stay with us here at ktvu for continuing coverage of the nustar facility energy fire. we will be there all throughout the morning as investigator search for the cause and bring you up

this will be a long process and osha is one of the many agencies that are investigating. sara zendehnam, ktvu news. >> before you go, what's the air like? >> reporter: well, it's a little foggy, a little cloudy, i would say. but you can really smell the smoke. the fire is out but it's really lingering out here. just being out here you smell it and it hurts yo throat a little bit, but nothing like what we saw yesterday. >> sara zendehnam, thank you. just to be safe, all four schools in the district there will be closed today: stay with us for continuing coverage of the fire, sara zendehnam there throughout the morning and we'll have updates for you at ktvu.com. >>> we are still having aftershocks after more than two earthquakes hit the bay area yesterday. the usgs says a 3.4 hit last night in pleasant hills. this is close to the epicenter of the 4.5 on monday night. earlier this morning a 3.4 quake struck about 50 miles south of hollister after a 4.7 quake hit the same area yesterday. there have been five earthquakes in the bay area and just beyond in just the past two day

cal osha wants new star or to close its stores facility in crockett until the company can prove it can safely again. cal osha is one of several agencies trying to figure out what caused tuesday's big tank fire at has no history of violations, a cal osha representative says they're looking into whether or not the company violated any regulations before during or as a result of the incident. >>safety records they're interviewing. the employees that were on site and other witnesses to the fire that occurred. they're also interviewing the employer supervisors union representatives, and highly probable that they'll send some of the equipment involved in the fire. i specialist to review and give assessments on as well. >>there's been some speculation that the recent after the earthquake on monday. their crews at the site did a walk through inspection in damage. the site does remain close the son of notorious drug lord el chapo was detained in mexico after a government security patrol was attacked in the street. the news of his arrest set off violent gun battles chapel supporters and security

it's cal osha that issued the shutdown order meaning the facility will remain closed until new star can prove it can operate safely again. but state regulators say new star has not had problems before at that work site cal osha as and no incidents of workplace safety and health inspections that resulted in violations as the investigation proceeds new star is working to clean up the facility and making plans for repairs. in a statement. the company says vacuum trucks are removing firefighting water and foam which was contained on site though there's no mention of whether they're still ethanol in those ponds the company goes on to say our engineering teams are on the ground working with inspection companies to assess adjacent tanks and equipment for mechanical integrity with regard to air quality we conducted air monitoring in multiple sites for a multitude of potential contaminants. all were below detectable levels. also thursday crockett firefighters had to return to the hillside adjacent to the new star facility that caught fire tuesday. that's when a small spot fire rekindled it was q

but cal osha opted not to because it had a good record with no prior worker accidents. but a local county inspection did turn up at least one red flag at another nustar facility back in july. county hazardous materials inspectors found deficiencies in how nustar was testing the integrity of its tanks and ordered the company to comply with its already approved plan for its tank farm in pittsburgh. >> it's not covered. >> reporter: contra costa supervisor john joy was surprised to learn that nustar's tank farms are exempt from the county's more rigorous industrial safety element because they're not part of refinery. supervisor joya wants to change that and make the ordinance cover all petroleum and refinery facilities thinking fire could have killed people, shines the light on the fact that we need stronger and better regulatory authority over the storage tank farms, both at the federal, state and local level. >> reporter: some interesting revelation there's. jackson vand eweghen joins us. if that was treated as one of our local refineries, what sort of inspections would

>>the new star storage facility in crockett yeah we've got cal osha coming in now actually shutting down that facility until the company can prove. that it can operate safely again we've got kron four's will tran following the story for us this morning will. >>jane syria, you can see the lights behind me but we don't see this smoke from the refiny because they have been effectively shut down immediately by cal osha, they kidding came in yesterday and said until we find out what caused tuesday's fire and explosion. we don't want anyone working because we don't want anybody killed. let's show you video of what happened on tuesday at around one 51 all all of a sudden. a fire broke out at the facility to the storage tanks that hold 250,000 gallons all it got so hot that one of the tanks could not withstand the heat and that the lid. actually wrong ripped off its all all kinds of vapers into the year the smoke it was so dangerous that they had to shut down. this area told people to stay in place firefighters had to scramble here fighting the fire not just at the tanks, but also at the nearby

the south where we will have this feature running up the atlantic in the south—west, an area of low oshaather that will leave quite a bit of rain in places. windy across north of the country with low pressure nearby so scales and showers. after a dry start for the of the country looks like it will turn much wetter and the rain will be quite heavy across northern western areas of the bumps cool air across scotland and northern ireland there will be sleet and snow over the high ground to again, another mild day in the south—east. still wet as we head into saturday, particularly across parts of england and wales are mainly over the hills but then it turns dry to sunday then turns cold for all areas. with the rain through friday and saturday across the high ground and could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption. good morning and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and naga munchetty. to breakfast with dan walker 0ur headlines today. to breakfast with dan walker the to breakfast with dan walker ayes to the right, 322 to the ayes to the right, 328, the noes to the left 322. borisjo

. >> reporter: the latest is that cal osha is opening an investigation to determine what caused this fire and what if any workplace violations there were. there were two prior incidents back in 2015. both of them very different situations. the one in pittsburgh in january of 2015 involved an employee who was loading asphalt and inhaled toxic fumes. they investigated and found no violations and did not issue any citations. the one in wilmington was in august of 2015. in that instance a worker fell off a moving golf cart and injured his or her head. so, of course, very different situations there, but cal osha investigating this one and we'll be looking to identify whether or not there were any safety violations. we know in these two tanks, between the two tanks, there was 250,000 gallons of ethanol. the company new star has been saying that that is less than 1% of the tank capacity. so just looking at them you can see they are massive tanks and we're talking about what is they're saying is a very small amount of ethanol in terms of the capacity of those tanks. there's also a potential

. >> abc 7 reached out to cal osha to see if nustar has any other prior incidents. it turns out it has two, both in 2015, though they're quite different than this one. the first was in january in pittsburg, and in that incident an employee was loading asphalt when they inhauled toxic fumes. the other was in august in wilmington, north carolina, and in that incident a worker had fallen off a moving golf cart and hurt their head. in both cases cal osha decided nustar was not at fault and did not issue citations. we've been sending out alerts about the fire in crockett through our abc 7 news app. it's one way to stay on top of breaking news. make sure to enable push alerts. >>> here's a question, would getting access to tsa priority security lines make you take b.a.r.t. to sfo? >> its directors hope it might. they will be considering that new incentive in a few days. jobina fortson joins us live from sfo with how this would work and what passengers think. jobina? >> reporter: good morning. for any passenger who has ever complained about waiting at the security checkpoi

he also says that when i asked him about the cause, uses it is too eay but they have osha com to the scene and they will assist as they try to pinpoint what started that place. >>> 12,000 people living and working near the stearate the shelter in place has now been lifted. >> reporter: it's finally quiet out here. first time in hours we are not hearing sirens on the streets. taking a look now at the bridge you can see traffic running normally a very welcome sight. contra costa test the sirens monthly. this was no testing what they heard and felt both blasts.>> it's an adorable. >> this elderly couple was evacuated, a tiny new star. but their daughter hit a roadblock block trying to retrieve them. sitting for hoed, butof the of air. >> we're tried to call there some way to get around.>> several schools were about to let out for the day. students were kept late and after a few hours clear to get on their buses to head . >> the principal at the middle school so the communities are accustomed to living near petroleum industries. >> they support our schools, and they tried to communicate

one of the agencies include cal osha which was issued a which issued a shutdown order until new star can prove it can operate safely again even though the work site has no history of violations, cal osha representative says they're looking into whether or not the company violated any regulations before during or as a result of that incident. >>safety records they're interviewing. the employees that were on site and other witnesses to the fire that occurred. they're also interviewing the employer supervisors union representatives, and highly probable that they'll send some of the equipment involved in the fire. i'm specialist to review and give assessments on as well. >>there has been speculation that apps the recent earthquake in the east bay was to blame for the explosion of a new star says after the quake on monday crews at the site did a walk through inspection and say they found no damage. the cars into the explosion again is still under investigation. members of the loma prieta earthquake anniversary continues after the commercial break we will look at how people in the bay area

happened at the new star storage facility in crockett now we've got to state agencies involved cal osha in fact the shutdown. >>that operation until the company can prove to its satisfaction that it can operate safely. kron four's will tran is live in crockett with the latest what's happening now. and so they know what happened and like james said for it to operate safely it is effectively shut down you see a little bit of activity right behind me all step out and you can clearly see the landscape of the facility. >>we see cars coming and going but as far as the heavy lifting of the refinery that is done until they find out the cause it's a what happened with this. here's video from the other day on tuesday at around one 50 in the afternoon all of a sudden out of nowhere. fire breaks out at the got so hot surrounding the tanks that by the way carry about 250,000 gallons of ethanol. got so hot that one of the tanks exploded in ripped off the lid. >>firefighters had to race to the scene they didn't even use water than to use foam to try to put out the flames because this is obviously a ch

the atf and cal/osha are also investigating and issued a routine search warrant. >> issued an order to preserve evidence on those two tanks and the pipes involved in the fire pit >> reporter: cal/osha said although they have up to six months to finished the investigation, they plan to make this a top priority, interviewing employees and reviewing all safety and maintenance records. >> it may include sending some of the materials, pipes, etc., to specialists for information on exactly what occurred. >> reporter: into the night, nustar contractors were removing these build ethanol and firefighting phone with big trucks. the counties of the petrochemical mutual aid orgation is helping to monitor operations with specially trained firefighters. the county fire district says it could be weeks or even months before this facility is able to reopen.jana katsuyama, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we have also learned that one of the emergency sirens in the area of the fire did not sound during the emergency. the contra costa county sheriff's office says it may have been damaged by the explosion and fire. f

a facility that has a clean record with cal osha for the past ten years. >> for all those hours. it wasn't just the smoke that fill the sky. ash as well. from when the fire first started well into the evening. let's bring in jeff ranieri you saw the pieces of ash on jody's arms from being out there. >> she was right next to it. for the most part, the weather situation probably helped across the greater bay area as the smoke started to rise. a lot of it was lifted to the upper atmosphere. rodeo, crockett, back into been eastern a. for those who did smell the smoke. right now, winds at six miles per hour only see gusts up to 15 miles an hour. the good news, the air quality has improved. it should be said, most of the day, it was moderate to approaching unhealthy upon a closer look at a very unhealthy station. we are looking at most of the locations just approaching unhealthy this afternoon. and the good news, most areas in the moderate. we'll talk more about the air chances coming up. >>> tonight, nustar said that the he pipe hines in and out of the facility are now shut down. they

he had to think of my team as a whole. >> osha tells cnn in a statement they're looking at the specificto modify it in the future. what's your message to them in. >> i don't feel comfortable answering that question to them right now. >> what are your thoughts about their response right now and their plan to modify potentially this rule? >> i think it's great that they potentially want to modify this rule, and i look forward to talking to them in the future. >> all right. alexander abutkaram. thank you for sharing your story. keep on running. keep on deeping on. >>> a border wall in colorado? that's the plan according to president trump. we'llen kp. you're live in the cnn newsroom. (amber jagger) if we don't give students from an underserved background the technology that they need in school, they're not going to be competitive in the workforce that's waiting for them. since verizon innovative learning, students have hardware, connectivity, and quality curriculum. the jobs of tomorrow will involve technology. now students are truly hopeful for what they may achieve. woman: what gives me

like in the past it is the security of the country which is facing the biggest risk benefit there osha sita beirut. stephanie decker joins us now live from beirut it was quite a dramatic day yesterday stephanie how does it look now. just seconds before you came to us we've been removing one of the last roadblocks which is on an archery road through the capital beirut there have been negotiations with security forces here who are standing on the other side because there are orders now to. ease the heart through the movement because it's caused a lot of frustration so you can see finally after 2 weeks at me some traffic is now starting to flow on the other side of this bridge is where you saw those clashes yesterday as you saw in dana's package were supporters of hamas and hezbollah you see a security forces on the other side there so this is significant but lot of people will tell you that they're still not happy with the fact that slowly these roads are starting to open in fact let me bring in my guest chasing you live t.v. . so you were telling me earlier you didn't agree with the roa

a spokesperson at the california department of industrial relations said cal osha inspectors issued an order to preserve on the two tanks and pipes involved in the fire and issued an order to prohibit use on the facility until the contingency for operation can continue safely and we have reached out to nustar energy for updated information and we are waiting to hear back also important to note one chevron firefighter was hurt last night. we don't know exactly what happened but we are told that his injuries were minor and he was treated and released and obviously a developing story. we are expecting to get another update from the assessment team within the next couple of hours and we have the information we will bring it to you. >>> all four schools in the john swett unified school district are closed as a safety measure. investigators throughout the day will try to find the cost the fire we will have updates the day as well on ktvu.com. >>> 12 of the democratic candidates for president were on one stage in ohio. topics ranged from impeament to healthcare to whether to break up big tech

cal osha inspectors are on-site right now and not allowing operation until all safety checks have been performed. in the meantime firefighters from contra costa county have been continually covering the entire area where the unburned ethanol was drained with a thick blanket of foam. >> they're keeping that foam blanket on those two secondary containment structures to ensure that oxygen does not get to that ethanol in them to prevent any possibility of a rekindle of the fires. >> reporter: in fact, firefighters have used so much of the safety foam that the contra costa fire protection has had to place an emergency order for more of that foam. back live now, by the way, talking about inspectors being on the scene now, our investigative unit looked into the safety record at the facility here in crockett and here anyway they found no previous violations in recent years. live in crockett, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >> to interesting to follow. we continue to wait for the news conference expected sometime this morning. during our midday newscast. and there is much more cov

osha ordered the company to reserve all pipes and tanks involved as crucial evidence for investigation. >> we head into friday let's peek outside. this is a live look. you can see the bay bridge there. temperatures will be changing. and so will the surf. >> chief meteorologist with the loork at the friday forecast. >> those winds are already beginning to build. anywhere from nine to ten feet at the coastline. we have a high surf advisory until 11:00 p.m. friday. what are things we should be watching out for? 14 to 20 foot waves possible in the surf zone. really best advice is stay out of the water. if you head in do not turn your back to the water. we could get sneaker waves. it may catch you off guard. large swells every 16 seconds. it should calm down saturday and sunday. tonight and tomorrow very dangerous waves. stay out of the water. >> all right. highway 101 back oaf after a brush fire. it started just before 5:00 p.m. the wind was a factor fuelling fire. it led to evacuations. for a few hours. the fire burned 50 acres. firefighters did get it under control within a couple hours.

cal osha ordered the company to preserve all pipes and tanks involved as critical evidence for investigators. nu star said they have no cause yet for the fiery blast. >>> new at 11:00, a north bay high school is forced to reschedule home coming game tonight because of complaints over the lights. >> nbc bay area pete suratos joining us live. and this has to be a big deal for the students, especially the seniors. >> reporter: that is right. at least for now there is not any friday night lights for football games here at san marin also in novato. some neighbors unhappy with the lights and we'll get into the details in a moment. but there is back and forth on this issue for quite sometime but we know that a judge ruled on wednesday this week that the high school cannot turn on lights for football games at least until a final ruling is made in november. now the coalition to save san marin is a group kind of leading this charge against the lights on the football field around the neighborhood. claiming in a petition that the number of events taking place at night with these lights at san marin high

the atf and cal osha are also investigating. >> they issued an order to preserve evidence almost to tanks and the pipes involved in the fire. >> repormonths to 10 investigat they will make it a top priority. >> it may include sending some of the materials, pipes, etc., to specialists for information on, you know, exactly what occurred. >> reporter: tonight, we have seen new star contractors removing the spilled ethanol and the firefighter foam with big tracks. the county says they are working with petrochemical mutual aid organization firefighters to help monitor the operations. they have special equipment and also specially trained firefighters for these hazmat situations. and it could be weeks or even months, they say, before this facility reopens. >>> three women are coming forward with sex abuse allegations by a catholic pastor in the bay area. and relay tells us they are among the first to use a new law to file civil lawsuits against the church. >> month cigna green definitely a monster, he molested probably hundreds of young girls. >> dennis doan is one of three women at the diocese

cal/osha will be out there helping with the investigation to figure out how that fire started. no one was hurt but the contra costa county fire protection district says two storage tanks were destroyed. they contained 250,000 gallons of ethanol. two other tanks were damaged. shelter in place order for as many as 12,000 people has been canceled now. air quality advisories were issued but health officials say the air in communities are now safe to breathe and you can open your doors and windows again. >>> two east bay refineries are back to normal operations now. the shell refinery in martinez and the marathon facility in concord state monday's magnitude 4.5 earthquake set off flaring incidents. the company say they burnt off gases in their system for about 15 minutes during a safety shot off. that caused the flareup. marathon says there flaring process lasted for eight hours. >>> 4:34 am. the recent quakes have a lot of people nervous in the bay area. we spoke to a seismologist you said that quakes on wednesday in san benito county and contra costa are not connected. >> reporter

. >>> today cal osha investigators will continue looking into the cause of a massive tank fire in crockett. contra costa county fire investigators will look into whether the buyer was connected to monday's earthquake. an air-quality monitoring station has been deployed and is monitoring any health hazard that may remain from the fire. >>> later today governor newsom will be in oakland to unveil a new statewide earthquake warning system. this features an app called, my shake. it uses ground sensors to detect seismic activity. this comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. >>>n francisco will be testing its wireless emergency alert system. that alert will be sent to all enabled devices in the city this afternoon between 5:15 pm and 5:45 pm. that is this afternoon. the test will let the city practice using that system while encouraging earthquake preparedness. >>> people around the state will take part in the great california shakeout. it's an annual drill, a reminder to drop, cover and hold on when there is a quake. more than 10 million people have signed up to take part i

i can tell you nustar has nearly 10,000 miles of pipeline, and again the new information, cal osha is opening its own investigation to determine the cause and whether or not there have been any safety violations. >> reporter: we're 4.0 miles away from where the fire is burning right now. i'm here with one of the residents of pinole. he just told me he heard the explosion. you described it as what? >> as an explosion. >> reporter: you said it was like an earthquake earlier? >> yeah. it sounded like it. like the one last night. boom. >> reporter: i don't know if you can hear what he just said. he said it sounded like a boom, like an explosion, like the earthquake last night. we'll pull over so we can hear more from you. we're hearing from someone who is walking out here. i don't know if you can see the cars in front of us. everyone is trying to basically get out of this area. we're jam-packed, cars, bumper-to-bumper traffic. only 23 minutes from where the fire is burning on 1290 san pablo avenue. we're hear with one of the residents who said he did hear the explosion and he described it

cal osha order the the compa to preserve all pipes and tanks involved. new star energy says they have no cause yet for the fiery blast. >>> 4:34 and a follow-up for you, a palo alto police sergeant accused in an excessive force lawsuit has reportedly retired according to "the mercury news." sergeant wayne benitez the man arrested is suing the city of palo alto and the san francisco. alvarez accuses the sergeant of slamle his head into his car win cooutside his home. here is alvarez's attorney. >> the fact sergeant benitez was able to retire and draw a pension before anything was done by the agency shows that the agency is at fault. >> the city of palo alto is not confirming the sergeant retired, only that he is no longer with the department. a judge has since dismissed the charges that originally got alvarez arrested. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," bay area ecigarette company juul is making a big step suspending all fruity flavored products. a look at the most recent deaths associated with vaping and the increased number of people who are getting s

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the south where we will have this feature running up the atlantic in the south—west, an area of low oshauntry with low pressure nearby so scales and showers. after a dry start for the of the country looks like it will turn much wetter and the rain will be quite heavy across northern western areas of the bumps cool air across scotland and northern ireland there will be sleet and snow over the high ground to again, another mild day in the south—east. still wait as we head into saturday, particularly across parts of england and wales are mainly over the hills but then it turns dry to sunday then turns cold for all areas. with the rain through friday and saturday across the high ground and could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption. this is bbc news. the headlines: british members of parliament have backed borisjohnson's brexit deal, but rejected a plan to give them just three days to scrutinise its detail. the timetable defeat means he's been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new extension may be needed from european leaders. it leaves the withdrawal agreement bil

and cal osha says that there has been two prior issues. she's been calling the office of emergency services, so she's been giving all of this information on prior incidents and what's been happening at this location in years past. >> as you continue to look at sky 7, it is obvious that i-80 has in fact now been shut down to traffic in both directions from highway 4 all the way across the carquinez bridge. so please note that if your afternoon commute would have taken you that way, you are not going to get through right now as this fire at the nustar facility continues to burn. we saw that they really intensified their firefighting efforts in the last 45 minutes or so. they are really focusing on putting water on the other nearby tanks to cool those and prevent those from failing, as well. so two have gone up. one continues to burn. we believe, just according to chemistry, should be the one containing ethanol. that is still raging. and meantime, this particular particularates or the toxic smoke continues to be spewed into the air. >> and we

osha said the improper use of fuelling can and does cause fires. again i'm going to sound like a broken record, you've got to strictly follow the manufacturers instructions to keep yourself and your family safe. back to you guys. >> chris, this is so true. oftentimes it is not the power or the lack of it. it is people's response to it in which -- >> there could be panic there. so who you are hearing there, susan chu with the contra costa county pio joining us now via phone. are you there, susan. >> i am. >> thanks so much for taking the time. i know it is so busy as the preparations must be underway there. tell us about the things that you are doing there in contra costa county to prepare for these outages that are hitting the bay bridge. >> so i'm actually in the county emergency operations center as we speak. we've been preparing for a couple of days to get the public messaging out about pg&e public safety power shutoff is indeed occurring today. as you know, starting around 12:00 noon through tomorrow about noon, the same time, we have in contra

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