. >> veolia. >> voy a dejarle mi número de teléfono al personal de veolia para que vengan a mi casa y a una milla de varias escuelas de verde de pérez, y esos, esos niños no tienen a donde ir. están en la escuela donde deben estar seguros y por culpa de compañías como están, están expuestos a daños que ellos no tienen control. >> el distrito de gestión de la calidad del aire del Área de la bahía informó el pasado 5 de diciembre que el olor provenía de la instalación de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la ciudad . >> las toxinas que están saliendo de estas plantas a caos pueden ser la causa de varios efectos de salud, como a ojos llorosos a todos representan de la planta veolia estuvieron presente por más de 3 horas. >> el concilio les pidió respuestas y recomendaciones de cómo abordar esta situación con veolia. como lo había dicho ya en un comunicado, que durante una construcción para rehabilitar partes de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales, un ventilador obsoleto dispersó el aire de escape del área del procesamiento de aguas residuales, pero residentes aseguran esta situa

. >> during the 3.5 hour meeting, city council members intense questioned representatives from veolia, the company that manages the wastewater plant. they said this wasn't the first time something like this had happened . and they also criticized the amount of time it took veolia to notify the city of the incident. >> these types of things continue to happen and we get great promises. but when an incident actually happens, there seems to be a lack of follow through. >> veolia says the odor was caused by construction and the draining of a wastewater process tank at the facility. we wanted to dispel any doubt that we have taken these this matter seriously. the company admitted they made mistakes in the way they handled the situation during tuesday's meeting. they also vowed to improve their communication with the city and have better safeguards in place to prevent future incidents. we've retrained our staff. >> we've reviewed our construction activities as well as normal operations and are in the process of creating detailed standard operating procedures and finalization of a full inves

menos phone number with a crew from veolia.mi número de teléfono al personal de veolia para que vengan a mi casa y huelan el olor dentro de mi casa. alfredo angulo también asistió a la junta especial del concilio de esa ciudad en representación de la comunidad latina. >> huele como como a huevo podrido que 1 desde sus casas. no se pueden escapar. esta planta está a una milla de varias escuelas de verde de pérez, y esos, esos niños no tienen a donde ir. están en la escuela donde deben estar seguros y por culpa de compañías como están, están expuestos a daños que ellos no tienen control. >> el distrito de gestión de la calidad del aire, del Área de la bahía informó el pasado 5 de diciembre que el olor provenía de la instalación de tratamiento de aguas residuales de la ciudad . >> las toxinas que están saliendo de estas plantas a caos pueden ser la causa de varios efectos de salud, como a ojos llorosos a todos representantes de la planta veolia estuvieron presente por más de 3 horas. >> el concilio les pidió respuestas y recomenda

. >> during the 3.5 hour meeting, city council members intense questioned representatives from veoliacompany that manages the wastewater plant. they said this wasn't the first time something like this had happened . and they also criticized the amount of time it took veolia to notify the city of the incident. >> these types of things continue to happen and we get great promises. but when an incident actually happens, there seems to be a lack of follow through. >> veolia says the odor was caused by construction and the draining of a wastewater process tank at the facility. we wanted to dispel any doubt that we have taken these this matter seriously. the company admitted they made mistakes in the way they handled the situation during tuesday's meeting. they also vowed to improve their communication with the city and have better safeguards in place to prevent future incidents. we've retrained our staff. >> we've reviewed our construction activities as well as normal operations and are in the process of creating detailed standard operating procedures and finalization of a full investigati

hold a special emergency meeting over the state of the city's air quality, represent orders from veolia, the company that runs the wastewater plant will also be in attendance. >> we hope to have a lot of the public there so that the veolia executives can actually hear testimony as to what their company is doing to the richmond community. >> one of the areas most impacted by last week's incident was the point. richmond neighborhood. nathan trivers owns a local pub there and says this isn't the first time strange odors have impacted those who live and work nearby. >> we always would love for them to be conscious of the local community around there to do what they can do. but you know, stuff happens. >> the bay area air quality management district is investigating the incidents. >> veolia says the hydrogen sulfide smell was caused by work being done to replace a fan and to drain a tank at their plant. in a statement, they say in part, we regret that this work may have inadvertently created an odor issue for neighbors in the area. we will review our processes with the city to ensure that th

but he knows sometimes things aren't always that simple. >> the issue with corporations like veolia orvron is that when you get into litigation with them, they have deep pockets. richmond does not. >> in richmond, tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right. our next abc seven advancer at 11 is over. an intense debate on school safety and school violence in the north bay. >> yeah, parents, students and the santa rosa school board will meet wednesday to discuss plans for bringing police back on campus permanently. yeah, the district is bringing back police officers for the rest of the calendar year. >> one officer at every high school each day and routine officer check ins at middle schools. >> it all ties back to a march stabbing at montgomery high school when a student was killed during a fight. and since then, a growing number of parents have wanted officers back on campus. >> we have seen in the last few weeks some incidents that resonate with the march 1st tragedy that happened at montgomery high school. and so with that, it feels like it's getting worse. and for us, we need to do some

. >> now at 11 richmond city council spent hours questioning the veolia water company tonight about a hydrogen sulfide, a mission at the water treatment plant. thank you for joining us here in cannes for hi4 11. i'm noelle bellow. that odor released from december 4th through the 6th and it led to complaints by people living in point richmond kron four's amanda hari was at tonight's meeting. she has reaction from the community. >> really to sending so why is the school tensions were high at a special meeting of the richmond city council. the community heard from executives with veolia water north america about the hydrogen sulfide are emitted from the water treatment plant. the owner of mission began the night of december 4th after everyone left the plant for the night. it's like living on a manure pile. it is paris etl direct sellers lives in the point. richmond area. she says the foul smell led to a health-care. i woke up the next morning and i was spitting up blood because i'd cough so hard in my sleep that my tonsils. it started bleeding. representatives from the plant say there wa

we hope to have a lot of the public there so that the veolia executives can actually hear testimony as to what their company is doing to the richmond community. the city's wastewater treatment plant, veolia says the hydrogen sulfide smell was caused by work being done to replace a fan and to drain a tank at their plant in a statement, they say in part, we will review our processes with the city to ensure that the city has as much notice as possible of any future work that could create odor exposure and will continue to implement measures to mitigate odors at the wastewater plant. the special emergency meeting over the state of the city's air quality will be held tonight at 5:00. it's happening at richmond's community service building. live in the newsroom, lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you. after a three year absence, police officers are back on some santa rosa city school district campuses today. so parents, students and the school board will discuss plans to bring them back permanently. it's because of safety concerns at schools. the concerns first came to light in mar

veolia says the hydrogen sulfide smell was caused by work being done to replace a fan and to drain a tank at their plant. in a statement, they say in part, we will review our processes with the city to ensure that the city has, as much notice as possible of any future work that could create odor exposure. and we will continue to implement measures to mitigate odors at the wastewater plant. the special emergency meeting over the state of the city's air quality will be held tonight at 5:00. it's happening at richmond's community service building. live in the newsroom, lena howland, abc seven news. lena thank you. >> after a three year absence, police officers are back on some santa rosa city school district campuses temporarily. tomorrow. parents, students and the school board will discuss plans to bring them back permanent. it's because of safety concerns at schools. the concerns first came to light in march when a student was killed in a stabbing at montgomery high school. since then, a growing number of parents have wanted officers back on campus. >> we have seen in the last few wee

it's called and veolia and heard from angry residents. veolia has said the stench was released during a construction process, but they also admitted they made mistakes . >> we've retrained our staff. we've reviewed our construction activities as well as normal operations and are in the process of creating detailed standard operating procedures and finalization of a full investigation. on the city council is requiring veolia to complete a report about the incident by january 8th. >> they plan to discuss it more during a meeting next month. >> 5-10 this morning. let's take you to our tam cam where you can see we have a lot of low level cloud cover this morning. our marine layer is taking over a lot of the bay shoreline right now. you can only see the tops of the highest skyscrapers in the city with a lot of lights down below. beneath that cloud cover visible city right now because you're down to zero miles in hollister, five miles in san jose. but it's really around the bay shoreline and in the north bay, where we have the worst fog and esp

the community heard from executives with veolia water north america. >> about the hydrogen sulfide arefrom the water treatment plant. the owner of mission began the night of december 4th after everyone left the plant for the night. it's like living on a manure pile. it is paris etl direct sellers lives in the point. richmond area. she says the foul smell led to a health-care. i woke up the next morning and i was spitting up blood because i'd cough so hard in my sleep that my tonsils. it started bleeding. representatives from the plant say there was a dip in the power at the facility. >> and the equipment failed leading the mission to be above the 60 parts per million limit placed on the plant. >> but the bay area air quality management district as they work to fix the equipment, there continued to be spikes in emissions through december 6th, but there's no notification systems. let people know of the admission if it wasn't for the fact that there were people calling the next morning. >> we would have never even known it was them. they never stood up took responsibility. this was just a

the decision came after the council questioned leaders from the company called veolia and heard from angry residents. veolia has said the stench was released during a construction process, but they also admitted they made some mistakes. we've retrained our staff. >> we've reviewed our construction activities as well as normal operations and are in the process of creating detailed standard operating procedures and finalization of a full investigation in the city council is requiring veolia to complete a report about the incident by january 8th. >> they plan to discuss it more during a meeting next month. a reversal by cvs that's sure to be a relief for some people living in san francisco's lower haight neighborhood. >> the pharmacy chain has decided to keep its store near haight and fillmore. last week, cvs announced the store would close january 11th. the reason for the closure was unclear. people who live in the area were upset and worried they'd be forced to travel a long distance to get a prescription. >> overwhelmed because my mama has been helping me a lot with the medicines and

the community heard from executives with veolia water north america about the hydrogen sulfide are emitted from the water treatment plant. the owner mission began the night of december 4th after everyone left the plant for the night. that really sharp, acrid smell of of it. >> you are. that's what it it's like living on a manure pile. it is paris etl direct sellers lives in the point. richmond area. >> she says the foul smell led to a health-care. i woke up the next morning and i was spitting up blood because i'd cough so hard in my sleep that my tonsils. it started bleeding. representatives from the plant say there was a dip in the power at the facility and the equipment failed leading the mission to be above the 60 parts per million limit placed on the plant. >> but the bay area air quality management district as they work to fix the equipment there continued to be spikes and emissions through december 6th. but there's no notification systems. let people know of the admission if it wasn't for the fact that there were people calling the next morning. >> we would have never even known it w

. >> the reason we are having this meeting is because of veolia did not respond to city staff for over 30 hours. we had no clue what was going on. >> the councilmember represents the district around the plant and says there needs to be a notification system when anything abnormal happens. >> we are going to escalate this as far as we need to to make sure that the community gets those responses and the accountability. >> according to the bay area air quality management district, the treatment plant released above normal levels of hydrogen sulfide during an upgrade to the equipment and was issued a notice of violation due to the smell. only a couple of days later, chevron was hit with a similar notice violation, due to a strong smell that residence described like burning tires. that happened on friday and was also caused by a wastewater treatment facility. that one, run and owned by chevron on their property. the issues were not related, but residents like philip said that it is not fair that they are being bombarded. >> this is a moment in time when people are saying how we are constant

relacionó con un aumento de los niveles de sulfuro de hidrógeno en la planta de tratamiento de la empresa veoliaecto de construcción. mientras tanto, en fresno, tras reportarse un incendio, los inquilinos dentro del inmueble salieron a la calle, pero alguien dejó olvidada su mascota. bueno, se trata de un gato al cual, como podemos ver en esas imágenes, los socorristas auxilian para mantenerlo con vida. la estructura resultó en una total pérdida y una cocina desatendida pudo ser la causa de las llamas. según las autoridades, quienes ahora piden que la comunidad tenga cuidado al cocinar y nunca dejar la estufa desatendida. si necesita salir de su hogar, apague las hornillas y en el mes de enero entrará en vigencia el seguro de salud médica que ofrecerá cobertura a inmigrantes indocumentados en el estado de california. armando alonso nos cuenta quiénes califican y cuáles son los requisitos para obtener este beneficio. >> no te podemos atender porque no es una emergencia y no tienen seguro. >> esta es la respuesta que muchos inmigrantes indocumentados reciben al buscar asistencia médica en alguna c

today's meeting will include a representative from veolia. the company announced.nt explaining the incident, saying that crews were replacing an outdated fan that dispersed exhaust air from the wastewater processing area, saying, we regret that this work may have inadvertently created an odor issue for neighbors in the area. we will review our processes with the city to ensure that the city has as much notice as possible. >> well, a woman convicted of filing a false police report about a kidnaping in petaluma is now filling in filing an appeal, rather. that's according to the press democrat. back in december of 2020, katie sorensen told police that a latino couple tried to kidnap her two children as she shopped at a store in petaluma. she talked about the kidnaping attempt in the post on social media that went viral. but surveillance video showed that there was never any interaction between the couple and sorensen and the attorney who filed her appeal says sorensen, quote, did not knowingly report a crime that never happened. a south bay police department has annou

conscientes del olor fétido en el área de point richmond, que proviene de la planta de aguas residuales veoliaeso fue causado por un proyecto de construcción que implica una actualización del equipo. por este motivo, los multaron y en oakland, la policía afirma que la delincuencia ha disminuido en la zona de roosevelt, en parte por un plan que pusieron en marcha a principios de noviembre y andrés brender habló con la autoridades sobre estas cifras y nos cuenta si la gente en el área ha visto algún tipo de diferencia en las últimas semanas en pleno centro de football se ha visto más presencia de policías a pie y en patrullas. >> además, también este camión policial que tiene varios objetivos y es una presencia con luces y todo eso que indica que a la comunidad que aquí estamos y a los ladrones y a los ladrones, que aquí estamos. este plan de seguridad que implementó la policía de oakland comenzó en noviembre y cuenta con el apoyo de diversos entes y ha ayudado a que los agentes del orden le dieran un golpe a la criminalidad. >> tenemos el el 43, aproximadamente de 43% de reducción de de robos d

last week the company veolia says it was triggered by the release of hydrogen sulfide during a construction project. it's making responsibility for what happened. >> the disrespect for our community, we're going to change it one way or the other, because we're no longer going to be asking please. >> we're talking about activities to improve that communication, to get those communications out to the community. >> council members ordered the operators to submit a report next month detailing exactly what happened and submit a new communications plan. >>> happening today, a south bay man accused of shooting and critically injuring a san jose police officer is due in court for a plea hearing. it happened back in august at a home near race street where investigators say he attacked his pregnant wife and ambushed responding officers. one officer was shot in the torso, her partner had to drag her to safety. she actually spent weeks in the hospital and underwent numerous surgeries. officers eventually arrested him after an hours-long standoff. >>> new at 6:00, a new warning to fedex drivers everywhe

. >> city council voted to require veolia to complete a technical report and handed to the city by januaryat their january 23rd meeting. >> well, local food banks across the bay area now reporting low numbers of donations this holiday season. and that could mean trouble for those who have nowhere else to turn for their next meal. >> we've only reached about 37% of our annual fundraising goal and we need to hit about 67% by the end of december. >> well, before the pandemic, sf marin food bank served 32,000 households each and every week. that number climbed a 50,000 since then. only now much of the additional government support is gone. if those dollars don't come back, the food bank says it will be forced to make some hard choices an may not be able to support as many households at the san francisco-marin food bank. every dollar donated can generate 2 meals. they say now through december 24th a generous donor is matching all donations. so if you feel inspired, please donate. they're currently able to match it. we're going take a break 6.41. is the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning ne

the richmond city council spent hours reps from the veolia water company last night about a hydrogenfide. the mission at the water treatment plant december 4th through the 6 neighbors in port richmond point richmond were complaining about the odor representatives from the plant say there was a dip in power and an equipment failure and that led to the unusually strong emission. residents say there really is no notification system to let them know about such problems. >> if it wasn't for the fact that there were people calling the next morning. we would have never even known it was them. they never stood up took responsibility. >> the city council voted to require the company to complete a technical report that's going to be handed in by january 8. a bill was introduced today to rename a trail and humboldt county after the late sen dianne feinstein. if they pass this the elk river trail in the head, waters forced would be named renamed senator dianne feinstein memorial trail, the california legislators who introduced this bill say they want to honor her for dedication to protecting man