Life, so he started his company, rattlesnake removal usa, to feel productive. His wife jenae goes on house calls with him. I think we got one friday alone, they caught about a dozen snakes in places all over the east bay, and up into napa. Luis says this years rain means more plants for rodents, which means more snakes will be out hunting them. You could run into rattlers anywhere where humans are right up against wildlife areas. A lot of times well get em in horse pens, or people with livestock. I do jobs for wineries, for hoas. nats rattling one of those guys is a good four inches around. But just because theyre big doesnt always mean they can hurt you. People mistake this for a rattlesnake its just a gopher snake because of its pattern, and it actually imitates a rattlesnake. And its totally harmless. Despite what you may have heard about grabbing a snake behind its head so its mouth cant reach you, the frasers think thats a riskier way to go about it. Ive never been bitten. I practice steve irwins technique, which was tailing the snake grabbing it by the tail and using a stick. Though luis and jenae pulled a snake from one of the yards on this street, neighbors i talked to were happy to reportthey hadnt seen anything slithering around. And they might have been a little glad athey werent the ones catching the ropelike reptiles. I guess all the more power to them. Its a job. looklive tag youre probably wondering what they do with those snakes after they catch them. Well fraser says they are all humane, so they get permission to rerelease them into the wild in state parks. In alamo, spencer blake, kron four news. pam here are some tips if you or someone you are with. Gets a bitten by rattlesnake. First, do not try to suck out the venom. Do not apply a tourniquet bandage or ice to the bite. Experts say, you should stay calm, clean the bite and elevate the wound above the heart. Clouds have greatly diminished over the past few hours although satellite still indicates a few patches across our region. Thanks to the ridge of High Pressure continuing to move to the east while a longwave trough advances to the coast, temperatures are cooler than yesterday. Some locations well inland have seen the biggest drop livermore is running 18 under this time on thursday. steve our other big story tonight. The emergency situation near the valero refinery in benicia is now over. But many residents in the area are still concerned. It all started with a power outage at the refinery this morning. That led to flaring which released massive plumes of thick black smokes into the air. Kron 4s Ella Sogomonian is in benicia where evacuations and shelter in place orders have been lifted. And has the very latest on the mystery cause. Sot danny danielson, benecia resident intense looking with the huge flames and the black smoke. Danny danielson captured extraordinary footage of black chemical clouds on his phone. He watched as the valero refinery down the street from his benecia home released massive flares from stacks since 6 30 friday morning. Sot danny danielson, benecia resident i thought it was interesting and a spectacular kind of fire. A valero spokesperson says power to the plant comes in two lines. That pg e deenergized one for planned maintenece and the other failed to work for a reason unknown at this time. With no back up generator the refinery was forced to burn hydrocarbon that otherwise cant safely be stored. Danielson hasnt seen anything like it in ten years since exxon operated the refinery. He says this time the wind pushed the gas clouds east and away from town so he wasnt worried. The u. S. Epa tested the air and found the level of hydric sulphide and sulphur dioxide was ten times the normal background. Daylon walling used to work at the plant as a security guard. Sot daylon walling, former valero security my immediate concern was something was terribly wrong. Walling says all valero staff would wear a device to detect toxic chemicals in the air in a situation like this. Sot daylon walling, former valero security one of the most dangerous chemicals that would be released is h2s. Its an undetectable gas. In order to detect it you would have to wear a monitor. Which if it was in the area it would vibrate and beep. Local authroties assured the emergency has calmed. Sot jim lydon, benecia fire chief theyve restored their steam production. Which has reduced the release of particular matter. The valero refinery makes propane, butane, jet fuel and ultra low sulphur diesel to name a few products. pam and if you plan on taking bart. There are some major bart closures this weekend in the east bay. The track between lake merritt and fruitvale stations will be closed for maintenance this weekend. Bart recommends taking the bus or the train to the Richmond Bart station. People going to dublin pleasanton have to take bart to 19th street. And transfer to a bus that takes you to the fruitvale station. steve bart Police Arrested three teen girls in connection with an assault in february. The victim reached out to me through social media last week and shared her story with kron4s maureen kelly. Tess pawlisch says she was just sitting on a bart train when she was attacked. She was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome after being hit in the head several times. This happened at the west oakland station. Now police say they have arrested three of the teens involved. And that a fourth teenager is expected to be arrested soon. pam an arrest has been made in the brutal murder of a Castro Valley woman 36yearold Luckie Dacany of stockton has been charged with the murder of andrea st. John. The 59 yearolds charred remains were found in the garage of her Castro Valley home in december of last year. Officials say, dacany killed st. John with a knife, then set her house on fire. Court documents show he acknowledged responsibility for the homicide. And provided details only Law Enforcement would know about the case. Dacany faces the Death Penalty if convicted. Charles Clifford here in san francisco, one juvenile is facing aggravated Assault Charges after a group of kids attacked two adults at this Recreation Center in the portola neighborhood. It happened thursday evening when a group of 20 kids were having a water fight and apparently got to close to another group with young children. When a parent of one of the young kdis tried to scold the juveniles, the kids attacked him. The two men were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. In san francisco, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Haaziq Madyun here at the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office in santa rosa, an suspect has been identified in the 2004 double murder cold case in jenner information about the killings that no other person could have known and we have located evidencein Sonoma CountyHaaziq Maydun kron4news rob fladeboe here in san jose the jury in the sierra lamar murder trial deliberated for several hours on friday before calling it a day. Legal analyst steven clark says there is a mountain of evidence to consider and expects it could be several days before a verdict is reached. The trial lasted more than three months. Antolon Garcia Torres is charged in the march 2012 kidnap and murder of 15 year old sierra lamar. Her body has never been found. In san jose rob fladeboe kron4news pam still ahead. The weekend is finally here and get ready for some cooler temperatures. steve chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp is back with what to expect. Who are these people . 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