Linked those reported illnesses to this spill here. Reporting live in rodeo tonight, elyce kirchner, nbc bay area news. Another live picture of the oil spill in the san pablo bay. Live pictures again from our nbc helicopter. As you can see, crews working hard to contain those oil slicks transporting about 1,000 feet of boom around the oil sheens. Two of them now in san pablo bay, including one surrounding a oil tanker. That tanker berth at the phillips 66 refinery in rodeo. The cause of the spill unknown. Still no word on how much oil spilled. Of course, well keep an eye on the situation and keep you posted on any new developments. Records show the phillips 66 refinery has a history of noncompliance. Our Investigative Unit looked through years of epa inspection reports. The data shows the refinery hasnt been meeting the federal standards for disposing solid and Hazardous Waste for the past three years. Of in march, the epa advanced the refinery status to significant violation, the most
Other locations are in the 50s and the Breeze Holding it up, okay through the sierra right now but it will develop later this afternoon and that is the low that has to swing in and High Pressure is on track for the weekend a warm us up today it is school, 60s and 70s. Speaking of livermore, tracy, the Altamont Pass has gusts up to 40 miles an hour. That is right, we have one of our engineers who came in this morning and told me he was driving a rather large car and it was being pushed around and to that is what you are doing with on the Altamont Pass the other places as well, fairfield and delay have the commute doesnt look too bad, not a bad commute as you make it, 27 minutes from vacaville villejotwo, and up to 880 not looking too bad, at the bay bridge you will see that traffic is light and across all bay area bridges you may notice the wind so be careful. Many students at san jose state are upset after finding swastikas being discovered into resident halls. Janine de la vega is liv
But it is out there in the bay. We dont know yet if its some sort of oil or gas spill or if its necessarily related to that noxious odor that sickened a lot of people here in vallejo last night. This is the mysterious sheen in the waters of the San Pablo Bay its a mile long by 40 yards wide. Thousands of people had to shelter in place last night when a strong gas odor enveloped vallejo. What if this stuff is really toxic and we find out later that its going to affect us . Reporter around 1,000 calls came into 911 dispatch starting just after 7 p. M. Call the police and they told me to evacuate the city or go into shelter. Reporter hundreds of people went to the hospital complaining of nausea and trouble breathing. Smell was horrible. Reporter at around the same time the smell was reported, a ferry spotted ashen in the water stretching from San Pablo Bay to the carquinez strait. The coast guard sent up its chopper this morning to investigate and several early vallejo ferries were cancel
Reporter no, they are not willing to make that connection just yet. But they say they are taking it step by step. And right now the u. S. Coast guard is taking samples to determine the source of that sheen. Were not being told its an oil slick from a spill. So there are no containment efforts being taken yet. Thats not to say we want it to spread. Its not like its an oil slick over the water that they can put containment around. Reporter the Vallejo Fire Department is working with the coast guard to determine the source of the mile long sheen across north San Pablo Bay. Es unclear whether the smell is what sent several dozen people to local hospitals with respiratory problems last night. Cant breathe. Eyes watering. Dizziness. Gna nauseating. You could smell it by 780 and i80. I thought my truck rear end blew up because it smelled so bad. When i i came to the water front i had to roll my windows up. Reporter the Ferry Service canceled two ferries this morning that usually carry around
Now, their two dogs were not injured. Now, one of the businesses just opened in march. A dental office. Were people inside and they were qui evacuated. Around 2 40 2 45 this afternoon we received multiple phone calls for a fire around the area of 19th and First Arriving crews wereey were fire on the roof at 2210 19th street. This is a twostory residential over commercial. Theres a dental building below. Reporter now, we found out that the owner had gunpowder in his garage so he quickly let firefightersknow. Potential danger. Now, the fire occurred across the street in a high school. Now, today is wednesday, so it was a short day, so there were very few students inside the school. They were told those inside were told to shelter in place, again, fortunately no one was hurt. The cause. Blaze still under investigation. Im live in San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez abc 7 news. Viewers sent pictures on social media of the fire as it was burning. Eric narz us this image of the heavy smoke. Send