But its also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. The more jobs you complete, the more money you make. The faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. Lets say i mean you take your time. If you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. Fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risks in north dakotas oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom. A lot of these workers come to north dakota, get chewed up and go home to recover. I get calls from attorneys in other states all asking the same question. What in the hell is going on up there . Thousands of people from all over the country have been leaving home to seek work in the bakken. One of them was a former marine from hazel green alabama. Were in northern alabama to meet the family of dustin payne who after serving two tours in the marines found a job as a welder in north dakota. Hi scotty . How are you doing sir . Im josh rushing with fault lines. How are
Area if you like warm temperatures. A live look from our roof cam. You can see a little bit of fog out there, but the transamerica tower standing proudly, and temperatures in the lower 60s around most of the area. Little cool up in santa rosa, 53 degrees. Were going to see some morning low clouds, near seasonal temperatures today, and we have a very big warming trend coming ahead going back to the triple digits even. Well have your sevenday forecast coming up in a few minutes. First your headlines. Interstate 880 has been closed since 2 00 this morning in san leandro after a pedestrian was killed. Investigators initially thought the pedestrian was hit by a car, but now they are treating it as a homicide. The northbound lanes of the highway are currently closed at marina boulevard. The mother of the 21year old accused of killing a Hayward Police sergeant says her son is innocent and says his name will be cleared. The suspect mark estrada of oakland was charged with murder yesterday. Pol
The us is now the Worlds Largest oil and gas producer in part because of whats happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. North dakota is now producing more than a Million Barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oilproducing wells in the bakken. Now there are more than 8,000. They call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. Its crazy the amount of money you can make here. This rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest Unemployment Rate in the us. But its also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. The more jobs you complete, the more money you make. The faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. Lets say i mean you take your time. If you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. Fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risk
The us is now the Worlds Largest oil and gas producer in part because of whats happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. North dakota is now producing more than a Million Barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oilproducing wells in the bakken. Now there are more than 8,000. They call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. Its crazy the amount of money you can make here. This rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest Unemployment Rate in the us. But its also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. The more jobs you complete, the more money you make. The faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. Lets say i mean you take your time. If you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. Fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risk
The us is now the Worlds Largest oil and gas producer in part because of whats happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. North dakota is now producing more than a Million Barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oilproducing wells in the bakken. Now there are more than 8,000. They call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. Its crazy the amount of money you can make here. This rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest Unemployment Rate in the us. But its also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. The more jobs you complete, the more money you make. The faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. Lets say i mean you take your time. If you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. Fault lines spent six months investigating some of the risk