Data Real Time Data that you can get on line. But now theres a disagreement about whether this data actually say says. If it was a larger than average flare from the chevron refinery this could be seen from San Francisco. Richmond mayor elect tom butt posted on the face book page saying this is the biggest flaring i have seen at chef respect in years. Chevron says it had to burn off excess fuel to depressurize and shut down one of its refinery units. It happened around 7 00 oclock tonight. Contra costa county hazmat was on the scene monitoring the flare. Well it means theres something not running as norma normal. At this point i cant speculate on what exactly wept wrong. Chevron says no impact to the community and the refinery monitor are showing this the air quality is well within quality standards. But the director for the Global Community monitor tells us the data from those same monitorsn show high level of fine tech late matter unhealthy for people. County supervisor john joy twee
Get right to alan to tell you exactly whats going on and what officials are saying about this. People from all over the east bay even San Francisco reported seeing the bright flame around 7 00 oclock in. You are looking at video from our tower cam are in im riville and grizzly peek. What you are zoo seeing is a flare used to burn off excess material when refinery is trying to depressurize the system. Is refinery said its in the process of shutting down refinery unit. They say its common to release water vapor or steam in conjunction with the flare and thats why it gives off the appearance of steam. Chevron saying there is no impact to the communitybased on the data from the air moptor. Now over the phone chevron Public Information officer told us they did not inform the community because they are not required to. Assistant director for Contra Costa County hazmat came out to monitor the nraivrment he says the color of the plume appears to be white like staechlt direction of the plume is
Jana katsuyama live at the chevron plant just off of interstate 580 near the Richmond San Rafael ridge. This all started around 7 00 tonight. Must have been quite alarming for anyone near by. Absolutely. Now let me tell you right now its dark and its hard to see. But there is still some steam that is coming out of that unit. Of course thats 2012 chevron fire is still very fresh in peoples mind. So there was some concern when they saw this flair that lasted nearly an hour. Chevron said it was a normal flair. The flames could be seem s if miles. It means theres something not working as normalled. Reporter a spokesperson said that a flair is a way to release some of the chevron released this statement. It said in part we had a process unit that needed to be depressurized. The flair is a Safety System that allows us to safely shut down a unit. Chevron said the black cloud was steam and can take the appearance of smoke. Chevron says they are monitoring the air quality. We were making sure t
There are signs of improving weather on the weekend. Ill have more on that in 12 minute. Here is your traffic with your man, sal castaneda. Steve, happy friday to you. Today, we starting off with some moderate news. Most of the commute is nice. We are looking at the east shore freeway. Taking about 18 minutes. There has been no major problems. And also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. They had an accident blocking lanes. They have opened up some of the lanes. But a couple of the lanes are still closed. If you are driving out of San Francisco to the airport, you should be aware. Right now its a good time to get on 280 instead. Use 280 to 380 and you will bypass this problem now. The northbound lanes shouldnt be effected. But again if you are driving on 101 out of the city, there will be some delays associated with this crash. Lets go back to the desk. Steve just told you another round of rain moves into the bay area this morning. And there is a chance we will see flooding
When will it pick up . Its picking up north. It will pick up here throughout the morning. Cloudy for some. Maybe south bay peninsula, east bay may take awhile. But the system is starting to move in here. In the last few frames the north bay beginning to show itself. And with so much rain here and there just saturated, inch of rain already. And back toward parts now northern Sonoma County and napa county and starting to inch its way toward marin county. Its on its way here. But for some as we said south of San Francisco oakland and concord may take awhile. Over all cloudy and breezy. Our system will barrel in here and the next system will take an aim to the north. I still think it give the north bay an aim. 50s the breeze is beginning to ramp up as well out of the south. 16 at oakland. I expect to see gusts 2530. A cloudy rainy day with 50s and 60s. So for some, sal, i think farther south not a big deal. But the rain is beginning to get in here pretty quick. Im happy about all of this r