Less than two days after a derailment in ontario, canada caused crude oil to burn. The incidents are being watched closely by cities and environmentalists fighting a proposal by phillips 66. These crude trains go through the San Francisco bay watershed, through the mountains, near significant Drinking Water sources for communities all across the state. The group says the explosive pictures show a derailment can be more than just cars tipping over. Berkeley is sending a letter to the department of transportation demanding stricter safety regulations. The blast zone is a half a mile from the railroad tracks. That in berkeley means that its also in our watershed. A group led by a councilman sent a letter to San Luis Obispo officials to plan a Community Meeting in midmarch for people who live along the south bay rail line. The reality is people need to wake up and understand this is a real issue. There arent any foolproof measures to keep people safe and things happen. Reporter phillips 66
The same old same old. 50s to low 60s and the cloudy skies. Upper 60s to low 70s around the rest of the bay. Well pinpoint the warmer numbers coming up in a few minutes. Chris . Lisa, thank you. Breaking news out of Half Moon Bay where a fishing boat has run aground. This happened around midnight. Authorities say a 50foot fishing vessel ran on to the rocks near the ritz carlton near miramonte point. There was only one person on board but hes refusing to get off the boat. That man tells the coast guard he plans to have his friends rescue him and will remove the boat from the rocks sometime in morning. Also this morning Oakland Police looking for the person responsible for a fatal hitandrun accident involving three vehicles. The crash happened last night at 14th and adeline. A passenger in a truck was killed. The driver and 2340er passenger are hospitalized. Another woman suffered minor injuries. The driver of a saab hatchback ran away from the scene. It took 12 hours but a man who barri
Pushing across the bay. We will be left with mostly sunny conditions. 60s at the coast. The fog stays put here. It will be barely 60 and mid60s San Francisco. Mostly in the 70s north bay, east bay and in the south bay. 80s are getting closer and those will come into play the next few days. Matt . Thank you, lisa. Bart and its unions will be back as they try to hammer out a deal before sundays midnight deadline. We go to oakland with the latest. Cornell . Both sides return to the bargaining table here at the cal trans building in downtown oakland at 9 30 this morning. So far no deal, but for the first time in a long 250eu78 there is hope that a deal can be reached. Both sides agree on that. Talks broke off around 9 30. New to the mix is grace who is sitting in on negotiations and talking with unions. Despite her presence, no deals were made. Both sides say the fact that she is there and listening is a good sign. I think it is good for the unions because they get to address her and they
With about 70 around the bay. Mid70s inland. Only 50s at the coast and the winds really kick up tonight, maybe even a a few showers overnight. Katie. Thank you. More than a dozen people abandoned at a Castro Valley assisted living home days after the state ordered it chosed. The owners cleared out, leaving 14 patients behind. We have the details from Castro Valley. Valley springs manor is offlimits and cleared out the Authorities Say the facilities owners left behind once this notice went up thursday. Its a terribly sad situation that people would just abandon them. We are talking about human beings. They are unable to care for themselves. They are bedridden, amputees, wheelchairs. You can see in these photos they lined the streets caring for patience as quickly as possible. Four staffers did stay on the past two days to help. But jean pong is still angry, her 65yearold sister who was mentally ill was abandoned. I think they should be held accountable. You cant just vacate and leave yo
As we look at our temperature change the skies have been mainly clear from san jose and milder in nevada. Only upper 60s. Pa partly cloudy and mostly sunny around the bay. Ian working its way up the east coast. Slammed into South Carolina as a category one with powerful winds and flooding rain. Florida was hit hardest with toll at 33 making it the deadliest storm there in 60 years. Ellen lopez. Winds were clocked at more than 90 miles an hour. It slammed the cost line in myrtle beach the surf carrying away part of this pier. It was up over that pier and ate it up. It was just debris everywhere. Strong waves creeping toward the boardwalk battering a shrimp boat. Rising flood waters surrounding homes. I have never seen anything like that. In charleston look at this wind gusts rocking boats back and forth in the harbor. Downtown the boardwalk floodedment ian still on the move large wavers grunge to flood south port and sun saturday beach bringing strong winds the powerful storm surge floo