Look at what has been happening. Teams of workers with the citys planning and building department. Theyve been inspecting and in some cases reinspecting the buildings damaged in yesterdays 6. 0 quake to see if they need to be yellow or red tagged. Yellow is for restricted access and red means keep out. At least two more structures were yellow tagged for a total of 45. We spoke with a man who was surveying the damage for one of the Main Property owners downtown. He does not believe that all of the buildings can be repaired. Oh, some will have to come down, i would assume so. A lot of these are just masonry. The city has red tagged them already. Im either going to have to retrofit them but its so large if they dont get a grant from the governor or whoever is going to provide that, it will have to come out fd their own pockets. Reporter you can sigh the old library suffered extensive damage, bricks falling into the Mustard Seed Clothing Company next store. The shops owner arrived to surve
Pope has followed the natural path of dying and then electing a new pope. Thats kind of sad that he has to go, but you know, at least he realizes that he cant continue. Most of the news people were saying, well, hes a rottweiler pope, well, no, he wasnt. He was a pope who spoke on love. And he has a strong legacy of love and being faithful to the catholic church. As i said about john paul, they came to see him. Benedi benedict, they came to hear him. I think that will be his legacy. Reporter when the pope resigns at the end of the month, hell continue to live the rest of his life at the vatican. Some time in march the cardinals will gather to choose his successor. Reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. In the meantime, archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Just Announced this statement, quote, on behalf of the priests, religious and lay faithful of the archdiocese of San Francisco, i express our deep gratitude to Pope Benedict xvi for his lifetime of tireless and sel
Workers promised to resume their strike if that happens. Todays bargaining session, we have more where the situation stands now. Union leaders say both sides last the bargaining table just before 8 00 tonight. Talks were initially supposed to start at 11 00 but the two sides did not meet facetoface until 4 00 in the afternoon because bart negotiators were in a closed meeting with the board of directors. Not much progress has been made and if a deal is not reached by the end of the weekend, a strike is likely. We work in concert with the ciu, as you know. We are working also with ascne because they also are members that are local at bart. At this time there is no discussion about extending the contract. We are working with the deadline, august 5th at midnight. Despite not having a deal, he says hes still hopeful. Everybodys working hard. Theyre doing everything they can. All sides want to see this resolved. Nobody wants to see another strike. Both sides are scheduled to return here to h
County superior court. That complaint alleges that chevron had knowledge of the dangerous condition of the pipe that caused last years refinery fire, yet never bothered to fix it. Now, it points out that chevrons richmond refinery has had 14 separate incidents in which toxins were released into the air since 1989. The suit says the city and the people of richmond have suffered tremendous harm from the fire and its aftermath and lawyers say it is time for chevron to be held accountable. To have this played out in a courtroom, publicly, so that everybody can see with their own eyes who made what decision and when. And more importantly, why wasnt this pipe replaced . Reporter now, chevron has issued a statement saying the mayor tells me she believes constituent has an obligation to demand that chevron make good. No word yet on how much the city is going to be seeking, but city leaders tell any will most certainly be in the millions of dollars. Reporting live in richmond, im jodi hernandez
Out of sfo have almost doubled since we arrived this morning. It was just under 50 when we arrived, now its about 90. A lot of cancellations there. Fortunately for one young travel, it worse, having her flight canceled is heartbreak when you heart about her and her story, you will understand why she is in tears. She needs to be in washington dc by tomorrow night for the National Kung fu team. She has been training for six months. She was ready to go and he and her parents arrived to find out that the Virgin America flight to dallas was canceled pause of the snowstorm on the east coast. She could miss the event, thats pretty sad. She has been training for a long time. Arent there other flights . I think everybody is booked. We checked and there was Nothing Available before sunday. She has to be there saturday . Friday night. Today is being billed as one of the worst air travel days this year. The snowstorm that started in the southeast and is now over new england forced a cancellation o