Reporter carolyn and orville sanford say their entire house shook yesterday when two tanks burst into flames and smoke at the Nustar Energy facility down the street from their home. Turning a quiet afternoon into a terrifying one. I thought oh, gosh, i hope they dont explode our whole town out. I thought oh, hell. Weve had it now. My dads 81. Hes had three strokes, and he is on oxygen. And it was just a terrible, scary night. Reporter tonight fire crews still have a foam blanket over the explosion site. They want to make sure there is no threat of anything reigniting before they begin removing it. But theyre wasting no time trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong. 11 30 this morning, we served a search warrant on nustar. Reporter contra costa fire says their investigators are working with the atf, the sheriffs department, cal osha, and the d. A. s office to interview witnesses and examine documents and digital data like surveillance. They are all working as one team to investiga
Listings dropped the past in the last 12 months. In San Francisco 12 of listings dropped the price even in a strong overall economy. Employment is good. In Silicon Valley people have a decent income. But people are done buying at crazy prices. Reporter but the number of ipos has dropped lately and buyers are becoming a bit more cautious. For the natalie for the carlsons, theyre still buying. Yes, i think itll be fine. It seems to be slowing more gradually than maybe say 2008. Reporter that was when the Housing Market tumbled taking the economy down with it. Now, there is some good news for home sellers. The latest numbers out today show our jobless rate as low as its been in 50 years. And when people have jobs, theyre more likely to shop for homes. Live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Does make sense. Thank you scott. Well, a water mane break flooding businesses and the freeway onramp. Sky ranger flew over 680 near crow canyon in san ramon about an hour ago. Water, lots o
This is a concern for every american because we all use automobiles. Reporter legal analysts Stephen Clark points out that license plate tracking, while legal, is not only likely to be imprecise but may also be meant to target sanctuary communities. Like Santa Clara County and San Francisco. And the other question is, is i. C. E. Doing this because states like california and cities like San Francisco refuse to cooperate with i. C. E. And this is the only avenue that ice has to conduct its business. Reporter either way, i. C. E. Said it will use the plate data base and that is causing concern. I think it is a dangerous development. There is a lot of technologies that get developed and we never have a public discussion about should these technologies be pursued. Reporter now we reached out to vigilant systems which told us it is tracking technology can be used to find out where a car has been, but does not contain any personal data by law. It is technology has in the past but used by loc