Fire department cautioned not to read too much into it saying its not necessarily an indicator that there is a criminal investigation, just standard procedure in an incident this large. Less than 24 hours after fire ripped through two tanks at the newstar Energy Storage facility in crockett, investigators with the contra costa fire department, the atf, and other agencies served a search warrant on the site. At 11 30 this morning, we served a search warrant on newstar, and i want to quickly say that you should not form any opinions about that because this is a common practice. Reporter the evidence seized could include documents and computer servers that have video before and during the fire that consumed two tanks that contained about 250,000 gallons of ethanol. Just 1 of their capacity. The huge fire sent a giant plume of black smoke over the area, forcing the closure of interstate 80 at the height of the evening commute. You can get the longterm Health Effects from smoke, b thats whe
Air. Reporter he has lived here fletting us down. Reporter they were above the threshold of. 016 structures which is a measurement of a unit of air. Some of the readings were above the guidelines for airborne asbestos. From naturally occurring asbestos. Reporter officials could not tell by how much of the levels were exceeded. The readings were slightly above the threshold in the agreement. About the only activity came from a few workers who were spraying the dirt i hand or driving water tanker trucks. In some places workers lay down tarps to cover the dirt to keep it from blowing. How long with the stress shutdown stay in place . Until the city is satisfied we have a safe Work Environment for the workers and residents. Reporter kb homes and a statement saying the air is safe by federal standards. Exposures associated with the Construction Activity at indications hill are within the u. S. Environmental protection agencys acceptable range for the protection of human health. The company
Well stay in the 60s at the coast. Temperatures below average and youll need that light jacket this evening, 59 to 64 already at 7 00. Lets get an update with alexis. Its friday. Were expecting friday light traffic. Construction is slowing you down in a couple areas. Southbound 13 also a full closure overnight between moraga through the montclair stretch and we should have that wrapped up within about 30 mi detoured surface streets and thats not causing any major delays. A quick check outside, san jose at 880 and some very light volumes at 4 31 in the morning. A look at drive times up next. This morning Hurricane Maria regaining some of its strength as the storm moves past the Dominican Republic into the Caribbean Sea and there is help on the way to puerto rico this morning. The islands president says that it is obliterated. Fema and the u. S. Military are flying in generators, water, food, and temporary shellers. American airlines plans to fly in. The damage is so extensive it could t
Well stay in the 60s at the coast. About 70 to 73 around the bay and inland. Below average once again at 4 00. Look at those temperatures at 7 00. Nice evening, 59 to about 64. Well take a look at that warming trend up next. Heres alexis. Good morning, mike. And our only slow spot so far this morning and it is starting to improve. 880 a full closure overnight between 23rd and 29th for more work on the 23rd avenue overpass scheduled to wrap up and reopen by 5 00 a. M. And it looks like they got that done a few minutes ahead of schedule. And were looking good everywhere else, too, just a little bit after stack up in the cash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza on the lefthand side. The metering lights flip on around 5 25. Well look at drive times up next. It is right around the corner, free speech week kicking off on sunday. And berkeley is asking residents to, quote, separate yourself from violence. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live for us on campus. Amy . Reporter hi, good mornin
After that reporters were ushered out of the room. The president said in a letter it was attorney general Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein who wanted to fire comey. They believe he was wrong to speak publicly about Hillary Clintons email investigation in july. He announced he would not seek criminal charges. Because of that unconventional public announcement the fbis reputation and credibility quote, suffered substantial damage. Its something Vice President pence referenced today when he spoked about the firing. Back to a place where we move past the difficult politics of the last year and we can move back to a place where every american can know that the fbi is able to do its job. Comey apparently found out hed lost his job on tv. Before actually receiving his official termination letter. And up until he was fired yesterday comey had been the top official leading a criminal investigation into whether there were any ties between the russian government and the Tr