Federal atf investigators are on scene along with cal osha, county, and other local agencies. The plant is shut down until such time osha determines it is no longer hazardous. A quarter million gallons of flammable ethanol materials were consumed, the equivalent of 28 big greg gasoline tanker trucks. So far firefighters have used one and a half million gallons of Firefighting Foam and water mixture to suppress the mixture. The usually dry containment areas that surround the tanks to prevent toxic runoff are holding a lot of materials from the tanks as well as the water and Firefighting Foam. We believe there is no risk of fire but out of an abundance of caution we are keeping foam blankets on both of those containment pods to mitigate any risk of further ignition. The tanks that sit next to the burned ones are being vented into the atmosphere to let off pressure. The tank anti leaking valves were damaged in the fire. That system has been compromised because of the fire so they are vent
Looks like a nice day. Itll be similar to yesterday. Temperature running a little cool for this time of year but no complaints. Nice weather coming our way. Cool to mild around the bay area. A little the fog and cloud cover. Are going to catch the tail end of that. We may even squeeze out a sprinkle or two. I will say that in a mome lets take a look at the numbers this morning. Santa rosa 44, San Francisco 54, livermore and san jose right about 50. Most of us a little cooler. Half moon bay down by 13 so a lot cooler for you. Down by seven in novato. Meanwhile the east bay, livermore, concorde, and fairfield always temperatures up from yesterday. Low, mid and highlevel clouds which come from that system right there. Bring you some rain to washington, oregon, and Northern California. As we roll through today will get some of that cloud cover. Here is a look at what you can expect by lunchtime. A few showers over lake county, edging into Sonoma County. Chance for a few sprinkles. Then thi
Finally get the new suspensions been built following decades of political infighting and design disputes. This used to be a double decker freeway right here and now it is almost like a park. Everything is gone. All the freeway is gone. Within just this past hour, at Abbott Square in santa cruz, moments of silence right at 5 00. Santa cruz suffered major damage with the downtown section destroyed. It was only 20 miles from the quakes epicenter. Lets Flash Forward to moay a 4. 5 shaker strucklet hill and this morning, another 3. 7 struck in San Benito County not far from tuesday 4. 7 near hollister. Aside from the physical danger, earthquakes can also take a huge financial toll. Why are so few people willing to protect themselves from that . We sent kpix 5s john ramos to find out. If there was ever a place where a threat of major earthquake should fill reallys here in the bay area. It happened at the turn of the last century and then again 83 years later. Each time, people clean up the m
Nine document pages now at the heart of this growing controversy. Greg lee monitored todays testimony, and he joins us in the studio with some of the big takeaways of this testimony. That testimony went nearly 3 1 2 hours, at times growing very tense. During that public hearing, some of the house intelligence committee, Joseph Mcguire said multiple times, this situation is unique and unprecedented. House democrats criticized him for not releasing the complaint sooner, while republicans called all of this a charade. The whistleblower complaint driving the controversy behind president trumps call with ukrainian president and igniting in impeachment inquiry released to the public. In it, the whistleblower alleges the president used the power of the office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 u. S. Election, by asking for dirt on former Vice President joe biden and his son, he goes on to accuse white house officials of trying to lock down records of the call. I want t
Wifes graveside when someone attacked him. It was september 15th. Amber lee is live from the cemetery. Police released a sketch of the suspect today. Police tell me they need the publics help. The attack happened at the cemetery on winchester boulevard. This is a peaceful area and this busy tech area, its nice to have this peaceful spot. Mission city Memorial Cemetery is a enjoys the quiet i come here pretty often. Its a great place to jog or walk your dog. Two weeks ago a 91 world man was attacked and robbed. He comes almost every day. He brings a lawn chair with him and sits by her grave side. He was struck on the back of the head with a rock by the suspect. Witnesses came to the aid of the victim and helped up with the sketch. The attacker is 35 to 50year old, 6feet tall with a medium build. He wore a white tshirt and long black shorts. The suspect stole unspecified items from the victim. Its shocking. Theres no reason for that. So far leads have not panned out and they dont have su