Us live at the site of the smoke off of 580. Tell us now what that air quality is like. Reporter well, the air quality is much better than when we first arrived and still dont know what caused this fire. As you can see theyre still pouring water on the flames and the shelter in place is still in effect. Thick black smoke can be seen for miles. I drove through a cloud that looked like fog. When i went through the freeway just now, it was so thick. You could taste it and you can taste it now. Its not as bad here but its coming this way. Reporter robin casey receiving two shelter in place alerts tonight. Currently a shelter in place due to heavy smoke from a fire. Reporter the fire started just after 5 00 underneath a pile of scrap metal at the recycling facility. Richmond fire ordered an immediate sheetner place in five neighborhoods. Santa fe, atchison village, north richmond, west of the Iron Triangle near richmond parkway. Its important folks stay inside. Reporter fire officials says
Some of the representatives are being treated for head and back injury but no lawmakers were seriously injured. The shock of the collision was such that you were not braced for it and it was fairly severe and people hit their heads. A team was sent to investigate the crash. The first death of a pedestrian struck highest mark train smart train. The key piece of evidence investigators are looking at. Reporter all smart trains including the one in this collision have cameras on the front facing the tracks. Investigators are taking a closer look at the video to get an idea of how this happened. We know where this happened where her in avenue intersects with the smart train tracks. The woman who was struck and killed was in the direct path of the train on the tracks in the middle of the avenue not on the sidewalk this happened at 7 30 am. The train was carrying 50 people and headed southbound when it struck the woman on the tracks. Her identity has not been released but she is described as
Today, but vianey, how is it looking out on the roads . Its looking clear on our end in terms of the traffic maps. Overall the bay area has been fairly quiet, but chp was reporting that crash earlier that popped up on my map and this is along southbound 880 near highway 92. It appears to be a minor fenderbender, a tow truck is already on the way. So that should be cleared out. Not seeing any delays on our Speed Sensors which is always great news. A quick look at your bridge drive times, westbound 580 towards the Richmond Bridge 8 minutes, westbound 80 towards the bay bridge 10 minutes. Taking a live look outside is the metering lights are on. Back to you. Now to a developing story. We continue to follow out of richmond for you this morning. A shelter in place is now lifted after a massive fire at a metal scrap yard. We have been we have pete suratos out there right now, he is gathering more information, but we can tell you that it started about 12 hours ago at sims metal management, wh
Comfort. The moment a russian jet comes within a few feet of a u. S. Navy plane. Lunar trifecta, the extremely rare site happening right now, no living person has ever seen before. And nice try. How one womans request to bring a peacock on a plane for emotional support just didnt fly today, wednesday, july 31st, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Thats a sight you dont see every day. They call it the super blue blood moon, a lunar trifecta. I bet you had a good view of that. You were up late last night, covering the president s address. You came here the crack of dawn. I did. I drove all night. Im not tired at all, chuck. So, anyway, yes, it was an interesting were going to start with that, our top story, the president s speech. The state of the Union Address to a deeply divided nation and to congress. He had a lot to say. At 80
Reporter its not just a problem in san jose. Investigators say thieves recently targeted mail trucks in pleasant hills, antioch, and richmond. But its not clear whether the thefts are related. Here in san jose, the Postal Service is still trying to determine just how many customers in the willow glen area were impacted by the breakins monday. What were asking is, keep an eye out. Three to four weeks, if you receive a Bank Statement or credit card statement with transactions you did not make, contact us. Reporter the postal inspector says some arrests have been made in connection with previous breakins last year. But so far, hes not revealing any details about those suspects. Reporting live in willow glen, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, marianne. He contacted women through an Online Dating website and then convererced them into sex r pretending to be a Police Officer. Hes facing multiple charges. Police say earlier this month he met a woman online and arranged a mee