Altogether inside. Only about seven to ten of them were affected by that massive fire. Now these businesses, they included woodworking shops, metal working shops as well as bronze. And we talked to oakland fire and they explained the difficulty of putting out this fire and the type of businesses that were inside. Heavy fire load in there. Especially with the woodworking shop. That makes it very stubborn for us. There part of the facility or the warehouse is two stories and the roof collapsed in and trying to get to the fire on the first floor is difficult because we cant get the water to ther reporter as you mentioned, no one lived in this building. This was strictly for work. So no one was no one was anide at the time of the fire. Issue as they tried to extinguish the fire and the fire crews were able to fix the problem. As we take you back out here live to the scene, there were no mandatory evacuations. This is primarily a residential area but the cause of the fire is still under inv
Office of Emergency Services building in oakland for a News Conference scheduled to begin right now, at 11 am. Were expecting special agent in charge, jill snyder, to take us through the atfs findings so far. As they finshed collecting evidence over the weekend. Adlib. Live newser vidx1 kris cu a developing story a south bay neighborhood is ordered to shelter in place based on the evidence that they found at the scene, but they also walked some of the witnesses who were able to escape through the warehouse so that they could piece together where everything was. They were also coming up with a 3d diagram or model of the warehouse so that they could interpret that. Tory ve driven by warehouses in days since then, you can tell that there are few ways into and out of those buildings. Were waiting for the special agent in charge of the atf for an update, hoping to hear what might have sparked that fire. Teams anme back to this in just a moment. But we have another developing story, this one
Theres a crash involving a big rig, a pickup truck and debris. Looking for a sweeper truck and a tow. In san pablo, folks look like theyre getting back on at central. Chp says theyre not sure when theyll be able to reopen those lanes. The rest of your day is clear. Thank you very much. 5 01. In milpitas the city decided to take Water Conservation one step further with a big rate hike. Residents say its not fair. Today in the bays bob redell live in milpitas with the decision. The city council raised those rates by 65 . Youre right, laura, 65 increase in the water rate hike, water rates in the city of milpitas will be faced in. In january theyll jump by 30 and then in july another 35 , getting it to the 65 . Looking at what this will cost the average customer rs their average bill could go up by around 28 a month. The city council explained the dix to a packed room last night, full of concerned residents saying the drought made water more expensive. For example, milpitas gets some water
Morning. New details now on a massive water rate hike coming to one south bay city. Just hours ago the Milpitas City Council approved to raise the cost of water by 65 . Today in the bays bob redell joining us live from milpitas this morning. Bob, you hear about utility rate hikes, you think maybe a buck or two here or there. This is a lot more than a buck or two. Reporter were talking on average, sam, as much as 28 per month for the average customer here in the city of milpitas. Last night behind me in city hall, the city hall approved a 65 rate increase for water customers that will be phased in over the next several months. In awe few weeks, starting in january, the bills will go up 30 , and then again in july by 35 . Again, on average looking at about a 28 increase per customer per month. The city council explained the decision to a packed room full of concerned residents saying the drought made the water more expensive. For example, mill ped tas gets some water from the San Francis
thanks for being with us. i m marla tellez. jon kelley is off today. thousands of workers are off the job at hospitals statewide and now medical centers are relying on backup workers to take care of patients all day long. nbc bay area s christie smith is live at kaiser permanente medical center in oakland where workers are marching picket lines. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. four hours into this one-day strike and the workers i m speaking with this morning think it s going pretty well. there s one union involved in a contract dispute, but they have support from two other unions. they are out here today as well, including the california nurses association, which has about 17,000 members. the kaiser worker says this one-day walkout has do with cuts to their benefits and patient care. they say patients wait way too long for appointments. it s their fourth walkout since 2010, and second since september. it s just simply unexcusable that they re scrimping on the