Morgan has stopped the trains. The last one came through late november. And they dont plan on having any more crude come in until the prices start rising with a barrel of crude. Richmonds fire marshal says the company told him that with the price of oil so low per barrel, it is not Cost Effective to transport the bakken crude anymore. Also says the cars that blew up in West Virginia are the same models that come through richmond. Crews in West Virginia are letting it burn out. Work has begun on removing the railcars now. Most of the 300 people who were evacuated are back home now. An east bay teenager is set to be arraigned on rape charges this afternoon and prosecutors are going to try the 17year old as an adult. Kpix 5s anne makovec is in our newsroom with a look at the case against darrion miles, jr. Reporter he is set to be arraigned on eight felony counts this afternoon in martinez facing the possibility of life in prison. 17yearold darrion miles, jr. , is being tried as an adult.
Out there. Theres a lot of overnight roadwork, as well. Stay tuned for that. There always is. A lot on 880 today. All right. Thank you, elizabeth. Developing news, five Southwest Airlines departures from oakland are canceled today among up to 19 across the country. Its all due to a problem with missed inspections. The faa says the airline must check backup rudder systems within the next five days. Southwest grounded more than 120 planes yesterday after discovering the oversight and that is about a fifth of the fleet. In a statement, the airline says, once identified, southwest immediately and voluntarily removed the affected aircraft from service, initiated maintenance checks, developed action to complete overdue checks. The missed inspections involve hydraulic systems to control the rudder if the main system fails. The driver of the produce truck that caused a fiery train crash in Southern California is arrested on suspicion of felony hitand run. Investigators believe the truck driver
At the scene. Police are now searching for a woman who apparently ran from the crash site. Chp says the suspects were involved in an Armed Robbery in colorado. Developing news, southwest has canceled multiple flights today including nine out of oakland because a problem with missed inspections. Anne makovec reports. Reporter overdue inspections, southwest has been working through the night to do some of the inspections that have been overdue on some of their planes, yet still nine Flights Canceled here out of Oakland International airport this morning. Southwest has grounded at least 128 planes, about one fifth of its fleet, after discovering they had not had inspections on their hydraulic systems, the systems used to control the the rudder if the main system fails. 80 flights were canceled yesterday at least 20 today. I was the bearer of bad news for some passengers this morning. Got some mixed reaction. You are kidding me. Im not. I have to be in philadelphia this evening. I have bee
Everything approaching Marina Boulevard is clear and 59 miles an hour. The rest of the traffic report coming up. Parents and students from catholic high schools turned out for a candlelight vigil against teacher morality clauses. About 200 gathered yesterday outside st. Marys cathedral in San Francisco. They are upset about clauses that the citys archbishop put in contracts for teachers. The clauses require opposition to practices that go against Church Teaching including contraception, sex outside of marriage and homosexual sex. We just dont want other teachers to leave and maybe even leave the faith because, um, we think that maybe the Catholic Church should be progressive like protestants. A spokesman for the archbishop says he is reiterating against catholic doctrine and is not discriminating. In a separate controversy a San Francisco Catholic Grade School gave students pamphlets about sexual sins. Now the priest there says it was an oversight. Staff at star of the sea passed out t
Maintenance checks and disclosed the matter to the faa. The faa has apparently granted southwest five days to complete all of these inspections but in the meantime, some flights will simply have to wait. It doesnt just include flights at oakland international, we found the same story with a handful of flights at sfo and sacramento. Live in oakland, andria borba, kpix5. Meanwhile, a small plane made an Emergency Landing at mineta, san jose. But the people on board not only made it without a scratch, they made it to a meeting online. A lawyer was at the hands of the controllers. While on approach, he realized he couldnt get the landing gear to deploy. When i put the landing gear down, i heard a loud pop. Im a person of faith and i believe that the prayer was answered. Mr. Copenbarger and husband two passengers were able to walkaway from the plane and get to mare meeting. A taxi driver refuses to pay, beats up his driver and runs off. Mark kelly has the video. Reporter the late hours of v