Oakland Senior Center was told that test done at mcclymonds high for the carcinogen, tce, take kay promising. The school has been closed for more than a week after trichloroethyle was found in the groundwater under campus. There is no detection of tce in the air that the students at mcclymonds have been breathing. No one can say how it got there. West oakland is riddled with leaking underground storage tanks used for industrial purposes in the past and still buried. Several in the vicinity of mcclymonds. We want our mcclymonds Community Back in their home as soon as possible. But, the bottom line is that we cannot go back until we know its safe. The Oakland School board also discussed the disruption with 350 students split by grade and is sent to other locations this week. Is there anything additionally that would calm the families fears around having been at the school . Another round of analysis is underway, testing for vapors in some 200 spots on campus. The cost of falling on a cas
For. Its the first evidence of Community Transmission in the United States. Tonight we learned that the patient is from Solano County and is being treated at Uc Davis Medical Center in sacramento. This latest case brings the total number of cases tested and confirmed in the u. S. To 15. The other 14 cases involve travel to china or close contact with travelers. 42 other people with the disease were evacuated to the United States from the diamond Princess Cruises ship and three from 100 china. Jana katsuyama in vallejo tonight with more on the latest diagnosis. Reporter the cdc says they are not releasing the patients name for ivacic reasons but on social media there is an internal memo circulating that is supposedly from the ceo from Uc Davis Medical Center in medical center. That memo says the patient was transferred there from Solano County last wednesday. They had asked at that time that the cdc do coronavirus testing. But they said their request was denied because the patient did
Not going to make too much of an impact, the temperatures continue to be way above where they should be. Sal is here right now. So far so good. We see a little bit the slowing here and there but we are within the realm of normal near the bay bridge, interstate 880 is looking good in both directions. We see traffic off to a good start into the south bay. Lets go back to the desk. New this morning, the california Highway Patrol is looking for the driver who led them on a dangerously fast chase through three counties overnight. Officers tried to pull over a dark gray volkswagen but the driver drove away at speeds of 131 Miles Per Hour across the Richmond San Rafael bridge to the macarthur maze. Thats where california Highway Patrol lost the driver. Japan is closing schools nation wide to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The Prime Minister wants the schools to stay closed until the spring holidays start in late march because of the growing rise in the number of untraceable cases in nort
Coast. Sal is here. We had an issue earlier but that got resolved. We see the traffic beginning to slow. We will see that the traffic is backed up at the toll plaza on 880 and it is also slow this hayward as you start to head south towards froa month. 101 in san jose is okay. Lets go back to the desk. The latest United States case of coronavirus is really close to home and its the first of its kind. Officials at the cdc said they do not know how the patient who is from Solano County, picked up the infection. We are at the Solano Health department to learn why there was a delay in testing that particular person. Reporter good morning. On wednesday of last week that patient was transferred from Solano County to the uc davis county medical center. Nirly they did not test for the coronavirus because the patient did not fit the profile for travel. He had no travel history connected to china or known exposure to someone who was sick, the cdc tested sunday and the cause was confirmed. It is t
It seems weird that i had to turn on the sprinklers yesterday. I do miss winter and we needed it. It is a little bit early for wine but we can talk about the no because these warm temperatures are starting the budding season with record temperatures including tuesday 81 in santa rosa has many of these finds popping. That is the down start with the great growing season adding another month for farmers to guard against the spring frost. It is unique and every year we have a different bottle with a different year on its own who knows what 2020 will be. Another unusual sight with this unusual weather is your friend and hours, steve paulson. He came across a rattlesnake on a hiking or biking trip and you usually dont see those this time of the year. Ive seen a few gopher snakes already, and one was a few weeks ago but temperatures are warm enough to come out after the temperatures at 70 to 75. Will be warming up for a very warm day with the possible record high with san jose already at 57.