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Causing it to shut down for at least the next 2 days and possibly even longer can force anchorman is live in oakland tonight with the latest and. The cancer causing chemical tce trichloroethylene youve heard it before when weve talked about toxic sites. Well they found it in the ground water a climbs high school the concern is that the vapors will rise up and impacts students and teachers in the classroom. Thats why school has been closed today and tomorrow and likely much of next week until they can determine if that is happening and what levels and get those levels are dangerous. Oaklands matt climates high school was closed thursday and will be friday and at least for several days next week. Thats because crews removing a fuel tank near the schools Tennis Courts discovered the cancer causing chemical tric laurel ethylene in the ground water below the schools. We are concerned that it could be vaporized it that is seeping up through the ground. And around and getting into the air tha
Greatest cities. Its unusual in such an urban area to have so much open space that were bringing back to nature and getting kids, families, seniors, everyone out into nature right in their backyard. Reporter but theres also a plan to create a state of the art Va Medical Center here and a National Cemetery holding the cremated remains of former military members. Were a coast guard city. The city is very proud of its navy roots, and the opportunity to see the former Naval Air Station become a final resting place for veterans is very eloquent and its a very nice fit for whats going on. Reporter the cemetery will start with 25 to 30,000 niches or burial container, and with the local military cemeteries already full, families have had to face the prospect of burying their loved ones far away. At the rate were going, that 30,000 will fill up the day it opens because i know many veterans, including my family, have ashes at their homes. We cant even reserve a space until the actual facility is
Closed today tomorrow and early next week, theyre looking for another facility so students can get back to school sometime next week. Just a quick clarification when School Officials said that they the state had been around too do some testing in that area they didnt mean they have been here at the school to do testing they meant they had been nearby where they originally had found that plume of tce now this point they dont know how the plume of tce made its way over to the school. But it has and now they have to do some air testing to see if students are in trouble. Well removing a fuel tank adjacent to the Tennis Courts of a climate is high school. Crews discovered the cancer causing chemical tric laurel ethylene or tce in the ground water. School was closed as a result on thursday and will also be closed on friday and at least through early next week. So air quality testing can be conducted our concern is that there realized itc that that seeped through the ground and through our fl
It here, so were starting here, and were moving quickly. Reporter and the School District says they dont know how long the levels have been on campus or where the origin is for that matter. Until they get definitive results, they want to be perfectly safe and clear that there will be no school. If it extends further into next week and beyond, the 350 students will likely have to attend school in other areas for their studies. Juliette goodrich in the east bay, thank you. Kpix 5s betty yu continues our coverage now from just down the street at Taylor Memorial Methodist Church where a Community Meeting on this issue is just getting underway. Betty . Reporter thats right, ken. It just started a few minutes ago, and community members, parents, very upset and concerned are just trickling in right now, hoping to get more information about this toxic substance known as tce. We know that it is a compound thats generally used as an industrial solvent. Its colorless, nonflammable, and has a slig