Less than 24 hours after fire ripped through two tanks at the Nustar Energy Storage Facility in crockett, investigators with te Contra Costa Fire Department served a search warrant on the site. I would ask that you not infer anything negative about that. The company is being completely cooperative, and its purely a common practice that we do in investigations especially big complex ones. Reporter the evidence seized could include documents and computer servers that have video before and during the fire that consumed two tanks that contained about 250,000 gallons of ethanol. Just 1 of their capacity. The huge fire sent a giant plume of black smoke over the area forcing the closure of interstate 80 at the height of the evening commute. You can get longterm Health Effects from smoke, but thats when youve been exposed for a period of time, not this short few hours we had last night. Reporter in the meantime, the chairman of the contra costa board of supervisors is calling on his county to
Its going to be a spare the day for the east bay, as we deal with unhealthy air quality and look at the temperatures in martinez. Even though it starts out cool its going to heat up fast. 94 at 12 00 this afternoon. Well talk more about that. Mike, youre seeing the glowing lights at the golden gate bridge. Kari, you showed the clouds, you were above the clouds. Were right in the clouds. A little fog at the golden gate bridge, that keeps things a little cooler here. Youre going to want cooler from the looks of karis forecast over there. Showing you san jose but i wanted to talk about the bay bridge toll plaza, ill just show you on the map thats not so dark, the withelllit and metering lights lit backup at the toll plaza. Rest of the drive easy. Authorities are investigating a San Francisco Police Officer after they say he shot a man across the bay overnight in Contra Costa County. Sharon katsuda is live in el cerrito. You were at a press conference that happened before the news started
Official is under fire for his comments on the statue of liberty. Can you hear me now . Facebook admits listening to some users private investigation. And the guy who organized a group of people to storm area 51 and jayz has a deal with the nfl. Today, august 14, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, thanks for being with us on a wednesday morning. Very interesting deal that jayz made with the nfl and a lot of folks are hoping hell book his wife beyonce ffor the halftime. Big overnight developments into the investigation into Jeffrey Epsteins death. Officials are looking into whether Prison Guards were sleeping for hours that night. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is here with the details, steph, good morning. Good morning, guys. Thats right, a Justice Department official says an afteraction team from the bureau of prisons is expected to arrive at the manhattan jail where epstein died, sometime this
Encores of our newscasts. Were going to switch gears here, and right now at 6 00, struck by a stray bullet. An afternoon walk suddenly turning tragic for a woman near lake merritt. We have the latest on the search for her shooter. And leaving the muddy disaster behind at burning man. Well take you to the desert will festival goers are enduring long waits to get out. And white house blindlyside. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for covid19. We are live with whats being done to ensure President Biden stays covidfree. This is today in the bay. Good tuesday morning. Thank you so much for starting it with us. Im kira klapper. Im kris sanchez. Marcus and laura have the morning off. Mike, you get back from your Holiday Weekend just in time to deliver great news for viewers. I like to stay away from the bad news. Westbound interstate 80 between vallejo and hercules opened hours earlier than expected. Caltrans was pacing that work to be ready for this mornings commute. They did it in less t
The airline said this is likely a technical issue, though united did not immediately release the exact problem. United predicted this would be its biggest Labor Day Weekend ever with nearly 2. 8 million passengers traveling in a sixstay stretch ending today. Also breaking at this hour, an east bay school is under evacuation because of a possible gas leak. Alameda county officials confirmed this was happening at Emery High School in emeryville. The school was evacuated around 9 00 this morning because of the smell of gas. Principals at Emery High School and secondary schools evacuated students. Alameda county fire crews went through the campus. They did not find a gas leak, but pg e crews now are on the scene just making sure. We are still working to find out where that smell originated from and if students will be impacted for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, the mass exodus from burning man is now under way as thousands of people are finally able to leave the desert campsite after that