Coming up tonight at 6 00 we will hear more from the father what he has to say about galen and how long he considered him a putback. Reporting live, nbc bay area news. Thank you. We continue the coverage on our website just click on the top story box right there on the front panl take to you the raw video of sheriffs News Conference today. Nbcbayarea. Com. Fire and smoke shooting from a bay area refinery. The flaring at valero refinery triggered evacuations and shelter in place orders. The worry potentially toxic smoke and some say they werent warned early enough about the danger. The the smoke still pumping into the air right now, rick. Reporter yeah, it is. And residents, first of all they want know about the issue. Air quality still being tested they want to know about that as well. The latest whats happening at the refineliry the black smoke stopped about an hour ago p. Pufrmg through steam it could go back to black as the refinery tries to get on line this while the area remains o
Monitoring. Doing that throughout the weekend. Also were finding out about the levels out there. The fire chief spoke about that why the refinery is moving to operational standard but could be a few more days. S of 5 30 we identified that the measurable readings were at zeros. Or the releases that had occurred earlier. As a result we have lifted the Evacuation Order for the Benicia Industrial Park at this time. There are no shelter in place directives. And there are no evacuations in place at this time. Reporter also you may be wondering what about anyone showing up at hospitals. Anyone reporting of any type of rest pier torey issues . We did have someone talk about that according to officials here moments ago there have been no significant major impact on local hospital hospitals or people reporting any type of issues. But still as of right now this refinery is slowly getting up to operation. It could be a few more days before back up to full scale. Live in benicia. Thank you rick. Th
A young couple was found shot to death on a Secluded Beach in jenner. After a lengthy manhunt, this case went cold. Until now. The Sheriffs Office says 38yearold shawn gallon is the gunman and he has a violent history. He is already in jail for killing his brother. Tonight we have an exclusive interview with another one of his victims. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd 2r5678ed to auburn and joins with us more. Reporter the victims name is james mcneil. He moved up here to washington, california, about a month ago. His encounter with shawn gallon involved a bow and an arrow. First thing i felt was a hard blow, like a you know, like a bat. Reporter james mcneil reliv living his experience of an arrow to his head and reacting to shawn gallons alleged connection to a cold case murder of a couple on beach in jenner. Apparently it wasnt an accident. It all makes accepts now. I dont know why he was after me. Reporter his strange encounter at the hands of this self proclaimed survivalist takes him bac
Other person could have known and we have collected evidence that corroborates his statements. So i think there is a lot of joy and happiness that there has been a resolution and of course for the families to have them get resolution is important to us the sheriff says he intends to present the case agsint gallon to the d. A. In a matter of weeks in Sonoma County week. Haaziq madyun kron4news steve and if you steve kron4newsmadyun kron4news steve and if you havent already. Dont forget to download the kron four mobile app. To get the latest breaking news updates. We sent out a push alert about todays arrest in the 2004 cold case. We also provide constant updates through the kron four website, Facebook Page and twitter feed. vicki flaring at the valero refinery. Prompted a citywide shelter in place and evacuations this morning in benicia. People could see plumes a smoke. After a power outage at the plant. Kron fours Terisa Estacio has been out at the refinery all day for us and joins us
The record heat that just hit the bay area days ago. The news starts right now. We are on with a special primetime edition of nbc bay area news because of playoff hockey and just like the back and forth on the ice similar situation with the weather. After record heat earlier this week a big change this weekend. Lets take a live look outside. You can see the fog is here. Cooler temperatures are too. Will this weather also bring rain for the weekend. Rob is standing by with the answer to that question. It is certainly hockey weather around the bay area up toward the sierra. Squall valley at 5 00. Heavy snow showers and wet snow flakes flying there. And were talking about snow melt for the last few days. Now snowfall in the high elevations of the southern sierra. Right now it is 32 degrees. Cold enough for may snow showers there. You see it there on the satellite radar view over the sierra and clouds spilling back to the bay area. Well have to watch and see if some of this moisture moving