have someone to ask questions too. >> reporter: last week the ambassadors were trained in de- escalation techniques. their radials will go straight to dispatch in case of a problem. davis was a community service officer for seven months. before joining joining the first class of investments. we can contribute to bart and write the trains and be there for the patriots and the folks writing the trains. i'm excited about doing this.>> reporter: back out here live at lake merritt bart part of the plan is to dispatch these people at the beginning of their shift to the outer edges of the system. they will work their way back into the system on the trains walking the trains as the hours rolled by getting back to the core of san francisco and oakland. as the late-night hours hit. chopper 5 over the chevron refinery in richmond that is sending out a plume of smoke. hours after a flaring incident. force evacuations. neighbors tell us it is becoming a pretty common sight. >> reporter: the site you see behind me you will see some white smoke in the distance. that is normal operation. what happened this morning was anything but normal. it was a flareup and they had an alert go out to some people in the area and employees on the refinery grounds. other residents say they want to get every warning that is there. they are seeing more of these flareups day by day. the refinery is right they are. you can see how huge it is.>> reporter: penny lives six miles east of the refinery. this is what she saw around 9:45 am from her background backyard. she took video from her phone. there is black smoke coming out of the stack. there is also black smoke that is dissipating to the south. flaring releases toxins. >> reporter: it is what she smelled that worried her more. my nostril started to i can feel it in my throat. it was an acidic smell and taste. >> reporter: the flaring was first reported internally at 4:26 am. forcing the evacuation of less than 100 workers who were inside the refinery at the time. according to the office of emergency services the plume of smoke drifting through the air was identified as hydrogen sulfide. chevron said flaring is an important part of keeping the refinery running safely. flares are highly regulated safety devices designed to relieve pressure during the refining processes. and help keep equipment and plans operating safely. raw works near the refinery and said everyone state the city does a practice drill. you can hear the alarm system. it is a city alarm system. the cility big pole outside of there is no escaping just how loud it is. >> reporter: even small incidents like today's are important to know about. we pay close attention to it. work at a chemical manufacturing facility downwind from that area. we have had it happened before they had major events we had to keep everyone inside.>> reporter: according to bay area air quality management there has been a reported rise in flareups connected to the startup of the hydrogen plants that started operating last year. as for today's flareup chevron will have 60 days from the end of the month to report on this flare causal investigation. we hope to find out more and we will report back. a man died in a house fire in oakland today. it broke out before 4:15 am and spread to at least one other home. neighbors woke up to flames on top of a roof. firefighters got the fire under control. then found the man inside. another person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. investigators are working to figure out the cause. san francisco's public works director is out under a cloud of corruption allegations. mohammad nuru resigned this afternoon. the fbi arrested him two weeks ago. he is accused of engaging in an attempted bribery scheme. and faces a charge of honest services wire fraud. investigators believe he was involved in several other instances of corruption. mayor london breed that he was already in the process of being terminated at the time he resigned. santa clara county supervisors pass an emergency declaration to deal with the coronavirus. not because of any new or increased threat. but because it gives the county broader powers to access resources. right now there are two confirmed cases in santa clara county. a center in san jose is making changes to help those addicted to meth. devon feeley gives us an inside look at the new pilot program.>> reporter: it is a sign of the widening methamphetamine epidemic. santa clara county is dedicating fully half of its sobering sensors once reserved for people with alcohol addiction issues. to meth users. this what we used to call it a drug tank. renamed a sobering center. the new name reflecting our evolving understanding of addiction. any desire to treat it as a medical issue rather than criminal justice one. somebody here who is using meth and wants to go to a program would get not just a referral but actually get drip into the program. starting march 4 police officers who pick up someone on meth is violent or aggressive can drop them off here. they will have a chance to sober up and be encouraged to seek treatment. if someone were to say this sounds like an exercise in compassionate foolishness you would say what? i would say what we are doing doesn't work we have already demonstrated simply incarcerating people is not going to drop them from using drugs. >> reporter: the focus from alcohol abuse to meth users was pragmatic. driven by the death. as your nearly 40% of the people dropped off at the sobering center said meth was their drug of choice. we have to get out of this false choice of we either have them in jail or we have them on the street. >> reporter: the staff at the sobering center includes nurses and social workers. they don't have the legal authority to order someone into treatment programs. hope to steer them to help in a way from a deepening addiction. i believe this is a health issue. i believe that they need the opportunity. >> reporter: this is a pilot program that will last a year. at the end of the year they will decide if they want to continue it scrap it or make changes to make sure it works better. still ahead howling winds were especially ferocious in one east bay neighborhood. one man had to evacuate his home in the middle of the night. one bay area city making bicyclist king. the major roadway that might get some major upgrades. how you can get the best taste of wine country while enjoying a warriors game. the winds over the weekend not gone yet. in fact a bit of a resurgence tonight. we will tell you the details as we look over that beautiful finish to monday and we, the cover the forecast in just a minute. we are streaming on cbs bay area. you can find us kpix.com. the cbs news app or your favorite platform. at for presidt is better than the criminal in the white house. we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. whate different, is i've been working for ten years outside of 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surprised. the trees have been worrisome for years.>> reporter: have you told anybody about that? the neighbor who was evacuated has written letters trying to get it done. the buck was always getting past.>> reporter: this is unincorporated alameda county. are the trees on public property or private property? alameda county took care of what was their responsibility. the homeowner trimmed back to trees. any windstorm the acts of god are going to have them. the trees came down. >> reporter: the largest came down a 92-year-old bruce thompson's house. his home sustained a somewhat minor damage. crews cleared the trees and pg&e carefully lifted cables and neighbors help to clear the way for bruce. are you in the house at the time? we were over our neighbors.>> reporter: what are you going to do tonight. i want to clear out the ramp and hopefully go home tonight. >> reporter: there is one more giant tree that is in danger of falling. workers are busy trying to take it down. piece by piece pg&e said power will be restored sometime this evening. a new request from pg&e. it is asking state regulators to approve temporary rate hikes. average monthly bills would go up by about $11 a month for at least a year. that adds up to one $24 billion. the utility said it needs the money to cover expenses it already incurred such as from enhanced tree trimming. and repairs to the various weather events in 2019. pg&e's request is separate from its bankruptcy process. san francisco cycling advocates want to change a stretch of bike lane along the embarcadero. they want to add concrete barriers around the bike lane from south beach park near oracle part to pier 39. that is to .5 miles. tomorrow sf mta staff will ask the commission for various already being planned. and about building them along the entire embarcadero. winning the award for the best sunset of the evening along the west coast of the u.s. ladies and gentlemen here is the view. outs of the golden gate and the pacific beyond. a nice finish to this monday night. it will get windy into the night. right now it is from concorde to santa rosa. santa rosa is still at 71. after having set a record of 79 today. there broke a 2018 reading. that is after a low of 35 overnight. low temperatures tonight it will be chilly. santa rosa 40 with the starry skies. we will lose the heat so we got during the day. but still fairly mild air over northern california means vallejo is down to 45 and fremont 44. san jose 45. low pressure spinning over baja california and spending gulf moisture from the sea of cortez. that is producing showers for los angeles and san diego. offshore winds continue and they will be gusty tonight. watched a bright colors bloom overnight. still at 25 to 35 miles per hour range and wine country and fairfield. one short will be per drive. it will be wind advisory criteria through tomorrow morning. they begin to ease up. and we will be done with the wins for a while. just like we have been done with the rain. we get rain in southern california and none of here. the world has been turned on its head. clear night it will be windy in the hills. sunshine tuesday. mild to warm again. we hit record highs today santa rosa and sfo. we might get close to them tomorrow. it won't be as warm tomorrow. a gradual and more emphatic cooling starts wednesday. in the meantime rain chances again are 10% which means between now and sunday. forecast for tomorrow 76 santa rosa and 72 in napa. unusually warm weather continues out of travis air force base. fairfield hits a 72. and fremont 70 degrees in san jose 71. in the extended forecast with sunshine for tomorrow. and warm. warm temperatures for tuesday. wednesday 70 degrees. thursday and friday and saturday we get more clouds. the temperatures relax back into their more normal february readings of middle 60s. more normal would be more rain. the next seven days it just doesn't look like it is happening. that is the topic for weather. dennis has more interesting to talk about in a team he would tell you originated in philadelphia in 1946. and now is at the chase center which i think is where he is standing live. >> reporter: you only get that information with brian. workers and the heat in town. andre is back with the miami heat. and you're looking at andrew wiggins former number one overall player in the nba draft. now a golden state warrior. next. obama: he's been a leader . aeoog ert the cou ntheleoradrypash ip tn actiweon.st tyelve mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. obama: at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. welcome back jason to warrior then he kevin durant's departure get all the headlines last summer. when andre actually laughed much harder i think on the warrior fan base and they will tell you that. tonight they get a chance to thank agee who is back in the bay area as a member of the miami heat. golden state traded him to memphis in july to free up salary cap space. d'angelo russell in 2015 finals mvp signed with the warriors before they turned into a dynasty. and for that reason his number nine will be retired. he might be done with golden state. but still spends plenty of time in the bay area. you experience it in public a lot. i joke with my wife all the time. when can we go outside and walk down the street and no one notices us? she always says never. my office is up the block. every an understanding the last five or six years are special. do you think andre someday might want to do what you are doing? he has the brain. he has a way of dealing with the younger players. have you talked about him about that? i mentioned how smart he is. that would indicate he would not go into coaching.>> reporter: andre is still very close with some of his former warrior teammates. here's how is going to greet andre tonight. i'm going to flagrant foul him. flagrant 2. as soon as i get a chance. it will be worth it. i get to talk about that for the rest of my life to him. it will be worth it.>> reporter: out with the old and in with the new. andre wiggins is in uniform. he scored 24 points in his debut. he is shooting as we speak. he had 24 points and five steals the of the night against the lakers. the warriors are hoping to switch from minnesota to golden state will help him reboot his career. i have been lost a lot in minnesota. coming here being part of a winning team and winning culture is different. losing is never fun. just being here it you can tell by everyone's attitude everyone's approach. everything is everywhere. they are winners.>> reporter: nfl news the philip rivers era with the chargers is over after 16 years with the franchise. rivers announcing he will answer free agency this off- season. the 38-year-old had 397 career touchdowns the most that nfl history. without a super bowl appearance in rivers tom brady and drew breeze would all be free agents next month. interesting to see what will happen with the oakland raiders. wiggins with a dunk. i'm hoping to interview him for the 7 pm news. miami heat andre iguodala in uniform tonight against his old maids the golden state warriors. it is so weird to see how many different uniform. iggy is back in town. should be a good game. we will be right back. tom: my mom always told me actions speak louder than words. she was a school teacher. my dad joined the navy and helped prosecute the nazis in nuremberg. their values are why i walked away from my business, took the giving pledge to give my money to good causes, and why i spent the last ten years fighting corporate insiders who put profits over people. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. because, right now, america needs more than words. we need action. a lot of things that make the new chase centers special. not many arenas can brag about the. the wife of the warriors owner is a former winery worker. and made sure the chase center was stocked with a world-class wine list. hiring to masters to make sure customers were getting the best from a list of more than 100 wineries. thank you for watching. 6 pm. the news continues streaming on cbsn bay area. the cbs evening news is next. will be back at 7 pm. have a glass of wine. captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> o'donnell: breaking news tonight, the final push. democrats take aim at each other on the eve of the new hampshire primary. tonight who is surging, who is fading, and why the president is holding a rally there tonight. >> oh, my god. >> o'donnell: the scene of the crash. exclusive video taken just after kobe bryant's helicopter went down, killing the nba star, his daughter, and seven others. plus the emotional new post from kobe's wife, her vow to remain strong 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