Responsibility. Reporter in 2000, whenever green was accused of illegally burning pcbs, a chemical linked to cancer, the company settled with the dtsc for 825,000. But instead of cash, dtsc allowed evergreen to pay nearly half its fine in other ways, including equipment donation to the fire department. These fines amount to a pinprick on the hide of an elephant. Reporter consumer advocate lisa authored this scathing report on the dtsc. People inside know there is extensive pollution in some of these instances that can harm people, and they do nothing about it. And that is outrageous. Reporter will you stop and chat with us for a moment . I actually cant stop, but you can chat with me as i walk. Reporter debbie rafael. We caught up with her. What do you say to the folks who are frustrated and feel like their health is at risk . I would say quite a lot happens, and that we are always open. And my door is always open. If people feel like the people who work for me are not being responsive, i want to know about it. Reporter but those who live near fibrotech in Northern California say she does know their concerns. Many say the Hazardous Waste recycler is poisoning their groundwater with the same chemical at the heart of the film erin brockovich. Yes, the water is poisonous. My family had five members and four of us had cancer. Reporter in a letter fibrotech says it didnt cause the contamination, but is cleaning it up Shirley White wants to know why they are use tag permit that expired 16 years ago. Fine free throwtech says theyre working to update that. What kind of letter grade would you give it . Thats a great question. I dont have a letter grade. And thats why i need to do this assessment. Reporter the day after our interview, director rafael sent out this internal memo telling staff 22 of the states 118 licensed facilities are working outdated permits. She writes the agency must review the permitting program. When it comes to the transportation of Hazardous Wastes, sources say recordkeeping is so bad, regulators dont really know which toxic substances are going where. We analyzed the last 13 years of dtsc reports and found 44 of the entries listed blank or unknown when it came to what type of toxic waste was being transported. Who is looking to see if youve got a shipment going to disneyland . Reporter a state audit found 59 are not in the correct jobs. People were given positions who werent qualified. Reporter source says the Department Needs real reform and soon. It requires accountability, transparency, and results. Ive got to go. Reporter so you will sit down with us at a later date for a proper interview . Yes. Reporter we appreciate it. Thank you. We do plan to follow up the director once her review of dtsc is complete. We reached out to evergreen oil, be they had no comment at this time. In the meantime, you can read the entire consumer watchdog report on our website. Its there exclusively. Go to nbcbayarea. Com and click on investigations. Raj, jess, a lot of Critical Issues raised. This is going to be the first of a series of reports as we stay on the story. If you have a tip, give us a call. You see the number on the screen, 888996tips, or send us an email to nbcbayarea. Com. More jobs, more housing, more money that is what santa claras mayor says is coming to his city. He envisions a Bright Future following todays announcement of the expansion of a tech company, along with the 49ers new stadium. Nbc bay areas George Kiriyama sat down. Reporter in recent years, the city of santa clara has had to dip into its reserves, just to function as a city. But those days may be over soon, because right now santa clara is in the middle of a construction boom. Nvidia, the new 49ers stadium, the new apple expansion. Santa clara is experiencing a building boom. Santa clara is absolutely on fire. Reporter and city leaders love it. Nvidia is the best example that we have right now. Reporter chip maker nvidia will be bulldozing the buildings to make way for a new futurie ic headquarters. Thousands of more jobs. With every new project coming in like nvidia, it makes me more and more confident every day. I think the best of our days are to come. I think were going to be able to not only restore but add services back. Reporter thats what city leaders would love to see. More jobs attracting more people which means more tax dollars going back to the city. In return, mayor matthews says that will mean Better Services and balanced budgets. The first thing we have to do is restore the full services that our santa clara residents have come to expect. So we have employees that are on furlough days right now. We would like to get down to zero furlough days. Reporter mayor matthews is excited about the new apple campus setting up shop at Stevens Creek and lawrence expressway. But the crown jewel of construction is handsdown the 49ers stadium. And everything that comes with it. Santa clara now is nationally and internationally known because of the 49ers stadium. And of course because were, you know, in contention for a super bowl bid in 2016. So were getting a fair amount of attention. Reporter mayor matthews says all the construction and the potential jobs will present challenges. It puts pressure on us to trying to provide additional housesing. And thats always a challenge in the valley. Reporter but city leaders will take the challenge, because they say the upside is just too great. So a lot of construction going on. And nvidia hopes to break ground some time in june. Live in santa clara tonight, George Kiriyama, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, george. A shopping dilemma. Can you actually see the prices in the dark . The lights went out at the nordstroms and other stores in downtown walnut creek just before 6 00 this evening. The outage caused businesses to close several hours early. About 920 customers in all lost power. Pg e had it restored a little after 8 00. A piece of equipment left on top of a power pole led to the outage. A new twist in the murder case of oscar pistorius. South African Police say the lead investigator in this case is now facing murder charges himself. The charges are connected to a shooting in 2011. That same investigator was on the stand today in the pistorius case where there were revelations of police mistakes. The detective admitted he has no evidence challenging the olympians claim that he killed his girlfriend accidentally. In the meantime, pistorius is expected to be in court in a few hours from now in south africa to find out whether hell post bail or remain in jail. Well, at some point during the day, there is a good chance you were on camera. The bay area is seeing an increase in the number of personal surveillance cameras on everything from the front porch to the dashboard. Police have been using dash cams for decades to record traffic stops. Now the technology is catching up, and its fairly inexpensive. Its being used by everyday people and private security firms. Many Different Reasons as to why people are installing these cameras. Ive gotten calls of spouses wanting to know where their partner is, parents wanting to know where their teenager is. And employers wanting to know where their employees are. Sales for home surveillance cameras are up 75 over l. A. Years. Tonight the name of a hiker who died at alum rock park. 53yearold andre fell to his death on saturday. Rangers say he ventured into a dangerous area that was closed to the public, and the area that was clearly marked for park visitors to stay out of. Police are calling it an accident. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Department is looking for more suspects connected to a triple homicide in forestville earlier this month. Investigators believe this man is a potential associate of the suspect mark capello who was arrested last thursday in alabama. These pictures are from a chevron gas station in st. Helena, and they were taken the day before the homicide. Investigators believe a pot deal led to the shooting death of three men. Investigators also say the man had come to the area to buy a large amount of marijuana. Im Terry Mcsween any live in danville, where a plan to build a new cemetery is causing a argument loud enough to wake the dead. Some dont like the location or the size. But supporters say if not there, then where . The story coming up in a live report. Also tonight, major changes on the way after the attack on a u. S. Embassy, an attack that killed a bay area native chris stevens. Coming up, what the pentagon will soon announce. And say cheese. Its picture day for the giants in spring training. Well take you behind the scenes. Good evening. Im jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. Temperatures continue to drop at this hour. Right now some of the coldest weather in the north bay with napa at 43. Who will hit 32, coming up in just a few minutes. New at 11 00 tonight, a battle over a proposed development in Contra Costa County tonight, but not the kind you might think. This pits members of a Rural Community against a man who wants to build a cemetery, a cemetery big enough to accommodate 150,000 bodies. Now the proposed site is along Camino Tassajara and highland road. Terry . Reporter yes, this would be built right there on the san Ramon Danville border. And its been in the works for seven years. But watch out, because here comes the vote by the county to see if it gets the permit it needs. Supporters say we need some place to bury our dead. Opponents say the plan itself should be dead on arrival. The bottom line is i didnt move out here to be next to a cemetery. Reporter michelle ulric runs a 90acre horse ranch on Camino Tassajara road. She loves the openness and watching the sunset behind the hills. All of which shes afraid shell lose if the cemetery is approved by contra costa supervisors. If they put that cemetery in and the landscaping theyre talking about, and it all being on well water, its going to affect everybody around them. And their water supplies. People that have handled my wells for 25 years said this property has never ran out of water. Reporter sid cory is a develop but says it wasnt his idea. He said mayors of cities approached him seven years ago to tell them about a need. If id be willing to do a cemetery on my property. Thought about it for a couple of days and said sure, ill do that. Reporter cory is a powerful man, so are some opponents including save mt. Diablo. Particularly the parts that are being talked about for the ridge line, which will have an impact on the visual qualities of the property. Reporter but cory counters the cemetery is open space in a sense, and something that will ward off developments. Because its going to hurt their housing out there. Because there is a lot of people that feel if you build a cemetery, that will ruin the rest of the area for housing. Well, there is a lot of people that dont want housing. Reporter opponents of the cemetery dont like corys answers to their concerns, but he does ask a question which all of us have to answer some day. Where do we bury our dead . Reporter the Planning Commission gets this issue in about three weeks from right now. If it gives it the green light, it could be in front of the county supervisors in june. Live in danville, Terry Mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Terry, thank you. Residents in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood have lost their latest battle to limit the number of bars in the area. The Small Business commission rejected a proposed van of new bars along popular section of polk street. Nob hill residents were upset over what they described as out of control and drunk partiers. But bars and restaurants are big business. The proposed ban has one more chance. Its expected to go on a Planning Commission hearing in midmarch. The pentagon is set to announce the creation of a new Marine Crisis Response team. Nbc news says its in response to the attack on the american consulate in benghazi back on september 11th of last year. A group of one thousand marines would be based at a naval station in italy so it could respond quickly to north africa and eastern europe. You may recall bay area native ambassador Christopher Stevens was one of four americans killed in that benghazi attack. Stevens had sent a cable to the state Department Warning of the deterioration in security conditions hours before the attack. There is new hope for autistic children. Researchers studied 34 people who had been diagnosed with autism by the age of five, and then seemed to overcome their symptoms. The study in a psychiatric journal says the change could be because of biological reasons. Others say the children may have been initially misdiagnosed. Doctors say there is no way to predict which children will recover and by how much. There is a new easy tool in the fight against influenza. Its called the biomask, and its used in hospitals to protect patients and Health Care Workers exposed to the flu and other diseases. The mask maker series its treated with copper and zinc ions and can kill the flu virus on contact. It is getting phrase. The mask is very efficient at screening out at least 95 of the particulates that we can breathe in. It whisks up the virus on the mask and kills it before it can infect the patient. While it has shown to be effective, there are no studies to show how much it protects better than a regular mask. Biomasks are available at most drug stores. And by the sounds of it, i think i need to get one, right . If we hadnt noticed already. Or should we get one. Okay. That flu is so bad. They often say with weather, you get a lot of cold weather for long stretch. A lot of people spend more time inside, and that can help the flu to spread. Right now youll be happy to hear you can get outside and get plenty of fresh air and get away from the flu tomorrow. The wind is stirring up the atmosphere that is also keeping temperatures slightly warmer at this hour as compare this time last night. 43 right now in napa. 46 in santa rosa. 47 in san jose and 44 in sunnyvale. Lets get you outside of the hd Sky Camera Network as we get you geared up for thursday. A little bit of haze, but not too much the way of low cloud coffer in san jose. From emeryville, looking to San Francisco, it is so hard to see, but with our screens in here in the studio, those hd screens we have a slight marine layer back near the coastline. That will give us some fog near the coast, also for parts of the north bay. Its not expected to be a widespread event. So for tomorrow morning, i know a lot of you after the cold start we had today with 20 and low 30s want to know exactly how cold its going to get. Looks like the north bay is going to be one of the coldest again, but here again good news. Not as cold as it was. 37 in santa rosa. 37 in napa. 41 in is only. And back towards santa cruz, also 39, with 43 in San Francisco. Daytime highs on thursday will be slightly warmer. Well have plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. 60 in palo alto. 61 in los gatos. 59 in santa cruz. Cooler back toward the coastline. Down to morgan hill and gilroy, temperatures are expected to be in the low 60s. So the warmest spot will be the south bay. The east bay 59 in the castro valley. 60 in pittsburg. Dont want to forget you back to alameda and hayward, upper 50s to near 60. San francisco with 59, and 63 in santa rosa. Here is the only hitch. If youre headed outside, a lot of sunshine, you have allergies, its off the charts. Moderate to high. May think maybe youre getting the flu here, but it also could be those allergies. Otherwise, if youre headed to the sierra, our toyota tahoe report does have a little bit of snow expected on thursday. A few flurries. Temperatures in the upper 30s. A little bit warmer on friday. And here is some great news for the skiers. Alpine meadows picking up 4 inches with the last storm, and they have a well, a groomed surface there with plenty of powder up at alpine meadows. On your theeday forecast we stay dry all the way through friday. Just a slight chance of showers there on saturday. By this weekend, unfortunately, we got to cloud it up for you just a little bit on saturday with a little bit of morning fog. Then well get sun in here on sunday. Sunday looks like the better day. And we bumped down the chance of showers to tuesday from 50 earlier to 20 . So its looking less and less like a large storm. But thats why im here. Ill keep an eye on it. You guys can sit back and relax. Thank you, jeff. Youre welcome. All right, coming up, the 2024 olympics. Find out why two bay area cities are part of the conversation. Plus, call it the harbaugh rule. Find out what the nfl will be cracking down on next season. You always say you never get to go to the olympics. I never do. And now theyre coming to us. Yay maybe. Maybe the 2024 summer games here in the bay area. Its more than a decade away, but the excitement is building. Thats because the mayors of san jose and San Francisco received letters from the u. S. Olympic Committee Asking if they would be interested in putting together a bid. She won a bronze medal in london and is excited to hear the bay area could be in the picture for 2024. I think the bay area does have the capability. Its a long ways off, so this is a lot of time to prepare. I know one of the biggest things that come into play with the olympics is finding space for all the people. 35 cities received the same letter from the u. S. Olympic committee. Because of our various facilities, hotels and stadiums, the bay area is considered a viable host. However, you may remember the bay area did lose its bid to host the 2012 games which were awarded to london. Two local universities scored big in the fundraising department. Stanford became the First College to raise more t