Reporter well, right now, they are just speculating. Theyre waiting for a medical examiner to come out and determine the cause of death. Police right now are blocking off the entrance to the parking lot garage across from the main jail and the hall of justice. This accident happened way into the parking garage on the second floor. Preliminarily what the Fire Department investigators tell us, they believe a driver may have suffered some sort of medical ailment, a medical condition. And that caused the vehicle to go out of control. That vehicle then struck a pillar in the garage and struck another car bursting into flames. Witnesses tell me here at the scene that the cars accelerator was still on when they tried to approach it. The tires were popping, the tire tread flying all over the place. They couldnt get close to see if anybody was inside the car. Later, firefighters did determine that somebody was inside the car. They dont know, again, if he suffered some sort of medical ailment. But theyre still trying to determine what exactly caused this accident. The garage does have a sprinkler system. That apparently did help the situation. It helped the fact that the fire did not spread. It spread into one or two cars around the perimeter of where this accident happened. But, again, a lot of questions, still, left unanswered. Were live outside the hall of justice. Nbc bay area news. Very scary situation. Thank you. Our other top story today, new details on the second patient to die from ebola on u. S. Soil including the different ways the hospital in nebraska tried to treat him. In omaha with more. Reporter dr. Martin salia had been in extremely critical condition, he had been given doses of plasma and the experimental drug zmapp. On saturday, he arrived from sierra leone, the tenth patient treated in the u. S. A medical team in hazmat suits carefully moving him to a waiting balance. The 44yearold doctor was too weak to walk. He was a native of sierra leone, but a legal u. S. Resident. Working as a surgeon as a hospital. He decided to go and help people because he wanted to show he loves his people. Reporter dr. Sal irksz a says the job was his calling. I do this job not because i want to, but i believe it was a calling. Reporter dr. Salia had been the third ebola patient treated here at this biocontainment unit. Now only the second known ebola patient to have died on u. S. Soil. Nbc news, omaha, nebraska. Gabe, thank you very much. Truly a sacrifice made there. The white house releasing a statement this morning on the death of dr. Salia. The statement said in part, dr. Salia leaves behind loved ones in the United States, his adopted hometown and in sierra leone where he was born. It goes on to say, dr. Salias passing is, quote, another reminder of the human toll of this disease and the continued imperative to tackle this epidemic on the front lines where dr. Salia was engaged in his calling. National guard members will help in the fight against ebola. A San Francisco guard unit was one of six now mobilizing for west africa. The unit is preparing for deployment early next year. Also today, new airport screening measures take effect for anyone traveling from mali. The cdc calls it an added precaution due to concerns that cases may emerge over the coming days. There are no direct flights to the u. S. From mally, but it affects anyones itinerary that begins there. Hundreds of parishioners in san jose are trying to come to terms with the loss of their historic church. The century old building burned down yesterday in East San Jose as many parishioners stood by and watched. Nbc bay areas bob redell live in san jose with the latest on the investigation into what happened. And right now, whether or not it was an accident, there are a lot of folks wondering, where am i going to go next sunday, bob . Good morning to you, kris. San jose fire believes yesterdays fire here at Holy Cross Catholic church in san jose. They believe it started near the electric, the upper floor in the loft. But since they do not believe this fire was intentional. In other words, they dont think it was suspicious, theyre going to let the insurance determine the exact cause. Mass will resume tomorrow in the church hall. It wasnt damaged in the fire. Theyre going to be there and be there this weekend to welcome back parishioners who need a place to pray and grieve. The site of Holy Cross Church, a place where for almost 100 years, catholics have found peace, love and understanding. To see it gone in such a horrible way. Jessica castillo cant stop crying. I was crying all day last night and this morning, as you can see. And it hurts. It hurts a lot. Because this church, all of us, community here, we love this church. Especially the italian people because theyre the ones that built it. The pastor anxiously awaits permission to go inside to retrieve, which catholics believe is the body of christ. To know that it is still somewhere inside that rubble hurts. Going to feel very bad, you know. Very hard on me, very hard on my assistant and very hard on our parishioners. They are praying that they can raise this church and bring it back to life. To help us all, to unite together and build our church all over again. For this, we have much to thank god over. Nobody was hurt. Its been like this all morning long ever since the sun come up where you have parishioners and people who live in this neighborhood of 13th and jackson coming here, some have been crying, taking pictures of the inside. You can see theres a chain link fence set up to keep people away from the structure because they were concerned about there being more collapse. The Fire Department has gone back inside the church. Theyre trying to assess its stability and whether or not they can let the father go in there and reclaim it, if they cant, theyll pull it out themselves. And as far as whether or not this church built back in 1920 will have to be come down or if it could be rebuilt with the structure that is still standing, too early to tell. Reporting live here in san jose, nbc bay area news. The Church Building is important, but certainly the people make the church. Thank you, bob. New this morning, crews are also trying to figure out what started an Early Morning fire in berkeley. Fire started after 5 00 this morning at a twostory victorian home in berkeley. By the time crews put it out, it had already damaged the attic and the roof. Now the red cross is helping at least seven people find new places to stay. Happening today in less than an hour, well dive into the blueprint plans for the bay areas most legendary sports and concert venues soon to be left only in memory. Stephanie truong live at candlestick park. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, sam. Thats right, a lot of games, tailgates, concerts and memories here at the stick. But the 70,000seat stadium is set to be demolished in the next coming months. And its placed an urban shopping outlet plus housing, one of the largest in the country. This is actually something that came up in the 90s with the hopes that the 49ers would be the center of it. But theyre in santa clara and the project has moved forward. Lennar corporation released the renderings of what the development will look like. Has partnered with a National Retail developer that has projects in walnut creek. The candlestick project is set to feature a restaurant village, movie theaters, shops is and hotel, plus 6,000 homes with underground parking. Theres also a marketplace chosen in order to respect and reflect the heritage of the Community Living here for decades. Now, its a project expected to create more than 3,000 nonseasonal jobs set to go to the locals who need the work. In this case, youre absolutely right, therell be permanent jobs and well work very hard with the community to ensure those people who are actually living in those communities or those working part of the area wide project is the San Francisco shipyard Residential Development in neighboring Hunters Point. Construction of the initial 300 homes began a year and a half ago. The first 88 units are on sale and advertised movein ready for this winter. This will turn the area into a booming attraction. Similar to what happened in emeryville and the south of market neighborhood in San Francisco. We did speak with local resid t residents who expressed concerned about whats going to happen to People Living here as well as the health of the area. The developers, though, say right now the hazard abatement is taking place right now, which means testing to make sure its all safe. As for the announcement, San Francisco mayor ed lee will be here in less than an hour in conjunction with the developers of the project. Live at Candlestick Point, nbc, bay area news. And well bring you everything that mayor lee says coming up on nbc bay area news at 5 00 and 6 00. Thank you very much, stephanie. Coming up, Energy Drinks could soon be coming with new warning labels aimed at young kids. Well explain. Plus, the new technology that allows parents to be to learn more about their babies mere months into the pregnancy. And it is nice and sunny out there. Still a little bit chilly. Were in the 50s and 60s. Were going to end up closer to the 70s for today. But by tomorrow, we open up that storm window and muchneeded rainfall. A series of storms on the way to the bay area. Ill let you know just how much were expecting and how many days of rain are in your forecast in just moments. Hey john, check it out. Whoa yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. Well, the Holiday Shopping season has snuck up on us as a new survey suggests that shoppers are crazy for gift cards. According to the National Retail federations Gift Card Spending survey, the average person buying gift cards will spend 172 this Holiday Season. Thats up from 163 from last year. And experts expect the total spending to reach more than 31 billion this Holiday Season topping all previous records. Goods for the economy. A separate survey found 62 of shoppers would like to receive a gift card making gift cards the most requested gift item eight years in a row. Now the traditional gift route, the u. S. Postal service wants to help you get a jump on sending presents to friends and family. The agency will deliver packages 7 days a week now through christmas day. The Postal Service expects to deliver up to 470 million packages this season that represents a climb of about 14 from last year. And no surprise here for the third year in a row, a National Study found about half of americans say their biggest financial concern is getting a handle on their bills. In fact, staying current or getting caught up on bills was the most common priority across all age groups. That according to a bank rate. Com study. As for other financial priorities this year, 22 said the top priority is paying down debt while 17 said saving is their biggest concern. Chris . Well, a number of Homeless Children in the u. S. Has surged in recent years to an alltime high. Thats according to a comprehensive report by the National Center on family homelessness. It says one child in every 30 is homeless. The report blames the problem on the lack of Affordable Housing and the impacts of domestic violence. The report estimates that nearly 2 1 2 million children in america are homeless and were homeless for at least some point last year. The problem is especially severe in california which accounts for more than 1 5 of Homeless Children. Researchers are calling for better labeling on Energy Drinks following a report that the drinks are making kids sick. Data from poison control shows that more than 40 of calls involve children under the age of 6. The data didnt say how many calls they got, but most of the children had cardiac symptoms, even seizures after drinking the beverages. Some Energy Drinks have as much as four times the caffeine as a cup of coffee. Well, thanks to some rapidly developing medical technology, expectant parents can know more about their baby earlier than ever. Pregnancy, it can be one of the most exciting and anxious times for the parents. But until recently, questions like is my baby healthy or whats my babys gender couldnt be answered until nearly half way through the pregnancy. Previously, our testing was done, yeah, the blood test done maybe around 16 weeks. Didnt know the results until 17. Now parents are getting answers just a little more than two months into the pregnancy thanks to new tests by Companies Like maternity. This can be done after ten weeks of pregnancy. Were getting the results by 11 weeks of pregnancy. Dr. Gary madden says before recent medical breakthroughs, some tests could be invasive and sometimes dangerous. But those risky and uncomfortable procedures are becoming a thing of the past thanks to a recently developed blood test. From a simple blood test from moms arm, no risk to her, no needle in the tummy. No risk of a miscarriage. The quickest blood test ive taken. Elizabeth and Charles Jones have a 21monthold son noah and pregnant with their second child. A friend of ours mentioned it, theres a new blood test. We hadnt heard anything about it. What was this test designed to do and how does it work . Theyre taking blood from the mom and find fetal cells fragments floating in the moms circulation. They find these cells, do testing on the cells and can find 21, 18, 13, our most common birth defects. Conditions like down syndrome or edwards syndrome can be identified early, which allows parents to make the proper preparations for the rest of the pregnancy. May not be something youre choosing abortion or end the pregnancy, but might affect the management of the pregnancy. Certain conditions have a higher risk of problems. Its huge to know this early if theres something you need to prepare for. You have the whole almost 1 3 of the pregnancy to get yourself in the right mindset and get the materials together before it happens. While detecting birth defects was the original purpose of this test, Something Else came about during the developing process. Theyre looking for six chromosome problems. We know about, you know, chromosome problems and the gender of your child as early as 11 weeks. While, it wasnt the main purpose, it has become a big selling point for the test. I think we mainly went towards finding out what the gender was and was kind of the nice side effect we knew what else was going on. And that was Trevor Tankersley reporting. Its amazing how far scientists have come. Some of us choose not to know the whole time anyway. Which you would respect. Yeah. 11 18 on your monday morning. It was chillier earlier this morning, but maybe things have changed. Still a little chilly. But our friend the sun out full force, vitamin d coming in. And todays our sunniest day of the week. Three storm systems getting their act together. And yeah, looking good for rainfall and a free car wash as of tomorrow night. I want to start with this live picture. We are getting a little bit of wind out there, but your temperatures are warming up nicely. 60 degrees in San Francisco, 59 in mountain view. I want to bring your attention over to tahoe, 34 degrees where that snow is sticking around. This is a live look at heavenly Mountain Resort slated to open up this friday. But not before potentially receiving maybe 2 to 3 feet. 2 to 3 feet of powder. Weve got a series of storms on the way and it is great news for our friends who like to go skiing, boarding, everything you couldnt do last year. 66 degrees in the east shore today, 68 degrees on the peninsula, and 68 degrees for us living in the beautiful south bay. By tomorrow, going to warm you up by a good 5 degrees. And then throughout the rest of the week, temperatures crashed and stay cool. So if you have outdoor activities, today and tomorrow is your day to do so because starting wednesday, the first round of rain moves in. Lets talk about whats happening out there. Science coming together, its a perfect combination. This is what you want to see. Not only do we have that plume of moisture that extends from the Hawaiian Islands all the way here to the coast of california. Now weve got a storm system to pull that moisture up and bring it into the bay area. Let me show you what were expecting. Before we even meet back here tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. , well have precipitation to talk about. Then the main event arrives, mostly until about 10 00 p. M. And 2 00 a. M. Wednesday. Were going to get goodlooking totals in the south bay. Expecting about 1 2 inch. Places up in the north bay, maybe 1 4 inch here in san jose. Then we get a little bit of a break throughout wednesday afternoon but it comes right back for thursday into friday. Then well get another break on friday. Watch this, though. This weekends storm system really staying organized. It looks like everything combined could produce 3 to 4 inches of rain on the valley floor up in the north bay where we are expecting the highest totals. Nonetheless, likely to take a big chunk out of that deficit when it comes to our drought. So hopefully things will maintain, guys, theres a lot hinging on the big polar vortex. Hopefully we can let this rain in on our coast. Back to you. All right. We sure would like that amount of rain. A nice chunk. Kind of like taking a chunk out of a piece of apple. Yeah. Lets do it. That could change the way parents pack lunches. We are talking about a new kind of apple that does not turn brown. But coming up, why the fresh fruit may not be available to bay area parents. Coming up after nbc bay area news at 11 00, access Hollywood Live. there is a new kind of apple that could change the way parents prepare snacks and lunches. If youve ever sliced up an apple and heard complaining about it, you know it doesnt take long. So the problem that could be coming to an end is here. Most people love apples, but few people, if any, know more about them than professor susan brown from cornells agricultural experiment station. Brown showed us to one of the newest and most talked about varieties. These apples were cut open four hours ago. Instead of going brown, they look fresh. Whats the longest youve seen an apple not brown. Threeays. Three days. There are no chemicals and no magic. Since 1880, cornell has introduced 65 different varieties of apples on the market, including empire and cortland. They are developed by cross pollinating different varieties. They found a variety of apple that oxidized or browned very slowly and then bred it with a bettertasting option. While plant genetics helped the nonbrowning apples had a lowtech start. Researchers spread pollen by hand on apple blossoms. And we have to get to a tree before the bees get to it. Because the bees are carrying pollen we dont want to contaminate our crop. It dates back to some of the earliest farming. But now researchers are working on new apple varieties that could satisfy picky toddlers who dont want brown apple slices. Kids will eat more sliced apples than they will a whole fruit. And if you have toddlers, you want to give them a couple of slices, this will allow you to put it in the lunchbox and not have to worry about it. The nonbrowning apples are called ruby frost, but only available in new york state. Well hold out for the ones that have no skin. Those are the ones that will be a hit in our family. 11 26 right now. We have an update. You go. On the we do have an update on the ongoing situation in downtown san jose. Where an nbc bay area is. There was a body found there following a fire inside a parking garage. Happening now, a parking garage in san jose is the center of an investigation after a deadly and fiery crash. A car smashed into a parking barrier and then into another car on the second floor of the structure right across from the Santa Clara County jail. That impact caused a fire and went firefighters arrived, they found the driver inside dead. Officials believe he may have suffered some kind of medical issue causing him to lose control of the car. His name has not yet been released. Doctors say the patient who died of ebola this morning was in grave condition when he arrived here on saturday, arrived in nebraska on saturday. Dr. Martin salia was being cared for in omaha. He arrived saturday and doctors said he was in a very advanced stage of the disease when he got to the hospital, worse than the other patients who were treated there before. He was working in sierra leone when he developed symptoms on november 6th. His son said he took the job because he wanted to help out. He decided to still go and help his people because he wanted to show he loves his people. And in a statement, his wife said she was grateful that her husband could be treated in nebraska and that she believed he was in the best possible place for care. Dr. Salia was from sierra leone, also a legal u. S. Resident. The white house released a statement this morning on the death of dr. Salia. It said in part, dr. Salia leaves behind loved ones in the United States. It goes on to say, quote, his passing is yet another reminder of the human toll of this disease and the continued imperative to tackle this epidemic on the front lines where dr. Salia was engaged in the calling. National guard members are preparing to deploy in the fight against ebola. A San Franciscobased guard unit says it is one of six now mobilizing for west africa. They plan to depart early next year. Also today, new airport screening measures take effect for anyone traveling from mali. Concern that cases may emerge over the coming days. There are no direct flights to u. S. But it affects anyones itinerary that begins there. What caused yesterdays massive fire at the Holy Cross Church in san jose. This happened right after the 1 00 mass at the century old structure on east jackson street near 15th, built in 1919. You see part of the building falling off there. One firefighter told our photographer on scene that the flames started on the second floor near the organ and quickly spread. 93yearold ana fitzgerald says she was baptized in that church and considers it her home. My parents were married here, i was married here, my daughter was married here. My husband was carried out when he passed away. Its its part of me. A lot of memories good and bad. Flames spared the rectory and the meeting hall in the back of the church. Amazingly, nobody was hurt. Holy cross has about 1,200 parishioners. Because it was built at the turn of the century, 1919, the church had heavy timber that burned quickly and narrow hall ways that made it difficult to fight. Happening today, in fact, in less than an hour, we should find out about the future development of Candlestick Point. We learned space where the stadium stands now is now going to be a luxury mall. The wall street journal is reporting that a famous home builder is teaming up with a big name in Retail Development to build a massive shopping center. Later today, the home builder will announce plans for the 500,000 square foot mall to be completed by late 2017. According to the report, the Company Plans to demolish candlestick by march. The mall is the latest addition to the Development Plan that will eventually include 6,000 homes and 3,000 jobs. San franciscos Hunters Point shipyard has been many things in the 150year history. But the one thing its never been is a real neighborhood. Nbc bay area shows us why that is about to change. Its a tiny neighborhood liquor store on the lonely street in San Franciscos Hunters Point. You counted crooked, we know who took it. On an average day, the owner, big bob as hes known. I have a grandfather named bob, an uncle named bob. Behind the counter hes occupied for 40 years. Outside, men playing dominos and in the summer, he fires up the barbecue. I just adopt everybody, you know. He remembers the days when just up the street the Naval Shipyard was booming. Oh, my god, around 4 00, around 4,000 people come out of there every day. I had a Cash Register here, Cash Register over there. When the navy moved out in the 70s, things got quiet. He only needed one Cash Register, yet he survived. God give you what you need and the devil give you what you want. So he has always given me what i need. Im okay. Now at the end of that street, the shipyard is coming back to life. Construction crews building 247 new market rate homes on a shipyard hill top, the first which are set to open this winter. Within the next three months, you will see people with families living here. President of developer has imagined this very scene for over a decade. This really truly represents the beginning of the transformation of the San Francisco shipyard. This is one of the bedrooms that looks right out a view of the bay. As the navy continues to clean toxic soil on other areas of the shipyard, work has begun on 63 affordable apartments. They will be surely affordable to families who are owing about 50,000 or less. Part of a plan to reimagine the southeast end of San Francisco over the next 15 years, 770 acres of land from the shipyard to Candlestick Point will be filled with homes, parks and commercial space. It will be the next full neighborhood in San Francisco. Almost a city within a city. Some old maritime buildings currently filled with artists will be reused. Some replaced. I look out here and i see community, variety of different kinds of homes. I see a community because it helps a lot of people who live in the neighborhood. Like many here, suspicions about progress. And while hell welcome new faces and new business talk to me. He figures hell do fine either way. When i die, my wife can put a suit on me i dont need it. Nbc bay area news. All right. The old and the new blending together. Dea agents surprise the 49ers after their big win in new jersey this past weekend. Authorities conducting a surprise inspection of the teams medical staff. Its part of an Ongoing Investigation into Prescription Drug abuse across the nfl. 49er physicians and trainers were checked out. No arrests were made in any of those searches. The nfl right now in the midst of a lawsuit brought on by former players who say the league illegally supplied them with painkillers and narcotics to get them back on the football field. Now, the 49ers issued a statement on yesterdays inspection saying, quote, medical staff complied and the team departed the stadium as scheduled. Super shuttle drivers are expected to be back on the job after a weekend sick out that left many stranded. It all stemmed from what what driver said the excessive fees they have to pay to pick up and drop off at airports. They say they were told to expect delays or limited service, but some eventually had no service and were forced to move to other shuttles or buses. I came here and from the they might not be able to fulfill that. Should wait for a few minutes. But i have no idea. Super shuttle customers who were never picked up have been told they can get a refund. A man facing murder charges right now for what he describes as his wifes mercy killing will be seen in court today. He told police he killed his sick wife of nearly 40 years because of a promise not to let her suffer. Police wont say what her medical condition was, but neighbors tell us she had dementia. When officers got to their apartment, they found his wife shot to death in bed with a dozen red roses by her side. Hes charged with murder with a weapons enhancement. A new fbi report shows for the third year in a row, the city of oakland tops the nation in a number of robberies. According to a report, there were almost 5,000 robberies last year. That is nearly 14 robberies per day. San francisco, richmond, vallejo, also in the top 50 nationwide for robberies, by comparison, there were nearly 1,100 robberies in san jose last year and 4,200 in San Francisco. Two cities with more than double oaklands population. Okay. Typically tension over new gun rights laws. Now a group of gun owners taking the city to court today. At issue, the measure c passed by voters last year. The gun owners will urge an Appeals Court to invalidate measure c. Specifically fighting a provision of the law holding more than ten rounds. The nra says not only a violation of a second amendment, but also restricts those that use guns for selfdefense. Voters have spoken and they want that law. And now an Investigative Unit exclusive. Many people call 911 in the event of a medical emergency. But at the United States Postal Service, employees are not allowed to. Instead, they have to find a supervisor or call their own onsite security guard. The Investigative Unit has learned that the policy may have caused critical delays and a life and death situation at a facility in oakland. Coworkers found a postal worker badly hurt some time between 3 00 and 3 30 in the morning, but the dispatch records show that the first call to 911 was delayed about 20 minutes. Were talking about a human life here. And seconds matter. If that had been you or your loved one, is this how you wanted the response handled . We have the results of the internal investigation and why the usps defends the policy banning employees from calling 911 first. Well also tell you how our report is already prompting changes at the agency. Our full report tonight at 11 00. Hey, what else are we investigating . We investigate wasted water. How it ended up in aquifers on the states watch. Investigating not one, not two, but a series of storm systems on the way to a droughtstricken bay area. Chilly start, comfy today, dry for most of tomorrow. Then that rain moves in. And we stick with that rainy pattern all the way into your upcoming weekend and potentially next week. Lots to go over in your full forecast just moments away. And now to a special report from our nbc bay area Investigative Unit and a story that is alarming a lot of people. Yeah, we have uncovered oil and Gas Companies dumping dangerous chemicals into our water. And state officials are well aware of that. And now the questions are how did it happen, and why did it happen . Investigative reporter has more. In the middle of a citrus grove off breckenridge road on the eastern outskirts of bakers field sits a nondescript oil well. In an area where tens of thousands of oil wells dot the landscape and blend in with the agriculture. But we discovered that this one well has been used to reinject oil recovery waste water, including waste water from fracking back into the ground into an aquifer containing highquality water, water good enough to drink. This is something that is going to slowly contaminate everything we know around here. Almond grower tom france is a fourth generation kern county farmer. Im very frustrated with the fact that upstream our aquifer is refilled by the sierra mountains to our east. Those areas where theyve been injecting water into the aquifer waste water is upstream of this area. That water moves. The toxic waste water reinjected at this well site along with eight others like it. Went into what the state and epa call nonexempt aquifers. In other words, aquifers with water in them that could have been used by humans. Its highquality water. This ground waters suitable for drinking orr irrigation. A staff attorney at the center for biological diversity based in San Francisco. Recent documents from the state water board have showed that in at least nine cases injection well operators have injected over 3 billion gallons of toxic Oil Industry Waste Water into aquifers that were clean water. As many as 40 water supply wells, including domestic drinking wells are located within one mile of this reinjection well. These same records note that some of those wells are now possibly destroyed. Thats a huge concern. And communities who rely on water supply wells near these injection wells have a lo the of reason to be concerned that theyre finding high levels of arsenic and other chemicals nearby where these injection wells have been allowed to operate. In fact, we found this well right across the road from several homes where state records show that waste water from several sources, including the oil and gas industry has contaminated the aquifer below where 60 different water supply wells are located within a 1mile radius. Western States Petroleum calls this a paperwork issue involving how state regulators have interpreted decades old federal regulations, saying, quote, there has never been a bona fide claim or evidence presented that the paperwork confusion resulted in any contamination of drinking supplies near the disputed injection wells. I think there were 11 wells we ordered shut in. But jason marshall, the chief Deputy Director at Californias Department of conservation which oversees the division of resources admits that mistakes were made and that the state did allow waste water to be injected into aquifers that were supposed to be protected. There have been past issues where permits were issued to operators that they shouldnt be injecting into those zones. And were fixing it. The state made a mistake. Multiple different places, there could have been an error made. The issue is considered so serious, it prompted the federal Environmental Protection agency to fire off this letter back in july to the secretaries of californias epa and Natural Resources agency. The letter asked for a list of all water system wells or, quote, potential sources of Drinking Water that are at risk of contamination. It is a clear worry. Juan flores is a Community Organizer in kern county for the center on race, poverty and the environment. We are in a drought in the worst drought that we have seen in decades. The history of agriculture in california. The state even tested eight water supply wells located within a 1mile radius and four of those water samples came back with higher than allowable levels of nitrate, arsenic and thallium. We are comparing the testing of what was the injection water to what is the tested water that came out of those wells to find out if what they found was background levels or whether thats actually the result of the oil and gas operation. But so far, its looking like its background. But its entirely possible it could be and there could be migration. When those test results come back, well know for sure. How is this allowed to happen in the first place . When youre talking about wells in some cases were permitted in 1995, 1992, weve tried to figure out in some cases going back and talking to the actual permitting engineers. And its unfortunate, in some cases theyre deceased. No one in this community would drink from the water. People are worried, theyre scared. Theyre afraid. Whats happening under the ground where he farms is a disaster moving in slow motion. And he worries about this and whats to come. Well, the injection of waste water is the obvious thing. Any failure of any well anywhere and our aquifers damaged. And thats a problem that will spread out horizontally for the next 100 years. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, give us a call at 1888996tips or send us an email. It is nearly thanksgiving. But firefighters in Southern California on alert right now as dry conditions continue through the Holiday Season. Santa ana winds are bringing significant gusts to los angeles and ventura counties today. Those counties are under a red flag warning as the strong winds and low humidity increase the risk of fire there. The gusts in the mountains might reach speeds of 60 miles an hour while valley gusts could get up to 50 very strong. Well, we may have a lower fire danger here in our area as we are expecting a couple whoppers coming down. And they havent had anything substantial since the monsoonal showers over the summer time. I went ahead and picked this picture for two reasons. Obviously you can see how Crystal Clear it is out there today. Thats all going to change by this time tomorrow. Something youll notice are hillsides. Finally turning green again. And after this next round of rain, a series of storms coming through, we might actually be looking at those beautiful lush green hillsides that were so accustomed to in the bay area but weve been missing over the past couple of years. Weve got rain on the way and looks like a lot of. Not today and not for most of tomorrow, but it is now starting to get closer and closer to the bay area, and i get to show you that on your satellite imagery. Really cool stuff happening here. What youll notice is as clouds come in, looks like theyre running into a wall. Thats not a wall, its actually a big strong ridge of High Pressure. And thats going to keep the clouds and storm systems out of the bay area for today. Big ridge of High Pressure takes a hike, though, as we head through tomorrow. And you can see these beautiful storm systems lining up out there in the pacific. This is our first one. This ones going to have an Atmospheric River tap. And looks like the third will, as well. The first and the third look to be the strongest. But theres one in between that will impact us, as well. I wanted to show you how Crystal Clear it is across the board today. Here you are looking beautiful in tiburon. This is actually the beach, just beautiful. You can see for ten miles on the peninsula. Spectacular conditions. The most sunshine youre going to find all week. Take a look at where were headed. By tomorrow, clouds steadily increasing. Temperatures are going to be comfortable, itll be on the warm side of the first system. It really brings in the rain as we head for your wednesday, thats a good day for indoor plans across the board, and another round thursday into friday with another one on its heels for the weekend. Here it is. You just saw those two storm systems. Theyre going to come together with that Atmospheric River. And thats what means generous rainfall totals here in the bay area. We stopped the clock for you 3 00 a. M. Wednesday morning. Heavy rain at that point. And look at the north bay. We could actually see rain measured maybe 1 2 inch to an inch just from the first system. Then we get more as we head throughout thursday night into friday morning. And then the big one comes through, the third system actually looks to pack the most moisture. And thats going to come through mostly while youre sleeping on saturday morning. But, guys, ive got to tell you, even after this one clears out, were keeping rain in the forecast for the early part of next week. And at this point, rain chances stick with us all the way between now and the next 11 days. Im pretty excited about it. We need it, hopefully everything will work out. Well keep you updated, back to you. Busy couple of weeks for you, christina, thank you very much. Finally, a little bit of good news People Living in the pathway of an unrelenting lava flow in hawaii. While it continues to remain active, its not currently threatening any property. 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