Well take a live look outside. Traffic is flowing nicely. Golden gate fields into the mcarthur maze. Sue, thank you. Breaking news this morning. Two fires in hayward actually. We want to get to abc 7 News Reporter amy holleyfield. A dramatic fire from last night and, amy, another one burning behind you . Reporter huge fire in hayward. Behind the fire we were covering. I can tell that water is getting put on this one. It was a really big fire a few seconds ago. We cant tell whats burning. Right next to homes where we saw lights getting turned on. People woke up and realized there was a fire outside their window. Very dangerous embers shooting into the air. We saw some headed our way so we had to back up. Firefighters were running to get to this when they saw it and they saw how big it was. The tree was cashing on fire. Now let me give you some perspective of how we discovered this. Were up here on an apartment balcony right down there is where there was a fire last night. This crew is h
Exploded in quebec called dot 111. How many 111s have been taken off the train . On capitol hill today, senators grilled Railroad Administrators about that. The numbers indicate that we are moving in a direction that will bring us to the safer tank cars. But as of today, there hasnt been any Major Movement of 111s off the rails . Not to my knowledge. No. Reporter bay area refineries are still receiving most of their crude by ship and pipeline. But experts warn that could soon change. This is the Refining Center of the western united states. Its a huge amount of crude thats being proposed to be delivered here by rail now. Reporter greg karras with communities for a better environment says its money. The tanker cars are owned or leased by Oil Companies that dont want to pay. There are alternatives they can afford them. Reporter he says fracked bakken crude isnt the only threat. Trains are now also hauling tar sand oil. The dirtiest kind of crude. It sinks to the bottom when it gets into
Kpix 5s betty yu says there could be lower prices but some are not convinced. Reporter safeway is hooking up with albertsons not because it wants to but because it has to. Safeway is pushed in the middle. Reporter Santa Clara University retail expert [ non english language ] says this 9 billion deal was inevitable. Safeway faces growing competition from Discount Stores like walmart and upscale chains. What safeway is not the number one destination. It doesnt have a brand. Its that other store you go to, to kind of get what you didnt get anywhere else. Reporter albertsons Parent Company says this consolidation will mean lower prices and better customer service. It doesnt expect to close any safeway stores. But there are going to be stores that are closed. I think theres going to be unfortunately jobs lost. Reporter and if thats the case, the Traditional Shopping Center landscape could also change. Safeway has been here a long time. I think a lot of people would be affected in the local