To get back in the united states. A new film thats getting nauseating reviews. Why the hobbit is making some people physically sick. Good evening im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. An east bay business is in ruins after a fire so intense even firefighter history to back off. The fire sent up a giant flume of black smoke. A viewer sent us these photos of flames. They were taken from a business across the way from the fabricating and welding shop. Mark sayre is there. Reporter investigators plan to return in the morning to pinpoint the exact cause of the fire, which could be seen throughout fremont. Tonight the fire is still smolder at the C H Enterprises building. Fire Officials Say a grinding operation involving metal shavings was underway at the time the fire broke out. Employees ran for safety. Jay came running into the office. I could see the smoke building over the roof into the front. He said call 911 we have a fire. It just started getting worse. Reporter did everyone get out
He thinks hes going to give a shoutout to his fellow troops in afghanistan and iraq. Theres his family right there. Andrea and his three, little kids. He has no idea hes going to be reunited with them this morning. And we cannot wait. They cant hear the show right now. Exactly. Dont text them. Nobody let them know. Were going to get to that. We have a lot of breaking news overnight. Including, you know, as the crisis in syria escalates, the u. S. Is spending patriot missiles and troops to the Syrian Border with turkey. Right now, Martha Raddatz will be here with more on that. And Barbara Walters, bringing us her exclusive with the president and first lady. They rarely appear together for an interview. But they did for barbara. Well hear their message, special message for robin. Lets get right to josh elliott for the pair of powerful earthquakes off the coast of california. A powerful earthquaking rattling buildings and nerves in Southern California. 6. 3 magnitude off the coast. Were h
Were then spewing into the air,things like volume vents and various machine parts, heavy oils. Fire officials ordered the neighborhood to shelter in place. We knew ahead of time that we had Hazardous Materials in the building flammable gases and products of combustion from Machine Products and such. And so we always keep that in consideration. Reporter Structural Integrity of the building still a question this morning. Investigators will be trying to figure out the cause of the fire. Now, managers of the company say they are going to also be meeting this morning to try to figure out whats next for their business and employees. Anne makovec, cbs 5. New this morning, a lot of shaking going on in Southern California. The cbs 5 seismograph recorded the quake that hit off the coast baja, california at 2 36 this morning. The usgs has revised magnitude to 6. 3. No word of damage and there was no tsunami warning but a lot of folks in Southern California woke up and said, whats going on . 6 02.
Amber. Reporter we want to show you where the three alarm fire started here at C H Enterprises but its in the back part of the building where you see the charred wall above the roll up doorless. Flames and heavy smoke billowed out from the building around 1 45 this afternoon. Employees tell me the fire moved quickly. As soon as i got out here and i walk outside it happened so fast it was like incredible. Just incredible. Reporter Fire Fighters say soon after they arrived the roof collapsed. Luckily by this time all 60 employees and fire crew were outside. The fire started in the machine shop, thats where employees develop parts. They were doing some grinding on a special table that is meant to draw the dust down. Because a lot of different combustible chemicals are used, a shell every a shelter in order was placed. Any reports of anybody sickened by it. Not that im aware of at this time. Reporter employees tell us the family owned business has been here for almost two the kaeudz two de
Over a car is more rare. The number of police stops in oakland is down some 75 from a few years ago. Thats according to numbers obtained by the chronicle which shows Oakland Police made about 68,000 stops in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, the number went down to 49,000. In 2011, another huge drop to about 25,000. And by the end of this year, the projected number of police stops in oakland will be 15,733. Police cite factors including layoffs which reduced the police force by 25 , cops running from one 911 call to another making it harder to make stops in between. Also, special investigative and traffic teams have been disbanded including the motorcycle squads. Just the motorcycle squads alone would be responsible for an average of 35,000 stops so thats probably the most contributing factor i can point to. Reporter some first said off camera is that there is a complicated timeconsuming paperwork process because of some past abuses by individual officers, every officer now has to fill out that