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The program in the south bay keeping people off the streets. Were following other big stories. San Francisco Mayor is speaking out. She is calling out a court order that she says is making at that harder to keep the city safe. And theres a new effort brewing in the south bay. San franciscos anchor brewery. Today is the day anchor officially closes. Today we are hearing about keeping them running. Are they connected . We are learning new details about a stripping of robberies targeting postal workers but not for the mail theyre carrying. Well get to the stories in a moment. A developing story out of the east bay. People in one san pablo neighborhood are being asked to stay inside while firefighters clean up a possible hazmat situation. This is at stanton avenue and giant road. So this is what we know at this point. A family called 911 to report old chemicals. It is not clear what those chemicals are. Firefighters say they are vola ....
A peninsula. Smoke was about, id say 100, 100ft up. Its probably been the biggest fire ive seen. That firefighter, it was a long one, but it has come to an end tonight. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach. And im Heather Holmes. The fire is at sims metal in redwood city, and it broke out just before 3 00 this afternoon. The flames sent smoke into several nearby cities, prompting air quality concerns. Our joey huerta joins us now live from redwood city. And joey, firefighters have pinpointed where in the yard this fire first began. Thats right. Heather and mike all clear now. The fire is out. You can still smell a metallic odor in the air now. And as i step out of the way, you can see crews who work at this scrapyard are still at it, moving things around with their heavy equipment tonight. And were told by the fire department, this all came down to a pile of cars that caught fire. Thick black plumes of smoke billowing over the ho ....
Possible. We do have a crew on the way. We want to give you also a little look at the map. If youre unfamiliar withhe area in redwood city, you can se again on the east side of 101 between the dumbarton and san mateo bridges. There. As i mentioned, we do have a crew on the way. As soon as we do get more information about this one, of course we will bring it to you. Meantime, new at five tonight. One step closer to learning the fate of the coliseum as the as prepare to say goodbye. The city of oakland looks ahead now to its future. That potential specifically here in deep east oakland, that it will finally be realized. And that is why this moment is so important. Well, the city of oakland is selling its share of the coliseum, all in an effort to redevelop the site for oaklanders. Ktvu is crystal bailey joins us live tonight from the city of oakland with more on the big news here. Crystal well, mike, the sale of this coliseum could bring the city more than 100 million, more jobs and more ....
Firefighters it looks like better access to the metal that is in the center of this fire. At this point, we did just see some flames jumping up over the fence just a few minutes ago. You can see some water being thrown there from the equipment as well. Fighting these flames. The Fire Department got the call here about 3 00. We do have some video from sky fox. We want to show you give you a better perspective of what this looks like from above. Sims metal, a scrap metal yard here on seaport boulevard in redwood city. Oftentimes you you find cars being recycled and scrap yards which have that flammable material, maybe gasoline still in the tank. And if theres a spark that lands at the right spot, youve got the potential for a fire. Of course, although theres no indication yet from the Fire Department of what may have caused this firefighter fire out here. Rather, we did hear ....