Community Warning System Level News Today

Area cities thousands of people doing what they can to try and escape the heat. We have a team of reporters tracking the high temperatures but our coverage begins with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who has more on the heat advisory, this is a dangerous weather. Yeah, very hot weather out there. We havent seen the heat wave like this all summer long very impressive were going to see this was going to be one for the record books and look at the numbers outside right now a 101 degrees rig...

Dangers this he way to get one day of hot temperatures like this ok you get to not so bad you get for your 5 days that begins to wear you down a bit today records in the San Francisco at 95 degrees. 101. Very impressive record in oakland today, a 103 a record in san jose 82 right along the waters edge in Half Moon Bay very impressive for record there a 106 smoking hot napa 105 degrees in santa rosa all around the bay area just scorching temperatures a 107 the hottest i could find in antioch but ...

Should be prepared. The shut offs are being ordered by the state of california so pg and he wants everyone to know this is not the Public Safety shutoff switch happened during high fire threat conditions. The outages are due to a combination of the extreme heat that were experiencing and high energy usage. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now to tell us the records that were broken today and how long this hot weather is going to stick around for years, you can imagine all the people ...

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Here's what we know about flaring reported at a Chevron refinery in Richmond.

(BCN) — Chevron issued a Community Warning System Level 1 notification at 12:41 p.m. Tuesday for ongoing flaring at the Richmond refinery due to an upset at a process unit. Chevron officials said they are investigating the issue. Based on Contra Costa Health’s three-tier hazardous materials severity system, CWS Level 1 notifications have no public […]

Chevron’s Richmond refinery notified the city’s fire department of a Community Warning System Level 1 hazmat incident due to flaring at its facility Sunday...

(KRON) – The Contra Costa Health Hazmat Team is assessing an accidental release of petroleum coke dust from the Martinez Refinery Company on Saturday, the refinery said in a statement. Around 1:15 p.m., petroleum coke was being transported within the refinery when a small amount of it was briefly airborne. Contra Costa Health sent a HazMat […]

A strong odor was reported Friday afternoon in the area of Chevron's Richmond refinery, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said.

(BCN) — A strong odor was reported Friday afternoon in the area of Chevron’s Richmond refinery, city officials and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said. The air district shortly after 1 p.m. sent out a message on social media about the smell near the refinery. “Air District inspectors are on-site investigating and responding […]