Warning system. Reporter this is what it looked like just after 5 00 p. M. Tuesday as thick black smoke sailed to the sky over sims metal management. Some nearby residents say they did not receive any official notification. At least not right away. People did not know what was going on. When you see a big black cloud like that its quite a fantastic thing to see. This whole Warning System ning is an absolute total joke. Its been its been around now for about 25 years. Its never worked. Reporter a sims spokesperson told us they called 911 within minutes of the fire starting in the debris pile behind me. Here is what it looks like from drone view 7. But mayor tom butt told us he did not get official word and alert from the county for nearly an hour after black smoke was billows in the skies above. Rich mooned fire captain rico says its his responsibility to notify Contra Costa County when its time to activate the Emergency Alert system. The way the community Warning System is designed is it initially notifies the most emergent neighborhoods orediate to shelter in place as affected by the incident. According to Contra Costa County several alerts went out by phone, text, email and on social media. But sirens like these were never activated. How do people find out how do the seniors living in the area find out if they dont have internet. A sims spokesperson disputes mayor butts assertion that the company hasnt been a good neighbor. Theyve been here since 1985. And i dont know where he is coming off were not a good neighbor. Weve been you have to think about recycling does. Without our industry i would only i would hate to think what would happen to all the metal products. One firefighter did suffer minor injuries. In richmond, abc 7 news. And late today the Contra Costa CountySheriff Office says there was no request to activate the sirens. They say the alerts were sent out once the information was received from the requesting agency. He also said this. Quote, mayor butts statement that it took an hour to get out the first alert after receiving the necessary information from richmond fire is totally inaccurate, misleading and presumptious. Sims group the owner of the scrapyard that caught fire is an International Company with five locations in the bay area. Theyve had problems before. Large fires in 2013 and 2014 at sims facility in redwood city and hayward caused toxic cloud that is launched shelter in place orders. In 2014 sims agreed to a state tlmt of almost 2. 4 million for the unlawful release and disposal of Hazardous Waste in redwood city. The epa ached of them allowing toxic metal into the bay. The very investigators say the vials had been going on since the 19990s. The u. S. Navy is preparing to examine possible toxic soils and builds at San Franciscos pursuant point shiprdyarding. Ac 7 news was at a Public Meeting by the navy tonight. Cornell bernard originally hired to dleenup the site may have falsified the data. There are questions that need to be answered. Neighbors who recently moved to the San Francisco shipyards a Condo Development in the bay view are confused and upset. Sky seven shows what could be the last piece of land in San Francisco slated for redevelopment. 450 acres of the Hunter Point Navy shipyard was a Nuclear Warfare research lab. The cleanup has been going on more than a decade. But recently the navy acknowledged that soil tests by a federal contractor hired to clean it up was falsified. Im not a conspiracy theoryist at all. This is an ugly toxic coverup. Bradley angel with nonprofit green tags fats tetra tech was paid 350 million to clean up the shipyards but outside consultants found the data was wrong. We reached out for comment from the contractor. They referred us to the navy. They looked at it and determine that there was some falsification. Any thought they had it resolved. Kathryn higley speaks for the develop five point and the navy why it happened isnt clear. The parcels in question near the water remain undeveloped. Understandably the cleanup is big concern for knows buying condos. They have a direct view of the hunters point. Its frustrating from a general Bigger Picture thing. You know it would have been good for us to have better oversite from the beginning. The key point for People Living here where they live is safe. The site is stabilized. Higley says the navy is committed to cleaning up the site with the new contractor but that could take years. Advocates are encouraged the navy is taking steps to make the area safe but. Its a taxpayer boondoggle hundreds and hundreds of millions thrown down the toilet. In San Francisco, Cornell Bernard abc 7 news. Seismic improvements at a now closed Alameda School will cost more than the district can afford. Our media partner, the east bay times reports the School District learned it will cost 34 to make the Elementary School safe. District Officials Say they dont have the money and are open to hearing about ways to come up with the funds. Trustees want to hold community meetings. The School Closed last june after soil tests found the it was at risk for like which fax where the earth crumbles away the. Its smack dab in the middle of winter doesnt it feel like it. Feels more like spring. Meteorologist drew tuma is nice. Might as well enjoy this while it lasts. I was chatting with sandhya patel. We would like the rain but its not bad out there. Temperatures after being in the 60s and 70s, we have only fallen back to the 50s for the most part. A lot of the numbers on the screen currently are some of the typical average afternoon highs this time of the year. 57 for fremont. 56 in San Francisco. That number in concord coming in at 54 degrees. Live doppler 7 along with satellite clear picture. Lots of sunshine today. High clouds now. All the action we want the rain well to the north in seattle right now. As we get you out the door tomorrow morning its mainly clear thursday. Mainly the fog around the dealt an thats about it. Not cold as it should be this time of year. Upper 30s to mid40s. Were tracking the potential for even record warmth in the coming days. Well detail that in a few minutes. Drew, thanks much. Officials at Oak Grove High School in san jose say they have fierds a soccer coach facing Sexual Assault charges. They the arrested the 27yearold soccer coach accused of sexually assault ago minor he met through coaching. He worked at oak grove but they say they dont believe it involves students there. Gonzalez was also employed at schools in gilroy and morgan hill. Police say the alleged incident did not happen on any school grounds. Fremont police say they are receiving a lot of calls from potential victims after their investigation in car burglaries led them to an International Fencing ring. You got to see all this stuff. These are just some of the millions of dollars worth of laptops, tablets and Electronic Devices police recovered. Investigators say the items came from car breakins all over the bay area and as far away as los angeles and las vegas. People breaking and entering into cars, mostly stealing electronics. And then what theyre doing is selling them to primary fence. And then he sells them to secondary fences and then what we have found out through this investigation is then they ship these items to vietnam. Quite an operation as you can tell. So far nine people have been arrested. The first fatality for the smart train system in the north bay is thought to be a suicide. Here is abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman with the investigation. Reporter at hearn avenue in santa rosa you almost dont hear the trains before you see them. As the sign says smart doesnt sound horns here. Even when the engineer did hit a warning button here, it appears to have made into difference. You know, im guessing it could have been ten seconds, 15, maybe 20 seconds. Cheryl cole livers in the neighborhood and worries about trains passing through at 79 miles an hour. Santa rosa police say a 64yearold cooed in the crosswalk and became a tragic footnote. A the first fatality since last august. We know as an agency in the Railroad Business were not immune to this. Where she was struck at is not the position she landed in. The body to came to rest 50 yards down the track based on evidence she died instantly start on the Santa Rosa Police say the crossing arms flashing lights bells all operated as intended. Theyll be looking at individual of the incident. Certainly point of impact will be captured on the video. A lot goes into prior that happened. How they were acting were they on the sidewalk in the middle of the intersection, so there is a lot of factors we look at to figure out exactly how this happened. Smart reopened the track and resumed regular service before noon. . Santa rosa, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Well a lot more to come here. Three bay area men among several people who drowned at hawaii beaches this month. Now there is concern over full face snoerkling masks that can make it difficult to get oxygen. One person killed in a crash in a train queering republican launches you how they jumped into action. Plus solar skiing. Plus solar skiing. The lake tahoe resort baby boomers, heres something you should know. Theres a serious virus out there that 1 in 30 boomers has, yet most dont even know it. A virus thats been almost forgotten. Its hepatitis c. Hep c can hide in the body for years without symptoms. Left untreated it can lead to liver damage, even liver cancer. 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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The San FranciscoDistrict Attorneys Office will toss out or reduce thousands of criminal convictions for marijuana dating back decades. D. A. George gascon announced more than 3,000 convictions will be reversed and the records expunged. Nearly 5,000 felonies will be reexamined. This is lourd under the ballot measure that legalized Recreational Cannabis use. Gascon says many convictions no longer make sense. I believe long ago we lost our distinguish the dangerous from the nuisance and it has broken our pocketbooks, the fabric of many communities and we havent been safer for it. People who have been convicted of violent felonies are not eligible, however. Three east bay men are among the nine people who drowned in maui in the past two weeks. Many victims were older visitors, out snorkeling. Authorities are investigating if the type of equipment or snorkeling experience played a part in the deaths. Reporter paul drews has that story. Thousands hit the hawaii waters every day. Visitors, the big draw is snorkeling. But for the inexperienced that can lead to big trouble. The biggest problem is just maybe theyre not used to currents or waves, or not necessarily a rip tide but definitely the way the tide pulse you. And a lot of times people dont know exactly how to counteract that. Reporter difficult, oahu has full face models that combine the mask and snorkel. If youre not comfortable with breathing out of your mouth which is a common thing. That full face mask is nice. One of the limitations is Carbon Dioxide billedup. If breaths are too shallow the co2. Accumulate. He opened a surf shop and ran into trouble trying out the new mask. With that mask when it happened to me when i tried it out and i got and i was like tilted or i kind of turned my head a weird way whichever way caught off the air caught me buy surprise. I could see if somebody didnt know what they were doing they could panic. He only rents out the regular snorkel sets in why key key but its grown to be a big business. They are looking around to go a at the north shore. We provide the service needed in the area. People can pick up the inexpensive snorkel sets what they dont get according to dave is instructions how to snorkel. Most people come in here that are looking for masks and snorkel sets thp it seems they know what theyre doing. The state doesnt require Safety Instruction resist for businesses renting out the gear. Its more work than people think it is. Maybe any see it on tv or the movies or whatever and arent rtd for that necessarily. And it is did its a lot more work than it leads on. That was paul drews reporting. Fire Officials Say the spike in drowning deaths are is unprecedented. Squaw valley Alpine Meadows aiming to be the first ski resort in the u. S. Running just on Renewable Energy. Thats it. The resort announced a deal with liberty utilities. Liberty says its working with squaw to develop new Renewable Energy generation, storage and efficiency projects to benefit the resort and the surrounding area. The resort wants to source all of the electricity from solar and other renewable sources as soon as the end of the year. So they intend to make quick progress. All right. It is bone dry around here. And also up in the sierra. Meteorologist drew tuma here process the forecast. Doesnt sound like thats changesing any time soon. Not in the next weak. The sierra running about 30 of the normal for this time of year. We need the moisture but not coming the next seven days. Live dplor 7 with satellite showing a quiet picture. And the pattern we have lots of sunshine and at night with clear skies. Perfect foreseeing the moon earlier this morning. Tonight live look great visibility. The east bay hills camera you could see as far as the eye could see. Looking off in the horizon. Fog is not an issue tomorrow morning. The accuweather hiemts breaking them down warm and sunny into next week. The pattern were under is not changing any time soon. With that pattern record highs are possible. Especially this weekend and likely the best shot will be on saturday. Temperaturewise in the afternoon he we run 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Its not too early to look at the weekend forecast. We look at saturday. That is when records are possible. Records on saturday right now are plainly in the low 70s. You can see across the bay and inland we go to the midand upper 70s to start off the weekend. And that warmth holds on under sunny skies finishing off with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Temperatures right now not too chilly. Were numbers in the 40s and 50s at this hour. 46 in nap aire. 56 in San Francisco. About 51 in oakland. 47 that current number in fairfield. The call from accuweather overnight plenty of stars out there. Clear skies. Temperature in the coldest spots only dropping in the upper 30s like santa rosa 39. 44 the overnight low in San Francisco. About 44 in san jose and concord dropping to 42 degrees. So the 12 hour plan is break down the thursday hour by hour that sun gets up about 7 13. Most spots starting out in the low 40s. The jacket needed early on. But the sunday really warms up rather quickly. The lunchtime hour nothing but wall to wall sunshine touchstone already above average for this time of the year in the mid60s. And noninto the afternoon we go. By 4 00 its getting mild and a lot of spots with the warmest locale going to the low sefrts. Highs on thursday 71 in concord. 72 the santa rosa. 71 in san jose. A pair of 67s in oklahoma. Half moon bay mild along the coast with a high of 68. Future tracker rainfall we take you into the next ten days. And we are just completely bone dry. So this is taking you through february 11th of next week. And you see not a drop of precipitiontation. Hopefully the pattern changes next month. The accuweather sevenday shows nothing but warmth on thursday. Tons of sunshine throughout the day. And above average temperatures continue into friday. Saturday thats when records are possible. As we go into the midand perhaps upper sefrts still that warmth holds on on sunday. A little change early next week and the sunday continuing spring feeling into wednesday with the numbers 60s and 70s cross the board. So starting out at least first full week of february he will above average. All right. Instead of skiing surfing. There you go. Thanks drew. Sure. A highly anticipated new superhero movie. The record that black panther already setting weeks before released. The Marine Mammal center is getting ready to care for sick