More people expressing concern tonight after a cancer causing chemical was found on the a climb as high school in west oakland. Thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne officials revealed yesterday they found trace amounts of the toxic chemical try coral ethylene and ground water under the high school campus. That chemical is commonly called tce the school was closed yesterday and again today. The concern is a chemical maybe vaporizing and coming up from the ground into the school building. District Officials Say theyll Start Testing the air tomorrow and continue those tests through next week Environmental Health officials will also test the soil around that school another concern is that the high school is in the area already known to have to see we showed you this map yesterday the school is less than half a mile away from the lane metal finisher site which is currently labeled as hazardous. The state has been cleaning up that site since 2007 and tca is among the potential hazards. Neighbors have already been expressing their concern now tonight, teachers are going public they say theyre worried about what tce maybe may have been doing to the students and the staff before it was discovered on the campus kron fours dan thorn joins us now live in oakland with more on that part of the story dan. Well can pan these teachers tell us that they are worried about how long this has been going on here at climate high school and whether or not the school can be trusted to be safe. They say this is scary and that officials have not been adequately informing people here at the community. The commons High School Teachers are speaking out about the toxic chemical found at the school. They want to know how long its been there and how it may have been affecting people for its really scary scary for the and its very disruptive the falcon to this woman who wanted to remain anonymous says shes been teaching in the climate high school for more than 20 years. She says the Oakland Unified School district is not adequately informing students their parents or staff of the potential dangers of tce we dont know and were not getting any information. The parents are getting them any information. Were quite worried pay shoe anton made says a former math teacher but climb ins. He believes the issue was predictable because the district lax attention to the schools needs im not about to blame the district for this on the other hand i think it does drive home. Environmental quality in west oakland is quite bad with that in mind made says the district needed to be ready for this type of situation to come up. I blame the district for not checking for all potential environmental issues. And not and for coming up with a plan to actually overhaul the School Infrastructure hazardous chemical expert hired by the School District will be studying for any possible threat at climate but teachers fear that will now be trust issues with returning to the school. Because of the uncertainty of recurring issues i dont know. If students are going to come back. Um i dont know the of teachers are going to be back next year. You have worried about my health and i may ask for a transfer. We dont know. Well teachers are excited learn more about the situation here at the high school on monday morning at west oakland middle library. They want to know when they can return to the school or at least when classes will resume, reporting live here in oakland dan thorn kron 4 news stand. Thank you the building behind me right here is a Salvation Army building in San Francisco, but the city is proposing to turn it into a Homeless Center. It would be used to assist those with Mental Health issues and Substance Abuse disorder. Kron fours gayle ong live for us in the city tonight was details on this plant, gayle. Right now the project is still under its approval process but the city hopes to open as early as april. The citys proposal that turned the Salvation Army on valencia street into a Homeless Center is not going well for this Business Owner who works directly across the street he benefit the neighborhood because the type of people that we i mean to come in and out of the place and now home you have you seen neighborhood in front in people the calm to the area would be afraid to come others who live in the neighborhood are for the project i think as long as theyre going to. They sure the staff on site are aware of their responsibilities and are looking after the neighborhood in general we need to treat people we need to. Give them help in order to heal from the trauma of being on the street. This trick, a supervisor at mantoman introduce the lease for 404,000 a year to the board of supervisors having a facility in the neighborhood where people can be right off the can get some shelter and also get appropriate Behavior Health seems to me like a win the center would be a hummingbird will provide 30 overnight beds and serve dropping clients for those struggling with Mental Health and drug we cant just keep Walking AroundSan Francisco. And looking the other way when we see people who are very very sick. There still needs to be a hearing before the Public Health department in Budget Committee in march so far the project received 3 million from the Tipping Point nonprofit who fights poverty in the bay area from my perspective, the question is not whether or not we do this its how we do it and making sure that we do it in a way that sense it is the communitys needs. The least that was presented would be about 3 to 5 years for that Salvation Army property. Anyone who wants to weigh in on this project there will be a Community Meeting next thursday reporting live in San Francisco, gayle ong kron 4 news scale. Thank you. To help ease the homeless crisis governor Gavin Newsome recently announced hes offering nearly 300 parcels of surplus state property as sites for homeless shelters, they include this 200 acre campus in Sonoma County now owned by counter as the Sonoma Developmental Center was house. 3,000 people with profound special needs it employs 13,000 people until it shut down last year with 176 buildings on the sprawling campus it might seem like the answer to the homeless crisis however supervisor susan gorin says not so fast it shuttered its shot has no furnishings. But more importantly it has no the heat and cooling has been shut down because of the it infrastructure, a crumbling of a Water Treatment plant was shut down. She says even re having one of these buildings would take hundreds of millions of dollars because so much work would need to be done to bring the infrastructure up to code the states homeless problem is barely a top legislative priority in sacramento today was last day for state lawmakers to file any new proposed state laws for this year. As our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala shows us air arm now many proposals to try to end the crisis. Search the word homeless in californias legislative database for the session and more than 250 results come up search housing and more than 600 results come up lawmakers appear to be in sync with the governor making homelessness a top legislative priority across party lines. Some democrats this week proposing to make way for more homeless shelters in california. My eliminating land zoning loopholes that city sometimes used to avoid building them. The senator who wrote the law scott wiener says of the 151,000 homeless californians 72 of them dont have shelter. Another bill aims to analyze all of californias homelessness programs to then put together a statewide homelessness plan other proposals include a homelessness data center and creating a special Government Branch the office to end homelessness some republicans say the democrat majorities way of managing the problem is no longer working senator brian jones filed 5 bills this week to provide Grant Funding to agencies or organizations for extra Mental Health services. Expand job skill Training Programs and money to local Law Enforcement groups that want to expand homelessness outreach teams. These bills all come after governor Gavin Newsome dedicated his entire state of the state speech to californias homelessness crisis but really before any of these make any major moves in the legislature on wednesday, the joint Audit Committee will decide whether to order a formal state audit of californias homelessness spending in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news kron 4 is following the homeless problem specifically in the bay area to check out our stories go to kron 4 dot com and. Look for the community in crisis page friday night around the bay area, lets take a live look outside looking out over San Franciscos embarcadero and the bay bridge glistening in the background there restructuring this year the weekend is upon us yeah and temperatures great out there right now downtown San Francisco still in the mid 60s believe it or not and thats compared to our upper 60s from earlier today, so we were a good 5 to 15 degrees above average for most of the bay area and stormtracker 4 tracking some changes as a storm tries to sweep through the bay area but. Dont let this rain for you because most of it is evaporating before it hits the ground also known as burga but we are seeing some light scattered showers right now impacting those of you to our south in Monterey County. So enjoy that wet weather out there this evening were dry right now here in the bay area Golden Gate Bridge very smooth com commute out there this evening for your friday night in temperatures still mild 64 degrees in downtown San Francisco low 60s for oakland and hayward throughout the east bay shoreline starting to cool down in the 50s though for parts of the interior valleys of the east bay like concord in livermore san jose in the low 60s, but santa rosa and even napa starting to cool down in the 40s for your friday night and thats because youre noticing clear skies but that blanket of cloud cover helping to keep those warm temperatures trapped in for the rest of the bay area. Were all going to be in the 40s though for overnight lows very similar to last night and youre microclimate saturday forecast will show a cooling trend as we start out the 1st half of the weekend 10 degrees of calling for downtown San Francisco 59 degrees for your saturday afternoon highs since the district also in the midfifties pacifica 53 degrees as is al gore not a Half Moon Bay flirting with 60s a 59 degrees for your saturday afternoon. So right about where you should be for this time of year brisbane 56 degrees in burlingame also in the upper 50s and wind speeds a little bit breezier 20 Miles Per Hour less, but we are going to notice a lot more sunshine san mateo 58 degrees redwood city in the low 60s and palo alto upper 50s for your saturday afternoon highs with widespread mid to upper 60s for the south bay cupertino 66 degrees san jose 68 degrees with upper 60s for those of you throughout the east bay 67 degrees inland from livermore and 63 degrees for hayward and as we make our way throughout the east bay shoreline upper 50s and low 60s for richmond and oakland conquered 67 degrees and in the north bay napa 66 degrees for afternoon highs in santa rosa, even with the slightly cooler forecast still going to be about 10 degrees above average warming up into the low 70s and the cooling trend will continue through the 2nd half of your weekend as well until we all warm up to above average highs once again. Back in the mid 70s by tuesday through thursday of next week temperatures 5 to 15 degrees above average no rain in sight. But well take a look at our 10 at 10 outlook and see if we have any rain the extended forecast coming up in just a few minutes singers crossed. Yeah, theres some. Is the totality of issues and Nothing Happened in the last week that was just that we came to a conclusion. We approached the mayor, she agreed to join with us and the timing is what it is. We are hearing more tonight from oakland city leaders about the firing of police chiefeAnne Kirkpatrick the Oakland Police commission along with the mayor voted last tonight to dismiss her today Commission ChairRegina Jackson said there was no one smoking gun. But one of the issues is the officer involved shooting that happened back on march of 2018. That is when 4 Oakland Police officers opened fire on a homeless man killing 31 yearold joshua pollack there was criticism that the shooting was not justified because pollack appeared to be just waking up from a sleep. There did not seem to be any threat to the officers chief kirkpatrick declined to discipline the officers involved going against the recommendation by the federal monitor that oversees the Oakland Police department in that particular case. She that the direction of her own supervisor, the monitor. He nor did we think that was a good decision. Commi sioner Jackson Jackson also says under kirkpatrick 3 year tenure, the Police Department has taken a step backwards in terms of compliance with the mandated Court Ordered reforms for the department kirkpatrick has not released any public statements since yesterdays firing last night. The firing of kirkpatrick is just the latest chapter in a long complicated history of oaklands top police officer. Over the last 10 years the city has gone through 7 Different Police chiefs. Kron fours theresa takes a look back at those who held the job and the challenges in that position. In 2010 Anthony Batts was named to the post to coming from long beach. He said he joined the force after 4 opd officers were killed in a shootout yet in 2011. He quit abruptly saying that the job had changed, claiming he had limited control but full accountability that was proving difficult to make the reforms he sought in the Department Howard jordan that career opd officer then stepped in and yet after 2 years including dealing with a scandal. Were opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl. He claimed he needed to leave for medical reasons. Anthony to another longtime opd officer was tapped by then mayor jean quan while a National Search took place east aid for 2 days until when to lasted 3 years as a chief he was known to work well with this federal monitor charged with overseeing the departments because the problems yet faced increasing criticism was some saying that he was not aggressive enough on those thought to be having that inappropriate relationship with the teenager. His departure led to the most dire period to date for the department in the space of 9 days, the most Important Role at opd was a revolvingdoor from went to ben farrow to paul figaro a these 3 chiefs cycled in and sped out. Farrell because of an extramarital affair and paul figaro a claiming he didnt want the scrutiny on his personal life. City administrator Sabrina Landreth took over from 2016 to 2017 until Anne Kirkpatrick was vetted and sworn in on january 3rd. 2017. Theresa kron 4 news. The developing story tonight at 10 Health Officials confirming 2 new coronavirus cases in california increasing the states total to 15. The newest cases involve a person a Sacramento County who had returned from china earlier this month as well as a person a humble county tonight, us Health Officials are preparing for the coronavirus to become a pandemic a cdc doctor told reporters today while the virus is not spreading throughout the us right now quote its very possible even likely that it may eventually happen that same doctor says the goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus and the United States. The coronavirus erupted in china back in december today, china said the daily count of new virus cases there fell significantly to 397 and still 109 people died from the disease there. Neighboring south korea on the other hand continues to see a big spike country reported a 6 fold jump in viral infections in 4 days to 346. Kron fours grant lotus is tracking the explosion of cases in south korea and hes here with the latest grant get campaign which is what were saying about the us there t