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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 4pm February 7, 2018

Of the area. Crews are going doortodoor asking residence to get out America Homes as you see there are pgd crews in this area. Looks like trying to get to perhaps the source of the gas leak. There asking everyone else to avoid this area. Officials are expected old News Conference where we hope to get new information on the number of people evacuated and how all of this and how it all started. Major catholic forcing evacuations in San Francisco. So far no injuries and we will update you. Congress is in the mist of negotiation negotiations on a spending bill before the Government Shutdown deadline on thursday. Minutes ago the house past a stopgap measure but its fate in the senate is not clear. President trump that he would quote, love to see a shut down if the closure would help get it tougher immigration deal through. Allison barber is in washington and see where the government where the washington, d. C. Reporter congress is once again facing a deadline to come up with the plan to fund the government. The clock is ticking towards another federal shutdown. The government is set to run out of money on thursday. Lawmakers are working on the budget deal to try and keep the lights on. The only reason we do not have a full agreement is because democrats are holding funding. Reporter House Republicans are moving ahead with the spending bill that would fund the government to march 23 as well as fund the military for your. To measures expected to face opposition in the senate where democrats hold more power and are looking to spend more money on domestic programs. Just as our men and women in uniform deserve the resources they need to keep our country safe, so to our veterans waiting for better healthcare. Reporter and virginia bass forced the government to close for four days last month. That will not happen this time around but many of the disagreements that lead to the january shutdown have not been resolved. On sunday democrat it senator dick durbin said a d. A. C. A. Deal was unlikely before the deadline. By monday morning immigration talks appear to stall with the white house rejecting the latest proposal. If we have to shut it down because the democrats do not want safety, and unrelated but still related come the general to take care of our military, then shut it down. Reporter there is a chant it may go down to the wire. House democrats are expected to leave town tomorrow for e policy retreat in maryland. We are hearing the buses will be gassed up and ready to head back to dc if members need to vote on thursday. With the bipartisan immigration deal appearing to stall people took to the streets around the nation to support d. A. C. A. Recipients. One rally took place outside the hospital in oakland. Leigh martinez was at the event. There is concern about the president s renewed push today for tougher order security measures. President trump offered to give 1. 8 million undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship in exchange for some strict immigration policy. At the rally in oakland, there were impassioned voices on the deal and one was the oakland mayor. This country needs to have the same admission policy that Childrens Hospital has. Reporter the oakland mayor added her voice that he rally for d. A. C. A. Recipients and she supports a clean act, one that does not compromise giving Legal Protection to certain immigrants in order to build a wall or stop gene migration. The bowling has continued to vilify this telling people they cannot bring their families, make families whole in this great nation of america, that has been built by immigrants come i believe is an american that it is completely consistent with his racist actions to date. Reporter the rally today at Childrens Hospital in oakland comes on the same day white house chief of staff, john kelly told reporters President Trump likely will not extend the march 5 deadline for when Legal Protection and work permits for dreamers will expire. More than 600,000 dreamers could then potentially face deportation. The mayor said she has heard sanctuary cities are now singled out in immigration raise the rates. We have heard that i spent purposely target communities like oakland that are standing up for our families, standing up for our valued immigrant communities practice has been vindictive and is not befitting of a democratic society. Reporter medical staff to the urge congress to support an act that does not use the dreamers as pawns in exchange brother immigration legislation. Letting the positive contributions from immigrants in the bay area. Siding the positive contributions from immigrants in the bay area. Many have volunteered here and are contributing back to the hospital. We have a speaker here today who is part of the Chance Program which in high school basically, they come and volunteer. Reporter the staff hopes their rally voices in oakland make. Awake to those make eric away to those in washington. America is better than immigration by. The mayor then added that america should have the same admittance policy as Childrens Hospital. Local lawmakers in both sonoma and napa county are looking at strategies to rebuild and recover after the devastating fires last october. This afternoon, Sonoma County supervisor taught the first of three workshops. The got it dose of reality from that of the builders group. Rebuilding the more than 5000 homes that were destroyed could take as long as a decade. There is a lot of concern about fire victims being forced to leave the area because of the high cost of living. We need to make sure that we give developers the chance to pencil out if they put in 20 for low income and very low income. We do not have redevelopment dollars and if we wait for the state to give us redevelopment dollars we will not do much. There are similar talks going on today napa county. Supervisors are getting an update on efforts to secure Financial Aid for the fire victims. Napa county saw more than 500 homes destroyed. Struck San Jose Police are investigating deadly shootings that happen less than three hours apart overnight. The first happened just after 10 00 last night is being investigated as the murder suicide neri dennys restaurant. Around 2 30 this morning officers will call to another shooting about half mile away. Rob malcolm has details on both investigations. Reporter it was a busy morning for san jose please as they investigated in murder suicide which took place last night and they homicide which took place early this morning.  San Jose State Police for the first to arrive. The Fire Department arrived shortly shortly there after after gunfire was heard and iman was found dead, unresponsive in his car while it was in the carwash. Investigators close the street disclosed the street as the neighbor neighborhood was canvassed. Police paid close attention to this black vehicle which was abandoned it block away, thought to be somehow connected to the homicide. Some live in the area say this neighborhood has changed over the years. I may little surprised. The neighborhood has changed in the last couple of years and it is frightening and very sad to see this happening. We have lived all of our lives here. Reporter police order this dennys restaurant investigating what has been ruled in murder suicide. It was about 10 50 last night when several calls came in regarding gunfire. Once the lease arrived they found a man and woman suffering from gunshot wounds. They had been shot once and pronounced dead at the scene. The victims in the murder suicide in the homicide has yet to be identified. Police are looking for witnesses and canvassing the local businesses and looking at Surveillance Video hoping they can find out who they are. Struck in Alameda County special Law Enforcement task force will be called on again to crackdown on sideshows. Which was but the big sideshow over the weekend in east oakland where 189 drivers recited in 35 cars towed. The task forces are the least approach being used to try to stop this illegal act to be. We say combining resources from local Police Departments plus the Highway Patrol and the Sheriffs Department is the only way to respond to the large number of cars and people involved. On wall street stocks rallied after a seesaw session and wound up regaining half of yesterdays losses. The dow sword 567 points, making it more than 2 . The nasdaq was up 140 in the s p added 46. Technology companies and big retailers and things for monday shares on the plus i. Strong earthquake struck northeastern taiwan killing two people and injuring more than 200. The quick measuring of magnitude 6. 4 caused widespread damage to buildings and roads in the number of bridges and highways are closed. A video posted on his scrum show to crack in the sidewalk in the city close to the epicenter. And others showed overturned chairs and smashed plates at her restaurant. Author is have set up shelters for peoples whose homes have been damaged but this afternoon it appears railways have not been affected in the local airport is up and running. Struck it drunk driving crash killed an nfl player on super bowl sunday. The driver who was in the u. S. Illegally has bay area ties. Now the president is using the crash in his push for Immigration Reform. Heatwave in february. The warm dry weather now bring on drought concerns. Is another day of record breaking warrants. We will look at the Current Conditions and show you what you can expect for wednesday coming up. Back to our breaking news in San Francisco where a gas leak has prompted several evacuations. This is mccallister and scott street in the heart of the city. San francisco Fire Department briefing reporters on the situation. Lets take it listen. One subject is claiming to have respiratory issues. That individual was one and half blocks up when from the event it is being evaluated with the nonlifethreatening condition. Currently, pg e has stated they are hopeful they will have this under control in one hour if the procedure they are doing actually mitigates this emergency. If not we could look at extended hours and we will remain hopeful that we are able to get this mitigated within the next hour. The department of Emergency Management is here to talk about what the city is doing proactively to establish shelters in need for those who would required it. Francis mora, the Public Information officer for the San Francisco department of Emergency Management. Should this go into extended hours the department of Emergency Management along with our city partners, are evaluating Evacuation Center needs. If any residence need to stay out of the area longerterm we will look at that weather a temporary shelter or something within the community. In the event people need to stay overnight we will look at any appropriate shelter facilities, making sure facilities have the necessary needs for the people. If you live in this area and have been asked to leave, we ask that you text your zip code, 94115 to 888777. 8887777. That is how we will keep contact with you. Again that is, 94115 to 888 777. Early on in this event the San Francisco Fire Department and Police Department in the pg e Emergency Response crews went doortodoor physically checked the 12 buildings that we deemed necessary to evacuate. We did that twice double checking both facilities and we insured there were know individuals who required additional assistance whether it be individuals who have functional need requirements, Language Access requirements and none of those where noted. All city agencies involved are working collectively and collaboratively to make sure we have a peaceful resolve to this gas leak. This is a result of a contractor doing work that actually hit the line in pg e responded to the emergency within minutes of the initial call. Any questions . Was it Residential Construction . I know was a third party. This is a Street Construction project and we will have Additional Information on whose project it is and what they werent doing any later time. It is not an individual homeowner . It was not a homeowner project. We will have further information at a later update. Are they all residential buildings . We have total of 16 individuals currently displaced. We werent able to physically make contact with them and move out of the buildings. There are more units within these buildings and as people are getting off of work we are anticipating that number will rise which is why we are being proactive in looking into establishing an shelter if that becomes necessary. Will people be able to get in and get pets . After this interview the residence in question, we will get your address and unit numbers and the firefighters will get your pets for you and bring them out. The gas is still flowing. The large truck that came in has a large mechanism called the crimper that will shut down or clampdown on the four inch main and there hopeful that will mitigate the emergency in the area. Pg e has stated prior to this miniconference that they are confident this will work however they do have a backup plan in place if it does not work which will lead us into additional hours. How much is the pipe emitting . If you listen carefully you can hear the hissing behind us. If you take your fingers, youre looking at a four inch diameter. All of that will be pressurized gas coming up so that is the gas that is collectively coming out. It is dissipating, we do not have a strong head wind. We are upwind and more concerned with everyone downwind. We have firefighters that of special monitors that are walking the neighborhoods making sure we do not have issues. There is a school that we where able to clear because we have no negative readings in the students are being released so we are taking all of the efforts necessary steps to ensure the safety of the public while pg e works to mitigate the issue. We have not received calls, that will be dependent on individuals making calls and reporting they do have a gas outage. We do have a forage gas line, we will have people without gas but for how long, we will have to update you later. Any other questions . You have been listening to the San Francisco Fire Department giving an update on the situation. Pg e crews are working to cap the leak. It appears a contractor doing work in the area, part of a Street Construction project hit the four inch line, ruptured it and that is what pg e crews are trying to get handle on. It may take pg e crews say they may have under control in about an hour if this approach works. If it doesnt in the city is prepared for longerterm needs so they are looking into setting up shelters and Evacuation Centers for people in the alamo square area. We are talking about mccallister and scott. They have a temporary fix they think will work. 12 buildings in the neighborhood have been evacuated. That only affects about 16 people according to the Fire Department who have been displaced but as people get off work and go home they may find a building has been evacuated. That will change the needs. The good news, pg e looks like they are being aggressive in fixing this leak. From with the Fire Department said this was not pg es fault, it was a Different Company doing construction that accidentally hit this gas line that is what rupture. Pg e is trying to clean up the mess and stop the gas fire Officials Say there is a school down the road. They have been testing the air in the area and there is no gas at the school, still students are being sent home. No injuries except for one person who did suffer some respiratory issues. It did not sound like it was a serious injury but one person has been affected by the ghastly. We will stay on top of this and have continuing coverage coming up a 5 00. We are seeing yet another day of record breaking temperatures in some parts of the bay area. It is warm out there and some people are skipping this february heatwave and set heading to santa cruz. Businesswoman is benefiting from this heat. Reporter it is a good thing i happen to have flipflops in my car today because who would have thought we would end up at the beach in santa cruz. It is hovering around 70 degrees. San jose and San Francisco among two cities who broke her record or are near breaking a record today as the stretch continues. Earlier today we went to the central nursery home in san jose and they are having to water the plants more than normal because of what has been the recordbreaking warm spell. They are not only sing more business but the plants blooming earlier than normal. Spoke with the warm weather we have had the plants are blooming two to three weeks early and the landscapers have not really slow down. It is almost like summer. It is so warm. It is beautiful, it is warm and i feel so blessed to be in california. Reporter while santa cruz is not challenging records we met several residents who drove over highway 17 to enjoy the Beautiful Day at the beach. I spoke with the

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