Top stories for this tuesday, december 17th. A teenage girl who went in for surgery at Childrens Hospital oakland, is expected to be taken off life support today. Well have more on the heartbreaking new development. The Mega Millions jackpot is now a staggering 586 Million Dollars. What you need to know before tonights drawing. Happening now. Firefighters are working to knock down a fire at a metal plant in redwood city. The fire started just after one this morning at the Sims Metal Management facility on seaport boulevard. Thats where we find kron 4s Jackie Sissel live this morning. Jackie. You can see this huge orange glow coming off of this pile of scrap metal. As you stated, this is the second fired at this particular yard within the last month. According to a spokesperson from the Fire Department this fire broke out about 1 00 a. M. And it is a huge pile of scrap metal. I can also tell you that this should disclosed down and it will remain this way because these types of fires are very difficult to fight. One of the problem is the smoke that is coming off about 45 minutes ago these were the conditions and this is what he had to say at this time, it does not matter from what fire. There has not been no shelters issued as of yet, the Incident Command Team has been discussing with the quality services. There may be a possibility of issuing one but one has now been issued. That is what we are waiting for right now. We are waiting for the spokesperson to come back out here. Police officials, some of them have mask on their face. There were people waiting to get in and they were told to leave, that worked down this road. Because it is closed, because it sounds like this will last for several hours. They have all been sent home at this point. As soon as i receive new information on the condition of the fire but more important the smoke and how it is affecting nearby communities. I will pass this phonalong. It was just over a month ago that this fire broke out at the same scrap metal yard. Back on november 10th. The smoke prompted authorities to issue Health Advisories for residents in parts of san mateo, santa clara and alameda counties. There was a fire back in 2007. Would check back for an update. If you like yesterdays whether you will probably like today. Were talking mid to upper 60s for just about everyone. It is a mile start with oakland at 40 degrees. Upper 30s right now for daly city and san jose is at 41 degrees. It will be another nice stable of big changes by tomorrow. Were talking a 10 degree drop. We are looking at the possibility of showers by thursday but San Francisco, this may be the driest year on record. I will talk about rainfall totals as 6 15 a. M. We are tracking delays on interstate 80 with a accident at mcbride in the westbound direction. The slow traffic has not reached back to high with four but it cut and the drive time has jumped from about 16 to 18 minutes. It is now 24 minutes but still within the range of normal. Again, the accident is on the west lane. The family of a 13 old girl is hoping doctors wont take her off life support. The girl went into Childrens Hospital oaklandl last monday to have her tonsils removed. She is now brain dead. Kron 4s will tran is at the hospital with the latest on the case. If it were up to the doctors at the hospital that would have already taken her off but the family spoke with the dr. And convince them to give her one more scan before they make a mold. The doctors agreed, that would do a mother brain scan. Here is a picture of the 13 yearold. She came here last monday to have her tonsils or molds. The surgery went well and then she was conscious, she was talking to her family and then something went wrong. She started to bleed from the mouth and had a heart attack. She has been unconscious ever since. No one knows exactly why and the family has hired an attorney to get to the bottom of this. They want answers. They are confused and there certain that they should give them one more chance. They want to find out about her brain activity. If no brain activity it will be up to the doctors and medical examiners to take off a lifesupport. I spoke with her family and this is what they had to say. We are not pulling the plug on her, it is not us. Is not us. She is, legally dead. It is another case and this takes away the right from us, the family, the grandmother, for my sister was the mother to have this option. Her mother is just so full of grief and regret. She did not want to take her daughter to get her tonsils or mold. Remote. The molds. Unfo, something went wrong and the doctors here, the hospital would like to speak to the media but the Family Member asks them not to. It is up to them to say yes or no. Were all here and if they change their minds with that reaction. We have new video in this morning of a house collapse in San Franciscos twin peaks neighborhood. Police got the call around 1030 last night about the house in the one hundred block of crown terrace. The home was under construction. At least one residence was evacuated and a building inspector was called to the area. Which was closed off at one point to traffic. The Mega Millions jackpot. Could reach 1 billion dollars by christmas when no winner was announced on friday. The jackpot went up to a staggering 586 Million Dollars for tonights drawing. The Current Record jackpot is 656 Million Dollars. Those winnings were split between three people back in 2012. So what are the chances of winning . The odds of getting all six numbers. One in 259 million. And the cash payout will be a hefty 316 Million Dollars. Lotto officials says the jackpot could go up again this morning in advance of the tonights drawing. Coming up on the kron4 morning nils. A rulinnews. A rus been handed down in connection with the marketing practices for those Monster Energy drinks. Details on the new report on the chevron refinery fire. We will tell you what the company had to say about the findings. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Welcome back. A new draft report on last years richmond refinery fire is out. And the federal agency investigating the incident. Is pointing blame at both chevron and the state regulatory process. The u. S. Chemical safety board says the corrosion caused pipe rupture and the subsequent fire could have been prevented had chevron had implemented safety upgrades. But the chemical safety board says part of the blame is on the regulatory process itself the board says the Current System is not about preventing an incident, but responding to it. To wait until there is an accident, a referral, or a complaint after the case and investigate, at issue a citation and a fine, the chemical safety board . Says whats known as a safety case regime should be utilized because it requires Companies Like chevron to lay out plans to reduce risks. Approved by regulators. Chevron has released this statement in response to the new report. Saying in part. Quote while we await the release of the boards final report, we are already taking a series of actions in response to the august 2012 incident. Were talking about a warm up for today and we do have the changes in the extended forecast. We will talk about temperatures and the possibility of showers when we continue. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. With uverse high Speed Internet. So you made some bad decisions last night. Make a good one this morning. 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There is a potential problem forcash for some reason the maplet me slide this down to show you the area 101, in the northbound direction and seaport near woodside off ramp. The exit has been closed due to a fire. There is no backup but closing this grant could start to have an affect. Heres a quick look at the bridge, the bay bridge, the metering lights have been activated. On 92, the san mateo bridge were still enjoying light conditions with 11 to 13 minutes. Picking up steam some five years after the recession has sent stocks racing higher on wall street after two lackluster weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 129 points to close at 15,884. 57, index rose 11 points. And the nasdaq composite was higher by 28 points. A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the monster beverage corporation. It sought to block the San Francisco city attorneys investigation. Into the companys marketing practices. On monday, a judge ruled. That granting monsters request, would unfairly hinder the lawsuit filed in state court by dennis herrera. That suit accuses the company of misbranding its highly caffeinated drinks. And marketing them to monster filed its lawsuit, after herrera demanded that levels in its drinks. And stop marketing to minors. Maligned a California Company is asking for a judgement against one of the top executives of a now defunct peanut processor in new mexico. Swain creations is accusing sunlands ceo jimmie shearer of fraud, concealment and intentional misrepresentation. Shearer is accused of failing to disclose repeated health and safety violations at sunland. A National Salmonella outbreak was linked to the plant in 2012. The plant was one the nations largest producer of organic valencia peanuts. To a judge has ordered some top paint companies to pay one point one billion dollars for marketing paint they knew was harmful to children. A superior court judge in san jose issued the verdict yesterday after a five week, nonjury trial. The judge has ordered conagra grocery products, Nl Industries incorporated and the Sherwinwilliams Company to remove lead from millions of older homes. Leadbased paints were banned from the us market year still pose a healthan appeal is expected. Secretary of state john kerry is in the philippines efforts there. Kerry arrived in manila from vietnam, where yesterday he pledged 32 million in assistance to help Southeast Asian nations like vietnam their territorial waters. The city of tacloban which was hardest hit by typhoon haiyan. Coming up on the kron4 nils. One of the Biggest Companies in the bay area are offering free wifi i will tell you who it is coming up. [woman] you wrapped the. [man] its nothing but tape. [woman] its a block. Were havin a baby [laughter in background] [woman screams] are we havin a baby . [ambient crying and laughter] yes you did. Yes you did. No i didnt. 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It is designed to be used outside on the sidewalk. I hate to rain on your parade but this is a good time to remind to that were having a problem with this match and grab robberies of phones and tablets. The police are warning you not to pull your devices out when you are outdoors. It is just not safe. Be careful of your surroundings and i have to warn you that this is public so the careful what you look up. Do not do in the financial, banking or anything else that is sensitive. Just keep it to the general web surfing. Gabe slate, kron 4 news. Coming up on kron4 morning news. A new report out this morning with a big claim about your multi vitamins. They just do not work. Our developing story we are falling in redwood city about a scrap metal plant fire. Welcome back. The time is 6 30 a. M. Just ahead of opening bell, you hear it. Future trading as are pretty good and the dow is up by 35 nasdaq up by four and the s p up by a half a point. We will see where the numbers go and we will have on rob black talking about what is making news. Happening now. Firefighters are working to knock down a fire at a metal plant in redwood city. The fire started just after one this morning at the sims seaport boulevard. Thats where we find kron 4s Jackie Sissel live this morning. There are huge flames of smoke that are over this area. This is for the second time that a large fire has burned. Seaports boulevard is completely shut down. It appears that it will be this way for a while. You can see that the orange glow is still coming from this heat that is burning we do know that scrap metal from the appliances, washers and dryers is what is making it difficult. They stated that it is about 30 ft. High and it may be burning four hours out here. I had a chance to talk to a fire marshal from redwood city Fire Department and he described it. The apollo measure is about 75 ft. By hundred. As approximately 30 ft. In height. Of a pulse are segregated so get inside is pretty craftyjust removing the piles. It sounds like it will be out here for while and here is a view and you can see that the road is closed and there are a lot of businesses in fact, several businesses down seaport are closed for today and their workers have been sent home. No one is able to get through right now. Obviously, the cost of the fire is not known but that will continue this investigation. As far as the smoke, we were told an hour ago the theres no shelter in place, were being told that the bay area, the air quality district is monitoring this and they will continue to monitor the situation. I can tell you that from where i met, which is still smell the smoke from the actual fire but the wind is blowing in the opposite direction and that is good nils but as the morning progresses if the wind happens to shift some of the conditions may change. That may have to reevaluate. Within the last week we have had, they do not want as a burning anything. I really think today it will be the last spare the air day. Air quality is supposed to improve by tomorrow there is no wood a burning today. We will see plenty of sunshine although hazy for the afternoon. Your highs will be in the mid to upper 60s. I do have the changes in store for the rest of the week as far as the possibility of showers. I will break down your 7 day coming up. The fire on seaport has forced lane closures on highway 1 01. This is in redwood city, the ramps leading to the bayshore freeway to woodside road west, out towards seaport have been closed and on other occasions when a Police Activity or any other activity might have shut down this one, it has had a big impact. So far, we have not seen that as a case that is because is still early. I expect this will be there for awhile and we will see a bigger impact letter on this morning. If this is your normal coute you should think about a another commute. You can use El Camino Real or interstate 280. We are tracking delays on interstate 80 westbound and mcbride. It is not horrible, this accident has been moved over and the drive time is still normal within the range of normal for hercules to berkeley. New information suggests that they failed the joint was the cause of the waterline of rupture at san jose mineta airport. This is video of of the mess at the terminal. Staffing contractors working on the clock to restore the service. There were a few cancellations and several flight delays yesterday due to this. Today, operators should be back to normal. Felony charges have been fil