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The air quality that they have decided to shut down i 80 from highway 4 to 780 in vallejo. They are saying at this juncture theyre looking at a sixhour closure which puts us into the midnight hour. Thats not an exact science theyve got going. Theyre going to reassess as the evening progresses but you have to plan for the worst case scenario. He went through a list of different alternate routes you could go to, but the bottom line is theres going to be traffic no matter where you go. Your best option is to avoid this at all costs but theres going to be traffic. Its an eerie scene in the foregro...

Words, uc berkeley seismology. So many of us can remember exactly what we were doing on that vennin inevening. Scenes like these burned into our memory. 880 collapsed. Marina district on fire. See everyday people doing some r heroic things. The quake struck at 5 04 p. M. The shaking lasted for 15 seconds. To many people it seemed much longer. Oh, my god. School gymnasium, a local bar, a classroom, once the shaking stopped the reality set in. Our neighbors and friends needed help. 63 people in all were killed. Nearly 4,000 people were injured. And there was about 10 billion in damage. Now, we f...

To help the people on the cypress freeway, and it was also a reminder that the big one is yet to come. Right here where we are standing, 42 people perished in the cypress collapse. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf led ceremonies today honoring First Responders and citizens who went to help when violent shaking from the loma prieta deck brought the upper deck crashing down on to cars on the lower deck. And im watching telephone poles moving, and im watching streetlights bouncing up and down. Retired deputy fire chief mark hoffman was a outside fire station 1 when the quake struck. He and his...

Independent mostly, taking over Power Distribution from pg e and setting up its own microgrids to power the population. How we can ensure distribution of local generation and storage of energy. Reporter liccardo admits it would be an expensive undertaeking, one that would first have to pass public opinion. I think its a great idea. Reporter would you be willing to pay more in taxes . Yeah. Reporter its not without precedence. Nearby santa clara has had its own utility for more than 120 years. Last weeks power outage was really related to the distribution lines. So, we own, maintain, and operat...

80. That is a precursor to getting shelter in place order that is weve been talking about all afternoon and evening lifted. In fact, in the last 30  minute as shelter in place order has been lifted for all affected areas near the huge fire in crockett. After a be seven hour firefight officials now say the flames at the facility are under control. The fire erupted just before 2 00 this afternoon as the new star tank farm in crockett. Here is a look at our live traffic map. Because the fire was near i80, i80 was closed in both directions from high bay 4 in hercules to i780 in vallejo. Theyve o...