Shelter in place

A San Jose PD motorcycle damaged during the hunt for a carjacking suspect (CBS)

Suspect In San Jose Carjackings Rams Police Motorcycle During Chase

Police are searching for a man suspected in two carjackings Tuesday morning—one in Milpitas and a second in San Jose as police locked down a neighborhood looking for him.

2011/12/20

Workers monitor the leak of a crude oil pipeline in Concord, November 8, 2011. (CBS)

Concord Crude Oil Pipeline Repairs Likely To Cause More Odors

Air readings show the leak from the 16-inch pipeline does not pose a significant health threat but is releasing a sulfurous odor. However, when the repair process begins, the odor may intensify.

2011/11/08

Another Explosive Device Found On Fairfield Street

A suspicious device was found on a Fairfield street Friday afternoon, Fairfield police said.

2011/10/01

A Chopper 5 image of the firefight at Macro Plastics Inc. in Fairfield (CBS)

Massive Fire At Fairfield Plastics Plant Prompts Shelter Order

A six-alarm fire at a plastics company in Fairfield sent black smoke billowing into the air above the East Bay Tuesday afternoon, prompting a hazardous materials team to respond.

KPIX 5–2011/07/26

The San Francisco Police Dept. Bomb Squad at work. (CBS file photo)

Suspicious Bag Found Near SF Federal Building Deemed Harmless

A suspicious backpack found near San Francisco’s federal courthouse building Friday afternoon has been deemed harmless and the all-clear signal has been given.

KPIX 5–2011/07/08

Shelter Warning Lifted After Santa Rosa Debris Fire

A shelter-in-place order was lifted late Thursday morning for a Santa Rosa neighborhood where a fire burned a pile of debris that included a leaking gas cylinder, officials said.

CBS San Francisco–2011/05/05

Ammonia Leak Contained At San Jose Treatment Plant

The San Jose Fire Department’s hazardous materials team responded Saturday morning to an aqueous ammonia leak at a Santa Clara Valley water treatment plant.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/19

Gas Leak Capped; Shelter-In-Place Lifted At 2 SF Schools

PG&E crews have capped a natural gas leak that prompted a shelter-in-place warning Monday morning for two San Francisco schools in the city’s Outer Mission neighborhood.

CBS San Francisco–2011/02/14

Flames seen billowing from a stack at the Tesoro Refinery in November 2010. (CBS)

Tesoro Restarting Martinez Refinery, Investigating Outage

Tesoro Corp. was in the process of restarting its Martinez refinery Thursday after a power outage sent plumes of black smoke into the air, leading to a shelter-in-place order.

KPIX 5–2010/11/11

Martinez Refinery Mishap Spews Black Smoke Into Air

Health officials in Contra Costa County issued a shelter-in-place warning for a couple hours Wednesday for residents in Avon, Clyde and North Concord after Tesoro’s Golden Eagle refinery in nearby Martinez spewed black smoke into the sky.

KPIX 5–2010/11/10

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