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Tag Archives: fire
3,500 Seeking Compensation from Chevron After Fire
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Update 4:17 p.m.: KQED's Aarti Shahani Tweeted updates this afternoon from the community center where Chevron was offering help to local residents wishing to file claims stemming from Monday's refinery fire. You can find her Tweets here. Original post: "Near … Continue reading
Town Hall Meeting Sparks Calls for Answers, More Information from Chevron
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Chevron has a complicated relationship with Richmond. The company's Richmond refinery have been given an assessed value of more than $3 billion, making it a significant contributor to the city's tax base. The refinery has about 1,200 employees. It's also … Continue reading
Chevron Offers Compensation to People Affected by Richmond Fire
Chevron is offering compensation to people who suffered ill health or property damage from the fire that took place Monday night at its Richmond refinery. Spokesman Lloyd Avram issued the following statement: Dear Members of the Community: We apologize for … Continue reading
Richmond's Burden: Life in the Shadow of a Refinery
If you live next to an oil refinery, are you just out of luck? Last night's fire at the Chevron plant showed that having a belching stack of chemical processing equipment as your neighbor ranges from inconvenient to downright hazardous. … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: SF Mayor Drops Stop-and-Frisk; SF Parking Plan Aimed to Discourage Driving; Bay Area Burglaries on the Rise
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Ed Lee drops stop-frisk plan amid uproar (SF Chronicle) Mayor Ed Lee has dropped plans to bring New York City's controversial stop-and-frisk policy to San Francisco and instead will rely on targeted police enforcement, crime-tracking software and increased involvement by … Continue reading
Chevron Refinery Fire
Statement from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on air quality samples the agency took around the Chevron refinery fire: The Air District had inspectors at the scene of the August 6 Chevron fire, collecting air quality samples from … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Pier 29 Fire Traced to Power Outlets; Supreme Court Rules Against SEIU; Activist Ly Tong Found Guilty
Investigators: Pier 29 fire started at electrical outlets (KGO) Fire officials say they know where Wednesday's massive waterfront fire started and they're now working on how… fire investigators studied the spot where the fire started, a bank of electrical outlets. … Continue reading
SF Pier 29 Fire Damage Estimated at $2.4 Million
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(Bay City News) The four-alarm fire at San Francisco's Pier 29 on Wednesday afternoon caused nearly $2.4 million in damage, a fire department spokeswoman said today. The blaze was reported at about 1:50 p.m. at the two-story waterfront building located … Continue reading
Fire Closes Highway 140 Leading to Yosemite
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(AP) A stretch of highway leading to one of the main entrances into Yosemite National Park was closed Thursday as a wildfire burned outside the park. The blaze has consumed about 400 acres along Highway 140 since it was first … Continue reading
