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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron and other firms operate thousands of oil wells in the area, many using a technique in which steam is injected more than 1,000 feet into the ground to heat up crude petroleum and make it easier to extract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial leak, which state officials call a \"surface expression,\" lasted 10 hours, said Mary Fricke, a spokeswoman for the Department of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response, which is monitoring the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oil began seeping again on June 8 and June 23, according to Don Drysdale, a spokesman for the state's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources. The discharge was contained in a dry creekbed adjacent to a steam injection well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/af5fdd8d65f8da5c88258435000018e9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports \u003c/a>to the Governor's Office of Emergency Services show the spill has grown from relatively modest amounts to a major incident, with material flowing from three different points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 11, the company, in a brief incident report to the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said that a total of about 6,000 gallons of liquid had spilled by that date. On Thursday, the amount stood at nearly 795,000 gallons -- enough oil and water to submerge a football field to a depth of 2½ feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spilled material consists of about one-third oil and two-thirds water, according to Chevron's entries in the OES hazardous spill database. That would mean nearly 265,000 gallons of oil have been discharged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For comparison, 140,000 gallons of crude spilled in the 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pipeline-spill-refugio-beach-fine-20190425-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plains All American Pipeline oil spill\u003c/a> in Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the oil and water has been contained to an area that's 250 feet long and 20 feet wide, according to DOGGR. The agency added that Chevron was using vacuum trucks to suck up the spilled material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State regulators say they plan to sample the leak to get a more precise estimate on how much of the material is petroleum and find out what caused the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:00 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's Richmond refinery has experienced 17 malfunctions that resulted in the facility sending gases to its flares during the first five months of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the refinery has already almost doubled the number of flaring episodes it committed in all of 2018, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11733638/chevrons-richmond-refinery-flaring-incidents-at-highest-level-in-more-than-a-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marked the highest tally of such incidents in 12 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators say the high frequency of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/emission-tracking-and-monitoring/flare-minimization-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flaring\u003c/a> episodes at Chevron is tied to the refinery's new hydrogen plant that began operating in late 2018 and began having trouble about the same time. The flaring incidents are the subject of more than 20 ongoing investigations by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), according to Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who sits on the district's board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Clearly, the refinery should have anticipated these issues when starting this new unit,\" Gioia said. \"The number of incidents that Chevron has had is well in excess of what all of us would expect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaring episodes this year include at least four refinery malfunctions that led to the cumulative release of more than 56,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, according to notification reports filed with Contra Costa County health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term exposure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sulfur dioxide\u003c/a>, which is a pollutant, can harm the human respiratory system and make breathing difficult, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Chevron Refinery Coverage\" tag=\"chevron\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery malfunctions led Chevron to send gas to its flares five times in January and then three times every month for the next four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air regulators say the \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/9a9e8878110e11f088258409005de9a9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest flaring episode \u003c/a>took place last week on May 29. The release was caused by the startup of a process unit, according to Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall, who declined to offer more details. The company filed an incident report with the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program that said the unit in question was shut down and that an undetermined amount of sulfur dioxide was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reports filed with the agency about several other flaring episodes reveal more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the county that a \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/8c29de3f6da492ad8825839500338e99?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feb. 2 flaring incident\u003c/a> was caused by a \"power dip.\" It led to the release of more than 19,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \"upset\" \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/b662684f99ccfa12882583ac006b10fa?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Feb. 24\u003c/a> led to the release of close to 8,000 pounds of the gas over about 75 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 6 another power issue at Chevron led to the release of around 10,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over close to six hours, prompting several residents in the area to complain about odors from the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4f3f06b2dc673589882583db002cb46c?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13\u003c/a>, as the refinery was restarting a unit, it sent gases to its flares, leading to the release of more than 18,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over three hours and 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a concern that their flaring incidents have increased,\" said Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the power problems associated with some of the flaring incidents have been corrected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron also suffered two other chemical releases so far this year. The refinery experienced a gas leak on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/e21517dc9d8bb5f188258387007edbdf?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 17\u003c/a> that led to the release of 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide, and on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4e65b9bfb3216623882583c20001e3b4?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17\u003c/a> there was a small oil spill from the facility into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, environmentalists are expressing anger over the number of flaring episodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's unacceptable that these pollution-spewing mishaps are happening more frequently and can emit thousands of pounds of pollution at a time,\" said Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron has a sulfur problem,\" said Matt Krogh with San Francisco-based Stand.earth. \"You're seeing incident after incident after incident happening with no real action taken by the regulators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and industry representatives have emphasized that flares burn refinery gases that would otherwise be directly released into the atmosphere and the practice is designed to protect nearby communities and refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent flaring activity is primarily related to startup activities of the new hydrogen processing unit. The refinery will continue to operate safely and expects to continue building on our strong record of reducing flaring activity,” Chevron’s Reddall said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hydrogen plant is part of the refinery’s modernization project,” he added. “Once the project is completed, these improvements will result in an overall decrease in emissions, as well as safety enhancements that far exceed regulatory requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the air district has not issued any notices of violation against Chevron for its flaring episodes in 2019, according to agency spokeswoman Simrun Dhoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the agency's focus is on Chevron's hydrogen plant, which creates hydrogen that's used in other parts of the refinery. It began operating last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's an impressive amount of time. We're seeing seven months of trying to get it right. And they're trying to get it right by releasing toxics into the air,\" said Stand.earth's Krogh. \"That's an unacceptable way to do business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of flaring incidents at Chevron is much higher than at most of the other Bay Area refineries this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a hazardous materials spill \u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/schools-educators/plan-prepare/hazmat-spill-release-reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database\u003c/a> maintained by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo and the Marathon facility in Martinez each have had two flaring episodes this year. Shell's Martinez refinery had one such incident this year. (You can see the number of flaring incidents each local refinery had between 2005 and 2018 \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/frequency-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other local refinery that's had problems this year is Benicia's Valero facility. In March, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11746990/valero-says-it-faces-342000-in-penalties-over-benicia-refinery-pollution-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serious malfunction\u003c/a> at the Solano County refinery led to two weeks of releases of petroleum coke dust, culminating in a refinery shutdown and brief health advisory. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery malfunctions led Chevron to send gas to its flares five times in January and then three times every month for the next four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air regulators say the \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/9a9e8878110e11f088258409005de9a9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest flaring episode \u003c/a>took place last week on May 29. The release was caused by the startup of a process unit, according to Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall, who declined to offer more details. The company filed an incident report with the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program that said the unit in question was shut down and that an undetermined amount of sulfur dioxide was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reports filed with the agency about several other flaring episodes reveal more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the county that a \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/8c29de3f6da492ad8825839500338e99?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feb. 2 flaring incident\u003c/a> was caused by a \"power dip.\" It led to the release of more than 19,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \"upset\" \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/b662684f99ccfa12882583ac006b10fa?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Feb. 24\u003c/a> led to the release of close to 8,000 pounds of the gas over about 75 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 6 another power issue at Chevron led to the release of around 10,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over close to six hours, prompting several residents in the area to complain about odors from the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4f3f06b2dc673589882583db002cb46c?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13\u003c/a>, as the refinery was restarting a unit, it sent gases to its flares, leading to the release of more than 18,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over three hours and 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a concern that their flaring incidents have increased,\" said Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the power problems associated with some of the flaring incidents have been corrected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron also suffered two other chemical releases so far this year. The refinery experienced a gas leak on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/e21517dc9d8bb5f188258387007edbdf?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 17\u003c/a> that led to the release of 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide, and on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4e65b9bfb3216623882583c20001e3b4?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17\u003c/a> there was a small oil spill from the facility into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, environmentalists are expressing anger over the number of flaring episodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's unacceptable that these pollution-spewing mishaps are happening more frequently and can emit thousands of pounds of pollution at a time,\" said Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron has a sulfur problem,\" said Matt Krogh with San Francisco-based Stand.earth. \"You're seeing incident after incident after incident happening with no real action taken by the regulators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and industry representatives have emphasized that flares burn refinery gases that would otherwise be directly released into the atmosphere and the practice is designed to protect nearby communities and refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent flaring activity is primarily related to startup activities of the new hydrogen processing unit. 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"content": "\u003cp>The number of flaring incidents in 2018 at Chevron's Richmond refinery was at its highest level in 12 years, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/board-of-directors/2019/ssc_presentations_031819-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> the Bay Area Air Quality Management District released Monday at a board of directors committee meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery experienced nine flaring events last year, more than any other refinery in the Bay Area. That's the highest number of such incidents since 2006, when the Chevron refinery experienced 21 flaring events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tesoro refinery in Pacheco experienced five flaring incidents last year, Valero's Benicia refinery conducted four, Shell in Martinez had three and Phillips 66 in Rodeo had two, according to the air district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jump, which started in the last eight months, is connected to the start up of a new hydrogen plant that recently began operating at the facility, according to John Gioia, who represents the area of the refinery on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and sits on the air district's board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All the sudden we saw this spike,\" Gioia said in an interview. \"There are some issues related to the new hydrogen plant and how it is integrated with the existing refinery.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said it will probably take several months for Chevron to make fixes at the plant to reduce future flaring operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For those of us who live in Richmond, we may continue to see some additional flaring while these issues are resolved,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and oil industry officials emphasize that flares are used as safety devices to reduce pressure inside refineries by burning off gases during facility malfunctions as well as start up and shutdown operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11730997\" label=\"Chevron Refinery Flaring Incidents\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's hydrogen plant is part of the refinery's modernization project, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/20001/richmond-approves-contentious-chevron-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved by the Richmond City Council in 2014\u003c/a>, that is aimed at helping the facility refine higher-sulfur crude oil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Braden Reddall, a company spokesman, said late Monday that the refinery was flaring \"due to startup activities at a processing unit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The flaring does not pose any environmental or health risk to the community,\" Reddall said in an email. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to assure our neighbors that flares are highly regulated safety devices, designed to relieve pressure during the refining processes and help keep our equipment and plants operating safety,\" he said, adding that the refinery continues to supply its customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reddall did not answer questions about the connection between the hydrogen plant and the refinery's recent uptick in flaring incidents as well as what kind of fixes the company is putting in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the refinery began using the hydrogen unit last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first three months of 2019, there have been five malfunctions at Chevron, the most recent one on Sunday afternoon, according to Randy Sawyer, Contra Costa County's chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That incident sent black smoke into the air and lasted two-and-a-half hours, Sawyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It came 11 days after the refinery suffered an outage that caused several processing units at the facility to shut down, prompting the facility to send gas through its flares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11730997/chevron-refinery-suffers-third-power-outage-in-two-months-with-another-round-of-flaring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered outages\u003c/a> on Feb. 2 and Jan. 17 and conducted a separate flaring operation on Feb. 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district is investigating most of those incidents, according to agency spokeswoman Kristine Roselius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't think this is an acceptable situation,\" said Jack Broadbent, chief executive officer of the air district, during Monday's meeting before the district's Stationary Source Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said a significant portion of the gas coming from the refinery's flares during the recent incidents has been pure hydrogen, which does not present the same health risk as other gases like sulfur dioxide and benzene, which tend to get released during other flaring operations.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Chevron says it doesn't know yet when natural gas will start flowing again through a 24-mile-long pipeline that was shut down this week after a fire in eastern Contra Costa County threatened the line and forced thousands of people from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-inch high-pressure pipeline carries natural gas from Pittsburg to the oil company's Richmond refinery. It runs through an underground utility vault that caught fire late Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District are investigating the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699671/fire-threatens-chevron-natural-gas-pipeline-causes-evacuations-in-bay-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a>, which not only prompted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699831/homeless-for-a-night-bay-point-and-pittsburg-evacuees-camp-out-waiting-for-all-clear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">residential evacuations\u003c/a> but also shut down nearby rail lines and closed an elementary school. About a dozen public agencies responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is still too early to say when the pipeline will restart,\" said Braden Reddall, a Chevron spokesman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teams from Chevron will inspect the line, test its integrity and assess damage, Reddall said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will not restart the line until we are fully confident that it is safe,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chevron line is fueled by a PG&E-operated pipeline system that carries natural gas from wells on Union Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chevron pipeline takes that natural gas from an area east of Highlands Ranch Park in Pittsburg to the Chevron refinery. It's one of a number of natural gas lines that stretch through Contra Costa County and wider parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TedrickG/status/1053269170245185536\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear what impact, if any, the pipeline's shutdown will have on refinery operations or gasoline prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the pipeline is out of operation for an extended period, the region's gas supply could be affected, according to professor Eric Smith of Tulane University's Energy Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Local prices for gasoline could be affected if the repairs and red tape stretch beyond two weeks because gasoline will need to be brought in from outside the area,\" Smith said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I really don't see any case where the refinery would shut down completely,\" Smith said in an email. \"Although the loss of natural gas supply would depress the overall profitability of the site, no matter what they do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natural gas is most likely used to power heaters used in the refinery's operations, Smith said. It's not a fuel, like crude oil, that would be refined into gasoline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's Reddall said the company does not anticipate any impact to refinery operations because of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The approximately 4,000 Bay Point and Pittsburg residents forced from their homes because of the fire late Wednesday night were allowed to return Thursday afternoon after the site was deemed safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That allowed Contra Costa County fire officials to get a better look at the vault and launch their investigation into the cause of the blaze and its point of origin, according to Steve Hill, a fire district spokesman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PG&E representative says the utility believes at least two birds knocked down power lines, causing a grass fire near the underground facility. It's unclear, though, if that blaze ignited the fire inside the vault.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Frank Leslie lives in Emerald Cove Mobile Home Park and he is homebound. He learned about a fire in an underground vault that houses a natural gas pipeline nearby while watching the evening news. Then he went to sleep. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While other Pittsburg and Bay Point residents were being evacuated through the night, Leslie says he didn't get picked up until 8 a.m. He's registered with Mobility Matters, a ride service for Contra Costa County seniors. And he's grateful they showed up. But had there been an explosion, he wonders if he would have made it out in time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My wife passed away in 2007 and I almost starved to death,\" he says. \"That's when I got into social service and got a social worker. They connected me with Friendly Callers and Mobility Matters.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday morning, Leslie says he fell while trying to hurry out the door after returning for his phone charger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm sore as heck,\" he said. 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But they were grateful to be playing basketball at the Los Medranos College gymnasium and getting breakfast from Denny's. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wish I was at school, because of my friends,\" said 13-year-old Kevin Rubio. His sister, 10-year-old Kimberly, said she was sad because she's missing her clarinet lesson. The youngest, 7-year-old Edwin, said he was OK at the evacuation center because, \"we get to play and stay calm.\" Their mother, Cecilia Buelna, said she was exhausted after a sleepless night moving her kids from BART to Los Medranos, per police evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699839\" class=\"wp-caption center\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11699839 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jason Bishop organizes a food bank delivery for a couple hundred evacuees at his Calvary Temple Church in Pittsburg. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pastor Jason Bishop said his mission was to put a smile on people's faces as hundreds camped out through out his church, which set up as an evacuation center. Bishop says many were bused from their neighborhoods to his church and from BART, which was initially the first place people were sent to. Bishop says local schools had helped donate food to serve lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a lot of people in their cars in the parking lot because they can't bring their pets into the church. People inside might have allergies,\" he said. \"And I get it, in the midst of a crisis you don't want an issue with your pet as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699844\" class=\"wp-caption center\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11699844 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolon Jones, Leandre Jones and Jackie De La Torre spent a chilly night in their car in a BART parking lot before they heard about the church evacuation center. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leandre Jones, 22, says his mom woke him up after police told them to leave their home. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was confusing,\" he said. \"We all piled in the car and went to BART where they told us to go. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Frank Leslie lives in Emerald Cove Mobile Home Park and he is homebound. He learned about a fire in an underground vault that houses a natural gas pipeline nearby while watching the evening news. Then he went to sleep. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While other Pittsburg and Bay Point residents were being evacuated through the night, Leslie says he didn't get picked up until 8 a.m. He's registered with Mobility Matters, a ride service for Contra Costa County seniors. And he's grateful they showed up. But had there been an explosion, he wonders if he would have made it out in time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My wife passed away in 2007 and I almost starved to death,\" he says. \"That's when I got into social service and got a social worker. They connected me with Friendly Callers and Mobility Matters.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday morning, Leslie says he fell while trying to hurry out the door after returning for his phone charger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm sore as heck,\" he said. But he's glad things didn't turn out worse and he's eager to return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials evacuated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699671/fire-threatens-chevron-natural-gas-pipeline-causes-evacuations-in-bay-point\">4,000 residents during the incident\u003c/a> and opened a shelter at Los Medanos College. 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But they were grateful to be playing basketball at the Los Medranos College gymnasium and getting breakfast from Denny's. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wish I was at school, because of my friends,\" said 13-year-old Kevin Rubio. His sister, 10-year-old Kimberly, said she was sad because she's missing her clarinet lesson. The youngest, 7-year-old Edwin, said he was OK at the evacuation center because, \"we get to play and stay calm.\" Their mother, Cecilia Buelna, said she was exhausted after a sleepless night moving her kids from BART to Los Medranos, per police evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699839\" class=\"wp-caption center\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11699839 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4083-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jason Bishop organizes a food bank delivery for a couple hundred evacuees at his Calvary Temple Church in Pittsburg. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pastor Jason Bishop said his mission was to put a smile on people's faces as hundreds camped out through out his church, which set up as an evacuation center. Bishop says many were bused from their neighborhoods to his church and from BART, which was initially the first place people were sent to. Bishop says local schools had helped donate food to serve lunch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a lot of people in their cars in the parking lot because they can't bring their pets into the church. People inside might have allergies,\" he said. \"And I get it, in the midst of a crisis you don't want an issue with your pet as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699844\" class=\"wp-caption center\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11699844 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4073-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolon Jones, Leandre Jones and Jackie De La Torre spent a chilly night in their car in a BART parking lot before they heard about the church evacuation center. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leandre Jones, 22, says his mom woke him up after police told them to leave their home. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was confusing,\" he said. \"We all piled in the car and went to BART where they told us to go. And it was freezing.\" Jones said the church evacuation center made them feel at home. \"They gave us a couple of blankets.\" But his little brother wasn't going to school. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My mom's a little overprotective so we are staying together,\" he said. \"We're just waiting till everything unfolds and hopefully everything will be alright.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday afternoon, Contra Costa officials issued the all-clear for the emergency situation. Residents finally got to head home.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Thursday, 3:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All evacuation orders due to a fire that threatened a natural gas pipeline in eastern Contra Costa County have been lifted as of 2:30 p.m., Contra Costa County Deputy Fire Chief Lewis Broschard said during an afternoon press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission has launched a staff investigation into a fire in an underground utility vault that houses part of a natural gas pipeline run by Chevron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire prompted evacuation orders for some 4,000 residents in Bay Point and Pittsburg and led to a response by about a dozen public agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident started with a small grass fire near Suisun and Poinsettia avenues Wednesday evening that may have been caused by a downed electrical power line owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews who dealt with that vegetation blaze later learned that a fire in a nearby underground utility vault, owned by Chevron, had ignited. A 12-inch, high-pressure natural gas pipeline runs through the facility. That pipe's pressure was reduced from 480 psi to 25 psi in a \"controlled and safe manner,\" Terence Carey, a county fire assistant chief, said during the afternoon press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron and Contra Costa County Fire personnel were able to enter the vault Thursday to ensure there was no gas leakage, Carey said. He said Chevron personnel will be on the scene for at least the next couple days to make repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to thank our citizens that were inconvenienced for quite a while, and we appreciate their patience and we're glad to get them back into their homes,\" Carey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman Steve Hill said early Thursday that as firefighters were leaving the scene of the original blaze, they noticed smoke coming from the concrete vault, which is about the size of a pickup truck bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carey said at a news conference later in the morning that crews were called back to the blaze about an hour after they were initially released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we discovered was active fire burning in a vault,\" Carey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It put that gas line at risk,\" Hill said. \"Had that line ruptured or exploded, there would have been considerable damage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials ordered evacuations within a half-mile of the facility, covering approximately 1,400 homes in Pittsburg and Bay Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation centers were set up at the Calvary Temple Church in Concord and at the parking lot at BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At around 6:20 a.m., BART announced that the shelter near its station was being moved to Los Medanos College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pittsburg residents Matt and Brandy Seville and their two kids, ages 3 and 1, had to leave after getting word from a law enforcement officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699731\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11699731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4058.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4058.jpeg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4058-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/IMG_4058-240x180.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt and Brandy Seville at Los Medanos College evacuation center on Oct. 18, 2018. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"He told me that it was time to evacuate,\" Brandy Seville said outside of the Los Medanos College shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Seville family was among those who had to move from the BART station to the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron crews had been working to reduce the pressure inside the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cary Wages, a project coordinator for Chevron, said the company believes a much smaller line, which monitors pressure on the larger pipeline, known as a transmitter line, may have ruptured and fueled the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we're assuming is that it was the transmitter line that suffered the damage that ignited, just based on the volumes and the trends that we were seeing on the pipeline,\" Wages said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews purged the line with nitrogen to make it safe for officials to investigate and allow residents back to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ContraCostaFire/status/1052974687167209473\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill said crews were using video footage from a drone over the vault earlier today to help determine whether the site is safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're looking at the temperatures that are in there now because those tell us about the relative safety of the site. We want them much lower than they were overnight which was about 400 degrees Fahrenheit,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall said the company got word of the blaze at around 8 p.m. Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL) was notified of a fire caused by an electrical power line falling, which started a fire near our valve junction on the Northern Gas Line near Pittsburg,\" Reddall said in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"CPL immediately shut down the line and dispatched a field team to investigate. CPL has initiated its emergency response procedures and is working with the California Office of the State Fire Marshal and local firefighters to evacuate the area as a precautionary measure,\" Reddall said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents near the facility heard what's been described as a loud shrieking, or jet engine sound, as Chevron crews vented gas overnight to reduce pressure in the pipe, according to Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it was unclear if an electrical power line caused the fire or if it fell during the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J.D. Guidi, a spokesman for PG&E, said the utility received a report of a grass fire and equipment failure in the area of Pullman and Crivello avenues at around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That report included that PG&E wires were down in the area, Guidi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another PG&E representative, Tamar Sarkissian, said that the utility believes birds may have come in contact with its power lines causing them to fall and ignite the initial grass fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TedrickG/status/1053014565196226560\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Braden did not answer specific questions about the pipeline that's been threatened. Hill, the county fire department spokesman, said the line brings natural gas to Richmond's Chevron refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of the State Fire Marshal, which is part of Cal Fire, investigates accidents involving intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines. But because this incident involves a natural gas pipeline, it's not under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal, according to Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the agency dispatched a pipeline safety engineer to the scene \"as a precaution since there is a liquid pipeline nearby,\" McLean said in an email. That engineer left Thursday morning and the office plans no more involvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Chow, a spokesman for the CPUC, said in an email that the agency is investigating the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspectors from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District have been on the scene since early Thursday morning, assessing the situation, according to agency spokeswoman Kristine Roselius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident is affecting train traffic on railroads owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union Pacific service in the area has been suspended since last night, according to U.P. spokesman Jeff DeGraff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the BNSF rail tracks are closed, Amtrak San Joaquins' trains will not stop at the commuter line's Antioch station, according to Olivia Irvin, an Amtrak spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak San Joaquins' trains headed to and from Oakland are being rerouted in Sacramento, Irvin said. 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