this is kpix5 news on kbcw. >> a tragic accidental shooting ends with the first ever line of duty death for the bart police force. good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> we have team coverage in dublin where this all started earlier this evening. >> reporter: take a look behind me. technicians are still on the scene out here in dublin trying to process exactly what happened here this afternoon. hours after the shooting, alameda county sheriff's crime lab technicians were looking at this dublin apartment. >> e with are in the process of going through the whole scene and trying to reconstruct what happened and ultimately, find out what led up to this. >> the tragic shooting began unfolding at 1:07 when four bart officers were conducting a probation search at the home of a bart robbery suspect in the

bark sierra apartments. the officers all wearing vests went in and as is standard protocall, had their weapons drawn. >> they knew the suspect was in custody, but they were doing a probation search of his apartment in connection with the robbery, so he went in and obviously, you don't know who is inside somebody's apartment. that's why they did the way they did. >> less than an hour the way the search began, one of the guns discharged, firing a single round and medical reportly wounding officer smith. smith was rushed to the medical center in castro valley, but it was too late. in an instant, smith became bart police's first death in the line of duty. now this case is being handled by the dublin police department. three officers were in the apartment when this shooting happened are right now. they are being interviewed to piece together what happened

here. kpix5. >> thank you for that. after the shooting, an initial investigation, the officers body was wheeled out to a coroner's van, dozens of officers saluted as the casket went by. the body was taken by police escort from dublin to the coroner's office in oakland where the autopsy will be done. joe vasquez continues our live coverage now from castro valley. joe. >> dozens of officers, family members, friends gathered here today to pay their respects to the family of sergeant tom smith. i have to tell you, it was a somber moment. a lot of people knew him and loved him and some of our viewers might be familiar with him as well. >> it appears there were words exchanged. >> detective sergeant, tom smith, was on kpix5 telling our viewers about a shooting. he was 42 years old. a member of the law enforcement family. his two brothers are copped at two other law enforcement

agencies. his wife, kelly, was his colleague. sergeant tom smith leaves behind a young daughter. >> condolences goes out to our immediate family and friends. >> tom's brother told me outside that tom was a great guy with a wicked sense of humor. loved his 49ers. just this past weekend, he and his brothers were comparing notes about off how far off they were for retirement. >> everyone give us a chance to catch our breath, breathe, and we'll be doing an update, probably tomorrow morning. >> we learned a lot of the information about tom smith from his brother, who is a newark cop. the family is taking this as well as they can right now. they are having to break the news to officer smith's young

daughter. reporting live, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> this is the first time a bart police officer has been killed in the line of duty. before today, the last bart police shooting was 2 1/2 years ago. an officer shot and kill add homeless man with a knife at a san francisco bart station. and then, of course, there was the oscar grant shooting that happened in 2009. he was going for his taser that he pulled out his gun and shot and killed an unarmed passenger. bart has since made a lot o changes. the officers receive about 40 hours a year of extra training on the use of force. >> a bizarre ending to a break in at a san jose medical marijuana clinic. betty says the incredible part is how the guy tried to make his get away. >> apparently, the easy part was getting into this club behind me. the burglar was a customer of

the dispensary. the tough part was getting away from officers. he took an elevator out of service. >> he was in the elevator shaft. >> this is how police officers confirmed a burglar was indeed hiding for two hours this morning. they broke through the wall to find him trapped, on top of the elevator car in west san jose. >> that was the hard part. we needed to force open the elevators and convince him to come down. it was a small, catched space. >> this is the stuff he was of. and the strip mall on hillsdale avenue. police say he broke in through the roof and tripped the alarm. >> he got up on his tippy toes. >> 30 minutes later, he made his way into the dance boulevard through the window. >> from what i saw, he was trying to escape from his own

mayhem. >> the crook did quite a bit of damage to the office. at one point, he kicked down this door. >> i think he was high and he wasn't thinking straight. >> schmidt is looking at more than $100,000 in damages to his elevator. the thief is looking at jail time. he got away with nothing. he did complain of pain after being stuck in the spot for too long. and police have not released his name, but he is 50 years old. he is now facing two counts of commercial burglary. one count of criminal mischief. live in west san jose, betty, kpix5. >> a police canine helped an intense standoff in san jose. a man held himself up in an apartment after attacking two officers. a s.w.a.t. team evacuated the building and four hours later, the suspect tried to run, but the dog got him first. he was arrested and booked at santa clara county jail.

use muni osteopathies got green light today despite opposition. the group of protesters blocked two of the buses on market street this morning. they say the buses are helping to drive up cost of living due to an inflex of wealthy tech workers. the shuttles reduce operation. they will pay $1 a stop in july. volunteerly cut back water use by 20%. the first bay area county. without conservation, there could be mandatory cutbacks as early as april. >> our reservoirs are below average. so we are asking people to conserve water. >> this is actually the third

dry year in a row for northern california. the national weather service says if arm few storms move through, it will barely be enough. with no rain in sight, it's too late to recover. and just in time for the super bowl, the doubt could drive up the cost for avocados. california grows 90% of the crop, but the dry, sing-like area is spring. >> the story couldn't have been more different on the east coast. the storm could bring a foot of new snow to philadelphia and new york. washington, d.c. saw intense snowfall today. forcing many government offices to shut down. >> we were supposed to tour the white house, tour the capital, things like that. we haven't been able to do that because the government offices are closed. >> the hazardous weather

conditions forced the cap sell ration. >> several dozen were scheduled to fly in or out of sfo. the. u.s. and russian authorities are ramping up security in sochi. russian police say they shot and killed a wanted islamic militant leader today. another so-called black widow who may have been trained in suicide bombings was killed over the weekend, but police are looking for others. warning, at least two women i have have been dispatched. u.s. militaries say they will patrol the nearby black sea. and 40 fbi agents will help provide american security. >> the architect wants to take charge. a former u.s. treasury official

is 40 years old and has an nba from the wharton school, university of pennsylvania. his campaign will be focused on jobs and education. >> sweeping views, unfinished rooms and graffiti everywhere. a party house goal for sale. >> it sten only a matter of time. it can build houses. >> think you've got game when it comes to your march madness bracket? how it could save a million bucks. >> we are clearing out and cooling off quickly. some of you will drop down to freezing. half-moon bay, 73. larksburg 72. any end in sight for this warm and dry stuff? your forecast is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

rtin shows us what we're getting our first look at candle stick point will look like without candle stick park. allen martin shows us what's in store for 700 acres of prime

real estate. >> we've said bye bye baby. we relived the catch. we even managed to conder up a warm feeling the stadium fans love to hate. now it's time to pull back the curtain and see what's coming to candle stick point. >> i think we'll get the building sometime between august and october of this year. and then sometime between october of this year and february of next year that building will be coming down. >> released this 30 second video to give us some idea how it will transform over the next decade, into retail, office, and open space. >> there will be housing for a variety of different incomes and family styles and retail and neighborhood amenities. i think a bike trail. i think it will be a fabulous addition to the city. >> more than 700 acres included

in this development, which includes both candle stick and shipyard next door. 180-acres will be parked in open space. almost a million square feet and plans for 6,000 homes on the candle stick property alone. which supervisor stases says is badly needed for her district. >> this type of a mixed income community, that's the direction we are trying to go in. >> allen martin, kpix5. >> imagine a house no one has ever lived in. panaramic view and it can be yours. this is what you get for $1.3 million. four bedrooms, five baths, and sweeping views from every room. problem is, some teenagers have been breaking in and using it as a party house. so, you can see the disrepair and the graffiti. the parties go on practically every weekend with dozens of

cars parked along the street. one owner says the owner needs to do something about it. >> it's a problem in our neighborhood and filled with graffiti. we called the owner several times. >> she claims tz owner refused to do anything, other than put it up for sale. >> it may be easier to build a house. brittney spoke with the california of scientists who figured out how to do it with a 3d printer. >> a machine, building a full scale. >> the professor has developed a 3d printer that can change the way we build homes. it's called contour crafting and it has the ability to building a 2500 square foot custom home in just 20 hours. >> this is platform technology. it has many applications. >> it's not just it build homes. its girs and main goal is for

humanitarian structures. >> my true hope is that this technology gets to be used worldwide. >> the 3d printer lays out concrete and interlocking steel bars when building a structure. it can also build a multistar hoarnlings equipped with plumbing and tile flooring. it's been years in the making and there's been mr. ups and downs, but he's hoping this technology could help millions around the world. it will be a while before you can print your own house. >> the world's best surfers on alert tonight. mavericks could be called at any moment. organizers issued a yellow alert. they say there's a good chance world famous big wave contest could happen this friday. strong swells have been breaking on the coast for days.

the waves are exeffected to get bigger by the end of the week. >> are the waves any indication? >> maybe a week from now, we need a lot of stuff to change. we are locked in. back east, they are saying enough. no more snow. they want no more cold. we'll trade a little bit. we'll take the precipitation. i do see a change as we head towards february, we may be getting wetter, but it's january 21 and we have to get through ten more days. clear nights and a lot of you near freezing. vacville, fair field, also napa. you're already at 36 degrees. it's chilly away from the water. boy does it warm up quickly and there's been a problem. lack of rain fall, fire danger, it will get critical, there's a fire weather watch. for the north bay hills, winds will increase. relative humidity is low and wind gusts will get up to 25 to 35 miles per hour.

fremont, microclimate forecast for tonight, sunny and mild again tomorrow. high of 67. mind again on thursday, i'm like a broken record, but i'm not. a big ridge of high pressure not moving. look what is trying to come toward us. some rain fall not making it to the california, mexico border. into the pacific northwest and a big storm, not a chance because that ridge will deflect it. the next 7 to 10 days, it won't. all indications are, i'm looking at a lot of long range computer models for you. i do see one around the turn of the month. when we get to february 1. ridge moves down to the south and east that should make it

here for the next week and a half. we are talking about the driest january ever. fire danger going up starting tomorrow night and that rough surf, likely thursday and friday. 16 degrees above average. mountain view, 68. low 70s for wall mart creak and -- santa rosa, sunshine. equally as warm thursday and friday. mid to upper 60s. go play some golf, barbecue, whatever, we stay dry, i see a big change, indications are, we'll change things around. great shot outside. we have the horn, we have the fountain. we have ourselves, singing in the rain, but singing near the water, i guess, we need the

rain. >> what is going on here is directly affecting what is going on back east. everything is supposed to wait a year. one wheel of high pressure one northwest of toronto. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, the great american novel.

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good loss. so, if there is one, don't worry. >> a fabulous year of football. i thought the way our superb year of football. you can't say superb, but it was -- the players played superbly. >> superb, super bowl, win the super bowl, that would be superb. >> 49ers rookie safety will be going to honolulu for the probowl, replacing camp chance leer. alex smith is the probowl quarterback for the first time. he was named to the team as an injury replacement. for novak djokovic, handles the big serve by djokovic who returned wide and breaks through. he faced djokovic for the first

time to advance to the semifinals. >> huge. >> still suffering withdrawals. >> i can hear it in your voice. >> it's superb. see you at 11:00 on kpix5.

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