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unlucky victim and this time the account belongs to a group that benefits u.s. certificate of members. jade hernandez talks to military moms, now short thousands of dollars, jade. >> reporter: this was just one of the lucky grocery stores affected in this scam and customers have just recently found out about this. tonight the south bay blue star moms tell us that they have had $3,000 stollen from them. the south bay blue star mom had already heard about the scam that left customers from lucky grocery stores wondering where their money went, but it was too late. we made purchases that week before for care package item. >> reporter: the supplies came from this lucky's in fremont, one of the affected grocery stores. lucky had put customers on alert, but not soon enough for the president of the lucky chapter. she says she they filed a

police report and told that debit/credit card machines self- checkout lanes were tampered with and she says her group is now without the thousands of dollars that they saved. on hold for now, holiday purchases for troop overseas. >> it's disgusting. this money is for our is deploy deployed troop and veteran. >> reporter: she says today alone her girls spent a faux hundred dollars out of possibility to help with an already scheduled event. >> there is no money in our account, and we have to wait until there is a full police investigation and so ninanything that we do from here on has to come out of our pockets. >> reporter: the moms raised anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 for the care packages. number of people who have been affected continues to grow in the bay area. we contacted the san josi police department, but haven't heart back. >> more details on the lucky card scam.

at least 24 stores in the bay area had readers at self- checkout lanes that were tampered with and so far this scheme has claimedded more than 500 victims the fbi and security service are handling the investigation and so far no arrests have been made in the case. nine people were taken to the hospital in san francisco, one with serious burns after a fire that raised questions about whether residents were properly warned? debora villalon and residents say they heard no alow-pressure systems? >> reporter: that is what many say and the public housing high-rise is concrete, 12-stories high. you can see that some of the lights were on in the upper floors and window open and people trying to air things out. many are back in after a scary couple of hours. 16 people needed help with smoke inhalation tonight after escaping their burning apartment building. before going to the hospital this resident told us what it was like.

>> the back of the building was in a blaze and hi to run down eleven flights of stairs because the elevates weren't working. >> reporter: the fire considered suspicious was confined to a 5th floor apartment on the backside, but sent choking noksmoak into the halls and stairwells. several of the elderly and disabled in this building needed rescuing. others stayed safe on higher floors, but many didn't risk it. >> with a high-rise, people want to get out thereof, so you know, everybody was in the stairwells and some people got smoke inhalation trying to get out of there. and hours later they were egger to get back in. residents also talking about how fire truck sirens not smoke alarms were their first clue. >> i smelled the fire and the alarm didn't go off at all.

if he would have been sleeping, we would be dead-people. >> as far as you are know those alarms were working? >> as far as i know. >> reporter: they tell me that those alarms were inspected and working just a week ago. for residents with too much smoke or water damage the red cross is here tonight, but most folks are making their way back into their units. and of the nine people taken to the hospital, all have been released except for two, including the man with serious burns, who was presumably living in unit where the fire started. live in the tenderloin in san francisco, debora villalon ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead. officers say they found an 1- year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. he died at the scene. so far no one has been arrested. san francisco police are looking for a man responsible for two separate sexual

assault, both in the mission district. the first attack happened back in november. the latest throw happened on thursday. the attacker is describeds an african-american man in his mid 30s between 5'9 and 6' tall with medium ball. both cases investigators say the victims were atracked behind as they walked along between 3:00 and 6:30 in the morning of the anyone with information is asked to give san francisco police a call. in oakland police are searching for the gunman in a drive-by shooting that left a father of four dead inside his home. officers responded just after 3:30 this morning to east 28th street near 11th avenue. his family identified man as 46- year-old thourn nhep and says the family was asleep when they suddenly heard multiple gunshots and screeching tires. son said one battle between went through wall and struck and killed his father. police say the motive is not known. two days aheave a planned closure of the port of oakland, occupy demonstrators are still

rallying on both sides of the bay. in san francisco hundreds marched this afternoon from justin harman plaza to union square in support of human rights day. demonstrators told us that they will keep rallying until they get their message across. >> if you imagine the bubble, you have the rich on top and the rest of us on the bottom. >> needle about 20 occupy protesters came together at frank ogawa plaza to hear a lecture. in boston this morning police made dozens of arrests in a raid in that city's ten- week-old occupy camp. city officials had set a deadline of last thursday for the campers to leave. boston police say the camp had become a public health and safety hazard. about a dozen people in santa cruz county could be in the dark.

earlier this week the residents hired a professional electrician to replace their smart meters with analogue meters and now pge is threatening to shut off their meters if those are not reinstalled and that pg&e has the right to turn off power to customers for safety reasons. five bay area hospitals are facing hefty fines tonight for violations officials say could have led to injury or even death. the state department of heaven cited kaiser,lusile pack yard, san francisco general hospital, ucsf medical center as well as sutter solano medical center for various violations that training false medication and administer to errors during surgerism each hospital has been find $50,000 to $75,000. six republican presidential

contender were in iowa trying to score points in a televised debate. former house speaker newt gingrich and former massachusetts governor mitt romney had a sharp exchange when gingrich defended comments that he made yesterday that palestinians are in his words "an invented people. >> they have textbooks that is a if there are 13 jews and nine jews are killed, how many jews are left? we pay for those textbooks through aid money and it's time for someone to say enough living about the middle east. >> romney said he thought it was ill proper for gingrich to speak for israel prime minister netanyahu. >> stand up and say things that create extraordinary tumult. >> also on stage michele bachmann, ron paul, rick perry and rick santorum. >> should go for the

households until we get this done. to tell your members of congress don't be a grinch. >> they want to see the pay loll tax holiday extended and have drafted a measure to do that, but this proposal would also speed up approval of the controversial $7 billion keystone excel power line that pipeline that would transport oil to the refineries in the midwest and gulf of mexico. the president set off a metal detector. he was returning from a christmas party across from the white house and stopped at a security gate, chatted with the guards there and as he walked through the metal detector, well it beeped. a guard suggested that the press' cell phone may have set off the detector, but apparently no one asked him to empty his pockets grind & brew people in mexico are on edge after a major earthquake.

the magnitude 6.5 quake happened 7:45 local time 100 miles southwest of mexico city. no deaths have been reported, but many are sharing photos on twitter. president carleton tweeted that one person was injured in guerreo, near the epicenter. bay area air quality managers decided not to call a fifth consecutive spare-the-air day tomorrow tomorrow which means that residents will be able to burn wood in their fireplaces or outdoors. it's hard not to stop when you hit the door. >> a whole different mean to "clean up on aisle 7," and what caused man to crash his truck through the supermarket. you know christmas is close when you see santa claus, but in san francisco it's hundreds of people dressed as santa. also

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morning a trip to safeway took a turn for disaster for an elderly man. as patti lee shows us it's lucky this trip didn't end up worse. >> reporter: it took 15 seconds to turn this safeway into a makeshift motorway. >> i saw the car or pickup truck going through my front lobby, crashing things out-of- the-way and slamming into my starbucks. >> reporter: fire crews say at least 25 pel were shopping when the truck came through just after 8:00 a.m. >> there were a lot of people in the actual store and being checked out at time that the person drove right behind them. >> reporter: miraculously no one was hurt or hit, not even the driver who turned out to be a regular customer in his 80s. >> his foot got stuck on the accelerator and provided through the aisle. >> my first thought was it was an intentional thing. >> reporter: when he was heard to clean up the mess, he couldn't believe his eyes. >> you could see the tire tracks to the starbucks. >> reporter: the star closed for two hours

while the front door was boarded-up and broken equipment, including the pickup truck, removed. >> i was afraid. how did this car not stop right when he hit the door? it's just kind of kept going. >> reporter: the manager says he can listen to customers joke about the situation now, but only because the damage was limited to things that can be replaced or repaired. >> the fact that no one was there in the way, no one got hurt, nobody was hit by anything flying through was absolutely amazing. >> reporter: the driver of the pickup truck was not cited for today's accident at this safeway, which has given knew meaning to the term "express lane." in vallejo, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. authorities in los angeles tonight say a recent breakup may have prompt a man to open fire on a busy hollywood street. officers say 26-year-old man of pennsylvania walked down sunset boulevard yesterday shooting randomly at drivers. here is some of the video.

one driver remains in critical condition after being struck by three bullets. police responded and ordered him to drop his gun. instead investigators say he pointed the weapon at an officer and was shot and killed by police. ten days after a fierce windstorm led to massive power outages in los angeles county, governor brown today declared a state of emergency for that region. the governor's action allows local governments to apply for state and federal funds to repair infrastructure damaged during the november 30th storm that unleashed winds approaching 100 miles per hour. at one point after the storm, 643,000 customers in that area lost electricity. and some are without power for more than a week. the public utilities commission says it plans to investigate. funeral receivers held in meblo park for a transgender person shot to death last month in hollywood. family and friends of 72-year-

old nathan vickers gathered at mount olive church. vickers who preferred to be called cassidy died november 17th. >> he was my son. he ways good child. i raised him well. my son, you see the church was packed. everybody loved my son. he wasn't a bad kid or anything. you know? he was a good child. >> police say they suspect the same man who killed sick vickers robbed a transgender woman and shot at her, but missed. being different can put a target squarely on a person's back, especially if that is a person still in school. allie rasmus attended a special summit who was filled with people who know the effects of bullying all too well. >> reporter: these students were all smiles as they posed for the camera, and said they feel accepted,

feelings they don't always experience. but they have moved beyondhumiliation. >> the gay straight alliance is a network of student clubs across the state and today in san francisco more than 400 members came together for a youth empowerment summit and shared rescues and personal stories. >> there is a lot more communication now. >> reporter: and took part in 20 workshops on everything from student health to bullying. >> there were workshops for teachers and advisors to give them advice how to irvin a new law. >> reporter: it's called the fair education act and it goes into effect january 1st. >> that actually requires schools to incorporate the history and moments of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. >> the law leaves it totally up to local schools to decide how it best fits into their

lesson plans. >> reporter: this year he is teaching his own work shop on overcoming bullying and says helping others is all part of the healing process. >> when you help someone out, you will help yourself out as well. you take and receive. >> reporter: in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a san francisco tradition involving roving bands of people all dressed up in santa claus outfits is in full swing. this was the kickoff of the santa conbar crowl this afternoon. 1,000 santas strong. organizeez say it's a good excuse for people to wear holiday garb. since it began 17 years ago in san francisco, the event has now spread to cities nationwide. and one of those cities is the big apple, where santas hit the streets in force today. jolly folks in red suits fanned out across new york city.

organizers said santa con is non-denomination, no one commercial, nonsenseical and just is a just-for-fun event. the first-responders spreading cheer in the south bay. the number of needy children will have a happy holiday. three women who were fighting injustice and sexual injustice accepted the nobel peace prize in oslo. president sir leaf called on repressed women world war to rise up against male supremacy and find their voice. gbowee famous organized a sex drive when women withheld sex to stop the civil war and today she described the process of reconciliation in liberia. >> women who have never been able to tell their ability, to really begin the process of

renewing that culture of hope. >> the third winner calledd the mother of the revolution in yemen and the first arab woman ever to win a nobel peace prize. a huge historic protest takes place in russia and how the government might be cracking down. steve jobs is getting a statute

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secretary of state hillary clinton has also expressed concern over the fairness of russia's recent elections. many of the russians on the streets today said this was their first time demonstrating. >> we just want re-elections. we don't want revolution, butust re-elections. >> protesters waved banners with slogans urging prime minister putinn and president medvedev to go. the opposite says the next large protest will be held christmas eve. iranian leaders are demanding an afghan ambassador receive an official complaint for allowing the u.s. to launch a drone that that he say violated airspace. earlier this year iranian state tv broadcast what it identify as the u.s. drone. iran says the drone was captured in a cyber attack last sunday over northern iran. american officials though have neither confirm, nor denied the planings are the u.s. drone it lost in afghanistan.

in news of the world the pakistani prime minister confirmed to tv that peace talks with the taliban are underway. the taliban commander says the government has released scores of his fighters as a goodwill gesture and in return militants have halted their attacks. in south africa the head of the commission says the kyoto agreement has been extended for five years. the united states, china and india have opposed any clan that include a legal obligation to apply. in hungary apple co-founder steve jobs is having a statue made.

the 7-foot tall statue ask scheduled to be unveiled later this month. the owner of a san josi landfill faces nearly $900,000 in fines for pollution. bay area state regulators filed civil penalty against waste management. this comes almost one year after thousands of gallons of waste from one of the company's landfills spilled into a creek at almaden quicksilver park in san jose. waste management has until february to reach a settlement with the water quality control board. they are in

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volunteers laid wreaths today to pay respect to the fallen this morning. the group cellphones wreaths across america started 20 years ago. today volunteers laid 90,000 wreaths at the historic cemetery. organizers say the greenery helps to keep the memory of those who served and sacrificed alive. it was a different emergency call some bay area first-responders answered tote. ktvu's eric rasmussen takes us inside the project spreading holiday cheer. >> reporter: making christmas happen for tracy harris' five children is no easy task. how do you do it with five kids? >> i pray on it. >> reporter: this year san josi firefighters

are answering those prayers with this toy drive, connecting more than 500 families with guests. it's a feat this 12-year-old knows santa would be proud. >> they are really doing a good job, giving everybody all of these presents and stuff. i think it's really cool how everybody can get their own stuff. >> reporter: each one of the families who comes to san josi gets a customized bag of gifts that are already wrapped. it's no free-for-all, the process starts in august. they register each family to make sure that everyone in this line legitimately needs help. >> as many people as that is, that is just a small fraction of the families in need in santa clara county. as firefighters we see that irv. >> reporter: help arrived in a different sleigh for military families in moffett field with their pick

of more than $500,000 worth of new toys and clothes. >> being in the military for 15 years, that has been helping out a lot of families. whether i started in the military, we didn't make a lot of money and having big bills and this helps a lot. >> reporter: eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. also giving santa a hand, the golden gate division held its annual stuff the patrol car toy drive today in san bruno. it's all part of the statewide chips for kids program that collects and distributes toys to children in need. the chp also uses today's event to promote child safety on the road. to help local charity goes to our website ktvu.com and look fighter bay area charity livers. the woman who pepper-spray sprayed shoppers in a los angeles wal-mart is considering legal action. the attorney for

elizabethmas macias was projecting her children. detectives previously told the los angeles times macias may have acted in self-defense. no charges have been filed, but she could still face misdemeanor charges. u.s. drivers spent a record amount of money on gasoline this year. according to the service, americans are pumped $488 billion into their tanks, $100 billion more than last year. analysts say the main reason is oil prices have been high all year. federal officials are looking to put on hold their lawsuit against the merger of at&t and t-mobile, blocking that deal. the justice department argues that the antitrust lawsuit is no longer necessary now that the companies have withdrawn their application at the federal communications commission. they pulled that application after the

fcc chairman came out against the deal. at&t officials were hoping that a favorable court decision would help to prove their case to the fcc. san francisco-based zynga is reportedly set to go public. they report the maker of popular social media games is expected to make it's initial public offering december 14th and anticipating selling shares between $8 and $10 a share and analysts say that could serve as an indicator how facebook could be valued if it goes public next year. early birds enjoyed a total eclipse of the moon. after 3:30 a.m. the earth's shadow began to cover the moon. it lasted about 50 minutes. dozens pelf went to oakland's chabot earn and science center to get a look at the dark moab through the center's telescope. many brought their children for the hands on astronomy lesson.

>> that it's more than reading books and you can partake and see it with your own eyes. >> there won't be another total lunar eclipse until 2014 and nasa says that one will also be visible. researchers may be one step closer to finding' cure for hemophilia using gene therapy. hemophilia affects nearly 20,000 americans, most of them males whose blood doesn't clot properly because of a faulty gene. the study can be found in the new england journal of medicine. two new parents are thank technology for bringing them together on the day of their son's birth. joselin leon and her fianci, joseph valencia used interstate videophone skype so that dad-to-be could be the delivery of the kweisi mfume's son.

he is in army stationed in texass and new mom lives in los angeles county and says the distance has not been easy. >> for me to be in the army and being pregnant all of this time alone and going through it. at least he was there for the birth. besides him being born, best part of all. >> push, push, push and the baby controls out and it's amazing that i could actually see that. >> the happy new parents are set to tie the knot on christmas day. and the winner is, well it is not andrew luck. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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. off it nice start with plenty of sunshine out there, a bit of hazand the one constant we have been talking about is cold overnight lows. that is case again heading into early sunday evening. on stormtracker 2, a few high clouds to our south and west. with the clear skies overhead, tiffs are dropping off rapidly. you can see it happen napa 34 degrees and 30s and 40s downtown san francisco 47 and san josi at the airport, right around 45 degrees. this was the time-lapse towards the oakland estuary this afternoon and towards the bay. you can see the setting sun. some low cloud development offshore and hugging parts of the bay area coastline, so that the duck will be increasing through the overnight hours. temperatures tomorrow morning, on the cold side once again. upper 20s for napa and

fairfield, 20 degrees. san francisco lower 40s and san josi in the upper 30s around 38. you will see on the satellite and radar the source of the high clouds and no raindrops expected from this cloud cover in the short-term, but i'm taking another weather system to the north and west and this will approach the coastline into the sunday afternoon and evening hours. the latest forecast models really backing off on the strength of this system and as a result, not much in the way of significant rainfall in the bay area. for your sunday, party to mostly cloudy skies, the chance of a few shoty spotty sprinkles. this will be cooling off the entire region with afternoon highs only in the lower 50s, around 57-54 degrees across most of region. your updated forecast model for tomorrow morning, showing lots of cloud cover. as we put it into motion, with you won't find much in the way of rainfall, just spotty showers in the pacific. we do bring anyway chance of sprinkles tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. only a chance and your sunday

will not be a washout. so here we go tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. lots of 30s out there. by 12:00, party to mostly cloudy. chance of sprinkles by 3:00 and temperatures on in the lower 50s for afternoon highs. santa rosa barely making it up to 50 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. san josi, right around 54 and half-moon bay, 53. here is a look ahead, your extended forecast with the remainder of your weekend in view and into monday, lingering clouds out there. skies becoming partly cloudy. a couple of dry kay days for tuesday and wednesday with temperatures warming up a little bit. there is a chance of a few showers on thursday, but the forecast models once again not too generous with the midweek system as we head into thursday. so heather and john, typically this is the time of year we talk about moderate to strong storms, but it's been a little over two weeks of dry weather and nothing significant showing up on the maps. >> thank you, mark.

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♪ four calling birds, three french hens... when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. . good evening everyone and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sports watch the sharks just came off a five-goal game thursday night and you are thinking, okay maybe they cure their scoring slump? tonight we learned their offense is still missing in action. st. louis is reborn since ken hitchcock took overs head coach. sharks put themselves in harm's way in st. louis, 1st period,

handzus is hooking and in for two minutes. seconds later, justin braun hooks and it gives st. louis a two-man advantage and that is why they call them penalties. the blues make them pay, shattenkirk beats. it's the shark's fifth loss in their last seven games. they are shutout for the fourth time this season and they will try to find the net tomorrow night in chicago. coming up we'll sew you the soft side of the sharks as they share the holidays with their families and fans. last year stanford quarterback andrew luck went to new york knowing he had no chance to beat cam newton and this year he was the favorite until rg3 pulled the

quarterback sneak. >> the 2011 winner of the heisman trophy is robert griffin iii. >> he becomes the first baylor bear to win a heisman. >> rg3 bates luck by 300 points and he becomes the first player to finish up runner-up two years in a arey. he threw 36 td passes including completing 72% of attempts for 9-3 bears. president obama tosses the coin for the zaret of the 112th army-navy game today. it it's the first tile they ever played in landover, maryland. alexander teich is this year's campbell winner, given to the nation's top scholar-athlete. all tied at 21 in the 3rd quarter, but navy wins its tenth straight game against

army, 27-21, navy wins. san ramon valley high took a tyran at mission impossible and the wolves tried to prevent de la salle from winning his 20th consecutive north coast section and claiming it's 221st straight victory over california schools. they played the ncs division i title game at oakland coliseum. that is the home to the raiders. that is tepe vitale who ran for 173 yards and scored six times of the vitale and the spartans beat san ramon valley and the spartans should get an innovation to defend their open division state championship. . noranother north coast section campo linda beats marin catholic in the division iii championship. . milwaukee brewers expect to lose first

baseman prince fielder, but now they might be without ryan braun for 50 games. the national league most valuable player ryan braun tested positive for performance- enhancing drugs and results showed an elevated level of testosterone, a spokesperson for braun says that ryan never intentionally broke any rules and he will be exonerated. but right now the mvp ryan braun is facing a 50-game suspension if those findings are unheld. more or less all-star guard paul thought he was traded to the lakers, but the league rejected that deal. earlier today the same three nba teams reworked that deal until the lakers themselves said no thanks, chris. all-star guard chris paul practiced with his new orleans team friday after the deals with rejected by the commission.

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foundation, christmas came early for some bay area families. last wednesday night the annual sharks foundation party made sure more than 40 families would have a good start it their holidays. >> it's just great. it's great to do something like that for the community. >> you know, you sit down with the families and get to know them a bit and it makes it that much more special. >> what was your best christmas present ever? >> actually my first pair of skates. >> that is all we wanted when we are younger was a new pair of skates. >> now that they can afford their own hockey gear, maybe they would just look more goals for christmas. >> our starts seem to be better, but obviously scoring more goals would probably be sitting maybe in first place like now. >> when serve going well, it seems so easy to score. >> i think we have to be more consistent and i'm not sure we played enough 60-minute games

of we played a couple good periods at time. the goals will come, because we have the talent. >> last year, obviously, being in 12th place in january wasn't good enough and we don't want to find ourselves in that hole this year. >> there are no excuses. we know how we need to play and in this league, there are no easy games, especially the western conference. >> we with like to have a better record at home and put a better product for our fans and we're working on it. >> the sharks will be home to play six games from december 16th through the 2th and that is when they want to unwrap the team, that everybody put on their christmas wish-list. >> and the 49ers will be without all prolinebacker patrick willis when they play in arizona. willis injured his hamstring last weekend, but considering san francisco is already in the playoffs there is no real panic over patrick. there might be concern over the red-zone offense. over their last five game they

scored on one touchdown in the 15 red zero possessions. field goals are nice, but alex smith knows you need to get touchdowns from red-zone possessions. >> the things you continue to get better@and hone in, no question, there is room for improvement. we left a lot of points on the field in the red-zone, especially these last handful of week. it can be frustrating, but it's encouraging that we are still just scratching at it what we can become. >> and 49ers beat the cardinals 23-7 just three weeks ago. check out the rematch at 1:00 p.m. on ktvu channel 2 news. mark ibañez is in the studio and joe fonzi is in arizona for "the point after" after the game. toid indiana university upset the kentucky

wildcats. they saw iu take a 10-point early and sheehey with the 3. kentucky takes the lead, but indiana got lucky because they inbound the ball. kentucky has a foul again and players were told to follow, but let watford take the shot, nothing, but shot. the 3 pointer for the instant victory and hoosiers beat kentucky, 72-70. indiana is 9-0. this is the basketball -brawl we talked about. xavier wins, but does anything really win? there are going to be plenty of

suspensions and maybe even some dismissals after this brouhaha. that is sports as we see it this saturday night. heather and john. >> that was some brawl. >> both teams are go-going to have to pay something there. >> thank you, fred. and breaking news in san francisco where firefighters are battle a three-alarm blaze. >> it's an utah street between 24th and 25th street and ktvu's debora villalon joins us live with new information. >> reporter: we just arrived here. this is about a block from san francisco general, follow with me down 25th street and where you see the fire engine that is it utah. the power lines prevent us from getting our live van down there, but i talked to the battalion chief who says this fire is now under control and

very close to being contained. it was a victorian error single- family home and with the death of it spreading to other homes nearby, that is why they called it a 3-alarm and put the extra muscle. it did spread to an adjoining property, but that damage is not severe. it looks like the 3-story home did suffer some major damage to the interior and there is still smoke coming out out of it as they go room to room to secure the scene. family was home at the time, but they got out safely and, in fact, they were here outside on the street when the first engines arrived. there have been no evaluations and no injuries. we're live in san francisco, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you, debora, no injuries with that three-alarm fire in san francisco. thank you so much for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> our next newscast is tomorrow morning the 7:00.

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