a tense stands off in vallejo leads to a home burning down. now late word from police they tell us the suspect got away. good evening i'm gasia mikaelian in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. police thought they had the suspects cornered inside the house but soon after they fired the tear gas that house went up

in flames. eric rasmussen is live in vallejo. he was in castlemont drive. >> reporter: police are adamant that they did not start this fire. they thought they had as many as six robbers suspects surrounded but by the time the house went up in flames those people were gone. investigators don't know how it all started. >> reporter: when police heard gunshots, police hurried to push onlookers down and take cover. our cameras were burning as thick smoke billowed out of the house. we now know that the men

inside were no longer there. in gunshots were ever fired. >> we ruled that out at this point due to the fact that there was no one inside the residence. >> how did the fire start? >> we're not confident the fire started but we're sure that the fire was not started from incendiary devices which is flameless glass. >> reporter: it all started when a man said six men beat him up after a craigslist sale. >> i didn't want to know what was going on and can i get into my house to make sure my house is okay. >> reporter: neighbors including thompson have since been allowed back in their homes tonight. police say they have no idea

how the men were connected to the residence. one dog was killed. a map provided by a prisoner on death row has led to remains in calav era s county. a second team has been digging in the area of lindon. our debra villalon is live. as many as a dozen bodies were buried. >> reporter: that's right, in less than a mile past this roadblock out in the middle of farmland is a large well that's being dug up because a killer is finally talking. it is a large pit that may provide answers and relief after years of mystery. >> let's get these bodies up, that's where we're at right

now. >> reporter: paty >> reporter: -- padilla is paying shermantine for information. >> he said there's 10 to 12 bodies in that well. keep going. we knew if we got the first body, we would get the sheriff's attention. the first school and the second today came from shermantine's information on property that his family still owns. >> i think this is a long time from being over. this is just two victim's family that gets closure. and there's still more out there. >> reporter: tonight people who grew up in the area and are still here mostly farmers. >> they were all a little on

the crazy side. >> reporter: remember the two men turned killer. here their crimes and secrets have never faded. >> two bodies, two days. >> that's good, too long but at least it's happening. better today than no tomorrows. >> the families are well known in the area and they were amongst everybody and who knew. >> i think this is something that these families for years have been waiting for years to bring their loved ones home. >> reporter: excavations will continue this weekend here outside lindon and may take many more days because there are several wells to unearth. and possibly between 12 and 20 bodies inside. we're live in san joaquin county, debra villalon. shermantine claims to have knowledge of a bay area girl

who disappeared in 1998. michaela was 9 years old when she disappeared. today michaela's mother says she has her doubts about the connection. >> i don't think that sh era mantine has ever claimed to have direct knowledge about michaela. only that herzog looks like our composite which he does. now to a drug bust that led police to marijuana and several types of guns. we obtained video of the raid from a neighbor. metro unit surrounded a home there early this morning and ordered everyone to leave the building. police then arrested man as he walked out. authorities say the amount of marijuana they found could sell for as much as $40,000 on the streets. >> these are the guns that do

the harm out on the street in the wrong hands. it's unknown at this time that these type of weapons are used in any crime. >> reporter: police say they also found digital scales, small bags, about $1,500 in cash and nine pit bulls. trading drugs illegally is becoming a booming business and in our special report at 10:30, we'll go inside the prescription drug trade and see just how big a problem it's become in one san francisco neighborhood. we've learned tonight it was a 65-year-old man who died late today in a tree trimming accident in san jose. investigators say the man was on a ladder trimming tree branches when he fell. this is what the scene looked like when police arrived. the victim lived in the home where the accident took place. a scandal at a redwood city

elementary school is growing tonight. an investigation into a teacher has now led to eight different investigations. alexia bogdis was arrested for slapping, and kicking students. >> this is like the joe paterno scandal but in redwood city. >> reporter: the district is seeking an investigation that will be fair to all parties that's why the other employees have only been put on leave. and now to the story of jeremy lin. his name is among the most searched on yahoo and tonight

he had the biggest game yet for the knicks. robert handa has the story and he watched the game to be the with his friend from palo alto high. >> reporter: this is where liny played, he led his team then went on to harvard where he started to courts there leading to t-shirts like this the jeremy lin show. tonight he had an amazing show. many madison square garden, jeremy lin dropped in 38 points. even outscoring laker star kobe bryant. >> there it is. get it. >> yeah. >> reporter: in the dutch goose bar, lin's high school coach and two high school teammates gathered to watch the 23-year- old sensation. >> he's incredibly confident in he's ability and he's fearless. he'll go at it and go for it

every chance he gets. >> reporter: tonight was lin's fourth straight start as an nba proand since he started the knicks are undefeated. >> he's never going to get caught up in all this insanity thing that's happening right now. he's just taking it like an average show and i think that's the best part about jeremy. >> reporter: friends also say he's deeply religious. in high school it was church and basketball. lin is the first american of chinese tiwanese decent to play in the nba. on the knicks website it is all now jeremy lin. >> it's definitely like eliminates a lot of negative stereo types and it brings to life more like human qualities to like asian american stereo type. >> reporter: jeremy lin was undrafted out of harvard, the

warriors are the only team to give them a chance but cut him last year. he went on to new york and lin- sanity. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu news. the occupy movement is gaining new foothold at berkeley university. the first few tents erupted yesterday. if protesters want an end to tuition hikes and they want to send a message that occupy cal has not gone away. >> people are coming asking me like oh is occupy still a thing. is it still happening and i was shocked. >> reporter: campus police are monitoring the situation and are asking police to remove the tents. tomorrow is shaping up to be a key day for greece'

austerity bill. it calls for 50 now workers to be laid off. and reductions in hell and social security. to what tony and vince did that day was by the book. an eight month investigation into the deaths of two firefighters. what it reveals about their final moments and why the chief is defending their actions. and later in tonight's special report, one arrest

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never before released information is shedding light to the deaths of two san francisco firefighters. >> reporter: until now those circumstances have been largely undetermined but now this 150 page report details what happened at this house that ultimately led to their deaths. photos of the burned down house provide the glimpse into the

minutes before a fire overcame lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> basically this is where the window failed. >> reporter: fire chief joan wise entered the building, unaware that a window was going to fail, setting up an oxygen. the investigation found that that explosion caused their radios to fail. >> we know there were three attempts to contact vince and tony before that explosion.

last december, state investigators fined the department $25,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations in this i -- incident that crewed failed to follow protocall. >> we met with them and disagreed with them on i believe all but one of the recommendations and citations. >> reporter: the chief says that she agreed with only one. for every worker that enters, one would have their back. as a result of this report the chief is pushing for national standards for the hand held radios used by all firefighters. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu news. new information tonight on a story we first brought you two days agent about a multi agency drug bust. the fbi is looking for these four fugitives who are still on

the lose. they are tony giovanni, derrick lane. more than 30 agents were involved in the sweep. a san francisco woman cried today. she was arraigned in connection with a drug related explosion. angelic cisneros pled guilty. on tuesday night there was an explosion at a home in capital avenue. a 12-year-old boy is still hospitalized tonight with burns. police say it was a butane tank that exploded as illegal drugs were being manufactured police are investigating the 47th murder of the year. the man had been stabbed and died shortly after arriving to the hospital. police would only identify him as a san jose resident. anyone with information is

asked to call police. three of the four represent can candidates made their pitches today to the conservative wing of the party. newt gingrich told the conservative party he would undo many of the things president obama has done right after he is inaugurated. mitt romney also made a point of telling everyone he is a quote severe conservative. >> i did some of the very things conservatism is designed for. i started new businesses and turned away broken ones. and i am not ashamed in saying i was successful in doing it. >> reporter: romney's declaration did not impress santorum. the other candidate ron paul declined to attend. in a debate between contraceptive access and religious freedom. today president obama backed off from recently announced plan that would require

religious based employers to provide contraceptives. >> reporter: a big debate over a tiny pill. the pill is now in the middle of a battle between church and state. >> the insurance company not the hospital, not to charity will be required to reach out and offer the woman contraceptive carefree of charge. without copays, and without hassles. >> he probably wishes he had done this to begin with. >> reporter: in a heated election bill, president obama's plan to require charities to issue workers birth control is a grenade. birth control is a swing issue for catholics, a block the president cannot afford to alienate.

>> if you get them upset you can lose them and you can lose the 2012 election. catholic supporters are watching this closely but they aren't saying anything right now. they're calling president obama's change of course a good first step in direction. there is some confusion about whether the obama plan changes anything for 28 states with laws to provide free birth control, that includes california. reproductive health care advocates point out those law don't force anyone to use free birth control and neither does the president's plan. in berkeley, noelle walker. the navy is honoring giffords for her service. the navy secretary said giffords is an inspiration. and you may have bumped

into a few light drizzle out there this afternoon and this evening. they are occurring right now in the san francisco area out in the avenues of san francisco and all over the bay area. light scattered showers like we had today. you see the fast forward and some drops. there you see the blue skies. that's how it goes, a few scattered showers. the sky clears for some time. as we go into tomorrow you will see more clearing in the afternoon. these are the rainfall accumulation from today, nothing. very little rainfall at all. the computer model tonight at midnight more scattered showers, tomorrow morning, scattered showers. and as we get into later in the morning you see things start to clear out. when i come back we'll roll that model all the way through into your sunday. i'll see you back here. the contra costa sheriff's search and rescue team plans to conduct another search for a missing man tomorrow. 66-year-old angelo lucido was reported missing on january

27th several searches since then haven't turned up anything on him. tens of millions of the dollars awarded for transportation. behind me are a helmet boots and

new at 10:00 tonight, a place for military families to find comfort and to honor our nation's fallen heros. a group of students is giving something back to those who gave everything, amber. >> reporter: frank, what the fair field armory that is named after a fallen soldier who used

to work here. if you look beyond these glass doors, you can see that his comrades had his boots and helmet bronzed. now a group of solano students wants to do more. every day the star spangled banner can be heard. they showed off plans to start a memorial plan. >> the plaza will be right over here. >> reporter: the plaza will be named after lawson who was killed by an iud. >> it's going to be from that mound there to here. >> your life is dependent on

what the person next to you is going to do. you develop a bond that is closer than your family sometimes, to lose someone from that bond is devastating. >> reporter: today students received piping that will be used to develop a sprinkler system. >> you have to have great memories of them because they're providing our freedom. >> reporter: lawson left behind a young daughter and wife. >> and they can just come and reflect and have other families be here that know what they're going through. >> reporter: lawson's bronze, helmet and boots will be the center piece of the memorial park. the students still need to raise about $300,000. they hope to break ground in april. live in fairfield, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. caltrans today awarded more than $200 million in grants to improve public transit statewide with four major projects in the bay area

benefiting. b.a.r.t. is getting $35 million for the warm springs extension in fremont. muni received 16 million. ac transit will get 29 million. state of california halted construction at valley santa monica center. santa county replaced an inspector but the new one did not have approval. the building plans keep changing. in san francisco, police are looking for the thieves responsible for beating two dogs and then stealing their puppies. officers say four three -week-old puppies were taken on tuesday from a home at the bay view district. police say the puppies parents look like they were beaten with some type of blunt object. anyone with information on this crime is urged to call the

department's bay view station. looks like oxcicodone. what we found when we

the illegal sale of prescription drugs is a growing crime in san francisco. we hear from one man who's accused of trying to sell his own medication. >> reporter: the city by the bay attracts people from around

the world to its sites. but one site you won't found advertise. >> steve: the -- advertised is the tenderloin in san francisco. the drugs in question require a prescription. >> right next to this building is a pharmacy. so they get their pills right there and they come out and sell them. >> hydrocodone, vicadin. >> reporter: on these days, the patrols were looking for prescription drugs. officers moved in quickly to arrest the alleged seller. >> a lot of people don't have to watch drug deals and step over needles. with the officers we focus on a small part of the tenderloin. >> police emphasize part of their motivation is all the

children that live in this area there are 3,500 kids that live in this neighborhood. 73 of whom attend san francisco city academy. the school director says she often sees some unsaver reu people staring at the children like they are prey. >> a lot of times our children learn how to cope by looking down. >> vicadin, oxycodon. >> reporter: and it's available here all the time. >> every day, all day 24 hours a day. >> reporter: last year tenderloin officers made 1,100 felony arrests for narcotics. about 11% of those were prescription med. >> -- meds. >> a lot of times they will steal them from somebody else. they'll buy them from somebody

else. >> reporter: the addicts are not typical addicts. in fact, they told us a college student that came and stocked up to take back to sell at school. there is no shortage of medications some who come from doctors who should know better. >> reporter: this doctor prescribed this guy 180 of them which is a lot. >> reporter: that drug suspect talked with us in his holding cell. >> so why did you sell it? >> i don't know, it's stupid. >> reporter: officers counted all of it and found out of the 270 pills he was prescribed in the previous two weeks, 65 were already gone. >> i got a lot of medication. but they are mine. i don't take them down and sell them like that. >> what do you normally do? >> no, no. >> reporter: you've never done it before. >> yeah i've done it before but like over two years ago. >> reporter: he's on probation for the same crime. >> it takes making an arrest and doing these busts like this to clean up the street. we're going to do it. we're not going to give up. >> reporter: reassuring words

for the children at san francisco children's academy. >> they deserve at the very least to live in a neighborhood where they can feel safe. whatever the police are doing to do that i am all for it. >> reporter: officers made three busts in about 45 minutes, two of which were for prescription meds. they said if they wouldn't have to stop to process all the suspects, they would have made a lot more. at ktvu.com we posted more information about the dangers of prescription drugs. you will find that in all our special reports on the special reports tab. accused killer joseph naso was adamant in court today he does not want a public defender. naso is accused of killing four women. he insisted he wants to represent him when the judge questioned him. naso said he refused the top three defendants in the country even if he didn't have to pay

them a dime. naso says he just wants to continue with his trial. gregory henman was a passenger in the car that crashed. the accident happened after he and 19-year-old bret studabacker got off of a party bus and drove off in their car. the party bus allowed underaged -- to drunk. the san francisco police department issued a campaign against the bullying of lgbt youth. >> i can't even imagine what

it's like growing up as an lbgt youth today. and nobody deserves to be taunted or bullied. it does get better and until it does -- >> greg suhr says this is the first video of its kind for any law enforcement agency in the united states. the video is for the it gets better campaign which launched after a series of suicide by teenagers who were gay or perceived to be gay. more than 30,000 videos have been made since that project started. organizers were busy today with last minute preparations for tomorrow's big chinese new year parade. designers were putting the finishing touching on the elaborate floats featured in the parade. if you go you will see dancers, musicians, a lot of fire crackers and you will see the newly crowned miss china town. ktvu as always will be broadcasting the new year's parade live. julie haener will be hosting along with ben fong torrez. ambushed from an overpass. the reward that's being offered

tonight after an attack on a police officer. the bay area weekend is here. a few sprinkles are out there now. there's a few in the forecast, i'll show you when they

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san francisco firefighters were called on early today to rescue a woman after she drove her lexus right on to ocean beach and right into the surf. the woman was taken to the hospital for observation. tire tracks indicate the car was driven down the ramp, right across the sand and right into the water. crews decided to wait for low tide and they were finally able to pull the car out of the water earlier this evening. a police officer is on

leave after an apparent ambush. the officer who's name was not released was driving near the pea street under pass when he came across a large chunk of concrete there on the road. the officer got out of his patrol car to clear the road and that's when several attackers made their move. >> within moments of being out of the car several rocks and large blocks of cement were being poured down on him. they were being thrown on him. >> reporter: the officer was taken to the hospital, treated and released. police are now offering a $2,000 reward for information in this case. the bay area mother could face child endangerment charges after police say she left her 11 -week-old twins in the car to go shopping. the woman is identified as 46- year-old amanda nejat. another shopper found the woman's two babies alone in the car inside a parking lot. security footage shows nejat had been in the mall for 40

minutes. the babies have been released to their father. in news of the world in syria two suicide car bombs were detonated. alepo is syria's biggest city. syrian officials are blaming opposition for the explosion but those fighting against president assad say it was actually his regime who set off the explosions to try to discredit the movement. 16 people have died in the flood waters and danger is widespread. people have lost their home, roads and bridges have been washed out and schools and hospitals have been flooded. and in belgium, firefighters battled with police in brussels today. the employees are angry because

they're going to lift the retirement age. an occupy protesters arrested for violating a stay away order in oakland face as misdemeanor charge not a felony. oakland police say joseph briones was arrested wednesday night when officers say they spotted him in frank ogawa plaza. police initially told us briones faced a felony charge but actually faces a misdemeanor charge. history with a well

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a san francisco musician from a well known rock band is pleading for the return of his stolen guitar. a -- allie rasmus reports why there's no other instrument in the world. >> reporter: the musician behind it tim mccord says the sentimental value of his 1970s era base guitar is priceless. >> i'm a professional musician. it's what i do for a living. and i was thought to play by my father. >> reporter: mccord's father featured here played the instrument for decades. he gave it to his son before dying of cancer two years ago. >> i loved my dad, we were very close. when he passed that was very hard on me as well. this is just something i had to remember him by. >> reporter: mccord is on tour in japan right now with evernesence. he left his guitar in his

apartment. >> i would say it's the single one priceless possession he has. >> reporter: she wondered why her apartment was targeted. >> i could have been a former tenant, someone who knew the building. at the very least someone who had been monitoring the place for a little while. >> reporter: dunlop has seen no sign of the guitar on craigslist or ebay yet. >> i have one lead that i'm working on at this point. whether that pans out for us i don't know. but it's a good lead. >> at this point it's not even about catching somebody or enprisoning anyone for it. it's just about getting it back. >> reporter: dunlop has posted these flyers. she's hoping whoever has any

information will call police. regulators today said they found evidence in which the company failed to report safety defects and recalls in a timely manner. federal law requires auto makers to report known defects within five days. as part of the settlement, bmw agreed to make internal changes to its recall charges. testla is known for its roadster but now the company is getting into suv. the company unveiled the model x it's a cross over suv. it'll seat seven people and compete with other luxury suvs like the audiq7. the model x is battery-powered and the company says it is both fast and cutting edge. >> two major inventions here. one is the opening floor and the all motor drive. this is unique, first time anybody has done this. the performance version of the

model s. and zero to 60 in 4.7 is faster than a porsche 911 carr era. >> the vehicle is set to go on sale next year. a power plant may soon be forced to shut down its lights. the calpine power plant is risk to closing. the plant opened when electricity went for $4,000 a mega watt. officials say the price is now just $25 a mega watt. in addition, looming regulations may now shut down almost the entire capacity. in some real nuisance showers out there today. not much to put in the rain gauges just wet enough to slow some of the commutes. outside live storm tracker 2. picks up some drizzle around

montero mountain. up in the hills above bonnie dunes. they might linger around until the morning hour, look for those to continue, maybe 1:00 in the morning. mostly to partly cloudy tomorrow. low 50s, upper 60s for highs. a little bit of shower activity heads our way sunday night. that's after your sunday, day is over. in the evening inwe have some showers coming. just weak storms and they're all kind of going to the north. the next system that comes in here, this one right here as we move through tomorrow morning. this is the one we're dealing with right now. just adds a slight sprinkle. then by the afternoon, temperatures get near 60 and winds kind of come up around 15 to 20 and we start to clear

out. that's your saturday. sunday looks nice as well. the computer model, saturday at 8:00 a.m., sunday 7:00 a.m. maybe some valley fog. watch this up here. sunday evening this starts to move in the clouds increase. so so far your weekend looks good right. saturday looks good, sunday looks good. sunday night into monday morning some rain showers. and the monday morning commute could have some showers. but we don't care because the weekend is right now. the forecast is daytime highs on saturday. 60 in santa rosa, 60 in vallejo. looks a lot like what your sunday temperatures will look like as well. then your five day forecast pops up here with your weekend in view and what you're going to see. here's the deal. it'll either be sunny or rain. what was that? that's not rain. we need rain or we need sun. the chinese new year parade,

outstanding weather. no umbrellas needed. a little cool maybe 56 degrees. >> all right. all together now, san

♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> san francisco has announced plans to honor singer tony bennett nest week. his signature song was recorded 50 years ago. city leaders are asking everyone to start what they're

doing at noon next tuesday and start singing i left my heart in san francisco. it'll be fun if folks actually do that. >> tuesday, noon, got it. mark is here now with a great night for the sharks. >> yeah, they were feisty down there at the tank. they haven't been of late really. you can have games that are a little flat that's not to be s fashion hard feelings between the sharks and blackhawks. apparently passion is evident and here's a guy that knows a little something about it. joe at hand to check it out. off to a good start with the sharks. power play situation, bret burns had two assists one of them right there to dan boyle. 2-0 lead. looks like he scored it but you will see, goes in, score it for big joe. 3-two san jose.

wrapping it up, jamie mcgine. beautiful power play situation. goal 5-3 final. nieme in the net. 30 saves, sharks looking good against chicago. no matter what they say publicly you know that the warriors are just grinding their teeth about lin sanity going on with the knicks. he couldn't make it with the warriors but he's taken by storm. palo alto's own at madison square garden. check out the moves as he burned fisher. the knicks have won four straight and they're doing it without stoudemire and carmelo. get this the knicks are now 4-0 with lin starting in their back court. from lin-sanity to a little tiger mania although a little more subdued these days. woods still in it half way

through the corporate clam bake. it's serious golf over the weekend but today a little fun at the gallery. and one camera man. that's vintage murray stuff. watch him here. he didn't like the way that putt landed so he throws the no look. that didn't work either. that was a real shot too. tiger here at 12 approaching and can't do it much better than this. basically sticks right there on the green. he's six back, charlie wi 30- foot put is right where it needs to be. he's your leader 12 back. and tiger plenty of work to do. >> enough slope to make it difficult. >> all right, and there are several people who could take a deep out for their part in the

49ers season. one is general manager balkey as ownership has apparently noticed that too. three year contract extension will take him through 2006. that's the sporting life for