♪ investigators think they know what led to this deadly overnight firen an oakland apartment complex. three people died includg a mother and three-year-old daughter. >> and a friend of the mother was also killed aft she successfully rescued another child. the fire broke out early this morning while everybody was sleeping 82nd avenue in plymouth stre. >> the family was asleep and this was clearly a disaster waiting to happen and at 2:00 this morning it did. in front of this burned home there is a pile of charred beloings that now belong to no

one. three people died when fire and smoke trapd them in a bedroom. >> we found all three. we did not find working smoke detectors. >> this electrical cord is believed to be the cause of the fire. the people ling upstairs had pour cut off and had tapped into electricity of a downstairs unit. the numerous extension cords used to tie into it appear to have caused the fire. neighbors week to crackling and loud screams. >> i could see smoke and fire inside from the windows. and that we just people screaming. >> a fourth member of the family, a seven-year-oldirl made it out ave and according to neighbors that's because of

the efforts of the man living with the mother and two daughters who went in to make another rescue and never ce out. >> the man on the bottom went inside and pull out seven-year-old girl. >> a mother and daughter who lived upstairs jumped from the second floor to safety breaking their legs in the process. one downstairs uni was vacate, the other had been occupied just yesterday by a single moth of three. >> i hear the noises upstairs and i was wondering what happened to the ladies upstairs. and then i opened the door, and i see the fire was coming out. so i went back to -- inside, woke up my kids and go out. >> it is a terrible tragedy that could easily have been much worse. >> oakland fire department is saying in order to prevt further tragedies like this one, everybody is urged to get a smoke alarm. they know you've heard it before but obviously not everyone's doing it. terry mcsweeney, ab 7 news.

>> we're going to switch gathers dramatically. we have heard of firefighters rescuing kittens from trees but what about cows from wells. that's what happened in castro valley. this was the scene on the 6400 block of the avenue where a cow fell into a 12 foot deep well. animal and control officers took an hour draining a well and delicately lowered a crane and lowered the animal out and to safe. the cow was pulled from the well, no serious injuries walking away. that's good news. >> next up, chilly temperatures and black ice leading to a number of spinouts and accidents across the bay area. >> police believe black ice caused two rollover accidents in napa county. the crashes were about two miles aparand both drivers were injured. no word how serious. >> caltran's crews were called out before dawn to deice the sectn of a road after another crash there. the chp says black ice is

difficult to spot but not impossle. >> there's a term called high visual horizon which basically means you wanna look down the road as far as possible while you're driving because you can observe the black ice before you even approach it because there will be a distinct discoloration in the roadway which is an onious sign there is some kind of black ice. >> let's talk to lisa argen to see when things are warming up. >> look at the 20s. 29 antioch, 27 vallejo, 29 livermore this morning. elsewhere 30s pretty much everywhere except for san francisco at 42. so we have the clear skies, a light wind in place a that's really what allowed for the cool, cool atmosphere. we will see relative clear skies by think a few clouds will mov in overnht. not exceeding 20s but col enough. how about 34 in the livermore

valley as well as napa and santa rosa. we'll keep the 40s in the forecast for oakland and san francisco and we've got a little rain to talk about for your holiday plans. sarah? >> lisa, thanks vef. the third police shooting in 24 hours. police-involved shooting is being investigated right now. the latest one involves san leandro police. one involved a chase and a stolen car. it happened near the oakland san leandro board erred early this morning. jenelle with the detai. >> cheryl, san leandro police are not saying anything but what we know is it ended in this intersection with one won dead shot by san leandro police. >> i heard a gunshot. i ran to the living room, put my son on the floor. >> the shooting unfolded right in front of maria martinez home in oakland. it was around 10:30 last night when san leandro police officers began chasing this 1989 jaguar.

just after crossing into oakland city limits, the jaguar lost control and crashed into two parked vehicles. witnesses say they could hear officers screaming at the driver and then gunshots. they say police shot and killed a female driver and tased the car's male passenger. >> i'm scared. i was like oh, my god, my babies. this is the reason i moved to this neighborhood. it's supposed to be safer than further into oakland but recently a lot of gunots, this part of town's going down, too. >> this is the thir officer-involv shooting in the bay area in the last 24 hours. tuesday night san jose police responded to the home invasion robbery of a marijuana grow house on locust street. police st one suspect in the leg wounding him. in san francisco yestday a woman called police to say she had been stabbed. when office arrived on bacon street, they say a suspect approached them with a knife and

they shot him. he later died at the hospital. the woman's is said to be >> the police chief plans to hold a community meeting regarding this latest shooting. for this one here we hear police may talk later this afternoon. reporting live from the san leandro/oakland border, jenelle wang. >> we're following breaking news out of the sierra. that's where 25-year-o shante willis, an experienced snowboarde and ski instructor minuting since tuesday has just been found. natalie from our sacramento station is live at alpine meadows with the very latest. >> good morning, eric. we're not quite sure yet if that's good or bad news that she's just been found. a press conference schedule for 11:15. we'll keep you updated. it's all everyone on the ground. you've got the black hawks down now with their wings have stopped flying and ov here

these ju workers very quiet, very solemn, not a good sign. and up there, that's where they've been searching three to four miles because that other side of the mountain, that is where i'm told e got separated from her group, blinded by snow, accidentally going out of bounds into extreme terrain. several helicopters have been in the air grouping in the parking lot at the resort before taking off on what would have been 12 hour shifts flying over the sierra. on the ground were 50 rescu workers wearing ow shoes and having tracking dogs carrying emergency supplies. so we have a few pictures of her. here's a picture with her boy. he is one of the last people to have seen her alive. and out here also are a few of her family member this picture showing some of them, showing her with her brothers. now, those family members right now are being held back, held away from the media and spoken to by a chaplain. not the best news in the world. not official her contion or

how she was found but in the meantime i was able to speak with one of her cousins on the phone earlier. >> she's an ad snowboarder, skier. she knows what she is doing. >> yeah. she does. she's pretty good at it. she loves the snow and loves snow boarding and she's -- she's a little lady, not very big in stature but she's got a lot of spark in her. i think they'll find her today. >> he says he's been so stressed out and just pacing and sick to death. and, of course, now, yes, they have found her and again we don't know in what condition at all. we are going to stay out her live and gather that information for you. meantime i'm being told there could have been a part of her

disappearance, that it was touch and go, that she would have seizures once every six months. if that played a part, that's to be seen as well. reporting live. >> natalie, thank you very much for the information >> and we have more ahead. a popular gaming company issues a health warning about one of its newe gaming console east also the size of an improving economy. the specific sal that some say things are looking up. >> and no more weight -- waiting.

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it's happeng in the santa cruz mountains. live over the scene in felton where a truck flipped over and was hanging over mount herman road leaking diesel fuel into bear creek. this is near scotts valley. you can see the debris on the roadway, a piece of heavy machery is moving. they he pulled the truck up and stopped the leak after about 80 gallons of diel got out. you can see the mess on the road. the cargo also spilled out. nobody was hu in the wreck. that's miraculous. it might have been caused by early morning black ice which we got a lot of across the bay area this morning. so that's still underway there. >> eric, thanks very much. chrysler is issuing three separate recalls, 150,000 trucks

and s.u.v.s. first dodge ra truck from the 2008 because of steering problems. the second 2009 model dodge journey s.u.v.'s. the auto maker says they need to fix side air bags that might not deploy. and the last recall involves dodge ram 1500 trucks for the 2011 model year. the auto maker says an issu with the rear axles could cause the trucks to stall. chrysler owners are call the company for repairs. we have the numbers post on our website abnews.com. look under "see ion tv." >> a new report out today suggests stable gas prices and improving economy have more consumers buying trucks and s.u.v.'s. in fact, they he sold better than compact cars and hybrids this year. according to the site, truck sales were up 15% and s.u.v. sales up 21% over last year. many trucks and s.u.v.'s were bought by contrtors to be used

as work vehicles. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg says the city's response to the blizzard of 2010 is unacceptable. the agencies responsible wille reviewed. they have a deadline of plowing every street at least once except wre abandon cars were in the well. several streets from brooklyn still appear to be untouched. the blizzard dropped 20 inches of snow on the city. the sanitation department will begin placing industrial snow melters throughouthe city to begin melting large snow drifts lining the sidewalk. >> not all stranded fliers are waiting days to get booked home. in some cases people who used twitter were able to hook new reservations and track lost luggage. they can even tweet their

complaints. they have rotating shifts of ticket agents to he passengers who tweet. not everyone who uses the social network gets a sea and when that happens the ticket agent has to switchgears and take the complaint. >> but it's still clever. >> yes, it is. >> it sure is pretty out there. gorgus, no clouds but definitely deceiving because we have a little light wind, only in the mid-40s. looking from our high definition east bay camera. the winds a lighter, highe elevations we have winds. a cold night tonight. back with your full forecast including new year' day coming up. >> lisa, thank you. the free parking deal that's being offered at oakland international airport.

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>> that's right. more cl conditions. and grt day to get away although the weather's not the problem, probably the traffic into the sierra nevada because it's smooth sailing with no problems with chai requirements. heavly, isn't that beautiful with partly cloudy skies. i have to tell yo truckee this morning zero. right now it's 9 degrees. be prepared, very, very cold and back home looking at lots of sunshine here but we have weak disturbance that will bring in some more clouds later on today. looks nice out there only in the 40s though. san francisco 's cool. temperatures have not moved all that much fr early this morninin the city. you were in the 30s earlier though in livmore, 46 right now, 46 napa. upper 40s mountain view and 50s half moon bay. with increasing clouds, a slight chance of a shower mainly alg the shoreline. that will work to keep us out of the 20s tonight but a chilly evening and rain o the way tomorrow.

a look at our visible picture. there are the clouds. you notice sonoma county looki at incasing clouds. marin, you'll see a few more high clouds. for the most part a nice afteoon but by the later afternoon maybe a shower sneaki into half moon bay and santa cruz. that weak system heads down later today. weak high pressure to the west and this is keepi us dry just for a day. contempt the air mass dry, the winds lighter. but with this next weather system that will cloud us up and we'll see warmer evenings first off through the overnight hours. just a little warmer tonight and with a littleain for new year's eve, things may be getting a little sloppy. high temperaturetoday in the mountains coming up from that 9 degrees in truckee. later on today northern sierra, 24. southern sierra about the same. southern california mid-50s tow pretty cool for southern californiaut at least no rain there. new year's eve we will see the clouds increase throughout the

day tomorr but the rain looks like it's going to hold off until later on this evening. our best estimate is the rain it going to move in by abo 7:00, 8:00. as you notice it's going to stay with us thugh the overnight hours. wet pavement north and south bay. this is fresh snow, a little to the sierra nevada. another cool day, breezy at our coast. by late in the afternoon you notice more clouds around. outside chance o a shower. should be a light wind today. santa cruz 53 and the accu-weather seven-day forecast calls for another chilly morning tomorrow. then increasing clouds, rainy for the rest of 2010 and 2011 we'll usher in with rain drops and looks pret quiet. >> lisa, thank you. >> ninteo has issued a health warning over the 3-d function on its upcoming gaming console. it remembers ages six and under not use the devic

it could damage their eyes. nintendo's new gaming console enables players to play 3-d games without the specia3-d glasse it will be released in march in the u.s. health experts sai 3-d images not only on vide games could affect the development of small children's vision. >> we'll be right back.

>> today at 3:00 on 7 liv, not all calories are created equal. why weight watchers is counting meat calories than a doughnut calorie. the snowboarder missing for two days at alpine meadow ski resort has been found. we don't know what her conditio is. we will take you there live for the latest infortion. >> and bay for breakers new year's day? a ceremonial run long before the actual race day. >> a north carolina jewelry store owner is paying up on a very pricey bet. he lost it because of the east coast storm. >> allen perry, the owner of perris' emporium promised refunds boug in the store between nomber 26 and december 11th if more than 3 inches of snow fell on christmas da at his store location. >> they got more than 6 inches it have snow. an engagement ring was the most

pric payout. >> she's taking the $12,000 to increase her wedding. blew him away that she was gonna do that. >> perry says the total payou for customers will be around $400,000. most of that will be covered by an insurae policy he took out for the bet. he said he didn't mind losing, in fache's considering a similar promotion for valentine' day. >> that's an expensive snow day. >>

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