closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc fire investigators in san jose are trying to find the cause of that raging fire that divorced dozens of elderly to take quick action to save their own lives. there are injuries and significant damage to the assisted living center. good morning i'm kristen sze, cheryl jennings is off. hear tales of bravery and comradery coming from the fire scene. >> reporter: there's been a lot of emotion as residents come to see the four units that were destroyed by this fire. everyone survived the fire.

a lot of people are saying that's because there were so many who pitched in to help. the apartment building full of sleeping elderly people was consumed with fire before firefighters could get here. it became obvious the community was going to have to help save the people inside. >> when i woke up there was screaming. i looked out my window and i could see it was engulfed the whole roof. >> reporter: billow% the maintenance supervisor -- bill lopez is the maintenance supervisor he was one of five men who held pulled the elderly from their burning homes. >> i beelined over there and picked her up and took her out. >> reporter: there was a lot of neighbors helping neighbors as the fire continued to rage around 2:00 this morning. >> it could have been much worse. >> reporter: firefighters say five were hurt but they wre relieved everyone survived. victims gathered in the

community room to soothe and help each other. >> we had several injured one suffered burns and had a medical complaint some others had minor injuries. >> reporter: this is an assisted living facility. residents still exercise some independence. one 96-year-old man demonstrated that after the fire. he went back in his destroyed home and a translator, red cross volunteer and even some firefighters couldn't convince him to come out. >> kind of stubborn, 96-year-old. i just tried my best to get him out from the room because i know the smell is very bad. >> reporter: the man wanted his passport, medication and his cash. his girlfriend finally persuaded him to come out. the fire department retrieved his belongings. residents say that's the kind of community they have here. they are tight and watch out for each other. >> we tend to help each other.

>> reporter: i just found out within the last few seconds, one of the victims is now considered in serious condition with third degree burns. the other four are going to be okay. firefighters at this point are still trying too figure out what caused the fire. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. also, in and jose a fire broke out in a vacant home on north fourth street in japantown. firefighters pulled out of the house when they realized the whole structure could collapse. it appears a homeless person might have been sleeping there but nobody was inside when the fire broke out. investigators haven't determined how the fire started. fremont police detained two after searching a neighborhood for suspects in the burglary of a home. a police dog helped officers look for the suspects in the irvington neighborhood. officers took two into custody a few minutes ago.

it remains unclear if police are still looking for additional suspects. the search started after at least two suspects escaped from a home that had been burglarized this morning. novato fire investigators at the scene of another suspicious fire the latest in a string of 20. this latest broke out overnight and was a grass fire off highway 37. fires that may be arsons have hit five locations since cat day. katie marzullo is live in novato. >> reporter: there is a police tip-line we'll have that in a moment. right now where we are you can see the fire truck behind us and beyond that is a trail and another fire truck and crews out at the scene of the fire. pretty unsettling sight to people who live out here and fear an arsonist is on the loose and targeting their town. >> this is a beautiful area and we enjoy our walk every morning.

for somebody to come out and start a fire is a little troublesome. >> reporter: donald jarvis has lived in the community for 33 years. early this morning he woke to the smell of smoke. >> i don't know why they would pick this area. >> reporter: crews are still investigating the scene of a grass fire that broke out 1:15 monday the most recent in a string of fires intentionally set in novato since saturday night. the first was close to condominiums. >> there is always risk to property and life. as far as what has been burned it has been limited to wild vegetation. there has been some scorching of a fence near one of the condominiums which obviously gives us concern, all because of the potential that a fire could spread. >> reporter: the majority of the dozen or so fires burned grass or small piles of debris. >> as far as motive or identity of suspects, we done >> reporter: the police department is counting on the

public for help. >> whether it is as minute as someone walking 1:30 in the morning we want to be called let our officers determine if their presence is suspicious or not. >> reporter: neighbors like donald have their eyes peeled. >> we take it personally out here. >> reporter: if you have a tip or see anything suspicious call the novato police department or the tip-line go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. katie marzullo, abc7 news. in sacramento this afternoon, peninsula assemblyman jerry hill will introduce three new bills meant to improve pipeline safety after two disasters involving pg&e natural gas lines the first was the deadly san bruno explosion september 9th, 2010. eight people were killed and more than 30 homes destroyed. the disaster was blamed on faulty wells on a pg&e gas transmission line. the second disaster last august a natural gasline

exploded destroying a townhouse in cupertino. nobody was hurt. assemblyman hill held a news conference this morning to discuss his legislation. >> utilities were gambling with the public safety. less money on safety inspections and pipe replacements, men more money for profits. this culture of profits over safety needs to change. >> one of today's bills would require state regulators and utility companies to implement 29n the wake of the san bruno disaster. another would establish a whistle-blower protection program for employees who disclose public safety concerns. and the third would require regulators to set gas rates based on safety record. in morning a civil trial underway pitting richmond's police chief against several of his officers. the city hired the chief five years ago from north dakota. within pwhupbs seven high ranking african-american

officers complained that he and his former top deputy discriminated against him and told racist jokes. the chief says the incidents in question are taken out of context and some of them are simply made up. the city has already spent three million dollars defending against the suit. san francisco's new sheriff ross mirkarimi started his new job today as a domestic violence investigation looms over him. he and his wife addressed the accusations yesterday after we was sworn in as the city's 35th sheriff. court documents say mirkarimi's neighbor ivory madison called police to report a new year's eve incident in which mirkarimi grabbed his wife's arm during an argument and bruised it. madison says she took pictures of the bruise. >> a private matter, a family matter that this is -- >> completely taken out of context. and this is completely wrong. >> san francisco attorney

george gascon says his office is investigating. former mayor administered the oath of office to mirkarimi. judge feinstein bowed out citing a potential conflict if the case guess to court. mayor ed lee an -- lee appointed interim have adviser who will represent district five, formally held by ross mirkarimi it includes haight and western addition areas. she was involved in a run ed run campaign she will start the job tomorrow and must decide whether to run for election in november. the hefty price you will have to pay for the perfect view at the new 49er stadium in santa clara. >> plus, the government warning about a potential mix-up between popular painkillers and medication. how your child's diet can help or hurt their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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today is the last day of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's new hampshire primary the candidates are spending most of their aim taking aim at mitt romney. former house speaker is still smarting from romney's damaging negative ads in iowa. today gingrich accused romney of not being a real conservative.

romney is largely ignoring his competitors and targeting president obama on his economic policies. >> i don't blame the president for the downturn, he didn't cause it. but he made it worse and made it last longer. >> the latest polls show romney was at 20 point lead in new hampshire with santorum and huntsman battling it out for second gingrich a distant four. >> the fda is warning patients about a potential mix-up between several over-the-counter medications and powerful prescription painkillers. swiss drugmaker novartis is voluntarily recalling several medications because of concerns about inconsistent packaging and broken pills. some of those pills may have accidentally been packaged with powerful painkillers made at its nebraska facility including percocet. the recall includes excedrin

and nodoz tablets with expiration dates of december 20th, 2014 or earlier. also bufferin packages with expiration of december 20th, 2013 oral earlier. customers can -- or earlier. eating right can play a big role in helping kids fight attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. researchers at children's chicago say a simple diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and little fats provides an alternative to drug therapy for adhd. fast foods, sodas and other snacks like ice cream might be the worst for kids with adhd. the study appears in the journal pediatrics. >> mike is coming up to talk about the forecast. >> we have rain or snow a small chance of rain maybe sprinkles, the snow is still lacking we'll show in

minutes. first it looks like a spare the air day but it is not. more about that too. caught on video, the terrifying moments when a woman's bungie jump cord snaps over crocodile infested waters she tells the story of how she fought to survive. >> beyonce and jay-z proud parents. why their new arrival has other parents so upset this past weekend.

take a look at this an australian tourist bungie jump on new year's eve in africa went wrong when her cord snapped over raging crocodile infested river. she plunged 365 feet into the water she talked about that moment and how she survived on "good morning america." >> [ unintelligible ]

>> she still has bruises and she can't fly on a plane now because of damage to her lungs. doctors are amazed her injuries weren't more serious that was her first bungie jump ever. she says, likely her last. the company maintains its operations are save and says the broken equipment has been -- are safe and says the broken equipment has been replaced. >> we hope so. >> i'm sure there will be an investigation. back here sunny, which leads me to the question with martin luther king weekend coming up, a lot of people want to ski and are still waiting for snow. >> people are saying pictures of snow. it will all be manmade no mother nature induced snow coming that way probably for the next couple of weeks. >> a lot of the resorts have used up their water rations. >> that's dangerous and sad to hear too.

it is not going to happen, which is really disheartening, especially when you look at this last year, beautiful, white, snow in the trees everybody was up there having found new it is brown and you see empty ski lives at heavenly. it is still up there but it is manmade if you want to make the trip up there here at home beautiful picture look at those waves, ocean beach in morning, nice day to take a walk along the beach. temperatures still topping out in the low to mid 60s in most neighborhoods today light breeze. blowing a little away from the coast and notices, usually this is all white with snow. you just don't see much right now gives you an idea how small the snow pack is. low to mid 50s in most neighborhoods, appear los gatos, 62 half moon bay. 60 hahn ray everybody else around the bay and inland

upper 50s -- today sunny, dry, mild chance of light rain maybe generous more like light sprinkles tomorrow, dry pattern returns wednesday. low to mid 60s today a few high clouds from time to time but mainly a lot of sun and dry weather. as far as around monterey bay mid to upper 60s even mid to upper 60s inland. around the state today, 54 in you are reek character same in tahoe, yosemite, low to mid 60s for the central valley into san diego. tonight 40s around rich morning, oakland, san francisco, san mateo and half moon bay low to mid 40s everybody else mid to upper 30s clear early then the clouds will increase by with the morning temperatures may rise when those clouds come in around 4:00, 5:00. cold front, let's watch as it makes most of its dast towards the east doesn't have much --

moisture to begin with. a little low develop right here on the tail end of that front that is going to slide towards us tomorrow, there's a chance maybe light rain along the coast even sprinkles as the low passes you can see the model not churning out much in the way of green. meaning widespread or steady rain less than 5/100 of an inch if you get anything. once that passes temperatures warm again wednesday through sunday back into the low to mid 60s. for everybody tomorrow mainly cooler and a few drops. >> still waiting for the real thing. today thousands of prime seats in the new santa clara 49er stadium go on sale but they won't be cheap, for $80,000 people can buy the right to own a seat for the life of the stadium club seats more than $3700 per ticket. the sales -- fans will sit in a lap of luxury with

spectacular views of the game. the money will be used to build and maintain the one billion dollar stadium. singer beyonce's baby girl is only two days old and already developing a diva reputation thanks to her parents' depend manneds for ultra secrecy at her birth are reports other new parents at lenox hill hospital in new york city were put on lockdown as they had their babysat day. jay-z confirmed his daughter's arrival. one dad went to see his newborn twins in the neonatal unit down the hall from beyonce's custom renovated bulletproof suite security first barred him from exiting into the hall and ushered his family downstairs. the power couple name the girl blue ivy for jay-z's album

today at 4:00, want to get your workout at home in 2012? michael finney will have tests on the best value in home elliptical trainers. at 5:00 the monarch butterfly population at a 15 year high. what is behind the surge? new information about the upcoming 75th anniversary celebration for the golden gate bridge. the official celebration during memorial day weekend

there will be a historic parade, stage -- music stages and activities and a fireworks show when the bridge turned 50 it was closed so the public could walk across the span that won't happen this time because the crowds flattened out the bridge. there you have it very -- thanks for joining us who wants to be a millionaire is next. next. have a great day.

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