remembering one of their own. a as a firefighter, he was automakers kind of the first guy in the fire and the last guy out. remembering one of their only. a close-up look at the deadly phenomenon that killed a san francisco firefighter and left another fighting for his life. >> the main suspect in the bryan stow beating case, may he be released ? what police hope to learn today from a 10-year- old girl. it is friday, june 3. i'm sydnie kohara. >> it is friday. 6:00. welcome. >> you said that twice. >> we like friday. >> hi, everybody.

i'm frank mallicoat. it's 4:30. we'll get your weekend started right, but weather-wise? >> hey, if we're going big, let's do it right. erica, welcome to "early edition," taking lawrence's place. you just joined the weekend show. >> i'm just getting used to the hours, conditions for today, go ahead and make any indoor plans because it looks like we are going to stay inside. in the meantime, we can see later today those showers will start to work in from the northwest ahead of an upper level low. san francisco 59. san jose 66. your morning commute won't be too bad but gianna what do you think? >> that's good news. hopefully will stay dry as soon as everyone gets home from work. we have a couple of accidents to start off with. sfo ramp to south 101 accident

blocking the on-ramp. south 101 at millbrae. a ramp blocked troubles there south of there. back to you for now. >> thank you. it took only a few seconds yesterday. a house fire that quickly turned into an inferno. that fire at the house on berkeley way in san francisco's diamond heights neighborhood killed one firefighter and critically injured a second. >> elizabeth wenger has the story. >> reporter: she is fighting for his life this morning. he is still in critical condition. our crews were there yesterday morning as this fire broke out. it happened yesterday morning for san francisco's diamond heights neighborhood. it only took a few seconds for this to become an inferno. the flames moved so quickly that three firefighters were hurt in a flashover. that's heat so intense that it

burns at 1100 degrees fahrenheit. now it actually moved too quickly to save the life of lieutenant vincent perez a 21- year veteran of san francisco fire. a former marine and a previous alameda county sheriff's deputy. with a final salute his fellow firefighters said good-bye to the 48-year-old. his body was gurneyed out of san francisco general. obviously lots of grief this morning for the men and women of station 26. >> great guy, great sense of humor. as a firefighter he was the first guy in and last out, a real firefighter's firefighter. >> the members you see gathered here, it's out of respect for lieutenant perez and his service to the city. >> reporter: another firefighter anthony valerio was critically injured, on life support here at san francisco general. we understand from talking to his brother yesterday, he is still unable to breathe on his own. but right now kind of moment to

moment. but they are still hopeful. a third firefighter tracy courtney a female firefighter actually was also hurt we understand not badly though and she was able to be released from the hospital yesterday. but obviously, you know, firefighters are heroes so this is a very sad day for firefighters everywhere. and really for everyone here in san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. elizabeth mentioned that those firefighters were caught in a flashover, which is what happens when the temperature in the fire area reaches about 1100 degrees. menlo park's fire chief demonstrates the situation in a fire simulator. he says the flashover starts in the heated smoke at the ceiling. firefighters will probably see jets of fire in the smoke over their heads. >> all those particles in the smoke, all the furnishings,

products in the room are simultaneously heated to a point where they completely come bus and it's fatal. >> firefighters cut holes in rooftops to try to release the superheated gases that cause flashovers. a san francisco firefighter died in the same area in 1995. that time, 60-mile-an-hour winds fanned a house fire on a street that was less than a mile away. three firefighters were trapped when the garage door suddenly closed on them. one died, 11 other firefighters were injured. the diamond heights area is particularly dangerous because the canyon up there makes it very windy. and we'll be following the condition of the other critically injured firefighter. we also have extensive coverage of the fire and the fire chief's news conference as you'll find on our website, cbssf.com. it is 4:35 now on this friday. oakland police say a man who aimed a gun at an officer is now in custody. the officer first stopped the suspect about 8:00 last night near 67th and bancroft after the man pulled out a gun, the

officer fired a shot. police say the suspect then tried to escape into residential yards in the neighborhood there. but police found him, arrested him shortly after midnight last night. fbi is about to take over an investigation into alleged police corruption in contra costa county. that's what sources have told cbs 5 as the d.a.'s office plans to announce a major development sometime this afternoon. now, the criminal charges are against a former concord private investigator and a former law enforcement officer from the state department of justice and the danville and san ramon police departments. the allegations include stealing cash, drugs and guns from police seizures. 4:36. the man accused in the bryan stow attack in los angeles has a date with the parole board this morning. giovanni ramirez is in jail on a parole violation. he has not been charged with stow's beating. l.a. police have questioned ramirez's 10-year-old daughter now. he says he was babysitting her at home when stow was attacked. there is a slight chance he

could be released after today's hearing. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. some closure in the kidnapping of jaycee dugard. >> after pleading guilty to abducting her nearly 20 years ago, serial sex offender phillip garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison, his wife 36 years to life. during the sentence, the judge called phillip garrido a poster child for sexual predators and reinvented slavery. neither defendant spoke or even made eye contact. in a statement read by phillip garrido's attorney, he said he accepted responsibility and expected no leniency yesterday. garrido said he wanted to spare dugard and her children at a trial. jaycee dugard did not appear at court but issued a statement saying, i hated every second of every day for 18 years. and you stole my life and that of my family. we are also hearing what

life was like for jaycee dugard from grand jury testimony made public after the garridos were sentenced. it includes dugard's descriptions of the day she was kidnapped in south lake tahoe. she discussed how garrido initially approached her in a car asking for directions and zapped her with a stun gun. dugard also talked about her 18 years of captivity and sexual abuse at the their home in contra costa county. dugard gave birth twice while in captivity. she cited her daughters as a reason she didn't try to escape. "i didn't know what to do. i couldn't leave. i had the girls. i didn't know where to go, what i would do for money or anything. i didn't have anything." dugard has a memoir due out in july entitled "a stolen life." tonight at 5:00 the family of that missing nursing student will hold a candlelight vigil in hayward near where she was last seen a week ago. 26-year-old michelle le disappeared last friday after leaving a class at the kaiser

medical center in hayward. police say le's phone was transmitting signals until midday on saturday. investigators have issued several search warrants and have interviewed at least 15 people. it is 4:39. let's get another quick look at traffic and weather. erica standing by to tell us more about what we can expect and keep the umbrella handy, right? >> yes. certainly keep the umbrella handy for today and the next couple of days because conditions are going to be wet. and they are going to be cold. folks, we're less than one month away from the summer season and it certainly does not feel like that at all. here's a look at what we have coming down. here's all that energy making its way in from the north. so this is going to start to close on off. it's going to pack a punch as it dips down. we'll have increasing cloud cover and moisture and showers for the region. highs today still below

average. napa 63. fairfield 66. oakland 61. redwood city mid-60s for you. again still trending below average. it does not feel like summer at all. here's a look at your extended forecast. we can see these showers lingering until monday. and then we'll see a bit of a clearup there. partly cloudy skies by tuesday. temperatures warming up just a little bit. and then by wednesday, we are going to start to see better conditions, warmer temperatures, as well. and then, well, a wonderful weekend ahead hopefully. to you, gianna. >> thank you, erika. we are starting off with a couple of accidents even though it is friday. first of all, accident south 101 at millbrae. couple of cars involved in this one. chp and fire crews on scene. this is also reported on the sfo on-ramp to south 101. so it may be blocking the right lane as well as the on-ramp. we are still seeing green on the sensors so traffic still moving through the area. in the south bay we had an early-morning accident 280 at guadalupe parkway. that's completely cleared. in fact, still dark out there but there's a few cars out

there on the road northbound 280 as you work your way through downtown san jose. bay bridge, no problems, conditions are like this across the upper deck into san francisco. i'm have mass transit and your early-morning roadwork. right now, back to you. >> thank you. 4:41. if you don't do your job, you don't get a paycheck. that's the punishment lawmakers could face over the cash crisis. plus the east bay could lose its only shelter. the cry for help for evicted animals coming up. >> the silver lining for what may be a grim jobs report. the bay area city that's the best place in the country for job seekers. ,, ,,

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incentive to pass a balanced budget, in less than two weeks. state controller john chung announced yesterday... if the june 15- state lawmakers now have more incentive to pass a balanced budget in less than two weeks. if the june 15 deadline is not medical, ed chung will withhold

lawmaker paychecks. in the fall elections, they passed a bill to prevent legislators from collecting salary and benefits if they don't meet the deadline. city of alameda wants to close its animal shelter to save some money but in a public hearing last night, animal advocates say in the shelter closes the animals would be -- if the shelters close the animals would be sent to other cities. they want nonprofits and volunteers to take over. >> the bay area has the leading thinking on this issue of how to get shelters operating well. and alameda has been not sort of allowing that to happen for many years. >> the council is taking public comment until they sign the budget on june 30th. the jobs report for may coming out shortly and is expected to be bleak. most economists expect about 100,000 jobs were created last month, down substantially from earlier estimates. but they also think the unemployment rate will dip to

8.9%. san jose though topping the list of the best cities for job hunters so that is some encouraging news for people in the bay area. that city listed 200 job postings for every 1,000 people according to an employment search website. why? experts say the tech boom created jobs from customer sport and engineers. washington, d.c. and baltimore round out the top 3. today president obama will promote a deal that enables chrysler pay back its bailout loan six years ahead of schedule. fiat has agreed to bit 6% treasury interest in chrysler for half a billion dollars. fiat will also buy the government's interest in a retirement trust. that gives fiat a majority stake in chrysler. today mr. obama scripts a chrysler plant in toledo. and another internet startup preparing to go public. >> linkedin did it a couple of weeks ago and now groupon just

filed papers to set the stage for an initial public offering. the company, which offers gift counted gift certificates, wants to raise $750 million at its ipo. no estimate yet on the value per share. an oakland-based pandora, the online music company set its ipo at $7 to $9. >> i was saying wait, groupon has not been around that long. 2.5 years ago they were just an idea and now they are going public. >> not a big coupon guy but i use pandora. >> i haven't used that. >> it's on the iphone. get it your ipad. it's terrific if you like music, fabulous. you don't need an ipod. >> when we talk about grew upon, that girl -- i think she knows a lot about those coupons. 4:46. a bathroom controversy brewing in one bay area school district. we'll tell you why some want to give students a free hall pass. >> plus, a dangerous new superbug showing up in cow's

milk. the risk it's posing to humans. and a rush hour ride with no stops. why another muni driver is being investigated this morning. folks, here's your travel forecast. you can see showers scattered showers, starting by this afternoon. 62 degrees is your high at sfo. as we make our way into chicago, we can see chances of thunderstorm the high of 88 degrees. and if you are heading all the way to the east coast, new york city feeling a little muggy for today, temperatures a little warmer, 76 degrees. i have your pinpoint forecast coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

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represented the shooter's ex- wife in their divorce. an attorney has identified that victim as gerald shelley of yuma. criminal charges to be filed today against former presidential candidate john edwards. he is under investigation for allegedly using campaign money to cover up an extramarital affair in 2008. "associated press" reports he could either be indicted or negotiate a guilty plea. national guard soldiers going door to door in massachusetts searching for tornado survivors. a 13-year-old boy captured the tornado on his video camera. the twister swept through the state on wednesday. 18 cities and villages in the bay state were all damaged. well, if you are heading out the door, be sure to grab that umbrella because you're going to need it. and you might not want to let go until at least monday. heading out the door here we can see conditions are going to

be really cool this morning trending in the 40s into the 50s so mostly cloudy start and then those showers are coming into the region. inland we could see temperatures ranging in the 60s, the bay also seeing a in the 60s. coast a logical cooler there lows ranging in the mid-50s for today. and as we take a look at our satellite and radar, we have this low. this is what's going to come into the region here. that's going to bring us a lot of energy, a lot of instability, and certainly a lot of showers. showers today increasing into rain so lots of rain showers by tomorrow into sunday. as we take a look at our pinpoint forecast here, our trueview forecast, you can see that those rain showers are making their way in denoted in the yellow. we can see moderate showers and we can even see heavier conditions as well by sunday. but then easing up a little bit by monday so clearing out just in time for the next workweek. but this weekend, certainly very wet. let's look at the highs for

today. santa rosa 63, napa 63, fremont 65, san jose 66. still trending below average. here's our extended forecast. we can see we have rain for the next couple of days. rain, rain and more rain. monday we'll see partly cloudy skies, scattered showers. tuesday, things are going to start to warm up. wednesday a little warmer there. and thursday, highs 77 degrees. so we have to wait a few days for that. gianna? >> it will be worth it, right? okay. let's check the roads. golden gate bridge off to a good start. friday light as you work your way out of marin county. no major snags. south of there we did have an accident. heading towards sfo south 101 at millbrae, it was in the right lane blocking the on- ramp. cleared out quickly, no activity there on the road. bay bridge, metering lights off, friday light, looking good across the upper deck . no problems out of san francisco

into oakland. oakland itself life look at 880 near the coliseum, northbound cruising along towards the maze. nice speeds southbound into hayward and all the way into the south bay. now, we did have reports of an accident south 880 right at dixon landing. chp is heading to the scene. no word on blocked lanes. if you plan to take the san mateo bridge, 68 miles per hour through there. things moving very nicely. you're clear no wind advisories to report. everything looking good in both directions between 880 and 101. bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain on time. here's 101 as you work your way through san jose. still very light. traffic -- those headlights are going northbound but overall not a bad friday dry. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. >> thank you. some scientists in the united kingdom say they discovered a new strain of the superbug mrsa found in british cows and appears to be spreading to humans, as well. the strain was identified in cows' milk by researchers who

were initially studying udder infections. the researchers say it should not be too much of a concern though for milk drinkers since pasteurization kills the bug. and this morning another black eye for muni. the agency wants to know why a driver failed to let passengers off the train after a rider got sick. a spokesman said the operator was ordered to drop off all passengers at the montgomery station in san francisco. the next stop would be west portal so the train could be cleaned after a required vomited but the operator kept on going past montgomery at 35 miles per hour and finally stopped at the van ness station after realizing people were still on board. muni is now questioning that driver. students in san francisco may soon be free to leave class whenever they want. the school district is considering a plan that would let kids take bathroom breaks without permission. district leaders were worried that in some cases teachers were denying requests as a punishment. they say that that puts some students are health issues at

risk. dozens of teachers slow to already criticized this plan. they say it would allow students to use their cell phones, take drugs or break other rules. it's that time of year when some impressive young people spell some incredibly tough words. >> they do. a 14-year-old from pennsylvania won this year's national spelling bee. [ spelling ] >> i'm not going to try to say it. [ indiscernible ] >> that is sukanya roy. she gets a big trophy, more than $40,000 in cash and prizes. the winning word by the way means having wavy hair. cymotrichous. >> did you see it down there? >> it was like -- >> i thought that -- >> we only had the sound for

the chous so it was longer than that. we'll find out what the whole word was a little later on. >> it means wavy hair. did you know today's national doughnut day? did you bring any? >> it's your turn. >> you're the doughnut queen. >> krispy kreme celebrating by giving away free doughnuts. not just glazed but all awaitz. >> the salvation army started national doughnut day to honor volunteers who served doughnuts to troops during world war i. >> you always stop and the way. >> i try to stop and my friends calvin and jose and they take care of me at the doughnut shop, but it is your turn, now. it could soon park more to park downtown in one bay area city. the price hike and how the city is trying to soften the blow coming up. >> reporter: and san francisco firefighters mourning the loss of one of their only. the latest on a house fire that quickly turned into an inferno. details coming up. plus, a crucial hearing today for the prime suspect in

the bryan stow beating case. and the key person police just questioned. >> chilling testimony in the jaycee dugard case how she described her terrifying moments all coming up. ,,,,

san francisco firefighters, mourn the loss of one of their own.. while another is i as a firefighter he was the first one in and last one out, a real firefighter's firefighter. >> san francisco firefighters mourning the loss of one of their own while another in critical condition this morning. the deadly phenomenon behind the tragedy. >> and what we never knew about jaycee dugard's years in captivity. the weapon phillip garrido used to kidnap her. good morning, it is friday, june 3. thanks so much for joining us. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 on this friday. i think lawrence got tired of us after we just kind of bailed on him all week. >> i thought you had sent his packing. i thought if we get somebody new to talk about the weather, maybe we'll get a better forecast. >> erika? >> that's not true. >> erika is the weekend evening shows. >> good morning. i'm sorry