morning. happening now at 6. a massive fire continues to burn this morning in san francisco. the extreme heat complicating things for firefighters. our top story. the first five- alarm fire san francisco has seen in years is still causing problems this morning. tom kron4's will tran and i will have a live report from the scene coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>: thanks for joining us on this early morning. i'm darya fall some and i'm mark gannon. us catch up with the weather greeted james fletcher is watching that and the warmup on the way. helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. --darya folsom and mark danon. wins will come down eventually-winds. looking

ahead towards the weak-80 degree weather is expected and it's going to be beautiful. will have a full look at the forecast coming up in a moment. ellis did quick check of that commute. >>: those lands we spoke about our accounting for wind advisories and of an issue bridge and they are pretty gusty with lots of reports of people experiencing them as they drive off this morning. if the tip of the metering lights have been activated as traffic starts to fill land across all lanes through a quick commute check. no problems for south bay peninsula and north bay freeway is. and our top story this morning in san francisco. cleanup operations continue for the fire. sorry about that could commute check. of the fourth street remains closed between channel banned mission bay. third street

the major commute >>: sapphire. -just that fire. the first five alarm fire in san francisco has seen in years is still causing problems this morning. this is video from a helicopter partnership with abc seven news. a condominium building under construction near a-t and t park went up in flames just before five o'clock yesterday evening. and burned for several hours. let's go live to where the fire is still burning this morning. at 4th street and mission bay. kron four's will tran is at the scene, will? >>will: right now you don't see any flames because right now the court is the issue. we'll show you the chart on the left side of your screen. but, when the it is right now. every time and

the firefighters a blaze of water onto the building. as you can see it as soon as the water leaves the halls it just turns into mist. we will couches the latter's three from the left to the right there's one to and i can't tell you this on the side. for on the corner. five on the other side of the truck and that's just this location. i'm sure there were very more even more spray water and the reason why is they want to make sure that the hot spots are out just to give investigators a chance to go inside the building later on to find out the cause of the fire. here is video we got right after this started. we do know that construction crews a raft of the day off 4:00 in the afternoon. some of the more on the scene to talk to investigators when they got out here. the cause obviously is not the guns are right now. this one to make sure the numbers don't cause any fires to the

surrounding buildings. when they got here, not only did they sprayed millions of gallons of water on to the structure itself. we're talking a 360 unit apartment apartment complex that should have been done by the end of the year. they put up a curtain of water to the buildings nearby to make sure they did not catch on fire. it worked for the most part there was a building next door that got so hot that some of the windows melted. in fact the sprinkles in some of those buildings went off. that along with the fire right next door caused people to be evacuated. fortunately no one was injured. and reports of anyone even suffering from smoke inhalation. it is extremely busy with all of the vehicles coming and going. lockdown at this location. the firefighters are here walking around just to make sure the member does it cause problems to this location. let me take you back on what george rask said a little bit earlier about traffic. you're looking straight down for

it. as you can see it's been taken down by the fire department. they've been here for what's the start of the 14th hour. obviously you can drive here at this location. will take the camera off the tripod at this location does you concede there are police vehicles at this location as well as of this location pretty much taken over by the fire department. the police department. and as we understand there could be a news conference coming up to the very latest on this effort to make sure this fire is completely out. back to you will print mark? >>: if you're not familiar with this the area.here's a map of the mission bay area. the fire was in a building at 4th and china basin streets. spanning a whole block.

and you can see how close this is to a-t&t park.just about a quarter mile away across the 3rd street bridge. the giants have parking lots around here. there is a lot of construction in this area.and a lot of materials to fuel the fire. plus. three major highways 80, 280 and 101 all pass near the location. continuing our team coverage this morning. is kron four's mike pelton. mike what can you tell us about those who had to evacuate the area? keep it tuned here to kron four for the latest information on the fire that continues to burn. we'll have updates on our facebook and twitter pages, as well as our website kron-four-dot-com.

facebook headquarters in menlo park will be back to business as usual this morning. but it was a different story last night. employees were evacuated around 7-15 after menlo park police received a threat report of a possible threat to the campus from san francisco police. >>: i saw the first crack and i got motivated and i heard the second and the third and then it started like a spider web. i throughout my luggage and the hallway and ran down the stairs. it's terrifying frightening. i'm glad i was home and my dog is ok because that was really lucky. >>: fire crews tell us that some of the heat from the fire also caused some of the sprinkler systems to go off inside the apartment. some of the residents were allowed timberlake back and

are escorted to the to grab some personal belongings the bank to back out. it appears everyone has found their own place to stay this morning but we do know there is a press conference schedule one hour from now with the san francisco fire chief. will to of the to not only on the evacuations of the fire as well life. back to you. bulldog: oooh!

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>>george: welcome back to the kron4 morning news 3 here's a quick traffic check as we look first at the bay bridge were the westbound a ride is starting to back up now that the very light have been activated. already slow beyond the 880 over crossing curry it when the advisory in effect over here and on 92 december tell bridge the overhead lights are out across the span. so you'll be driving across in the dark. and even though there isn't a wind advisory here you may find windy conditions. and at the richmond san rafael bridge

it's an easy westbound ride as the traffic volume is just beginning to pick up but there still no backups or delays. >>: up facebook headquarters in menlo park will be back to usual this morning but it was a different story last night. employees were evacuated around 715 after menlo park police received a threat report of a possible threat to the campus from san francisco police. menlo park police followed standard operating procedures and sent officers and bomb sniffing dogs out to the scene. successful after a thorough search, police determined the threat was unsubstantiated and not credible. around 8-30. general motors could be in some more hot water over it's handling of a deadly defect in certain compact cars. carsfemale announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera!

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welcome back our coverage continues on the mission bay fire near at&t park 3 here's what's happening right now. reports of steel and the building and warping due to the heat. firefighters continued to pour water on the building. the extreme heat is putting the building in danger of collapsing in fact one firefighter was burned because of the intense heat. it's also shattering nearby buildings. some of the homes have water damage because the fire's heat triggers sprinkling systems and the neighboring buildings. everyone is encouraged of avoiding the area of china basin and

fourth streets. george raft is tracking a hot spot. let's check in with him. >>george: you won't be able to get through on fourth street this morning because there are three closures and connection with the fire and its fourth street that is shut down between channel at the north and which is right at the edge and of the forestry bridge suffered travel down to the north bay. fourth street completely closed. third street is open this morning but there is a lot of police presence there. >>: tracking your ride throughout the bay area earlier this morning we had an accident on the sky way out of the traffic lanes in now. we're getting more with the westbound commute from hercules to berkeley where the drive time is climbing to 16 to 17 minutes. starting to pick up a little slowing out of walnut creek but the san ramon valley ride at 18 minutes still looks good. south bay freeways are problem free but a congestion. but some

suggestion starting to build up on 101 north bound. 80 minutes to in real time from 84 down to the montague expressway and still an easier ride through marin county for 101 up on the southbound side. we're still under 25 minutes. wind advisories in effect of this morning for the bay bridge. and the west were commute here. more evidence of the upper deck than the lower deck. first but of course you're somewhat protected on the lower deck side. fare trip to the san mateo bridge and highway 92. your problem free across the span. except that the lights are out here. notice the overhead lights at what appears to be the entire stretch of high rise and if you're heading tohe richmond san rafael bridge is to have a pretty easy ride in front of you. over to the weather center now here is james. >>james: again thank you george. a touch on that when we're dealing with this morning. the chp issuing a

weather when the advisory. when they're coming from the north east. gusts are getting at upwards of 40 the 45 mi. an hour. for the intent of there. we do look at the chance to stick adulteries. the debris of the broadway and of course if you're crossing bridges are going to want to make sure to be careful with that. here's where temperatures are at the moment. upper 50s to low 60s across the bay gwen effecter the wind fills a lot colder than that. come this after no change those plans to men to upper 70's. these they were looking at low '70s there. 73 for livermore and pleasanton. 72 for richmond us. and as we slip the maps over. we expected this time high of 72. 73 berkeley with a mix of 737475 for about across the north bay 3 here's 7 day

forecast coming up in just a minute. with talk about the long-term projections for the week ahead of the take away this morning is the winds. there will be strong and they may complicate your travel. >>james: this just dan-this is just and. there could be some cancellations at sfo. also and and out of the chicago area up where ground delays in chicago. we're looking at effects ranging all the way back here. we will keep our eye on and you should too. >>: and are watching the storm and chicago. at the winter storm of it through today. it will glass areas today and tomorrow with as much as 2 ft. of snow in the upper midwest. the storm could break up detroit's dismal record fall and give chicago its second winter storm on record. also the

heaviest wind to vermont could happen. just a few inches expected for york and boston. >>: chain. testimony continues this morning in the trail of four men charged with three murders in san leandro. they also face 4 counts of attempted murder following the 2011 shooting at a tattoo party. investigators say as the party was letting out the men drove-up. and opened

fire with semi automatic hand-guns killing three and wounding three others. and jury deliberation continue in the trial of two teens charged with the murder of kenneth seets outside the bay fair bart station in january of last year. police say jabrie bennett and andre smith fired shots near the bus zone killing seets, who was an innocent bystander waiting for a bus. swat teams from throughout solano county will participate in a training exercise today at six flags discovery kingdom. the vallejo police department is hosting the event. you may hear gunshots or see smoke rising from discovery kingdom during the training exercise. members of six flags discovery kingdom's security staff and administrative personnel will also participate in the training. jonathan martin, the victim of the richie incognito bullying scandal, is now a

san francisco 49er. the 49ers traded an undisclosed conditional draft pick to the miami dolphins to get martin. martin is an offensive lineman from stanford, who was the dolphins second round pick in the 2012 draft. he played for stanford when 49ers head coach jim harbaugh coached at stanford. martin tweeted last night, "opportunities are few in the n-f-l. can't wait to get to work hashtag- niners empire." still ahead on the kron four morning news. new questions this morning in connection with these pictures of a malaysia airlines pilot who was on board that plane still missing. plus, viewers took to social media when the fire near a- t and t park broke out. kron four's gabe slate will show you some of the best video and pictures. ♪

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time for the kron4 tech reporter with dave slate. >>: at m2 did this picture same flames a burst through the roof of the structure next to his office and look at this picture from thomas was in the middle of the bay won best went down. the gunfire and brokerage here's another pitcher from mission bay. it gives you an idea of how big of the smoke plume was. edward posted another view from mission bay and mike 8984 if the posted this

video on the. if you like to see the amazing pictures. or if you want to send in your of carlos a kron4 >>: offsnow to the latest on that plane still missing this morning out of malaysia. there's still no sign of any wreckage or the 239 people on board the jetliner. authorities still aren't ruling out any possible causes, including mechanical failure, sabotage or terrorism. there's also this. a woman who knows one of the co- pilots on board that flight claims he once invited her

to ride in the cockpit. she says he let her and a friend spend the entire flight with the pilots. raising questions about safety and the potential for pilot error. malaysia airlines says its shocked by the woman's claim and has not been able to confirm the story. flight 3-70 lost contact on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing 5 days ago a couple accused of stealing luggage during the asiana a couple accused of stealing luggage during the a couple accused of if ty sethatinnesduring the asia gon be od.. ...the ll nna t it rht ay. and untrcrocmakesure yo masd ps will bcrea and licis evy ti. it srs ieasi, to gi masd ps

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and a bell on wall street on this wednesday morning for it looks like a drop on the opening. dow futures down 54 points. still worried about ukraine. crimea well try to split from ukraine to become part of russia. dow futures down 54. we could see a drop in early trading. >>: our top story the fire that continues to burn as construction site at the mission bay complex and san francisco. crews have been pouring water on the core of the building all morning long and we've seen a little flareup this morning with one of our live crews. if the let's go now to will tran on the same with margaret >>will: or 14 and half hours into the fight the they're not calling this over by a longshot. six ladder trucks just at this location. i'm pretty sure there are more. were talking about the focus

of the core their hot spots they have to do with her it said it would be surprised if that building collapses because of all the damage from the fire and also the wake of the water. this building should have been done and because there were no sprinklers and the place. here's video we got right after it started off 5:00 yesterday afternoon. that probably got a howard our headstart. when a guy here is pretty much and croft and golfed. the entire in units. we did the math. the damage isn't aware from $240 million because it was supposed to hit the market. unfortunately where they kept the damage to this unit and not to some of the others surrounded. the fire department household pour water on to the building but

they also have a water curtain on the other to make sure it did not spread to those places. the heat was so intense that it melted building to next. that's why those residents were forced to evacuate. fortunately none of those residents were injured for smoke inhalation or the flames. obviously very rattled by what happened. a lot of them had to find places to stay overnight. they will maintain to continue pouring water on to the building. there's reports that even the still inside are worked at this hour because of the intense heat. thanks a lot

will. >>: our team coverage continues to kron4's mike called on the other side of the fire and still seeing flames. he's there as the firefighters continue to evaluate the same. >>: is continuing to pop up on the side of the building. member a press conference here in the next half hour with a san francisco achieved through will bring this to you live. evacuation's still applies for a couple of the apartment complexes. red cross does that set up a temporary friends and family

were brought out. firefighters on the same time it that's the issue is it still and the collapse of. will bring that to you live. >>: this morning. is kron four's fix she's here o o k a note mike pelton.

mike what can you tell us about those who had to evacuate the area? we want to show you what this fire looked like as it was happening. these are up-close shots from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. people who live and work a short distance away. this is what they were looking at. you begin to understand why people talked about being absolutely terrified. they were watching the flames move quickly through the condo project. these are scenes from the height of the fire.

this complex is so big, it takes up much of a city block. because it was under construction, the "fire stops" had not been built yet. to keep the fire from spreading between units. then parts of the complex began to collapse. luckily, it mostly collapsed in on itself, not out toward firefighters. this is what has become of "mission bay 360." the project was to feature retail space and 360-condos. priced at 630-thousand dollars. it was on track to open by the end of the year. not anymore. keep it tuned here to kron four for the latest information on the fire that continues to burn.

we'll have updates on our facebook and twitter pages, as well as our website kron- four-dot-com. >>george: we have a rock- solid malta on top of the bay bridge toll plaza but even if it is starting to would go a little bit as winds are gusting at the bay bridge. enough so that they have issued a wind advisory for the san francisco oakland bay bridge as well as for the venetian road this morning. and even go there are no other official advisories it's likely you will encounter when the advisory's this morning. also problems for the san mateo bridge where we have the overhead lights out as it will be less of a problem right now as it's still dark out it is a big difference to drive across of that without the overhead lighting. >>: 637 is the time right

now. but we will talk to our financial expert rob black some. plus ought to mom and back in the headlines three will tell you what she is- judge why she is back in trouble. --octomom is back in the headlines.

welcome back to the kron4 morning news. in new jersey-- a man is facing charges after police say his two-year-old son was found carrying packets of heroin at a child care center. according to officers, a mccaw teacher at michael's energy factory in paterson found 48 small envelopes of heroin in the boy's jacket on monday. police don't believe the child even knew the drugs were there. the boy's father, phillip young, is now charged with endangering the welfare of a child. his bail was set at 85- thousand dollars. >>darya:the so-called "octomom" says she did not

scam the welfare system. nadya suleman has pleaded "not guilty" to a fourth county of welfare fraud in los angeles. the mother of 14 children rose to fame in 2009 -- when she gave birth to octuplets. prosecutors say she collected more than 25- thousand dollars in state aid. but didn't tell social workers about the money she got from videos and appearances. if convicted on all four charges -- she could be sentenced to more than six years in jail. and just in this morning-- a white house officials says president obama will direct the labor department to push for more overtime pay. the directive is meant to help salaried workers, such as fast-food shift supervisors or convenience store managers, who may be expected to work more than

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comeback an update on our weather and traffic. blessed to george rask and the weather center. now looking in the hot spots right now. and i think that's good news although we do have wind advisories in place for some bay area bridges like the bay bridge. the back up has been steadily growing for the westbound ride back down to about was grand ave. 80 minute drive time on average. even the eighth aid approach as slow this morning oftentimes with wind advisories they will slow the leading lights down. for your ride to the san mateo bridge. no wind advisory here but know that we don't have any lights either. of the overhead lighting up

this morning for about the westbound and east bound direction. and for your ride to the rich and san rafael bridge and the commute here to a starting to see things. on the right-hand side of the toll plaza. and as we look ahead at the bay will update some drive times. for our place to burn away the 90 minutes commute is unfolding as it should. west 24 still looks good and the san ramon valley right now up to 20 minutes with a little slowing through danville. loss of 580 from livermore. metric and the delays here on 85 and the rent ride as a bit of congestion and still just a 27 to 20 minute drive time from about all down to the golden gate bridge. here's james now with a look at your weather. >>james: we will talk about

those winds up just as you did george. the national weather service issued a one adviser until it o'clock this morning. wind speeds in some parts of the bay steady. and others were seen gus of 2 45 mi. an hour. we're getting some reports of trees down through the that could bring down power lines. we're going to have power loss for some communities this morning. when you factor in the wind of course it fills a lot cooler than what the thermometer says. in the east bay will be a little cooler but not much but to repeal the canelo '70s. spa has a head over to a san francisco downtown will look and 72. here's your 7 day

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happening now at 6. a massive fire continues to burn this morning in san francisco. the extreme heat complicating things for firefighters. 5 our top story. the first five- alarm fire san