a massive outpouring from the community. the unusual circumstances that have a little boy fighting for his life. oakland police investigate how a-year-old boy ended -- how a 6-year-old boy ended up wandering alone in a parking lot. and an early-morning fire claims the lie a woman in bay point. the efforts to effort to sash her life. good evening. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne.

hundreds of mixed had race donors volunteered today to try to help a little boy fighting for his lie. john sasaki is live in san mateo with why the boy's fight is so unique? >> reporter: ken, this is the preschool where hundreds turned out and used swabs to, as everyone hoped, become kyle's donor. everyone at serendipity school today was looking to be to be to be a serend impm im. seren--er -- a match. his family learned last month he was a rare blood disorder. >> his bone marrow is not making white blood cells, red

blood cells. >> reporter: a bone marrow transplant could cure him. kyle, who is half chinese and half white, is becoming a challenge. so being part asian my se, i figured -- myself was as good a time to become registered. you rub the is swab inside your cheek for 10 to 15 seconds. >> hopefully we have save a life for, if not kyle someone else. >> there is a very important way that you can make a statement about your commitment to lie, commitment -- commitment to life, commitment to kyle, commitment to many more people across the country. >> reporter: they have 18 more

donors scheduled this month. kyle was gonna be here but he had to go to the emergency room. his mother says he's doing okay. >> for more information on how you can help, including how to be a donor, you -- go to ktvu.com. we have an update on the little boy found all alone in oakland this morning. authorities say that he tracked down the -- they've tracked down the family. he wandered away from home and wound up in a bank pl at 3:30 this morning near international -- international boulevard. the boy was able to say his name and tell them where he lives. also, in oakland, police tell us they are questioning a person of interest in a suspicious death a woman in the oakmoore neighborhood. authorities found the woman at about 2:00 a.m. in a house on limen road

between clemens. investigators have not released her name or the cause of death. new details are emerging about a domestic violence investigation of ross mirkarimi one day about his scheduled swearing in as san francisco sheriff. the "examiner" reports one of mirkarimi's neighbors called police about an argument between mirkarimi and his by on new year's day -- and his wife on new year's day. authorities took camera from that neighbor as evidence. mirkarimi has not commented on the allegations. his wife said her husband has never been abusive. in -- investigators say 32- year-old frederick doser san francisco is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly 2010en, robbery -- weapon, robbery, rape and other charges. a tip led authorities to the

suspect and dna linked him to the crime. he has attacked and robbed three women along fairfield. police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead. police say that's where they found a man sur -- police say that's where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: personal belongings scattered in the street as residence fled a fire on tammy circle and bay point. >> the neighbors behind the townhouse, they were yelling get out! get out! >> reporter: one person did not make it out. firefighters discovered the bod

did of -- body of a 64-year-old woman. >> we're combing through the fire debris hoping to determine what the cause of the fire was. >> reporter: the victim was staying with her friend, a 62- year-old man who neighbors say has lived in this townhouse for decades. several neighbors told us the victim of this fire had been ill recently and was confind to a sofa bed on the first floor. >> translator: she could not talk because she had been really sick. she did not have a home and her friend was helping her out. >> reporter: the 62-year-old man escaped with minor burns and talked about his friend being stuck. >> the door was locked. he was not able to get her out. at that point, the flames were too big. >> reporter: the man told investigators he did not hear smoerk alarms -- smoke alarms. >> we're reminding everybody to test your smoke alarms every

month. >> reporter: anderson said this morning she's counting her blessings and saying a prayer for the woman who didn't survive. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a fire forced the evacuation of a lucky supermarket on mission street in daly city this morning. firefighters say the one-alarm fire broke out in the rear of the store at about 8:00 a.m. crews say flames and smoke were visible when they arrived. firefighters were able to contain the fire quickly. no injuries were reported and that store reopened. an early-morning fire has left a sonoma county family without a home. the family of four got out of the home unhurt and investigators now say the fire started in the chimney. the santa clara city council is expected to sign off on tuesday on a parking deal for the proposed 49ers stadium. the agreement between the owners of the great american theme park and the 49ers would

settle a lingering dispute. the 49ers would pay cedar fair $4.9 million so fans can use the main parking lot during football games and deeder -- cedar would drop their lawsuit opposing the new stadium. those trying to keep the 49ers out of the south bay took action. coming up in six minutes, why they think voters were misled. at this hour, six republican candidates are debating in new hampshire. the first of two debates before tuesday's primary. >> by training, the exercise is hard to get in. i -- >> this morning ron paul chatted up in diners in concord. he's holding second place behind mitt romney in the latest poll. >> i really to believe in the people of this state that they will do what is right, what's necessary. >> rick santorum is running behind in third place. he compared himself today in his speech to ronald reagan. >> big things, bad things,

except civic things. he brought obama care. we don't want it. mitt romney blasted the president today. he holds a commanding lead in the poll but is under attack. newt gingrich's campaign is circulating flyers that say "not romney" in the granite state. president obama in his weekly message said the u.s. economy is making steady progress as he announced a push for more jobs from the private sector. on wasn't, the white house will hold a forum called insourcing jobs. we'll hear from business leaders who are bringing jobs back home and see how we can help other businesses follow their lead. >> the president defended his appointment of richard cordray, saying republicans blocked the pointment -- the appointment for the sole purpose of trying to weaken the agency. nancy pelosi rallied local supporters saying republicans want to crush the middle class. >> and that includes destroying medicare, medicaid and social

security. it's impossible to exaggerate the damage that they are trying to do to our country. >> nancy pelosi warns democrats have a lot of work to do for 20123 but predicted the house -- 2012 but predicted the house will remain the majority and president obama will be reeleectsed. she spoke for her annual new year's event. occupy protesters rallied against foreclosures today. [chanting] >> demonstrators this afternoon went from bank to bank on mission street demanding banks stop the foreclosures and evictions of homeowners across the country. they are also demanding an end to what they call predatory lending tack be -- lending tactics. the excelsior is one of the

neighboredhoordz -- neighborhoods hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. he was parking. put it in park -- i was parking. put it in park and hit the gas. >> we talked to a driver who smashed through the window a coffee shop. >> a big warmup. coming up the areas that will start out sunday morning in the lower 30s and i will let you know if we have any rain clouds showing up on the long-range weather.

a woman is recovering after someone shot at her as she drove through san leandro. the chp says the woman was on highway 238 around 10:30 last night when sheep heard a pop and ther driver's side window blew out -- and her driverrary

window blew out. she called police. a driver crashed her car right nid middle of a castro valley's coffee shop. the -- right in the middle of a castro valley's coffee shop. no one was seriously hurt. the driver said she was going to get her nails done when she hit the gas instead of the break. >> thank god no one was hurt. no one was sitting outside drinking coffee. and i'm fine. i'm shaky but i'm fine. >> one man inside the coffee shop suffered cuts on his hands cleaning up. mike mibach reports on the hail mary effort to try to stop

stadium construction. >> reporter: you could say it's 4 and 10. late in the game and down. and this team is looking for a come basketball. >> $850 million in loans. we're a small city of 114,000 people. that's too much debt. >> reporter: members of santa clara tried to gather more than 4500-plus signatures. it's all part of a referendum drive to stop this from being built and today, some residents were signing on. >> all of our funds we're bringing in are gonna go to the stadiums, instead of schools and education where it should be going. >> reporter: back in june of 2010, voters here in santa clara approved measure j, basically giving the green light for the building of the stadium. well, the reason this group is out here today is because they feel the voters were not well informed about how much that stadium would cost, close to $1 billion. >> because this is so

different, we're hearing from people who are saying this is not what i voted for. >> reporter: this resident sports it. >> it sports -- supports it. >> it just takes that kind of money to do it. >> reporter: and a special election on this could happen as early as this summer. >> i just think in the long run it's not gonna benefit our city. an electrical workers union is now part of this stadium fight. ibew local 332 posted that they asked the 49ers to act as intercepters to stop the referendum. we found union employees handing out fliers that said why they should support them. one of them being job. the union wants to give the public an alternative view.

the 49ers say they have nothing to do with the union's plan. a federal court has overturned the conviction of the man accused of threatening to blow up a stadium at the super bowl. he was parmed when he got to the stadium -- he was armed when he the got stadium but changed his mind. the popular park shut down on new year's day during a manhunt for a gunman. today rangers wore black bands around their bam in honor of the ranger killed. tomorrow will mark one year since the tucson shooting

rampage. gabrielle giffords is in tucson to mark the tragedy. yesterday she attended a ceremony at her office in honor of zimmerman, bun killed in the shooting -- one killed in the shooting. today, tehran called the rescue done today a humanitarian gesture. on tuesday, 15 men were saved and the fishermen suffered for 13 days under the pirate's control. this happened after iran warned the u.s. it keep their ships out of the persian gulf. here's how things looked in the oakland hills this afternoon. a little breezy out there. a wind advisory for solano county has just expired. the national weather service

has low humidity and increasing winds could make for dangerous conditions in case of fire. fire concerns in january. >> yeah, it does seem kind of strange. let's check in with mark tamayo about the conditions out there. you mentioned a possible warm up. >> temperatures out there will be about as warm today. that means the warmest location is around 70 degrees. as far as some of the winds, dry northerly winds in place. we typically talk about these in august and september but they are sticking around. mt. diablo, the most recent observation, right around 55 miles an hour. fairfield, 29. wind speeds begin to fade away as you head close to san jose and vallejo. but still a bit of a breeze out there. a few high clouds having to move in parts of the region over the bay. there you can see the beautiful sunset and take a look at these numbers from this afternoon. santa rosa, oakland, hayward, all topped out at 70. san francisco. 66 this is typically the time

of year we could be talking about temperatures only in the 40s and low snow levels. but as you can see, it's the complete on pe sit for this afternoon -- opposite for this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies, still a bit of a breeze in the hills. we'll stick with the warm theme. the extended forecast, still, a dry pattern and breezy conditions return by midweek. no significant storms showing up at least not over the next seven days. pretty chilly in napa and santa rosa. san jose started out sunday in the upper 30s. high pressure has been in ch of our weather. the storm track,s you can see -- the storm track, as you can see, is being pushed to the north. there's one system to the east. as the low weakens and heads to the south we'll have decreasing wind fon your sunday. plenty of -- wind for your sunday. plenty of temperatures on track to reach 60s. warmest location almost 70.

santa rosa around 69. napa, 66. oakland, 66. san francisco, 64. more neighborhoods coming up. san jose, 66. gilroy right around 67 degrees. so not a big change from today's balmy readings. here is a look ahead -- monday morning, another very cold start. still fair skies. wind speeds do pick up a almost bit by tuesday and wednesday. so a bit of a breeze there. then by thursday, partly cloudy skies. heather and ken, as you can see, no rain clouds once again on this extended forecast we've been talking a lot about that over the past month. maybe beyond january 15th some of the forecast models try to bring in at least the possibility of -- one day a look at the forecast models say heavy, heavy rain. the next a few sprinkles. it's hard to peg one forecast pattern. but it looks like we could have a second change for the second half of the month. >> at this point, we'll take what we can get. >> if you have allergies --

i've been sneezing all day. >> okay. we'll keep our fingers crossed for rain. you might be able to guarantee a parking lot closer to the larkspur ferry terny nal. officials are scheduled to discuss a $65 monthly fee to park in one of 160 spots located closer to the dock. coming up -- the nfl playoffs kick off. we'll have the latest on the wild card weekend. and why sitings of -- sightings of a bird like this one have bird lovers all fluttered -- flustered.

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nfl's wild card in full swing. the 49ers are watching the game in new orleans. the lions are leading the saints, 14-7 late in the first half. in the earlier game, former oilers coach celebrated houston's first playoff game since 1994. it featured tj yates against andy dalton. they were tied and then jj takes it back 29 yards for a touchdown. watt is a former college tight end who went back to school deciding he had a better future in football. it was all texans after that. yates in the third quarter throwing long to andre jan son -- johnson. 42-10, houston. then with the bengals in need of a stop, foster makes the foreigner and then breaks tackles on the way to a 42-yard score. foster ran for 153 yards and

two touchdowns. in their first ever playoff appearance, the texans are moving on. they win it 31-10. they will now travel to baltimore, a team they lost to, earlier this year. stanford may still be smarting from its loss in the fiesta bowl. but the cardinal won a victory today. sanders announced that he will attend stanford rather than his father's allah matters. he had 65 touchdowns in his high school coo rear. brigham young's arena will be a new experience for basketball teams. it wasn't much of a contest today. brock nearly beat them by itself. he was perfect from the field. cougars led by 22 at the half. kept their foot on the gas pedal. he was 8-8 on the day.

can. we'll wrap up all of the lowell college for you tonight. see you then, including that very important nfl game going. >> thank you, joe. coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, we're monitoring a protest planned for tonight in oakland. organizers are billing it as a rally against police and say it is not associated with the occupy movement. we will, of course, be watching that. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> our coverage continues tonight with the 10:00 news right here on channel 2. and we're always here for you online at ktvu.com and mobile k. it vu. we'll see you -- and mobile tkvu. we'll see you back here ton tonight at 10:00 -- back here tonight at 10:00.