at first, it seemed like a routine house fire but now investigators say there is something very different about what happened here. that is our top story. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. the early-morning fire sent frightened residents running for their lives. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in

pinole, where investigators believe this fire was no accident. tara? >> reporter: well, the house is boarded up. but from what we're being told, the fire appears to be intentional and an isolated incident. firefighters busted down the front door. they broke windows and quickly dragged hoses to squelch flames that riched through this house on sara court just before 4:30 this morning. >> it started on the porch. when he came out of the house, the fire was on the front door and the porch area. nothing was inside the house. it is suspicious. >> reporter: ktvu was the first to bring you this video pr a firefighters' helmet camera. the 24-year-old who just started renting this house from his parents was sleeping

alongside his girlfriend, when he heard some glass shattering. >> when he -- when he went to the hallway, he saw a lot of smoke. that's when he realize the house was burning. >> reporter: jesus' mother said she's thankful they got out in time. >> they got out in time. things can be recovered. >> reporter: crews say the damage would have been more -- less severe if it weren't for the budgets. >> we had to close the station near here in july. and that station would have been here earlier than the station from downtown pinole. >> reporter: damage estimates are at $100,000. police are now handling the investigation and say the previous tenants here may have been the intended target of the arsonist. any evidence, however, burn patterns, that sort of thing, was destroyed by crews trampling through that front

porch. live in pinole, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. a fire is ripping through a redwood city mobile home park at this hour. chopper 2 was over the scene about an hour ago just after the flames broke out. the fire is burning in the lamar trailer park just off highway 01. the fir appears 20 -- highway 101. the fire appears to have spread. no word on injuries. fire -- fire vancouvers are looking for the cause of an apartment building on hardcor street. it quickly spread 24r50u the attic and the walls -- through the attic and the walls. this morning people were gathering what belonging they could and looking for somewhere to stay.

richmond police have called off the search for a gunman bramed for a -- blamed for a shooting near the railroad tracks that happened this morning at 3:30. witnesses say a man flagged down the train and said someone shot him from the rooftop. he said he also saw a laser beam. they searched the area. they could not find anything. the shooting victim is expected to be okay. some people are honoring martin luther king by doing service work, including the obamas. the obamas were in d.c. at the library sprucing it up. later today, the first couple will attend the "let freedom ring" celebration at the kennedy center.

hundreds of people boarded cal crane for the -- caltrain on the freedom train that commemorates the civil rights march from selma to montgomery. >> the train humanizes -- symbolizes human rights, freedom of thought. it symbolizes so many different things to so many different people as well at the legacy of -- as well as the legacy of dr. king. >> organizers planned a full celebration there to mark ming day. many people in the bay area are -- are marking the day with a day of service. new at noon, allie rasmus is live with people who are trying to make the city greener, literally. good afternoon. allie. >> reporter: that's right. right now, the volunteers have

just finished up their work. you have a girl scout troop cleaning up some of the mess here. but what's going on part community service event for the martin luther king holiday but it's also part research project. an oakland nonprofit is teaming up with researchers from -- from uc davis to celebrate a special kind of soil they just put on the ground. there's plenty of pavement here but not many tree es. these volunteers want to change that. the nonprofit urban relief organized more than 100 volunteers to plant trees to celebrate the martin luther king, junior holiday. >> this is west oakland. we are surrounded by freeways. >> reporter: the air quality can be harmful for people with respiratory problems. >> people here are hospitalized seven times the national average. so planting trees will not only beautify the community but it will help with air and water

quality issues. >> reporter: trees can have a tough time growing in urban areas like this. >> a tree can get so compactioned at times. there's nowhere for the soil to go. >> the hope is the trees will have better growth, better survival with this type of soil. >> reporter: now, not only is this new soil that's now already in the ground, not only is it better for trees, it's smoesed to do a -- supposed to do a better job of filtering pollutants. so richers will be back here to figure out what type of pollutants were picked up and how much. back to you. >> thank you, allie. in san jose, dozens of hospital staff traded in their scrubs and took the day to help transform a middle high school. they painted the locker rooms,

cafeteria and library. the san francisco labor council hosted this conference this morning to honor the martin luther king holiday. mayor ed lee was among those attending. the labor council often cites dr. king's call as economic justice. we have a complete list of local volunteer projects on ktvu.com. click on the mlk day events link. san francisco's new sheriff is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on criminal charges stemming from accusations he physically abused his wife. ross mirkarimi continues to go about his routine business. a ktvu camera caught him at the martin luther king breakfast we told you about a moment ago. on friday, prosecutors charged him with domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading an incident on new

year's eve. the sheriff was booked and released on the jail he oversees on $35,000. he says he's innocent and prefuse -- refuses to step down. 49er fever is building in the bay area. this comes after they beat the saints in the first playoff game for them since 2003. they will take on the giants on sunday. the winner goes to the spoel. at lefty o'doul's bar and grill in san francisco had morning, the word is it is good for business. >> i think it's gonna be crazy. i think it's gonna be another busy week. saturday when the 49ers played, it was busy from the front to the back of the house. it was full. there is a possibility for a unique super bowl with a head -- with the head coaches of the two teams being brothers. jim harbaugh coaches the 49ers. his brother is the coach of the

ravens who play the patriots for the afc championship. tickets for the nfc championship game go on sale this wednesday. plea sale for season ticketholders begins at 10:00 a.m. and then at 1:00 p.m. seats will open to the general public. playoff tickets will be told by ticketmaster, online or phone. they will not be available at candlestick park. again, the 49ers play on sunday to see who goes to the super bowl. kickoff at candlestick park is at 3:30. we'll carry the game here. we have all of the highlights so far on our website at ktvu.com. at this hour, the highway patrol has reopened devil's slide in both directions after an injury crash. as of 11:30, officers are letting traffic get around the accident one direction at a time. the crash reportedly sent two people to the hospital. the northbound side was closed for over an hour.

there has been some backup on highway 92 this morning, as some drivers were returned -- were turned around in monterra. ahead -- you will hear updated information about a frantic search after a multi- story building collapses. the bay area weather weather pattern is starting to look like winter, finally. rosemary is up next on the cold and when you will finally see rain. today, i'm suspending my campaign for the presidency. another republican presidential candidate just got out of the race. ahead, you will hear him explain why. ♪ now all general mills big g kid cereals have more whole grain than any other ingredient. the same great taste they love in cereals like lucky charms

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firefighters near long beach in los angeles county have knocked down a major fire at an oil refinery complex. flames broke out just before 4:30 this morning near an administrative -- inside an administrative building at the conocophillips building. more than 150 firefighters responded. they contained a fire with no injuries, no oil products burned. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the death toll now stands at 24 from a building collapse in beirut, lebanon. the five-story apartment building came crashing down last my.

search crews have been digging through the rubble hoping to find survivors. among the dead is a 15-year-old girl. tenants say the building been in a state of disrepair, made worse by rain. the search is still on after a cruise ship capsizes in italy after it struck a reef on friday and started sinking off the tuscan coast. crews had suspended their search earlier today after the vessel shifted in rough seas. so far the bodies of six people have been recovered. 16 are still missing, including a couple from minnesota. those who survived said they are lucky to be alive. >> it was chaos. glass, everything was everywhere. >> the ship's owner is blaming the captain for the disaster. the captain is behind bars. he's being investigated for manslaughter, abandoning the

ship and causing a shipwreck. jon huntsman has dropped out of the race for the republican presidential nomination and has thrown his support behind another candidate. i believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. despite our differences, and the space between us on some of the issues. i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> huntsman announced his decision this morning in myrtle beach, south carolina. ahead of that state's primary this saturday, the former utah governor had trouble gaining traction in his campaign. jon huntsman called on the candidates to stop attacking each other and focus on the real concerns of voters of the remaining five candidates will try to shore up some last- minute support tonight hen they take a stage for a fox news

debate. newt gingrich, rick santorum and rick perry say they are in it to win it as they battle for the state's sizable evangelical vote. there will be a shakeup on the oakland city council following the november elections. two council members announced they will not seek reelection. jane brunner and nancy del. and councilman de la fuente has not decided if he will run for a sixable term. already several have lined up to replace the candidates. more red light cameras could soon be coming to marin count. the cameras are operated by red flex, the same company that operates these companies in napa -- cameras in napa. and san ralph fall placed these cameras in irwin.

these cameras bring in 80,000 in revenue each other. today is the daft ray for ice -- last day for ice saying. thousands of skaters have taken a -- ice skating. thousands of skaters have taken a turn around the ice. good afternoon to you. it's a wintry cold day, a perfect day for ice skating. looking at that view, a little bit of a haze. we're looking at another gorgeous day with mostly sunny skies. the winds are lightening up. we have calm conditions tonight and that will set the stage for a very cold evening, even colder than last night. 48 in san jose. although still chilly, you will need your jacket for most of

the day, if not all day. 47 in fleap. checking in at 49 in concord, 47 in livermore. widespread upper 40s, around mountain view, palo alto, redwood city, 47, the winds are still coming in from the north- northwest and generally light between 5 to 10 miles an hour. we talked about a fire burning here, this wind is a light one, meaning the smoke is going to float in this direction. perhaps mountain view, palo alto. lieuout the afternoon, air quality looking good. a freeze washing for tonight. as i mentioned, year's -- we're gonna continue to calm down. by tonight, 1:00, tuesday morning, most areas inland, the only area without will be parts of the city. everybody looking at that freeze warning, even a freeze warning for parts of the delta. it may be a good idea to water

those plants, moist type of soil. giving you a look here at the satellite radar. here is the trough in place continuing overhead. we'll continue with the very, very chilly weather as we move through the first half of the week. still have our eye on the couple of systems. it looks like wednesday perhaps stretching it back into thursday. let me show you the y the new model is giving us a little slower arrival. we have wednesday afternoon. we still look a little dry and it's not until thursday and then friday that we'll get more rain. rain on saturday. 51 san francisco, 52 in oakland. 52 san jose and your extended forecast here. so definitely the big weather pattern changing here. first the cold weather, the breezy conditions, the freeze warning for tomorrow. the rain arriving by the second

half of the weekend could be breezy at times. we're looking at the responsibility of two inches of rain. >> all right. >> and then and -- and then an inch or so for us. a doomed russian probe fell back. it never made it out of earth's orbit. gravity finally pulled it back to earth. preparations are underway for the first ever mavericks festival. organizers of the big wave competition came up for the more event. the day of the competition, whenever that may, mavericks could be held any time between now and march 31st, depending upon when the big eaves roll in -- waves roll in.

if there's no contest, the festival will still take place on march 31st. "american idol" returns here. in the last hour, i talked to one of the judges, steve tyler. the lead singer of "aero myth" says he loves watching the transition from when they walk in and then they -- until they are standing up and singing for the audience. >> i love playing the -- playing the judge. >> tyler says aerosmith is writing a new album right now and is looking forward to a new generation of fans. just ahead, new information on we -- that we just got on that fire in redwood city. and auiters give a rare look inside the factories that make

apple product and they found some issues.

this week, the sonoma city council will vote on whether to enact a moratorium on chain stores. it will be in effect until they reach a decision on a proposed ordinance to limit those businesses from coming to the city. and that could affect san francisco-based williams sonoma. the company wants to return to sonoma and open a store at the original site on broadway where chuck williams first started

selling high-end cookware in 1956. the store then moved to san francisco two years later. apple is breaking its usual corporate silence and is voluntarily talking about working conditions in its overseas factories. apple is sending independent auditors in the plant where the devices are assembled. this is after reports of 12 suicides at partner factories in chine nau. apple said it found many cases of underaged workers and excessive work hours in those facilities. we have new information now on that fire in redwood city we told but earlier in the newscast. the fire 90 minutes ago and a trailer park on east bayshore road. the city's public information officer just told us that the fire is now out and two mobile homes and a vehicle were destroyed and two other homes were damaged. one wz went to the hospital with smoke inhalation. there's no word on that

person's condition, nor on what caused the fire. tonight at 5:00, it was 25 years ago, and people who wanted to park the anniversary of the golden gate bought a brick with their name on it. starting tomorrow, those bricks will be destroyed, every single one of the. the reason why -- one of them. the reason why and how those people will be remembered instead. thank you for trusting ktvu news. we'll see ut next time news breaks -- see you the next time news breaks. we're always here on mobile and ktvu.com. pup base

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