' parentally closed the door, locked it and says, you are not coming out. >> how an hour long standoff in san jose ended. the standoff? san jose started overnight. just came to an end an hour ago. it started with a call about a

stabbing victim. then a homeowner refused to come out and cooperate with police. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live to let us know how it ended. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: it has ended peacefully so that's the good news although it's now turned into a homicide investigation. the man who holed himself up into his house for a few hours has surrendered. >> there were no indications that there were hostages. we are happy to report there was a peaceful resolution to this. >> reporter: that was the sound of a flash grow nay used earlier this morning to try to get the man out of the house. we watched the s.w.a.t. team did a sweep of the home and the backyard which they are now treating as a crime scene. about a quarter to 2:00, police received a 911 call from someone inside the house off

cleveland avenue. when they arrived, a 51-year- old man was lying in the front of the home suffering stab wounds. he later died at the hospital. officers spoke to a man plays say is roger gantzerrt who neighbors say owned a plumbing business. the home was found to have several guns. >> there were surveillance cameras, pitbull, something that is overkill for a neighborhood >> reporter: police did not confirm that the person they have is roger gantzert. still no word on the relationship to the homicide victim. according to the neighbors, there are several people who live inside of this home. no word on whether they will face any charges. live from san jose, i'm tara

moriarty. a man is in the hospital after his eighth floor apartment unit caught fire. it happened this morning in san francisco. the man is now being treated at st. francis hospital for burn and smoke inhalation. several other residents were evaluated at the scene. the building security guard says he received a frantic call from a neighbor. >> a resident called down and said that there is a man screaming from the top of the 8th floor. so at the 8th floor, i walked out side. i could seat smoke coming from the ceiling and a man screaming, yelling and busted out the window. >> fire investigators sifted through burned contents of the apartment trying to determine if the smoke detectors were working. police are searching for suspects after a cab driver was abducted overnight, forced into the cab's trunk and released

later. ktvu's paul chambers joins with us more. good afternoon, paul. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. the cab was taken here from this place. it has now been towed away. a tow truck driver is loading up this yellow cab. the driver was carjacked in antioch and nine hours later, people who heard about the missing vehicle and heard it in the news called police. >> they called our officers and a couple of our officers were able to locate the vehicle. a yellow cab driver picked up three men from the pittsburg b.a.r.t. station and took them to an and. complex in antioch when he was robbed. >> one of the suspects was armed. he was forced into the trunk at gunpoint, driven out to oakland. >> reporter: the gunman stole the cab driver's jewelry, cell phone and money and dumbed him

off along joaquin mill road. the driver was not injured but was able to get help from police when he flagged down a passerby. antioch police say this is not an ordinary crime in the area but cab drivers do get robbed here a few times a year. we spoke to a friend of the carjacked cab driver who says he, too, was robbed two years ago when he picked up a man at the b.a.r.t. sub station. >> he had a gun, said, give it to me, one, two, three, four, five, give it to me. >> reporter: dealing with this latest case, investigators say that a few nights ago, a similar incident happened locally where a cab driver was put in the back that have trunk but that cab which was later ditched was found also in this general area. as of right there, there have not been any arrest in either case. paul chamber, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. there is a safety standdown in response to this month's

yatch racing. the u.s. coast guard has now suspended all yatch competition outsigh the golden gate. the issue was ordered yesterday nearly two weeks after the accident that killed five members of a yatch racing team. the decision has angered many bay area sailors. >> you just can't stop a community from doing what they love. part of the therapy is actually going out there and being part of it again. reliving it and working it. >> the order will affect a rest scheduled for this weekend. tomorrow's duck ship race now becomes a bay race instead of an ocean race. the boats must stay within a mile of the golden gate. there will be no race permits issued for future ocean races until further notice. an autopsy will be performed today on a body discovered monday near tagedda bay. authorities say it's too early

to say if it is one of the bodies of the missing members of a low speed chase. president obama is threatening to veto a bill. the gop plans to pay for the $6 billion measure by eliminating a preventive health care fund. the senate is unlikely to pass the house bill. the senate's version calls for raising social securedy and medicare payroll taxes on some high income business owners which republicans oppose. president obama also signed an executive order today targeting so-called diploma mills that take advantage of military members and their families. the president and first lady visited fort steroid fort

steward. practices are aimed for military families eligible for aid. he says that it is disgrace fall and appalling that educational institutions would target veterans for money. >> sometimes, you are dealing with folks who are not interested in helping you. they are not interested in helping find the best program. they are interested in getting the money. >> reporter: the bred also told the service members that america will fight for them just as they fought for their country. the demolition of a major san francisco thorough fare starts tonight. how people in the bay area are preparing for the closure of doyle drive the bay area is headed for a weekend warmup. rosemary will be here in minutes to tell you which neighborhood could top 80 degrees. also caught on tape, a car strikes two bicyclists. we'll tell you how the internet

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a car fire in oakland he is under investigation. the fire was visible from interstate 580 and several loud explosions from the air bags

were heard. firefighters were able to put out the flames in the cars as well as a nearby pole that caught fire and no injuries were reported. >> the big shutdown of boil drive is just eight hours away. ktvu alli rasmus takes a look at what will replace doyle drive when all the work is done. >> the construction equipment was quiet this morning but not for long. starting at 8:00 tonight, 300 workers using 40 demolition hammers will stand a round-the- clock operation to tear down doyle drive. >> they work their way back once they start from the top and then one they get the deck taken down, they'll start the column joo. the demolition will be finished by saturday night. >> we en courage people to watch it on our web cam and avoid the area because we don't want to attract people here. traffic is expected to be pretty bad. >> reporter: the thorough fare is expected to be closed for

many hours. this man is driving through for a morning jog but this will change his weekend. >> i won't come into town at all. we may watch the activity from the sausalito side. >> reporter: watch the demolition? >> exactly >> reporter: most of the demolition is happening right across the street from christie fields. while cal tran is not encouraging people to watch this, they know they can't keep people away from a national park so they are giving these, ear must haves because the demolition will be loud. there will be a new tunnel, and a whole new at-grade roadway. going to be a brand new congestion . >> after a weekend of inconvenience, drivers will have a new way to get from the golden gate bridge into san francisco. >> and here are more details on your options and alternatives during the doyle drive closure.

the main alternative will be park presidio boulevard. the six-lane street also nope as highway 1 links to is the avenue, south of golden gate park. a lot of traffic will use that road to get to the golden gate bridge. all bay area drivers should keep in mind that the doyle drive closure could make traffic bad in other parts of the bay area including an increase of traffic on the bay bridge. that's because are going to be use that go route to get into san francisco. people in the east bay who want to head into the city this weekend may want to consider using b.a.r.t. the best bet for the weekend might be the ferries. golden gate transity says it will double the usual number of boats this weekend. both go to the ferry terminal on the embarcadero in san francisco. there ace ferry that goes to at&t park but that one is

already sold out for tonight's giants game. we have posted more information on the doyle drive detour and transit information on ktvu.com. just click on the doyle drive tab at the top of the front page. new information now about the cost of driving in this country. aaa says that americans paid about 60 cents a mile to drive their cars during 2011, up slightly more than a penny compared to the year before. that surprised amists who expected prices to gun more than that because drivers are keeping their cars longer, they are maintaining more of their value. alcohol may have been involved in a rollover crash in hayward. the car landed on its roof near vermont and b street last night around 11:45. the driver apparently swerved on a turn. the vehicle hit a telephone pole, jumped the curb and broke some support wires. the driver was taken to the hospital. no one else was hurt.

at least 12 people were delayed early this morning when this a c transit bus was hit in an oakland intersection. just before 2:00 a.m., the bus was crossing through draped avenue and telegraph in oakland. that's when it was hit by a truck that police say ran a red light. the impact broke the glass on both the front and rear door of the bus. no one was injured. the man was arrested at the scene. two bay area cyclists apartly struck by a driver in berkeley are now sharing dramatic video on youtube. a man identified as bruno uploaded this video from a bicycle mounted camera which shows a small dark car hitting the cyclists on tunnel road. the two are knocked to the ground and the car takes off. cyclists seem to be okay. bruno wrote that he filed a police report and that officers locate the car and the owner. we are working to confirm all of this with berkeley police and we'll follow up on the later newscast pg&e says that a surveillance video from a

control center the night of the san bruno pipeline explosion never existed. the california public utilities commission requested the surveillance video from september 9, 2010 when the pipeline explosion and fire in san bruno killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. initially, pg&e said that the video has been inadvertently reported over. now, according to the fran chronicle, pg&e says it has discovered that the surveillance camera and the control center was not operating that night. a heavy dump truck left a bridge in hillsboro badly damaged and broke water, gas and sewer lines along wit. the san mateo daily journal provided this picture of this collapse. the the truck was filled with river rocks and got stuck after the privately owned bridge collapsed. authorities say it took more than three hours and two big rigs to pull the truck off the bridge and cap those lines.

there is a bidding war now between two foreign companies wanting to build b.a.r.t.'s new fleet of cars. this is animation of what the new fleet will look like. b.a.r.t. staff had recommended that the contract go to canada's bombardier. its bid was 1 1/2 billion dollars. now a french company is offering a price slightly higher, but it says at least most of its parts will be made in the u.s. compared to bombardier's 60%. b.a.r.t. will decide next month this sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. the entreprise has landed. enterprise was built in 1976 and has never actually flown in space. it was a prototype for the

shuttles that followed. it took off from dulles airport and was headed to new yorit will vooptly go to a museum on board the intrepid on the hudson river. that will probably happen in july. the trend that we have had will continue throughsaturday and probably some sunday. plenty of blue sky, is that not just a gorgeous view there? >> we will continue with mostly blue skies where we will see a little bit of cloud and fog. cover is going to be along the coast. it will be patchy in nature. the coast line is going to see sunshine as well this weekend. the winds generally light where we are, looking at pretty strong breeze, right along the coast line, anywhere from 25 to 35 miles per hour. that will be with us through the entire weekend. so small craft advisory for the outer waters, inside the bay.

going to be gorgeous for opening day on sunday. we have winds to about 12 miles per hour right now at sfo. low 60s in our forecast. san francisco, oakland, low 60, san jose, livermore, 63. concord, low 60s, even mitt to upper 620s now in areas around santa rosa, again, warmer than what we felt yesterday and this trend will be with us for the weekend. the system pushed off to the east after bringing us some rain and you can begin now to see this ridge building over the pacific. this is going to nudge over california. saturday and sunday are going to be the warmest days of the weekend. giving you a look here, sunday is did definitely going to be the longer one. another five to eight degrees warmer on saturday and sunday, five degrees or so of warming, expected over the inland areas. for today, 74 expected. mid-60s in berkeley, oakland, 66. head to the north bay, going to be nice. seasonal temps right on target.

santa rosa, 71. 68 san rafael, 63 in the city for today. into the south bay, 70 degrees. 72 from morgan hill. 68 in santa cruz. if you are out to see the giants this evening, bring your jackets. it's going to be clear, breezy and temperatures right at 54 degrees at game time, slipping into the low 50s by the end of the game. there is the extended forecast with the weekend in view. notice awful nice weather, even going above the seasonal norm. monday, we are a going to cool it back down at the coolest day of the next several days look to be on tuesday but, again, just a gorgeous, dry weekend. >> yeah. hopefully everyone will get to enjoy. >> thank you, rosemary. >> you got it it was a vision from the cold war era. a nike hurricane lease truck was taken from the missile site cold war museum in sausalito down to the half moon bay airport. it will be displayed there this

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out. mortgages now join the other financial services offered by costco such as held and auto insurance. next, the company plans toke paind -- to to expand into auto and consumer loans. and check out this zippy cup. the bunny ear could poke the child in the eye. you can return it to the store. it's almost closing time for the brewery beer in san francisco. the chain's lease expires tomorrow. gored beers could not work out a new lease with the land lord. instead, it will close and find a new location in the same neighborhood. a 200-pound bear is now back in the wild after spending some time on the university of colorado campus. the bear was spotted climbing up a tree yesterday near the

bear creek apartmentments. yes, that's its real name. state wildlife officials were called in after the bear fell asleep on the tree. they tranquilized the bear who fell on to some mats. they caged him up and took him back into some woods thank you for trusting ktvu for your news. be sure to be back again at 5:00. we are always here for you on ktvu.com and -- mobile ktvu.com.

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