and his sister and mother were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. ktvu's david stevenson spoke to kevin's father to ask how the family is recovering. david? >> reporter: the family is struggling but they are looking forward to recovering from the crash. >> reporter: he says his family is trying to move forward. [ speaking foreign language ] >> devastating. i lost my son. almost lost my wife. >> reporter: kevin san was killed killed when the van driven by his mother was rear ended by a suv going more than 70 miles an hour. prosecutors announced the driver jennie zhu will face felony voluntary manslaughter and reckless driving charges. >> i think -- i hope she will get what she deserves. >> reporter: the mom is in

therapy recovering from a brain injury. >> the problem is her memory lost a lot. >> reporter: documents indicate jennie zhu told investigators the suv accelerated without warning and didn't make an attempt to stop the car. >> i want her to think deeply on herself. why this happened and cause this to my family. >> reporter: jennie zhu's attorney did not return hour calls but she set to be arraigned thursday. the father will be in court as well. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. developing news now. a dozen homes have been destroyed in a wildfire burning in big sur. helicopters are dropping water over the flames fear pfeiffer ridge road. at this point the highway remains open but that could change. the chelsea prince carbon monoxide -- the chp continues

to monitor the situation. 500 acres burned and there is no containment. one of the homes destroyed belongs to the volunteer fire chief. ktvu's amber amber lee is there and we will hear from her when we get a signal. weather could make a big difference, our ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions. >> the conditions aren't that massive, upper 60s, humidity in the 17s. it has been dry. a dry year. so the hills are not as moist as they would normally be. in the fire zone the weather isn't playing a major role but what is helping, you see that wind out of the southwest, that wind will increase the humidity into the evening hours, it will drop temperatures as well. that is a good direction. here are the clouds.

those are the clouds that were coming in. it is dry. dry season. check out the terrain by the park. you have been down there. that is steep stuff. fire is on this side of the road but that is a tough area to fight fires. you have a lot of brush, it is dry. no rain. the weather is involved but it isn't driving the fire as the weather does. when i come back, more about our weather. which is warming up. hopefully won't contribute to more fires. i will see you back here after the break. >> follow ktvu on twitter for the latest breaking news updates. we will tweet out developments on the fire. investigators today called for major changes in a draft report on the chevron refinery fire. they said the incident last year at the chevron refinery

was preventible. it said after a 2007 fire workers told the company about hazard and nothing was done to address them. the fire sent 15,000 people to helmets with breathing -- hospitals with breathing problems. they suggest they adopt a new system, that requires input from workers, the company and regulators to identify safety hazards. if the company does not implement what is agreed on the regulator can shut down operations. >> i believe it will take a lot of work. i like the effect where workers are given more power to be involved in decisions. >> those changes recommended in the report aren't just for chevron but all california refineries. more details on the fire, three weeks after the fire on october 6, 2012, the u.s. chemical safety board and cal-osha launched an investigation.

january 30 this year cal-osha issued citations for safety violations. october 5, chevron agreed to pay $2 million in fines after pleading no contest to charges from the fire. our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. we posted the draft report on our website, if you would like to read it. go to our home page and click on east bay tab. city counsel will discuss possible pay cuts for police officers. a 5% pay caught and 25% increase in healthcare contributions. they said it is necessary to close the $5 million budget gap. the city is seeing a string of homicides in recent weeks. the water main break at san jose international airport. things are getting better tonight but travelers are still being inconvenienced. the trouble started early this

morning and created a lot of confusion during a busy time for the airport. ktvu's robert handa is live at san jose international with more on the repairs and the problems and a possible cause here. >> reporter: we have been following this situation since this morning. at this hour people will find life easier than travelers did earlier before the flooding. half an hour ago officials told me engineers say they believe a failed joint is responsible for today's misery. >> reporter: it took one look at the dripping conditions at san jose international airport for travelers to know plans will be doused. >> it is kind of weird. unexpected. we are like wait. what is going on here? >> reporter: work crews are cleaning and repairing after the water main break in the sky bridge connecting terminal a to

the parking area. 2,000 gallons poured out and the hot water temperature set off the sprinklers. >> flooded the bridge, security check point and put us out of operations. >> reporter: one flight to los angeles was canceled and several others delayed. they scrambled to get passengers and luggage on board. >> get tags. and bring them out here. they will load them up here and then you go back into the building. to the check point. >> reporter: screenings went slowly with one lane open. still many could see the damage. >> under the circumstances it looks like it was a devastating situation as far as the timing and everything else. i mean, monday morning commute could be crazy. >> next week it would be worse. >> reporter: officials are advising travelers to check with their airlines and to

arrive two hours early. we have been told a failed joint caused the water main break. the investigation as well as clean up and repairs will continue through the night. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the city counsel is scheduled to disa spending ordinance that bans people from sleeping or living in their cars. they passed the ordinance in october. now the city manager wants to suspend it while the supreme court considers the constitutionallality of a similar law in los angeles. governor jerry brown was in mountain view today talking to leaders about the role silicon valley is playing in the economic recovery. >> employment is coming back. there is tremendous things being invented and still occurring. >> the governor said california

has a budget surplus after facing devsets year after year and it was accomplished through cuts and taxes. >> we cut, we tax and we are still investing. those three things are very important to stabilize and advance our country. >> the governor says there is a lot of excitement in silicon valley and people come here from all over the world. a judge ruled today that the nsa's practice of collecting phone records in bulk is unconstitutional. 5 plaintiffs brought the suit against the government. the judge ruled the practice violates the ban on unreasonable searches and the judge agreed the privacy of the

plaintiffs outweighed the government's interest in collecting the data. the adjustment put the decision on -- the judge put the decision on hold pending a government appeal. 7 people in berkeley all robbed since thursday. the one factor most had in common. >> we went from record lows to near historic highs. how long the warm weather will last where you live. >> and a san jose pilot and his passengers missing in idaho. >> trees, snow. >> what one volunteer told us about the rescue continuing after authorities called off the search.

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. developing news out of big sur, a wildfire destroyed a dozen homes. the pfeiffer fire is burning quest of highway -- west of highway 1. ktvu's amber lee just arrived there, what are fire crews telling you tonight? >> reporter: well, we are at the big sur rangers station. we could smell the smoke and off highway 1 we could see the flames and here with me is scott miller to bring us up to date on the fire. >> the fire is very active. it is 0% contained. i was up on the mountain reviewing what happened and our evacuations we have done, and i have seen the devastation of the homes that have been destroyed. >> reporter: how many homes destroyed? >> it appears at least 15 homes have been troyed. narrow roads -- destroyed. narrow roads, it was a quick moving fire and little chance to save the structures.

>> reporter: what is the game plan for attack? >> the game plan is to cross our fingers and hope the fire moves towards the ocean and we are hoping based on the weather forecast that that will work out. we believe there will be less structures if any that will be in danger if the fire moves in that direction. >> reporter: at this point i understand it was fueled by high winds, doesn't seem that windy now, is mother nature in your favor? >> we believe so. the problem is no rain. we have had no rain and there is a great deal of fuel. moving rapidly. >> reporter: how many people evacuated and what is being done for them? >> we had a hundred people evacuated and a few people refused. we are making sure people have a place to go and food to eat. the red cross is here working with us. >> reporter: thank you for your

time. again, night fall now, they are continuing the work but mother nature is in their favor. not very windy right now but everybody is keeping their fingers cross. as soon as we have more we will bring you the latest. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. despite the official search effort ending, friends and relatives continue to look for a missing plane caring a san jose pilot and his family. dale smith, his son, daughter were all on board. they were flying to montana two weeks ago. a group of friends just returned from a week of searching but they found no sign of the plane or those on board. >> if it was any one of us, anyone period, he would have been out there leading the search himself. >> the family created a

facebook page devoted to the search. it includes satellite image to help people on the ground. police say a man found dead in a strip mall parking lot lost control and crashed a scooter he was riding. the body was found 4:30 a.m. this morning in the lot at the shopping center on stevens creek road. he hit a curve and a pole and police say he was not wearing a helmet. the spike in robberies near the university of california at berkeley has students and residents on all -- on alert. ktvu's allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: it is finals week at university of california at berkeley and it is not hard to find students with their smart phones or laptops. >> i don't think about it. i take care of myself. >> reporter: police are 1ing

students and residents -- are warning students and residents. >> don't have that stuff out, maybe that person won't we considered desirable to robbers. >> reporter: after midnight thursday morning police say a man walked into this shop, cut the ipad that was attached to the register in front of the employee. sunday morning two university of california at berkeley students were held up at gun point and 3:00 a.m. sunday university of california at berkeley police say a student was the victim of an attempted robbery -- a man tried to steal her bag. the student scream and the suspect ran away. >> shocks people, it is so close. people think they are safe. >> reporter: police are working to increase patrols in the area

wheres the robberies happened. on saturday afternoon a woman had her cell phone ripped out of her hand. police started doing joint patrols with b.a.r.t. police. >> we are not the only city facing the problems. >> reporter: robberies are up 22% city wide from a year ago. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. california voters may get a say in reshaping death row. officials submitted a initiative. it calls for the end of single cell housing at san quentin and death penalty cases wouldn't automatically be appealed. the cases would go to the state court of appeals. supports believe it would save money. >> the number one cost of the death penalty is the cost of keeping prisoners on death row for 25 years.

>> if backers gather enough signatures it could appear on the fall ballt. the state is -- ballot. the state is looking to hire correctional officers over three years because 1800 correctional officers retire every year. officers must be 20 years old, a u.s. citizen and have a high school diploma and pass tests, evaluations and background checks. another warm one out there today. upper 60s and 70s out there. these were the numbers. national weather service official numbers. santa rosa not sure. 81. the national weather service national weather service saying maybe it is messed up. oakland 71. napa 67. 67 livermore. 71 morgan hill. warmest day, tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler. few high clouds over head. you see them here. clouds filter the sunshine

tomorrow and there is a onshore flow and that will bring fog back to the coast by tomorrow afternoon, maybe evening and wednesday we will see clouds and cooler temperatures. current numbers in the 50s. 10 spare the air night in a row, if you will. double, 5 was the record. now we are at 10. looks like maybe one tomorrow. we will see. maybe not. high pressure tomorrow. weakens a little bit. numbers fall a little bit. tomorrow just like today. but not wednesday and thursday. wednesday and thursday as the weather system drops down we will see temperatures drop off as well. tomorrow upper sixties. mid-60s. wednesday and thursday, back into the low 60s and 50s. clouds from the south. that will help the big sur fire tomorrow. and then tomorrow night, clear

around here. here comes the fog wednesday. and then wednesday night you see that system go through. it is weak. that line is that system. could breaking system or two. fog back to the coast. we will all notice no 70s and no upper 60s. this drops temperatures into the 60s and 50s. and then clears out. not a productive type of system. high latitude so we talk about it all the time, right, cold, cold air doesn't hold water. the snow levels tend to be lower. you don't get big dumps. that is that type of a system. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view warms up against next weekend. mentioned last week, we need rain. we need rain and there is nothing out there that is lining up to bring us what we

need. >> thank you. the former owner of the 49ers giving his 2 cents about jim harbaugh, what he says the 49ers should do with their head coach. coming up next in sports.

mark ibanez joins us. the 49ers are basketting in their victory. >> why not. a win streak going. playing their best football. this is also the time of year where rumors start floating about coaches and where they might wind up next year. jim harbaugh's name was connected with the university texas college job. the 49ers are talking about an extension of the 5 year deal that he signed with the 49ers. he spoke about the importance of getting this guy. >> bill was that way. george was that way. they get wound really tight. and there is a certain period of time when you get a burn out. some coaches earlier, some coaches later and some coaches

don't have it. i think it is important that he gets things tied up. >> yeah. any 49er fan would tell us the good days are right now. montoya, one of the great names in racing was in sonoma today and he is changing from nascar where he spent 8 years going to open wheeled indycars and getting acquainted with his new race car. he raced before and won the 2000 indy 500. he has a chance to become the face of indycar series but that is not the only reason he is coming back. >> fun. racing. just to have a good time. i want to win races. i mean,s to be honest with you, give me a reason not to. shorter season. cars are faster. we do three courses.

you tell me why not. >> why not. he will be in sonoma later in the year for that race. you are a big fan. i know you are too. [ laughter ] >> what is so funny? >> thank you. >> a big fan. as we have been reporting, more than a dozen homes burned near big sur, tonight ktvu's amber lee will have the latest at 10:00 p.m. >> have a good evening everyone. we will see you at 10:00 p.m. wouldn't it be nice if there was a wireless company

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