gunfire outside of one of the bay area's busiest shopping small sends a crowd fleeing. tonight the search for the shooter. i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. shots were fired and sent people rushing. that's right outside the west field shopping mall. the gunman is still out there on the lose and the victim may not make it. a b.a.r.t. stairwell is where the wounded man tried to escape. this all happened around 25:00 after 7:00 tonight.

police made the decision to block that entrance to protect the crime scene from getting trampled. the gunman ran away and the wounded man tried to get down into the b.a.r.t. station. you see officers right now but collapsed at the bottom of those stairs. he was taken to san francisco general hospital with life threatening injuries. >> what i do know is that it appears at this point that the victim was targeted. and this was not a random act. so there's no threat to public safety. there's a number of people in that area at the mall, on that block. at this point it appears this is an isolated incident. >> the powell street was closed but is back to normal. a police source tells us there is ample surveillance video from the mall and store fronts. but the first video they looked at shows the victim fell down but not the gunman.

they did not see the gunman on the video at least not with the clarity they would need for this investigation. his victim has critical injuries and considering the congested location it is very fortunate that more people were not hurt. now to the south bay where a man was hit and killed in a hit-and-run crash. this happened not far from capital expressway in san jose. patti lee joins u -- us where police are still sifting through the information. >> reporter: police are interviewing who they believe were involved in today's homicide but it's not clear

how. >> when officers arrived they realized it was a little bit more. >> reporter: police tell us the victim might have been stabbed by one or more assailants before he was run over. the attackers that may have been injured during the process. >> there was an altercation in the middle of the roadway. prior to the victim being struck by a vehicle. >> but the fight that ended here likely started about a mile away with an argument at a flea market. >> it was a fight between a boyfriend and a girl friend. she's pregnant. and the other guys didn't like it so they chased him out of here. >> reporter: a vendor said that he could in the believe that an argument ended in gunfire. >> it was murder. it was intentional. they went after him with a car and hit him. >> reporter: they've heard various accounts from witnesses but they still need to sift

through witness testimony and surveillance video. we learned at least one other person was hurt during that hit- and-run accident. including a potential suspect injured while conducting a horrific crime. live from san jose, patti lee, ktvu news. investigators say they arrived on scene and found a man and woman each suffering from at least one gunshot wound. they were rushed to the hospital. both are expected to survive. it's unclear what the motive is for that shooting. the man struck and killed by a munni train yet has been identified as 55-year-old michael mendez. he was homes and reportedly kept his backpack under the munni train. it might have fallen as he was

trying to retrieve it. in florida angry protesters are demanding that the state attorney resign following the second of two murder cases in which a white man gunned down a black teenager. late yesterday a jury convicted michael dunn of multiple counts of murder but dead locked over a count of attempted murder. protesters in oakland are also angry over the failure to convict dunn on that murder charge. they demonstrated on 14th and broadway. saying the situation is too similar to the shooting of trayvon martin. in that case zimmerman was cleared. >> black and white are painted with a big bulls eye where any

vigilante can shoot them down. >> reporter: dunn is expected to face a retrial on that first degree murder charge. his convictions yesterday mean he will likely spend decades in prison. by a sonoma county sheriff deputy. release the findings of their investigations into the shooting death of lopez. the march is set to take place at the old courthouse. the district attorney says she has not completed her investigation. as california continues to deal with the drought the state has been quietly developing more than a dozen desalination plant including one that will serve the bay area.

it's planned for off bay point. and an official says that money could be mobilized quickly to finish it if necessary. it would produce 20 million- gallons a day of purified water. >> i would drink it. i know it was safe and there were studies done. yeah i would drink it. >> what choice do you have at this point? when the water levels are so low? >> desalination can have environment effects such as the killing of fish and organisms. the production of greenhouse gases and the pumping of salt back into the water. meanwhile you can take advantage of the latest technology to track your water usage. water saving apps are also available for your smart phone. they include this h2o trapper

app. as part of supersunday, university reps attended services at allen temple baptist church in oakland and other churches around the area. they encouraged young people to consider cal state as they applied to college. >> i actually had not considered cal state and had not gotten information on it. i definitely think it's something i should check out. >> there's so many choices. >> cal state representatives issued information on financial aid and other resources. pandora is said to pump out political ads depending on what music you listen to. based on a listeners zip code. it is now adding information about a users musical taste and other criteria to provide a

more tailored plan. facebook may have scored big with the purchase of instagram. the photoapp has acquired more than 54 million users in the last year. that's reportedly twice as fast as twitter. instagram requires 15,000 more times the involvement from users. a body is found burning in a popular bay area park. what a witness told us and the clue that could help investigator. >> and a house intentionally set on fire by authorities. why they wanted to burn it to the ground. it was like christmas and thanksgiving all rolled into one. the emotional homecoming for troops in northern california. we show you their return from service overseas.

authorities in redding burned a mobile home to the ground today to get rid of more than 60 pounds of explosive materials. sheriff deputies say the situation was just so dangerous they didn't even want to walk on the property. 46 neighboring homes were evacuated during the operation. the explosives were discovered when authorities responded to a blast at this home that injured the man living there.

it may take days before the identity of a person found badly burned in the oakland hills is known. noelle walker tells us that body was discovered last night near the entrance of the national park. >> the road leads straight to the winding trails of redwood regional park. it springs to life on a warm sunny day. >> lots of people, lots of dogs. >> reporter: the serenity of the wide open space is a stark contrast. >> i saw a lot of police cars out here. >> reporter: so what brought police out here on a thick fog last night. >> as they described it a badly burned body. >> reporter: a burning body in a parking lot and few clues except a victim is believed to be a woman. police call the death suspicious. >> it's one of the worse.

we've had a couple of instances. this is few and far between. >> reporter: a man driving home along skyline boulevard told ktvu he could see an orange glow. >> big fire in the corner of redwood park. >> he opportunity want to be identified but he told us he assumed it was kids burning cans. >> it was horrible to hear that i actually saw that. >> reporter: and horrible for many to hear the park that makes them feel so alive is now marked by death. though police believe this victim is a woman they tell me the body is so badly burned it'll be left up to the coroner to identify the body. fairfield police say they need the help of public to find the identity of a young girl. naomi rojas was found shot to death. today friends of the teenager lit kapbd -ld and prayed near

the shoreline where it happened -- candles and prayed near the shoreline where it happened. >> when police got there there was a witness who was there however we have spoken to him since. >> i mean it's sad. like i can't believe that happened. because a lot of people never thought it was going to be her. she was around good people. she was not around bad people or anything. she was cool. >> reporter: people sometimes breakthrough the fence to loiter. they are asking for tips from the public. a father watched in horror as his wife and four children were trapped in a burning vehicle. it happened last night around 7:00 in riverdale in fresno county. a 29-year-old mother and her four children ages 2, 3, 6 and 11 were all killed after their suv was engulfed in flames

after another vehicle hit their car. her husband was driving right behind her and watched the vehicle burst into flames. he suffered burns to his hand. the 49-year-old driver of that mini van was injured. the death of three young people in anti government demonstrations in caracas drew neighbors of the area to the streets today. they called for liberty in venezuela. locally venezuelans say they want people to denounce the recent violence in that country. last wednesday, three students were killed at least two were shot by gunmen following what had been a peaceful rally. in san francisco, demonstrators said the killing was carried out by government forces. >> the venezuelan media have

video of police killing students. that's completely unacceptable. >> a person got shot in the neck, a couple got shot in the head by security forces. >> protest come as venezuela cope with one of the highest murder ratesed in world. high inflation, shortages of basic food items and a thriving black market. secretary of state john kerry continued to push for solutions for climate change. >> we should not allow a tiny minority of shotty scientists and science and extreme monologues to compete with scientific fact. >> reporter: republicans though pushed back saying the obama administration's ideas will hurt the u.s. economy. >> how much of it is manmade and how much of it will actually happen as earth evolves. the question is what do we do about it and how much will it

cost the consumer. >> it drives the policy to look at cost benefit analysis. the impact the u.s. government would have in a global environment. >> kerry says the benefits of stopping climate change far outweigh the cost and he's calling for a new global policy that addresses global warming. while in beijing yesterday the secretary of state announced a new agreement with the chinese government to combat climate change. a famous religious figure, the dahli lama will be here next week. workers are frantically getting ready for his arrival. >> reporter: volunteers worked side by side preparing their new home for the tibethian congregation of southern california. buddhist monks blessed the

statutes that will soon adorn the cultural center. >> it's really important for the tibetian community to also try to like reaffirm our buddhist belief systems. >> the scrolls and statute will make their way here. the dahli lama himself will bless the temple and building when he visits one week next week. >> this is going to be our community prayer hall that we are preparing for his holiness. and we're going to be reimported of our statute from nepal. >> reporter: clearly there's a lot of work to be done. but organizers say they have no doubt that all the work will be completed in time for the dahli lamas visit. >> we're very confident we should be done by thursday and he is arriving next sunday. so we still have three or four days before his holiness comes. >> reporter: with one week to go, young dancers are keeping

on their toes preparing a show for the dahli lama. this simple is being filled with the financial help and helping hand from the growing tibetian community. now numbers 6,000 in northern california. when the center is complete they look forward to share the community they're building here with the community at large. christien kafton. more on the dahli lam as visit. on sunday february 23rd he will speak on achieving happiness. the next day he will talk about business áet ethics at santa

clara university. and valentine's weekend is ending. why some people intentionally pick that day to call it quits. >> much to do about nothing. how they're trying to keep it from becoming a traffic nightmare. >> and a few clouds moving through the bay area. and the timing of another system in the pacific that will bring in at least a chance of a few showers in the five day forecast. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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the search for two missing skiers in colorado ended when their bodies were discovered. the two were caught in an avalanche in lake county. record snowfall has created unstable conditions. yesterday's avalanche is the latest in a string of deadly snow slides. just last week six people were killed two each in colorado.

utah and oregon. there are reports of a stunning jailhouse interview from a young pennsylvania mother accused of killing a man she met on craigslist. she is now quoted as saying she has killed many times before. according to the daily item newspaper, 19-year-old miranda barber confessed that she and her husband killed the 42-year- old man last november and she says she's killed at least 22 other people in a number of states including california. she reportedly said the killings started after she became involved in a satanic cult at the age of 13. according to the paper, barber said of the victims quote, i can pinpoint on a map where you can find them when i hit 22 i stopped counting. president obama used some harsh words today as he condemned new actions in uganda to criminalize gays. the african country is poised to punish some homo sexual acts with as much as a life prison.

america is one of the largest donors of foreign aid to uganda. in south africa, a rescue operation came to an end after 19 miners refused to leave worried about arrest. the miners who were brought up earlier were arrested. some of free miners said a rival group dropped boulders to trap them. they were rescued after officers heard their yells for help. a traffic nightmare along the 405 freeway has so far turned out to be much to do about something. crews are putting down new concrete about 6 miles of the freeway. the construction project was expected to cause so much traffic locals starts to refer

to it as jamzilla. traffic is moving smoothly after the lanes merged. >> i know this is not good for the city -- california with the drought. but really the weather has been very helpful to the project. los angeles transportation officials are offering alternative routs for those trying to get to shopping and residential areas quicker. and it's one for the record books. crews today finished what was the longest continuous concrete pour ever. it lasted 24 straight hours. workers are setting the foundation for the new wilsher grant hotel and office building in downtown l. a. once constructedded it'll be the tallest building west of the mississippi standing about 1,100 feet tall. barbies days as america's most iconic blond doll may be fading away. mattel reported a sales drop. that is just part of an up and

down cycle. but the princess culture may be coming to an end. some toy analysts also say that barbie may be losing out to electronic games and toys. when cupid gets it wrong. why valentine's day is a popular day to say i don't. and which county is the divorce capital of the bay area. >> and this dog got a pretty special gift that could mean the difference between life or death for the 7-year-old california boy.

and let the pillows and all the feathers fly. the city of san jose today hosted what has become a bay area valentine weekend

tradition. the fourth annual san jose pillow fight took place in front of the repertory theater a similar event from news chopper two depicted on friday on valentine's day which drew a huge crowd. some couples -- we'll make the switch here in a moment. >> there we go. >> some couples may be enjoying the afterglow of romantic valentine's weekend. but we'll be surprised to know that valentine's day is a big day for divorce. there's some couples that make the extra effort to wait until valentine's to mark their wedding. >> reporter: in vallejo, some use the day to take a stroll down the boardwalk, others head for divorce. >> some couples use valentine's day to make their point shall we say. >> reporter: valentine's day is when some spouses want to drive a stake to whatever is left of

their tattered relationship. >> absolutely. let's make it very clear. because at the other end of it approximately 10% of all marriage proposals are actually made on valentine's day. so there's a number of people who want to make the point, you proposed to me on valentine's day. here is your divorce paper work on valentine's day. >> reporter: in fact, resa says he and his colleagues are seeing an up tick in divorce cases. more and more spouses now have the potential freedom to make a break. >> because it costs more to live in two households than it does one. >> reporter: the latest numbers show divorce happens more often in solano county per capita than any other county in the area. the average divorce rate among the nine bay area counties is 3.67 per 1,000 people. that's about the same of the national average. in solano county it's 3.9.

what is it about solano county. >> seems like it's not about the family no more. it's about me, me, my career and everything else. >> each situation is different. so yeah -- >> you don't think there's any in the water in solano county? >> there might be. but i don't know. >> reporter: recent things of cause is more mundane. >> there's been a study that divorce rates seems to increase if one of the spouses has an hour more commute. >> reporter: if you live close tore work can you save your marriage? maybe. we're told there's one judge in alameda county who won't hear any divorce cases or sign any divorce papers on valentine's day. more than a dozen people are without a place to live tonight after a fire ripped through a san jose apartment building. that fire broke out at about 3:00 this morning in a two story apartment building in the 5700 block of tucson drive. the fire started on the second floor and burned to the

apartment below. the fire and the subsequent -- shirley temple was back on the big screen as a peninsula theater honored her passing. for just $5 people could watch six of her movies. the late star and ambassador had visited the theater in recent years and witnesses tell us she still had those qualities that charmed audiences back in the 30s. >> she was darling. she looked just like she did as a child. she had darker hair of course. but the dimples were there. the smiling eyes were there. she was a pleasure to be around. >> shirley simple -- shirley

temple black last tuesday in her home. there were cheers of joy and relief. children to hug, mothers to greet and friend to greet with open arms. one man said it was an honor to serve as a medivac. but nothing, nothing compares to being home. >> it was good. a year in the making and the people i love the most are here and couldn't have been any better. >> he's home safe. >> in all about 15 soldiers with the california national guard returned home today for those who waited at home they say there's nothing like the relief of having their loved ones back safely. the power ball jackpot is ex expanding quickly. no one had the connection. so lottery officials are now expecting it to hit $400 million by wednesday.

the biggest power ball jackpot was $593 million last year. the odds of matching all six numbers are one in 175 million. getting help from man's best friend. the efforts to get a 7-year-old california boy his life saving canine companion. it was a clear mild day across the bay area. a beautiful shot of the new bay bridge. but that could change we hope. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo joins us with when we could see the showers return. map

this time last night we were talking about finally getting some much needed rain. the rain had moved out and cooler temperatures are here. >> it was not much rain though was it. >> yeah. >> i wish i had more rain to

report on. enough to generate wet roadways. as far as the saturday system we can't call it a storm but just a cloud producer and light shower producer. you see ken field picked up .21 and a few hadn't one of an inch for -- and a few .1 of an inch for napa and san francisco. if you can see the wide doppler sweeps trying to detect some rainfalls. just a few high clouds out there paying us a visit. the fog will continue to develop in parts of north bay and the inland valleys. watch out for a drop off visibility. a few patches. we do have some development up here and we are tracking a system that could produce once again a few sprinkles. a few light showers and that will be by midweek. current temperatures cooler than last time this time. right now we're talking about mid-40s in santa rosa, napa.

san francisco downtown 15 degrees. san jose reporting 51. for tonight we do have this a few scattered clouds out there. tomorrow partly sunny sky. looking out toward the bay bridge in san francisco. the forecast time line tomorrow morning at 7:00. 48degrees on track to reach the upper 60s. we could be tracking a few showers by late tuesday and into wednesday. overnight lows first thing tomorrow morning, coolest locations will be near 30. near freezing in santa rosa, napa. lots of 60s. a lot of rainfall for next week and last weekend. that results in the fog forming. few patches developing in the inland valleys of the north bay and east bay. not widespread but a few patches could impact your visibility a busy first thing tomorrow morning between 5:00

and 7:00 by monday. here's your over all set up. high pressure runs so a dry winter pattern for your monday. tuesday will be dry for the most part with more clouds increasing. this very weak system moving in from the north. this will be strong enough to generate possibly a light shower or two. a slight chance in the golden gate bridge. first thing monday morning. after this, we're going to clear up and warm things back up. a few neighborhood could be approaching 70 degrees by the upcoming weekend. here's your forecast model showing you this for your monday. partly to mostly sunny skies. lots of clouds on tuesday. by tuesday night, late tuesday night into wednesday there's a chance of a shower moving into parts of the region but not a lot of hope with that system basically falling apart. forecast skies mainly in the  upper 60s. half-moon bay at 60 and here is a look ahead. your five day forecast, more clouds on tuesday. that slight chance of a shower on wednesday. once that system moves through.

high pressure is like a spring that builds back up to warm things back into 70 degrees. a rain pattern late in the month. there's a chance out there. >> thank you mark. >> thanks mark. a child with diabetes is set to receive a much needed service dog. andy will help the #-year-old little boy. his name is nicholas kind. he has down syndrome and isn't able to tell his parents when he's not feeling well. once the public heard about the family's need for a service dog, donations started coming in. >> every time i read it was another donation. five, 10, 15, 20, $200. every amount helps so much. >> the family needed to raise

about $10,000 to purchase the goldendoodle. any extra money raised will be used to help another child. >> let's hear it for dogs. >> yup. the oakland a's sign up a new player. >> and we have the surprising close game next in sports wrap.

good evening everyone welcome to this sunday night edition of sports wrap. today's stars aware of the game's roots congratulating

bill russell on his 80th birthday recently. steph curry the first warrior starter waits for a kevin durant cut. steph showing off his ball handling and assisting to blake griffin. both griffin and durant had eight points. and curry for two of his eight points. for the east kyle irving had a move or two. this worth another look at irving went for 32. the west led much of the way but the east ran away with the points. carmelo anthony with one of his record threes. and the east 163-155 winner. you can pretty much set your winter calendar with this event. the stanford's women's basketball team wins the conference.

the cardinals hosting arizona and very close to clenching it's 14th straight. when it comes to stanford you always have to be aware of agumike. in this case samuelson was the leading scorer. on the way to a 17 point game. 74-48 the lopsided numbers. 14-1 in the conference. britney boyd testing her ankle to see if she could go against san jose state. she misses the lay up but a -- jemarinky went for a career high 23. stretching it out in the second half this time boyd gives the ball up. gets it back for a three. she had 21. good shift for the bears. 74-63 cal which is all alone in