clouds and threatened the environment but also the water that was used to fight the fire that weakened the building and washed talkens down the drains. -- toxins down the trains. >> reporter: crews began tearing tain the retains this afternoon -- down the remains this afternoon. >> right now we have a perimeter set up to keep everybody out of the area. >> the building began burning at 5:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. investigators said welding work may have sparked the fire that could be seen for miles. the water system kept other buildings from burning down. >> if the water pressure wasn't there we could have seen a worse fear which was the fire would jump. >> 172 units were destroyed. the fire sent embers, ashes down on the neighborhood.

officials told ktvu the pumping station struggled to clean 2 million gallons of water. >> the fear was it goes into the bay. >> fire alarm fire, lots of water. lot of water. >> did come close to over whelming it? >> it did -- overwhelming it? >> it did. >> reporter: another live look at the demolition. a big chunk came down. they are still using the equipment to poke it down bit by pit. firefighters expect demolition to take two days as they try it take down the structure and snap out the remaining smoke and fire within the structure. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the fire is costing the developer of the project a lot of time and money. ktvu's eric rasmussen has been

digging into the developer and he is in the news room with the other projects that are in the works. the developer says the building that burned in san francisco was one of four projects under construction, worth $725 million and we found there might be more in the pipeline. we can show you aerials. construction is still going on a $97,000,000.254 unit apartment development. a source tells me it is business as usual at that sight and others -- site and others today. we found bre has developments planned or under construction in lensten and emeryville and redwood city and san francisco. that is the one you see in the fire from yesterday. in a statement they told ktvu yesterday's fire purged one of

-- burned one of two buildings. a second site with 188 units was not effected. the project was supposed to be finished in the next few months. they already have 16 properties in the bay area. it sin the middle of -- is in the middle of completing a merger but officials insist that fire won't have an impact on the deal. live, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the fire is keeping some neighbors out of their homes. the apartment building across the street survived. >> i saw them build up what they call a water current. i go, okay, maybe that will save it. amazing. >> firefighters protected most of the building but there is still some damage. you can see blown out windows

and doors because of the heat. some residents saw the smoke and water damage when they went inside today to get some belongings. >> you can smell the smoke in the hallways. once you leave you can smell it. it was really hot yesterday when we were in there. and stair wells is full of water. >> people across the street took video with their cell phones. you can see how close they were to the massive flames. she noticed the smoke and flames not long after the flames started. look at these photos. you can see the smoke get bigger and the flames spread to the lower floors. you can see the monster fire as it ungulfed the build -- engulfed the building. the size of the structures

-- >> the size of the structures, ktvu's mike mibach is here now with the strategy firefighters use. >> the building that burned 9 stories, but when you look at this, it is a different beast. as one firefighter said if he saw flames he knew they would have a huge fight on their hands. >> reporter: sphraen station -- san francisco station 5. >> initially we will send two engines. >> reporter: he is describing the first move in the following scenario. >> if i show up and i have a building, i have fire from a wondo. that -- window, that tells me the systems in place in the building failed. >> the nuding smoke detecters and sprinklers.

-- including smoke detecterstecters and sprinklers. they clever water up to every -- they deliver water up to every floor. >> it has water in it. so we will connect that to a hose line and they will make a lead from the floor up to stair well. >> reporter: yesterday's fire in mission bay took off because it was a light weight wood frame building under construction. no sprinklers in place yet. >> everything is insured. >> reporter: some folks didn't seem phased by the fire or having a similar one in their building. >> it is a rare occurrence. >> you are playing chest, you have to plan ahead. for every one crew you have to have two other crews out there. >> reporter: the chief says commercial high rise buildings are twofer fight chimer -- are

tougher to fight. it is an event they don't see down the road. live in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and you can see more pictures and video of the fire on www.ktvu.com. we posted video from viewers who live nearby and a slide show of still photos. gusty winds again today shaking trees and knocking things over. ktvu's john fowler joins us live at oyster point marina where the winds created a bigger problem today. >> reporter: three boats are wrecked right now on the oyster point marina shoreline. normally calm here. that sail boat and another are likely salvageable but now look at this. this is all that remains of the 40-foot fishing boat. they say they have never seen the wind damage here. i would like to show you a

picture. this is what it looked like just yesterday. >> it was a pretty boat. 40 feet long. nice boat. good shape. >> blowing pretty good. 40 nots this morning. which is enough to break loose the anger. toss them on the shore. >> reporter: sailors say this boat was anchored out here days before bad timing. another smaller sail boat is also on the rocks. friends say they had lost insurance and moved out of the marina and land owners will have to remove the wrecks unless the owners step forward. the coast guard is not involved in this because no one was board any of the boats. no one was injured and there is no pollution risk. you can expect these wrecks to be removed in a few days. reporting live at oyster point marina john fowler, ktvu

channel 2 news. choppy waters on the bay this morning forced a company to cancel ferries around 11:00 a.m. this morning. 1500 people were already on the island. they had to be ferried back. everyone scheduled today was offered a refund or a chance to rebook. officials expect the boats to run their regular schedule tomorrow. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been tracking the windy conditions. how drawn were the winds -- strong were the winds today? >> the strongest winds were last night when the wide advisory was in place -- wind advisory was in place. this morning 36 miles per hour in richmond. the direction out of the north and the east. which is prily windy -- pretty windy. that accelerates the wind. there is less friction. you can see a live camera.

smoothing out. the winds died down. the wind advisory has been dropped. winds down a 5, 8 miles per hour right now. right now fairfield 26 miles per hour. which is -- for that area, not out of control. 12 miles per hour at san francisco airport. winds dying down. the air continues to sink and when it does that temperatures warm. today we had mid-70s. looking for 80s through time. when i come back we will dial in the 80s. coming up on the weekend. i will see you back here. >> a reminder about our weather app, keep up to date on the latest weather conditions and the forecast on your smart phone or tablet. happening now, a elementary school is meeting with parents concerning last friday's assault on a 7-year-old girl. police released a sketch of the man they believe is responsible for the attack at world academy and another attack in january.

they describe him as white or latino, 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. he may have a birth mark over his right eye. >> parents and students marched between the schools today. chanting about safety and being strong as a community. he joined the march as part of a message to make the streets safe for children. >> we are working with our police officers but we do not have enough police officers so we have to take responsibility and make sure that anyone and everyone that comes into the neighborhood knows clearly that they are going to love -- we love our kids and we will protect them. >> in addition to other security measures they will at security cameras to the campus. there could be no boating during boating season in the south bay this year. how the drought is leaving so

many plans adrift. >> read, talk and sing, the benefit these three things can give your child no matter how young they are.

big island the search sifted for a terrorism suspect. the fbi has what it calls intelligence. daniel andreas san diego is on big island. she a suspect in two pipe bombings in 2003. in december the fbi offered a quarter million dollars for a reward for information leading to his capture. san jose police are searching for two men who kidnapped and robbed a woman.

investigators say a woman met a man in a target parking lot monday night to buy iphones. police say she decided to back out and that is when a second man appeared. the two then forced the victim into her car, drove her to a bank, with drew money from her account and didn't end there. >> the subject returned and again entered the vehicle and demanded that the victim go ahead and provide additional moneys that she did not have. >> the victim wound up calling a friend to bring more money. the robbers released the woman when her friend arrived. supporters of the affordable care act have a bone to pick with the ceo of whole foods. they held a protest today outside a san francisco store. they are upset about comments the ceo made about the president's affordable care act. >> we think they are inflammatory words and spreads

misinformation with 20 days to go before the deadline to sign up. >> protesters say they delivered a petition with 115,000 signatures asking him to stop making statements about the healthcare over haul. demonstrators encouraged shoppers to sign up for coverage. new at 6:00 p.m. this is the time of year when the south bay prepares for boating season but the drought is changing plans. no boating at some of the most popular reservoirs and many will still be off limits this season. ktvu's robert handa is near san jose with how the county is trying to salvage season -- salvage the season. . >> reporter: there is a chance when boating season opens up this might be the only one with enough water but there is a glimmer of hope. >> reporter: unless the sunny weather lets up, the reservoirs

will not be able to handle the boating season that starts april 14. >> this year due it the drought we have to plan for the fact that we may not have boating this year. >> reporter: this is the only one of the five reservoirs with enough water right now. boaters were more than just disappointed. >> scary times. you know? us, we live through our lifestyle and this is our lifestyle. >> reporter: is one reservoir enough? >> no. there is hope. the water district is pumping in 250-acre feet of water every day into the south bay's largest reservoir. one acre foot is 326,000 gallons. ilities federal water to make -- it is federal water to make

sure they don't deplete their drinking water. >> we expect around september is when it may drop below the level where we could allow the boating. >> boaters will take it. >> great news. >> reporter: to find out how to keep up to date, go to the web links on www.ktvu.com. live robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. and a nice warm day today. look at the highs we achieved. we got up into the mid-70s in many locations. warm again tomorrow. 74 concord. 74 livermore. 73 fairfield. santa rosa 76 degrees. tied a record today in oakland. temperatures tomorrow about the same. maybe just a little warmer. you can see here the clouds heading to the north. that is showing the jet stream. not near us.

over the top of us. it could potentially bring us showers that could drive the systems to the north. these are the current temperatures. they look like highs. 75 oakland right now. 74 hayward right now. the say sinking and still getting -- the air is sinking and still getting warm. currently in san jose, it is 74 degrees. downtown san jose. beautiful day out there. you saw the pictures from robert handa. temperatures in the morning in san jose, 45 degrees. lunchtime, 70 degrees. by the end of the day thursday 74 degrees. temperatures are on the upscale. going up. san francisco right now 71. highs tomorrow around there. there is less wind and with less wind less of the warming. still be warm. 70 degrees downtown san francisco. union scare 3:00 p.m., the forecast tomorrow like today but without the wind.

it will be chilly in some valleys. the winds die down. the low pushes away. the low goes away, the high builds in. the winds are off shore. and the say sinking and we will essentially the air is sinking and we will see temperature -- the air is sinking and we will see temperatures this week in the low 80s. bay area weekend, 80s. by antioch and napa, fairfield, davis, temperatures touching into the upper 70s and low 80s. highs tomorrow, 75 san jose. 76 morgan hill. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. >> that is. >> spring time. >> really is. >> you can feel it.

>> beautiful. >> thank you. a new effort is now underway to teach parents how to boost brain development. read, talk and sing to your child. if parents do that research proves the child's brain capacity improves. lawmakers say while some parents already do these things many do not and are unaware of the benefits. >> by age three kids born into low income families have heard -- have heard roughly 30 million fewer words. >> parents didn't know if you exercise the brain in the first three years it improved the capability of the brain. and when we explained that to the parents, the mothers and the fathers, the reaction was

positive. >> first 5 california is a group funded by tobacco taxes. the second day for nfl free agent signings. the 49ers introduced their newly signed defensive back. meet him in court and. -- him in sports.

mark is here now. 9ers didn't waste time introcusing their new safety -- introducing their new safety. >> they didn't waste a second getting him signed and into town so everybody could meet him. 8 year veteran with the colts. two time all pro. inking things up today. he is durable. he talks about the decision to come to san francisco. outside the 4 year, $23 million he was offered. >> just a great team. just watching them on tv it seems like they are right there. you know, that is why i am here. like i said before hopefully i could be the added piece where we could get to the promise land. >> march 31 is when it gets real for the giants. in the mean time more practice baseball in the cactus league

and they were 4-3 winners today. tim lincecum 4 and a 3rd. a's and royals. scott cashmere, four scoreless innings. a's with nice defense. look at josh donaldson. nice bear hand pick up there. kansas city will wind up winning as he goes deep and gone. 3-1 the final there and the a's not doing a lot of hitting but as they say it is just practice baseball right now. the real stuff very soon. that is the sporting life for right now. warriors highlights at 10:00 p.m. big gamogeneses the clippers. >> thank you -- big game against had clippers. >> thank you. at 10:00 p.m. why your next medical emergency could cost hundreds more, who wants to charge when you dial 911. at 10:00 p.m. 467-h we are always here for you -- >> we are always here for you

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