place. reporting live in east oakland, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. police arrested the scene of a deadly helicopter crash right near seattle's space needle. after the flames were out two lives were lost and a third person is hospitalized with critical injuries. that crash happened moments after the helicopter took off from its rooftop helipad in downtown seattle. stunned victims described an almost unbelievable scene. rescue vehicles rushed to the scene of the fiery crash before 8:00 this morning. witnesses describe seeing the helicopter belonging to komo television take off, sway then drop on to the street. >> it started swaying back and forth and it was spinning. i thought is that doing right. right as i said that he stopped short and came down and hit. >> i heard the boom.

two seconds later the flames started spreading out. >> when i saw it go for a nosedive i just thought it's over for the people inside. there's no way you're walking away tr that one. >> reporter: the two people on board the pilot and photographer died in the crash. the resulting fire ball spread to three cars. one man who was inside of that car was in critical condition. >> he was waving his arms. he was like screaming, the screams just didn't, it wasn't like a help me it was like, it was scary. >> reporter: the nstb is in charge of investigation. seattle's mayor met with the family of one of the victims as well as his newsroom workers who describe this as shocking and unbelievable. >> the media like many of us are public servants. >> reporter: now that the flames have cleared, the ntsb is looking into why the helicopter crash examining everything from mechanical failure to weather. although the skies were calm

and clear. >> it's something you think you would see at universal studios not on your way to work. >> in 2008 two people died in texas when a helicopter crashed while heading to the scene of a shooting. in 2007 four people died while covering a car chase in phoenix. in 2006 a reporter died as she was giving her report. emergency workers called for two helicopter to rescue a woman who had fallen from a cliff. it happened this morning in san jose's allen rock park. she had fallen 30 feet from the eagle rock trail. a highway patrol helicopter first lifted her from the little side. it then took her to an area

where she was transferred to san jose's regional center. >> we know there's vertical drops. we don't know exactly what altitude the victim fell from. but we know that the injuries are serious at this time. >> reporter: the woman was unconscious at the time of the rescue. but we followed up this afternoon and we're told that she is expected to survive. also in san jose, police are investigating the city's ninth homicide of the year after a man was found shot to death inside a house. it happened on effling lane in san jose. robert handa is in san jose with what was found inside that house where the shooting happened. >> reporter: in situations such as this one, you often hear people say what a quiet neighborhood it usually is. but this time police say that's true, they say they rarely get crime calls from this street but now police are investigating a murder here at

this house with many other questions about what went on here. san jose police officers and detectives were at a home where a man was found shot to death inside. police responded to a house on this block and had been looking for answers ever since. >> there's a lot of police. someone arrived at the residence and found the male that was deceased inside. called 911. officers responded out and did in fact, locate an adult male who was suffering from at least one gunshot wound. >> reporter: there was what one person called a substantial marijuana grow inside the house. police will not discuss what was found inside but this afternoon police removed a smart meter which measures electricity used and is often tampered with at you operations. neighbors called the father and son regular normal folks but did see a lot of coming and going at all hours. >> i noticed a lot of activity

going on as far as different vehicles coming in and out of the house. >> it's kind of scary. because you know, with drugs and what happens with that. you know. people get killed obviously. >> reporter: police declined to discuss any possible motives. police say they are still collecting and going over evidence and looking at any possible evidence. >> not really, it still makes me paranoid because they could come back. >> reporter: at this hour police have not released the name of the victim or the person who made the 911 call. live in san jose. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. a castro valley man accused of killing his wife is now behind bars after surrendering to police. 46-year-old me disappeared after the body of 45-year-old jung was found at the family home in castro valley on friday. the couple's 14-year-old daughter discovered her mother had been shot to death. police say evidence in the home pointed to the father as the suspect. just after 10:30 last night, he

surrendered to the cal state university in hayward. >> just walked in and said i have a warrant. he told them he didn't want to speak with them. when our investigators arrived on scene this morning he also told them he didn't want to speak with him. so we haven't had any conversations with him about his whereabouts in the last few days. >> investigators say they responded to the family's home three times on domestic violence calls. the man accuse of trying to run over three police officers pled not guilty today. the bullet was fired by the other police officer he says. san francisco police haven't confirmed that but at this point eduardo is not facing charges. now neighbors say they're not just going to sit by and do

nothing. all together there have been six burglaries in the same area all within just a few days of each other. in fact, four of them actually happened on the same day. ktvu's allie rasmus is in fremont with how residents plan to take action, allie. >> reporter: even though there's a crime watch sign posted on this block people who live around here say their neighborhood watch really has not been active in years. and after a home was burglarized, neighbors tell us it's time for them to become more involved and aware. this is where one week ago a burglar kicked in the door in the middle of afternoon and stole an undisclosed of cash from the house. >> these are not the old days, we need to take care of our ourselves. >> reporter: this neighbor was at the home at the time of the burglary but did not hear anything. >> i was very sad that i was

not able to catch anything. >> it's definitely unusual to have four in one day. >> reporter: police aren't sure what is behind the string of break-ins and they're not sure if the same people are behind them. the rash of burglaries seem to buck the trend. >> the numbers of burglaries has actually come down. >> reporter: police say when it comes to protecting neighborhoods, the best defense is communication. >> we'll go out, we'll take a burglary report and we'll find out that a neighbor actually saw something suspicious earlier in the day and didn't report it. >> reporter: in one of last week's break-ins on mahoney street the burglar pried open a back window and took off with the homeowners' safe. the only thing good about that incident is it's making these signs relevant again. >> i think it's time to get an active neighborhood watch. get to know our neighbors again. these are really great people that are getting their houses ripped off and it's not fair. >> reporter: police say they're

happy to reactivate a neighborhood watch group in their area. anyone who's interested should give fremont police a call and ask to speak to someone in their community engagement program. a big headache after a water main break late last night. schools were closed today and neighbors were left without running water for hours. the break happened at 46th street and lotton avenue. that's in the tennis neighborhood. work continues even though that water is back on. >> reporter: crews are still on the scene here. this is one of about 800 water main breaks east bay mud tells me that happen every year. that's two a day. now right now you can see the crews putting mortar, it's a sort of concrete on the break repair. now this particular break caused an awful lot of headaches today. >> it took 10 hours of careful digging, 9 feet deep under 45th street this morning to uncover among other utilities this 12-

inch broken water main. >> most of our pipes are more than 50 years old, and some of them are more than 100 years old. leaks and water outages are going to happen in a system like this. >> reporter: the flood flooded the street. 27 homes and emerson elementary school were cut off. >> we have no water. i have a 3 -month-old baby and 1-year-old. obviously hands are full. luckily our neighbors around the corner have water they let me fill up a pitcher. >> reporter: swimmers were turned away. emerson cancelled classes. some parents turned around at drop off but the school had to call others to return for their kids. >> it was a little disturbing because we didn't really get a lot of information as to what the issue was initially. >> reporter: teacher daniel irwin broke out bottle waters for about 50 students who's students could not pick them

up. >> not having running water does interrupt class. >> reporter: crews instructed businesses to reopen their water after 1:30. >> it's done. >> reporter: well not really done. now there's a lot of dirt that has to go in here and of course they still have to repair the street. so they'll be here for quite some time yet. reporting live in oakland, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. this woman says she got into trouble at the gym for being too fit. >> she says you know excuse me, we've had some complaints. you're intimidating people with your toned body. >> reporter: the controversial policy she calls hypocritical.

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$19 million, that's what the city of san francisco says it's spending every year to get rid of graffiti. and david stevenson looks at how they're getting that money back, sometimes from the vandals themselves. >> reporter: the city is hoping an overhall will scare away taggers. san francisco abation workers scrubbed and repainted graffiti. it costs taxpayers $19 million each year. >> they tag it, we abate. it's like a game of cat and

mouse. >> reporter: supervisor announced a new plan to fix the problem. banning the tools of the trade on munni buses and city parks. >> we're going to revise the park code to top ban the instruments of tagging at city parks. >> reporter: the city attorney can sue taggers for the damage. >> now we can actually go after the perpetrators rather than the victims themselves. >> it's a continuous problem. >> reporter: matthews says he spent $15,000 cleaning his three buildings last year. >> what is it like for you to clean it up and see it come back? >> it's frustrating as hell. >> reporter: the police department abatememt officer says the new law may become a huge deterrent. >> it's a huge deterrent

because it's hitting people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. a fremont man is among 14 people arrested in what federal authorities are calling a huge arrest. the lone bay area department is 25-year-old al gal also known as michael gal. investigators say he and the other suspect exploited 251 victims that includes six children here in california. most of them were 13 to 15 year old boys. >> they had created videos where they were posing as a female and when they asked young men to do various online things. >> two of the victims were younger than 3 years old. authorities say the child pornography ring had 27,000 members and is still under investigation tonight.

four children who were the subject of statewide amber alert have been found safe but their parents are still missing. los angeles police say they believe 28-year-old enrique feliz and 28-year-old rose chaves may be in mexico. police say the couple took their two boys age 7 and 5 and twin 1-year-old girls from their maternal grandparents on friday. the grandparents had legal custody. border control agents found the children in good health at the u.s.-mexico crossing in san isidro. the mega millions is up for grabs and all you have to do is match all six numbers you can walk away with roughly $4 million. at the 7-11 folks lined up to buy tickets. no one has matchedded all six numbers since january so the jackpot just keeps on growing. >> it's long odds but it's worth a chance. you can't win if you don't play

they say. >> if i win i'm going to travel, i'm going to buy houses. and i'm going to put money aside for investments. >> lottery officials say the odds of winning tonight are about one in 259 million. last night's big power jackpot is still unclaimed. someone bought the winning ticket at this gas station in milpitas. but so far no one has stepped forward to claim the prize. they have up to one year from the date of the drawing to do so. even so the owner of the gas station will get $1 million for selling the ticket. >> must be so great to have such a delicious little secret. there was frost on bay area rooftops and car windows in the bay. chilly as we move toward spring. wind out there right now. and that's very spring like. we have wind in jack london square. the winds are blowing out in the bay 20, 25 hours in the

bay. very spring like. you see the big wind. have you ever seen those to look at these. they're huge. >> they're gigantic. >> when you go and see them live you realize how big they are. >> reporter: the winds are churning up there. gusting at 25 miles per hour. >> here's what's happening around here. there's high pressure over us. that's kept the fog away from the beaches. so the outer sunset district, outer richmond you're clear right now. here's a shot of what you would expect to see fog. we had a couple of nights ago we're not seeing it now. so it's real nice out there. temperatures are definitely on the mild side today. back up to about upper 60s, low 70s. the winds die down just a little bit. they're still blowing those, san francisco airport 18 miles per hour. 69 right now in napa. 79 in concord. these are the current temperatures so it's kind of like where it was yesterday basically. overnight lows tonight are going to be cool again.

currently in san francisco it's 68 degrees. pretty warm for that area. as we look at the fore what's for san francisco tomorrow -- as we look at the forecast for tomorrow, it's going to be a beautiful day in san francisco as we go through time. this is today but with means tomorrow. and with the high pressure in the air sink tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be the warmest day of the week. as that air sinks the high is going to get into the 70s. and 60s at the coast with more of an offshore wind. so it's not a major heat up but a one day heat up and you will notice it. 75 in antioch. 74 in concord. these temperatures a good two to 3-degree temperature. down in san jose 76 and 76 in morgan hill. the five day forecast with your bay area weekend in view again. spring begins on thursday, warmest day of the week. then temperatures when i say warm as it is but not by a lot. they're going to be subtle changes right into the bay area weekend: but the take away

here is dry dry dry. there's no rain in this forecast. there's a little bit of rain next week in the forecast but it's minimal. doesn't look like it'll be much at all. with the weekend in view, it is spring. i mean, for all intents and purposes. >> it's been spring for a while. >> yeah. but it's going to officially start vernal equinox is on thursday morning. that's when it begins and the five day sort of looks spring like. >> all right. thanks bill. we have breaking news in the east bay. the city of berkeley, a hazardous material situation has forced the evacuation of a berkeley hotel at this hour. we're showing you the scene here live outside the berkeley city club hotel. it's on the ramp between dana and elwood street. this is south of uc berkeley. police have closed down duran in front of berkeley as a precaution. the incident started at around 2:00 this afternoon. we see a number of emergency vehicles and police cars there. at this point we're still trying to get a good read on

what exactly the hazmat situation is for having called all these crews out. we'll bring you more information later in the newscast. why big names in basketball are talking obama care. plus shifting course midair. what experts are suggesting on the path of malaysia207. now that i think about it it was crazy. i can't believe i really even did that. >> how their decision to cut class turned into an act of bravery and saved lives. plus are these iconic theaters an important part of san jose's history. how the answer to that question could save them from demolition. these stories and more are coming up new at 6:00. ñsxóxgñ

we have new developments on the malaysia airline jet missed for seven days now. a new report says the plane's course was deliberately changed on board. u.s. officials tell the new york times the missing airliner was programmed to veer west by someone with knowledge of its computer systems. but the ceo of malaysia airline says as far as he knows the plane was set to fly north to beijing as planned. >> it was reported on the new

york times today it was diverted. >> that could be speculation. >> reporter: newly released data sports the theory that the plane turned west. crews from 26 nations are taking part in a massive search that covers 2 million nautical miles. as to the possibility that the pilot may have been involved, a search of his home uncovered nothing suspicious. as the mystery grows, distraught family members launched a hunger strike in beijing in the way officials have handled the situation. >> it's hard to control your emotions when you may have lost your loved ones. we just want the truth. don't use the political game. >> reporter: today china said none of the chinese passengers had any known links to terrorism. the white house is trying to link the president's health care plan to march madness.

>> using sop -- some of the biggest stars in basketball, they're using young men to sign up. >> they have to resort to weird marketing tactics to try to get young americans to sign up to a bad idea. >> reporter: it is critically important for the president's health care plan to sign up young healthy people who won't need a lot of services. other wise premiums for everybody else could skyrocket. no loitering, no solicittering. this east bay community is tired of prostitution. how the police unit is using new media to battle the world's oldest profession. i felt intimidated and harassed by the place that says

no intimidation. this bay area woman says she was discriminated against for being too fit. what she was asked to do and why the gym is making no apologies for its policies. take a look another this video. it shows one man's brush with death. you watch a caltrain almost hit a man. what caltrain wants you to know.

it's a plan to shame johns in an effort to clean up the streets of richmond. police are now turning to a new method to crack down on prostitution. john sasaki is here now to explain how the department is using social media and also public shaming to try to deter john's and prostitutes. john. >> reporter: frank police have always battled prostitution but here in richmond, police are using new media with new ways to go after hookers and their customers. twenty-third street is a main thorough fair through richmond. recently it's been a hot spot for prostitution. >> i say it's been bad for the last two or three years. i mean, one after another. >> reporter: jim sharoni has

run a body shop here for more than 20 years. he says prostitution is bad. >> sometimes they walk right in here, i have to ask them to leave because i don't want customers coming in and seeing me talking to one of them. >> reporter: police are trying new methods to curve the world's oldest profession. >> you have some of the pimps that might have weapons with them. they might be selling drugs on the side. we're finding that along with prostitution there's a lot of identity theft. >> reporter: now police want to spread pictures of johns to try to shame them. men like these four that were busted in a sting last year. >> social media is the wave of the future. sometime that is can get the word out a lot quicker. >> reporter: meaning the department tries to start featuring busted johns on its twitter and facebook pages. >> we all know when something getting put on social media it spreads like wildfire. >> reporter: ohio avenue also

sees streetwalker traffic. officers here busted this woman for prostitution and the police chief tweeted they made the arrest and that she is 61 years old. but more concerning are the young teenagers who are forced into the life. >> a lot of those girls are right away, we've arrested girls that are out of different states. >> reporter: something else police plan to do send a dear john letter like this to the homes of the johns, letters that could be intercepted by their significant others. >> they discovered a fire just on the right side.

they found more fire in the rear of the building so it's two different location where is the fire was. >> fire crews kept the fire from spreading to other buildings. in the end no one was hurt. the fire did about $100,000 in damage to the structure and all the merchandise. oakland based goldie locks has reached a settlement with the band the beastie boys. goldie blocks sued beastie boys after the band threatened them. the beastie boys counter suited. the two sides came to a settlement. goldie blocks encourages girls toward science and engineering. fast food workers are bringing a lawsuit against mcdonald. an issue to what they call wage

inequality. >> we're here today to call for pay. >> reporter: a large group of noisy protesters marched inside the 12th street mcdonalds in oakland at about noon. it's not clear if this mcdonalds was one of them. workers say they're not getting paid for all the hours they've worked and that they're not getting proper meal breaks. barbara lee was among those at today's rally. >> i'm just here to support your efforts and to say to you that whatever we can do as members of congress to make sure that your -- that income inequality begins right here at home. so we're closing that gap and it starts with you. >> an oakland police officer dispersed the protesters telling them they could continue outside. the richmond city council is set to look at a bill that

would take the minimum to a high. tonight is the first reading of that proposal. a new report shows a rapidly growing of americans have little or nothing saved for retirement. tom vacar explains why 26% of americans have less than $1,000 put away. avila helped pass out produce today. >> right now i'm a volunteer. usually i'm standing in line with the rest of the folks and trying to get some help here. >> reporter: there will be no retirement in her future. >> no there should be no way. i mean it's just, it's pretty impossible nowadays. >> reporter: i tried, i tried to save and it didn't work out. >> i just went broke and couldn't guy anything so i came to the food bank. >> reporter: the benefit resource says 26% of working age americans have less than

$1,000 in savings or investments for retirement. 60% of us have less than $25,000. >> $25,000, we all know is not going to be enough money. >> reporter: financial planner holly jillian serves wealthy clients but volunteers time to help those struggling to save. >> most people are human. and one reason they don't start is because they are afraid and they don't know what the next step should be. >> reporter: many people simply make too little money to save and make ends meet. many others are in deep denial about saving for retirement. >> they see that 2/3, 3/4 of americans also haven't and they can justify not saving. >> reporter: many baby boomers think their work ethic and optimism will see them through. >> those two things have a lot of baby boomers to think i'll just keep working. >> it's very hard and people were forced out of the work force early on. earlier than they were planning on. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. >> reporter: for a growing percentage of the population, the dream of a comfortable retirement will be exactly

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the government of ukraine says russian groups killed a ukrainian military officer today. that came as the russiansover ran a military base in the disputed region of crimea. ukraine's prime minister called it a war crime. earlier today, russia welcomed crimea into after they decided to seced. that as vice president biden arrived in poland this morning to meet with the nation's prime minister. in a news conference later, vice president biden condemned russia's actions. his next stops are luthiania. a san francisco woman is under arrest for violate ago

court order and trespassing at sfo. 62-year-old maryland hartman was taken into custody this morning at about 9:00. heart -- hartman has been arrested there on three separate occasions for trying to fly to hawaii without having a boarding pass. she has been ordered to stay away from the airport unless she has a legal boarding pass to fly. new mexico is one of four states that the palo alto based tesla is considering for its new multi million dollars facility. tesla says it will produce enough batteries for half a million vehicles by 2020. the company plans to invest $2 billion into the factory with another two to 3 billion coming from investors. the stock market showed positive gains today. the dow up 88 points the nasdaq up 53. investors appeared to believe that the crimea conflict is not going to escalate.

a scathing new report confirming the confusion at l.a.x. during that deadly shooting back in november. the major problems the review says police and firefighters experienced. and too fit for a gym? that's what this bay area woman says her gym told her. >> you're intimidating people with your toned body. can you put on a shirt. >> a look at the controversial policy that promises no judgment. >> and after the break, we had frost in the bay area neighborhood. it will be that cold tomorrow morning, we'll have the details on your specific overnight low forecast. it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed.

new at 5:00, a bay area woman says she was asked to leave a gym because she was too fit. and tonight, planet fitness is responding. the company has 6 million members. and the company has a policy and is not apologizing for the environment they're trying to create. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the next step in her recovery. tiffany austin is healing from a car accident and yesterday with her doctor's blessing

joined planet fitness in richmond. >> jumped on the treadmill. really excited. put on my ear buds. started walking half a mile an hour or whatever. >> reporter: things were going well until about 15 minutes into her work out when a staff member approached her. >> she says you know, excuse me. we've had some complaints, you're intimidating people with your toned body. so can you put on a shirt. >> reporter: planet fitness promises no judgment. no gym intimidation. saying members can stay in shape without the show off intimidation of gyms. >> in a lot of ways i think what planet fitness is doing is a positive thing. i think they obviously need to iron out some of these issues

but you know sport in the united states is by nature discriminatory. it is selective. >> reporter: but tiffany says she's not a gym head. she just picked the wrong outfit. >> i don't think it's anything crazy. but you tell me if it's burning your eyes. >> reporter: austin is laughing but says that she is still angry. promises that the place that offered no judgment did just that. >> i feel intimidated and harassed by a place that says no intimidation. >> reporter: a corporate spokesperson says they stand by their dress code but if austin was criticized for being toned or fit that is quote not in line with planet fitness whatsoever. a new report blasted communications at los angeles international airport. the review looked at problems that police in fire units experienced back in november while responding to a deadly shooting when a tsa agent was killed and three other people were injured. the report says that first

responders had no idea where to go or what others were doing. the mayor of los angeles said some of those problems had been addressed. the head of the report commission says l.a.x. needs more staff, training and equipment. apple is trying to boost a man for the slow selling iphone 5c with a cut in store and cut in price. you can now get the 5c with eight gigabytes in memory instead of the previous 16 gigabytes in memory. that lowers the cost to $268. european carriers don't subsidize phones so you have to pay the full price. here the phone will cost $500 with a two year contract. google introduced a new -- it's called android wear. a number of companies say they

will offer smart watches later this year. as we wrap up the winter that wasn't, bill. >> the last two or three have been pretty light. coming in as we head into thursday the first day of spring. put the windows up once again to show that it's blowing out there. there's over 750 of them out there, frank. 750. you know how tall they are. >> over 100 feet. >> 250 feet to the hub. >> it's gigantic. those are big big windows. big visible. good air quality. we had plenty of numbers in the 70s. these are the temperatures we had. 72 in santa rosa. 73 in concord. we had 70 in vallejo, 72 in fairfield and 76 in antioch the warm spot. temperatures tomorrow are going to come up a couple of degrees and that's because we have a high pressure area that's going to allow the air to sink a

little bit. as that air sinks it'll be a northerly flow. along the beach right now we have no fog to talk about. we have a good on shore wind. we did have fog a couple of days ago. coastal fog kind of patchy over the next few days. i don't think we're going to see much of it. the wind are still blowing, 10 miles per hour. the strongest ones we had was sfo today. but that's that westerly breeze. the spring starts on thursday, current temperatures it's going to act like it. when you see the five day forecast it's a spring forecast. there's no rain in this one. the rain forecast overnight lows, 38 in napa, 48 in oakland. so it's cool. and we did have patches of frost in the inland bay valleys this morning on the kind of sort of shingled roofs on some of the wood that gets frost forming pretty easily. san jose is 70 degrees. san jose tomorrow is going to be right about the same. but it's going to be back into

the mid-70s. 70 at lunchtime and 78 degrees for a daytime high. and continued good air quality for the next five days. the air begins to sink after that high and it warms. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. talk about that first panel. i went pretty fast for that. 75 in mountain view. warmer tomorrow for your wednesday. and then temperatures are going to kind of work their way down a little bit. as you look at the five day forecast, these are subtle changes right. 75, 78 tomorrow in some places. and it just widdles down. the wind out of the bay is pretty typical for this time of year. i think what you will notice if you're a hay fever sufferer is the tree pollen. because they're really starting to go. >> feels like it's been spring for three months now. >> it really has. >> the three winters have been

way way behind. risky behavior caught on camera. watch this. there it is right there. caltrain released this video of a very close call. the big mistake the agency says people make when they ignore warnings. >> and more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> three high school seniors are being called heros after they helped save two elderly women from a burning home. >> literally like a movie. i've never seen a fire like that, ever. >> why the teens may now be facing detention following their heroic actions. >> and a last ditch effort. why san jose is looking into its fast to help determine its future. coming up in less than 10 minutes at 6:00. woah, this kitchen is beautiful!

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everyone who serves under our proud flag receives the thanks that they deserve. veterans had previously been recognized with a distinguished service cross that's the military's second highest honor. we have dramatic video of a very close call involving caltrain. the video shows someone running in front of the train and almost getting the hit. why caltrain specifically wanted everyone to see this video. >> reporter: in this you tube video you see people scurry across the tracks. never mind the warning sirens are blaring and the near distance, a bullet train is coming straight toward them. this man barely makes it across. >> when we saw that video it was frightening to us but it was also a very good example of what not to do and why not to do it. >> reporter: peninsula moves says it's part of a public

awareness display to look, listen. people think after one train passes it's safe to cross and they don't realize a second train was coming which is what happened in the video. >> have you ever tried it. >> no i avoid it. what's 10 seconds any way. >> reporter: these three people cross illegally. one man who asked nonchalant got trapped behind the gate and had to wait until it got lifted up. >> what goes through your mind, it's not the right thing to do. >> it's dangerous, it's tkaeuplgs. >> i walk over the top, get people out here and get cars cars to cross people. >> reporter: the cost runs 50 to $20 million. there are signs at caltrain station warning people that if they cross the tracks while the gates are down they'll be fined $270. sheriff deputies are handing out tickets but they can't catch everyone.

reporting in redwood city. janine de la vega, ktvu news. now at 6:00, these high school seniors raise inside a burning home and save lives. why they may be in trouble following that heroic action. and police carry out a raid late today taking several men and women into custody. what we've learned about the efforts to get drugs and guns off of bay area streets. and people fed up with prostitution in their city may welcome a new kind of dear john letter from police. now that i think about it it's crazy. i can't believe i even really did that. he's one of three teenagers that helped rescue two women from a burning home. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. now we're hearing about the quick action of three high school seniors. rob roth is live now in san ramon with why they ran into the house and why they're now

in trouble at school, rob. >> reporter: the latest word is the 94-year-old woman who lived in this fire ravaged home is in critical condition. but she is still alive thanks to three brave high school students and a neighbor. three seniors at california high school in san ramon forever linked by an act of heroism. >> we saw somebody that needed help so we helped them. >> reporter: three students peter cavariotes, peter and garren said they were in a car near by and went to the house. >> it was smoking, i never saw anything like that. >> reporter: they went to the backyard and saw a 71-year-old woman and they walk her to the front. but her mother was inside the burning home. they saw a neighbor who busted open the front door. >> they came up