now at noon, breaking news out of sunnyvale where at least two homes including an in-home daycare went up in flames as explosions were seen coming from the fiery scene. >> total shocking. the house is engulfed in flames. my house is full of water. >> why one man says officials threatened to arrest him. a pilot in the north bay extricated from his plane after it crashed in novato. and we're learning new details about last year's attack on a pg&e substation in the south bay and the action the utility is now taking to prevent any future attacks.

ktvu channel 2 news start right now with breaking news. >> and breaking news this  noontime out of sunnyvale where crews are finally put out flames scene earlier shooting out of two homes including a daycare. you can see from the scene now from newschopper2. there's still some smoke in the area. and the roof appears mostly gone. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. this is all happening on lantana drive not far from the laurbs expressway in sunnyvale -- lawrence expressway in sunnyvale. ktvu's janine de la vega is on the scene and joins us live. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. we just learned again that one of the homes that was destroyed was an in-home daycare. there was one baby inside. everyone, though, is out safe. the fire is contained but firefighters are here. when we first arrived, embers were flying everywhere, the smoke was thick. fire ended up destroying two homes down the street on

lantana drive where there's still a lot of emergency crews here. from newschopper2, you can see the flames shooting up in the air from the two homes located in a neighborhood near reed avenue. it all began at 9:20 this morning and the flames continued to rage for more than an hour as firefighters worked to extinguish them. when they first arrived on scene, they tried to fight it from the inside but heavy flames and smoke made the firefighters back out. it was causing the roofs of the homes to start sagging. they quickly pulled out and had to fight the flames from outside. tree trimmers working from the neighborhood first spotted a flame and alerted the people inside. >> fire, fire, no response. pounded on the door. no response. help hollering. finally they opened the door and i ran inside and told them about it. >> it's really tragic and unexpected. kind of like a bad dream, really. >> reporter: now, inside the home that operated as a daycare, there were five

adults, there was a baby, and two cats that all escaped from inside that home. no one was inside the other house that caught fire. but neighbors keep telling us that two dogs inside died as a result of the fire. fire captain did just tell us that one dog, a dalmatian, is unaccounted for. it was a chaotic scene while neighbors watched in disbelief as the smoke consumed their neighborhood. one of the homeowners got on his roof with a house because he was afraid his home would also be destroyed. did the firefighter say get off? >> yeah, they kept saying i would be arrested for being on the roof. i said i wanted to hose my house down. they said they are gonna arrest me. we'll see what happened. >> reporter: at this point, fire officials don't know what caused the fire. it appears it started in between the two houses. once the firefighters are able to get inside and start their investigation, they will have

more answers. and coming up on our later newscast, my colleague, ann ruben, will have much more on this. reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> wow. all right. thank you, janine. calfire crews also made quick work of a brush fire this morning in santa cruz county. it started about 6:00 a.m. in the pine mountain area. the fire was burning in steep heavily wooded terrain. but fire crews contained it to just over three acres. they will be at the scene making sure it does not flare back up. fire officials say the fire may have started near the bloom creek campground but the cause is under investigation. and fire investigators continue to search for whoever started several small fires in oakland's diamond canyon neighborhood yesterday. ktvu's brian flores is live in the oakland hills to let us know what crews will be doing just a couple of hours from now. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. we just go got an update from an oakland fire battalion chief

who says around 2:00 p.m. investigators will go down physically down into the diamond canyon looking for any clues into how and possibly who started these fires yesterday. oakland fire officials say this is the work of an arsonist. about 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., a crew of four investigators will be going back in the canyon. fire officials want to see if someone is starting these fires going back at the same time of day 0 could provide -- could provide clues as to who it is. while they say there is a homeless encampment down there, they say there's no evidence of that today. winds were down and that contributed to firefighters putting the fire out. >> the two fires were simultaneous but they were half a mile apart. we had calm winds so the likelihood of an ember flying from one area to another was very minimal. as far as the top of the mountain, that was almost impossible for an ember to get

there. >> reporter: fire crews have been out patrolling the area. they will continue to do so into the evening. for oakland hills residents who remember the fire in 1991, add's scene was a reminder about what would have happened. >> i lived here when the firestorm happened and saw all of the equipment and our neighborhood was next to be evacuated. that's pretty scary. after that we put a steel roof on our house and hoped that that will be enough. >> reporter: the diamond canyon fire is only two miles from where the '91 fire happened. last week, crews were out here battling two more suspicious fires around the same area. as we take it back out here line, you can see the sign -- live, you can see how high the fire danger is. crews will be out here again patrolling the area, they are urging any witnesses to come forward. we're live in the oakland hills, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a pedestrian was killed by a caltrain in mountain view this morning which brought trains to a standstill. but one track has just

reopened. the accident happened at 10:15 a.m. near rankster avenue and blocked traffic in both directions initially. a bus was stent up -- set up to to transfer passengers between the california avenue, mountain view stations. it appears the northbound train is shut down but southbound trains are now operating. in the north bay crews had to extricate the pilot of a small plane that ran off the runway and flipped as it was attempting to take off. it happened at moss field in novato. rescuers say the plane initially flipped over on the roof. we just got this video in within the hour. the fire captain says the pilot was the only person on board and was not hurt. as you can see, his aircraft ran into the water. >> partially submerged water. the pilot's feet were in the water. that was it. he was strapped in there.

there was no issue to him. no crushing of the canopy itself. the aircraft stayed intact. >> they got the pilot out and they pulled the plane out of the water. the ntsb will investigate the cause of the crash. new at noon, the california public utilities commission is talking about security at pg&e substations including an attack at the metcalf station in the south bay last year. katie utehs attended today's meeting and joins us live. good afternoon, katie. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. pg&e is calling the metcalf attack a game changer for the entire industry. while they wouldn't go into the specifics of the attack, they are saying that whoever group of people or a person who attacked the station knocked out communications lines before going for the power system. here's the time line. around 1:00 a.m. on april 16th of last year, someone cut the at&t fiber line located at substeauks. this sub steauks is south of

san jose between 101 and monterey road. ten minutes later, another line was cut. at that point, land line and cell service went down including much of the 911. between 1:30 and 1:45, someone fired shots into the equipment, damaging 17 transformers and six circuit breakers. when questioned, the pg&e senior would not comment how important the targets are to the system. he would own low kay they rerouted electricity and no customers lost power. as the investigation continues, pg&e says there's a lot of work to be done to prevent another attack. >> we're spending more than $100 million to improve security at these facilities. although we've always taken this security seriously, this event caused a paradigm shift in our thinking and the industry's thinking. this is a nationwide issue as well as an issue for pg&e.

>> reporter: pg&e would not say how many substations need better security. security improvements at the metcalf substation are still in the engineering and permitting phase with construction beginning sometime this year. they deflected any questions regarding the investigation to the fbi. the public meeting is scheduledwell into the afternoon -- scheduled well into the afternoon. tom vacar will have more tonight on the evening newscast. back to you. >> thank you. oakland police are investigating the deadly shooting of a woman in east oakland this morning. it happened just before 4:30 at 1200th avenue and international boulevard. officers arrived to find the woman dead at the scene. so far her identity has not been released and no arrests have been made. it is a crime-fighting tool with big benefits. some people say it's also a big invasion of privacy. the fremont city council approved a $300,000 plan for 12

cameras and license plate readers last night to help police catch criminals. police say most burglaries are committed by people who live outside of the city. so this equipment would be installed at key intersections near the city's borders. we got a mixed reaction to the plan this morning. >> i think it's just kind of a vieration of our -- violation of our privacy. just being watched all of the time, it's too big brother for me. >> if it helps to bring the crime rate down and leads to convictions and people stopping it, i'm all for it, you know. >> the cameras and readers are scheduled for installation next year. information from the system will be stored for only a limited time. the trademark protection of an nfl team canceled. why the u.s. patent office says it's inappropriate and what the team plans to do now. it's warming unaround the bay area today. ktvu's steve paulson will be here to tell you which neighborhoods could even see the 90-degree mark today. dozens of inventers and

entrepreneurs are at the white house's first-ever maker faire. it includes some teens frpt bay area. -- from the bay area. ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at universal studios hollywood.

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district has a -- moraga school district has agreed to pay $14 million to two women abused by a biology teacher in the 1990s. the settlement is in addition to two other victims making it the largest mow ltion station settlement country -- molestation settlement in the country. witters was placed on leave in 1996 after more complaints were made. he drove his car off a cliff a few days later. in oakland, jury deliberations are set to begin today in the trial of two men accused of killing an oakland toddler. prosecutors say 3-year-old carlos nava was caught in the crossfire of a gang feud when he was shot and killed on international boulevard nearly three years ago. the two suspected gang members on trial for the child's death could spend the rest of their lives in prison if convicted. san jose city leaders are planning to spend $50,000 to find out how voters feel about

raising taxes. the money will be spent on a public survey and the council says if there's a positive response, a tax preparal could be put on the november ballot. the increase could be as much as .25. >> a lot of folks do it. i've lived here all of my life. it would make the city better. >> the extra revenues would fund city services such as extending library hours and staffing fire stations. another preppal would in -- proechal would increase -- proposal would increase the tax on marijuana shops. bay area inventers were among those set up shop on the south lawn of the white house for the first ever maker faire. president obama got a look at the exhibits. they range from a robot tick giraffe to a balloon mapping kit. some included a 3-d printer and

a low-cost chemistry set. >> based on being able to prototype to access things like the tech shop, for example, where we did a lot of this early making we've been able to, again, get that to babies all across the world. >> the white house says the faire is meant to highlight technical innovations and get more young people interested in math and science. a newly retired u.s. marine woke up this morning in his newly renovated north bay home after a homecoming surprise. >> welcome home, brother. >> jack bernardo and his family returned from japan yesterday. bernardo purchased a fixer- upper home and planned to work on it this summer. instead, his friends raised money to install new floors, redo the kitchen and landscape

the property. >> i didn't think it was right for a person who retired given 21 years and getting 50% of their pay to come back and spend every cent that they saved on fixing up the home that they could afford. >> 21 years, i gave them serving our country. if i have 21 more years to give, i would. >> suisun city's mayor was there and he declared june 17th, master sergeant bernardo day. the washington redskins plan to appeal the ruling to cancel the team's trademark registration. the u.s. patent office canceled the trademark this morning say the team's name is "disparaging to native-americans." without the trademark, anyone can tell team-related accessories without permission. the owner has said he would not change the name even if he loses that trademark case. and the san jose sharks could be looking to relocate

all because of a local television deal. according to a new report. the mercury news say if the team does not get more money could affect whether the sharks stay in san jose or even the bay area. the current contract calls for comcast sports to pay the sharks $7 million a year for 14 more seasons. in comparison, the toronto maple leafs receive $41 million a year in local tv rights. it started this morning with clear skies and no fog unless you were in monterey. temperatures are jumping up fast. i just tweeted this out. procedure per troe 60s, 70s, and 80s depending upon your location. if you have a west wind, it's in the 60s. west or east wind, 70s or 80s. high pressure is ramping up temperatures really fast. water temperatures are cold.

the fog will be back. it won't be today. it's a warmer forecast for today. even though we had 40s, it's clear as far as we can see. the fog was pushed well to the south. the breeze was all over the place. fairfield is in the 80s, concord, santa rosa. one report of san francisco at 74, officially 76. half moon bay made it down to 43 this morning. 81 mountain view, livermore 83. livermore's high on monday was 71. there are some 80s as well. calistoga, lakeport, sebastopol, 86. they were 49. petaluma, 80 degrees. some temperatures to the south, also warming up fast. i doubt the 91 in sunnyvale is correct. i believe los gatos and saratoga is and also east san jose with low 80s. san jose stayed at 78 an impressive huge system controlling much of the west except california. we're on the drier side of that big low now, it did sweep in a little bit of rain last night up in the sierra nevada but they are rebounding well.

65 there. 68 sacramento is at 85. ukiah, 82 even though though had 40s for lows. we're in between systems. this one will burn off and start to deepen and pick up the fog bank. everything says sunshine and warmer temperatures today. this will be the warmest day. in fact, some of the extended outlooks are coal and strong with a system coming in. that's next week. today shows a lot of warm temperatures, maybe the warmest temperatures here for a while. 70s, 80s to near 90 for some. concord, 90 degrees. walnut creek in there as well. brent we'd, antioch. 77 alameda. 80 in downtown oakland. san jose to morgan hill, gilroy, santa clara, everybody is close here. even on the coast a beautiful day. 60s, 70s. 80s on the peninsula. it looks like tomorrow will be warm. probably not as warm as today. saturday it's the first day, the summer solstice at 3:51 a.m. and it will cool down. >> it will plummet.

>> it will plummet. >> not plummet exactly but it will be cooler. a new multi-million dollar effort underway to keep the light show on the bay bridge shining for even longer. why the current lights would need to be taken down first in order to keep the display.

stocks are higher after the federal reserve announced an hour ago it will cut another $10 billion from its monthly bond purchases in line with

expectations. they also hinted at a slightly higher pace of interest rate increases starting next year and said the economic recovery is largely on track. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 67. the nasdaq is up 16 and the s&p is up 10. the fund-raising effort starts today to keep the bay bridge twinkling at night for another 12 years. it's a light show that's gained national recognition on the western span of the bridge. but it was installed as a temporary two-year display. now illuminate the arts is asking people to donate funds in an effort to replace the lights with a long-lasting display. caltrans needs to take the lights down to paint the bridge. it will cost $12 million to pay for the new lights but people seem to think it's worth it. >> just walking like i am at night, it's beautiful. do it. $12million is a lot of money. >> if it's taken from the city's funds to help the

homeless, don't do it. if it's private, yeah, do it. >> the new lights would be energy efficient and should last until 2026. if the funding comes through, the goal is to restring the lights in time for super bowl weekend in 2016. in pleasanton, this year's alameda county fair is now officially underway. the fair opened over an hour ago. it runs through july 6th. aside from the traditional carnival rides, livestock and trastcy treats -- tastecy treats -- tasty treats, the hours are 11:00 to 11:00 p.m. in petaluma, the 75th sonoma marin fair kicked off this morning. unlike other county fairs, the price of admission includes unlimited carnival rides. the fair is known for the ugliest dog contest which takes place on friday. it runs through the weekend and ends on sunday. residential streets, clogged up and police say it's because people are trying to

cheat the system and avoid paying for parking in one bay area city. the new effort to crack down on a trend that's infuriating some neighborhoods. that's tonight on the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day.

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