fire investigators are sifting through the debris and ash after a house fire killed one person in sunnyvale this morning. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. we'll have more on that story in a moment you about we begin in -- but begin in san jose where a runway is shut down at the airport after a plane made an emergency landing because the landing gear failed. the plane is sitting at the spot where it ran off runway 30 left at 10:30 this morning. the landing gear collapsed sometime during the flight.

what caused that is not unknown. the airport dispatched fire engines. as a precaution everyone on board escaped unharmed. there's no word yet on when that runway will reopen but the other two runways at min mineta are open and the spokesperson said there are no delays to other flights. emergency crews are still in a sunnyvale neighborhood this noontime, where a person was killed in a fire that destroyed a home. a passerby called 911 after seeing fire and smoke coming from the house at fish hawk. firefighters say when they arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames. the roof and second floor completely collapsed. it took about an hour to put on the flames. the fire was so intense, neighbors were worried it could spread to other homes. >> i looked out the side window and it was complete orange out there. i yelled at my family to get out and by then, the firefighters were knocking on our door and we just ran out.

>> firefighters found the victim toward the back of the house on fire. that person has not yet been identified but neighbors el tell us that an elderly -- tell us that an elderly man lived there. the cause of the fire is under investigation. more than two dozen people were hurt when a metro link train derailed this morning in southern california. now the ntsb will try to piece together exactly what went wrong and if anything could have been don't differently. sal castanedo is live in the newsroom now with the very latest. sal? >> tori, good afternoon. the metro link system is very similar to the caltrain system here. the truck driver that stalled this truck on the tracks told authorities he accidentally turned onto the train tracks. he's not from the area. i thought it was a highway and became stuck knowing the train was coming. he says he got out and walked away before the train made impact. when emergency crews arrived, they found three cars of the five car train on their sides and a truck that was destroyed.

the metro link commuter train was in oxnard making its way east when it hit a utility truck pulling a trailer at a crossing at about 5:40 this morning. crash turned the truck into a huge fireball. officials say the crash could have been much worse. the collision happened on a straightaway and authorities say that enabled the train engineer to see the truck on the tracks from a good distance and start applying the brakes. the train was still not able to stop in time. officials say 28 of the 51 people on board were injured. four of them critically. many were evaluated at special areas before they were transported to hospitals. >> broken arms and legs and cuts and bruises. >> witnesses say the loud crash was proceeded by the horn of the train for what seemed like a long time. the five-car train was being pushed by the locomotive but the engineer was in front as is

typical. authorities say the ennear is one of the -- engineer is one of the criticically injured. the driver of the vehicle was found a mile away unhurt. he's cooperating with the investigation. union pacific says it hopes to have the very busy section of track open pie tomorrow morning- - by tomorrow morning. back to you. >> thank you. caltrain is reminding drivers to use kauks at crossings following a deadly accident at rush hour yesterday. authorities say an suv was stopped on the truck at ravenswood avenue in menlo park when it was hit by a southbound train around 4:45 yesterday afternoon. the collision sent the vehicle 40 feet across the intersection. the female driver in her 30s was killed. caltrain says it's likely the woman got stuck on the trucks because of slow traffic ahead of her. >> sometimes at peak commute hours traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. somebody stopped on the tracks.

>> caltrain is reminding drivers not to cross unless you are sure you can make it across all the way. they say it can take five, six miles for a train to become to a complete stop. today marks six months since a 6.0 earthquake struck napa. while parts of the city have rebounded, others still linger in limbo. we took a tour of downtown napa this morning and saw many places still closed due to quake damage. no word when the post office on second and the safeway on clay will reopen. many small business owners say disaster relief was not enough to cover their losses. so they've been slow to bounce back. >> physically recovering, we've noticed the building used to be covered in a facade. the side was falling apart during the quake. some of the other places have been repaired. it's recovering slowly physically but there's recovery. from what i heard the relief has been coming slowly and very selectively. >> the city has also lost tax money because some hotels,

restaurants and other businesses were badly damaged. the official estimate for damages throughout the city was $442 million but a risk management company says the number is really at least twice that. nicholas dylan was severely injured during the quake when the chimney at his house collapsed onto him. one of his most serious injuries was a broken pelvis. doctors expected it would take six months for the 13-year-old to be able to walk again. he surprise him and already practicing soccer. he said he's not ready to rejoin the team because he still does not have a lot of stamina. he said surviving the quake makes him appreciate every day he's alive. tomorrow is "we day." ktvu is the proud sponsor. our reporter shows us how some students in san leandro earned their way to "we day" by making

a positive change in this world. >> reporter: these students at john muir middle school in san leandro are learning way more than the free arts. they are in season of service, period of peace focusing on themes such as service, nonviolence, knowledge and giving. these risk bands are part of that. students earn them through specs activities. >> you basically can earn your red wristband by giving. that's amazing. >> reporter: students raised money to buy goats for families in nicaragua. each ghost -- goat cost $50. for a family that gets them, it's like winth lottery. >> the goat makes 15 cups a milk aday. >> reporter: students have raised more than a thousand dollars for 22 goats. they can watch educational videos on civil rights videos,

participating in no name- calling week or a canned food drive. >> it makes me feel like i've changed someone's life. >> reporter: as much as the students do at school, they are learn -- their learning doesn't step when the bell rings. >> i've made peanut butter and gemmily sandwiches for the homeless in san francisco. >> homeless -- jelly sandwiches for the homeless in san francisco. >> it helps a lot of people. >> reporter: they can't wait to meet other like-minded students at "we day." you are doing something that's impacting the world. >> the big event is tomorrow in san jose. claudine wong will be there covering it for us live during "mornings on 2" and we want to see your photos and video from the event. make sure that you students and teachers are using the hashtag weday or tweet to @ktvu. batkid is returning to the bay area tonight.

>> we decided to turn san francisco into gotham city. >> the 25th annual film festival in san jose will kick off with batkid begins. the documentary about miles scott and his wish to become a superhero. you will remember thousands of volunteers helped turned san francisco into gotham city in november of 2013. the film festival kicks off today and runs through march 8th. san francisco giants' catcher buster posey is one step away being named the face of major legal baseball-- league bearable. he's still holding a slight edge over david wright from the mets. earlier, we asked posy what he thinks about the possibility of becoming the face of the league this year. >> it's something that i will -- that i will relish. i think it's -- it's a good opportunity to be an ambassador for baseball and be a good role model for children.

>> tonight on the 10:00 news, sports director mark ibanez talks to him about the upcoming season and his role in the toyota ads. the justice department decides whether to press charges against george zimmerman in the shooting death of trayvon martin. and support is growing for a coordinated effort to try to head off isis. this as the terror group says it's taken more christian hostages in the middle east. hillary clinton is in town. the gathering she will address today and the goal it has for women leaders. clear skies for the week but rain showers on the horizon. meteorologist rosemary orozco joins us next with the time line for the next round of rain.

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the justice department says it will not file civil rights charges against the florida man who shot and killed unarmed teenager, trayvon martin. federal prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to prove that george zimmerman violated martin's civil rights. thursday is the third anniversary of martin's death. the 17-year-old was walking home from the store when zimmerman shot him to death in florida. zimmerman was later a -- acquitted of second-degree murder. mish mcconnell has offered

a vote to fund the homeland security department without blocking president obama's immigration orders. >> it's another way to get the senate unstuck from a democratic philly buster an move the -- filibuster and move forward. >> president obama says it's the homeland security workers who would be affected. >> unless congress acts, one week from now, more than 100,000 employees, border patrol, port inspectors, tsa agents will show up to work without getting paid. >> because about 85% of homeland security employees are deemed essential, they would still have to show up for work even though they would not get paid until a budget for that department is passed. isis militants reportedly

captured as many as 100 syrian christians from northeast syria today but in iraq the military says they've liberated the highly contested town from isis control. fox news correspondent has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: isis is reportedly on a new offensive against christians in syria in recent days an abducts 70 christians as hostages. the news brought pleas for help. >> translator: all of the political parties in the community want to issue a straight to strongly con-- statement to kongly condemn these actions -- strongly condemn these actions. >> reporter: ashton carter all but ruling out american, boots on the ground, to fight isis. critics say the obama administration isn't doing enough to counter the isis threat.

>> frankly, we're paying the price now facing what we're facing with isis for being disengaged in iraq and syria. >> reporter: but the fight seems to be going better in iraq where the iraqi military has taken back the highly contested town from isis militants. and more help may be coming from oversea es. new zealand officials announcing they are sending military trainers to iraq and challenging other countries to join them. >> i'm sorry but this is the time to stand up and be counted. get some guts! >> reporter: isis militants have not released information off made contact about those abducted christians but they could be used to arrange a prisoner swap with kurdish and christian militias in the area. in 90 minutes, hillary clinton will speak before a silicon valley conference for women. she's one of the keynote speakers at the lean on water

mark silicon valley conference for women. the conference raises awareness about the earning potential and opportunities in the fields of science and technology and highlights the groundbreaking women who are leading the way. it's being held at the santa clara convention center. let's get a look at the forecast with rosemary. pretty chilly this morning. >> bone chilling in some areas. we sank into the upper 20s to low 30s for some of the valleys. but the light wind as well as the clear skies and outside of the doors, the mostly sunny skies and the lighter winds helping to make it feel really nice about now. temperatures a few degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. without the wind, it will feel really good as well. giving you a look at stormtracker2, no rain in the forecast, at least not for the next couple of days. i do see some entering the picture by the weekend. we have wall-to-wall sunshine from the coast, inside the bay and with the clear skies and the overnight hours we'll continue with the cold weather as we get into the morning but by the afternoon, we have mild

weather in store. ridge of high pressure rebuilding over the next few days. tuesday, wednesday, thursday very similar to well morning lows and then the afternoon. widespread 60s in the forecast. we are going to end february with the possibility of scattered showers coming our way. after more than two weeks of dry weather, it looks like friday night into saturday will be the best possibility. i will roll you through this as we get through. the next few days not a lot going on. the ridge of high pressure remains in control. the storm track stays to the north. by 4:00 friday nfern. a system sinks into california. you can see a little bit of shower activity here in and around perhaps the sierra and central valley but we'll have the slight possibility of showers in the area for friday. it looks like the better bet will be on saturday. doesn't look like a whole lot of rain. .25 or so but that will be the next opportunity at seeing some rain. this is a cold storm. it looks like the sierra will pick up snow. if you are thinking about going to the sierra for the weekend. snow levels could drop down to

3500 feet. we'll be tracking that for you. meanwhile, outside the doors for today. right now, 58 degrees in oakland. 63 san francisco. 64 mountain view. for the afternoon, a lot of 60s. low to mid-60s from the coast into san francisco. 66 for concord. 68 expected for oakland this afternoon. into the south bay, 68 san jose, and 68 degrees for santa cruz. the extended forecast here so, again, very similar weather as we get through the next couple of days and then partly cloudy on thursday with that chance for rain increasing on friday. saturday looks to be cool. this system dly cooler than what efwould's seen in the -- than what we've seen in the past. >> thank you. an. answers the call for more die scrers -- apple answers the call for more diversity. and the powerful message behind this neighborhood mural. i miss my old school. i miss my room.

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stocks mostly higher as traders cheer signals from janet yellen that the central bank is unlikely to begin rising interest rates before june. strong earnings from home depot and positive development in greece's efforts to secure an extext of the financial -- extension of the financial program. the dow is up 109. the nasdaq is up 7 and the s&p is also up 7. apple iphone and ipad users will soon have a more diverse

section of emogi characters. tapping and holding on a person will bring up new skin tone variations. apple is making the change after public outcry for limited options for people of different ethnicities. we are officially 50 weeks away from super bowl 50. the search for volunteers is about to get underway. organizers need almost 10,000 people to help lead up to the event. they are looking for people who know the landmarks and others who are tech savvy. in return, they say volunteers will get a special uniform and they will be able to attend special events but the one think that does not come with the job is the free ticket to the big game. when you live in a city boarded up buildings can be magnets for graffiti. but in one san francisco

neighborhood it's an open invitation to write something different. noelle walker has more. >> reporter: the corner of 23rd and california is hardly a bus stop. a pass through in the city's richmond district. >> take a look here. >> reporter: most notable. >> i like to save a homeless person. >> reporter: are all of these notes. >> it's something tangible. >> i guess it just went up. >> reporter: it started as a blank slate outside of a boarded-up cleaning business. it's evolved. >> i love that somebody's done this. >> reporter: from an open love letter to the richmond to an open bucket list. >> i looked out the window and you could see before i die, do -- before i die, dot, dot, dot. >> the guy was writing on the board and asked me what i wanted to do before i died.

>> reporter: to finish the sentence -- >> before i die, i want to do what? >> reporter: places people want to see. >> that's me. >> before i die -- >> reporter: people they want to help. >> i would like to think back on my life and reflect that i somehow made a difference. >> i want to see my autistic son thrive. >> reporter: things they dare to dream. >> kind of what i want. >> i will be a superhero. >> i was gonna say spend the day with justin timberlake but now that seems silly. now that seems really silly that everyone has said really good things. >> reporter: it's all there on the corner of 23rd and california. >> firefighter. >> reporter: for all to read -- >> i immediately looked at ited and call -- at it and called my mom and said this is why i love san francisco so much where.

>> before we die, live. >> that's pretty deep. >> reporter: from a boarded up building. >> did you write on here? >> reporter: on a city street corner. in san francisco, noelle walker, fox 2 news. >> we're just getting word of another caltrain accident on the peninsula within the last hour. officials say a northbound train hit a pedestrian on the track at the palo alto train station about 45 minutes ago. caltrain tweeted the person is getting medical attention. train traffic is holding in the area. samtrans and vta are honoring tickets. it was just yesterday an suv stopped on the tracks in menlo park, was hit by a train, killing the driver and causing major delays. coming up tonight on the news at 5:00, manging a change to -- making a change to america's pastime. a leader plans to announce proposals to ban tobacco at baseball venues.

we're working to learn more about the plan tonight at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you on ktvu.com. and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day.

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