it's easy to do a home remodel and easy to have an unsuccessful one. most people are strezed out by their home remodel work? >> people do get stressed out, dan, don't you find. >> what is successful home remodeling. for me and you it's to do it in such a way it achieves on something what your anticipated project looks at the end and keeps your life in a manageable, low stress situation. what makes it successful? okay. reducing stress what else makes a remodel less stressful harvey? >> reduce stress but what make its successful is when you end up with something that makes your living situation something better than it was before. >> i'm surprised how wonderful this remodel is! >> exactly. >> one of the reasons as we move along to talk about who's part of your project team. one of the reasons people hire architects, particularly in design professionals is they bring value to a job that you as a homeowner can't even imagine. an architect who brought experience in home remodels or other design professional can look at it and have a vision of what it might a

and if you have any questions about whether or not you have a home office, check out irs publication on their website read through it and they have a nifty flow chart that helps walk through a series of questions to ultimately tell you if you're on the up and up and can claim a home office. >> a big red flag is when all your numbers seem to look perfectly perfect. there are no cents, everything is dollars, all rounded off. that's a red flag. i thought you do that for the sheer idea of convenience. >> here's why that's a big red flag. here's when it's perfectly okay. if you're going to round a dollar amount, let's say $6,301.25 to just 6,301, that's okay. what's not okay and again, not rocket science here, the irs will pay a lot of attention if all of your numbers on your tax form are rounded to the nearest hundred or thousand or 50. if everything looks tidy and your numbers convenient they're going to wonder if you've just made things up but if you're not keeping really good records and again they want you keeping the best records possible. just use the actual numbers and if you need

homes or be rescued. for people on this side the story was much more devastating. aeaths that occurred in these homes here. i want to introduce you to darryl osmon and his sister dena. i appreciate you guys talking to me earlier in the morning when it was still dark out. you were hoping to be able to gather up some things. did you find anything? >> actually, we have. >> we have found a few items. >> what did you find? >> this is a picture. i was a sophomore in high school when this was taken. this was my junior prom in 1984. >> i'll hold it so these guys can see that. so what was it like to recover that from your mom's house? >> you know, it's one of those -- i actually don't have this picture. so this is something i will keep. >> it's something your mother obviously treasured. >> yes. >> we should tell people -- what's this. >> we found this one. >> that is my aunt. >> this is my aunt who told me last night on the phone who is old enough for medicare. that gives you an idea how old it is. >> that's a great picture. your mom was inside her home when it sort of sounds

police are calling this a home invasion. oke into a town house, threatened the residents and made out with a number of electronics at 11:00 last night. police used a helicopter to search for the suspects but no arrests this morning. it does not appear that the victims were physically harmed. >> we want to get a look at traffic and weather. we will get to an atom in a moment and let's start with lisa baden. >> no one will be disappointed by our look at traffic. we are in good shape on 95 between richmond and baltimore. nothing complicated between annapolis and new york ave. the dulles toll road. we will go to a couple pictures. this is where they melt together. good in and out of the district. headlights the no. downside on the way to pennsylvania avenue, a pretty good shape right now. i'm not sure what the camera was looking at. we will look at traffic through springfield. everything is moving smartly. back inside. >> phase 2 of the dulles rail project will cost less than anticipated because of the underground station. yester

it has a home land. from a farm by the late ali. sometimes the circle breaks and the woman meets the child. face-to-face. each one seeing for the first time her strength in the other. a poem by jenny. [inaudible]. after more than a year of e mails and phone conversations, amy,ling and i met at the university of wisconsin in madison. it was sometime during the mid 1980. calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's h

home work. middle schoolers just a little. only students who benefit are 11th and 12th graders recommending replacing home work with 20 minutes of exercise. >> where is that study when i was a kid? >> ftc shut down what they're calling a company. >> there is a good chance they called you, too. the company is based out of los angeles and known as sbnperipeherals. this is one of the call autos we have critical information about your automobile warranty that is about to exexpire sent several notifications by mai. have you yet to respond. >> and yeah, investigators say nearly 13 million people bought into the scheme buying what investigators say are worthless auto warranties. ftc confiscated $1 million from the company's account and put a lien on a home and taken 50% interest of an office building. it's a shopper delight right at your finger tips, apps out there that pull together catalog offerings from hundreds of specialty stores. just click on a single item and it takes you to the site. face book youngers being warned of a con,

a home run. >> not a bad debut. two for two with a homer and two runs batted in.'s beat the reds. and let the hype begin. after the game, a's pitcher tweeted, went two for two today with the bomb. print the t-shirts. the angels over big offseason edition, cj wilson getting the start. sixth inning, aubrey huff launches a solar shot to right. he tries to win the starting job at first base. the angels win 9-5. >> the mauves, look like a team playing their third road game in three nights. david lee with the seal to derel wright. the warriors up 19. currie would lead the game with another sprained ankle. dallas committed 21 turnovers in a team like the warriors turned them all into points. scored 15 of his 20 in the third. led by double digits most of the night. nate robinson drills the three in the corner. he had 21 off the bench. the warriors blow out the defending champs. the mavs lost seven straight on the road. the cal women beat stanford back in january of 2009. since then, the cardinal have not lost a conference game, but the pack 12 championship. >>> what a nic

five bodies found inside a home. not a live look at the scene, but plenty of officers on scene. we will be following it all day. >> interesting. not a lot of details. >>> plenty of parents hope their kids will be athletes to score free rides to college. >> they want free tuition for everyone, college for california. needs more than 800,000 signatures to get that on the june ballot. they want state university tuition free for full time in state students, in exchange for 70 hours of community service per year, or by maintaining 2.7 grade point average. sponsors say it would be paid for by increase in income tax for high wage earners. >> 2.7. >> not a great grade point. i want to go back to college if that's the case. >> 4.0. come on. >> you? >> no. thanks for joining us. see you tonight.

are worth. >> this is a home that we brought our first granddaughter homes is the home that had proms and homecoming pictures. this home has so many memories. >> in stafford, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> they are not pursuing a lawsuit. the county hopes to start repairing the property in late spring, but they are worried it will take much longer. >>> an amazing story now of survival in new mexico about a woman and her very loyal pet. a woman who had been missing for nearly a month was discovered this week. search and rescue teams found 41-year-old margaret page barely alive in the national forest. she disappeared while hiking back in february. she survived by eating what little food she had. she was able to keep warm thanks to her thick blue sleeping bag. rescuers were taking her away, they noticed something else in that bag. it turns out her cat had remained at page's side for the entire ordeal. >> it was one week ago that deadly tornadoes ripped through the south and midwest. and henryville, indiana, was one of the towns hit hardest. local schools were d

two people were shot and killed inside a sunnyvale home. olice station in sunnyvale with more. >> reporter: good morning. police are not releasing a lot of information this morning. all they are giving us is this one-page press release which is a very short paragraph of information. it does include the new information that they have been interviewing one person who did live in the house at the station throughout the evening. here's the scene last night from the quiet sunnyvale neighborhood on nectarine avenue. police got the call just before 8 p.m. that two people were found shot dead inside of this home. police haven't said whether or not this may have been a murder- suicide or if the third person who lived in the house may have done the killing or knew anything about it. according to public records, a husband and wife in their 50s lived here and we have also heard that they had a teenaged son that may or may not be the third person that police are talking to this morning. they have not dealt with a lot of high-profile murder investigations

he will get a nice home. >> uncle don. >> same hair color. you do. maybe you need to adopt him. >> this is a day you remind you to give your pets water if they are outside. p 7 degrees already at bwi marshal. 59 the dew point. started off with fog. the winds are from the east, northeasts it's doing to get warmer through the afternoon. 77 right now, bwi marshal. 68 on the shore. 71 oakland. 75 elkton. around the metro area, temperatures are coolest near the water 71 rock hall. 75 bel air. 77 westminster and columbia. north, northeasterly wind has been responsible for keeping moisture coming in across the bay for the last few days or so. we did dry out nicely today and now we are watching waer air along with the sun, settling in over the mid atlantic. two dynamics are going to bring us rain. see the spiral over oklahoma and pulling in moisture off of the gulf. another front, a back door cold front, slides in from the north and northeast, that's going to move in over the next 12 hours or so as well. kind of a squeeze play between the two. rain from both

friends of the victim's set up is vigil in front of a home. e has been some speculation that this was a murder-suicide. that a man at this vigil that did not want to go on-camera told me that he had been friends with the family living in this home for over 20 years. and he believes that this was a murder. the motive was money and he believes the person who did this is still out there. >> it is around us, like the massacre. >> early this morning people that live near city college woke up to this. >> this is out of the ordinary in this neighborhood. a nice quiet working-class neighborhood. and this happens, everyone needs to be concerned about what is the root cause? >> at 7:35 a.m. police say a woman came home to find a murder scene. three women and two men dead inside. this man woke up screaming. >> she was screaming " someone help me ". >> this letter says that he heard gunfire in the early morning hours. >> it was a booming sound at night and someone's voice. >> another neighbor remembers yelling how come from a home around midnight last nigh

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yet &piivestigators tell us monae went to a frrend's home on darley avenue. someone in the group found a p2-caliber rifle.. they played with he wwapon.. it discharged. a bullet hit monae in the chest, killing her. tten, pooiceesay the 12 and 13-yearrold suspects, dragged the girl's body to the back of a home on under trash bags in thee alley....just six blocks from her home. edith turnagg says she got ssveral phone calls late that niiht from one of the suspects... who said nothing about a shooting. (turnage) "she was shot. so, why wooldn't you call somebody. why wouud you keep the body for so long and then drag ii out and then hide it." it."(guglielmi))"mostly importantly is the gun. how did this gun get in the home? who's gun was it.. hy wasn't it secured? and how does it end up in the handd of a 12 and 13-year-old child?" child?" edith turnage believes the chhrges and punishment should be more severe are too young to be charged as adults.. they've got to be at least 14 in capiial cases.... and 16-years-old in other crimes.. live in northeast baltimore, joel

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home. it started just before 11:00 on willow road. two people and aog were inside the home at the time but they all made it out okay. investigators think the fire started outside the house and spread through the addict. firefighters were able to get the fire out but they were called back when winds kicked up the fire again. >>> it is still not enough to end the race, k tv u allison burns is in our newsroom with the latest delegate count. >> reporter: he won six of the ten super tuesday contests and let's take a look at where things stand right now. according to the associated press, mitt romney has the delegates needed to win the nomination. rick santorum 176, rand paul 77 but it is still not enough for mitt romney to claim he is the inevitable nominee and he is however sounding more confident. >> it looks good and we are counting down the days until november and it looks better. >> reporter: winning the contest in tennessee oklahoma and rand paul has yet to claim a victory but none of them sounds ready to drop out. we will take a closer look at the m

in marin county a tree came crashing through this home in fairfax. a large oak destroyed a portion of the house and crush one car. >> i heard a sound that was like a jet airplane. i said " what was that? ". maybe a check going by, then i thought it was an earthquake. >> people were in the home at the time but luckily no one was hurt so bad is good to hear. >> we are not out of the woods yet, more rain on its way. >> that was an impressive storm system for this time of year. we have been waiting all winter long to get the storms in here and we're finally seeing the rain showing up in the area. things are settling down a little bit of what a storm it was. up to 5 in. of rain along the mountain tops. hi def doppler radar, it is quiet. we may not be done for the day. we could see a few showers popping up around the bay area. you have the cumulus clouds and the distance. 62 in san jose and 60 degrees in san fransisco. but still tonight a few clouds continuing to linger in the skies, this afternoon a chance of showers but i think that will come to an end an

neighbors say it's a home that's gone through foreclosure. they say they he is a wanted felon with home invasion robbery and carjacking. we did speak to one neighbor who can't get into her house because of this lockdown right now. >> yeah, really scary. really scary. with the bank robbery that just happened last month and now this, so kind of makes me nervous. >> reporter: and this neighborhood is right next to earl frost elementary school here in san jose. we understand that the superintendent has actually told nbc pay area that the kids are not in any danger right now, they are not in the lockdown situation. they're just not allowing them to go out to recess at any point. we are waiting for the public information officer for the san jose police department. he has yet to arrive to kind of fill us in as to what's going on here. but the situation continues. it sounds like this man is barricaded inside this home on blossom avenue. live in south san jose. >>> crowds storming apple stores to get their hands on the company's latest must-have gadget

the flames broke out about 930 last night at a home on mustang road. it took more than an hour and a half to get the flames out. the only person in the home got out safely. some ammunition in the home was exploding while the fire was burning. damage estimated at about $300,000. just in case you have been living under a rock, apple has a new thing called the ipad or something. >> allot of fans spent the night outside in the flagship store at san francisco. >> i will not be trying to cut in line and in fact, i am not one of the fanatics. this is kind of a holiday for those big time apple fans. you can see here and outside the flagship store there are two lines forming, one for people who pre ordered and one for people who are planning to buy at the store. we also expect some protest today. the group changed or will be in front of the store at 8:00 a.m. to talk about the conditions. >> grieving those lines, thank you >> speaking of chill, and rain and all that great stuff that comes with winter, it is back >> >> a lot of rain around the bay area and wants

rick schaeffer purchases a home in foreclosure in a remote lakefront community. >> it's a bunch of oldottages that got converted into homes, kind of in the middle of nowhere. >> not much is known about the previous owner. but for schaeffer the price is right even though the house appears to be in shambles. >> i've seen people save things and collect things. but i think in this case, the individual was cleaning the neighborhood, so to speak. >> armed with a video camera to document the scene, schaeffer visits his new property with a friend, david lang, and lang's neighbor ryan lamere. >> you want to see hoarding? you're going to see it. >> looked like a typical house that had neglect. the neighbors had put up a fence on the one side because of what had been there. >> the trees were all overgrown, the bushes. so they were overgrown on the house. there was a car parked outside. it was completely packed with stuff. >> that was overflow from the house. basically when you opened up the door to the car, the car was filled to the ceiling. >> we just shut the door and locked it. i'm sure if you

the first was reported around 3:45 this morning at a home on a street near highway 880. the second broke out at a quarter to 6:00 at a plastics warehouse about a mile away. the fast-moving warehouse fire gutted the building, but crews were able to contain the flames before they reached any of the other businesses in the strip mall. they did have to close for the day. >> our main objective is to make sure we don't lose any more businesses than we have to, so we did have to break into the businesses and make sure there was no fire extension. >> crews spent the rest of the morning putting out hot spots on the roof. businesses at the strip mall are expected to reopen tomorrow. >>> in the earlier fire, a 60-year-old man came home from work to find flames coming out of his house. he ran inside to rescue his 92-year-old mother. both were rushed to the hospital with burns. the woman is listed in critical condition. her son in serious condition. the fire caused about $100,000 in damage. >>> well, his words are loved by some and hated by others. today, louis farrakhan spoke at uc

two bodies found in a home. stephanie truong live from the scene where she was first to report this morning. it was a mother who killed her son and then herself. stephanie? >> reporter: very tragic story here. at first neighbors thought it was an armed burglary because there's been a recent rash of break-ins. they learned today family troubles was behind it. someone left a bouquet of flowers here at this home where a man returned last night to discover the bodies of his wife and son. >> i'm in shock. >> reporter: charles tovar was saddened when he heard his next door neighbor, a close friend, had died. he was shocked when he heard how. >> appears that the mother shot the 22-year-old son. and then shot herself. >> reporter: the husband and father, a 25-year palo alto park range we are, lester hodgens, walked in and discovered the bodies in the son's bedroom around 7:45 last night. >> he was quite distraught. breaking down at times. but, you know, as you can imagine. >> reporter: tovar believes elizabeth hodgens wa

police say that the man is wanted for several robberies, including a home invasion. neighbors say that the house police have surrounded may be one that's for sale and vacant. police are surrounding that home in san jose where they believe the carjacking and robbery suspect is holed up. we have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you updates throughout this newscast as things change and complete coverage on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> we just got new information on a murder-suicide in gilroy involving an iraq war veteran. policejanine de la vega is live. >> reporter: police found the car at the crime scene and were able to determine that a violent fight occurred inside that car. gutierez's mother, 52-year-old martha gutierez is either critically injured or death based on the evidence they have found. police searched gutierez's car a 2003 green mustang and found that a firearm was discharged inside that car. martha gutierez's phone was found inside that car. police found the body of the 11- year-old daughter lucera and abel gutierez. police believe he shot his litt

here's what happened in sonoma county where trees fell on a home. >> in san francisco people walking to work got soaked even with umbrellas. heavy rain caused a lot of standing water and flooding in the downtown area it >> listen that rain that is how hard it was fouring on my drive into work i had to put -- pouring on my drive into work i had to put my phone on the dashboard to get those pictures. >>> amy hollyfield is in the east bay. >> let's begin with katie marzullo in sonoma county. >> reporter: highway 12 in sonoma county closed in both directions you can see why as in emergency vehicle. you can see for yourself what would happen if you tried to do that. it is definitely been a problem for drivers all morning but it is not the only problem in sonoma county. it was a rude awakening for in wooded neighborhood on moscow road. >> i was like what the heck! she said i think a tree came down. i stepped down, whoa! >> reporter: three trees came down a domino effect started by a mudslide above the house. marcus lives next door and tried to check on his neighbor but couldn't get close. >

most coming from a win in his home state of georgia. failed to win a single state but did pick up 16 delegates in the races yesterday. now the biggest impact comes from the overall leaderboard. take a look here. mitt romney now has more than 400 delegates in his pocket. rick santorum in second place with 169. newt gingrich, 102 for him. and paul is starting to become a bit of a non-factor in the race. just 41 delegates on his count right now. and the candidate, a candidate, the person who rises to the top here, needs 1,144 delegates to secure the nomination. >>> the candidates have little time to rest after super tuesday. here's a look at next tuesday's races. voters head to the polls in alabama, mississippi, and hawaii. american samoa also holds its primary. in all, 110 delegates will be up for grabs in six days. >>> president obama also scored a super tuesday win, but it wasn't a clean sweep. the president lost 15 counties in oklahoma's democratic primary last night. 12 of them to an anti-abortion activist. randy terrell won 18% of th

a close race against rick santorum. is an addition to five other states, including virginia. >> newt gingrich when his home state of georgia. >> super tuesday had faded into the early morning hours before claimed victory. earlier, a he knew he was not score a knockout. >> tonight we're counting up the delegates. the math may be on his side the states, at rick santorum was confident enough to use olympic language. >> we are going to use a couple of gold medals and a lot of silver medals. >> santorum won oklahoma and tennessee, a southern state romney had been hopeful. >> i hope analysts in washington , who spent june and explaining our campaign was dead -- [laughter] will once this tonight and learn bit from this crowd. and from this place. >> the former speaker vowed to forward, even though it is impossible for him to up to romney in the count.e but numbers are cold. rivals alexian opportunity to fighting for republican hearts and minds. in the past, super tuesday was a conclusive events. this year there is not that kind clarity, giving three tended something they can call a victory. candidates something they can call a vi

five people found dead in a san francisco home. tonight, kron4 is on the scene with new information on a cold-blooded killings and the man behind bars. >> he killed five people. the >>vicki: a man is under arrest for the murder of five people. people say he killed the victims in this san francisco home. da lin is live at the scene of the crime. >>da: this is another look at the suspect's mother shot. he is now facing five counts of murder. the crime scene near san francisco city college remains blocked off. neighbors dropped off flowers and burned incense to honor the five people killed inside. police of not releasing their names. the victims were three women in the two-man. a relative discovered the bodies friday morning. police say she walked into the home and found a body in the entryway. she found two more bodies in the garage before running out and calling for help. police also found two bodies in the back of the house. >> there was blunt trauma to the victims. we do not know the circumstances of the weapon involved. >>da: poli

it is far from over. >> a home invasion dustups away from a local college campus.e have a live report. "good morning washington" -- i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynnÉ simpson. we begin with traffic and weather. we are going to check in with adam caskey in just a moment but first lisa baden. >> more good news this morning. what is happening is traffic around the beltway good inside the beltway and coming out of virginia to the 14th street bridge. we take you across the wilson bridge in our camera. this is moving very nicely on to d.c. 295 and 395 past duke. >> sunrise is my favorite time of day. we are witnessing the summarize as we speak from our hd rooftop camera. -- the sunrise as we speak from our hd rooftop camera. you the washington monument. it is 6:31. sunrise is exactly right now. beautiful picture. the bright sunshine today. highs in the mid 60's. at 10 degrees above average for this time of year. breezy at times especially into tomorrow. near 70 tomorrow. temperatures dropped friday into saturday. i will talk next coming up. -- i will talk more coming up

especially when i'm not home. >> chris installs a $1,000 home security system that includes four cameras, a digital recorder, and a gateway to the internet. chris also plasters the exterior of his house with warnings that clearly display the name and logo of the security system that's protecting his home. the signs are really hard to miss. but they don't seem to deter these dumb criminals. even the window that they break clearly has the adt seal on it. but they are determined to get in and steal something. >> on the video itself you'll see the two suspects come around the corner of the house. they walk over to the camera, point it back down toward the ground. >> but what these two wannabe robbers don't realize is that their mugs have already been caught on camera. >> as they flip it down toward the ground, we catch some really nice face shots that we can freeze frame. >> and it's this smiling face on the surveillance video that's taken into evidence by the police and released to the media. >> once it was on the news, the police got flooded with phone calls because of the good face shots

what does it mean if you're looking for a home? at whether you should buy, sell or rent in this housing market. >> are we finally seeing the bottom in the housing market? let's get right to the bottom of it. mike ogby is host of hgtv's real estate intervention. would you say it is time to buy, sell or rent in this market? >> you must buy right now. we're never going to see prices as cheap as they are and we're never going to see mortgage money as cheap as you can get it. >> i know, but we have been thinking this for a few months now. years now. home prices couldn't go lower and keep going lower. that's the big fear if you buy a house now, it could be a less expensive house in one or two years. >> well, you know what, i mean, i think that it depends on who the buyer is, christine. if you're an investor and you're someone who is savvy and out in the marketplace, i think you may have a different viewpoint than someone who is looking to buy a house that they intend to live in. if you intend to live in a house now, you'll get a mortgage

would you want a home would you want a home with one of these in the back sglard >> i have a home within the backyard. >> reporter: doug gonzalez who owns gonzoil says royalty money from his company's wells is pouring into this county. $2.4 million last year. >> the >> the majority of the people would like to see it happen so the state decided that's the best sufficient way to develop the reservoir so that's what we do. reporter: >> reporter: the bergers say they'll take their battle to the state oil and gas commission. they may not be able to hold their ground-- even though they own it. seth doane, cbs news, broadview heights, ohio. >> pelley: there was panic on a plane when a flight attendant told passengers the jet was going to crash. that's next. ohhh my head, ohhh. [ speaking in japanese ] yeah, do you have anything for a headache... like excedrin, ohhh, bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. no, bayer advanced aspirin, this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin has microparticles, enters the bloodstream fast, and safely

neal is one of a growing number of young people who've opted to buy a home instead of paying sky-high rents. >> it didn't make sense to stay in the same place, throwing my money into a hole every month and not seeing any return on my investment. so i decided to start looking at mortgage rates, interest rates, and it made sense to just buy. >> reporter: she splits her mortgage and fees with a roommate, and estimates that by owning instead of renting, they both save $300 to $400 each month. it hasn't all been perfect. neal admits she made some rookie mistakes, like not knowing she'd be on the hook for thousands of dollars in property taxes. but she says it's worth it. >> it is just not feasible anymore to rent, and it makes more sense to put the same amount of money to put in towards a long-term investment. >> reporter: compared to the cost of buying a home, rent prices in the u.s. are higher than they've ever been before. but here in the d.c. area, you still find plenty of people who choose to rent. 31-year-old alexis grant pays $1,250 each month for an apartment just outside of washin

. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what destroyed a fire at a home in napa. a fire started at 11:00 last night. an elderly man was sleeping in the home and awakened by sounds of a fire and his smoke detectors. he was able to get out of the house. investigators believe the fire started near the garage, inside the garage were gun powder and ammunition that caused explosions. no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> a gilroy mother is feared hurt or dead. that is after her ever -- christien kafton is in gilroy this morning with the frantic search for the missing mother. >> reporter: that search is still under way. i just spoke with gilroy police ten minutes ago. at this point there is still no update of the wracks of that mother. in the days since that horrific apparent murder-suicide took place friends and neighbors have created this memorial here. police say they are looking for one more potential victim. police were called here to the apartment complex wednesday night after roommates found 11- year-old investigators say they found for

t a tennessee family is without a home because of a bobcat. the home was knocked down with a pop that tractor. -- bobcat tractor. the 3-year-old son was inside the home at the time. he says he did it because the family was selling drugs. >> he made complaints of the activity going on at there. >> i don't know what i am going to do. >> he is charged with a felony and is currently out on bond. still to come, how the economy appears to be affecting men and women. sun is out and shining. time to get the garden going. plants remain indoors for now. >> we are watching a line of thunderstorms dropping down from pennsylvania. it will affect us the next couple of hours. we will check the seven-day for the next few minutes. stay tuned. weather is next. >> in the "consumer alert," an important recall for parents and young children. the company is recalling feels real baby dolls because parts can detach and pose a choking hazard. consumers can contact the company for a free replacement. the man in your life may be at the prime age but that does not mean he

home. when police arrived, they found two people inside a parked black suv in front of home both deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. police tell us at this hour that it appears to be a murder- suicide. they are domestic in nature, between a man and woman. it appears that they were related, but they are not telling us exact relationship. police to not believe there's any threat to the neighborhood or the community here. but it is a very fluid situation as police are going through that home and trying to figure out exactly what happened this morning and interviewing the woman called police. it appears she knew the people inside the black suv. it appears to be a murder- suicide in annandale. john gonzalez reporting, abc 7 news. >> we will get more on that throughout the hour. extra security will be in place at a prince william county high school today after a threatening graffiti was found on a bathroom stall. parents of students at potomac high school in dumphries received a call telling them about the threat. the message indicated students were bringing a gun to school today. there's no evid

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near clara and lewis road, a burglary used an open side gate to access a home. olice say the burglar ran away from the house with a big screen tv and electronic items. officers canvassing the neighborhood alerted neighbor jean quinones. >> they said the neighbors across the street had been broken into and the neighbor had called 911. >> reporter: a few days ago the department kicked off a new campaign, lock it or lose it. emphasizing burglars entered through unlocked doors in 26% of burglaries last year. in 28% of the others an open window or gate. so 65% of burglaries -- burglars didn't have to break their way into homes they burglarized. >> they spoke to postoffices reminding them if they see anything they should report it. >> reporter: the department says they've moved two day shift officers to handle those investigations. police staff indicate three years ago burglars broke into 110 homes. in 2011, 149. this year in march alone 26. all total 68 since january. >> it's a shame that you have to lock anything. what's yours should be yours. but again respect what

a typical friday night. lot of people chose to stay home. in fact, there was so much rain the national weather service at one point issued a flood advisory for many parts of the bay area. the streams couldn't take that much rain water. and if you could, stay out of the rain because it is cold and miserable out here. reporting live, da lin, kron 4 news. >> while most of the bay area has been dealing with wet weather, the south bay has been relatively dry till tonight. kron 4's dan kerman is there. >> reporter: here in san jose we are seeing a steady down pour and seeing it since 7:00 p.m. as you can see, lots of windshield wipers, umbrellas, this is really the first rain san jose seen all week, as a result the creeks are dry, the rivers are low, so even if the down pour continues, we are not expecting flooding in this city. in san jose, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> santa cruz mountains is one of the areas hardest hit and today there were deadly results. this morning a car on highway 17 lost control. it veered into the traffic and hit an suv. th

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they raided a home in a possible suspect in the school shootings. >> reporter: gop presidential candidate mitt romney will be heading to maryland later. >>> and all of those stories are just ahead on this wednesday morning. good morning. i'm megan pringle. very foggy when i came in. and that seems to be the theme this week. >>> yes, same old same old. mild and humid as well. so it is not going to be a good hair day, ladies what so far. visibility reduced in baltimore, within mile, two in easton, five in frederick. if you're travel together district, one mile visibility this morning. and this will persist through the morning. and we're dealing with maryland's most powerful radar is not picking up on the misting. but that will linger all morning long. and i know a check that have traffic with angela. good morning. >>> good morning. the fog is out there misting when i came in also. as a result of the fog, we got rid of our two way traffic pattern on the bay bridge already this morning. and let's get a live look how things are out there. not too bad on this stretch of downtown. if you're trav

in what they thought was a home daycare center. the problem is, investigators say the owners of the home didn't have a license to run a daycare center. we spoke with a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous. she said her friend's children are usually what the she thought was a home daycare center. >> they go there, but today they're being taken care of by somebody else. >> reporter: at 12:42 p.m. police got a call about an unresponsive infant on this house at sapphire ridge place. the caller told police the 3- month-old infant girl was unconscious. the infant was found in a crib and of taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. -- and was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. >> i was devastated because you have two young children and you trust somebody is going to take care of them and to find out something happened is very sad. >> reporter: police say there are no signs of foul play. there were several children inside during the incident, but none of them were hurt. they also say the person running what happened to

and the flames also damaged a nearby home. ne was hurt and it is not clear how any people were displaced. there's a new twist in the corruption probe targeting good district. several council members have been served subpoenas related to an investigation and what the -- and what of the city's biggest political donors. >> it appears this investigation is growing with the word of these subpoenas coming at us. city residents say they will be watching as this develops. new developments in the federal investigation of corruption and the federal city. >> we don't know what to think of it. >> discounts a woman says she has not received a subpoena but several other council members have. documents or about geoffrey thompson. he reportedly donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local candidates over the years. michael brown told us he got money from thompson but added that the probe will show his campaign did nothing illegal. >> anytime we can figure out how to get the bottom of things to get the public as much dressed as possible is

crews arrived, began cpr on the child and transported to a hospital where she was determined to be deceased. >> it's horrible. it's scary. >> the home daycare was unlicensed and they say even if it had a license, it far exceeded the number of children legally allowed. >> it didn't alarm me, because i didn't know at the time how many kids she had or anything about the daycare. >> daycare watched 23 children under the age of 4. the legal limit for a home daycare is 12. >> the 23 children there, there were five not including the victim that were under the age of 12 months. and basically the charges stem from that. >> two adults running the daycare have been charged with child endangerment. 50-year-old yolanda larin of manassas and 42-year-old mirna mendez of woodbridge. they are being held on $20,000 bond, but because they are apparently illegal immigrants, commonwealth attorney, paul ebert said they have ice detainers and immigration services have been notified. now the owner of the home, joan carlo borrow, we're told is out of the country in peru. but commonwealth attorney says the property owner here may face some charges. now it is