stephen petersen and andrew gutierrez. police believe andrew gutierrez is the man in the video. police went through stephen petersen's apartment yesterday for evidence. andrew gutierrez doesn't appear to have a permanent home. police don't know what connection the men have and the motive. >> it is out of character. >> reporter: he has known stephen petersen for 7 years. he says he is a peaceful person and that he was just getting off work at 1:45 a.m. in the morning, an hour after the first fire started. >> he walks everywhere. and, you know, he works at the venues when he doesn't own a car. >> reporter: he believes his car was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: we asked police about the alibi from stephen petersen's friends and he said while he can't go into details, he says his detectives have reason to believe the alibi is not legitimate. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> workers inside a san francisco high rise were forced to evacuate today when smoke filled the 29th floor. happened about 11:15 a.m. at the shell building. people were ordered out of the b

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you are looking at them. 27-year-old steven peterson and 22-year-old andrew gutierrez. the new damage estimates are in now, too. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more on that and the arrests live from alameda tonight. >> reporter: firefighters estimate the damage at $3 million, $2.6 million just here in the business district alone. behind me is what's left of bright cleaners and what happened moments before the fire tore through the building was captured on camera. this video captured on a surveillance camera shows a dark figure lurking behind bright cleaners on alameda's park street looking in the window. minutes later, this is what the business looks like. flames tearing through the dry cleaner's and restaurant next door. >> somebody is a fool. putting so many people's lives in danger. >> reporter: the community left reeling. many stopping by to see the damage. >> how do you put in a claim for my clothes? >> reporter: customers like dolly o'shea are unable to get their things. >> it was a nice tommy hilfiger shirt. >> reporter: we even saw a police uniform in

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. >> 27-year-old steven peterson of alameda and 22-year-old andrew gutierrez, a transient. alyssa harrington joins us live with more on their arrest. alyssa? >> reporter: i'm in the parking lot behind bright cleaners, one of the places where police and firefighters responded early sunday morning for one of those fires. you can see there is also several security cameras out here and what they recorded helped police track down the people they believe are responsible. video captured on a surveillance camera outside jim's coffee shop shows a man lurking in the back parking lot looking into the windows of bright cleaners on park street in downtown alameda. five minutes later, flames erupted in the same spot, ripping through the dry cleaner's and delivery van. the fire gutting the business and a restaurant next door. >> it's a real mess and it's too bad something like this happened here. >> i dropped some clothes off. i was wondering if they will have a sign up, you know, how do you put in a claim for my clothes. >> reporter: police arrested 22-year-old andrew gutierrez, a transi

police arrested 22 -year old andrew gutierrez. 27- year old stephen peterson on sunday. >> pam: authorities say the duo torched homes, businesses, cars and even trash cans over a four-hour period. damage is estimated at 3- million dollars. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly has more about the pair, including one suspect's ties >> reporter:this youtube video show one of the suspects.stephen petersen.singing and playing guitar in this music video. wearing his hair longer than what you see in his mug shot. on his facebook page the 27 year old describes himself as a songwriter and producer. >> reporter:several of his songs.and facebook posts denounce facism and racism. he calls himself an anarchist pagan.who is member of occupy oakland. >> reporter: he has posted several photos of himself demonstarting in favor of animal liberation. >> pam: >>were they troublemakers? >>no, they were always coming and going. >> reporter: seeing petersen when he lived here in this alameda apartment building a few years.when he stayed in the apartment of oth

are due in alameda county court this afternoon. 27-year-old stephen peterson and 22-year-old andrew gutierrez are accused of setting eight fires early sunday morning. the fires caused $3 million worth of damage. five businesses burned and unof them is red tagged. four families were displaced when flames burned their apartments. everyone got out okay and there are no injuries. >>> voters could decide what happens to san francisco's flower mart. florists, vendors and supporters want a measure on next year's ballot to protect the bran nonstreet building. today they're filling the paperingwork with the city -- paperwork with the city. the flower mart is the second largest flower market in the country. >>> this afternoon, the san jose city council will likely to approve new fines for pot clubs that violate city laws. the city has lean a large number of new -- seen a large number of new pot clubs open but fines for violations have remained low. now the police chief recommends the following increases. for nuisance complaints like disturbing the peace, fines start at $2,500 and top out at $7,500. for

police arrested these 2. 22-year-old andrew gutierrez and steven peter sochbility oakland divorce want to know if connected to series of fires set in oakland on friday. >> san francisco south of market neighborhood could soon see some additional health controlling crime on the street. >> this shattered window at the marin bike store on folsom and seventh employee gabe gonzalez was stunned. >> came to work today. you saw this what do you think? >> l people do stupid things. of course we have xwits on the window so weren't going to get in anywhere. >> thieves likely going for this expensive bike. but the locked gate stopped them. wpd 0will cost 2500 dollars to replace. 2 door up a window smashed at this insurance business. it has been repaire repaired. citizen band restaurant on folsom also had a window busted on sunday night but security camera caught the culprit on tape. watch as the man wearing a white jacket smashes the window and keeps walkinging. manager says he's the same guy who was kicked out for bringing in alcohol. police say he was never caught but may be responsible for the

stephen peterson and andrew gutierrez are in custody for allegedly setting fires throughout alameda early sunday morning. most of the fires were near park street. the flames set in dumpsters, cars and trash piles. one building was red tagged. another was a restaurant about to have its grand opening. >> i am stunned that anybody could do this to us or anybody else. i don't know what they, you know, how or what they get out of this devastation they cause people. >> no word yet on what motivated the two men facing charges in the fires. police say gutierrez is a transient. the suspects are accused of setting eight fires, damaging or destroying five businesses in alameda. >>> ride sharing companies accused of mishandling safety requirements could face serious legal action. today is the deadline for the companies to respond to a letter from the da's office. they say uber, lyft, and side car are misleading customers into believing their drivers have been screened. other accusations include hired drivers with drug violations and assault crimes. >> this is really about trying to strike a balance b

they've been identified as 27- year-old steven petersen of alameda and a transient identify fid as andrew gutierrez. they were arrested on suspicion of starting at least seven fires in alameda early sunday morning. originally, they said there were eight fires. but this morning they say one of those fires was unrelated to the arson investigation. police say the fires damaged or destroyed five damages and businesses and placed families -- displaced families as well. they couldn't say what the motive was but say both were arrested in close proximity to one another near one. fire's location. >> if we've gotten an arson investigation in the past, it's been a single location. i've been here 17 and a half years, i can't recall -- there might have been a dumbster fire maybe kids set a trash can on fire but nothing to this magnitude. >> reporter: several resources from berkeley and oakland were brought in to help fight the fires and investigate their cause. investigators will be looking at several pieces of evidence, including surveillance video from jim's coffee shop in alameda. his business was spared but

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he and 22-year-old andrew gutierrez are accused of torching dumpsters, cars and trash pile. in all there were eight fires yesterday between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. five businesses were damaged. one of them is red tagged. four families were displaced when flames burned their apartments. everyone got out okay. >>> tonight there's a new law in california. this one deals with sex between college students. the yes means yes law requires students to make an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement before having sex. the law also says a lack of resistance or silence cannot be interpreted as yes. joe vazquez is at sf state tonight. >> reporter: the new law makes it clear for two people to consent, they'll have to communicate and here on college campuses and anywhere there are young people they all seem to be more comfortable communicating with their phones. legal document at all. all we're saying is that two people ad at that moment in time. whether it's verbal, or wher through our app, the good2go smartphone app asks two main questions, first do both partners consent to sex? if one

police arrested these 2. 22-year-old andrew gutierrez and steven peter sochbility oakland divorce wantknow if connected to series of fires set in oakland on friday. >> san francisco south of market neighborhood could soon see some additional health controlling crime on the street. >> this shattered window at the marin bike store on folsom and seventh employee gabe gonzalez was stunned. >> came to work today. you saw this what do you think? >> l people do stupid things. of course we have xwits on the window so weren't going to get in anywhere. >> thieves likely going for this expensive bike. but the locked gate stopped them. wpd 0will cost 2500 dollars to replace. 2 door up a window smashed at this insurance business. it has been repaire repaired. citizen band restaurant on folsom also had a window busted on sunday night but security camera caught the culprit on tape. watch as the man wearing a white jacket smashes the window and keeps walkinging. manager says he's the same guy who was kicked out for bringing in alcohol. police say he was never caught but may be responsible for the stri

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in an alameda county court later this afternoon. 27-year-old stephen peterson and 22-year-old andrew gutierrez are accused of torching dumpsters, cars and trash piles early sunday morning. peter sovereign was arrested before -- peterson was ared before some of the fires was arrested before some of the fires were set. five businesses damaged and one of them had to be red tagged for displace. . fortunately everyone is going to be okay but damage is estimated at nearly $3 million. >>> all right, let's get our first check of weather today. >> still fog out there this morning. just patchy not as thick as yesterday. but these next couple of days wow we're going to see a lot of sunshine. and these temperatures going to be heating up all the way to the coastline. that offshore wind is going to kick in and that will bring with it a lot of sunshine. weak system sliding on through the state over the past 24 hours but now some very nice weather ahead. lots of sunshine this afternoon. 70s a few low 80s inside the bay and lots of 8 #s inland and still some 60s out near the coastline. but you know what? that

police arrested these 2. 22-year-old andrew gutierrez and steven peter sochbility oakland divorce want to know if connected to series of fires set in oakland on friday. >> san francisco south of market neighborhood could soon see some additional health controlling crime on the street. >> this shattered window at the marin bike store on folsom and seventh employee gabe gonzalez was stunned. >> came to work today. you saw this what do you think? >> l people do stupid things. of course we have xwits on the window so weren't going to get in anywhere. >> thieves likely going for this expensive bike. but the locked gate stopped them. wpd 0will cost 2500 dollars to replace. 2 door up a window smashed at this insurance business. it has been repaire repaired. citizen band restaurant on folsom also had a window busted on sunday night but security camera caught the culprit on tape. watch as the man wearing a white jacket smashes the window and keeps walkinging. manager says he's the same guy who was kicked out for bringing in alcohol. police say he was never caught but may be responsible for the

under arrest tonight, andrew gutierrez, a transient, and on the right steven pearson, a local musician and open mike host. >> he's a vegan hippie peace-loving guy. that's not an exaggeration. >> so him to set fire to a place that he considers home doesn't make any sense to me. >> the two suspects don't know each other, and neither have been formally charged. both due back in court tomorrow afternoon. >>> so who will lead? the next mayor of the bay area's biggest city will be elected in a little less than a month, and tonight the two men vying for that top spot in san jose took each other on, talking business, high-tech, housing, and a range of other topics. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is on the ebay campus where a debate took place tonight, and really, cheryl, when it comes down to it one issue really dominated it. >> reporter: it really did, jessica, and that issue was public safety. now, the moderator tonight here on the ebay campus said he want a clean fight and no low blows. tonight's debate was clean and to the point. san jose mayoral candidate sam locardo and dave cortese exchangi

today, kron 4's maureen kelly dug up some interesting information on the two men arrested -- andrew gutierrez and stephen petersen. >> pam: first, grant shows us what police say they set on fire. grant? >> reporter:homes and businesses destroyed. fires. >> reporter:that were set in alamedamost within just blocks of each other. >> reporter:maureen kelly now.uncovers interesting details about who these suspects are. >> reporter:this youtube video shows one of the suspects.stephen petersen.singing and playing guitar in this music video. >> reporter:wearing his hair longer than what you see in his mug shot. on his facebook page the 27 year old describes himself as a songwriter and producer. >> reporter:several of his songs.and facebook posts denounce facism and racism. he calls himself an anarchist pagan.who is member of occupy oakland. >> reporter:he has posted several photos of himself demonstarting in favor of animal liberation. >> reporter:were they troublemakers? >>no, they were always coming and going. >> reporter:walter brown remembers seeing petersen when he lived here in this alameda apa

andrew gutierrez and stephen peterson, accused of setting several fires. people who know peterson say they must have a guy. they say he's a peace loving guy and wouldn't do something like this. the most damage was along park street. investigators say the two suspects do not know each other. >> today we could hear from the man accused of beating another man to death inside of a south san francisco gym. he beat another man earlier this month with a piece of gym equipment. police say osako's girl friend flirted with the man earlier in that week. she was not in the gym when the incident occurred. >> stephanie, court workers are asking for a pay raise but how far apart are workers were management? >> pretty far apart. over 90% of union members voted to authorize a strike. that could mean shutdowns at places like the civic center courthouse here. the union held a one-day strike two years that i go effectively shut down much of the san francisco court system. while the court said it was able to go on with top priority business like criminal cases, employees like

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police arrested 22-year-old andrew gutierrez and stephen peterson almost immediately after the fireswere put out sunday afternoon. both men are due back in court for the first time tomorrow. amber lee is in alameda where she spoke to friends of one of the suspect who say they think police have the wrong men. >> reporter: you can see the damage to three businesses. they are among the seven cars believed to be arson. tonight we spoke to a woman who lost her home. >> it's complete sadness. anger will come through maybe in a while. >> reporter: memories from building a life here in the past eight years. >> losing all my photos, losing all my data. >> reporter: is all that's left. >> losing the life that we built together here. >> reporter: charred debris of valuable belongings. >> i just felt very connected to this house. >> reporter: maureen phillips says someone started a trash in her garbage can and spread to her house. >> he walks in here, walks up the sides. >> reporter: police say he is seen on this surveillance video wearing a hat and a white shirt. the man walks across the parkin

police arrested andrew gutierrez. police went through his apartment yesterday. he doesn't appear to have a permanent home. police don't know what if any connection they have and they don't know the motive. >> try to get those questions answered so when they present the case we know to the best of our knowledge what happened and why. >> reporter: this afternoon we spoke to friends of stephen petersen. one of the suspects. he has an alibi and he was at work when the fires happened. we will have that story at 6:00 p.m., live, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new details in the carjacking chase and deadly police shooting that shut down the financial district last week. today we learned six officers fired 30 shots that suspect. this new information came out while the police chief was holding a public meeting. ktvu's noelle walker is in san francisco with what else the chief had to say. >> reporter: 32 shots to be specific. that is one of the details we learned today. they are standard procedure for san francisco police after any officer involved shooting. the c

andrew gutierrez, a transient and stephen michael peterson were taken into custody. >> one man was robbeduspect confronted a group of men, demanded their valuables and shot one person in the chest before taking off. his condition is unknown. >> and the bombshelf the morning, ebay and paypal are splitting up. paypal will become a separate and publicly traded company next year. that separation will likely occur in late 2015. ebay decided it was the best path of growth for each business. >> let's go to christina loren. >> when we meet back tomorrow, we'll talk about the progressive heat on the way. just a short-lived heat wave. you see that cloud cover, gone, baby, gone at this time tomorrow. >> a little movement there. that's the name of a movie, isn't it? >> "gone, girl, gone." >> how's the traffic? >> the north bay is slow. southbound at 101, the lighting changed just a bit. no fog like yesterday. this auto corrected itself. an recall burearly burst of tra. there's some of the low cloud cover christina was talking about adding a general haze to the area. pacifica likely having fog along t

. >> 22-year-old transient andrew gutierrez and 27-year-old steven peterson of alameda are behind bars accused of starting the eight fires around a 7-block radius in alameda between 1:00 and 5:00 sunday morning. police caught both of them near the fires. two different locations about three hours apart. >> it's fortuitous we were able to locate them at the scenes. usually it's very difficult to catch people setting fires, but in this case, we got a little luck on our side. >> the fires damaged at least five businesses in the downtown area and forced four families out of their homes. some of them boarded up the next morning with a mountain of debris from toys to furniture spilling out on the sidewalk. this morning, police stopped by neighboring businesses to pick up footage caught on camera. was also back out 24 hours later surveying the damage, silently thanking firefighters and counting his blessings. >> it was incredibly scary, very scary. i mean, the owner of the cleaners, daniel, we've known each other for 30 years, started the same time. and he's worked incredibly hard to build a r

andrew gutierrez and steven peterson were arrested over the weekend, accused of setting seven fires within a seven-block radius, but people who know peterson say officials must have the wrong guy. they say he's a peace loving man and doesn't make any sense for him to do something like this. the fires displaced four families and caused an estimated $3 million in damage. most of the damage along park street, alameda's main commercial strip. apartments on san antonio were also hit hard. investigators say the two suspects do not know each other. >>> today we could hear from the man accused of beating a man to death inside a south san francisco gym. lawyers expect the man to enter a plea this afternoon. police say he beat another man earlier this month with a piece of gym equipment inside a bally total fitness. she wasn't at the gym when the attack happened. >>> ebay announced this morning it would spin its paypal division into its own company, meaning paypal could chart its own course. you can pay for paypal at home depot, for instance, but the move allows paypal to flex its muscles. this is t

suspects due in an alameda county court this afternoon. 27-year-old stephen peterson, 22-year-old andrew gutierrez are accused of torching dumpsters, cars and some trash piles early sunday morning. peterson was arrested before some of the fires were set. in all there were eight fires over about a four hour period. five businesses damaged and one of them had to be red tagged and four families displaced when flames burned out their apartments and fortunately everyone got out okay. but damage estimated at some $3 million. >>> new details. mountain view police term the cause of -- determined the cause of death for a father and son found inside the apartment building. one died by suicide. and the other died accidentally. police did not say which of the victims killed themselves. 53-year-old liam lew and 17- year-old william lew were found in an apartment on california wednesday night. police were called to the apartment building after reports of toxic fumes. they say a note was left on the door of the apartment. >>> 5:35 now. some new clues are emerging that may be linking the disappearance of that uni

in the string of arsons. 27-year-old steven michael peterson of alameda, and 22-year-old andrew resto gutierrez, a transient. peterson is a well-known musician in this east bay community. seen here with his band, rickety van band. they play with whistling past the graveyard, a tom waits tribute band. >> i feel this is a wrong place at the wrong time scenario. >> reporter: zach bateman is peterson's band mate and thinks no way a peace-loving vegan could have set those fires. >> he's very pro-alameda, he gives to the community offal made deon a daily basis. he works at high street doing sound and hosting the open mike. he works over at rooster's road house doing sound and hosting the open mike. he also does the same thing for fireside which is on the other side of the island. so him to set fire to a place that he considers home doesn't make any sense to me. >> reporter: police continue to investigate the fires. they are not seeking any other suspects in this case. the d.a.'s office has yet to charge peterson and gutierrez but they are scheduled to be in court tomorrow afternoon. >>> we are learni

take a look at the mugshots we just received of 27-year-old steven peterson and 22-year-old andrew gutierrezansient often seen in alameda and oakland. they were arrested early yesterday morning. they are suspected of starting eight fires in a seven-plok area in just a couple of hours yesterday morning. firefighters say garbage cans, dumpsters and cars were set on fire. in some of the cases, the flames spread to nearby buildings. four families were displaced by the fires and three businesses were either damaged or destroyed. >> i thought it was an accident. never thought of such a thing to burn a house. come on. >> now, petersen and gutierrez are both due in court tomorrow afternoon. gutierrez is being held on $1 million bail. petersen is being held on $750,000 bail. >>> a $15,000 reward is being offered for information on two shootings in west oakland that sent four people to the hospital. both shootings were reported just before midnight on saturday. in one, a 16-year-old was shot while riding in a car with his friend on market street when they heard gunshots. the teen then realized he was

andrew gutierrez an stephen petersen are accused of setting seven fires in alameda. police say gutierrez was seen on surveillance video at the scene of one of the fires. friends of petersen says he lives in alameda. he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. take a look at the video. police say it shows gutierrez walking up to a dumpster, minutes later he's seen running away. they say petersen, he was seen at the scene of several fires by a firefighter and police officers. but his friends say he was at work when the fires were set and only in the area because he was walking home. >> he always talked about nonviolence as the solution. it just doesn't seem absolutely -- absolutely out of cake ter. >> police say all of the firefighters were started in trash cans, dumpsters and cars and spread to buildings. four families have been displaced. three buildings about badly damaged or destroy -- were badly damaged or destroyeded. >>> the san jose city council will consider a big move on pot clubs. the council will consider drastically raising the fines for owners who v

>> reporter: the other suspect is 22-year-old andrew resto gutierrez, a transient. peterson's friends say they don't believe the two know each other. in fact, they setting fires are not part of his vegan, peace-loving lifestyle. >> he will actually be sadfy tell him a joke that involves somebody getting hurt. he's very, very peaceful. >> reporter: the alameda fire department estimates the seven fires caused $3 million in damage. business owners and residents spent another day cleaning up. >> everything's wet. the bed was saved because it was under an overhang. but the ceiling is bulging. there's water in the walls. so it's not safe to be here. >> reporter: authorities red tagged many of the buildings because of safety issues. customers of the popular buy right cleaners on park street are saddened to see such an institution burn down. many public safety workers brought uniforms here for decades. >> i've always liked this place, they've been very good to me. always taking care of me. i'm really sad that this had to happened. >> reporter: at least four families in this

alameda county court this afternoon. 27-year-old stephen peterson and 22-year-old andrew ambiguity rose are accused of -- gutierrez are accused of starting fairs. peterson was arrested before some of the fires were set. in all, there were eight fires and less than five hours sunday morning. they did $3 million worth of damage. five businesses were damaged and one of them is red tagged. four families were displaced when flames burned their apartments but everyone got out okay. >>> crews tearing down the old eastern span of the bay bridge are running and a very sensitive issue. federally protected birds that make their bridge -- make the bridge rather their home. hundreds of cormorants flocked to the eastern span of the old bay bridge for years and now in the way of the wrecking ball. the birds have quickly become a multimillion dollar headache for caltrans. >> cormorants are ubiquitous across the bay, they're in greater numbers than were expected as well. >> relocating the birds altogether could cost $30 million and caltrans is consulting now with wildlife experts. >>> it is 6:32 right now. a check on our weather.

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