ktvu's ann rubin is live outs the de-- outside the department of public safety as investigators revisit the death of his former girlfriend. >> authorities say three of his previous girlfriends died while dating him and now that a 4th is missing they can't help but see a pattern. >> reporter: she got a job, she moved away, she was alive and well. >> we don't believe those statements were truthful. >> reporter: investigators believe the truth died with him. he was killed during a stand off with police in june. >> we don't have the body. we believe it is a homicide. >> reporter: now they are revisiting old cases. documents show three other women died while dating him. he has a pattern of being present or associated with dead, white female whose have problems with alcohol. in 2003 a woman had alcohol in

ktvu's ann rubin is live now in san jose where 90 firefighters were called into battle the flames. >> san jose officials knew it would take a lot of resources to battle the fire and with so many firefighters here they could be in trouble if there was another emergency somewhere else. >> 5 alarm fire, two houses engulfed. more threatened. san jose had 90 people on scene. >> right now we are calling for help. calling for help. you know, we are doing what we can. >> the san jose fire department says they are struggling, not with the fire but with their budget. there were cuts in 2009 that left them short staffed. we called the city of san jose and they say they are down 79 firefighters. 5 or 6 engine companies remain closed. >> it is tough. if we had another incident right now we would have to call a lot of folks to assist. >> today scara city and -- santa clara city and county picked up the slack. >> with the cut backs, it is good to see they are here to stop it. >> reporter: they were able to contain the fire but it was too late for the home. >> we came back as soon as we could. >> rep

ktvu's ann rubin is live in the santa cruz mountains where she spoke to the driver of the big rig about the moments right before that crash. >> reporter: we are standing along highway 17 but news chopper 2 is above us and from the air you can see traffic is finally returning to normal. the north bound lanes had been closed all day while investigators try to understand how this happened. the driver thinks he had too much weight, speed on too steep a grade. >> reporter: drivers saw him coming in the mirrors. >> you could tell his breaks were getting hot. >> as the tractor-trailer barreled down highway 17 there was no place to go. >> i am thinking to myself i have got to brace myself. i am going to get hit. >> reporter: some were lucky and able to escape. others were not. 7 people were injured and a 26- year-old was killed. >> this is the worse wreck i have seen. >> it was in slow motion. the owner indicated they did a safety check this morning and chp inspected the truck two weeks ago. >> reporter: the driver who has been on the job for three months says when he jammed on the breaks nothi

live in san jose, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> richmond refinery is getting an upgrade. the approval came after they agreed to increase their investment in the community to $90 million. now in return they will get new equipment to replace its pipes and it will install new air monitors and censors. sev ron said we are pleased with the -- chevron said we are pleased with the as you recall -- with the city counsel decision. >>> it was a shocking crash when it happened but now that the details surrounding the death of a professor are coming out the crash is more surprising. ktvu's john sasaki joins us live where he learned the driver should never have been behind the wheel in the first place. john? >> reporter: this is where it happened. the professor was walking across the street here when he was hit by a vehicle. police say the 56-year-old was driving north on sacramento when he hit the 98-year-old who was in the sidewalk at the time. investigators say he told officers after the accident that he was legally blind. further investigation revealed his license was suspended in

ktvu's ann rubin is in sunnyvale with the new twist in the investigation. >> reporter: investigators say it was the third death that made them suspicious but when the 4 4th woman went missing that is when they suspected they had a murderer on their hands. >> police say when they were forced to shoot him during a stand off in june their best hope of finding his girlfriend died with him. >> we don't have the body. >> she has been missing, presumed dead since march of 20 than. she is the 4th -- 2013. she the 4th of his girlfriends to die while dating him. he has a pattern of being associated with dead white females who have problems with alcohol. in 2003 it was a woman who had alcohol in her system. in 2005 a woman died of intoxication. in 2006 her body was found at a garbage center with a high blood alcohol level. >> any reasonable person will look at four connected missing persons or deaths as suspicious and we do the same. >> he told police he got a job and moved to lawndale, california. . >> [ inaudible question ] >> yeah. she is. >> reporter: he believes he dated troubled women but

as ktvu's anne rubin explains that inaugural game involves a different type of futbol. >> i tell you i've never had as many game requests like today. >> we want to see the stadium up close and personal. >> this is like relieving tension. because everybody is like, come on. open, open, open. open. >> concession workers and park attendants got to practice too and they say they're nearly ready for the same thing. >> i think everything is going to be good. >> reporter: while stadium officials have been planning for every contingency they hope fans will be doing some planning too. they say their website and apps can be useful ways to prepare for parking. >> my advice for people coming down, buy a prepaid spot. because that way you get directions how to get there. >> reporter: there's amtrak too. on that first day, die-hard 49ers fans say they'll be expecting two things. a great event and a bit of traffic. >> i'm going to be there. and everybody else is going to be there and there will be problems but like everything else they work themselves out. >> outside levi stadium, anne rubin, ktv c

ktvu's anne rubin talked to the truck driver who explained what happened before the crash. >> reporter drivers heard him honking and saw him coming in their rear-view mirror. >> you could tell his tires were getting hot because they were smoking. >> reporter: but with the trailer -- they could not escape. in total seven people were injured and one man a 26-year- old from santa cruz was killed. >> this is the worse wreck i've ever seen. >> it just seemed like it was in slow motion. like a bad horry movie. >> reporter: chp inspected the truck. >> it was too steep for me. >> reporter: he said when he saw traffic slowing in front of him he was horrified. >> i can't hit those cars. i can't hit those cars. i have to do something about it. that's what was going through my mind. >> reporter: 10 cars were hit, some of them mangled beyond recognition. they finally reopened the freeway around 5:00 p.m. >> we had fatality here. the family members deserve our very best worse. we can't give them our very best work if we're in a rush. >> reporter: the name of the driver who was killed has not yet bee

ktvu's ann rubin has ben on the scene. -- been on the scene. >> the last of the vehicles has been towed and they are expecting to open the lanes anymore -- to open the lanes any minute. traffic in both directions were devorted all afternoon -- diverted all afternoon as they try determine what happened here and what made the driver lose control. >> one by one he hit them. a total of 10 cars as the tractor-trailer went out of control. >> seemed like it was in slow motion. >> reporter: he was behind the wheel of the big rig. saw traffic slowing and realized he couldn't stop. >> i can't hit the cars. i can't hit the cars. i have to do something about it. >> reporter: she jammed on the breaks -- he jammed on the breaks. >> it was too steep. >>> there is a 6% grade on highway 17 and the trailers were fully loaded with dirt. he has been a truck driver for not quite three months but his training helped him know what to do next. [ indiscernible ] >> i hit the rail. i can stop myself. that is why i stopped. >> reporter: a 26-year-old was killed in the crash. 7 others were injured. and the north b

. >>> anne rubin has details on the investigation and tells us why the loss is especially difficult forictim's family. >> reporter: loved ones are in shock not just that dan mcguire's life was cut short but that the family was struck again. colleagues saw the accident and feared the worse. dan mcguire's car was one of 10 struck by an out of control tractor trailer on highway 15. he was killed instantly. >> we've lost a genuine soul. >> totally respected him for the man that he was and just, just shocked that he's not going to be there anymore. >> reporter: now chp investigators are trying to determine what happened. they're diagramming the highway, following up with the company and inspecting the truck. >> first of all we're going to do a great investigation and we're going to try to come up with the finding of exactly what led up to this event. >> reporter: the driver told us yesterday he jammed on the brake but they did nothing to slow him down. he wanted to apologize to mcguire's family and the seven others who lost their lives. six of the other injured were released from the hospita

ann cube inis live -- rubin is live. >> the yachts captain denied the surveillance cameras were worked. once they found out they were they tracked down the woman on the tape using her tattoos. she calls herself a model. stylist and hustler, and a prostitute. meade meeting men on a web site. >> she boosted of 200 clients on this web site. >> now she accused in the death of one of them. forest hayes dies of a heroin overdose. now she supplied the heroin and shot him up. she stepped over the body to finish a glass of wine. >> she was callous, showed no regard for the victim. her only concern was getting out of that situation. >> according to court documents, she's been in a situation like this before. this is the second of her boyfriends to die of a overdose in a three month period. >> we've been going over and reinvestigating that case. >>> prosecutors will wait to see what the new investigation brings to life. >> we'll see that murder can be proven we'll evaluate that. >> they met on several occasions but sites like seeking arrangements are only part of the problem. >>> bad behavior and