>> i do not think so. >> to convert an existing empty attic into a storage attic? that does not sound like you are converting it into the living area. the a sensible addition would be converting it into a living area. >> it is usually by a letter that pulls down. a staircase would have to be deliverable area with a valid staircase. >> thank you. >> adding a bathroom, adding a ron shipp is a sensible. we see a lot of people putting elevators as our population, including us, ages. >> or houses are getting more vertical. >> that is right. no permit is required for a tool shed that is less than 100 square feet of area looking down, bird's eye view. less than 100 square feet, no permit is required. without a permit, there is no trigger for an assessment. >> you could go up two stories? >> no, actually. the planning department has a height limit of i think 10 feet in the required the rear yard area. eight or 10 feet. [laughter] keep your hot tub in your toolshed. >> in this market, if you bought your house recently and you are thinking about doing one of these that you t

could be in the attic, some of the -- do you know?> we have reports from the fraternity that the fire might have started in the neighborhood or above the and you room. primarily had originated in the attic somewhere or some place in that general spot. it quickly progressed, it became difficult for our firefighters to fight due to the large expanse of this building. so a lot of room for the fire to run. a difficult one. we were fighting this for about an hour before we had to pull out due to the intregtry of the move. >> there was one firefighter injured. do you know his condition? >> correct. he was treated at local burn center. and then released. from what i understand he is back to the scene just to kind of be here. he's not going to return to duties. >> dedicated. exactly. we understand. thank you so much. i know you had a lot of backup as well and will remain on the scene. i know it's been a busy morning for you. you should probably avoid the area of 11th and downtown san jose because crews remain on the scene as they will for som

it may have been an upstairs laundry room that spread to the attic.owever it started, it spread quickly. it's only a two-story building but it's almost like a complex. it will take a while for the firefighters to knock these flames down. >> this fire has been burning for hours now. have they indicated to you why it seems to be taking so long to put this fire out? >> reporter: well, they have gone defensive on it which means they are letting it burn out. their primary objective at this point is to keep it from spreading to other buildings. it's just too dangerous to attack it from the interior. so when they go defensive, they shoot water on it from above which is what you're watching now. and the reason for doing that is they don't want other buildings around it to catch fire. but the primary building itself is -- well, it may be too soon to say it's history but it's going to be burning for a while. >> i know you haven't been on scene for very long. have you talked to any of the fraternity brothers who may have been in the kappa sig? >> reporter: yeah,

they are also coming out of the attic. to these pictures of% to us from a firefighter who went inside of the berlin fraternity house. the kron 4 morning news will be right back. >> we are watching wall street on a bit of a surge, the dow jones is up 82 points. the nasdaq is up 45 and the s&p 500 is up 14. >> cigarettes can kill you and the government does not want you to forget it. they are hoping to scare you into quitting by posting giant warning labels on cigarette packages. there are starting with all cigarettes sold in the united states. here are some examples of the labels you will see. they are hard to ignore. showing babies, cancer as long aungs. cigarette makers have until the fall of 2012 to get these warning labels on cigarette packs. 8:14 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes with gary radnich, a lot going on in the world of sports. here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam that shows you how clear and quiet is out there. we will be right back. >> if i put on my sneakers i have to run more t

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the fire raced through the walls, the attic caught on fire. fortunately no students were injured, 20 people inside at the time and they were able to get out safely. they should have house and with friends or families, so the red cross is not here. at least everyone is safe. hopefully later we will try to get a live interview with the fire department. >> keeping our eyes on bay area weather on the spare the air day. the summer starts today. james fletcher with a major cue from mother nature, very high temperatures. >> that is the son. that is what is one to be a blistering way hot come this afternoon. kron 4 with the headlines this morning, it is going to be clear and mild. summer begins today and it will begin with the warmest day of the week. substitute award for hot, it will feel that way. wrecker bricky heat for a few bay area locations. -- record breaking hot pot. '70s and '80s a well- defined and it been in bay area locations. we have some 90s popping up on the map. antioch, and the delta, close to 100 by noon, livermore also on track for

lock your kids in the attic. that's the kind of town you're dealing with. as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral of "to kill a mockingbird" isn't that atticus finch is a great lawyer or the lawyer that we should follow. the moral of the book and the movie is that the republican lawyer won't work any more. we need a new kind of lawyer. the only way to clean up a town like this is to bring in the federales. you know, everybody's got to go to jail. i mean, these -- you know, if you think about it, who is the real hero of "to kill a mockingbird"? who's the one who sees clearly? it's not atticus finch. he's not even a very intelligent father. i love him. i love him. but who lets your kids out in the middle of the night wearing -- dressed as farm animals and fruit when there's a craze killer who's vowed to get them? you

therapist may be a tale worthy of the oscar, but the story of the treasures pulled from the therapist's attic... well, that's a yarn for "60 minutes." wow, what an astounding thing. what an astounding thing. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm byron pitts. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." finally, there's a choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin product

. >> the fire ended up climbing and burning up the outside of the building, getting into the attic space. like i said, due to cruz of the building, as you can see, it's a pretty steep peak so a lot of the attic members and roof members are burned up, so what we're doing away is cutting away all the burn material and checking for any sort of extension or small fire that might still be burning. >> reporter: as sam mentioned earlier, one firefighter was hurt. he suffered a back injury while fighting this fire this morning. i was told he was taken to the hospital for precautionary measures. i want to bring you out here live to east 17th and 23rd avenue. you can see that firefighters are still looking for hot spots this morning. they want to make sure that the flames did not spread throughout the house and they don't spark up again. the american red cross is still on scene and they're helping the family that was left without a place to stay this morning. reporting live from oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a standoff in oakland just wrapped up about 20 minutes ago. police kep

starting on the ground floor and moving up the walls to the second floor and then eventually to the attic. at least 10 people who lived there were able to get out safely. >>> well, tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of u.s. involvement in afghanistan. president obama's exit strategy. next. >>> young children can go into these coffee shops and ask for coffee. they can't sit there with girls walking around semi naked. >> scantily clad women serving up more than just lattes at bay area cafes. the angry wives who blew the whistle. >> and are you short on sleep? get out of bed and into a hammock. how it can give you a better night's sleep. ,,,,,, today. jon huntsman, the former >>> the republican race for the white house got more crowded today. jon huntsman, the former governor of utah and former u.s. ambassador to china until a little bit ago, announced his candidacy in front of the statue of liberty there. huntsman focused on the sluggish economy, the mounting national debt in his announcement. he promised to overhaul the tax code and get the country back to work. the former utah govern

that fire engulfed the roof and the attic area of the area. it started before 3:30 this morning at the kappa sigma house in the 100 block of south 11 street. it took firefighters about, well firefighters say residents were already evacuating when they arrived. there is no word yet on any injuries. again, we're on the scene of the massive fire of the fraternity on the campus of san jose state university. there were reports earlier that the fire had gotten out of control to the point where firefighters were thinking about evacuating the building. abc7's nick smith is headed to the scene. he will have more in a live report coming up at 5:00 a.m. we are right now track iing this fire. whether there are injuries. we don't believe there are but we'll let you know. >> following developing news in oakland where a massive fire gutted a victorian overnight and injured a firefighter. this fire started after 2:00 this morning at a home on the 1700 block of 23rd avenue. it took firefighters an hour to get it knocked down. we're told one firefighter suffere

i think it's called "the attic." >> this is a good one. >> jimmy: do you recognize it? "the attic"?we have to go in the attic. now we seek revenge. you must die. >> you die! you die! >> jimmy: a young denzel washington in the role of the killer. [ applause ] well, you've come a long way. >> that was greg rumberg. >> jimmy: that was greg? really. >> and chris gordon doing a -- >> jimmy: does greg have a cameo in this particular film? >> his voice is in "super 8." but i'm so glad that was just on national tv. >> jimmy: well, it's a terrific -- congratulations on the movie. it's really great. it's called "super 8." [ cheers and applause ] are you guys going to go see the movie? you've got a whole bunch of people that are going to go see the movie. >> i'll tell you, do you guys want to see it? [ applause ] you guys want to see it tonight? [ applause ] i got some buses outside. >> jimmy: what a coincidence. >> if you want to see the movie we'll give you a ride and we'll give you -- >> jimmy: there you go. opens in theaters tomorrow. j.j. abrams, everybody. kathy griffin. we'll be right b

they wanted to make a record called toys in the attic. "you want to make toys in the attic? "oh, that funky beat. yeah, i know that." i didn't know the record either. and rick's like, "you stupid? "that's aerosmith. what are you? crazy?" and rick had the--the foresight to go out and get aerosmith and bring them in, and they were like, "no, we don't want to say their words. "we just want to use their beat, man. and we don't want much of their guitar to play." the way we'd have cut it, you know, the beat would play, and then it'd go "wa, na." and then they'd get to say it. like, the guitar would never get a full lick in. so it would just go, "ra." that's the most you'd hear, that beginning of the guitar, or maybe a little bit more, but never would we-- were we going to play the whole record. rick said, "no, i promise you, it's okay." and they made the record, begrudgingly, and it was rick's genius that made that record so much bigger than the others, and it takes, you know, i mean, that kind of foresight to take something to the next level. so today, you know, walk this way is

the fire quickly spread to the attic. crews tried to go up there to fight the fire. but because of the intense heat, there was a threat this is roof might collapse so they backed down and now you can see them using the ladders and fire hoses instead of firefighters going up on top. one firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor burns to his hands. we know that it started out as a three-alarm fire, quickly spread to four alarms. it should be out in 10 or 15 minutes. there are no reports of injuries to any of the people in the house. school is out so apparently the students that were here are students that were here on summer break. and we'll continue to bring you the very latest. right now elizabeth wenger has traffic. >> thank you, anser. that's right. fire crews are still out this blocking several lanes around the intersection where the frat house is. let's go back out to chopper 5 pictures. we can show you the scene from out there. so again, as anser mentioned this is the intersection near south 11th and east san antonio street. several blocks east of san jos

while the cause is unknown, firefighters call it an attic fire. >> attic fires can be started by a lots it can be electrical. again i don't know that that's the case here. >> reporter: 17 students have been moved into temporary dorm housing. others plan to stay with family or friends. one firefighter had second degree burns to his hand but retreated and released. and right now, the building still is surrounded by orange tape. reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu news. >>> a uc davis student from mountain view and her mother will not be deported to india tomorrow thanks to a last minute reprieve from immigration officials. just today lawyers said the two were granted a stay of deportation by the department of homeland security. lawyers had filed an emergency request for a stay siting new guidelines. she is a premed honor student, she's been living in the bay area since she was six. >>> firefighters in federal california are expected to get full containment of a large wildfire that broke out on an oil field. the fire started in coren county over the weekend it quickly spread

firefighters said they were concerned about the roof an attic area.e roof and several families are now homeless. >> time now 5:34 a.m. and add that on the gentleman that was held for the brutal beating of prius widow will be in court. g a vining ramirez was not charged and has remained in jail on parole violations. police said they found at gun in non look where ramirez was living if he was at an aunt's house during the time of the attack. >> and a family is grieving the violent death of their father he would shot on saturday night. >> they found a 35 year-old man had father of two young delays dead in the street he was shot multiple times. they identified him as lionel playing. it was a visiting friends in west oakland and around 10:00 p.m. he was shot and killed. >> things are off to a toasty start around the bay area in concord are temperatures are going up to the '90s. >> we have always to go before reached the 90 degree temperature. it is a beautiful morning hot arid hills like it is in the '60s right now there in high it looks like a cool lazy s

on the second floor they found a fire in the attic. they did an aggressive interior attack with other units. in about 45 minutes the building was declared unsafe. we did a vacate. and we went to a defensive attack which is putting our strains at 1,000 gallons a minute. >> did everyone get out safely, do you know? >> yes. all students had gotten out of the building by the time fire had gotten here. there was a search. we have one firefighter with burns to his hands transported to the hospital. >> so one injury. describe the structure. sometimes you see some of the older homes used for these frat houses and what's around it? >> you know, it's so difficult to see the structure because of the amount of smoke. but it looks like it is a few story, older fraternity and is surrounded by other fraternities. >> is there a threat of having to evacuate and this fire spreading? >> i'm not sure. i don't have that information. i'm sure they have evacuated because of the amount of smoke and potential for fire. >> and i would imagine some roads may be

there was light smoke coming from the attic and then flames were shooting from the group. a live crew on the way. >> the other big story is the scorching heat. it is common clear over the golden gate bridge. it was a tough night sleeping. >> and today is gonna be potential record-breaking. hopefully it'll only be a 1 day deal with hundreds. hot today this is a list of cities and temperatures and how much warmer it is expected to be than normal. you get the idea it is gonna be hot. this is what we expect our allies to bay fairfield of flirting with hundred. even along the coast it'll be in the mid- 70s. he a word and concord could be the record breakers. the delta is going to see hundreds. south they will also see the hundreds. upper 90s for everyone else. and don't forget today is a spare the air day. santa rosa and napa are are still experiencing high temperatures. and here we are 5:00 a.m.. it's going to be a warm one is the look for the next seven days. mainly for the coast and the bay '90s today 80 tomorrow. it is until thursday and friday with the winds change and wil

when they went inside they found heavy fire in the attic on the second floor.ws did aggressive interior fire attack. 45 minutes into the fire, because of the threat of collapse. danger firefighters, the vacate was called. all crews exited the building. that's when we put the master plan in operation. >> we have seen multiple agencies involved when we're back here live. what does it mean? >> we have three alarms worth of our san jose firefighters. 75 or a little more. it had to come from mutual aid with santa clara county. so we have resources to respond to additional emergencies in the city. >> captain gutierrez, thank you so much for your help. we're here live, eric. what we'll do is continue to follow the situation apt get more information. we know all 28 students have been evacuated. only one injury has been reported. that's a san jose fi firefighter who had a burned hand. they cannot call the situation contained yet because they're still searching for hot spot and they are trying to get the fire fully under control. live in san jose, nick smith, abc7 news.

. >> two police officers said there were two children trapped in the attic. >> that is why the firefighter is just out of the hospital after suffering second degree burns, and they risked their lives, heading into a smoke- filled burning building. >> i could not see anyone couldn't -- anyone but i could hear it. >> the smoke and he quickly grew in intensity and now. >> a lot of intense heat, and everything a nights at once, and that is -- ignites at once, and that is when i got burned. >> the escape route was blocked. good>> i did not know there was a window next to me for him to go down. i just fell out so he could come out the same window, so he would not be burned. >> i was earning, and i could not take it, and i jumped right out. >> will get the second story window. you will see him throw himself out. >> we have firefighters out of the second floor. >> he finally dropped. now they were both free but injured and worried about their partner. they had gotten separated by the smoke and flames. >> there was a time when we did not know jason was ok, and we thought he was dead. >> firefighter

. >>> a fire at a frat house appears to have started in the attic. there's not much left at the house. flames gutted the top floor aims destroyed the roof. >> faces decades of history for our house. i am still in shock. >> most of the students are staying in dorm housing. >>> an electrical problem may have sparked an early morning fire in oakland. it is a story we brought you live on ktvu channel 2 morning news. firefighters suffered minor injuries and damages are estimated at $200,000. >>> last night police were called to the scene of 32nd and market street. when officers arrived they found nothing but for shooting victims turned up at oakland hospitals. one of those victims died at the hospital and the three others are expected to survive. >>> a shooting claimed the life of 28-year-old christopher ingram of fairfield. no arrests have been made. >>> a trail of blood seems to be the most prominent clue in the death of a 19-year-old man. neighbors say they called police to report the trail of blood last night but the victim's body was not spotted unti

it started on the ground floor and quickly moved up the walls to the second floor and then the attic.least 10 people who lived inside were able to get out safely. >>> well, the city of san carlos just might be the envy of the bay area. in just over a year it's gone from a $3.5 million budgeted deficit to a $400,000 surplus. how? tonight a closer look at what the city says is out of the box thinking and what city firefighters says might cost them their jobs. >> reporter: after years of money troubles, san carlos has turned it around. >> the city had had actually budget problems for 10 years. >> reporter: a city of 28,000 people might not seem to need radical ideas to balance the budget. but just look at the receptionist at city hall. >> we saved $4 00 in the first year. >> reporter: and the assistant city manager says it goes further. to create revenue san carlos hired itself out to run half moon bay's recreation department then went looking to cut. >> what we did basically is we contracted out some functions so the park maintenance function is a private firm, the police department was

. >> because of the roof attic area, causing us problems. power lines on both sides of the power complex so that enters our ability to get to certain areas of the complex. >> those power lines seen here run parallel to the building home to 55 people. who are at least for now temporarily displaced. >> it's devastating. we lost, i think we lost everything. >> this man, eyewitness to the fire, could be called a hero. he received first aid on the scene for cuts and burns he received when he attempted to alert ok pants of -- ok pants of the building but yelling and smashing windows. the complex because of his age, does a not have a sprinkler system. the building manager says each unit has a functioning smoke detector upon move-in. >> we have to take a look at the apartments and see what smoke detectors weren't working and which ones are and have them. >> what may have started the blaze is unclear, but where it started can be easily identified by the charred remains of what was once unit 16 of the second floor studio apartment. reduced to ashes in

. >> where do you think the attics and mentally ill will go? supervisor kim: first of all, a ton of families live in the tenderloin. people do not realize this, but the tenderloin is a family neighborhood. it in not a proponent for cleaning up the tenderloin. i love the tenderloin. i love what it is right now. you know, i recognize that we have a diversity of folks who want to live there. i do not have a problem with people being out on the streets and socializing. it is part of the character of the neighborhood. i do not think the party is something we should criminalize. that being said, we cannot have open drug dealing. i do support a foot patrol. we are currently working with several organizations or have safe passages where we have high school students and adults in the neighborhood. but shockingly, one of the top issues is being hit by cars, more than getting harassed by neighbors. that is something we are working on as well, traffic issues, can turn some of those streets to be two-way. another thing that we are trying to push is actually

this one had been built so no one would see it, like an attic accessed through a hidden floor. the structure was rectangular, like a cupboard. i touched its face with probing, diagnostic fingers, measuring it my eyes. 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep. i got up on my haunches and lightly dusted off the granaries roof which was undamaged. for 3,000 years not a breeze had entered this chamber, not an inkling of light. what tightly woven baskets were here, what woven textiles, what stockpile of cobalt blue and honey-colored seed corn left many years before the boom of spanish rifles. with my fingers i traced through the dust of fallen rock debris on the granary roof. when i'm out there looking for stories and routes and trails, i find things like this. i have so far come upon 3 baskets in the desert and 3 different whole ceramic vessels that people had put underneath ledges and these are things that i don't dig for, i just look in cracks and crannies to see what's left behind. you find pieces of sandals or sometimes whole sandals. you find little bits of people, signs that