. >> reporter: this is the chateau blue apartments on the 2100 block of blank croft in dark bancroft in san leandro. we understand this started on the first floor and what we heard where the fires started all ever a sudden, the fire came out from that bathroom area and hear what he has to say. >> when i opened my door to the bathroom, the fire came out and i just closed the door and take my family out. >> reporter: he lives with his wife and two young boys in that apartment complex. >> 2 engines and 2 trucks, you can see many are still here looking for hot spots and first and second floors were evacuated. many of them were area and the residents are also unclear and they are here just incase they need the help. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the investigation goes on into this morning's big-rig crash along a freeway. right now the freeway is open but the cleanup continues. janine de la vega joins us live from san jose, show us the mess and tell us what the driver is saying, good morning janine [inaudible] >> we obviously have a technical problem, janine, can you hear

this is actually the bancroft apartments.uilding here, on the outside you probably can't even tell that there was a fire inside and that is because ala me do county crews got out here quickly. they were able to contain the fire and get it put out quickly. we talked to a battalion chief who says it started in a bathroom but they do not know why that fire started. it is just too soon. there were two people complaining of one of them complaining of smoke inhalation, the other having chest pain which it can be from smoke inhalation. neither one of them had to go to the hospital. and 50, maybe 75 people he said had to be evacuated taken across the street san leandro high school so they didn't have to stand in the cold. and in about 10 minutes or so they will be able to let most of those people back inside their apartment. >> we'll be out here and update you later today at 11:00 on what happened here. for now so far so good. those two will be able to get back home and not go to the hospital. that's the latest live. chase cain, "tod

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late thursday, two others weret on bancroft and telegraph avenues. december 10th a female student walking home on this street was robbed by two teens with guns who stole her wallet and phone. leann's thinking about her safety. >> everybody tells me to like, don't walk at night, there's been so many robberies. and it's pretty sketchy. >> reporter: uc police have stepped up patrols, becoming more visible. officers warn students not to be a target. >> just be aware of your surroundings. walk in well-lit areas. pay attention to what's going on around you. don't be so engrossed with your cell phone, i.e., texting, talking on your phone, looking at the internet. >> i want to be safe, right? this place is like -- this is all a campus. >> reporter: many students are taking advantage of nighttime walking escorts and shuttles. >> i sometimes call them if i'm coming from a friend's house and i don't want to walk home alone. >> reporter: so far, police report no arrests have been made in the robberies. >>> tonight, foster city police are looking for two men, one

this is a live look at that apartment building on bancroft.he fire started at about 4:30 this morning. about 50 people including the children evacuated the building. san leandro high school opened early so evacuees could take shelter inside. many wearing just their pajamas are huddled in the cafeteria right now. firefighters say the flames started in a first floor unit and then spread. it took crews 50 minutes to knock it down. >>> some more breaking news this morning out of stockton where a man wanted on attempted murder charges in san jose was shot and killed by the police there. we are told chp began chasing the man's vehicle on interstate 5 about 1:00 this morning. authorities say the 43-year-old suspect eventually stopped the car, got out, but had a knife in his hand. stockton police officer shot and killed the man after he refused to drop that knife. >>> and another traffic check towards the bay bridge a final look and you can see that traffic is jamming up beyond the overcrossing. it's quickly backing up towards the maze. the roads are

police say it happened on 96 avenue near bancroft at about 11:00. when they arrived they found the 43-year-old man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital and died. police have not released a description of the gunman or the motive. this is oakland's 88th homicide this year, well below last year's number of 131. >>> san jose officers are searching for the person who smashed a front door window at a chase bank. this happened before 8:00 a.m. at the santa clara street location. an officer at the scene told nbc bay area news that it looks like nothing was stolen from inside. not clear if this was an attempted robbery or an act of vandalism. >>> police in fremont say that cars took over the lot for street races and side shows. officers say the issue has been going on for two weeks now. they're beefing up their presence on the weekends and nights when it tends to happen. it's not clear if any citations were issued or any arrests made. >>> newark police say they caught the thieves who stole christmas from a family we introd

nonetheless, on the coldest night of the year a bathroom at the bancroft apartments caught fire at 4:30 this morning. the smoke in the hall was down to knee level and forced dozens of people to evacuate. so basically from one danger to another, the freezing cold. >> it was. it was very cold last night and this morning. >> reporter: 75 people stood in subfreezing temperatures just in their pajamas, no jacket, and in some cases no shoes, for an hour before san leandro high school was able to open its doors. >> i had to go up there to talk to the officers about getting us into the high school because there was kids without shoes, without blankets. >> this is the coldest night of the year, freezing out here. >> reporter: one person suffered smoke inhalation another had chest pains. everyone avoided hypothermia. alameda county fire contained the blaze to just one apartment keeping it from spreading to the other 300 units. >> with the combination of the time, the number of residents the number of units, this fire could have been much worse. >> reporter: the bathrooms are undergoing some ren

in the complex on bancroft avenue. the cause is under investigation. police say it started in the wall of a bathroom in an apartment on the first floor. >> when i came into my bath and opened the door to my bathroom, the fire came out. it came out and i just closed the door again and take my family out. >> many of the building's residents ran out in their pajamas. san leandro high school across the street was set up at a -- set up as a temporary red cross shelter. two people were injured. one complained the of chest pains, the other complained of smoke inhalation. >>> californians overwhelmingly approve of the way governor brown is leading the state. a new poll finds 58% of registered voters approve of his job performance. 33% disapprove. while brown has not announced whether he will seek re- election, he was preferred in the poll over three republican candidates. >>> fast-food workers in the bay area are getting ready to protest low wages. [chanting] >> about 100 mcdonald's workers in new york city staged a noisy protest this morning. the workers are

>>> police are investigating a deadly shooting at a birthday party last night at 96th avenue at bancroft. they found a man suffering from one gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital and died. police have not released any description of the gunmen or a motive. this is oakland's 88th homicide this year well below last year's total of 126. >>> police in newark say they caught the thieves who stole christmas from a family we introduced you to on thursday. this mother and two children were left with a very bare christmas after thieves broke in tuesday, then cleared out their gifts. on thursday, the police department teamed up with alameda county firefighters to deliver donated gifts to the torres family. yesterday they arrested four adults and two juveniles for the theft at the torres home as well as two other burglaries on christmas eve. officers say they didn't find the gifts but they were able to return some of the property stolen from another family. they also found two guns and narcotics in the raid. >>> san jose officers are searching for the person who smashed a front door window a

this happened at the bancroft apartments across the street from san leandro high school. two people were hurt, but their injuries are considered minor. no word on a cause. >>> crews spent the morning clearing a big rig that crashed into a construction site in san jose. this is a scene this morning on the site of southbound 880 near the stevens creek boulevard off ramp. it's very close to valley fair mall. the big rig was not blocking any lanes, but it was a visual distraction for drivers during the morning commute. authorities say the driver fell asleep at the wheel. he was not hurt. los gados police are checking surveillance video. the first incident happened on robert's road near highway 17. a woman says ae strange man approached her car, opened the driver's side door, and asked her if she knew how to get to a bridge. the woman says she thought the man was about to attack her, so she closed her door and drove off. >> it's not fun when somebody approaches you like that, but luckily she came out okay. >> 24 hours later los gados police say a waitress from the downtown are

a bathroom at the bancroft apartments caught fire about 4:30 a.m. smoke filled the hallways while dozens of people escaped the flames. but they had to stand outside for an hour in subfreezing temperatures. some of them just in their pjs. >> i had to go up there to talk to the officer about getting into the high school because there was kids without shoes without blanket. >> the group eventually took shelter here in san leandro high school. one person suffered smoke inhalation. another had some chest pains. authorities did contain the fire to one apartment. but still no word on what caused. >>> another fire overnight claimed a life in benicia. firefighters pulled an elderly couple and their dog from the home on larkin drive at about 2 a.m. authorities say one of the elderly victims died at the hospital a few hours later. the home had smoke detectors but it's not known whether they were working. the cause of the fire is being investigated too. >>> checking bay area headlines, a man wanted for attempted murder in san jose has been shot and killed by st

it happened just after 11:00 last night on 96th avenue near bancroft avenue. police say the 43-year-old victim was standing outside his friend's house in east oakland and apartment building when someone opened fire. the victim was taken to the hospital, where he later died. so far, police do not have a motive and have not made any arrests. the killing was oakland's 88th homicide of the year. >>> a 19-year-old richmond woman who was hit by a stray bullet earlier this month is getting better. dominic romero was shot through the arm and a bullet is still lodged in her spine. ktvu's katie utehs tells us how the raider nation is rallying for her recovery. >> we all have hope for her. >> reporter: dominique romero faces hours of grueling physical therapy, a mountain of medical bills. >> the helicopter bill alone was $20,000. >> reporter: but right now, her cousin says the young woman is worried about finding a place to live. >> she is 19 years old. she should be focusing on healing. >> reporter: two weeks ago, a stray bullet traveled through the wall of her family's

library of congress to the president reagan presidential library in simi valley to the berkeley bancroft library in berkeley california and filed open records requests to find the original documents of these these were alex newsletters their memos as well as the reagan administration's memos to alec and within the administration in their discussion these were original source documents and it was it was pretty interesting to look at yeah i can imagine we're talking about the american legislative exchange council here alex how does their involvement with. in south africa get started. we don't know exactly how it got started but we do know that by the early one nine hundred eighty s. they were heavily prioritising it we can imagine though given what alec represents now what their modus operandi is in general that its inception was derived from the corporate agenda out response to the corporations that fund it and our corporations at the time of apartheid had substantial holdings in south africa they had assets on the line that were very high yielding and many would argue because of the apar

was a berkeley resident who had his laptop stolen at gunpoint in front of the urban outfitters on bancroftappened thursday during the overnight hours. and early saturday morning two uc berkeley students had their laptops along with their cameras, lenses and iphones and an ipad stolen when they were held up at gunpoint near willard park. willard park's a half mile south of the campus near college avenue. the students were on their way to meet friends at the park to watch a meteor shower when two people approached them and demanded they hand over their stuff. police say the suspects were two men in their 20s who drove away in a brown or rust colored two-door car. the uc berkeley students we talked to this morning say they tried to hide their personal electronics when they're walking around near campus. >> sometimes you kind of do it unconsciously but especially if it's late at night it's not a good idea. >> i generally walk around with my headphones around my neck. everything else is like hidden in my backpack. >> everybody's out and about like studying and cafes and libraries and stuff. i f

the victim was shot in east oakland on 96th avenue near bancroft avenue last night. he was shot at least once, possibly in the head. they described the person's condition as grave. neighbors reported hearing about 20 shots fired and police are asking any witnesses to come forward. police have not released information on a possible suspect or suspects. are a. >> it is one development after another for the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support. this morning a new facility is offering to take jahi mcmath but the question remains who will perform the medical procedures needed to move her abc7 news anchor ama daetz has the latest from children's hospital. >> he's a professional. >> reporter: the fight to keep jahi mcmath on a ventilator led to a with war of words. the family wants to move jahi to another facility for long-term care. >> if they want to move the body of this individual, we will do everything in our power as long as it's legally and medically correct to help them. >> but the hospital said certain requirements need to be met before jahi can be moved. >

the victim was shot in east oakland on 96th avenue near bancroft avenue last night. he was shot at least once, possibly in the head. he died this morning. neighbors reported hearing about 20 shots fired. police have not released any information on a possible suspect or suspects, but we know a reward is being offered for information. >> it is one development after another for the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support. this morning a new facility is offering to take jahi mcmath but the question remains who will perform the medical procedures needed to move her. abc7 news anchor ama daetz has the latest from children's hospital. >> he's a professional. >> reporter: the fight to keep jahi mcmath on a ventilator led to a with war of words. that was between the hospital spokesman and the mcmath family attorney, mr. dolan. the family wants to move jahi to another facility for long-term care. >> if they want to move the body of this individual, we will do everything in our power as long as it's legally and medically correct to help them. >> but the hospital said certa

the victim was shot in east oakland on 96th avenue near bancroft avenue last night. he was shot at least once, possibly in the head. they described the person's condition as grave. neighbors reported hearing about 20 shots fired and police are asking any within koss tom forward. so far no news on any possible suspects. >> one thing after another for the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support. this morning a new facility is offering to take jahi mcmath but the question remains who will perform the medical procedures needed to move her 678 we have the latest from children's hospital. >> the fight to keep jahi mcmath on a ventilator led to a with war of words. the family wants to move jahi to another facility for long-term care. >> if they want to move the body of this individual, we will do everything in our power as long as it's legally and medically correct to help them. >> but the hospital said certain requirements need to be met before jahi can be moved. >> one is that they have a physician who will perform the surgery necessary to transfer the body. secondar

. >>> about 50 people including children out in the cold when the bancroft apartment building caughtcently worked to restructure the oakland police department. this will be his second tour of duty as commissioner with the nypd. it's cold. here's lawrence with more on that. >> couple of record cold temperatures out there in san francisco into oakland. very chilly start to the day. we have clear skies all the way to the coastline. may actually be the warmest out toward the beaches today. even there, we're only going to see some low 50s. we have cold weather alerts in effect as we have a freeze warning staying up now and extending until tomorrow morning. expecting some very chilly temperatures down to the 20s and 30s and again, highs today only in the 40s and the low 50s. next couple of days, changes with a cold start to the day tomorrow with clouds and showers by the evening could see some showers into saturday morning, as well. we are going to check your "kcbs traffic" coming up next. >>> good morning. checking the south bay 101 is busy. an earlier crash northbound 101 at de la cruz,

it happened on the 96th avenue near bancroft avenue. so far police don't have a motive.and haven't made any arrests. if killing was oakland's 88th homicide of the year. >>> police in newark have arrested six people in connection with a series of crimes on christmas eve. on thursday we told you about torrez and her two children. police say they woke up on christmas to find that someone had stolen all of their gifts. police and firefighters teamed up to raise money to buy new toys for the family. police say the group stole from several homes in newark that night. >>> passengers on alegian air was stuck for hours. that flight to eugene oregon was supposed to leave at 7:00 yesterday morning. it finally got off the ground at 6:40 last night. a spokeswoman tells us the delay was caused by one of the pilots calling in sick. the passengers were put on a plane as soon as possible but that wasn't enough to satisfy some frustrated passengers. >> they told us if we didn't get a refund that we could get another flight with them in the future. but i mean after an experience like this,

it happened at the bancroft apartments right across from san leandro high school.racking the suspect from san jose when his car broke down on the freeway. he allegedly brandished a knife, and that's when he was shot. that portion of i-5 is expected to be closed until noon. >>> sentencing is scheduled today for the san jose man who pleaded guilty to murdering a 22-year-old campbell man during a crime spree last year. 27-year-old john than wilbanks is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> bartlemay ask riders to reach into their pockets to help replace aging trains. it comes after an electrical short on a crowded train caused chaos in the berkeley hills tunnel yesterday. the emergency breaking gauged on the moving train stopping the train sending smoke and dust into the crowded cars. bart says its 40-year-old trains and infrastructure need to be replaced. transportation dollars will cover some costs, but bart is expected to ask voters to approve a rageal bond measure to fund the rest. we'll have a look at weather righ

especially in bancroft hall.t's a challenge for the guys on the tam. >> there is an added level of emotion because it is the army-navy game, like we'd have with air force. it doesn't affect us in a negative way. it gives us an energy boost. have you to relax and tell guys it's a football game. as much as the emotions of the game, our biggest emphasis is playing between the white lines. >> records don't matter with matters like this. they'll come out ready to play. both teams will play hard. >> the navy dominated the rivalry, winning 11-straight games. while players and coach try to block out the distraction. the black nights relish the thought of ending the seen on a high note. >> yesterday i had a team-mate walking into the locker room. i asked how are you doing. he said, "ready to change history", i said, "i like the way you thing." that encapsulates the way we want to the approach the game. >> adds fuel to the fire. the guys want to end it and prove that army needed to take the reins back in this rivalry. >> i

. >> there's hype leading up to the game, people get excited, especially in bancroft haul, army week.'s important and a challenge for guys on the team to stay focused. >> i think there is an added level of emotion simply because it is the army navy game, just like we would have in the air force. it gives us an energy boost. >> you've just got to relax and tell guys it's still a football game. as much as the emotions of this game, our biggest emphasis is playing the game between the white lines. >> records don't matter, both teams are going to play extremely hard. >> navy has won 11 straight games against army. while the players and coaches try to block out the distraction and focus on the task at hand. the they hope to end the season on a high note. >> yesterday, i had a teammate and we were walking to the locker room. i examined how are you doing? he said ready to change history was the first thing that came out of his mouth. i said i like the way you think. that encapsulates the way we want to change this game. >> guys want to end it and prove that army need to take the reigns back.