at a home that was being sublet to six people on 79th avenue and arthur street. 56-year-old bennie wakefield died in the fire. the fire started in his room upstairs. there is is a possibility a cigarette may have been to blame. >>> police in new york say a man that killed an elderly woman by setting her on fire in an elevator did it because the woman owed him money. he turned himself into police yesterday. police say he sprayed 73-year- old kellior race with a flammable liquid as she got out of her apartment building. surveillance camera show him lighting a molotov cocktail and throwing it in the elevator. gillespie owed him $2,000 worth of work. >>> a holiday disapply can stay -- display can stay. a nativity scene does not violate the holiday. they said the decorations are unconstitutional and should be moved to a chapel on the base. >> people come in and the war is over. people want to see good things and good cheer. why would you move it? >> the military religious freedom foundation says it represents 120 people against the displays. tores for the foundation have threatened -- attorneys f

close-knit group and hugged and cried when they learned their friend and neighbor, 56-year-old benny wakefield didn't survive a fire that started here at 7:30 this morning. >> we smelled the smoke of the we didn't hear any alarms. we heard a man yelling, really frantically. >> reporter: it was their neighborhood, jerry davis, who also tried to warn wakefield about the fire. >> i ran back in there, and couldn't save him. i feel like it's my fault. >> it's not your fault. >> you did what you could. >> reporter: vores say they know the fire started in wakefield's room upstairs. >> the report we have is that he was a smoker and that could be a possible cause. we're reluctant to say what it was at this point because it's under investigation. >> reporter: after the fire, officers were called in to go through the scene of the fire and officials say that standard procedure anytime there is a fatal fire. >> from what we could tell at this moment there is no obvious signs ever foul play. >> reporter: his family says wakefield worked for the city of oakland's maintenance department before retiring recent

yesterday at a home that was being sublet to six people on 79th avenue and arthur street. 66-year-old benny wakefield died in the fire. firefighters say it started in bedroom and say it's possible a cigarette caused the fire. >>> the main post office in menlo park is about to move to palo alto. 50 mail carriers will be relocating to a smaller facility. this is part of a nationwide you budget cutting effort. postal services will remain the same. well, today, ed lee is expected to veto a plan regarding the park in pacifica that's owned by san francisco. the board recently voted to hand the lad over to the national park service. the environment groups have been fighting to close the golf course, saying it harms endangered species like the red- legged frog and the california snake. >>> in just about an hour, san francisco's glide memorial church and old navy will keep up to keep kids warm for the win irt -- for the winter. >>> this morning they will be shopping at old navy's flagship store located in san francisco. >>> a fund-raiser will take place tonight for the family of the vallejo police officer kil