burned down a commercial nursery overnight at the summer winds nursery on almaden expressway to and branham road erupted shortly before midnight. crews were concerned about toxic materials they let the fire burn out chemicals to prevent them from mixing into the ground water if they hosed down the 10,000 foot structure. terry mcsweeney is at the scene. he is going to have a live report in our next half hour. >>> pleasanton police urge -- urgently warning women to be careful. amy hollyfield is at the police headquarters with details. >> reporter: people in this quiet community are finding this upsetting. the victim herself was so scared she didn't report it for three weeks. here's a sketch of what the man looks like who did this. she describes him as a white man about six feet tall and 185 pounds. she said he was wearing what looked like a police-style hat and he a fake badge. investigators say he was driving colored sedan and flashed a light behind the woman and also let out a quick chirp that sounded like a police siren, so she pulled over. he handcuffed her put her in the back of his car

the fire broke out before midnight that summer winds nursery on almaden expressway and branham road. firefighters had to led the fertilizers and pesticides inside to burn off to keep toxins from getting into the river. the building was a total loss, the owner plans to reopen as soon as possible. >>> we got a look at the flooding caused by a water main break and sink hole in san francisco. ktvu's david stevenson tells us how students handled that emergency. >> reporter: let's look at a couple things. this is the pipe, part of it that ruptured tuesday morning and caused the flood. this is the by pass that was built to allow cars to get out of the area and here is the sink hole. >> reporter: administrators counted their blessings. >> the school will be back in session day after labor day. in good shape. all new carpet. the children will be ready to learn. >> reporter: two classrooms and offices were damaged when a coupling on a pipeline ruptured. cell phone video captured the flooding. he said the water came without warning warning and rose fast. >> in the middle of class, and the water

at the intersection of branham and ?rel. firefighters had to use heavy equipment to free a passenger in the car. no word on the victim's condition. >>> today is do or die time for the petaluma nationals. the team playing in the little league world series. this is a live picture from the boulevard 14 cinemas in petaluma where the local fans have filed inside. they'll be watching their team in a must-win game today in pennsylvania. the nationals are scheduled to play a team from new jersey at 1:00 p.m. pacific time. rain could delay the first pitch. light rain is falling right now. thunderstorms could be developing this afternoon. we'll have to wait and see. the team did put up a good fight in yesterday's game against tennessee but they lost. they now have this one more chance to stay in the running. their hometown believes they can do it. >> the kids are tough. i think they'll come back today. i think they'll come back strong. i have a lot of faith. this city is behind them 110%. >> they're really good. i'm excited to see how

it started before midnight at the summer winds nursery on almaden expressway and branham road. firefighters say chemicalled fueled the fire. they were -- chemicals fueled the fire. after determining the building was a total loss they let the fire and the chemicals burn themselves out. >> because we had no wind the smoke from the pesticides burning will be toxic so we had no risk to the neighborhoods. if we had a windy night we would have to decide about the water ways. >> the cause is under investigation. >>> investigators are trying to look into whether a morning grass fire is connected to a homeless encampment. that started at 11:00 a.m. firefighters contained the blaze in 30 minutes and found evidence of a encampment next to the fire. they say it appears the fire was triggered by human activity. >>> in san francisco, a short triggered a house fire that sent one to the hospital. the fire was limited to the living room of the home. the injured person suffered minor burns. >>> police are investigating a suspicious death that closed a freeway exit that start of the community. a

take a look at what firefighters found when they pulled up at the scene here at almaden and branham theds nursery there are 12 of these nurseries in this area this one was fully involved. three alarm fire, firefighters letting it burn. the regional manager for the nursery got the call around midnight,#óyk erased out to the scene, parked across the street, -- he race add out to the scene, packed across the street and all he could do is watch. emotional as he described the thoughts he had this morning many >> i don't know what thoughts, memories, 50 years of doing business, a lot of the good people that worked here. it is kind of tough to see it go. >> reporter: he says the store is going to be back probably in a temporary way in the parking lot then it going to come back all the way, he's certain of that they've got to rebuild a 10,000 square foot retail space he thinks they lost maybe $400,000 worth of plants in this fire. san jose firefighters still on the scene. haz-mat team was called at one point. again, the water in the parking lot here has been prevented from draining away to keep

in san jose overnight fire destroyed a commercial nursery on almaden and branham.dnight crews were concerned about pesticides and other toxic material that might be inside. they let the chemicals burn out for a while before turning on their hoses to prevent chemicals from mixing with ground water. >>> big story, good morning close to average today from three degrees warmer livermore and oakland to one to two degrees cooler around san francisco temperatures 60s coast, 70s, 80s bay, 80s, 90s inland. significant drop friday and saturday. >>> big delays at the bay bridge because of motorcycle injury crash approaching motoring lights toll backed up into the maze, -- 30 minute wait. westbound traffic sluggish. >>> the news continue [ cheers and applause ] >>> mandisa sang this earlier in the week. and we can't stop singing it. good morning, america. great crowd here in times square. george is at the national convention in tampa, working hard. and everybody knows -- ♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ >> we're not going to do a recreation of "the

the fire began last night at the summer winds nursery on almaden expressway in branham.t quickly out of hand. >>> i've been on the department over 20 years. this was a large volume of fire. the colors, the chemicals were acausing the flames to be green, purple, blue flames. you knew there was something atypical. >> firefighters allowed the fire to burn itself out to prevent those chemicals from spilling into the nearby guadalupe river. they are still investigating the cause but say there is no evidence of criminal intent. >>> coming up after the break, the forecast and the roads. >>> welcome back. 9:28 on the nose. taking a live look over san francisco where you can see for almost ten miles. we're getting great visibility, not the norm for this hour at 9:28, but that clear sky will make for almost uniform temperatures as we head throughout the day when it comes to your south bay temps versus those by the water. 62 degrees in san francisco and oak, even napa holding onto 62 degrees with all that sunshine coming in. that's what happens when we don't have that marine air. y