it started around midnight on carrison and san pablo. a witness said residents in the four-plex managed to escape because a neighbor screamed for everybody to get out. >> i can't go to sleep and i hear somebody banging on the door that their apartment is on fire. >> that woman told her roommate what was happening. they smelled the smoke, saw the flames. so they ran out. no injuries are reported. >>> police are crediting a dog for sniffing out more than 100 pounds of marijuana from a south bay home during a drug raid yesterday. this is a picture of zeuss with some of the loot. the 3-year-old black labrador trained by mountain view police is currently working for a santa clara county drug squad. in addition to the marijuana, authorities say zeuss also led them to cocaine and $75,000 in cash. >>> happening now -- president obama is getting ready to introduce a former bay area professor who he plans to nominate as the head of the federal reserve system. if approved, dr. janet yellen would become the first woman in history to be in charge of

an early morning fire broke out in an apartment building on carrison street near san pablo avenue.he battalion chief says the fire started shortly after midnight in the upper unit of the four-plex. residents say a neighbor woke everyone up by knocking on doors saying his apartment was on fire. they think it was started by a dura flame log that rolled out of his fireplace into the living room. everyone got out safely. three people are out of their homes this morning, though. >>> we could find out today if the body found in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital is that of a patient who went missing last month. katie marzullo live in the newsroom. >> we talked with san francisco general this morning. the spokeswoman tells us the hospital will make an official announcement sometime today. but a reliable source has already told abc 7 news the body is that of 57-year-old lynne spalding. here you see a picture taken inside sf general. a police officer and crime scene tape blocking the stairwell where a hospital worker found the body yesterday. actually, in an exterior stairwell on

it started around midnight on carrison street and pan sab blow. a -- san pablo. a witness said residents managed to escape because a neighbor screamed for everybody to get out. >> i can't go to sleep and i hear somebody banging on my door that there's a fire, that their apartment is on fire. >> the woman told her roommate what was happening and then smelled the smoke and saw the flames. so they ran out. so far, no injuries are reported and the investigation continues. >>> new information on the latest shooting on an a.c. transit bus in oakland. conflicting reports about a teenaged passenger shot while riding a bus yesterday afternoon in east oakland. police said the 18-year-old high school student was shot in the leg by someone on the bus. however, an a.c. transit spokesman said the gunshot wound may have been self-inflicted. no one else on the bus was hurt. this was the second shooting -- bus shooting. police are still searching for the gunman who fired shots on an a.c. transit bus on international boulevard last week. two people wounded are now recovering. poli

it broke out in an apartment building on carrison street shortly after midnight in the upper unit ofbor woke everybody up by knocking on doors saying his apartment was on fire. they think it was started by a dura flame log that rolled out of his fireplace into his living room. everybody got out safely. >>> we could find out today if the body found in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital was that of a patient who went missing last month. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: we just talked with a spoke person for san francisco general. she let us know they will make an announcement today. we don't know what time. about the identity of the body that was found in the stairwell. so far, the medical examiner has not said publicly. but a reliable source does tell us, abc 7 news, that the body is that of 57-year-old lynne spalding. inside the hospital we do have a picture we can show you. it was taken inside. this is 57-year-old lynne spalding. next you'll see inside the hospital police officer crime scene tape blocking the stairwe