and on february 20th, 2008, the moon rose full over the carson valley. after dinner, ben, melissa, her teenage brother, craig, and little alyssa settled in the den to watch a movie. melissa remembers falling asleep on the couch, waking up with a start. >> thinking i was late for work. it was like 2:30 in the morning. i was like, oh, i'm not late. so i went and got into bed. >> reporter: crawled in with ben, she said. moonlight on the covers. warmth inside. >> about an hour later is when i was woke up by the smell and then a loud noise. and my ears were ringing. at first, i thought i was dreaming. >> a smell? >> yeah. it was a smell of the gunpowder. >> gunpowder smell? >> yes. >> reporter: she looked over to ben, saw by the light of the moon he appeared to have slept through whatever it was. she nudged him. he didn't stir. >> i was like okay, i'll go check it out. so, i walked around our bed and got about halfway down the hallway and realized our front door was open. >> but you didn't see anybody? >> nope. >> reporter: halfway down the hall she said, col

valley. >>> an oil refinery fire in los angeles county could mean another increase for gas prices in california. the fire began at the phillips 66 refinery in carson water for a big race. they will feature competing boats from the u.s. and five other countries. it kicks off tomorrow and sunday at 12:30 on san francisco's marina yacht club peninsula. we'll have updates including our website, kpix.com. our website, kpix.com. >>> good morning here at 8:57. we have several hot spots to talk about. but first, let's start off with the bridges. they are looking good, or at least the san mateo bridge. you're good to go. no brake lights there. same thing in the eastbound direction. on the bay bridge, wow. look at that. is amazingly clear, which is surprising and also really exciting if you are headed into san francisco. and one of the people who is not working from home on this friday. good luck and enjoy that commute. couple of accidents, though, to tell you about. one of them is westbound 580 at davenport. a lane is blocked. and you can see, it is delaying things as you're trying to make your way to the maze. there is another one on 580 eastbound. this i