. >>> now hannah continues her series on green chimneys.t's a school that takes an unusual approach to help kids overcome their personal problems. ♪ >> reporter: most of the animals and kids that come to green chimneys have something in common. they need special attention. the kids are here because they have social or learning issues that make it difficult for them to attend regular school. many of the animals here were rescued from bad situations. at green chimneys they help each other through what's called animal-assisted therapy. >> when you work with anims or you work in gardens, you work within nature. these are normalizing kinds of activities for anyone. and they're relaxing. and they put kids who are probably under a lot of stress in a position where they can learn and they can achieve much better results. >> reporter: in the school's wildlife program students learn how to care for injured birds, like this owl with a bad eye. >> the difference between a hawk and a falcon and an owl is that owls are nocturnal. they come out at night,

here's a brick chimney. we have few brick chimneys in san francisco. this is a major hazard.there's little reenforcement an they're incrediblely heavy. >> here's one that's been braif a little bit. that's an original brace that will buckle . >> yes, sir. i was curious if you have -- sort of developed deck nothings to retrofit structure reenforcement of these exterior brick chimneys. >> absolutely. some cities have passouts. when i do home remodels, it involves putting a collar aroun the chimney and running some diagonals down. you might have to put two or three collars, but the biggest i issue is to keep the his oric character. it's doable. you just need to know about it. you may be living next to one o these and knock on the neighbor's door and say i reall don't want to have your chimney in my bedroom after an aert quaik. >> yeah. let me mention we're looking at that chick any that has a singl brace. pat says it might take two or three. contractors often say i ool tak care of that problem for you. i say you shouldn't be asking your contractor to design the solution. you shou

cleaned out because chimney fires are a huge cost of residential fires and that is when the chimneys are not cleaned out, they are fire starters there. so it is critical that if you are going to use a wood burning fireplace, you ain't it out once a year. >> people often say you should bring your water hero. we have such clean water in san francisco, i have not seen that to be an issue. but if you need to take action, not in san francisco. it is not an issue. this is your emergency water supply. make sure they are strapped like that. garage doors, get lubricant and just lubricate those things and clean the bottom, clean it off and lubricated. it will last an awful lot longer. fire extinguishers obviously are good home maintenance. >> you have to make sure that they are up to date. it changes every couple of years. >> and blasting a wanted to mention was earthquake safety. when you do your home maintenance, preventing damage from earthquakes is a big piece of this, and it is a valuable piece of ceramic with the group on the bottom that keeps it from sliding off the shelf. there are so

think about how to brace your chimney. we don't want to have people being in there's earthquake shacks. we don't have plans. we don't have a plan what we're going to do for housing. >> we know we don't want to be in formaldehyde trailers. >> i want to use the word plan. i will say, i think one of the things we do in our life. we plan for retirement. you think about social security. your children who might take care of you. any 401 k. you have to look at earthquakes and make a plan. you need to think about the things to have access. backing up your hard drive. have been your family on the east coast have copies of valuable documents so they are not lost and also this issue of risk. how much risk do you want to retain? don't invest in retrofitting if you financially don't need that. if you don't have investment in that structure. it might not be significant for you. take a holistic view. >> the american red cross has a plan. you can get only at red cross.org. they have planning for your family. contact information, making su

many of just the chimneys of these homes. and the cars burned down. with investigators, on at the scene. for everybody, the air quality is a concern. while it has not been tested, they know that there could be toxins, medals in the ash. this is what the health department had to say with metal. >> the informal hazard of a burn it is all of the debris, and the-the-and our mental hazard. if you become in a media contact? if the informal helluva the informal hazard the environ still is in with this ash. we are providing everybody with the proper attire. there is 80a n mnbh mnbhj m to g th on the w on th site carafe fami and any residents as possible. >> left other homes, we are having problems with christine's audio thinand wheat think that they're going to get rid of the air quality. and a little bit of rainfall. meanwhile, students of portaola and san bruno are responding to a phone call from a parent. they did not find a leak. perhaps that mothers called carbon monoxide building up in the carbosauce schools heating system. this was only 1 mi. away. fro

. >> i could see part of a wall, maybe two or 3 feet high in the back of it and half of the chimney. the top half of it broke off. i was sitting with the people whose house was right next door and their chimney was totally destroyed. >> there is no word yet on whether residents will be allowed back except for personal items that may be back in -- maybe in the rubble. >> this is the most devastating since the oakland hills fire of 19 years ago and they see their losses and still echoed today. health and science editor john fowler has the story. >> reporter: the nation's most costly urban fire, 3,000 homes destroyed, 25 dead. as. >> it was a life-changing experience. >> reporter: he stood outside that sunday morning. he said the street turned into a volcano. some neighbors frozen panic. others ran for their lives. >> the fighters crested the hill. get out now. there was no time to evacuate any possessions. >> reporter: this woman also lost everything. >> i was stunned. i did not cry. >> reporter: she rebuilt, her neighbor did not. when she saw the san bruno fire thursday night she says

all that's left in some are the chimneys. we found large chunks of asphalt thrown a good 100-yard from the scene. leaves on the closest trees burned off. as we walked further the homes were burned down but at least were still shells, all the win douse blown out at this house. take a look at garage. collapsed right on top of the car. it's almost unrecognizable as a vehicle and right over there the other car, a pick up, the tires melted off. fire crews still hard at work on the scene putting out the few remaining hot spots. they are also fixing power poles laid waste by the devastating fire. as soon as we shot this video there, as soon as matt shot it we were told we had to leave the area. police said we couldn't be there. they were setting up a pool cam are situation where they would bring in a photographer of their own. neighbors here -- they are frustrated. they have been coming here p them just trying to get medication. many just trying to see if their homes still there. they are being told it's a crime scene and the entire

all that's left of these homes are the chimneys.'t tell you, there are dozens of cars that have been melted. i walked up san bruno avenue towards earl. as we walked, at first you could see the homes looked intact. some had green notices on the door that meant they had been inspected and okay. shortly after the notices turned to orange which means the homes are inhabitable. cars along the street, head lights were bubbles. as we began walking closer to earl, the cars were just destroyed. it is an absolute mess. i'm looking at that big crater. i'm standing just a few feet away from that 25 foot piece of pipe, that 30-inch pipe we heard so much about. i did send in a photo of that. i don't know if you're able to see that. >> we are looking at it right now. >> reporter: it's incredible, the distance that pipe flew out of this hole. it has to be 75 feet. an enormous piece of pipe to fly that distance and land right here in the middle of the street. i can only imagine what it was like to be here. these poor families that must have been sit

that chimney. it happened in bakersfield. police say that dr. jacqueline katarric had been drinking, tried to break into the home by climbing feet-first down that chimney but got stuck and slowly suffocated. earlier that day, the doctor had tried to force her way into the house using a shovel. a house sitter eventually found the decome posposing body. >>> 6:05 right now. people will roll up their sleeves for another blood drive to help officer todd young shot in the line of duty. he will undergo more surgery and will need more blood. today's drive will be at santa clara hospital from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. young graduated from there back in 1989. he's in serious but stable condition. he was shot last week in oakland after a confrontation with suspected gang member, andrew barrientos. >>> as the calendar turns to fall, you can depend on a few things. the kids going back to school, college football kicking off, and of course apple updating the ipod. scott mcgrew has that. >> september has become the

foundation after foundation, chimney after chimney burned out wrecks of cars. i haven't seen scenes like this unless in the forest fires it is shocking in an urban sent tore see complete devastation for blocks and blocks. >> firefighters are going door to door and finding bodies we reported three bodies you have seen a couple they are not transporting them out. >> no, they have been respectfully covered over with fire shelterkeeping a respectful distance they have identified spots where some people did die. there were some fatalities, but they are not transporting or moving any of those people out tonight they will probably wait until the morning. it is pretty dark, chaotic situation, power lines are all down, there is glass and dirt in the street. close to the epi center where this main ruptured, the energy was so intense that the street has been reduced the nothing but a dirt path now. it is still wide but nothing at all left of the out fall. >> melted off. >> melted burned off straight down to the dirt. so the sidewalks, the 3-inch thick concrete some times

john and chimneys just on this side of the st ion 99 homes that are drawn.me that there are more historic properties on the next walkover let me zoom into this summer is here, again all that is left is a chimney surrounded by a pile of rubble. you can see what looks like shards of broken ceramic which is for was someone's vase that exploded in the heat of the fire was also really striking is the fire disease to stop with this has grave behind were displays of sir is standing. yellow tags because of smoke damage but the rest of the home down this block all have green day is a richmond there is a dogfight. takes which means they are safe to occupy. >> cleaning was always an option, some things are just too far gone in had to be thrown dumpsters laid out about every half block. this table is a reminder of how close the fire came look, you can see were the flying ember landed on the table burns but the house did not. the dump is remotely fall by midafternoon and people coming back again and again to drop of more destroyed property cleaning trucks started to clea

just yards from the strip of homes now reduced to a strip of chimneys surrounded by rubble. >> it just looks like -- smells like rotten eggs and dead rats. we still have the same memory from thursday. >> reporter: the memory of running for his life. the investigation into what happened to cause the gas line to rupture and the fire that destroyed dozens of homes is just beginning. a 28-foot section of the pipeline ripped out of the ground by the blast is now en route to washington, d.c., as part of a large-scale investigation by the ntsb. >> we will have a detailed examination in the metallurgy lab and look at it under an electron microscope. >> reporter: they're looking at the track record of the pipeline and the history of the people in charge of inspecting it and pg&e's emergency response plan, as well as the role geological movements could have played. here is what they're asking the public to report. any incidents of smelling gas in the days before the explosion. finding metal fragments near the blast zone. or vegetation in the area that died for no apparent reason. you can e-mail

once all that is called the way they will tear down the chimneys and the walls. the thick with the foundations and go about 2 to 3 in. deep in the soil. here's what the health department had to say how to protect the neighborhood will there doing this work. >> while were working will be monitoring the perimeter but will also be monitoring each individual worksite going on. the minute that we find any information that shows their particular is going on here that could be hazardous it will be completely put to a stop. >> in san bruno christine conley kron 4 news. >> >> for the search for suspects in two separate sexual assaults. police released this sketch he is described as a black male about 20 to 25 years old 5 ft. 10 in. tall to 6 ft. tall with a medium build. he was last seen wearing dark clothing and is armed with a weapon. kron 4 shows you what police are doing to spread the word about these crimes. >> be on the lookout for this sexual assault suspect in the late mayor area. now they have a sketch of the suspect in this morning fire is being passed out by in

. >> the chimney on our fireplace, it fell into the hot tub where it still resides. >> reporter: gordonnd his wife decided to rebuild. gordon committed to do even more. >> why rebuild unless we did a better job of maintaining our open space areas. >> reporter: he's helped to establish gardens now at seven public schools. as chair of the oakland landscape committee, he can replace highly-inflammable weeds on the hillside. he organizes the volunteers. just this location, i worked and -- >> and he gets the materials donated. >> i'm a good networker. sometimes i get thousands of donated plants each year from retail and whole nurseries. >> reporter: gordon says that's really important these days. >> we can do a lot to help in our parks. help reduce fire. >> reporter: gordon says it all takes a lot of time. >> i work in a retirement, seven days a week. we need you to come out and help on our work days. >> gordon says after nearly 20 years he's convinced of one thing, one person can make a difference. bill martin, ktvu channel 2 news ktvu channel 2 news. >> and can you go to ktvu.com to learn

charred remains of only chimneys left of so many homes and the gruesome way they will have to go through it. >> it is still hot in there. they cannot get in there. it has not been declared safe. they will go house to house, the firefighters will after the dawn and we can get a better idea as to what is going on. but after everything has been declared safe. again, it is still smoldering and smoky, so they are waiting to get into that area. >> just goes on and on and on as you see the chopper pictures live from the helicopters flying over the scene. not only did you have huge plumes of smoke and fire, but then the winds pushed it along. kris sanchez has a look at the forecast forecast. >> i was watching in that video, the huge plumes of smoke and the huge trees in the background, luckily not a lot of wind this morning, but that will change. by 7:00 this morning, winds will pick up 5 to 15 miles per hour, and picking up more than that around the noontime, and this will be serious business, 11:00, we expect to see winds picking up almost to 25 miles per hour, that's not counting gusts. lucki

once all of that is hauled away then they will tear down the chimneys, the walls and take away the foundations. here is what the health department had to say they will protect the neighborhood. >> we will monitor each individual work site going on and the minute we find information that shows us there are particulates going off, it will be put to a stop. >>> new at 11:00, police officers say it's a program that keeps thousands of kids out of trouble every year but now san jose police activity league is facing drastic cuts. kron 4's jonathan plains the problem and what it could mean. >>> the largest league of its kind in the country but now facing money problems, 12,000 youngsters play in the police activity league, spending their afternoons in the field. >> drug and alcohol abuse, the lure of the gangs, it is a good alternative to that. 57 retired police chargent now training young boxers. >> rafer getting in a couple of street fights my mother and father said you got to do something positive. >> reporter: lopez is coaching although letes bine andy. >> reporter: whose foot steps are you trying

the foundation, the chimney is all what is left. as i can out further you can see the other vfireball is all this is left is a shell. no roof. and the interior is black and. and across the street these homes look pretty good. and when i zoom in, this terracotta a home. the windows have been blown out presumably by the heat from the blast. this house, right here where i'm standing get 930 glenview it is been mostly untouched. the leaves, the plants, had been willed to it by the heat. and this was 100 yds away from the blast as a green attack. and it is safe to occupy. and maureen kelly. among some incredible before and after of the explosion in san bruno. thank you to google earth. this is and after shot. you can see how many homes are burned out in the center. you can action see that creatuater and that burned out area. let me show you that on the right hand side we've matched up this before uncle maps. you can see carroll avenue,-or google maps. and what i will do on google earth is move over to clairemont drive. you can see where

block at a time demolition crews are removing what's left of the homes here in claremont avenue for chimneysre about the only survivors of the fire storm and now they too are coming down. gen earthmovers are clearing the rubble away metal and concrete mostly but everything must go foundations even the dirt beneath them. the cars are going to and they are everywhere. the mix of models nearly indistinguishable at first glance. so did workers are using fire hoses to keep the dust down and try to lie with plastic added treat street sweeper keeps the sand away from storm drays and this measures toxics in the air so far so good. a melted plastic trash bin and melted windshield and a flag and a light pole are a few of the images one sees up close and the blast zone. what's left of an orchid. but they are images being raised to one dream at a time as residents hope to turn the page toward a new beginning. in san bruno rob kron 4 news. >> >> homeowners who signed up to have their house cleaned up by the county will not have to worry about putting the bill the county is picking up the tab for cleaning

hostages were instructed to stay on the ground more than a thousand people sat on the floor of the chimney with bombs suspended over their heads the terrorists demanded complete silence the hostages were not to shout cry or talk. still a kid started crying we were told the heart of our and this is where we're worth than made believe or a hard thing they came to see who was helping and who wasn't there seven machine guns were always at the ready but that had no effect the kids were crying as loudly as before. we're going to say that all the men were going out of the room i took one sweetie and they never came back. the men were taken to a room on the second floor. and there they were shot and thrown from the window. but they are not easy to get on girls out of the gym and rapes them i mean these were very young girls what would possess someone to do something that while. you much one of the boys came up to a terrorist and gave him five roubles i gave you money and you let my mother go with you said john the terrorist responded of them we've got loads of money go back to your place. the terr

you see skeletons, chimneys, ironically about the only things left standing sit on the ground n top of foundations. certainly no walls, no doors, no roofs. nothing left. officials say bodies would be difficult to find because they would be reduced to ashes. as far as why the fire was so hot the fire chief in san bruno gives an explanation of how it got so hot and why it was so difficult for them to get in. >> our problem was is obviously it was a high pressure gas line. we could not get close to the line until they could shut down that pipe. currently they are shutting down distribution lines so we still have residual in the gas lines so at the last briefing we still were not able to access the area fully. >> reporter: certainly driving here this morning you could see a lot of lights zoned in and illuminating the area, the crater left after the explosion so lots of crews going to be down here today trying to sift through the rubble and try to figure out exactly what happened and how it got started. so lots of projects to go onto today. exactly what was the cause of the explosion? are t

figures has no traffic jams there are no chimneys there are no plastic factories on the hills dumping stuff and so the old mill stream. there's nothing between us from the coast of africa. three thousand miles of open ocean and one bombing range. meanwhile where are. all these heavy metal oracles with your identified as explosive residue. i played soldiers. i had no idea of heavy metals and p.c.b. . the continue to fight sort of napalm and so forth. we're talking about a silent invisible killers in the air that i get angry i get angry and hazy has poisoned me. always on my wife always and my children poisoned my grandchildren my neighbors and so forth. riva. my name is made a leader not pentagon i've been living in vehicles for thirty seven years. i moved here with my husband charley to drop out and because it was the perfect place for what we wanted which was to live off the land while the sea trolley was fishing. and raise a family by the sea it was that and idle come true. i found out i had. at a time in my life when i was feeling so wonderful i so great now. very active and. comme

so she tried to go down the chimney feet first. and got stuck. body was discovered by a house sitter who noticed an unpleasant odor. >>> many all right. well there is new exercise option for people who can not put a lot of stress on their joints. it is being used in the bay area by people from surgery patients to people struggling to lose large amounts of weight. story now from health and science reporter carolyn johnson. >> left side was and i sat between the two seat and ran the simulation. >>reporter: she remembers her high flying day as flit instructor for nasa but says the weight has now doubled from the 150 pounds she used to slip into the flight suit. >> i need to lose back to that. just drop another 100. drop another me. many. >>reporter: to drop the weight she turned to unique kind of exercise cycle since knee surgery left her unable to run or even use a stair master she's gliding instead. >> running and gliding. p.m. >>reporter: did he vase incorporates a harness like saddle within a bicycle taking the weight off a rider knees instead o

the chimney is just really a shadow of what it was. that's what that house looked like a week ago. it's just one of the dozens lost. it's hard to imagine that someone would take a community ravaged like this and take and advantage of the officials. but local law enforcement says that's exactly what happens and they say it starts happening about right now. nelly never iced to see the sunrise from her window. she used to look out and see her neighbor's house. that house is gone. >> we spoke up to -- yeah, yeah. can't believe it. >> we're used to seeing our neighbors. we wave at them. >> we hope they come back. >> reporter: the victims say the city believe the insurance company and pg&e have all been there for what's happened. >> they are right there. we've never had had to look for them. they are all there. >> reporter: but official say not everyone has good intentions and these victims are at risk of being victimized by people looking to make a dream off this tragedy. >> we've worked some of these other fires in northern california and these people will come in and wreak havoc upon

the foundation and also the chimneys that you see here. everything will be gone so before this process begins, residents are being allowed back in to sift through the rubble and take any of their belongings that they can. once the process does start to the health department says they will monitor the area and air quality because they see the president's live close by to this in the want to make sure it's safe for them they believe the whole process could take anywhere from three to four weeks. in san bruno christine conley kron 4 news. >> >> cool and breezy out there today and live look from our mount tam cam. this some lingering cloud cover of the most part were seeing sunny skies. it our current conditions are much cooler than yesterday's close to the coastline not a whole lot of change but inland spots only in the upper 60s and low '70's in livermore in concord and warmer in antioch. 75 napa, 75 santa rosa, 71 in san jose. temperatures are down 5 to 12 degrees right now over what we saw 24 hours ago. the biggest change in land 10 degree

i was sitting with the people whose house was right next door, their chimney was taller. they are both totally destroyed. i don't -- it was just a quick pass-through. there was one other thing there. there were fire in-- there were firemen lined up along the street and some of the people yelled -- you know, yelling out things. >> reporter: that was bob hensel, who obviously got very emotional. he was a battalion chief for the san bruno fire department for just a few years ago. he was on the force for 32 years and he said he saw a lot of different fires in had us career. this is the first time -- in his career. this is the first time he's been on this side of it. very, very upset. we are at the church of the highlands, hundreds are expected to come talk to jackie speier and come talk to senator leland yee and officials from the ntsb and other state and federal agencies to find out the latest about this investigation. i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jean kwan gathered organizers on the step to push for the passage of bb this november. it would prevent the domestic

. >> except for the chimney still standing, there is little to demolish. they scooped up gutted car and is chipped away concrete walls and foundations of the 37 homes destroyed in the gas pipe explosion. today san bruno police allowed media a close up look at the clean up effort. >> as far as i'm concerned, i'm treating as though this is my property, my home. >> the environmental health director says that the goal is to prevent a public health hazard while respecting property owners. >> there are some homes where the walls have fallen down, and if it looks like there's anything down there, we'll shut the equipment down, bring the home onners back in. >> the county is paying for the clean up and will seek reimbursement later as they work to clear one lot, there were flowers where at least one of seven lives were lost. >> we are taking this serious. they are our neighbors. >> water is being used to keep potentially harmful con tam nents from become airborne. the concern is that rain could spread them and create a health hazard. the goal is to complete the re

one firefighter says all there are left now are chimneys standing. >> there are still flames. they are still trying to figure out -- we know it was a gas line that exploded and instantly 53 homes up in flames and destroyed. >> it will be interesting to see how all those homes -- if the explosion was centralized, how all those homes went up in flames afterwards. >> the priority this morning is to find out if there are any more victims. what we're hearing is that one confirmed dead, possibly two others, as well. but we're going to get another official count at 6:00. we have been getting dozens of photos from viewers who witnessed this explosion. >> there is a photo of a viewer sent taken ton sneath lane and score yeah street. you can see the smoke rising up over the neighborhood. >> some people thought it was a plane crash. >> originally, yes. a huge explosion. >> the sound and all the flames. another photo sent in. this was taken from lunardi's market at the skycret shopping center where they have set up an emergency command center. >> we have reporters on the scene. we are als

water mains were bus, cars were crushed by toppled chimneys and power was out.mmediately after the earthquake, people went into the street to escape the buildings they were -- that were collapsing. some parts of the city had to be closed off after looting broke out, but police said it was quickly contained. although power is expecteded to be restored in 24 hours, it will be month before all can be repaired. "bbc news." >> our reporter, greg ward, is in auckland, new zealand. i asked him about the extent of the damage. >> a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, this is really one of the biggest this century to strike new zealand, and i can tell you it has caused widespread structural damage in the city. it is a city of 380,000. major damage to businesses and homes throughout the city. amazingly, no facilities. two people in hospitals, two men struck by falling debris. the main store is water, which has been cut, and no idea when water will be returned. and power. tens of thousands of christchurch residents are also without power. but no fatalities. >> there are reports that

the only thing left, foundations and chimneys. so between going to get that video to you just as soon as we can but an exclusive look at the burn area. for the survivors, the coming days and weeks will be very, very tough and emotional. today lieutenant governor abel maldonado signed an executive order freeing up funds that will make that money available right away. that's going to make things easier for them. but sherry hu talked to a family and even though they got out, they lost everything they had. >> reporter: they have. they ran out with nothing. it is dinnertime at the evacuation center. there are still tons of people here although many of them are volunteers. one thing will change, no cots tonight. that's because evacuees who need a place to stay will be put up in hotels. many of them have been here practically all day. they are certainly anxious and want to know when they can go home provided it's still standing. >>> reporter: nelson alvarado couldn't get home after work last night. and now he may not have a home at all.

she had been drinking and tried to break into the home by climbing feet first down the chimney, but she got stuck and slowly suffocated. earlier that day she had tried to force herself into the house using a shovel. >>> police are hoping security video will help them nab two suspected puppy thieves. take a look. police say this man and women stole a chihuahua puppy from a pet store in spokane, washington, monday afternoon. it appears they snatched one of the puppies and put it in a backpack. >>> conan o'brien will make a big announcement today. the form "tonight show" host says he's going to announce the name of his new tv show. it will debut on tbs in november. o'brien made the announcement on twitter saying, i was going to announce the name of my new show today, but my lawyers tell me the return of "nanny mcphee" is taken, is tune in tomorrow. we'll have to wait and see what he does. >>> scott mcgrew says the company that runs fox news channel has dumped mark herd from its board. >> the former head of hewlett-packard left that company under very peculiar circumstances. we don't know w

stood still here, a disease parcels in the middle of the street on all those left as the home of the chimney still standing the debris still sits there. tomorrow residents will meet with officials, as they discuss with them the possible removal of some of this debris. this as health officials worry about a dozen were to be it. >> as i begin to fall, some people came by to drop off flowers when their neighbors to know one week later they're still in the purse. if >> i live down the street not far from here. i have friends who lost everything, i feel guilty when i'm at home get into bed or sitting there be lazy watch tv. because these people cannot do that right up. >> those are sifting through the rubble looking for what is left of their belongings. they got their safety and training are wearing or protective suits a mass. the health department's hourly-hasn't been tested, i could could be tainted with toxic chemicals from the incinerator cars and burt reynolds. crews have been wedding down the ash to keep from flying around. in the meantime pg&e says they are trying to give some residents re

i don't know if we want to live here he doesn't want his kids to live in a field of chimneys. bob pelagrini's house is gone. today he and other residents went to' closed meeting to find out about getting back in. and he'll only ab tloud look at his property from inside of a bus. >> i can understand it. i don't like it bill's wife is eight months pregnant. for now they're in a hot yes. he says he's grateful for meetings but needs more. >> we don't want to be at meegts and don't want group hugs anymore. we want something substantial. we need a house. >> the bus tour we showed you video of the buses touring this area at the top there. and some of those buses passed by us here on claremont leaving the area, we can see people inside were crying and some were taking pictures of the area. this is just heart breaking to get in here whatever they've seen may be on tv. saying this is... >> sorry about that. heather is having twrubl her signal reporting live from the fire zone. you can imagine how frustrating it is to see from the bus but not being able to see for themselves. and frustra

still hall of the ash and debris first and then knock down the chimneys. the take away everything including the foundation. they will have a certification of the property that it's clean and there's no contamination on it. services were held today for cindy she's won the five victims' level who shot by chp. her sons participated in performing buddhist rites to honor their mother. it should been in a relationship with all tomorrow her body was found in the car involved in the chp pursuit. authorities believe she was strangled by of all tomorrow. cities fighting to block bullet trains on the san francisco peninsula now include menlo park. the city council decided to join palo alto and atherton in filing a lawsuit to high-speed rail service in their city. it will be joined by for nonprofits to halt the high ace speed rail authority is $43 billion san francisco 2 loss angeles train. and decision 2010 the new poll shows democratic candidate jerry brown leading his republican challenger meg whitman carried public policy polling releases the results from came in

chimneys toppled, the region lost power and broken water main caused flooding. about 400,000 people live in the city and the shaking sent many of them into the streets in their pajamas. >> we were so scared. it was terrible. >> up as far as we can go to get away from this, the tsunami. >> and it's pretty scary. >> the microwave in her fish tank turned out to be her most serious problem. when it came to a tsunami threat she was overcautious. no warning was issued. >>> north carolina cleans up after a brush with hurricane earl but it's not over yet. the storm is heading towards major vacation spots on the east coast like cape cod and marthas vineyard. as michelle franzin explains -- >> reporter: the eye of the storm is offshore but close to enough to bring driving wind and rain to the barrier islands. first light did reveal storm damage and flooding at the p pamlico sound. and as earl races northward, residents along the east coast are preparing. officials are warning new englanders not to take this storm lightly. >> although the for eaoo nor'ea eating this is som

we are taking every precaution, monitoring, the watering, the chimney came down there was no dust from that. >> even though we get something from that environmental guy, it is like people are still worried. >> reporter: worried and saddened by what used to be and what is left behind >> i lookout my window every morning and i am looking at like you know i know all the houses that were there. and it is just to see they are totally all gone. >> reporter: demolition and clean up process should last about 3 weeks to a month. juliette. >> ann, thank you. >>> a family killed in the san bruno pipeline explosion will be laid to rest today, a fun i can't like service for greg -- funeral service for gregory, his mother and 17-year-old son will be held in burlingame a reception will follow at mills high school. they were three of seven people killed in the september 9th explosion their deaths were confirmed earlier this week. >>> there will also be a funeral for the 15-year-old novato high school student killed in a suspected drunk driving crash. he was one of three teenagers in the car last frida

for many of them, all that's left is a chimney and a pile of ashes. many say they're grateful that their family survived, but the trauma is far from over. fire victims who lost everything get a chance to sift through the ashes. wearing white safety suits, they search for a memento, something they had in their life before the blast. jose wasn't allowed in today. he can see where his house once stood. he wants to look for his daughter's treasures. >> my daughter's things, like metal. >> right next to a block of destruction, betty magulihan and her husband are packing up keep sakes. >> of all the bad things that happen to us, i'm counting my blessings. >> she carried her three kids. her family is safe, but her kids are afraid the fire will return. >> sometimes it's heartbreaking because my three-year-old keeps on praying for safety every night, because she said that, if i don't pray for safety, the fire might come back. >> things won't begin to seem normal for the magulihans for a long time. their house is standing but badly damaged. >> the roof collapse

. >> reporter: inside the disaster zone you can hear another chimney falling down. the ipped of one neighborhood and the start of another. >> you can't replace a lot of this at the end of the day it is always going to be a house you raised a family in that capacity. >> it will be easier to see when it is not all just wreckage. >> reporter: they visited their house just outside the disaster zone. it is still not liveable but it is standing and when faced with this scene they feel lucky. >> amazingly if the wind had not come off the hills from behind us and gone the opposite direction, none of this would even be here. there is no doubt about that. so as unlucky and unfosht as some of this is there is a lot of silver linings here. >> reporter: crews say they are well aware how painful this process can be. >> we are local from the bay area, so, yes, you know, we are taking it serious, these are our neighbors. >> reporter: all around the disaster site water is being used to keep the dust down. inside the barricades there are air monitors and monitors outside. the county

. >> you kind of look at the chimney, it's kind of like a grave marker for each house that died.ind of like a tombstone. >> more than two weeks after the pg&e gas line exploded, it's almost overwhelming. long-time neighbors died in the blast. court ner was able to identify the remains of 85-year-old bu bullus, her son and his son, raising the death toll to seven. his view will begin to change tomorrow. he plans to start demolition and debris removal. work is expected to kick up hazardous dust. >> i'll wear eye protection and not spend a lot of time there. >> watchdog groups are pressuring them to make sure pg&e pays all costs related to the san bernardino explosion and not be allowed to raise funds for the damage, damage the residents can't escape. this long-term resident can't believe her tomatoes are still on the vine right next to the burn zone. she says while she's lucky to have a home, the neighborhood feels like a ghost town. bob sherlock says he won't feel at ease until his neighbors are home. >> i can see his thick glasses back there and he looks like a fly looking throug

he has policies that got us into the ditch and he doesn't have any new ideas and he smokes like a chimney and spends time in the tanning bed. >> listen. >> he lives on the edge of a golf course. >> exactly. the reason now obama is turning his gunfire on to john boehner is that for years he has been demonizing president bush. that is no longer working. that doesn't have traction with the american people anymore. nobody knows john boehner, frankly nobody cares, even most republicans don't care about john boehner. interestingly, he could be speaker of the house if the republicans gain control, but as of now, look, john boehner this is a wash. the point is that he has been targeting -- obama has been targeting president bush for a long time. what is ironic and interesting now is because the economy is in shambles, because his poll numbers are low. 41% job approval, he is reaching out to president bush. the small business tax credits, these were all bush endorsed policies, horror of horrors, but they were true. president obama is now former budget director, peter orszag made his very first pub