christien kafton is live at the scene with late details, christien. >> reporter: this is still a veryactive scene, a very active investigation at polk and ellis in san francisco the scene of tonight's deadly accident. you can see the police officers and accident reconstruction is still here. here's what san francisco police are telling us this evening. shortly after 8:00 this evening a woman and two children a boy and a girl were crossings the street. according to the police, that gray honda pilot hit them. now the woman and the kid were taken to san francisco general hospital where one of the children the girl we're hearing died as a result of her injuries. we're also hearing from police that the driver of the gray honda pilot stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators and may actually still be speaking with investigators here at the intersection at this time. officers say they do not think that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident at this point. now again this is the intersection of polk and ellis. this accident happening about 8:00 this evening. we're heari

christien kafton is live at the scene with late details, christien. >> reporter: this is still a veryactive scene, a very active investigation at polk and ellis in san francisco the scene of tonight's deadly accident. you can see the police officers and accident reconstruction is still here. here's what san francisco police are telling us this evening. shortly after 8:00 this evening a woman and two children a boy and a girl were crossings the street. according to the police, that gray honda pilot hit them. now the woman and the kid were taken to san francisco general hospital where one of the children the girl we're hearing died as a result of her injuries. we're also hearing from police that the driver of the gray honda pilot stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators and may actually still be speaking with investigators here at the intersection at this time. officers say they do not think that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident at this point. now again this is the intersection of polk and ellis. this accident happening about 8:00 this evening. we're heari

christien kafton is in san jose and tell us that the flu season hasn 't even peaked yet. we begin with debora villalon she's in a hospital room that's swamped with h1n1 patients. >> reporter: more than a dozen people are staggering in every shift. sick with the symptoms but the er doctor i just talked to here says he is surprised to hear that man from this county has died. >> that is pretty unusual. a healthy young man dying, but it can happen. >> reporter: the h1n1 flu struck down other wise healthy, young and middle-aged people not considered high risk. now it's back. >> it's really all ages, i mean sometimes the patients are admitted for this. sometimes they go home. but everyone in general is pretty sick. >> i can say i'm really sorry. >> reporter: condolences expressed tonight from sonoma county's health officer. >> and that the family you know is grieving right now. >> reporter: she says the young man died yesterday. and that sonoma county has had eight other flu cases. putting the county into emergency care. >> people of all ages including young healthy people ever

christien kafton is in san jose and tell us that the flu season hasn 't even peaked yet. we begin with debora villalon she's in a hospital room that's swamped with h1n1 patients. >> reporter: more than a dozen people are staggering in every shift. sick with the symptoms but the er doctor i just talked to here says he is surprised to hear that man from this county has died. >> that is pretty unusual. a healthy young man dying, but it can happen. >> reporter: the h1n1 flu struck down other wise healthy, young and middle-aged people not considered high risk. now it's back. >> it's really all ages, i mean sometimes the patients are admitted for this. sometimes they go home. but everyone in general is pretty sick. >> i can say i'm really sorry. >> reporter: condolences expressed tonight from sonoma county's health officer. >> and that the family you know is grieving right now. >> reporter: she says the young man died yesterday. and that sonoma county has had eight other flu cases. putting the county into emergency care. >> people of all ages including young healthy people ever

. >> first we want to get more on the travel nightmare from christien kafton. he's live now at sfo after talking to some passengers stranded by this deep freeze. >> reporter: despite the mild weather we're having here, weather is causing travel nightmares. a two hour lay over in new york from germany turned into -- >> two days, i was able to get home with a stand by flight. >> reporter: weather has stalled travel in the midwest. eventually told she would fly out tuesday she took her chances and flew to jfk where she took the first flight out. >> we were sitting on the plane for a little while too. there were ice chips falling. >> reporter: so far winter weather has cancelled 48 flights in bound to sfo and 48 departing flights. that means planes and crews can't get where their needed meaning more delays throughout the system. linda mctilley tracked her plane's rout online until it landed in san francisco. >> i know the plane is here. i don't understand the delay. maybe they're using our play for another flight or something like that. >> reporter: like other pass

christien kafton near the train station and what you witnessed. >> reporter: first off let's talk aboutservice. caltrans has reopened the station. looks like it'll be ready to go for tomorrow morning's commute. news chopper 2 was over head shortly after the train hit the men around 2:00. investigators spent hours combing through the area. >> it's extremely unusual to have two victims. >> reporter: the train may have been gone 55 miles per hour or faster at the time of the collision. by the time the engineer managed to stop, both men were lying on the tracks. one man was killed at the scene. caltrans say it is other was transported today valley medical center with serious injuries to his legs but is expected to survive. witnesses say the man was lying on the tracks and the man who died was leaning on the tracks. >> we need to see what was going on with the victims and see if there was something more that needed to be investigated. that's something that we can talk with the second victim about after he comes out of surgery. >> reporter: service was halted following the deadly collision le

christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now. another meeting where the public can weigh in on those proposed toll increases is set for 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night at the petaluma center. and another meeting is set for thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at fort mason center on marina boulevard in san francisco. >>> a driver was injured this afternoon after his car went right off the steep cliff in pacifica. the man went several hundred feet off heath cliff drive and came to a stop in some heavy brush. firefighters and paramedics used ropes to reach him. the man was said to be about 70 years old. the man was then taken by helicopter to the hospital. information on his condition has not been released. >>> we have new information tonight on a fisherman who drowned off marin county after being swept out to sea. the marin county coroner's office has identified him as sir captain cruz senior. cruz was fishing alone yesterday afternoon near the point rays lighthouse when a wave knocked over his cooler and carried out into the ocean. cruz went

christien kafton near the train station and what you witnessed. >> reporter: first off let's talk aboutservice. caltrans has reopened the station. looks like it'll be ready to go for tomorrow morning's commute. news chopper 2 was over head shortly after the train hit the men around 2:00. investigators spent hours combing through the area. >> it's extremely unusual to have two victims. >> reporter: the train may have been gone 55 miles per hour or faster at the time of the collision. by the time the engineer managed to stop, both men were lying on the tracks. one man was killed at the scene. caltrans say it is other was transported today valley medical center with serious injuries to his legs but is expected to survive. witnesses say the man was lying on the tracks and the man who died was leaning on the tracks. >> we need to see what was going on with the victims and see if there was something more that needed to be investigated. that's something that we can talk with the second victim about after he comes out of surgery. >> reporter: service was halted following the deadly collision le

christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now. another meeting where the public can weigh in on those proposed toll increases is set for 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night at the petaluma center. and another meeting is set for thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at fort mason center on marina boulevard in san francisco. >>> a driver was injured this afternoon after his car went right off the steep cliff in pacifica. the man went several hundred feet off heath cliff drive and came to a stop in some heavy brush. firefighters and paramedics used ropes to reach him. the man was said to be about 70 years old. the man was then taken by helicopter to the hospital. information on his condition has not been released. >>> we have new information tonight on a fisherman who drowned off marin county after being swept out to sea. the marin county coroner's office has identified him as sir captain cruz senior. cruz was fishing alone yesterday afternoon near the point rays lighthouse when a wave knocked over his cooler and carried out into the ocean. cruz went

christien kafton is live, fortunately here the woman was able to survive. >> reporter: her family tellsis spending the night in the hospital recovering from her injuries. meantime we did talk to neighbors in the area they tell us there's been burglaries in the area recently and they are concerned that crime is escalating. police say 81-year-old beverly concanan was home when a man kicked in the front door. concanan heard the noise and went to check it out and surprised the armed robber who ended up shooting her. the bullet went through her shoulder and kept going. >> the bullet went through the wall, went through the fence here and the bullet struck here. and then fell to the ground right there. >> reporter: garrett chen was next door, he heard the bang but thought it was a phone book being dropped on her front porch. he says he's relieved that his neighbor is expected to survive but says he's worried about crime in the neighborhood. >> one of the neighbors tells me other homes have been broken into but nobody has been shot. >> reporter: three robberies and one assault in the area so fa

christien kafton is live, fortunately here the woman was able to survive. >> reporter: her family tells us she is spending the night in the hospital recovering from her injuries. meantime we did talk to neighbors in the area they tell us there's been burglaries in the area recently and they are concerned that crime is escalating. police say 81-year-old beverly concanan was home when a man kicked in the front door. concanan heard the noise and went to check it out and surprised the armed robber who ended up shooting her. the bullet went through her shoulder and kept going. >> the bullet went through the wall, went through the fence here and the bullet struck here. and then fell to the ground right there. >> reporter: garrett chen was next door, he heard the bang but thought it was a phone book being dropped on her front porch. he says he's relieved that his neighbor is expected to survive but says he's worried about crime in the neighborhood. >> one of the neighbors tells me other homes have been broken into but nobody has been shot. >> reporter: three robberies and one assault in the ar

christien kafton is near fairfax with an update. what's going on there now?no evacuations, no structures endangered right now. the fire is about a quarter mile up the ridge line right there. we just saw calfire crews arriving on the scene f we swing the camera over here, you can see the marin fire department is leading a morning briefing on exactly -- marin county fire is leading a briefing on exactly what they will be doing today. so far, the size of the fire, about 1 to 2 acres in size. firefighters tell me they will spend the day surrounding this fire, making sure it doesn't spread. now, when the sun came up a little earlier, jacob unger and i, my photographer, were able to hike in about a quarter mile to get this new video. the fire is small, but we can tell you it definitely burned hot. firefighters are telling us this fire was reported after 9:00 last night. they say with the dry conditions we've been experiencing this year so far, they say the conditions are closer to what they would expect to see in august, not january. at this point, there's no obvio

christien kafton is live, the concern is seats that don't meet flammability standards. >> reporter: toyota issued the stop sale order to its dealers as it trys to figure out how to fix the seat cushions in eight of its models. the avalon, sienna and tacoma, corolla and pickup, toyota issued a statement reading in part, in involved vehicles the seat here which is a small portion of the seat assembly does not meet a provision of the u.s. motor vehicle standards requiring material to retard flame at a specific rate. at this point toyota says there have been no reported incidents of seats catching fire and no injuries. but the issue could affect the sale of 36,000 vehicles currently on dealers lots. tonight toyota customers say they still have faith in the auto maker. >> no i think it's still great. i think as long as they rectify the situation and they do what they need to do to take care of their customers i think it's fine. >> reporter: at this point there's no recall in place and no word on when this order will be in place. they are confidence the auto maker is working to make sure that ev

christien kafton is live, the concern is seats that don't meet flammability standards. >> reporter: toyotassued the stop sale order to its dealers as it trys to figure out how to fix the seat cushions in eight of its models. the avalon, sienna and tacoma, corolla and pickup, toyota issued a statement reading in part, in involved vehicles the seat here which is a small portion of the seat assembly does not meet a provision of the u.s. motor vehicle standards requiring material to retard flame at a specific rate. at this point toyota says there have been no reported incidents of seats catching fire and no injuries. but the issue could affect the sale of 36,000 vehicles currently on dealers lots. tonight toyota customers say they still have faith in the auto maker. >> no i think it's still great. i think as long as they rectify the situation and they do what they need to do to take care of their customers i think it's fine. >> reporter: at this point there's no recall in place and no word on when this order will be in place. they are confidence the auto maker is working to make sure that ever

christien kafton is live tonight. >> reporter: parents have a lot of questions about that cell phoneet to go up here. they came here to this meeting tonight looking for answers. >> reporter: your radio frequency exposure is going to cause my kid to have cancer. but could it? can you tell me that it can't. >> reporter: pointed questions at tonight's q & a session hosted by at&t. the meeting was organized to address concerns about leasing space from st. perpetous church for a cell phone tower just a few feet away from the schoolyard. >> i think the concern is the health and safety. possible health and safety risks to the kids. >> reporter: engineers determined a new cell tower would help fill a gap in coverage. >> so this is not unusual. it's not atypical, it's you know just another site that we're proposed to cover the gap to upgrade our service. you know to make sure our customers have the best possible wireless experience. >> reporter: parents tonight weren't worried about coverage they were worried about the proposed towers output. >> how is that going to change when you put six an

christien kafton is live tonight. >> reporter: parents have a lot of questions about that cell phoner set to go up here. they came here to this meeting tonight looking for answers. >> reporter: your radio frequency exposure is going to cause my kid to have cancer. but could it? can you tell me that it can't. >> reporter: pointed questions at tonight's q & a session hosted by at&t. the meeting was organized to address concerns about leasing space from st. perpetous church for a cell phone tower just a few feet away from the schoolyard. >> i think the concern is the health and safety. possible health and safety risks to the kids. >> reporter: engineers determined a new cell tower would help fill a gap in coverage. >> so this is not unusual. it's not atypical, it's you know just another site that we're proposed to cover the gap to upgrade our service. you know to make sure our customers have the best possible wireless experience. >> reporter: parents tonight weren't worried about coverage they were worried about the proposed towers output. >> how is that going to change when you put six