cobain like janis joplin jim morrison and jimi hendrix before him died at age 27. body was found in a house in seattle on friday morninging. he was dead of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head. >> reporter: it's been two decades since kurt cobain's death shocked his fans and the music industry. with the anniversary of the singer's death approaching, seattle police decided to re-examine the case. >> you can never really rollize what type of conspiracy theorists will come out of the woodwork. in the process detective mike ciesynski found four roles of undeveloped crime scene photos. on thursday, two of those photos were released. they show cobain's heroin kit and other personal effects taken the day his body was found. >> in hindsight i would have -- i think i would have developed the film also. >> we didn't really realize how much of a star he was. ♪ ♪ >> his rise to fame was meteoric, as frontman of the grunge rock band nirvana, cobain propelled the gritty music of the pacific northwest into the the mainstream. the band went on to sell over 75 mil

they had been in police vaults since cobain's suicide.ing daytime queen of funny held court yesterday with the leader of the free world. it was the latest in the series of recent entertainment show appearances by president obama. he pushed off on ellen degeneres about the selfie she took at the academy awards. she pointed out that it broke his record for retweets. >> i heard about that. i thought it was a pretty cheap stunt myself. >> yes. >> getting a bunch of celebrities in the background. >> i tried. >> delivering pizza. >> mr. obama admitted with the first lady on a week-long trip to china, the white house has been getting a little slovenly. the president is making these appearances to convince young adults to sign up for, of course, obamacare ahead of the march 31st deadline. >> so the girls are away and he's living like a bachelor. >> he sure is. >> cold pizza and laundry all over the place. >> something tells me he's not going to be eating cold pizza at the white house. >>> next up the guy who made the unbelievable correct guess on

. >> the brand new photos in kurt cobain investigation. what police found inside of the home. >> what movie producers plan to do about paul walke >> that fire yesterday may be a preview of what he, we here in the bay area throughout state can expect during the fire season. conditions looking like summer rather than the start of spring. >> investigators think a possible bird strike may have sparked this fire. there is no sign of a human cause. it may be one of the first of many this season. officials say this is just a sign of things still to come the 40 acre brush fire was unusually aggressive. especially for this early in the season. >> this is something more typical of august. we'd see. you know only difference is that temperatures are lower and we're lucky humidity was higher than it would be in the summer time. >> thanks to the drought, fuels in california are ripe for fire. well before their normal time despite rains, what lies beneath is dry and ready to burn. according to cal fire the state had 730 wildfires. judy lives across' 4 ju

another shows cobain's suicide note with a pen stuck through it. lead singer of nirvana was 28 years old when he shot himself to death. despite the release they're not reopening the case. we've posted all of the photos under our hot topic section. >>> now to the crisis in ukraine. today russian president putin called for president obama to -- russia has gathered an estimated 50,000 troops for what it calls military exercises. the white house says president obama urged a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the hour long talk. >>> major league baseball has increased the penalties for players caught using performance enhancing drugs. players will be suspended for 80 gameless. a player serving a season long suspension will lose all his pay. and a player suspended during the season will no longer be eligible for postseason play. >>> the eagles gave no reason for letting jackson go. jackson released a statement saying he was never part of any gang. several teams expressed interest in him within minutes of his release. >>> turns out that marriage is good

plus -- *kurt cobain is trending this morning. we'll tell you what police released 20-years after this death. and -- what can we expect weather-wise now that spring has sprung... we'll hear from tom skilling. police in seattle have released two new photos from the scene where kurt cobain died, almost 20 years ago. the frontman for "nirvana" shot himself to death while high on drugs. there was speculation that police had reopened their investigation into his death. but it turned out, it was just an officer who wanted to refresh his memory of cobain's suicide, in anticipation of media interest over next month's anniversary. an arrest warrant has been issued for anita baker after she didn't to show up at a court hearing in detroit. she's being sued by a contractor for 15 thousand dollars worth of work done her home. baker was surprised about the warrant, she tweeted yesterday -- "devil is busy." one man's trash is now another man's treasure.. after a scrap dealer discovers this egg he bought at a flea market is really a rare faberge

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kurt cobain died. can you believe it's been 20 years ago?easing previously unseen photos from his home. one shows a box containing drug paraphernalia, a spoon, and what looked like needles on the floor, half a cigarette and sunglasses. his body was discovered april 8th, 1994. days earlier, he had gone into his greenhouse and taken a massive dose of heroin and then killed himself. by the way, they say they released the information because there's always intrigue around the anniversary of his death, and there a lot of theorists out there, so they released more information to hopefully resolve some of the questions. and an arrest warrant just issued for grammy-award-winning singer anita baker. it stems from a failure to report at a court hearing. the hearing involved a civil suit that alleged she failed to pay more than $15,000 for work done on her home in detroit. >>> up next, revisiting the music that defines a decade, a generation. ♪ happiness is your love ♪ and deep is your love >>> here's the question of the day. how deep is your love for

. >>> new this morning, seattle police have released photos of the scene of kurt cobain's suicide. the nirvana front man took his own life 20 years ago next month. police released two images both showing drug per fer nail yeah found in his home including a heroin kit. investigators say the 27-year- old singer took a fatal dose of heroin and then shot himself. >> he killed himself because of the shotgun blast. but the heroin would have did the trick also. >> cobain left a suicide note and that case is closed. these newly released pictures were found in four rolls of undeveloped film. it's not clear why they were never developed. police speculate the original investigators may have regarded them unnecessary. >>> time 6:09. a teenager makes it to the top of the freeway tower. house his climbing skills took him from freedom to jail. >> a its schedule a tasket boy do i have a basket. "where's roberta?" as the in us continues on kpix 5. >> low clouds and fog around the bay area surging onshore now. what does that mean for today and the weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and 880

he killed himself because of the shotgun blast, but the heroin would have did the trick also. >> cobain left a suicide note and the case is closed. these newly released pictures were found in four rolls of undeveloped film. it's not clear why they were never developed. police speculate the original investigators may have regarded them as unnecessary. >>> trending on this friday morning world trade center. a teenager was arrested after managing to climb to the cop of the new freedom tower undetected. fred phelps died yesterday. the country of turkey, it has blocked access to twitter after users published claims of corruption against their prime minister. sj sharks, the team is number one in their division after last night's big win against anaheim. and divergent, the movie due out today. check outous at #cbssf. >> let's check in with elizabeth in the traffic center. >>> thanks, guys. so far everything looks good on this friday morning. we are working a couple of accidents but we are not seeing major slowdowns because of them. so this is one of the accidents i'll tell you about. it's nort

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. >>> police are releasing new pictures of the crime scene after the 1994 cobain case. there was much speculation that investigators would reopen the case into his death. they are insisting the case is still a suicide and remains closed. the rock star shot himself at his home when he was 27 years old. rumors have swirled for years that foul play was involved. police say these new pictures were not new evidence >>> a new jersey teenager is accused of sneaking to the top of the world trade center. justin cansico reportedly slipped past security and headed to the top of the floor. it showed pictures of him standing on the roof and hanging from a crane. he is now charged with criminal trespassing. in what seems to me like a fairly epicily awful idea. >> puts the things you did as a teen into light. >> i made some bad decisions. >> but that is a terrible one as charles barclay would say. >>> ten minutes after the hour. ahead, one of the most remote parts have our planet. why there is an added obstacle to the search for flight 370 and how special technology could help in that

cobain died 20 years ago.sation in town. 25-year-old italian nun becoming a national superstar after wowing judges on her country's version of "the voice." this video going viral already has more than 2 million viewers. you can see why on youtube. >> that's great. congratulations. >>> from films for the whole family to sci-fi action thrillers, there are plenty of new options at the theaters this weekend. joining us now, kevin mccarthy. he claims to be a fox news contributor and claims to be the founder of nerdtears.com. hey, kevin. >> hey, brian, steve, elisabeth. thank you for having me on. "muppets most wanted" is released today. the eighth from the muppet franchise. the 2011 movie was a classic. this is a bit of a step down. they make a joke at the beginning of the film that sequels are generally not as good as the original. they review the movie itself within the movie. i sat down with kermit and miss piggy to talk about the film. this is what they had to say. first one from aaron. she wants to know how yo

you'd never before seen photos taken at the site of kurt cobain suicided are being released to the publicer consultants seattle in 1994. the ft show cigar box containing deals soon with possible heroin residue. another bottle assault shows the box close next to sunglasses there's a rash and you'll see in a moment in the upper part of the photo has wall at which open wall appears to show his id. the photos came from an undeveloped roll of film just discovered recently in the police file. they don't actually and an avenue and of information there is confusion this week whether see all the police had reopened the investigation. it's a now they have not. >> : is as rare for a fashion line create by loren scott r. attlee trend about the reports of her suicide may have been tied to the company's finances scott mcgregor is referring to alter itself in your apartment on monday. business reps for all at its session on limited. our blessing reports of the company's doomed finances as highly misleading and inaccurate. all the documents filed in britain and to say the company was nearly $6 million in