debora villalon has learned this is the sixth like fire there. >> reporter: this fire really stretched the department thin. every rig, every firefighter who was on duty was called here for what turned out to be a vacant building. it was reported as a grass fire but even before they got here, crews saw the billowing black smoke and knew it was much more. in this abandoned auto shop, tires were burns and embers drifting to near by properties. a business owner was worried. >> people throw trash here, it's an empty lot. people throw garbage, everything. >> i live right here and i was in my living room watching tv and i saw the flames. >> reporter: the caretaker who called the fire in, knew right off what started it. homeless people who showed up recently with tarps and propane tanks and betted down on the fence line close to the building. >> there's seven of them. they had a tent. a week ago they started a little bar-be-que pit and i caught them. and i put it out. they ignored me. >> reporter: that fire started in that encampment, possibly the bar-be-que pit. a week ago a near by warehouse

we get new details tonight from ktvu's debora villalon, she is live in cordo mad era after retracing the woman's roots. >> reporter: it's an 8-mile rout, an 8-mile mystery. robert davis was last seen driving away from this restaurant after a weekly dinner with his daughter. their long tradition. >> we were happy. we had a wonderful evening. >> reporter: after a cozy dinner on a rainy night. bob davis left for home headed the opposite direction. >> what he has done for every year 15 years. every wednesday we never made it. >> reporter: the call came the next morning from davis' retirement community. >> they wanted to know if he spent the night with us and i said no. >> this is where he went missing on the freeway. he was adamant but continued to drive. >> reporter: expanding out from the freeway to the hills. thinking he may have gotten lost. >> i want to find the car. of course i want to find my grandfather. but if i find the car i find him. >> reporter: davis was driving a silver toyota camry with a missing hub cap. it also had a numbered decal on the rear. a sticker for the villa m

for the latest on the case we turn to debora villalon. she joins us where officer shaw is recovering tonight. >> reporter: officer shaw on the force six years is said to be recovering well. seeing visitor, his family and after the chase. the white mercedes benz pulled into the station and officers pulled ruano on to the ground. >> i've been hit. >> reporter: police say ruano was behind the wheel of a different car a mustang saturday afternoon when he tried to back away from officer adam shaw trying to question him about vandalism. shaw's partner fired his weapon in defense and witnesses seemed to suggest ruano had a gun too. >> suspect blue mustang. >> reporter: ruano's car its back window shattered triggered a chase for him that stretched past 9:00 last night. two hours later the sighting miles away and the freeway chase leading to a charge against ruano driving at over 101 miles per hour. also assault with a deadly weapon, his vehicle. being a felon in possession of ammunition and evading police. >> any time an officer is shot, we alway

reporting live in san rafael, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a break in the case of a quarter century old homicide. it was almost 25 years ago to the day that katie zimmer a mother of two was found slain in her car. >> reporter: zimmer was found stabbed to death. her body was found in her car parked in the san jose airplane. she was covereded in the this quilt. a quilt that prosecutors hoped would break the case. >> reporter: the passage of time actually helped solve the case. according to court documents we obtained today, dna found on an intimate part of zimmer's party was tested two years ago. that dna belonged to her brother-in-law, robert zimmer. >> the forensic science technology we have today did not exist 10 years ago let alone 1989. >> reporter: the physical evidence was a motive in the case. money the other. >> the financial gain was realized shortly after katie zimmer's death. >> reporter: under 125 years of freedom it's possible they thought they had gotten away with murder. but tonight they're both behind bars and the das office is determined to keep them there. p

ktvu's debora villalon is live where police still looking for that gunman. >> reporter: this restaurant is dark tonight. normally open until 2:00 a.m. with a bar and karaoke and 20 people were inside, when the shooting happened. 4th street san rheal san rafael is a hub. >> the gunman came in the door and walk up to the victim and shot him multiple times and turned and run out. >> reporter: all people saws with an hispanic man in a black hoody and his victim a 31-year-old san rafael man. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's wild. wild. >> reporter: some wonder if the shooting was gang-related and that tension is worsening. >> nothing publicized as flatout gang violence. so i think maybe it's making a little bit of resurgence. >> tomorrow, okay? sorry. >> reporter: the restaurant remains closed all day, drinks and plates left behind after customers bolted and the tables in disaarray. >> tomorrow we will open again. >> we're not going toll rate this. it's very, very unusual for this type of crime to occur anywhere in san rafael, let along the downtown. >> reporter: but the nearby canal area has seen fo

new at 10:00 tonight, debora villalon is live at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. th the sting that worked. debora. >> reporter: it was at this b.a.r.t. station the bike was ripped off a week ago from those racks over there. and the owner has it back now with a little help from her friends and b.a.r.t. police. >> b.a.r.t. and my bike that's how i get around. when you lose your bicycle, your transportation is back. >> reporter: her $900 bike is back. after a man cut the lock and tried to sell it on craigslist. >> reporter: he was sort of a hipster guy. he was like sweet bike. >> he gave me the confidence. he came to my house an hour before to give me the confidence. he said i want you to know that i look like because i'm going to be in plain clothes. >> she enlisted friends. >> it was actually a sting. he said what are you guys doing tonight. i'm not doing anything. >> he didn't want to go along. we just told them some where at the bus stop. i was buying a ticket. i saw two friends over there talking to each other. it was all my people lurking in the shadows. >> we d

new at 10:00 tonight, debora villalon is live at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station with the sting that worked. debora. >> reporter: it was at this b.a.r.t. station the bike was ripped off a week ago from those racks over there. and the owner has it back now with a little help from her friends and b.a.r.t. police. >> b.a.r.t. and my bike that's how i get around. when you lose your bicycle, your transportation is back. >> reporter: her $900 bike is back. after a man cut the lock and tried to sell it on craigslist. >> reporter: he was sort of a hipster guy. he was like sweet bike. >> he gave me the confidence. he came to my house an hour before to give me the confidence. he said i want you to know that i look like because i'm going to be in plain clothes. >> she enlisted friends. >> it was actually a sting. he said what are you guys doing tonight. i'm not doing anything. >> he didn't want to go along. we just told them some where at the bus stop. i was buying a ticket. i saw two friends over there talking to each other. it was all my people lurking in the shadow

reporting live in san rafael, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama and russian presidentputin spoke by phone today about the crisis in ukraine. president obama got the call as he was traveling in audi arabia. their chief diplomats will meet soon. the president says that would involve russia pulling its troops back from crimea and the board with ukraine. earlier president obama talked to cbs news about what may be russia's motives. >> a simply b an effort to intimidate ukraine, or maybe that they've got additional plans. >> meanwhile ukrainian military forces are conducting exercises in case russian troops invade. military experts say russia is far superior militarily to ukraine. >>> the dow jones rose 68 points. nasdaq picked up four. these were the first gains in three days. apple and samsung are expected back in court next week. it accuses samsung of copying key features of the i pad and iphone. apple won a similar case in 2004 and samsung is currently appealing the damages awarded to apple. >>> seven san francisco teenagers lifted off from sfo today bound for africa an

reporting live in pinol, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the jury has convicted a 19- year-old man of second degree murder for killing an innocent bystander at a gas station. kenneth leeks was waiting for a bus on january 19 of last year. prosecutors say he was caught between two groups of young men who were shooting at each other. bennett of oakland admitted he shot the victim but said he didn't mean to kill leeks, it was an accident. >>> a group of east bay residents worked to get the word out on thieves. they warned of people posing as pg & e workers or alarm workers. while one suspect distracts the victim, another ransacks the home. hearing safety messages from neighbors or friends can be more effective than warnings from officials. >>> fremont police are asking for the public's help in finding this man. he is suspected of stealing a ups delivered package from a doorstep last week on alamo terrace. police say this picture is from a surveillance video that captured the entire incident. they're hoping that someone will recognize the men. >>> back now to california's drought.

reporting live in san rafael, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama and russian presidentn spoke by phone today about the crisis in ukraine. president obama got the call as he was traveling in audi arabia. their chief diplomats will meet soon. the president says that would involve russia pulling its troops back from crimea and the board with ukraine. earlier president obama talked to cbs news about what may be russia's motives. >> a simply b an effort to intimidate ukraine, or maybe that they've got additional plans. >> meanwhile ukrainian military forces are conducting exercises in case russian troops invade. military experts say russia is far superior militarily to ukraine. >>> the dow jones rose 68 points. nasdaq picked up four. these were the first gains in three days. apple and samsung are expected back in court next week. it accuses samsung of copying key features of the i pad and iphone. apple won a similar case in 2004 and samsung is currently appealing the damages awarded to apple. >>> seven san francisco teenagers lifted off from sfo today bound for africa and an

reporting live in san rafael, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a break in the case of a quarter century old homicide. it was almost 25 years ago to the day that katie zimmer a mother of two was found slain in her car. >> reporter: zimmer was found stabbed to death. her body was found in her car parked in the san jose airplane. she was covereded in the this quilt. a quilt that prosecutors hoped would break the case. >> reporter: the passage of time actually helped solve the case. according to court documents we obtained today, dna found on an intimate part of zimmer's party was tested two years ago. that dna belonged to her brother-in-law, robert zimmer. >> the forensic science technology we have today did not exist 10 years ago let alone 1989. >> reporter: the physical evidence was a motive in the case. money the other. >> the financial gain was realized shortly after katie zimmer's death. >> reporter: under 125 years of freedom it's possible they thought they had gotten away with murder. but tonight they're both behind bars and the das office is determined to keep them there. p

ktvu's debora villalon with more. >> reporter: a sold out concert. [ music ] >> reporter: but the headliners sharing the light with a friend who has cancer. she is married to his drummer. her full life as an attorney, business owner, board member, tennis pro up ended, diagnosed with a brain tumor. >> i learned that that fine line between laughter and crying is very fine. every time i cry i end up laughing. you have to. >> reporter: friends are stunned at how fast the tumor is effecting her walk, vision and speech. [ music ] >> reporter: her husband is determined to get her an experimental drug he believes is her only hope. >> there are human beings, american citizens getting this drug. >> the drug. last year after warnings about improper testing the food and drug administration blocked it from taking new patients in clinical trials or treating new patients. >> he gets the drug. he is stable and living. sorry. we are doing paper work. you are dead. that is not an exaggeration. >> if i was diagnosed two years ago i would have the drug. >> the clinic is offering to pay for the treatment. the f

reporting live in pinol, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the jury has convicted a 19- year-old man of second degree murder for killing an innocent bystander at a gas station. kenneth leeks was waiting for a bus on january 19 of last year. prosecutors say he was caught between two groups of young men who were shooting at each other. bennett of oakland admitted he shot the victim but said he didn't mean to kill leeks, it was an accident. >>> a group of east bay residents worked to get the word out on thieves. they warned of people posing as pg & e workers or alarm workers. while one suspect distracts the victim, another ransacks the home. hearing safety messages from neighbors or friends can be more effective than warnings from officials. >>> fremont police are asking for the public's help in finding this man. he is suspected of stealing a ups delivered package from a doorstep last week on alamo terrace. police say this picture is from a surveillance video that captured the entire incident. they're hoping that someone will recognize the men. >>> back now to california's drought.

reporting live in oakland, debora villalon ktvu . >>> we have new details on a deadly fire in oakland. fi was reported about 2:00 a.m. in the 200 block of santa clara avenue. fire officials tell us that the fire was accidental, caused by cooking. the victim was a 32-year-old man who may have fallen asleep without realizing the kitchen was on fire . >>> new developments as the search continues into the baffling disappearance of a malaysian airline flight over the gulf of thailand. tonight the search for the plan haze widen as members of the u.s. national transportation safety board are heading overseas to help try to determine the fate of that boeing triple-7 and the 239 people on board. >>> within the last hour malaysian authorities say they are looking at the possibility that flight the could have turned back, expanding the search area. while the mystery of what happened remains tonightses we are getting a clearer picture. the flight manifest shows three americans, a 51 -year-old ibm executive and two toddlers, one 4 and the other 2, it's not clear who the children were traveling wit

ktvu's debora villalon is live in dublin where she learned the unusual way police say they got in, debora. >> reporter: through a second story window. through a second story window on this house and possibly others too. using whatever is handy to climb up on the roof. avoid the cameras, avoid the alarm. new details straight from the police chief at a packed meeting tonight. >> we take this very, very serious. when someone ties up a poor person, that's serious. >> reporter: dublin residents squeeze into every city council. alarmed about burglary. reassurance came from their chief. two men now jailed, their residences are being searched. >> it surveillances, identified, have taken into custody and now we're doing simultaneous search warrants in two different cities. >> reporter: and the chief says the men in gloves and ski masks who came into this house sunday night were as surprised to see the elderly resident as she was them. she had gone to bed. they knocked and thought no one was home. >> san ramon. >> reporter: burglaries are up everywhere the chief says. and he credits home surveillan

ktvu's debora villalon is live in dublin where she learned the unusual way police say they got in, debora. >> reporter: through a second story window. through a second story window on this house and possibly others too. using whatever is handy to climb up on the roof. avoid the cameras, avoid the alarm. new details straight from the police chief at a packed meeting tonight. >> we take this very, very serious. when someone ties up a poor person, that's serious. >> reporter: dublin residents squeeze into every city council. alarmed about burglary. reassurance came from their chief. two men now jailed, their residences are being searched. >> it surveillances, identified, have taken into custody and now we're doing simultaneous search warrants in two different cities. >> reporter: and the chief says the men in gloves and ski masks who came into this house sunday night were as surprised to see the elderly resident as she was them. she had gone to bed. they knocked and thought no one was home. >> san ramon. >> reporter: burglaries are up everywhere the chief says. and he credits home surveillan

debora villalon monitoring developments in australia where it's already friday and developments are already under way. >>> it's a search area about the size of italy. and authorities caution the objects could be pieces of containers that fell off a shipping vessel. but right now it's all they've got. >> this is a lead. it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them to know whether it's really meaningful or not. >> reporter: if they are debris from the missing malaysian jetliner the where will be answered if not the why. anguish families today shouted their frustration. disrupting another malaysian briefing. frantic for answers after 18 days. >> it's so sad as you may imagine. among the search crews, the posiden. the most specific search aircraft. >> we would like to find something to give a little bit of closure to the family of the family. but if we don't find something, there's always hope that maybe the aircraft is some where else and they're safe and sound. >> reporter: if this sighting is the degree, then attention turns to fi

new at 10:00, ktvu's debora villalon on how the three of them are doing now. >> you can't write fictionr than this. after two years home they've resumed normal lives and careers and they're telling their story the same way they lived it, together. staying sane, surviving, solitary confinement. if it -- they listened carefully. >> we're looking forward to interrogation. something, someone to talk to. >> reporter: three hikers who took a long detour on to an iranian prison. >> reporter: only after iran convicted them of spying. >> ways to resist in difficult situations. ways to get through it. >> reporter: they spoke about how they built alliances with some of the prisoners even some of their captors. >> we saw a lot of really dark things but we also saw some of the best parts of iran in there. >> some of the women would push through the guards and throw their arms around me. that's one of the huge things that kept my spirits up. >> reporter: it's not all sad or serious. there's the time they experimented with fermentation with their fruit. >> they gave us fruit and we put it in a bottle

new at 10:00, ktvu's debora villalon on how the three of them are doing now. >> you can't write fiction stranger than this. after two years home they've resumed normal lives and careers and they're telling their story the same way they lived it, together. staying sane, surviving, solitary confinement. if it -- they listened carefully. >> we're looking forward to interrogation. something, someone to talk to. >> reporter: three hikers who took a long detour on to an iranian prison. >> reporter: only after iran convicted them of spying. >> ways to resist in difficult situations. ways to get through it. >> reporter: they spoke about how they built alliances with some of the prisoners even some of their captors. >> we saw a lot of really dark things but we also saw some of the best parts of iran in there. >> some of the women would push through the guards and throw their arms around me. that's one of the huge things that kept my spirits up. >> reporter: it's not all sad or serious. there's the time they experimented with fermentation with their fruit. >> they gave us fruit and we put it in a

reporting live in sebasopol, debora villalon. >>> this is just a portion of what s.w.a.t.officers discovered on wednesday. investigators say in all they found more than 2,000 marijuana plants and grow lights and ventilation equipment in three separate homes. they say they also found this large bill totalling $15,000. 24-year-old bao cao and thien cao were arrested and charged with possession. >>> and governor brown announced hi will be seeking reelection. >> every morning i get up and i like to go to work. i like to dig into the budget. dig into the legislation. >> governor brown can for an unprecedented second term because he served in the 1970s when the state had no restricted terms. >>> it's a quiet danville neighborhood where on tuesday 4:50 p.m. a 911 call was made, ktvu obtained the initial dispatch. >> police response. >> son accidentally shot himself in the arm. >> dispatch mentions the person who reported the accident was an off duty police officer. the 12-year-old boy's mother and father are both oakland police officers. a source says the boy was staying with his

debora villalon monitoring developments in australia where it's already friday and developments are already under way. >>> it's a search area about the size of italy. and authorities caution the objects could be pieces of containers that fell off a shipping vessel. but right now it's all they've got. >> this is a lead. it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them to know whether it's really meaningful or not. >> reporter: if they are debris from the missing malaysian jetliner the where will be answered if not the why. anguish families today shouted their frustration. disrupting another malaysian briefing. frantic for answers after 18 days. >> it's so sad as you may imagine. among the search crews, the posiden. the most specific search aircraft. >> we would like to find something to give a little bit of closure to the family of the family. but if we don't find something, there's always hope that maybe the aircraft is some where else and they're safe and sound. >> reporter: if this sighting is the degree, then attention turns to fi

reporting live in sebasopol, debora villalon. >>> this is just a portion of what s.w.a.t.fficers discovered on wednesday. investigators say in all they found more than 2,000 marijuana plants and grow lights and ventilation equipment in three separate homes. they say they also found this large bill totalling $15,000. 24-year-old bao cao and thien cao were arrested and charged with possession. >>> and governor brown announced hi will be seeking reelection. >> every morning i get up and i like to go to work. i like to dig into the budget. dig into the legislation. >> governor brown can for an unprecedented second term because he served in the 1970s when the state had no restricted terms. >>> it's a quiet danville neighborhood where on tuesday 4:50 p.m. a 911 call was made, ktvu obtained the initial dispatch. >> police response. >> son accidentally shot himself in the arm. >> dispatch mentions the person who reported the accident was an off duty police officer. the 12-year-old boy's mother and father are both oakland police officers. a source says the boy was staying with his