as debra villalon reports, it sent black smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles. >> reporter: firefighters watched as this old naval warehouse melted away. four stories, 160 square feet. it was empty and away from other structures so. >> it's not worth risking firefighters fight to make an aggressive interior attack. >> reporter: instead, they doused it from a distance. the warehouse the -- built in the 40s was condemned and slated for demolition. but the fire did it first. wood beams coateded in creosote. created heavy smoke and highly combustible. these are the fires early moments. >> it was very intense. it was a very intense flame. >> reporter: propane bottles from squatters inside were found exploding. >> there was probably a lot of furniture and stuff that had been brought in by homeless people. >> reporter: the spectacle did attract dozens of spectators who had to be pushed back away from the smoke and the danger. fortunately this happened at the north end of myer island the least developed and the less smoke flew áf pushed toward residents. in vallejo, debra villalon.

our debra villalon is live. as many as a dozen bodies were buried. >> reporter: that's right, in less than a mile past this roadblock out in the middle of farmland is a large well that's being dug up because a killer is finally talking. it is a large pit that may provide answers and relief after years of mystery. >> let's get these bodies up, that's where we're at right now. >> reporter: paty >> reporter: -- padilla is paying shermantine for information. >> he said there's 10 to 12 bodies in that well. keep going. we knew if we got the first body, we would get the sheriff's attention. the first school and the second today came from shermantine's information on property that his family still owns. >> i think this is a long time from being over. this is just two victim's family that gets closure. and there's still more out there. >> reporter: tonight people who grew up in the area and are still here mostly farmers. >> they were all a little on the crazy side. >> reporter: remember the two men turned killer. here t

debra villalon. >>> this area has burned before in june of 1981. we went into the ktvu archives to find these pictures. 65 structures were lost, the damage was estimated as $36 million. >>> our team coverage continues now with our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill you've been tracking these windy conditions that's still fueling this fire. and it looks like it's still windy out there. >> reporter: wind gusts in that area up to 25 miles per hour. let's take a look at the graphic and you can see the area, the general area. the east bay hills had winds up to 25 miles per hour. we had record heat today on top of this. humidity was down to 13%. in the last hour, the national weather service has dropped the fire weather advisory. the wind advisory pardon me. so the winds are beginning to subside. when i come back here i'm going to talk about the record temperatures we saw today. and i'll tell you how the daytimes went, stay right here. >>> we're keeping track of the progress firefighters are making tonight. bill is also updating his forecast. at 10:45

we're live in oakland, debra villalon. >>> for -- more details now on the bay bridge. once it's removed, crews can finish construction on the so called touchdown ramp for the new eastern span. >> the bay bridge closure means added traffic on the bay bridge. we've been keeping an eye on the traffic since 8:00 tonight and it's been relatively dry. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge it's the other key alternate route. traffic also appears to be flowing well on the san mateo bridge. many people plan to ditch their cars all together and turn to b.a.r.t.. some people we asked say they are glad to have an alternate route. >> absolutely. i plan to come to san francisco. >> apparently you can get back to the city but you can't get over. just makes sense. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. is offering rare round the clock service to a limited number of areas. >> b.a.r.t. is keeping 14 of its 48 stations open to help people get around the bay. we made a map to make it easier for you. we want to show you this which stations are staying open. there are four in san francisco, nine in th

our debra villalon is live. as many as a dozen bodies were buried. >> reporter: that's right, in less than a mile past this roadblock out in the middle of farmland is a large well that's being dug up because a killer is finally talking. it is a large pit that may provide answers and relief after years of mystery. >> let's get these bodies up, that's where we're at right now. >> reporter: paty >> reporter: -- padilla is paying shermantine for information. >> he said there's 10 to 12 bodies in that well. keep going. we knew if we got the first body, we would get the sheriff's attention. the first school and the second today came from shermantine's information on property that his family still owns. >> i think this is a long time from being over. this is just two victim's family that gets closure. and there's still more out there. >> reporter: tonight people who grew up in the area and are still here mostly farmers. >> they were all a little on the crazy side. >> reporter: remember the two men turned killer. here t

debra villalon live in the city where she spoke to the man this evening and he told her it was all unprovoked. >> reporter: and that these dvds obtained by court order showed it. the altercation happened upstairs at jail intake just over a year ago. >> then he punched me in the side of the face out of nowhere. >> reporter: derrell was being booked into jail. and says he was beat out of nowhere. where several deputies circled, one shouting. >> do what we tell you to do. that's what he's in my face saying. >> reporter: next a premeditated attack. >> he's going to the doors, checking the doors, he looked back at him. now watch out of nowhere, boom to the face. >> reporter: here it is again closer. >> they all on cue. and boom punch in the side of the face. there's no resisting whatsoever. >> reporter: hunter lands on the floor he says being kicked and handcuffed. >> and yanked and yanked and yanked. >> reporter: other cameras he says would show more. >> you see where the blur is conveniently at right. >> reporter: as many as nine deputies are seen dragging hunter to a cell. a few hours later, he

debra villalon. >>> this area has burned before in june of 1981. we went into the ktvu archives to find these pictures. 65 structures were lost, the damage was estimated as $36 million. >>> our team coverage continues now with our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill you've been tracking these windy conditions that's still fueling this fire. and it looks like it's still windy out there. >> reporter: wind gusts in that area up to 25 miles per hour. let's take a look at the graphic and you can see the area, the general area. the east bay hills had winds up to 25 miles per hour. we had record heat today on top of this. humidity was down to 13%. in the last hour, the national weather service has dropped the fire weather advisory. the wind advisory pardon me. so the winds are beginning to subside. when i come back here i'm going to talk about the record temperatures we saw today. and i'll tell you how the daytimes went, stay right here. >>> we're keeping track of the progress firefighters are making tonight. bill is also updating his forecast. at 10:45

debra villalon. >>> this skateboarding death of a teenager making two in one week and tonight on our facebook page, we ask why skateboarders don't we are their helmets. michael says, i think parents should have enough sense to know if your kid has a board, buy them a helmet. tina comments, my son skates and he has to wear a helmet, no excuses. i also think they see people on tv like rob dyrdek, ryan schekler, prod not wearing helmets when they skate. >>> a cyclists charged with fatally hitting a tourist last year has now reached a plea deal. randolph ang pleaded not guilty to vehicle manslaughter last november. he was charged with the death of 68-year-old diana sherlye. the plea deal does not include any jail time instead he will perform 500 hours of community service. >>> the topic of discussion was about the drunken brawls that have been happening in recent months. about 35 bar and restaurant owners met with police and city leaders this evening. they say everyone wants to have a safe downtown and no one wants to see more violence like last weekend when nine people were arrested. kt

debra villalon live in the city where she spoke to the man this evening and he told her it was all unprovoked. >> reporter: and that these dvds obtained by court order showed it. the altercation happened upstairs at jail intake just over a year ago. >> then he punched me in the side of the face out of nowhere. >> reporter: derrell was being booked into jail. and says he was beat out of nowhere. where several deputies circled, one shouting. >> do what we tell you to do. that's what he's in my face saying. >> reporter: next a premeditated attack. >> he's going to the doors, checking the doors, he looked back at him. now watch out of nowhere, boom to the face. >> reporter: here it is again closer. >> they all on cue. and boom punch in the side of the face. there's no resisting whatsoever. >> reporter: hunter lands on the floor he says being kicked and handcuffed. >> and yanked and yanked and yanked. >> reporter: other cameras he says would show more. >> you see where the blur is conveniently at right. >> reporter: as many as nine deputies are seen dragging hunter to a cell. a few hours later, he

debra villalon. >>> this skateboarding death of a teenager making two in one week and tonight on our facebook page, we ask why skateboarders don't we are their helmets. michael says, i think parents should have enough sense to know if your kid has a board, buy them a helmet. tina comments, my son skates and he has to wear a helmet, no excuses. i also think they see people on tv like rob dyrdek, ryan schekler, prod not wearing helmets when they skate. >>> a cyclists charged with fatally hitting a tourist last year has now reached a plea deal. randolph ang pleaded not guilty to vehicle manslaughter last november. he was charged with the death of 68-year-old diana sherlye. the plea deal does not include any jail time instead he will perform 500 hours of community service. >>> the topic of discussion was about the drunken brawls that have been happening in recent months. about 35 bar and restaurant owners met with police and city leaders this evening. they say everyone wants to have a safe downtown and no one wants to see more violence like last weekend when nine people were arrested. kt

we're live in oakland, debra villalon. >>> for -- more details now on the bay bridge. once it's removed, crews can finish construction on the so called touchdown ramp for the new eastern span. >> the bay bridge closure means added traffic on the bay bridge. we've been keeping an eye on the traffic since 8:00 tonight and it's been relatively dry. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge it's the other key alternate route. traffic also appears to be flowing well on the san mateo bridge. many people plan to ditch their cars all together and turn to b.a.r.t.. some people we asked say they are glad to have an alternate route. >> absolutely. i plan to come to san francisco. >> apparently you can get back to the city but you can't get over. just makes sense. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. is offering rare round the clock service to a limited number of areas. >> b.a.r.t. is keeping 14 of its 48 stations open to help people get around the bay. we made a map to make it easier for you. we want to show you this which stations are staying open. there are four in san francisco, nine in th

we're live in oakland, debra villalon. >> reporter: police are also investigating a mysterious deathin oakland. they say a woman was found dead this afternoon in a house on 98 avenue after c -- avenue at c street. there's no word on her name or how long she had been there. >>> the surprise we could see tomorrow in nevada. >>> back here in ten minutes, we're going to talk about your bay area weekend forecast. i'll show you which cities will >>> ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is tonight, so lloyd how has the night before so far? >> reporter: as you can see it's a busy night out here and people are out at the bars and restaurants winding down at the end of the workweek. walnut creek's police chief said there would be an increase of police presence. they seem to be very low key. but yet the night is young. >> you get the conflicting issue and they're going to bud heads. >> reporter: this is the exclusive video we obtained showing a fight at 1:30 last sunday morning. as the bars were closing, three separate fights broke out in the downtown. nine people were arrested, one man was severely beaten. >

we're live in oakland, debra villalon. >> reporter: police are also investigating a mysterious deathin oakland. they say a woman was found dead this afternoon in a house on 98 avenue after c -- avenue at c street. there's no word on her name or how long she had been there. >>> the surprise we could see tomorrow in nevada. >>> back here in ten minutes, we're going to talk about your bay area weekend forecast. i'll show you which cities will be the warmest on your saturday. >>> it's friday night in downtown walnut creek and police say they'll be out to enforce zero toll repbs. -- zero toll repbs. -- tolerance. >>> ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is tonight, so lloyd how has the night before so far? >> reporter: as you can see it's a busy night out here and people are out at the bars and restaurants winding down at the end of the workweek. walnut creek's police chief said there would be an increase of police presence. they seem to be very low key. but yet the night is young. >> you get the conflicting issue and they're going to bud heads. >> reporter: this is the exclusive video we obtained showi