. >>> a terrifying sight for residents at 120 larkspur street. flames burned through the wooden balconies at the front of two apartment buildings, san jose firefighters got calls that people were trapped insider. when crews arrived then started even vac waiting the buildings, the fire so intense, residents in the two burning units already had jumped from the second floor. the man in unit 12 new he and his youngest son had to get out [ foreign language spoken ]. >> he said he tied sheets and a blanket together, woke his sun and they escaped out the back window. minutes earlier, he said he got out to warm up with soup in the microwave. he saw the fire, neighbors say a mother next door in unit 11 was screaming for help. >> she said i'm going to die. >> neighbors say she had flee small children and pa baby, she dropped them from the second floor and several men caught the children from below. >> i saw the little bay areay, then dropped him first and then the others. >> her arm was injured and burned. she went to the hospital with the children. >> the

a terrifying site for residence at 120 larkspur street. flames burned through the wooden balconies at the front of two apartment units. center file firefighters got the call at 10:00 a.m. the people were trapped inside. when crews arrived, they immediately started evacuating the building. the fire so intense, residents in the two units had already jumped from the second floor. this resident in unit 12 said he and his young son had to get out. he knew he and his young son had to get out. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he said he tied sheets and a blanket together, grabbed his son, and escaped out the back window. just minutes earlier he said he had gotten up to warm up some soup in the microwave. he went back to the bedroom, and when he returned to the room he saw the fire. neighbors said a mother next door in unit 11 was screaming for help. >> she said i'm going to jump. >> reporter: neighbors that she had three small children and a baby. they said she dropped them on from the second floor in several men caught them from bel

the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street.morning at 120 larkspur street.this is cell video of the fire. it was contained within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as well. < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better."> the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families.the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front deck is the cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights on monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83-year-old michael hooker and 69-year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died.

. >>> and terrifying site for people at larkspur street. san raphael firefighters got the call at 10:45am that people were trapped inside. when crews arrived, then started evacuating the buildings, the fire so intense, residents in the two burning units already had jumped from the second floor. >>> geraldine said he knew he and his youngest shown had to get out [ foreign language spoken ]. >> he said he tied sheets and a blanket together. he woke his stone and they escaped out the back window. minutes earlier he got up to warm up soup in the microwave, he went back to the bedroom and when he rushed to the front room, he saw the fire, a mother -- he returned to the front room and saw the fire. >> a neighbor heard the woman screaming. >> she shaped i'm going to die. and several men caught children before, she dropped her baby and the other. when she jumped her arm was injured and burned. she went to the hospital with the children. >> this fire went to a second arm bringing in most san raphael resources and trucks from many surrounding agencie

the fire broke out just after 10:30 this morning on larkspur street.ong spoke to that man who saved his son...she joins us live in his son...she joins us live in san rafael with the story. that man only suffered minor scratcheshis son hurt his back.

it happened just after 10:30 this morning at an apartment complex on larkspur street. fire officials say the people living there weren't able to get out the front door because of the flames. they then resorted to tying together bed sheets to climb 10-feet down the rear window. only one person suffered minor injuries. crews are still investigating the cause. (grant) a petaluma man is behind bars tonight after police say he assaulted and threatened two officers. the man has been identified as 36-year-old brent taylor. at around 10:00 last night, officers responded to reports of a family disturbance at a home on webster street. when the arrived-- police say taylor violently swung open the front door and rushed towards them. police ordered him to stop-- but he allegedly ignored the commands and started punching and kicking two officers. other officers then arrived on scene as backup and say they were able to subdue taylor. he is being held on 10- thousand dollars bail. (vicki) on the peninsula... a scary moment as a tree falls on a home early christmas morning in atherton.

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. >> reporter: the charitable organization homeward bound and larkspur st. patrick's church has teamed up to give what i think is probably one of the best christmas gift ever. 12 homeless senior citizens now have a place to call home. >> i'm 66. now i have a home of my own. it's a dream come true. >> reporter: steve milton is one of 12 homeless seniors moving into this house, once a convent for nuns for the st. patrick's catholic church now leased by homeward bound charities who is helping the seniors. >> we've completely gutted this whole kitchen and made it really bright. >> reporter: mary kay sweeney is with homeless bound. >> it's the most gratifying work i've ever done really, to have people find their way home and us help them do that. nothing is better than that. >> reporter: the mon monsignor says the seniors are a perfect fit. >> they won't be throwing wild parties, at least i don't think they are. >> reporter: parties or not, the seniors are very happy for a new start, a new home, a new beginning. sandy and her husband bob are moving in. she says s

it happened just after 10:30 this morning at an apartment complex on larkspur street. fire officials say the people living there weren't able to get out the front door because of the flames. they then resorted to tying together bed sheets to climb 10-feet down the rear window. only one person suffered minor injuries. crews are still investigating the cause. (ken) developing news tonight... we are still waiting to find out where the oakland raiders will play next season. and there may be one less bay area option on the table. that is if one san francisco supervisor gets his way. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story the oakland raiders are considering the possibly of playing their last season in the bay area at at&t park in san franciscosotthe giants ballpark happens to be in san francisco supervisor-elect matt haney's district. he talks about some of the reasons why he opposes the giants ope

. >> the two alarm fire was reported wednesday morning at the apartments on larkspur. the fire trapped four people in one of the units . they actually used bedsheets tied together to escape out of the window . no one was injured but the fire smoke and water caused extensive damage to four apartments. >>> were going to talk to our meteorologist to look at the forecast. we are going to have some strong winds? >> as we head toward tomorrow night and monday to wrap up 2018 we will have another wind event the terrain. just a heads wind watch which could be a warning for the northbay hills, east bay hills in santa cruz mountains. we could have gus going 60 miles per hour late sunday through monday into tuesday morning. even close to the surface winds going about 25 to 30 miles per hour. get ready for that to transition to that winter weather pattern. we are picking up a few high clouds that are moving into northern califoron. earlier today there were a few high clouds drifting in . current numbers we are starting to cool off, na and santa rosa. san jose 52 upper 40s. euros a

this happened before 11:00 this morning on larkspur street in san rafael, a witness recorded this video. at one point some residents had to get the bed sheets together to escape the flames. officials believe the fire possibly started on the balcony and then spread into the building. fire officials are looking into a barbecue next to the front door that might have been operating at the time. but there were no major injuries. e soutay, after the victim's family discovered his body in sunnyvale on 85 near the fremont street exit. now, officers say a vehicle crashed into the center median on the highway last night. but when they got there, no one was inside. the surrounding areas were searched but they didn't find the driver. the family of the victim did go out this morning to the crash scene, and found the man's body on the other side of the highway on an embankment. >> they extricated from the vehicle, they got out and walked across the lanes of southbound traffic and came to the right hand shoulder where unfortunately the deceased. >> investigators do not suspect any foul play. >>> let's

sky 7 is over an apartment fire in san rafael on larkspur street. we do know the building was evacuated, and the fire was initially reported around 10:40 today. knocked down very quickly by fire crews. they said it was out by 11:03 or the majority was. we learned from fire officials there was one person who was injured. they were taken to a hospital. no word on their condition right now. >>> the reason twitter is calling foul on an image of draymond green released by the warriors. >>> and the lengths one woman took to catch a porch pie rate in action. >> and i'll show you what a great day is unfolding right now. shaping up to be sunny with high clouds increasing again this afternoon and temperatures a little bit above average. upper 50s to near 60 degrees. i already have 2019 in kayla: our dad was in the hospital. josh: because of smoking. but we still had to have a cigarette. had to. kayla: do you know how hard it is to smoke in a hospital? by the time we could, we were like... what are we doing? kayla: it was time for nicodermcq. the nicodermcq pa

the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street.this is cell phone video of the fire.s contained within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as well. < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better."> the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families. the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front deck is the cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights on monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83-year-old michael hooker and 69-year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died. the fire started on the

the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street. this is cell phone video of the fire.ned within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as well. < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better.">( darya ) the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families.the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front deck is the cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights on monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83-year-old michael hooker and 69-year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died. the fire started on the

the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street. this is cell phone video of the fire.ned within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better.">( darya ) the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families.the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights on monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83-year-old michael hooker and 69-year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died. the fire started on the second floor and

the fire broke out yesterday morning at 120 larkspur street.this is cell phone video of the fire.s contained within 20 minutes after firefighters arrived. one family lived on the second floor. the father saved his son and got out using bed sheets. other neighbors heard their smoke alarms and got out quickly as < "i was just nervous, i was able to cry but it just got okay, we're really sorry for the people who lost their things and we hope it gets better."> the fire damaged multiple apartment units ... and the red cross is helping 4 displaced families.the san rafael fire department believes an unattended barbecue grill on the front deck is the cause of the fire. a second person has died following a fire at a three-story home in san francisco's presidio heights monday morning. the fire broke out just before 1 a-m at the home on clay street. officials have identifeid the two people who died as 83- year-old michael hooker and 69- year-old connie hooker. connie hooker was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the fire... where she later died. the fire started on the second

ferry service out of larkspur, tiburon, reduced service this morning.e trains 1 and 3 are running 10 minutes delayed. they had earlier mechanical problems that have been resolved. expect those delays to last for at least the next 20 minutes. we'll keep an eye on it. >>> thank you, sue. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >>> and rob marciano is live from new york with a look at what's ahead. hi, rob. >>> good morning, alexis and af christmas. hope your holiday was well. i know you both probably worked. coming up on gma, we have the storm that you got hit by earlier in the week. it is now in the intermountain west, merging into the plains. this is going to dump snow across the northern plains, heavy rain, and maybe thunderstorms that drop tornados across texas and pushing off towards the east. on thursday and friday, if you have friends traveling to and from dallas, houston, some of these other cities, they may have a hard time getting back to san francisco. >>> also ahead, wall street on edge after a disastrous december. the worst s

. >> reporter: a terrifying sight for residents at larkspur streak. san raphael firefighters got the calm at 10:45am that people were trapped inside. >> when crews arrived they started evacuating the buildings. the fire so intense, residence in the two burning units had jumped from the second floor. >> gerald said he knew he and his youngest son had to get out [ foreign language spoken ]. >> he said he tied sheets and a blanket together. he woke his son and they escaped out the back window. >> minutes earlier he got up to warm up soup in the microwave, he went back to the bedroom a and when -- room and when he returned to the fire he saw it in the next r help. >> i'm going to die. >> neighbors same she had three small children and a baby. they say she dropped them from the second floor and several men caught the children below. >> i saw a little baby dropped first and then the other one. >> when she jumped, she said her arm was injured and burned. she went to the hospital with the children. >> this went to and second alarm, bringing in most san raphae

stained with ash after somehow surviving the two-alarmughis apartment buildi on the 100 block of larkspur street in san rafael, a little before 11:00 a.m. >> we always keep your fingers crossed during the christmas holiday. we don't want that christmas day tragedy. >> no tragedy today thanks to elian's dad, who realized the only way out of the death trap was through the second floor window. the two tied up bedsheets and managed to rappel down. elian's dad says his next-door neighbor is a mother who desperately threw her children to neighbors waiting to catch them below. >> fortunately, we just had one minor injury from one of the people that went out the second floor window. no injuries to firefighters. >> reporter: at least four apartment units were heavily damaged. elian says the family was able to save some clothes, passports, and photographs. but the best gift of all -- >> that's all that matters. everything else can be replaced. >> reporter: san rafael fire department says this is a good reminder for those who live in apartments, it is against the california fire code to have barbecu

it started in a building on larkspur street in san rafael before 11 am. check out the bright orange flames shooting out, and the black smoke rising up. witness recorded this video. you can hear the fire alarm going off, but there were no major injuries. >> reporter: the report was that the fire possibly started on the upstairs balcony and spread into the building. and, that was one of the reasons why the occupants could not escape out the front door. we are suspecting that there was a barbecue at jason to the front door that maybe it was operating at the time. we are looking at that right now. >> for of the people upstairs escaped the flames by tying together bedding and using it to climb out of the back window. >>> the family of a grocer who was hit and killed in san francisco is now honoring his memory by opening a new store. back in september 2017, the owner, 57-year-old gus spartacus donnis was walking in a crosswalk in the bayview, when a speeding driver hit him. >>> outside, the new buses community and mission bay, where guesses son are continuing h

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the fire broke out just after 10:30 this morning on larkspur street.(grant) kron 4's gayle ong spoke to that man who saved his son...she joins us live in his son...she joins us live in san rafael with the story. that man only suffered minor scratcheshis son hurt his back. you can see here this apartment still has their christmas lights on,but right next door are four apartment homes heavily damaged by the fire. you can hear the alarms and see flames in cell phone video just steps from san rafael apartment homes burning with residents trapped inside.gerardin (hera- deen) rodas lived upstairs, he saved his son and got out using bed sheets..he says the fire spread quickly.. it broke out just after 10:30 wednesday morning.the fire was under control in about 15 minu

shake shack plans to expand to larkspur and san francisco. >>> and now a final worth check with lisa.actually if i had time to do it. >> all right good morning everyone. starting out with scattered showers in the bay. live doppler 7 you can see it's not much but it's really been here since last night. from santa rosa to healdsburg to clever dale. expecting another tenth of an inch. but the next stp we anticipate for tomorrow and everyone sees soaking rain. 62 today. partly cloudy to in elbowed. fog in the east bay right now. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, mild with the clouds. breezy winds. but tomorrow really be prepared. we are talking possible ponding on roadways. maybe some tree limbs coming down. the winds gust. the surf is high. and then it's over by the wee we hours monday month. a lot of rain hoolt of people like it but potent. >> as for shake shack bring the jacket today, maybe umbrella tomorrow. >> yes. >> thanks for joining us on abc 7 morning. i'm chris nguyen with lisa argen. the news continues online on twitter, facebook and instagram. good morning america is ne