this is a three-story apartment building on 19th and lawton. firefighters say it was a single alarm fire caused by a pot left burning on a stove. damage was actually contained to just that one unit. when they arrived they say just about everyone evacuated. most of them but not all. >> able to keep about it 500 gallons to do the actual knock-down of the fire. it was pretty uneventful once we got to the seat of the fire. fortunately there was no extension beyond the unit. >> what was it once you got inside? a pot on the stove? >> yes. it appears after talking to the residents that there was a pot left on the stove. >> injuries? >> we have one transport, smoke inhalation, and then we have two other people that we looked at and recommend that they get medical attention. they are going to go on their own. >> reporter: at this point a few units we should mention had doors broken in by firefighters to make sure that everyone inside got out. there are 30 units in the building and red cross is helping those who might need it. that should be the a small

there is an apartment fire at 19th and lawton. they are checking to make sure there is no fire in the walls. 19th and lawton. the fire started about 3:30 this morning possibly on the second floor of that four-story apartment building. four people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. two residents have been displaced. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is on the scene and will have a live update for us shortly. >> so have you gotten outside? it feels like 60 degrees out there now. let's kick it over to mr. lawrence karnow and find out why, because 80s are in our futu i think. >> hey, it's about time! i don't think anybody is complaining. we need to dry out around the bay area and that's exactly what we're doing. check out this ridge of high pressure and you can get a sense of that rotating clockwise around the ridge meaning we have nice drying with offshore winds. there are a few high clouds and a couple of patches of fog at the coastline this morning. outside right now you're looking at 53 in san francisco, 49 and cool in fremon

started around 3:30 in a four- story building at 19th avenue and lawton street.the battalion chief tells us the fire likely started in a kitchen. at least one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. should be okay, though. >>> hercules city officials declare a state of emergency because of a slide that's threatening a number of homes there. four of those homes are red- tagged meaning nobody can go inside. the city is trying to keep the wall of mud from pushing those homes onto the street. we'll have a live report at 6 a.m. >>> today nato is taking over military operations in libya. meanwhile, president obama is considering providing rebels with weapons to fight moammar qaddafi's forces. those forces are using tanks and rockets to make the rebels retreat from two towns and an oil port there. >>> the planes were flying so close, the pilots could see each other. that is why the federal aviation administration says it suspended yet another air traffic controller. this time, in florida. that close call reportedly involved a special airlines jet and a sm

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one of the books i read was by manny lawton. manny lawton wrote a book called "some survived." he was a survivor of the baton death march of world war ii. you may remember that in that march across the philippines, 11,000 soldiers died while being marched across the philippines to manilla to be loaded onto cattle cars to be sent to concentration camps for the duration of the war. i was reading manny lawton's book and he was talking about getting to the platform after 3 days, on the train platform. he's watching people being loaded onto cattle cars kind of like matchsticks, you know, in a matchbox but just standing upright next to each other. it's 100 degrees out there and he said he saw a person who was looking left and right and he later learned that the guy was looking for people with a sense of humor to get on with to stand next to. and i remember putting the book down and thinking, holy cow, you know. here's somebody who just stepped over 11, 000 dead bodies on his way to the train station to go to the concentration camp, he's looking around for people so he can get on the

i'm kim lawton in washington. >>> meanwhile, u.s. officials continue to search for effective responses to the ongoing political and military upheavals in other parts of the arab world. secretary of state hillary clinton visited egypt and tunisia, urging governments there to establish democracy and uphold human rights for all citizens. and there were rising concerns about violent clashes between sunni and shiite muslims in bahrain. >>> as turmoil swept the middle east and disasterstruck japan thought of religis believers we visited last summer in maine -- the three surviving shakers. their mission, they say, is to help create the kingdom of god on earth, in this life. >> reporter: just sabbath day like lake central maine, the last shaker community straddles an old road in the midst of 1800 acres of forest and farmland. at its peak, there were nearly now, the three remaining are brother arnold hadd, 53. he came here when he was 20. sister june carpenter is 72 and too shy for an interview. she has been here for 21 years. and sister fran

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it well bella fodder lauren sister lives in the town of lawton and center of oklahoma. she also waited thirteen years impatiently for shown to be executed. oklahoma the families of victims have the right to view the execution. well and her family came to the penitentiary to watch shawn being put to death. if. he was struck down to a table with his arms out to his side and they had run an i.v. which was how they were going to. commit the execution it was lethal injection it was all to. it was altered intravenously he was prepped and ready to gallon line down and the warden was in there and some doctor. saw a few prison guards i believe there was no fear he was happy again it seemed like and that to me was totally hated my friend perhaps saved came to terms with his fate he gets a list of everyone who's there to ending his execution both for his guests in the prison and his family members and the victim's family members it's a it's the only opportunity you're going to have to go see my crotch and he didn't get away with all he now worry that. i had reached a point where i

it broke out at about 3:30 in the building at 19th avenue and lawton street. about 40 people were forced to evacuate for an hour. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> the city of hercules declares an emergency because of the slides that are threatening eight homes there. some of those homes are literally holding up the side of the hill that came tumbling down in the recent rains. the wall of mud is as high as the first floor of the home. one of the home owners gave cbs 5 a look inside. that's where the hill had burst through the windows and the walls. the owner wants to move into the house he just bought. >> i want my house to be livable. that's all i want. i want them to take that dirt out of might have yard. i want to keep my house. very simple. >> the city of hercules is working on ways to prevent more sliding and to keep the homes from being pushed into the street. four homes have been red- tagged. four others have been yellow- tagged. >>> santa cruz county's board of supervisors has approved a resolution asking the governor to de

it broke out about 3:30 at the 19th avenue and lawton street sunset district.d for an hour. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> gas prices are once again on the rise. so what lessons have consumers learned since that last spike in here's a hint. just take a look at what we're driving. that and more tonight on the cbs evening news. s violin teacr told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in t. so i told them about some of the wells fargo online savings tools like my savings plan, which helps them set up and monitor a savings goal. until we found out that maybe her teacher uses certain terms a little bit loosely. rebecca is clearly very gifted. [ banker ] we decided to roll that money into ashley's college account. turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. for eyewitness news at 6. "when one blows, the other one is definitely gonna blow with it." do we know enough about gas >

this one on lawton street in the sunset district. it started around 3:30 when someone left the stove on. a few people were evacuated. >> it was scary. there weren't a lot of people out here and i was worried about who might be in there still. >> crews say the damage was mostly kept to the unit where the stove was left on at. >>> an early-morning fire at a furniture store is being investigated. this happened at mazita furniture on forsayer boulevard. the cause of the fire, still not known. no one was in the building at the time. no injuries have been reported. >>> we could get more details today about the body of a woman found inside the home of -- the home of another individual police say the death is suspicious. we don't have any details about the case but we expect to get an update later on today. so far no arrests have been made. >>> 8:04. barry bonds is due back in court for another important day in his perjury trial. tara moriarty is outside the courthouse to tell us who will be object witness stand this morning. tara? >> we are

this happened around 3:30 this morning on lawton street. fire officials say the fire started after someone left a stove on. everybody was evacuated in that building. a couple of people were treated for some injuries including smoke inhalation. fire crews were able to quickly control the fire. they say the damage is not extensive. >>> an early morning fire this one here in hayward is being investigated. started just before 2:00 this morning at the mizzico furniture store. the cause of the fire is still not known. no one was in the building at the time of the fire and no one was hurt. >>> barry bonds is due back in court. ktvu tara moriarty is outside the courthouse in san francisco to tell us who will be on the witness stand today. tara. >> reporter: the admissions all seem casual as if to say everyone was doing it. three took the stand and said they had received steroids from bonds' personal trainer anderson. bernard will take the stand to under go cross-examination. the jury must decide whether bonds lied to a federal grand jury back in 20

residents were allowed to go back into their houses after an early morning fire at 19th avenue and lawton. paul chambers is out there right now. i know you talked to one man that was hurt. what happened? >> reporter: yes, i did. let me explain to you the scene has been cleared within the last 20 minutes. fire crews are packed up and gone home. there is a person the red cross is here currently. the call came in before 3:30 this morning. at the intersection of 19th and long which was temporarily shut down. when crews arrived on the scene there was no visible sign of a fire. once inside they found smoke coming out of an apartment. officials say someone left a pot on the stove and that was what caused the fire. they were able to contain that fire to the one unit. we spoke with a neighbor one of which had a minor injury. >> dead asleep. i get up and it's dark in my bedroom. i guess i banged it against the wall. it's a little scratch. not bad. >> it was very scary and when we came out there weren't very many people out here. i was worried about who might be in there. >> reporter: once again abo

the fire started about 3:30 this morning in a building at 19th and lawton streets.er right after this. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. westbound 24 still a mess through lafayette. westbound 24 around acalanes. we had an earlier accident. we got a call from dave with the kcbs phone force tells us it is clear to the right shoulder, traffic stacked up a mile behind it. bay bridge toll plaza traffic light approaching all of the pay gates. looks great. the metering lights are on but delay-free. not the case 880 through oakland still slow from marina to fruitvale. half hour from 238 to the maze because of an earlier accident. now cleared but the backups remained. for your forecast on this beautiful day, here's lawrence. >> we have that sunshine out there already. more coming your way, folks. it is going to be one of those gorgeous days outside, a few high clouds cruising across your skies right now and a whole lot of sunshine on tap for the afternoon. numbers outside great, 70s and 80s today. 80 concord, 82 in the napa valley possibly a record, 82 in santa ro

fortunately for the united states and the west, and lawton has matured as a defense islam is, not like the saudi monarchy and the muslim brotherhood. offenses. even with these differences, however, the saudis overseas missionary activities to the organizational, military and media activities. through it expatriate saudi preachers, islamic ngos, and direct funding by we add for local organizations, the saudi sacred muslim communities in most areas of the world that are alienated and even -- a union from and hateful towards the west. and so these communities are continual environment for hosting an al qaeda presence. in the balkans, in india and in bangladesh, in the north caucasus in south asia, in north america and europe, and in sub-saharan africa these preachers, ngos, and doses of saudi cash have for decades prepare the ground for al qaeda and its allies. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> on february 16 of this year, the borders bookstore group declared bankruptcy. joining us now i'm booktv to discuss the impact of this bankruptcy is sarah weinman who

from their homes after an overnight fire at a three-story apartment building on 19th avenue near lawton the stove in a unit on the first floor that caused the fire. one person taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. two others had minor injuries. let's check out the weather. it continues to be glorious. >> let's get to the good news. good morning to you. low pressure sits off to our north that's driving in cloud cover but we're looking toward mostly sunny and breezy conditions. our temps in the 50s, we're going to end up in the mid-60s, even the upper 70s by noon. 78 degrees in napa, 77 in fairfield. rounding out the day around 81 degrees. in places like los gatos and gilroy. it gets warmer as we head through tomorrow. mild over the weekend and next week. the sunshine continues. let's see if we're doing as well in the traffic department now. mike inouye. >> we are. very pleasant drive. a lighter volume. it's a wednesday but we're seeing slowing building up through hayward and union city so 880 past 92 to newark slow. also san mateo slow but nothing out of the ordinary. a little lig