leslie brinkly is live. >> reporter: right behind me you can see the house that the fire broke out in, on the hill. i'm a block away at the fire station. when the fire triggered at 4:00 in the morning the adult daughter drove her car down here and pounded on the door, asking for help. investigators say the fire started in the garage, and quickly brunched up into the attic and across the whole torn store home. a measure and father 0 two children awoke to smoke and escapedment -- escaped. >> it's problematic, access is a major issue. we're the first couple of companies. they're the ones who stopped it. >> reporter: by morning the devastation was overwhelming. family tried to retrieve some belongings. there were two classic cars in the garage. the owner burned his hand on a super heated door to the garage as he escaped. the adult son told me they wanted privacy as they support thing out but have friends and family to stay with. fire investigators say the fire was an accident but have not pinpointed the cause. abc7 news. >> developing news now out of daly city. police are investigating a

. >> and leslie brinkly has more along i-80. >> reporter: i can tell you dan and ama that the gas station manager here, right near interstate 80 told me that the relentless rush to fuel up vehicles at all the gas stations along the bay area along major freeway quarters really hit full gear at 3:00 today. it has been busy since, and of course it's about the same time that the national weather service issued a rather blunt warning about driving up in the sierras this weekend. >> so we really recommend that you avoid travel at all costs if you can. looks like by saturday morning it will be a little bit lighter. >> reporter: as the meteorologists warn about the pending storm, it seems many motorists are listening. >> we were supposed to go out in a bunch of snow, i will wait until after to spend time with my family. >> reporter: but others are trying to tough their way through the blizzard so that they can ski on christmas eve. >> we rented the car, got chains for the tires. >> and you're going to do it no matter what? >> yeah, we are. >> there is a lot of talk about the upcoming storm, so ev

. >> and leslie brinkly has more along i-80. >> reporter: i can tell you dan and ama that the gas station manager here, right near interstate 80 told me that the relentless rush to fuel up vehicles at all the gas stations along the bay area along major freeway quarters really hit full gear at 3:00 today. it has been busy since, and of course it's about the same time that the national weather service issued a rather blunt warning about driving up in the sierras this weekend. >> so we really recommend that you avoid travel at all costs if you can. looks like by saturday morning it will be a little bit lighter. >> reporter: as the meteorologists warn about the pending storm, it seems many motorists are listening. >> we were supposed to go out in a bunch of snow, i will wait until after to spend time with my family. >> reporter: but others are trying to tough their way through the blizzard so that they can ski on christmas eve. >> we rented the car, got chains for the tires. >> and you're going to do it no matter what? >> yeah, we are. >> there is a lot of talk about the upcoming storm, so ev

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkly is live at city hall with the story. leslie. >> reporter: i can tell you reform advocates and the police commission are ready to pass a proposal aimed at restricting officers from firing on moving vehicles so the police officers association has fired right back with a brand new video in a will air 1,000 times this coming week here in the bay area. >> in this dramatization by the police officers association a violent driver steers into a crowd of protesters. the police rush to halt the driver but are prohibited by city policy to draw their weapons against a moving vehicle. >> we have asked for language to protect officer and allow them to discharge the firearm in these extreme circumstances. >> reporter: this stems from an incident whether an unarmed suspect was shot as she drove away in a pursuit that. shooting was the last straw for then police chief greg surwho resigned that same day. the department of justice subsequently made 272 recommendations for reforms in san francisco pd, including a proposal to restrict officer