this is in the marina district, right next to marina middle school. and this shed used by parks and recs department -- we're on their property here, somebody tried to torch in this morning, right on this corner. and a man i talked to, a neighbor, says another fire was set here just about a week ago. san francisco firefighters were still here when our photographer arrived just after 1:00 this morning. this was the second of three fires to start. san francisco fire telling nbc bay area, all three were started intentionally between 1:00 and 2:30 this morning. and a man who lives in the neighborhood says just a week or so ago, his friend reported another fire that someone started in this exact same spot. >> and so he put it out, called 911, and they came over, put it out, and there was just a bunch of trash, and it looked like a homeless person was there, maybe, or something like that. but it was definitely deliberately set. >> reporter: firefighters actually discovered this one after putting out the first fire next door. outside the marina branch library

you can see marina middle school and then next to this property next to the marina branch spot another fire. when firefighters were putting out that fire they came across this fire. they smelled smoke and came over here and found this building starting to go up in flames. they are working on this and they learn about another fire just about a block or a block and a half from here. i said the breaking news telling us the fire department telling us all three of these fires were intentionally set. they have arson investigators coming to the scene this morning waiting for the light to break and of course this is something that the students, teach rs aer parents are going to find. later they will find an active fire information underway. arson investigators on their property. we'll have more details if we get any in the next hour. we are live in the marina district. >> all right. thanks for that. >>> students will return to school for the first time since the deadly campfire ripped through the kplunty. >> we have details for us with pete. >> reporter: good morning to you. we can expect an e

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if a sill stators in their shift of practice that they've -- [inaudible] >> and in the case of marina middle school, lower suspension rates for african american students. at clarendon middle school, staff noticed that they've intensefied their focus on the early literacy grades, and they're intentionally integrated project-based learning and socio emotional learning into instruction. sherman faculty members heighted that -- highlighted that their high fidelity approach to strategy helps teachers and the schools devote specialized attention to students needing additional support. the staff there also described their use of consistent internal messaging throughout the staff and student community on the importance of high expectations for all students. faculty members at john muir elementary are partnering with an author to promote students a high independent learners and frequently engage in academic talk, additionally, they engage students and families to support learning outside the school days, so at home, during breaks or the summer through hosting family literacy nights that feature fun a

reporter: at the tree lot in san francisco's marina neighborhood obtaining the perfect christmas tree isn't always an easy task. >> the top of it has to be in the middle so you can put a star on it. >> you have to authentic smell, no fake tree. it just doesn't do it justice. >> reporter: and then there's the cost. your average christmas tree around this size costs around $150. but the big ones like that can be up to $1,000. an average the price per christmas tree is up $10 to $20 this year. one reason, there's a shortage of trees. >> it's challenging to get trees right now due to the drought, but we've managed. in fact we've gone through a record number this year. >> reporter: along with the drought there's the financial crisis of 2008. demand dropped so farmers planted fewer trees, which take 7 to 10 years to grow. most of these trees which from oregon. in 2010 there were almost 700 licensed growers. this year under 400. folks like tracy morris may be paying more, but she says since the guardsman raises money for at risk youth,it it's priceless. >> well, tonight is the first night of the jewish holiday hanukkah. >> a large crowd gathered in washingto