a badly decomposed body washed ashore at point isabel regional shoreline in richmond. ktvu's patty lee is in richmond now with the latest on the investigation. patty? >> reporter: well, julie, down this popular trail at around noon today, police tell us a bird watcher noticed a small flock circling what she thought was a dead seal. when she realized it was a human carcass, she called for help. at point isabel, a break in the rain enticed dog lovers, hikers and bikers out on to the trails to stretch their legs and enjoy the view. which looked a little like a crime scene off this path along baxter creek. at least according to shawn humphreys who stopped to find out what was going on. >> i was like oh, maybe it's animal control or something like that. and then as they were pulling, you know, taking the shovel and kind of pulling it up, you could see, like, hands, i guess, you know, something that was creepy. >> if you look out this jetty right here, you will see a log about 200 feet out. >> reporter: officers from the east by regional park district are investigating how t

a badly decomposed body washed ashore at point isabel regional shoreline in richmond. ktvu's patty lee is in richmond now with the latest on the investigation. patty? >> reporter: well, julie, down this popular trail at around noon today, police tell us a bird watcher noticed a small flock circling what she thought was a dead seal. when she realized it was a human carcass, she called for help. at point isabel, a break in the rain enticed dog lovers, hikers and bikers out on to the trails to stretch their legs and enjoy the view. which looked a little like a crime scene off this path along baxter creek. at least according to shawn humphreys who stopped to find out what was going on. >> i was like oh, maybe it's animal control or something like that. and then as they were pulling, you know, taking the shovel and kind of pulling it up, you could see, like, hands, i guess, you know, something that was creepy. >> if you look out this jetty right here, you will see a log about 200 feet out. >> reporter: officers from the east by regional park district are investigating how t

. >> las autoridades de richmond investigan en el parque regional point isabel.na zona donde el público lleva a pasear a sus perros sin correa. >> luego que su departamento se incendiara. por un árbol de navidad. ocurrió a las seis de la mañana de ayer. los moradores dormían, entonces intentaron salir de la casa pero la entrada estaba en llamas. un bombero sufrió lesiones leves al responder al llamado. >> hay ciertas medidas sobre todo si pretende dejar el árbol de navidad hasta el día de reyes. >> fueron dos incendios, estos simples descuidos podrían ser grandes tragedias. >> erica tiene varias razones para reir. >> [ idioma no español ]. >> tenía comida que me habia olvidado que estaba en el horno y comenzó a salir humo. pudo haber ocasionado este incendio. nadie resultó herido y todos salir. >> erica y esta familia fueron afortunados que las llamas pudieron ser controladas a tiempo. >> sean precavidos, no dejen velas encendidas. usen el sentido común. >> así tambiñn el sistema elñctrico del árbol de navidad estñ siendo vigilado. >> los residentes fueron evacua

it washed up just below the high tide mark at point isabel. park police tell us the body is badly decomposed that they believe it is that of a man. so far there is no way to identify the person or how the person died. >> i don't think that this is something based on the condition the body that happened at the start of the year. they're concerned about their site -- they are concerned about their safety, that should not be an issue. >> authorities say there will be an autopsy on monday. oakland police are also working to identify a body tonight. and woman's nude body was found this morning. it was found on skyline boulevard in oakland hills. this is a homicide. there is no obvious cause of death. the victim was a white woman in her 40s. police believe she died elsewhere and her body was dumped. >>> but councilman ignacia de la fuente was tightlipped today about his arrest on suspicion of drunk driving. >> its investigation going on and a report will be issued. and that's will make a comment based on that. i've been advised by my attorneys not t

the body was found behind the tide line this morning at the point isabel shoreline. richland police was notified. officials say the body was too decomposed to identify, but they say it was a man's body. >>> ktvu news attained video that shows the pilot walking around the airport. >> how effective is security when everybody on board is screened, and everybody on the ground isn't? >> the tsa would only says the confident in security procedures at sfo, the pilot remains on the job. travelers today may notice the tsa taking a closer look at empty insulated beverage containers. the possible tactics terrorists might use is concealed explosives in beverage containers. passengers may notice additional security measures related to insulated beverage containers. >>> even with security issue, there are still a lot of people taking to the skies to head to their holiday destination just in time for christmas. it was smooth going for passengers heading out of oakland international airport today. 100million people are traveling by plane or train this week. >> i actually left early

. >>> bodies two of women found today in two locations one at point isabel regional shore line park and other at skyline boulevard. police say one victim had been killed elsewhere and taken to the park to be dumped. investigators say there was no obvious cause of death. body of a nude woman found this morning on a bike path along skyline boulevard. police dmot think that is related to murder of a 21-year-old fresno woman whose body was found near oakland airport tuesday them do not believe they're related but investigations continued. fire investigators believe a cigarette may have sparked a fire that gut aid home this morning. a fire broke out inside of the home. the man who lives there escaped unharmed but it appears the house and contents are a total loss. >> san jose firefighters credit several dogs with alerting neighbors to a fire in a garage that starting around 3:45 this morning on purple cliff court. great news no, one was hurt. several people woke up as soon as they heard a chorus of dogs parking. >> our dogs were going crazy. and we yelled at dogs and looked out of the back w

. >>> richmond police are investigating the discovery of a body at the point isabel regional shoreline. it was found near a popular dog park around noon today. no information on whether it's a man or woman or how they died. >>> vallejo police are hoping that the surveillance images are going to help them find another killer. 35-year-old aaron rudolph got into an argument on december 5 at a liquor store on louis brown road when he was stabbed. he died at the hospital. police say one of the suspects is in the picture and they now need the public's help to find him. >>> more people turn to online shopping this holiday season but because of that fedex and the u.s. postal service are dealing with their highest shipping volumes ever. shoppers were enticed by free shipping, no crowds, no parking hassles. but there are some who still want to do it the hard way. linda yee joins from us serramonte mall to tell us about the people who define the last-minute shopper. are you kidding? how late are they staying open? >> reporter: actually, they are closing their doors now. there are probably a few s