i have been fortunate enough to see the ranch. it's a beautiful place. what did the flames threaten? >> fire crews say that fire is out, but there is some damage to the main house on lucas' sky walker ranch. lucas, of course, the fame film maker. he didn't live there. no word on whether or not he was actually on the property at the time of the fire. there are no injuries reported. but lucas, of course, is the man behind some of the biggest films of the past two decades. including star wars and indiana jones. this is video from earlier this evening. you can see the smoke billowing. crews say it started in the fireplace and quickly became a small fire. now lucas actually has his own fire station on property. it's called the sky walker fire brigade. they had to call the fire department to make sure the fire didn't spread. sky walker walker ranch is the spot where parts of the movies, including the music are put together. it remains an intriguing place for star wars and lucas film lovers because it's exclusive and few have been inside. but the sources that i

the fire was reported at 5:30 yesterday afternoon on skywalker ranch off lucas valley road. nobody was injured. the cause is still under investigation. firefighters believe it started in a fireplace or chimney at a 50,000-square-foot building known as main house there. the ranch has its own fire chief which called the marin county fire department for assistance. lucas does not live there by the way. but the ranch does have living quarters for guests and facilities for lucas films. >>> that nasty smell in parts of the east bay will linger for a few more days. sulphur odor is coming from a conocophillips oil pipeline there. the 16" pipeline broke at the concord weapons naval station this week. crews are working around the clock now to suck up all that oil, clean up the dirt and repair the leak. health officials have gone door to door in the neighborhood now. they are letting people know that the foul odor is not a significant health threat but some people have been getting headaches and nausea from it. there are no evacuation orders, but some people close to leave. >>> pg&e me

. >>> tonight, a fire at george lucas' sky walker ranch. the great hollywood treasures inside. >> we have been watching it for weeks now, but you never seen it like this. see what oakland police saw from cameras attached to their uniforms. >> plus, a new way to deal with stress, lose weight, even kick an addiction. >> that's awesome. >> it's so effective, bay area police and firefighters are learning how. tonight, dr. kim on rewiring your brain. >> good evening. i'm ken. >> i'm dana king. a strong showing by ed lee tonight. we have up to the minute results by all bay area races on the bottom of your screen. phil heads up our election coverage. it looks like many voters didn't care lee broke his promise not to run. >> he said he wouldn't do it, he did. now he is in the lead. not near the 50 plus 1% he needs to win outright. here are the latest numbers with all the precincts reporting for first place votes. ed lee, way ahead. 30% compared to john who is at 19%. and dennis, the city attorney at 11%. you take a lock at these numbers and you can

fire tonight at sky walker ranch. working ranch of film director george lucas. no major damage but very quick firefighters response. we keep you updated on that. >> election results. lets start with most competitive race certainly the most public in the bay area. 16 candidate running for mayor of san francisco. here is where things stand right now as we take a lack at the numbers just coming in. still early returns but ed lee is leading with 37 percent of the vote. john is 11 and 10 a candidate needs 50% plus 1 vote to win out right. if it doesn't happen rank voting kicks in. here's the list. we continue to show you some of the early returns. pier 4 percent. devin 4 percent. hall 4 percent. 16 candidates in the race trying to replace interim mayor ed le lee. joanne a two percent. terri has one percent and phil ping has 1%. so far mark a good night for ed lee. >>reporter: yes. i have to say about half hour ago this room was empty. they open the door just a few minutes ago. the place now pretty packed. the turn out today for the voting not nearly as hard as here.

lucas' skywalker ranch. >> they race to the scene after a report of smoke at the home of the "star wars" movies. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. quite a scare in marin county. >> crews quickly put out the flames at the main house at skywalker ranch. we go live to alan now. alan? >> carolyn, we are not far from the main gate of the skywalker ranch where several marin county fire stations responded about 5:30 this evening. firefighters say there was a small fire that is under control, but there is heavy smoke throughout this 50,000 square foot main office building. this is where "star wars" creator george lucas has a private office and viewing room, but it is also where he and other employees work on film projects and do a lot of creative research. firefighters say they are concerned about the layers of subfloors that has miles of wiring throughout this three-story high-tech building. but they believe they have the cause isolated in or near one of the fireplaces. right now they are bringing in fans to vent the smoke out of this victorian-style mansion. it is decorated with a l

. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there.chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little races with their horses and carriages and the sea horse races, maybe get in a card game, have a drink of the way to the beach. >> but this was when there was county land, so there was no gambling. the move people out to county for the race track. >> they were away from intense public scrutiny out there. >> my of the state is there were four racetracks in the city. -- my understanding. can you name them? >> pioneer, union, in the side, and oceanside. >> there ago. maybe there are more. >> we have a big article on race tracks on our website. outsidelands.org. >> the ingleside, you can still see that. >> they developed where that race t

. >>> a small army of fire trucks show up at george lucas' skywalker ranch. >> they race to the scene after a report of smoke at the home of the "star wars" movies. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. quite a scare in marin county. >> crews quickly put out the flames at the main house at skywalker ranch. we go live to alan now. alan? >> carolyn, we are not far from the main gate of the skywalker ranch where several marin county fire stations responded about 5:30 this evening. firefighters say there was a small fire that is under control, but there is heavy smoke throughout this 50,000 square foot main office building. this is where "star wars" creator george lucas has a private office and viewing room, but it is also where he and other employees work on film projects and do a lot of creative research. firefighters say they are concerned about the layers of subfloors that has miles of wiring throughout this three-story high-tech building. but they believe they have the cause isolated in or near one of the fireplaces. right now they are bringing in fans to vent the smoke out of

the ranch has its own fire crew, which called the marin county fire department for help. does not live there, but the ranch has living quarters for guests as well as facilities for lucas films. >>> brentwood police are looking for a man who broke into an officer's home. the off-duty officer ended up shooting at one of the suspects yesterday. that victim was airlifted to the hospital. the second guy took off unhurt. >> picked the wrong house there. >>> republican presidential candidates will debate tonight in michigan. all eyes will be on herman cain, who once again denied he sexually harassed anyone. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. and as far as these accusations causing me to back off, ain't gonna happen. >> cain responded yesterday after a fourth woman came forward. he said he would be willing to take a lie detector test to rebut accusations he harassed multiple women. that should be an interesting debate tonight. >> we'll be watching. >>> 5:39. we'll have much more on last night's election. cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman will join us in st

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. >>> after a very scary night, all is quiet this morning at sky walker ranch in marin county. a chimney fire triggered an emergency response from three fire departments. sky walker ranch is tucked away in nick see i don't, where george lucas started building his dream business in 1978. today it's a retreat for some of the most tam lented film makers in the entire world. the fire started around 5:30 last night in the main house. the ranch's private fire department tried to get the flames under control but had to call in crews for backup. we should point out george lucas does not live at the ranch, but more than 200 of his staff members do work there. >>> it is 4:35 right now. a san francisco woman convicted of trying to scam aid workers in the aftermath of the san bruno disaster is set to be sentenced today. nisha marie taylor posed as a san bruno resident displaced by last year's deadly gas explosion. prosecutors say she and her boyfriend showed up at the disaster relief center and claimed their possessions had burned in the fire. taylor faces up to two years in prison. >>> we

sky walker ranch firefighters responded first. that's the latest from here reporting live in san rafael, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now to tonight's election coverage. first to san francisco where the race for mayor feature as little bit of everything include -- features a little bit of everything featuring 16 candidates and rank choice voting system. ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era. it does not appear lee will have the 50% margin he needs to avoid triggering the ranked choice system. we have team coverage tonight from around the city. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed le

it looked exactly like the beautiful things about the ranch.etty much in the never look back philosophy about the coit. i don't think he ever went to visit again after we moved from telegraph hill, which was only five or six years later. i don't think he ever had to see it when the initials are scratched into everything and people had literally destroyed the lower half of everything. >> well, in my view, the tower had been pretty much neglected from the 1930's up until the 1980's. it wasn't until then that really enough people began to be alarmed about the condition of the murals, the tower was leaking. some of the murals suffered wear damage. we really began to organize getting funding through the arts commission and various other sources to restore the murals. they don't have that connection or thread or maintain that connection to your history and your past, what do you have? that's one of the major elements of what makes quality of life in san francisco so incredible. when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit

i love it, it makes me feel right at the ranch, right?>> and lost more that 86. you look terrific. what's your total loss? >> definitely. right now iem right around 130 pounds. >> you look amazing. >> thank you. >> this show really saved your life. you said when you got to the ranch you were dying and you didn't know it. you had diabetes and you were diagnosed there on the ranch. tell bus that. >> definitely. i didn't go to the doctor for a long time, probably since college, seven, eight years. i found out that i had diabetes on the ranch. amongst sleep appear nnea and o things. i don't have any of it anymore. >> ramon, you lost all the weight. do i have this right, you found a girlfriend on the ranch? >> i definitely did. >> that's pretty good. >> i'm a winner already. me and jess are together and we're having a great life. you know, we're healthy every day. >> you went skydiving together. i think we have video of that. >> crazy enough, we did go skydiving and i did say before that you were going to have to kick me out of a plane, but i

sky walker ranch firefighters responded first.t's the latest from here reporting live in san rafael, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now to tonight's election coverage. first to san francisco where the race for mayor feature as little bit of everything include -- features a little bit of everything featuring 16 candidates and rank choice voting system. ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era. it does not appear lee will have the 50% margin he needs to avoid triggering the ranked choice system. we have team coverage tonight from around the city. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed lee fa

. >>> and there was a fire at sky walker ranch in north bay. there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. >>> the dow is currently down 356, nasdaq down 54. there was a fire last night at star wars director george lucas' skywalker ranch but it only caused minor damage. it started around 5:30 in the chimney of the main house. a fire crew responded first but no injuries were reported. >>> san francisco's spca says someone stole a puppy today, hours before the animal was to be adopted. a spokeswoman said the 8-week- old was taken around 4:45 yesterday afternoon by a latino couple with a 4 to 6-year-old child. there is a $500 reward for the puppy's safe return. >>> coming up today, we are just hours away from san francisco election officials announcing the first round of choice vote. we'll have the latest numbers from the city's three biggest elections, including the race for mayor.

in marin county george lucas' ranch. it started in a chimney in the house owned by the director. >>> oakland city leaders start new guy log with protesters. business owners say the camp is driving away customers. >>> live look downtown san francisco, 30s and 40s this morning. 60s and 70s on the way. rain still lated for sports. -- slated for parts of the weekend. >>> live look at bay bridge toll plaza. it is light. >>> 4:31 on this wednesday morning. thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. this morning election officials will begin applying the come kaid math formula that is rank choice -- complicated math formula that is rank choice voting and will know by the end of the day. terry mcsweeney is live at city hall. the interim mayor lee seems to have a commanding lead. >> reporter: he does have a sizeable lead right now. but that doesn't mean that he's going to win. remember, don prada in oakland had 9% lead over jean quan and ended up losing. 100% of precincts reporting and you have mayor lee wi

there was a short time when at the ranch in south san francisco was higher than the ranch here. the total cost here was still higher, but that one moment i knew only happen once every couple decades. so we jumped on it. we got the board to agree to let us come here. the shorenstein family built this building. they did a very good job. but when we got here, we were alone, and it was an economic crisis time. we had this idea that if we had a quality building and $100 million of improvements that there would be a lot of young companies that would prefer this environment to the alternative, which might be a garage or might be a lousy building down in south city somewhere. for recruiting people lot of ucsf, in particular, this is a tricky issue. we thought we had would be valued. turned out we were right. and it turned out we were wrong. we were right in the sense that a lot of ucsf demand came. we had many venture firms support us and say, this is a great idea. because people hit the ground running at a time when there were normally very inefficient. we can avoid the capital outlays

. >>> cleaning up after a fire at sky walker ranch. tell you how bad that damage was. >>> oakland police showing the protests from their point of view. what they're now asking the public to do. >>> taking a live look outside. golden gate bridge this morning, traffic picking up there. cool, calm, collected. certainly cold. it's 5:39 right now. >>> 5:41 right now. as the holiday shopping season is gearing up, congress is once again charging you tax to shop online. the plan has failed in the past, it is gaining support. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: this has been on the back burner for a while. for years the u.s. supreme court said only congress can allow states to tax internet sales. if there's a store in your area, you're taxed. for most internet sales, you're not. now the groups pushing this say states need more revenue, that california alone could get another $4 billion next year if the state was allowed to tax your online purchases. now, online merchants, as you m

ranches, ports of entry, major areas but basically people were coming in through various ranch areas it wherever there were rhodes. in 1924 the u.s. begins to deal with the general overall federal reform to deal with immigration from europe to the begin now to make the border more professional and it established the border patrol and the border agents, but it was very fluid. >> was the word illegal used back in that time to describe the mexicans who had come over the border? >> the term really becomes popular after 1965. we have federal reforms of immigration 1965, and then the western hemisphere act of 1974 and what the u.s. tries to do is regulate the emigration, but the problem of 1965 is finally set a limit to the immigration from the western hemisphere. before that it had been completely open so you had a long history of allowing and sometimes encouraging mexican immigration and in 65 when its limited in the then you have a limit of 20,000 which even in the immigration service stated for mexico it is a realistic so at this point this is when we really began with the era of the u

but basically people were coming in through -- through various ranch areas. and whenever there was roads, it's not until much later, 1924 when the u.s. begins to deal with general overall federal reform to deal with immigration from europe do they begin now to make the border more professional and establish the border patrol and sent border agents. but it was very -- very fluid. >> was the word "illegal" back in that time to describe the mexicans who had come over the border? >> no. the term "illegal" really becomes popular after 1965. we have federal reforms of immigration, 1965. and then the western hemisphere was active in 1974. and what the u.s. tries to do is regulate world immigration, but the problem in 1965 is that they finally sent a limit to the immigration from the western hemisphere. before that, it had been completely open. so you had a long history of allowing and sometimes encouraging mexican immigration. in '65 when it's limited the chain ends and in 1974, you basically have a limit of 20,000, which even the immigration service stated for mexi

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they are getting pushed out by will ranching -- buy cattle ranching and oil drilling. >> the state isnly too happy to promote the symbol of freedom. people are encouraged to take wild horse tours or watch a roundup. the helicopter is the preferred method the authorities and campaigners differ over how much distress this process causes. after capture, the horses and out in holding pens -- end up in holding pens. most are shipped off to preserves. some say there are more in captivity than in the wild. the government says it is necessary to keep the numbers in check. >> there's only so much to go around. when we get to the balance of what is appropriate, it is necessary for us to manage those horses and maintain those numbers. >> there are other animals that live and feed out there but it is be huge herds of cattle that need the most and their owners have no patience for the horses the room across public and private land. we speak to bill ranchers but they seem reluctant to appear on camera. they accuse the authorities of failing to manage the number of wild horses out here on the open r

reporter: lapd detectives say the woman who caused this problem on thanksgiving at wal- mart in porter ranch turned herself in. shoppers like deborah and steve applauded the move. >> she did a wrong thing but was brave to turn herself in. >> reporter: she is glad her and her husband were not anywhere near the scene on thursday. >> i don't understand what motivated her, what the thought process was. >> reporter: they couldn't tell us her motive, but says that detectives interviewed her briefly. >> but she was later released. there are witnesses and victims to talk to by the detectives. and pending further investigation she will decide what else to do. >> reporter: friday they released a description of the woman they wanted to talk to. this woman caught on camera leaving the area, matches the description. but officers wouldn't confirm if it was the same woman who walked in the police station earlier saturday night. in the video, you can see a can in her hand. detectives say she got dvds and x box games, bought them, left the store. today officers believe she is not a continued threat but could

small army of fire trucks showed up at the ranch around 5:30 last evening.ivate firefighters and county crews put out the blaze. it was confined to one of the chimneys and fireplaces in the venerated victorian. there were concerns about layers of wiring in the subfloors of the building. fans were brought to vent the smoke from the site which includes screening rooms and sound equipment for film and television. a spokesperson for lucas films says the fire caused little damage to the property. >>> san francisco spca offering a $500 reward for a puppy stolen. james was taken from the center yesterday afternoon before an a family was going to pick him up he's only eight weeks old. the spca has footage of the suspects, a couple in their 30s with a child driving an older white sedan if you have any information call the san francisco, spca. >> san jose city council voted to give the a's option of buying land to build a new park. nearly five acres is near the cal train station. the owner has put together a team of investors willing to pay 500 million dollars towards

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the fire started yesterday afternoon at the skywalker ranch.r damage and no one luckily was jird. the ranch covers more than 6,100 acres and was the original headquarters for movie special effects leader industrial light and magic, about 200 people work at skywalker ranch. >>> elevening more about the death of rapper heavy d, dwight arrington myers collapsed at his home in los angeles. a representative for the coroner's office tells nbc news that heavy d died of natural causes. tmz quotes a friend of the rapper claiming he had pneumonia. the rapper who billed himself as the overweight lover had several hits including "now that we found love." he was 44 years old. >>> 6:56 right now. the "today" show just minutes away. here is ann curry with a look at what's coming up this morning. >> good morning. coming up on today, a new investigation being launched into the shocking case of child sex abuse at penn state university. as pressure intensifies on fabld head coach joe paterno. will he be forced to he sign? also ahead, herman cain answers new quest

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it looked exactly like the beautiful things about the ranch. i think he was pretty much in the never look back philosophy about the coit. i don't think he ever went to visit again after we moved from telegraph hill, which was only five or six years later. i don't think he ever had to see it when the initials are scratched into everything and people had literally destroyed the lower half of everything. >> well, in my view, the tower had been pretty much neglected from the 1930's up until the 1980's. it wasn't until then that really enough people began to be alarmed about the condition of the murals, the tower was leaking. some of the murals suffered wear damage. we

home is 60 acres of open pasture at greenwood ranch just a few miles away from auburn. royal blood or not, 22-year-old ben made sure we knew that he was a media star, and he kept interrupting our interview to make sure we gohis good side on camera. >> heh heh. we have a hambone here. he's a--he's a camera hog. >> good-looking and good-natured, the cream draft horse is believed to be the only draft breed native to america, and these horses, which are more than 5 feet tall, or 17 hands, are surprisingly hard to startle. no wonder they've been dazzling crowds in hundreds of parades and shows across california and the u.s. >> we've even had 'em at the indianapolis car races, and they've--they handled that well. they even had a car go by 'em at 150 miles an hour, uh--and-- and stood up to all of that. and they handle helicopters, sirens, uh, air horns. uh, they're very solid horses. >> john, who grew up on a farm, has been raising draft horses for about 30 years. >> we were looking for a--some new horse to work with in the future, and we'd read about the american cream draft

my ranch hand, he got on his back.his to gently pry this off. >> he's never been ridden for longer than eight seconds. >> he's never been ridden for a full eight seconds. he was so exhausted by carrying around this heavyweight all day. he just let him sit on top of him. the first time he's ever really been ridden. >> what kind of response have you gotten from the community from this video. >> it's the talk of maui. again the same problem lies, where do we take these videos. >>> damian walters is like a human springboard. this is his 2011 show reel. consider it a resumÉ tape. and seeing is believing. >> whoa. what? >> whoa. wow! >> why isn't he on the u.s. olympic team? >> well, damian lives in england, he's a champion gymnast. won all sorts of rewards, he was retired from gymnastics. and decided to get into -- stunts. >> he just defense through a car, truck. that's how he gets the paper in the morning. this is how he gets into bed. >> oh, honey. >> i love this guy. >> he makes it look so easy. >> yeah, he's fluid with

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looking for someone to basically watch it. >> reporter: the ranch was a fake.l a setup to robbery and worse. one man told police he was confronted by two armed men. >> as he was running from the gunman he was shot in the arm. >> reporter: that man escaped and when police investigated, they found david paulie's body in a shall lowe grave. he had been missing since october. two more bodies were found on friday. one was timothy kern. he answered that craigslist ad but vanished two weeks ago. a third body hasn't been identified. >> the on connection was answering ads for employment on craigslist. >> reporter: police have two people in custody. one, a 16-year-old boy, arrested for shooting scott davis. another man, 51-year-old richard beazley, is being held on unrelated charges. beazley's mother describes her son as a mentor to the teenager. >> he's a kid we have taken to church since he was 7 or 8 years old. >> reporter: heather tuttle answered that craigslist ad. she never heard back. >> i just instantly got sick to my stomach, just thinking how lucky i was becaus

check out this store at mccarthy ranch in milpitas. here's a live look. now, most of the people seem to be inside. the nation's largest retailer was not to be outdone by rival stores. walmart opened at midnight. and most walmart stores opened at 10:00 on thanksgiving itself so people even at this early how still shopping. maybe this is when we should go like 4:30 in the morning. >> i'm starting to get a little motivated. $199 for a 42" flat screen? >> i'll take two. >> i'll say. >>> how about you, elizabeth is this. >> we didn't even have to sleep. we could have just gone from dinner to shopping to work. there you go. >>> bring an umbrella if you are looking for a good holiday deal. there are still some light scattered showers. this is just light stuff no big deal. but just something to be aware of. showers are heading farther east. you can see them in oakland, alameda and along the peninsula through san mateo county. they should be gone by mid- morning and we may see some sunshine and a drier weather pattern setting up for the next couple of days. out th

this is mccarthy ranch in milpitas. nation's largest retailer was not to be outdone by competing stores that opened up at midnight. so most walmart stores opened up at 10 p.m. on thanksgiving itself. >>> and shoppers started lining up outside of san jose best buy store the day before yesterday. by the time santana row opened at midnight, there were 600 people in line waiting to get in. they let them in 50 at a time to keep things from getting a little too crazy. >>> and people in fremont even set up about a dozen tents outside a best buy store hoping to score big savings on electronics this morning. many of the campers came well stocked, sleeping bags, food, laptops, dvds, to keep themselves entertained for the 2-plus days they were out there. >> we are going 30 go halfway around the world -- we're going to go halfway around the world to the last chance million man protest. this is cairo's tahrir square. there are tens of thousands of protestors gathered at this very hour. the purpose is to try to force egypt's ruling m