we got this video from nbc 2 and this all happened in rancho cordova. check out this cell phone video a neighbor was able to catch. there are five people caught in that apartment right now. two adults and three children. margaret uton was trapped up there with her grandkids. the fire started in the apartment next door. that neighbor left the apartment, climbed over the balcony and joined margaret to try to escape the fire. >> flames were coming towards the back window. it was just coming closer and closer. >> a neighbor down below, nicole roads, started yelling up to the ball cothis and said throw the grandkids over the balcony, we'll catch them. >> i put my grandbabies off the balcony to these folks here. my grandbabies was not staying on the balcony. >> within seconds the grandkids were safely on the ground and thankfully the firefighters were there in no time because they were literally like 200 yards away. >> i'm so proud of our guys right now. they did such a great job along with our community here in rancho cordova. i honestly believe we saved fiv

. >>> firefighters in rancho cordova, who firefighters are crediting for saving lives. >>> we have beenpublic works, we will tell you what and why. >>> a result of that rogue wave that injured two dozen people more than a year ago... >>> we will tell you more about -@÷!jz . >>> well, good morning to you, it is thursday january 5th, i am dave clark. >>> and i am pam cook, it is coming up on 5:30 we want to check in with steve for the weather forecast. >>> we have mostly clear skies, a weak system moving in from the north and it will give us more of a westerly breeze so temperatures 50s and 60s coast and bay, not that upper 60s and 70s we had yesterday, here is sal. >>> good morning, mcarthur maze looks good getting the bay bridge toll plaza and also southbound 680 that traffic looks good on the sunole grade. &óbt:ena homicide of 2012. kraig debro is outside police headquarters and has the details of this deadly shooting, kraig? >> reporter: so far a couple of witnesses we spotted at the scene but nothing from oakland police, i did call the coroner's office and they tell me they have some

it happened in rancho cordova. just ahead, the economic motive san francisco detectives are now focusing on. >>> the film society said he passed away yesterday after suffering two strokes while attending the sun dance film festival in utah. he is survived by his wife and took over as director of the film society last november after his predecessor stepped down and died of cancer. >>> the best in the movie world will be honored at the academy awards and the nominations were announced just about an hour ago. >> martin hugo wins the pack. the best musical charged did i, the move are you -- comedy, the movie money ball was nominated for several awards, best actor for brad pitt and best supporting actress jonah hill. >>> we will have a quick look at traffic. >>> right now we have some slow traffic in many areas because it is the heart of the morning commute and westbound 24 and that traffic looks good coming up to the tuel, bay bridge toll plaza a backed up for a 10 minute delay and if you are driving in the east bay, t

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the 59-year-old victim was shot to death monday morning just as he arrived at the rancho cordova park. he was a supervisor. >> he was able to retire but he decided to stay on to help the district move forward. >> investigators are trying to determine if the death was random targeted. >>> the new york giants say they targeted punt returner, kyle williams. he fumbled two punts. and several giants' player said they learned williams had a history of conference when williams talked about it earlier this month. so the giants' game plan was to knock him around. williams reportedly suffered a shoulder injury in the game. in the next half-hour, we'll have more on the teeth threats against him -- on the threats against him. >> he's probably the loneliliest man -- onliest man in san francisco. >> he has his teammates. >> yes. >>> okay. we are want to check in with sal. >> i want to go out and show you some of these live pictures that we have por you. the traffic on interstate 80 coming into the city is going to be slow here. this commute is about 15 minutes. it could be a lot worse. sometimes we

four firefighters in rancho cordova say good samaritans helped save -- look at the cell phone video that captured. five people, including three many babies were trapped in this. a grandmother saved her three grandchildren by actually throwing them in the arms of a neighbor. firefighters say their crews and the community all worked -- all worked together as a team to rescue those victims. >> i'm so proud of our guys. they did such a great job. along with the community, i believe we saved five lives. >>> this pileup involving at least 50 cars in texas. the pictures speak for themselves. now they are saying this may have been caused by fog and smoke from a nearby wildfire. this happened about three hours ago. this is on a highway near port arthur, texas. that's east of houston. investigators say the bomb combination of smoke and fog made it almost impossible to see. you can see the wreckage. no one was killed in this chain reaction crash. but eight least 40 people had to be treated for injuries. >>> 8:35. cleanup of an old crude oil spill is making some concord residents pinch their knowses