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. >> arson investigators want to know who the person is that start add fire outside a san francisco home used for the mrs. doubtfire movie. good morning i am kristen sze. >>> i am cheryl jennings. amy hollyfield joins us with the story. amy? >>> yes getting the family photo in front the san francisco iconic home is a little tricky because there is a police presence here. the mrs. doubtfire home is now a crime scene. >>> this house could be occupied by a man would has his own personal life but to the world, this is the mrs. doubtfire home. it is part of the san francisco sightseeing experience. >> he impacted our lives and we had to see it. >> today there were burn marked on garage and front door. someone poured gasoline on the home and set it on fire. police say it had nothing to do with the money but the movie fans are horrified. >>> i cannot believe it. you don't do something like that. >>> i is disgusting. >> the home owner is a dark who specialized in facial feminine surgery and has an issue with a former patient who confronted him earlier in the day. police are looking into whether

great work across san francisco thank you colleague we have a collaborative video of the 25th anniversary to share i think it is executed up and we'll play that right now. >> san francisco home to more than 8 hundred thousand residents one hundred and 34 daily visitors everyday people walk and drive and ride transit to get to school and work and to shop and play since 1989 the san francisco municipal transportation agency has served as a straighten up and fly right of our transportation system the agency administers the half hour cents sales tax and the transportation authority invests in transit to get you where you need to go and plan safer neighborhood and help the workers net in and out of the neighborhoods safely and retains critical infrastructure governed by the board of supervisors the transportation authority insures that the tax dollars are transparent to deliver to the projects across the city who make the most of the sales tax we attract more than $100,000 in funds and san francisco diverse community the transportation authority plans and funds and delivers fund that promotes healthy neighborhood and creates jobs that keeps our jobs strong vvl in san francisco fr

developing news in san francisco, the search for the person who set a fire at a famous pacific heights homefans of robin williams from "mrs. doubt fire," and amy hollyfield is at broadway with that story. amy? >> you can see san francisco police officers are here on the scene and they watch over the home overnight to make sure that nothing else happened because no arrests have been made. look over at the far program door, you can see there is damage that is visible where someone tried to set fire to the home, a very popular home in san francisco. several police officers responded last night and they got the call at 8:30 that a fire was set here to the home featured in the 1993 movie "mrs. doubt s fire." a doctor lives here and said he has been having ongoing issue with the former community and we suspect the client is responsible for the attack on the home. the homeowner put out the fire after

they hosted a fundraiser with the president at their san francisco home.ave been a supporter of the president. >> i have. i am. >> initially, he was quite big on climate change, and he was quite forceful in talking about climate change. were you disappointed? >> i think the president's record through the epa in a regulatory fashion on climate is really good, and i think he really understands the issue. you wouldn't see today but 20 years from now it would be super obvious, and i think they have that perspective. >> do you have any ambition to run for office? >> i have always said i would do virtually anything to make our agenda come true, and that is true, but i have also tried to be clear that this is not an intelligent, strategic, well-thought-out, self-interested effort to promote myself. [laughter] i have to say if there came a time when i thought that was really important to do, i wouldn't shy away from it because i felt i was going to get the be jesus kicked out of me. >> you look like the candidates i know. >> though he said he had no plans to run f

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they say it was to make room for younger hires. >>> an arsonist has damaged the famous san francisco homeroadway and stainer was set about 8:00 last night. the doctor who owns the house thinks it was a former patient. >>> this summer muni riders can buy tickets using their phone. lit download and store the ticket eliminating the need for change or vending machines. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. now earn cash for your school year-round at safeway with just for u e box tops offers. simply enroll online at safeway dot com slash box tops and start earning! plus, now until january 20th buy five participating products and earn 20 e box tops with the just for u digital coupon, only at safeway! here's what's new at safeway from general mills! start the morning off right with these delicious big g cereals! or, try new yoplait greek two percent! grab a quick bite with nature valley and motts snacks! and enjoy a hearty meal with some new favorites. you'll find these and other general mills products on sale at safeway today! >>> good morning, getting a check of the bay bridge th

a los angeles woman is busted for setting the famous san francisco home on fire. police arrested tie quon this morning in san jose. officers say she was the one who torched the home monday night. it was made famous in the 1993 movie "mrs. doubtfire" and is currently owned by a plastic surgeon. it turned into a memorial when actor robin williams died last summer. the motive for the fire still under investigation. >>> another day, another alert. tomorrow will be our seventh consecutive spare the air day. burning wood is prohibited across the day during these alerts. you can see literally the pollution in one of the live cameras here. it's especially bad in the south bay. let's bring in jeff ranieri who is tracking this unhealthy air. >> right now you'll see the wind speeds are relatively light. that's helping to keep the air stagnant at the current moment. very unhealthy for those folks with asthma. and it's also blowing out of the east. still taking some of the air pollution in the central valley moving it across the bay area. we'll see a key change as we head throu

that had police scouring a neighborhood with their guns drawn. >>> and the scam that's hitting san francisco home owners. what you need to know to protect yourself next. sticks around. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start somewhere fresh >>> two oakland men are behind bars tonight for auto burglary evading police and pointing a gun at police officers. this all stems from last night when police got a call about two men breaking into a car in a san mateo parking garage. police located the suspects driving nearby after a short chase. the suspects crashed and took off on foot. one was caught immediately, the other was spotted at an apartment complex and surrendered. police say he pointed a gun at officers. police are still searching for that

the group of friends surprised him with a birthday party at a san francisco home. at the end of the night when they gathered for a group picture on the back deck three of his friends took a terrible fall. the railing had broken apart. >> i heard a crunch and i saw three of my friends going over together and the railing going with them. >> they fell 20-25' tonight concrete. everyone ran down as fast as they can. >> we help it was skinned knees but people were pleading more. >> emergency crews arrived in minutes and transported the let to san francisco general hospital. they are beened up good but not suffering from light threatening injuries. as to what caused the railing to fail it was rotted. >> we respond this this once in a while. we the weather affects wood. people have decks and the railings are on the back. insurance will dictate whether the railing or the whole deck needs to be replaced. the only thing ham top -- hamilton is worried about is his friends' recovery. >> i am going to the hospital to see if they needed help. >> an unfortunate end to a night of c

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three days ago she was taken by a woman who broke into her owner's san francisco home and the story exploded on social media. last night someone recognized moment chi walking with a woman mochi walking with a woman and police arrested this 31-year- old woman. her grateful owners are thanking people who helped get the word out. one of those folks is billie joe armstrong, of the band green day. the bay area native posted photos of mochi on instagram for his nearly half million followers to see. there you go. >>> the san francisco giants planning to use some unused land near at&t park for a little pop-up beer garden. and this is what it is expected to look like. they call it the yard. it's going to include coffee shop, retail stores and a waterfront deck. the yard will be located in the parking lot across from the lefty o'doul bridge. developers are seeing the pop- up as an opportunity to use the land until a larger development receives approval. >>> supervisors in contra costa county have given in to the public pressure. this morning, they unanimously voted to do away with the 33% raise that t

. >>> arson is expected in a fire that struck the san francisco home featured in the movie "mrs.e". police say gasoline was used to light fires that left scorch marks behind on the front door and garage. of course robin williams played mrs. doubtfire and when he died mourners flooded the home with flowers. a doctor lives there now. one of his clients is suspected of the crime. >>> in a bizarre shooting in ohio. it's an off-duty cop out to dinner with his wife. you see him fidgeting with his belt. he's messing with his gun and accident accidentally shot himself in the stomach in that elevator. police say the veteran officer was trying to adjust the weapon and it went off. the bullet ricocheted off the wall and struck him. we're told he's going to be okay. >> hard to watch. >>> nfl team owner is testing the saying if you build it, they will come. the st. louis rams and others wanted to build an 80,000 seat stadium. l.a. haven't had a team since the rams left and they'll make a counteroffer later this morning. >>> football teams at oregon and ohio state are getting ready. >> this is

mochi disappeared when her owner's san francisco home was broken into on friday. she was later seen with a female suspect on surveillance video. david baker says he didn't care about his stolen stuff, he just wanted moch i-back. >> right when i saw her, i just broke into tears and hugged her. it was a feeling i could never really explain. it was the most stress i've ever had to feel in my life. i wasn't able to eat or sleep for three days. >> you could understand how that would tear away at you. the message spread quickly on twitter and instagram. police say somebody called 911 to report seeing the dog. police say they found mochi with this woman, melissa purna. she was booked into jail on a variety of misdemeanor and felony warrants. >>> iphone is such a hot commodity in china, one man went to extreme lengths to bring a black market version, but now he may be calling a lawyer. >> authorities detained the man at a port in southern china. here's a photo. 94 iphones that he decided to tape to his body. authorities say he tried to smuggle them in from hong kong, and

san francisco right now. police standoff closing in on 13 hours as we xeek and chris surrounding a home in san francisco whereay armed with a gun is holded up inside. >> all of this near the intersection of ashton and grafton avenue where we find "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang, she's been out there for hours all morning long. have you seen any movement, any changes since when you first got out there at 4:30? >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and kris. we've been here for three enough hours, no movement, no sound. couple of squad cars shining lights on the ground floor and second floor windows there but no movement. police have a phone inside the house and waiting for the man to contact them. no response. it's almost 13 hours in, standby mode this entire time. last night s.w.a.t. officers were on scene some going up the stairs of the home in full tactical gear. this unfolded after six after a family argument escaladed into a barricaded situation, one man in his 50s locking himself in a room possibly armed. neighbors say there hasn't been trouble at that home before. >> he's a nice guy, been living t

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a group of his friends surprised him with a birthday party at the san francisco home.ight when they gathered for a group picture on the back deck three of hamilton's friends took a terrible fall. the railing had broken apart. >> we were all going out there and we heard a crunch and looked to my left and saw three of my friends going over the end together. >> they fell about 20 to 25 feet. it was right on to the concrete. everyone ran down as fast as they could. >> we were hoping they would have skinned up knees and bruised egos. >> emergency crews arrived within minutes. they transported the three to san francisco general hospital. they are said to be banged up pretty good, but not suffering from any life-threatening injuries. as for what caused the wood railing to fail, they said it was rotted. >> we respond to this once in awhile. this weather affects wood and people have decks and railings in the back. >> the landlord said insurance will dictate whether the railing or the whole thing needs to be replaced. >> i am hanging in there. i will see how my friends are doing

motorcycle see how much you could save. >>> it is impossible to imagine san francisco, but sea lions started making san francisco homepeople visited the peer to see them every year and that is cause for celebration this weekend. to celebrate the anniversary there will be free walking tours through monday. they start at 11:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. >>> 2014 was the warmest year on record according it the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration and nasa, last year was the hottest year in 135 years. 2014 average 54 degrees, 1.2 degrees observe the average. 6 months also set monthly records for heat. >>> a malfunction that filled a washington subway train lasted for 44 minutes before they shut off power. the emergency response was delayed because they didn't know if the third rail was shut down. smoke killed one woman and made 80 others sick. a report says the train stopped in a tunnel monday afternoon when a breaker tripped. ventilation started 10 minutes later. >>> the surviving members of the grateful dead are reuniting one more time. >> this summer, chicago, july 3, 4, 5, they will be reunited on stage. >>

. >> pam:a dog that was reportedly stolen by a burglar from a san francisco home. is back with her owner tonight. >> pam: >> pam:and the suspected burglar -- now facing felony charges. good evening, i'm pam moore. >> pam:that dog was taken. from the owner's home. while he was there! kron 4's j-r stone caught up with the reunited pair. >> reporter:j-r. a happy ending >> reporter: and picture of him zero g e was sent out to 35 people. >> taking my dog is one thing. i still haven't had my items back. and i do not pretty much mind but that. >> reporter: and group of people searching for the dog found monday night. officer says this 31 year-old woman alyssa had the document is to blame. witnessing officers making the arrest. >> feel happy knowing i watched her get arrested and go to jail. the more secure feeling that. she was saying a lot and the night a lot. i do is look better bid in the eye in hot my dog. --i just looked heard did in the eye. and hugged my dog. >> reporter:jr stone kron 4 news. >> pam:new at 8: >> pam:police are investigating possible code violations

the woman police have arrested for setting fire to that beloved san francisco home. >>> while it's not supposed to be a drive through, it is now. a san francisco restaurant shut down tonight after a car crashed into it. it happened around 3:00 this afternoon in knob hill. a gray truck and mini cooper collided and then the mini cooper slammed into the olea restaurant. managers were setting up to serve dinner. this is the second time his restaurant has been hit by a car in the past seven years. the restaurant is expected to be closed for about a week. >>> an american hero has been robbed. and some of his most prized possessions. they got away with priceless items. damian trujillo is in the berryessa neighborhood with the exclusive story. >> reporter: the thieves stole two m-1 rifles that he used as a member of the honor guard. they also stole something just as valuable a medal awarded to his sergeant who did not make it back from normandy. not a day goes back that izzy sanchez doesn't relive the horrors of d-day. >> i tell you what. it was scary. once you get off the ship, there's though

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how many rezsidential homes are in the city of san francisco now? >>i believe there are 77 and that is down from 83. get our expert witness up here. is that right? >>there are presently 77 rcfes and that's down from 1986 figures which were 160 rcfes. we're experiencing in san francisco, we being everybody in san francisco, other agencies, a decrease in rcfes at a time particularly low income and moderate income so we have a real issue with maintaining existing stock and that was part of the plan i submitted originally to dos to try to develop an intervention where places just don't close, but they maintain a certain qualitative performance benefitting the residents. right now they're 77 but it's part of a trend of lowering numbers over the years. >> >>following on the 77, what's the range of the residents inthe homes? like five to 20 or what? >>larger cfes the people with means, so to speak, assisted living communities have anywhere from 100, 80. and there's a real dichotomy of the small six beds which are called board and care homes, and the larger

they have chosen to make san francisco their home personally and [pro-els/]al and the time of people to support in san francisco and the people who are willing to engain in their communities for the betterment of the whole. one small note i will make that hasn't been made yet as far as i know, that they actually man to continue to live next door to the house that they are proposing ing to modify. thank you. >> thank you:is there additional public comment. seeing none, dr questioner, you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> thank you, president wu and commissioners. overhead, please. the only correction that i wanted to make clear for the record is that the houses that are donehill, even though they have a volume that extends into the mid-block -- >> i'm sorry, ma'am, excuse me. you need to turn off the phones or just go outside. >> thank you very much. the houses that are lower down on the hill from aerial may appear to have inintroduction to the mid-block open space and you can see a little bit on this picture. they are much lower. so that even if they extend into the open space, they are

. >> reporter: the possibilities do seem limitless especially here in san francisco, home of the onlinegiant yelp. the number of consumer reviews posted online is mind boggling. just in the time that the "newshour" is on the air tonight, some 2,000 reviews will be posted on yelp alone, making the task of identifying deceptive entries as well as keeping one step ahead of the perpetrators an ongoing challenge. yelp is a pioneer in aggregating consumer reviews of local businesses. its slogan used to be "real people, real reviews." now not so much. yelp labels about 25% of submitted reviews is suspicious or not recommended. >> you would be surprised how many small business owners might claim their page on yelp and actually go ahead and open up a consumer account and write a five-star review of their business and a one-star review of their competitor and leave it at that. we catch that, of course. >> reporter: in just over two years, yelp has caught 400 companies trying to game the system and let consumers know with something of a scarlet letter. it cooperated with an investigation by the ne

. >>> a fire bug visited san francisco home where mrs. doubtfire was film. that house was used in the iconic 1993 comedy starring the late robin williams. investigators say it is now owned by a doctor who haddon going issue with a former patient and they suspect that patient may be behind, this a attack. >>> well, a man men for his romance novels, splits from his wife. >>> next up we will take to you sin city, we will check out hottest gadgets at the consumer electronics show. >>> don't forget to get the morning's top news headlines, weather and traffic, starting at 4:30 a.m. only on six ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ ♪ green giant ♪ >>> gadgets, glam, technol

mochi disappeared when her owner's san francisco home was broken into on friday.he was later seen with a female suspect on surveillance video. owner david baker says he didn't care about his stolen things. he just wanted mochi back. >> right when i saw her, i just broke into tears and hugged her. it was a feeling i can never really explain. it was the most stressed i've ever had to feel in my life. and i wasn't able to eat or sleep for three days. >> this message spread quickly on twitter and instagram. police say they found mochi with this woman who has since been booked into jail on a ver ryety of misdemeanor and felony warrants.ariety of misdemeanor and felony warrants. >> we've been told santa rosa's kevin jorgensen and colorado's tommy caldwell will likely reach the summit of the don wall today. for the past 18 days, they've been navigating this slippery vertical rock with nothing but their hands and their feet. the climb has captured the attention of people across the world, wondering how strong those fingers are. >> a lot of pins and needles. people nervous

san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a pe

already made measurable and dramatic progress tale of two cities those goals rehabilitating homes in san francisco friends that's double the hourlg in 2013 it's triple in 2012 and we'll do even better in the coming year. >> and we took bold steps to protect those we funded $13.2 million in this year's budget to help tenants fight eviction because of the fonts effort would the board and tenant organizations ellis act petitions in san francisco were down 58 percent last year (clapping) but we've got more to do friends and together we're starting to make progress on housing and as long as i'm mayor we'll never take our eye off the beautiful when it comes to creating jobs and health care technology, food services and local manufacturing those are created at the wholesale produce market are up on the street in the viewing development of pier 70 34 years ago the need to kickoff the economy was very urgent we had a crisis in joblessness unemployment is down from the four-.4 percent when i took office and in san francisco did you know that we created 76 thousand 4 hundred jobs since 2011 the top performin

living nearby to evacuate. >>> coming up next on mornings on 2, a suspicious fire at an iconic home in san francisco investigation at the home used in the movie mrs. doubtfire. >> it is her first full day on the job as the nur mayor of oakland. the reason libby schaaf will not spend any of it in her new office. >> reporter: we're live in peault palo alto where it's been a frightening moment for a family who woke up to flames in their home. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> he's accused of looking through windows and recording people. the search on the way in the south bay for a peeping tom. >> reporter: san francisco police are searching for whoever set fire to the mrs. doubtfire home in the city. an arson investigation has been launched. we'll tell you about the evidence found here at the homemade famous in the robin williams's comedy. >>> and a shift in the investigation into san francisco's latest police shooting. up next, the message found on the cell phone of the man what was shot and killed by police outside of the police station. "mornings on 2" beep

. >> pam: the woman accused of setting fires outside the iconic san francisco home that was for them a mrs. doubt fire was charged with house arson and attempted murder today. the man lives in a home is a doctor and welch was one of his patients. the judge said her bail and $1 million. >> pam: avenue affirmation about the scope was discovered. the anthropologist with the alameda corridor the offer says it appears to be a north american. >> catherine: the murder trial of hernandez began today one person who was not picked as a juror was the person that yelled ago pants. the judge is also best patriots. he is accused of killing a 27 year-old in 20 of 13 as many as a thousand people are expected to be brought to court is the essential potential. >> catherine: the ring leader in the hazing death of a florida at a and embed member was sentenced today daunting martin will serve 77 months behind bars. the victim robert champion dieback in 2011 from soft tissue bleeding. prosecutors say champion was hit multiple times during hazing ritual. nine other band members have been sent for their role