. >> reporter: fire crews from cordelea, fair field and sassoon city joined the vallejo fire department. noinjurys were reported. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> seven bus drivers are hospitalized at this hour after their buses went out of control at the pittsburg bus station this afternoon. there's no word yet on what caused the crash, all the injuries are said though to be minor. >>> the san jose police department is now alerting thousands of people about a new policy that's already making some residents a little nervous. new at 6:00, ktvu's robert handa live in san jose to tell us why officers may not respond to fire alarms. >> reporter: starting tomorrow, dozens of homeowners and business will be getting this flier alerting them that in essence if their burglar alarm goes off, officers may not necessarily show up. there are a lot of different burglar alarm systems set up in homes and businesses, the san jose police department is now sending out thousands of mailers telling homeowners and business owners officers will not respond to alarms where there is no ve

. >>> a missing 17-year-old girl from sassoon city has been requited with her family. cristina almansa was located in a home in vallejo. at this point police are saying they don't believe any crime was committed. two other people found in the house were questioned but have not been arrested. almansa disappeared on wednesday. her family received a voice mail saying she was being held captive by several men. >>> police come together to talk about the dangers of handguns. the peace march comes after a 2- year-old boy died after being shot in the head. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: when 1-year-old harum lawrence was taken off life support here at children's and pronounced dead at 3:05 this afternoon he became oakland's 97th homicide victim of this year. hyrum's mother emergeed from the hospital late this afternoon surrounded by relatives and religious leaders. >> this shooting, it needs to end. i shouldn't have to lose my baby to a gunshot. >> reporter: hyrum was among seven people shot in a gun battle might be gang related. we learned a woman and teenage boy were

. >>> authorities have now put a price tag on a sassoon city girl's false report that she had been abductedpolice say they spend more than $30,000 trying to find cristina almanza after she texted a relative she was being held against her will. officers later found almanza safe at a home in vallejo. the $30,000 included the cost of personnel and equipment used in the search. almanz a has been charged with filing a false abduction report. >>> karen laginski works for the court of appeals, the federal government denied her spousal filing. a lawyer joined with their attorney in arguing that that is unconstitutional. >>> a day after the republican iowa debate, michelle bachmann made her way across the state by bus. the minnesota representative is lagging in the polls. she stopped at a family restaurant where she told supporters she's the only candidate that can take on barack obama. >> they launched barack obama, now we can connect that misjudgment and we can put into place the candidate that's going to take out barack obama as the next president of the united states. >> reporter: the iowa caucu

. >>> a missing 17-year-old girl from sassoon city has been requited with her family. cristina almansa was located in a home in vallejo. at this point police are saying they don't believe any crime was committed. two other people found in the house were questioned but have not been arrested. almansa disappeared on wednesday. her family received a voice mail saying she was being held captive by several men. >>> police come together to talk about the dangers of handguns. the peace march comes after a 2- year-old boy died after being shot in the head. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: when 1-year-old harum lawrence was taken off life support here at children's and pronounced dead at 3:05 this afternoon he became oakland's 97th homicide victim of this year. hyrum's mother emergeed from the hospital late this afternoon surrounded by relatives and religious leaders. >> this shooting, it needs to end. i shouldn't have to lose my baby to a gunshot. >> reporter: hyrum was among seven people shot in a gun battle might be gang related. we learned a woman and teenage boy were

right now the units are on scene from cordelia, sassoon city all here to bolster the vallejo fire department. they've been cut in half by budget cuts. firefighters will likely stay through the night to make sure there are no hot spots and make sure nothing pops up through the night. >>> house republicans gave in to the senate. >> it might not have been politically the smartest thing in the world. but i make our members wage the good fight. >> reporter: speaker john boehner has resisted a short term solution and that's just what he agreed to today. boehner announced the deal that will temporarily extend those tax cuts while congress works out a long term solution. earlier today the president had mocked republicans for failing to act. >> how can we not get that done? i mean has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can't do it? >> reporter: the house and senate could approve that legislation as early as tomorrow by a simple voice vote. >>> we continue to follow developing news, traffic is beginning to move again in the key traffic rout in the bay area alon

. >>> police say a teenager from sassoon city has said that she lied about being kidnapped. she lied so that her family would be so relieved to see her they would not be upset about her being pregnant. >>> there's no doubt about the fact that if centers are not doing background checks, not just initially but also repeat background checks over a period of time the kids are more at risk. >> other findings included a machete near a play area and chemicals assessable to children. head start is the name of a federal program helping to prepare children from low income neighborhoods from school. child advocates say the findings are more concerned about the fact that 90% of the center's audited did not comply to background checks on instructors. >> may be true that a background check will not pick up every single possible individual who might have a concern in history. but if you don't know that you certainly won't know it and we do know that background checks do screen out routinely interested individuals that have criminal background checks. >>> some of the facilities found have v

police in sassoon city say it appears no crime was ever committed and no arrests have been made.ossibility that almanza could be held responsible for the cost of search. coming up on "today in the bay," oakland could soon be losing the a's. what the mayor and city leaders are trying to do to keep the teams in their town. all the day's news coming up in 30 minutes right here at 7:00. "today in the bay" starts in 30 minutes. >>> it's saturday morning, december 10th, 2011 is. it's hard to believe, but christmas eve is just two weeks away. but you know what? no one here seems to be stressing out about getting those last minute gifts here today at the beautiful rock center christmas tree. say hello to our friends and families back home. we want to thank everyone from coming out on our plaza this morning and joining us. and i know something, lester, that you worry about pretty much every day. finding a way to stay healthier and shinier. >> i actually do. >> really? >> i actually do, you know? >> well, we've got a new waef of products that have been sold over-the-counter. they claim to