the middle field road through this part of unincorporated city is back open to traffic this morning. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all right, alex, as soon as it is safe, they will be looking for people inside of a burning building in san jose. the building is being used by a group of homeless people and not everybody may have got end out on time. one woman said they used small camping serve but she doesn't think it was what started the fear. the building has been vacant since 1994 and we are told 25 to 30 people were living there. some people had been living there for years and some had turned it into their areas for private apartments, at first it was chaos trying to get everybody out of the building. >> one girl who lived upstairs started screaming fire, fire and then we saw the smoke and everybody just panicked and we all just tried to make sure everybody was out and we tried to get all the dogs out. the woman told us everybody made it out but they can't be sure because the wallels and ceilings collapsed. there are reports the fire was started intentionally. >>> an

sheriff he's deputies are investigating a homicide it in pinole on cornelius drive in an unincorporated part of the city officials have not released the name, age or gender of the victim. they won't confirm whether the person lived at the home. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. >>> at emeryville plan charged with murder in an alleged drunk driving accident that took the life after union city marine will be back in court today. 23-year-old alexander yawn downed several whiskeys before getting behind the wheel last week. in addition to murder he's charged with vehicular manslaughter and hit and run, being held without bail. accident killed 23-year-old marine lance corporal andrew silva who was riding his psyche from fremont. he'd just returned from a you are tour of duty in afghanistan. visitation will be held for andrew today from 4:00 to 10:00 in union city at st. ann's catholic church. >>> a $7,500 reward is being offered this morning to help police find the man who sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl near her oakland elementary school. just after 3:00 friday afternoon at bella

here is what it looked like, it happened along middle felted road and this is in an unincorporated part of redwood city. the victim may have been drinking before he cross -- crossed the street. chp sergeant told me the driver did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and investigators done think that driver was speeding. >> he just had nowhere to go, just showed up and struck a victim. they cannot say where he from and and middle view will be back at 5:00. >>> there is a new problem on the bay bridge is a span. rust. rust has been found on steel strands and rods that have been found and the chamber is sue posted to keep warm the the rogues. some wells could crack. they did not fit togetherth exact and they are welding sections together while design engineers are not worried, they were concerned about frequency of repairs. they said the risk of cracking is remove. >>> and a 16-year-old told stabbed 2 student and a security guard last week. the high school has been closed since then and students and their families will be allowed to visit tomorrow but but the stabbing suspect is due ba

deputies will likely patrol near county borders like transit lines and unincorporated parts of the city. >>> a witness needs to come forward tonight. a woman who may have witnessed the sexual assault in a public park. deborah at gabrielson park. >> investigators say a woman was lourdes in to was lured by --s lured by meeting for drinks by a man offering to help her get a job. >> reporter: a woman says she's been raped and has locked herself in, pleading for police to come. waiting outside the door, her alleged attacker who was arrested without even realizing she's on the phone. >> we're still interviewing him at this point to find out if we can even get what his thought process was at the time. >> reporter: police say this nearby park was the scene of the rape, just after dark last friday. a 51-year-old man identified as diego rodriguez allegedly coaxed the woman to meet him in sausalito. >> he had mentioned to her that he might be able to get her a job where he worked. >> reporter: police say they spent a few hours downtown together. >> he'd asked her if they could go have some drinks,

the body was discovered yesterday afternoon inside a home on cornelius drive in an unincorporated part of the cityer of the victim, nor how the person died. they won't confirm yet whether the person lived at the home. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. >>> an emeryville man charged with murder in an alleged drunk driving accident that took the life after union city marine will be back in court today. police say 23-year-old alexander yawn downed several whiskeys before getting behind the wheel last week. in addition to murder, he's charged with vehicular manslaughter and hit and run. he's being held without bail. >>> the accident killed 23-year-old marine lance corporal andrew silva who was riding his motorcycle through fremont. he's just returned from a tour of afghanistan. visitation will be held for andrew today from 4:00 to 10:00 in union city at st. ann's catholic church. a public service held friday at the chapel of the chimes in hayward. >>> a $7,500 reward is being offered this morning to help police find the man who sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl near h

deputies will likely patrol near county borders like transit lines and unincorporated parts of the city. >>> a witness needs to come forward tonight. a woman who may have witnessed the sexual assault in a public park. deborah at gabrielson park. >> investigators say a woman was lourdes in to was lured by --s lured by meeting for drinks by a man offering to help her get a job. >> reporter: a woman says she's been raped and has locked herself in, pleading for police to come. waiting outside the door, her alleged attacker who was arrested without even realizing she's on the phone. >> we're still interviewing him at this point to find out if we can even get what his thought process was at the time. >> reporter: police say this nearby park was the scene of the rape, just after dark last friday. a 51-year-old man identified as diego rodriguez allegedly coaxed the woman to meet him in sausalito. >> he had mentioned to her that he might be able to get her a job where he worked. >> reporter: police say they spent a few hours downtown together. >> he'd asked her if they could go have some drinks,

the area they're hoping to turn to a new city is currently unincorporated. e proposed city of st. george. you see it in baton rouge. the new city would look vastly different than the capitol. st. george would be 70% whited compared with neighboring baton rouge. and st. george would have a median income $32,000 higher than baton rouge. this at a time when east baton rouge parish is becoming increasingly diversed. the black population in east baton rouge parish rose 6%. some of the changes due to an influx after hurricane kraet, which more than doubled the city's population in the days immediately after the storm. but that is not the reason that st. george supporters cite for why they want a new city. for supporters it often boils down to schools. the fs proposed after two failed attempts to create an independent school district for the area. and the way the parish is currently being governed, particularly regarding the education system. becoming their own city would allow them to exit a school system they see as struggling and almost certainly result in more s

funny thing is the city hayward offers 1 bulk item pickup per year so this stuff should never been on the streets, another issue some parts of hayward like cherryland are unincorporated hayward they are under the castro valley sanitary district they also offer one bulk pick up yearly >> reporter:oh and the pick- ups are free just as long as you follow the rules nats: ambiance >> reporter:however the just leaving dumped items out on the sidewalk is heavyily frowned upon and is illegal not to mention how it makes the neighborhood look >> reporter:not all illegal dumping is plainly visible onm this ally just off e -14 th street just past these ankle biters discarded furniture and car parts a few feet away even on private property just a few feet away from the hayward downtown sign more trash and a mattress while you can't expect a city to look like paradise, we need to look for ways to keep it clean or at least reasonably clean in hayward, stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: excitement leads to despair among many berkeley residents. when they learn a beloved fast food chain opening up shop in their neighborhood. is a hoax! >> pam: grant has that sto

city officials have been out all week. jr stone, kron4 news. >>> three people hurt after a head-on collision on san pablo dam road in unincorporated orinda. this is video of the scene from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. you can see the two vehicles involve on these tow trucks. police say one person is in critical condition tonight. two others are still in the hospital. their condition is not known at this hour. >>> a rainy day and a rainy evening across the bay area. this is a live look from our camera atop mount tam pal my just. it's very -- tamal pius. it's very wet. we need the rain. i'm not gonna complain. we need this rain. >> we did see a decent amount of rain anywhere between .25 and .5. we'll see more but not that much more. as we look live from the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see the wet pavement there because we do have a shower moving through. we're still dealing with these spotty showers. you can see some of them are heavier with the yellow on the screen independent can'ting heavier rainfall. also start in oakland. now we're seeing more moderate rain in alameda, san leandro. we're seeing light urshowers in walnut cr