her seven-year-old granddaughter was uninjured, but was trapped and had to be rescued. we do have a reporter headed there and will have more on this story tonight at five and six. >>> now to the other aftermath of the wet winter storm which blew its way through the bay area. we do have coverage for you this morning. wind and mud are cause caking big problems on the coast, but we begin with jade hernandez checking out all the storm damage around the bay area. good afternoon, jade. >>reporter: good afternoon. the skies may be clear, but there are still trouble spots here in the bay area. we just got off the phone with a spokesman, and heavy winds are still taking trees down and causing residents problems.. >> it can be dangerous. it takes a little longer. >>reporter: the supervisor answered his phone around to 30 this morning and came out to this area fully expecting to spend the rest of the morning in the rain. that type of work continues in various parts of the bay area. our camera traveled south to saratoga where on highway 9 near redwood gulch there was a power line t

he was uninjured.nd most of the people we deal with are injured or worse. >> this is how the daring rescue ended a relieved hiker coming over the edge in mason county. the sheriff's department taking these photos of the dangerous rope rescue, which started unfolding just after 2:00, and sky king was overhead in minutes. you can see the young man on a rock in the middle of the snokomish river. some 400 feet above him, the bridge deck and safety. it would be hours before he was hoisted up in a risky rescue. >> it was hazardous for them and hazardous for him having been brought back up the same rope. >> a canyon known for people getting into trouble. >> it's a closed area. it's very dangerous, very steep. it's very slick. one wrong move and you can find yourself on the bottom. >> firefighters are all credited with the successful operation. the hiker in his 20s from olympia walked away without a scratch. >> the area is closed to the public. that young man along with his friends who he was hiking with will

. >> about a dozen uninjured skiers spent about an hour on the lift until they were rescued. the lift was shut down earlier in the day because of strong winds in the area but was determined later to be safe. >>> police are investigating a robbery at a marijuana grow allows in san jose. two people were wounded one of them an officers. elizabeth wenger reports. >> reporter: police say the complicated chain of events started as a home invasion robbery at this house on a dead end of locust street in downtown san jose at 11 p.m. tuesday night. police say it is a marijuana grow house. >> very quiet around here, unexpected. >> reporter: a neighbor who didn't want his face on camera woke up to police everywhere. >> we woke up in the morning here to all this commotion and now it makes it feel like something even bigger, you know, since this has been going on all night. >> reporter: police say the robbery victims called 911 but the suspects fled. in another indent two men were arrested by san jose police not far away. minutes later also nearby, at first and reed, police spotted another

carroll was able to walk off the field uninjured. he apologized to carroll and jets owner woody johnson saying he was relieved nobody was hurt and he simply was not thinking. that guy should be suspended for the bone head play of the week. >>> the professional dc sporting landscape has taken a hit. the skins lost four straight at home. the wizards and clippers are the only team in the nba without a road win and now the caps, our go-to team in the market have dropped six straight. what in the wide wide world of sports is going on. caps already in a -0 hole. the rangers third goal in 3 minutes and 81 seconds. later in the second, ove with a check on girardi who is floe slow to get up and that led to him in the second fight of his career taking on davini can the caps fall to the rangers. their sixth consecutive lost and the most ever under bruce boudreau. >> we so to fix it. we have to fix it soon. we have had the buildup of points and they have gone away. so it's now time to turn it around and get back on track. >> vikings quarterback

amazingly firefighters escaped uninjured given the freezing cold conditions. they've been walking on ice out here. here is what we can tell you what happened. it was around 7:00 when a fire started on the exterior building of the townhouse behind me. it was towards the garage level. it spread up three floors and went to two separate buildings on either side. so you had a number of families that were displaced. they say because it spread on the exterior, it actually by passed the sprinkler system and that caused even more problems. of course fighting flames in the freezing cold caused major ice and put a lot of people out in the cold, including one woman who we met who actually is the homeowner of the house that caught on fire. thankfully she was not inside when it started. >> it's treacherous to walk back there and i'm homeless. i don't have any place to live. i have my neighbor here with me right beside me. she and her husband. they have been just great and i'm sure they'll be able to help me. the fire department did say i could stay at the hotel tonight, and

she saw the smoke and the fire, ran, grabbed her four children, and they got out alive and uninjured. the red cross is out here right now as they usually are at scenes such as this taking care of that woman and her four children. but we have five people injured, two to their lower leg and the other three in very critical condition after being trapped by the fire. live in east oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. 5:01 now. you saw the way terry was bundled up there. it's very cold outside this morning. no rain yet. here's lisa argen with the forecast. >> temperatures dropped quickly overnight. 33 napa, 37 redwood city. the warm spots along the coast, san francisco, half moon bay and 32 the livermore valley. still winds up in the higher elevations over the bridges and overpasses. elsewhere with the calm winds, temperatures allowed to drop quickly as 20 degrees cooler by the delta, 15 degrees cooler than yesterday in the south bay. there is a chance of an isolated shower today but we will see more sunshine. basically a partly cloudy sky and the best chance

the driver does appear to be uninjured. but a tow truck right now is heading to the scene.e are not seeing any big delays yet so we're unsure about lanes blocked in the area. southbound 101 towards the 580 interchange looks good down towards the waldo grade and the golden gate bridge. traffic very light right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on but you never really know it. just backed up slightly in a few of the cash lanes. back to you. >> thank you. someone is take an extra long weekend, elizabeth. thank you very much. >>> a quick programming note. "early edition" this show will be starting at 4:30 next

they were uninjured and now being put up in a hotel by the red cross.he big question at this point is how did this fire start? that's the big question. oakland police have their investigator on scene. oakland fire has their arson investigator also out here trying to get to the bottom. we are told nothing looks suspicious but they're taking a much closer look. fire official arrived on scene. we're hoping to talk to her. we'll keep you updated here on the morning news. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oakland police are investigating after an officer shot and killed a woman suspected of driving a stolen car. police say it started around 10:30 last night when they spotted two suspected car thieves in san leandro. the suspects led police on a high speed chase that ended in oakland. police opened fire on the suspects. one of them died. the other was injured. >>> we're following some developing news out of vallejo right now. there is word about a possible oil spill. this is near columbus parkway and lake herman road. chopper 2 flew over the area within

as for the driver of that minivan, he was uninjured but shaken up, you might imagine.news in hialeah, florida. >> our thanks to ross palumbo. >>> there is a new twist this morning in the murder of veteran hollywood publicist ronni chasen. police say they were serving a warrant last night on a person of interest in the case. when they arrived at his apartment he shot himself to death. so far police have not identified the man or his possible connection to the case. chasen was gunned down two weeks ago, driving to her beverly hills home. >>> kidnap victim elizabeth smart stormed out of the courtroom as a psychiatrist was on the stand yesterday. the doctor testified that her alleged attacker was motivated by a desire to have children and create a new race in an imaginary zion. he said that brian david mitchell suffers from psychotic illness. prosecutors believe mitchell is faking mental illness. >>> despite all those security crackdowns the u.s. is now facing a growing threat from homegrown terrorists who could successfully kill americans. that is the dire warning from mi

of the clinicians could not believe in such a severe crash, that she was actually on injured -- uninjured. however, first sibling sitting next to her in the center rear was a seven-year-old, wore a lap belts only, should have been in a booster seat and had a spectrum of injuries -- brain injury, skull fracture, lumbar fracture and a nominal injury. in the same crash severity the difference between a child using best practice versus not really resulted in a dichotomy of outcomes. i heard this from mr. sinclair and i want to reemphasize, we have achieved success as a around child passenger safety. the numbers have gone down. but we should not be complacent with that success. we have not cured the disease of pediatric motor vehicle injury. and it is a healthcare problem in addition to being a traffic safety problem. there are future challenges that we know and there are future challenges that we don't know. to the vehicles' safety and traffic safety is changing rapidly. we have vehicle manufacturers and child restraints manufacturers will continue to innovate. there are wonderful new technol