the flames broke out around 2:00 this afternoon in an unoccupied townhouse. numerous neighbors tell me that the person or people who had been living there had been recently evicted and investigators are trying to determine, does that have anything to do with how this fire started in that's cell phone video -- shot that video, and you can see that the flames are just incredible, shooting up into the sky as well as some trees. now one townhouse, where it started, it spread to a second townhouse, that townhouse was also unoccupied, but there was a third townhouse that was also damaged, fortunately the people who lived there were able to get out okay. let's hear now from the young man who shot that cell phone video. >> we came up and saw the whole house on fire, the tree caught on fire, then the whole back is gone. >> the house was very, very well involved when we got here and the 911 calls confirmed that as we were on our way, the townhouse is well involved in fire. >> so investigators are still here on the scene, interviewing neighbors and witnesses trying to f

. >> it's just triggered on an unoccupied vehicle. turn around and take a look what we've got here. >> the unoccupied vehicle was a stolen nissan sentra caught by the high-speed infrared camera, a series of computer algorithims identified the vehicle's license plate and checked it against a database of wanted cars all in a matter of seconds. >> license plate reader keeps track of a lot of the information that the vehicle was indeed stolen when the vehicle was reported stolen, when we located the vehicle. center. >> these cameras scan several hundred to a thousand plates an hour. much more than an officer could do in a shift. multiplier. >> captain ursey joiner, iii has been with the police department 23 years. >> we are an agency back in 2010 had 830 sworn police officers. right now, we are hover be around 614 and it's not getting better in the near future. i do have to be more efficient and technology is definitely going to be the key now and moving forward. >> what if you have outstanding parking tickets, say, or speeding violations

police say pak and gomez held several parties with heavy alcohol and drug use at the unoccupied home. on march 16th, three of the juvenile partiers started a fire at the home they were unable to put out. the investigation is ongoing and police say they expect more arrests to come. san francisco police get a break in the case of a deadly hit and run that killed an elderly woman last week. today investigators announced they've found the white dodge durango involved in the accident. it was parked on the street - in the sunnydale public housing section of san francisco. oi yeung is the 82 year old woman killed by the s-u--v as she was in a crosswalk. people in the neighborhood are pleading for the driver to come forward. police still haven't found the driver. but they're hoping to come up with more clues from the abandoned s-u-v. it's five days into spring -- and we're getting a little more rain in the bay area. this was a beautiful view of the sunset tonight in pacifica.after some showers. kron-4's chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett is here to tells us how much rain to expect overnig

investigators there are still trying to find out what caused the blaze to start at an unoccupied home. it happened around 2 a-m at a one story house on fordham way and sladky avenue. firefighters controlled the flames in about an hour. and no one was injured. but because no one was home at the time. officials are looking into the possibility of foul play. no word yet on the cause of that fire. a somber but hopeful day for the family of missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar. today marked the two year anniversary of lamar's disappearance. dozens gathered to unveil a memorial bench dedicated in her honor at washington high in fremont. sierra attended the school before moving to morgan hill. the teen's family says days like today are hard to get through.and that they still are looking for answers in their daughter's disappearance. 22 year old antolin garcia torres is charged with kidnapping and murder in the case. he pleaded not guilty last month.and will face a trial later this year. but the suns have to up the path to going up to ease in some area80's in some areas. there's a slight wea

process to do and monique but i think you're going to find there are thirty thousand properties unoccupied in san francisco vacant today with the consensus the united states consensus pointed out in 2010 so this is a fabric indication and i'm not guessing how come those houses are not utilized for housing italian-american talking about two or three but thirty thousand not utilized in san francisco. thank you for hearing me out >> thank you. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners new business? any announcements >> so commissioners on new business i apologize for being out of the room with an emergency. i wanted to assure you the long list of new business is underway and we'll be getting back to you on all of that and the only item of new business prior to leah the room was to bring the rfp draft back before the seawall lot 30-dash 2 >> and a prolific update to the commission. >> it triggers along the way for the update. >> okay. >> thank you. >> i move to a adjourn the meeting in memory of the host of the dating program. >> all in favor, say i.

three juveniles started the fire in an unoccupied home on march 16, but could not put it out. investigators found it was used to host large parties with drugs and alcohol for more than a week before the fire. police have since arrested two adults for child endangerment and 12 juveniles for arson, burglary and arson theft. >> 24 bodies have been found in that mudslide in washington state. that includes a navy commander from yolo county where his father still lives. his body was found next to his dog this morning by his brothers who had joined the search. his wife remains missing. rescue crews have been going through muck and debris since the slide hit on saturday. they recovered 16 bodies and located eight more that have not yet been pulled free. >> oh my god. oh my god. oh no, oh no, oh no. >> and cell phone video captured a construction worker plunging from one balcony to another trying to escape an inferno. the man had to stretch out to climb on to a ladder. look at this. he did escape unharmed. and houston firefighters rescued him in the nick of time. it was moments before

three juveniles started the fire at the unoccupied home march 16 and could not put it out. the house was used to host large parties with drugs and alcohol for a week before the fire. two men 18 years old have been arrested and 12 juveniles. >> another round of rain this morning as we told you. mike nicco, your timing is right on. >> we have heavy showers with american canyon and down 80 to vallejo. you may have to deal with ponding through 780 and 80 through downtown vallejo. berkeley will be hit with a light-to-moderate shower. it will clip northern emeryville. we have light rain through the north bay but the low is off to the west. that will bring us the heavy showers this morning and the greatest insurance stability that could produce thunder and small hail. the lows are 150 miles away but it is headed other way at 30 or on miles per hour. maybe fast are than that. what i will look at is our best chance of heavy ran through the commute up until noon and when the low passes it becomes more scattered this afternoon and into the evening. the temperatures are below average m

the car was unoccupied and no one was hurt. it delayed these people in a box. what do you do to help your boredom, you hopearlos mtin n impromptu news man. >> carlos martin reporting from youtube. we're all on the train right now and right now what you are witnessing is a tow truck moving a car from the tracks. thank god nobody got hurt. >> i would say an unofficial organization. interviewing people and talking about their feelings. >> i'm annoyed. >> what bothers you about the situation? >> that it's taking so long. >> we get a nice sense what the people are feeling. >> everybody here is, you know, kind of calm. happy. nobody's gotten out of hand yet. >> she's very excited about being in this video. >> i bet she really thought there was a youtube news. >> it's a long time people are talking about missing their birthdays. >> this guy says today is my birthday. and they all sing to him happy birthday. >> he kept mood light and you have to get an expert so carlos actually gets one of the conductors. >> i just want to see what's going on. >> how are you feeling? >

three juveniles started the fire in an unoccupied home on march 16, but could not put it out. investigators found it was used to host large parties with drugs and alcohol for more than a week before the fire. police have since arrested two adults for child endangerment and 12 juveniles for arson, burglary and arson theft. >> 24 bodies have been found in that mudslide in washington state. that includes a navy commander from yolo county where his father still lives. his body was found next to his dog this morning by his brothers who had joined the search. his wife remains missing. rescue crews have been going through muck and debris since the slide hit on saturday. they recovered 16 bodies and located eight more that have not yet been pulled free. >> oh my god. oh my god. oh no, oh no, oh no. >> and cell phone video captured a construction worker plunging from one balcony to another trying to escape an inferno. the man had to stretch out to climb on to a ladder. look at this. he did escape unharmed. and houston firefighters rescued him in the nick of time. it was moments before

they were part of a group that partied inside the unoccupied house on march 7th. on march 16th three juveniles started a fire inside that home, including items -- to cover up those items. more arrests are expected. >>> the grass isn't greener on the other side. a strange story in san jose. someone is poisoning laws. but the question is why? could it be drought related. most of the homes are on morelandway east of saratoga avenue. >> reporter: it's a weird story and a weird crime. but you have nice lawns here and a bad drought. you have to wonder if someone is mad about the water being used. >> reporter: it's common to see dead lawns during a drought, letting the grass go to conserve water. but in west san jose, someone is prowling around in the dead of night placing some sort of poison on people's front yards. >> we feel violated. herb on this street worked hard to get their lawns as nice as you can see throughout our neighborhood they are. >> reporter: the victims are random, the lawns on one side of the street could be fine. across the street the vandals went to

then, he made her drive a half mile away to an area behind an unoccupied store.ed her shoelaces to tie her wrists, then raped and killed her. he removed items from julie's trunk to make room for her body. elmen drove to the woods where he hid her body under some cardboard. the biological evidence from the attack was embedded in her cotton socks. elmen probably wanted to keep julie's car, but it got stuck in the mud and he had to escape on foot. authorities had plenty of suspicion, but no evidence, to charge elmen with his half-sister's murder. but after 17 years, there was plenty of dna evidence to charge him with julie estes' rape and murder. >> it just was unbelievable that it would be the socks that would hold the true identity of her killer. >> faced with a possible death penalty, elmen decided to plead no contest to julie estes' rape and murder. in return, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. >> how do you feel about everything? >> how do i feel? >> mm-hmm. >> the overall picture? i think this sucks. >> the lesson for criminals w

three juveniles started the fire in an unoccupied home on march 16, but could not put it out. investigators found it was used to host large parties with drugs and alcohol for more than a week before the fire. police have since arrested two adults for child endangerment and 12 juveniles for arson, burglary and arson theft. >> 24 bodies have been found in that mudslide in washington state. that includes a navy commander from yolo county where his father still lives. his body was found next to his dog this morning by his brothers who had joined the search. his wife remains missing. rescue crews have been going through muck and debris since the slide hit on saturday. they recovered 16 bodies and located eight more that have not yet been pulled free. >> oh my god. oh my god. oh no, oh no, oh no. >> and cell phone video captured a construction worker plunging from one balcony to another trying to escape an inferno. the man had to stretch out to climb on to a ladder. look at this. he did escape unharmed. and houston firefighters rescued him in the nick of time. it was moments before

. >> the suspects are looking for unoccupied homes. we know that in this case there appears to be an element of surprise with the victim came home and found someone in her residence. >> san mateo police say the burglar tie the woman up at gunpoint demanded her atm card and left the home several times to make withdrawals from a number of banks. police say he is about 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, medium build with medium length hair with a wave at the end. >> in these photographs it appears the suspect is trying to disguise himself somewhat. so the lower half of his face is obscured however it is a pretty clean picture of the upper part of his face. >> the victim tells police that yesterday afternoon about 24 hours after she initially encountered the suspect he finally said he was leaving for good. after he left she freed herself made to a friends house and called 911. the woman has been checked out at an area hospital and seems to be doing okay. bank customers say they hope this is not an indication of a growing trend. >> it loo

. >>> police are rounding up suspects after an unoccupied house became a teenaged house party twice thists it was a fire that led law enforcement to the home. >> reporter: when this home on fordham way in moin

as far as we know, nobody was hurt here, an unoccupied building under construction. but when it was really going around -- i have lost track when that was, 5:00, 5:30, it was just literally an inferno, just a massive block of wall of flame you could see i don't know how far away. it wa dramatic. >> it was seen from the south bay and across the bridge. it was massive. and it's amazing these firefighters not only their quick work at ucsf the campus there and getting that under control but also just what they have accomplished on the building itself. i mean, compare it to what it looked like an hour ago. it was completely engulfed in this -- in not only flames but this thick, black smoke and now you're seeing the progress, the good side of that white smoke now. >> they did an incredible job. >> we are getting a little more information that doug sovern, kcbs, we appreciate your help down there on the street. if you are just joining us this a wood frame 172-unit building caught fire just before 5 p.m. this is block number 5 they call it. the building is part of a group of

. >>> police are rounding up suspects after an unoccupied house became a teenaged house party twice this month. kpix 5's andria borba reports it was a fire that led law enforcement to the home. >> reporter: when this home on fordham way in mountain view went up in flames what detectives couldn't hear over the fire was the collective, oh- oh! from teenagers all over the city. >> somebody found out that the family was gone and nobody was home at the house. a juvenile broke into the house, decided to have a party. >> reporter: party one was so successful the weekend before, teens from several high schools did it again the next weekend march 16 and that's when the home caught fire. the home is fenced off with a scorched hole in the roof and debris on the front lawn. 14 teenagers, 12 juveniles and these two 18-year-olds, gilbert gomes and brandon pack, are facing charges of burglary, arson, drug possession and even stealing the family's park. a sergeant tells kpix 5 that's just the tip of the iceberg. more arrests are coming. >> as you can imagine, though, as our detectives begin talking to k

and since the home is unoccupied, he is the one that called for help. >> called for 911. on the neighbor's door and went into the house that was on fire. tried to knock on it and see if anyone was in there. no one was in there. and we are very glad about that one. >> reporter: you are looking at the cellphone video he shot shortly after two in the morning. they called out a second alarm and it took a half hour to knock down the flames. the family is on vacation and has been contacted about the fire. back out live. we want to show you the fire started in the right front corner of the home. at this point it is hard to tell. there is a lot of damage. >> there are several officers on scene and they are securing this property. and so fire investigators are able to determine where it is started and they were out-of-town when the fire sparked. >> katie utehs, ktvu news. >>> 24-year-old joseph ahoy and another are facing robbery charges. it shows the men holding up the same 7-11 twice last month. they loaded thousands of dollars on to prepaid gift cards. >>> people have been arre

investigators are still trying to find out what caused a fire at an unoccupied home over the weekend. it happened early sunday morning around two a-m at a one story house on fordham way and sladky avenue. firefighters controlled the no one was injured. but because no one was home at the time, officials are kron-4 spoke with neighbors who say the fire was a scary wake up call. no word yet on the cause of officials say their investigation will continue into today. more than a million people are expected to pack the street's of new york city today for the city's annual st. patrick's day parade. but it's who won't be there that's drawing attention. some video just into our newsroom out of new jersey. as bay area residents headed to the beach this weekend. people of the mid-atlantic are making a treacherous commute after being pelted with snow. parts of west viriginia and virginia could see up to 10 the weather prompted federal offices in the washington area were to close for the day. all runways at reagan airport are closed for not only heavy snow.but gusty only heavy snow.but gusty if ty

because i heard there were some buildings around there that are unoccupied and maybe they were doinge work on it? recognize sew? -- renzo? >> are you there? sound like we lost him. you're looking live pictures, live pictures from the vicinity of 114th street and park avenue. reports of an explosion and a partial building collapse and a very serious fire still to be in progress. metro-north has suspended service in that area. met know north, new haven lines affected. carrie drew is with us now. >> do you have any new information. >> we're following what happened on twitter. eyewitness accounts -- bill: those are our colleagues, greg kelly on the local fox 5 affiliate. we want to move to wabc this appears to be a much closer street shot. this is what the eyewitness was describing. seems like half the building came down. this is what we know now. associated press has it this way. fire department a major emergency response in east harlem. this would be on the outer edge of central park toward the northern part of the island of manhattan. fire department of new york says it received repor

looked at the town website and i saw a note in the zoning records that said this house has been unoccupied since the owner bought it in 1951. and that didn't seem possible. so i went over the next eight to in the caretaker asked me, you know, i'm not seeing any clark members of the family. i get paid by the lawyer every month. her lawyer in new york sent me a check. no one's ever lived here, there's no furniture in the house or to take care of it. it seemed more like a bird sanctuary. and as i was leaving he said has to question. do you supposed to spend that all of these years? [laughter] well, i did not know. but it turned out that this was not her niceness empty house and she had a nicer house in california in santa barbara close to $100 million overlooking the pacific that she last visited in the 1950s and the legend was that partners were still at work and that the cars were untouched in the garage and i didn't believe that. but in the book you can see a picture of the cadillac limousine and the oldsmobile convertible booklet license plates with a 1949. and she had 50,000 square feet

if he refuses to unoccupy the one he's already invaded, are the united states and other world leaders willing to do anything further in terms of continuing to put pressure on russia's economy? would there be an effort to sanction russian oil and gas companies? will there be an international effort to stop russian oil and gas companies from being able to sell around the world? so far, president obama has announced targeted sanctions and travel bans against 27 individuals and run russian bank. as president, he can take unilateral action that way. he can issue sanctions, punish russia without the help of congress. in order to spend money on this conflict, in order to aid, for example, the fledgling ukrainian government, to show america's support for ukraine financially, president obama can't do that side of it on his own. for that he needs congress. and tonight congress did act. the u.s. senate voted overwhe overwhelmingly tonight to begin the process to advance to billion dollar package of aid to ukraine. what happens next here? what is the next step in this conflict economically? what

. >>> teenagers broke into an unoccupied mountain view home to throw a raging party and now cops have a warning for those in attendance. officers say turn yourself in or expect an officer with a warrant to knock on your door shortly. they have already arrested 14 teens. 12 are juveniles. two are 18. the parties happened earlier this month at the family's house while they were on vacation. >> somebody found out that the family was gone and nobody was home at the house. a juvenile broke into the house, decided to have a party. >> homeowner's car was also stolen but it's been recovered. police say the parties in the middle of the night were very loud but no one in the neighborhood of a multi-million dollar neighborhood homes there called to explain about the noise or all the parking. >>> palo alto police hope you recognize two men who were caught on camera ransacking a house. this picture is from the house that was broken into on monday. the owner took it from her video surveillance system. you can see at least two men inside. police surrounded the home after the break-in monday night. a

. >>> teenagers are accused of breaking into an unoccupied mountain view home to throw raging parties police have a warning for those who were there when the house caught fire. they say, turn yourself in or expect an officer with a warrant to knock on your door. they have already arrested 14 teenagers. 12 juveniles and two 18-year- olds. the parties happened this month at a family's home while they were out of town. >> somebody found out that the family was gone and that nobody was home at the house. -- a juvenile broke into the house, decided to have a party. >> police wonder why they didn't hear from neighbors about the noisy parties. >>> i'm kiet do with a follow- up report on san jose's bikini bars. it's an issue that we have been covering for years. and the situation is getting a little better. that's coming up in a live report. >> all right, kiet. and the market opened up a few minutes ago. take a look at the early numbers. and so far, out of the gate, in a positive way, up nearly 70 points. crunch the numbers much more with kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks coming up

four five or six families, and one of the daughters chasing down the hallway, in the bathroom is unoccupied. and i will work 20 hours a day in all of the kitchens in chicago, strap my baby on my back and scrub all the floors in america and all the sheets in america if i have to. we have got to get out of here. they move to a white neighborhood and challenged incredible violence. the united states, home is nearly synonymous with the idea of equality, upward mobility and freedom, and although everyone knows it, there is probably no more contested a word in the entire boeing which language as law professor anita hill right about the housing crisis, she writes at the heart of the crisis, an ideological disconnect between home as a basic element of the american dream and halfway to eat quality and home as a market product. what is going to happen to our homes and what is happening since 2007 when the housing crisis century since late 2007, and plunged the country and the world's into disaster. a lot about the numbers of the crisis. we let a lot about the amount that evaporated overnight, but a l

police say pak and gomez held several parties with heavy alcohol and drug use at the unoccupied home. on march 16th, three of the juvenile partiers started a fire at the home they were unable to put out. the investigation is ongoing and police say they expect more arrests to come. friends and family of community activist alejandro nieto interrupt san francisco's police chief at a community meeting tuesday night. he was trying to explain why his officers shot and killed nieto friday at bernal heights park. kron-4's alecia reid has more. when they told alex to show his hand they say hands then pulled his taser out his holster and pointed it at them. in fear of their lives chief sir said officers fired at alex. he was it multiple times and died at the scene. for hours of residents vented their frustration towards sfpd. >>: please let me finish >>: i'm not implying anything. >>: when the chiefs started mentioning mental health issues the crowd went wild. he was then very careful when talking about the restraining order alex had against him. now all throughout the meeting the community can

investigators are still trying to find out what caused a fire at an unoccupied home over the weekend. will have details after the break. happy st. patrick's day. 14 is the time. more than a million people are expected to pack the street's of new york city today for the city's annual st. patrick's day parade. but it's who won't be there that's drawing attention. ed payne reports. sunday beer maker dennis said it was dropping its sponsorship of the parade. an announcement came just after heineken says it too was pulling its support for it and the beer makers aren't the only high-profile absentees. last month mayor bill defazio and new york city council says they will boycott the parade. according to the new york times, the bastille is the first mayor to skip the parade in more than two decades. gay-rights groups are applauding but some of new york's religious leaders have expressed outrage over the map merrill snub. >>: they're trying to shove the gay agenda down our throats with the help of people like the bastille. if a sentiment armorican from public officials and cities throughout t

. >> if you had it up there for 36 months unoccupied, the ammonia that was annt out, emergency. that was a contingency for which we had to do a contingency spacewalk. if there is no crew, that doesn't get done. you talk about leverage. everyone is excited because the russians have leverage on transportation. when you talk about navigation, communications, power, the united states has significant leverage. >> i am so sorry. i just looked at the clock. i was having fun here. thank you for your patience. >> great question. >> we welcome the gentleman from new york. >> there is nothing wrong with .aving fun >> around here there is. >> i question surrounds the chart you have already shown and andn exploration roadmap the authorization bills in the senate and the house as well as that we needvirgin -- minority version that we need to help us. this does not address the requirements for the surface of the proficiencies the house version asked for. it doesn't include information on plan intermediate destinations or potential risk of emigration approach is required by the bill. it does no

. >> the fire started in an unoccupied structure. we want to cover all bases. standard procedure for us. we work with the police department on any of these types of incidents. >> reporter: still poking through the scene, still searching for a cause to the fire. mountain view firefighters knocked down the flames 40 minutes earlier this morning but many of the rooms inside are completely damaged by the flames. the good news is no one was injured in the fire but investigators need to determine where the fire started and why and investigators tell me in order to do that, they will likely be here for a good portion of the day. >> that is mike pelton reporting live from mountain view. >>> alameda county sheriff detectives are looking for the husband of a woman whose body was found in her castro valley home. investigators considering 46- year-old lee a person of interest. there is a history of domestic violence reported from the house. it appears that the latest incident resulted in the murder of the 46-year-old. officials say the couple's 14- year-old found her mothe

lack of affordable housing for the dispossessed and the poor, and yet there are thousands of empty unoccupiedhomes like this all over ireland, which apparently nobody wants. never again the issue government said would it repeat the mistakes of the past, which destroy so much. is that no longer true? >> we do not and never will get to a situation where it's the property openers and the developers who lead in terms of where we build houses. it's about the community, not the developers. >> banks can refuse to lend to citizens, foreign speculators inflate the housing market leaving houses unaffordable. the question is whether the government can stop this happening all over again. >> researchers say two out of every five 20 somethings in ireland live with their parents because they can't afford to move out. >> in argentina 3 million students are headed back to school when a walk out by teachers come to an end. they agree it a pay raise of 30%. the union rejected a proposal saying it was not enough to combat inflation. teachers return to the classrooms and the strike is on. >> local elections with

. >> it cannot set up their unoccupied. the ammonia pump that went out, that was an emergency. that was a contingency for which we had to do a contingency spacewalk. if there is no crew, that doesn't get done. >> for maintenance, you constantly keep it -- >> >> you talk about leverage. everyone is excited because the russians have leverage on transportation. when you talk about navigation, communications, power, the united states has significant leverage. >> mr. chairman, i am so sorry. i just looked at the clock. i was having fun here. thank you for your patience. >> great question. >> we now recognize the gentleman from new york. >> there is nothing wrong with having fun. >> around here there is. >> general bolden, my question surrounds the chart you have already shown and human exploration roadmap in both the authorization bills in the senate and the house as well as the majority's version that we need to help us. this does not address the requirements for the surface of tos or the omission set demonstrate the proficiencies the house version asked for. it doesn't include inf