claudine wong is there to tell us why this is such a hard fire to put out, claudine wong? >> let me show you what is behind me, because in the last half hour you can see fire on actually both sides of the roof line within the last 10 minutes we cut through into the garage and we were able to see fire there as well. you can see the fire in this house and this is the 1,400 block of bethel island and this is the second house to burn. there is no other fire to fight. the water they are using is coming from water tenders which are parked along this roadway and from a levee which is behind this house because there are no hydrants out here on bethel island. the other issue was the power line. you can see wires that are down and those wires are now dead because pg&e had to come and turn them off but it took awhile to do that and he said it certainly did not make the fire fight any easier. >> power lines were dropped down hampering the fire operation. >> you had to pull back completely? >> we didn't pull back completely, we had to readjust some lines. >> reporter: another thing tha

wong doesn't want to go. how do you feel, mr. wong? >> translator: they force us out.a place to stay. he's been here for 30 years. nothing has ever happened. it's safe. >> but you see, mr. wong, look up. this, the sprinklers cannot get through here. this is what the fire department told me they're worried about. some say the landlord, donald lee, wants to see them evicted so he can rent for more money. >> do you think you keep this place up in adequate shape that's good for the resident sths. >> yes, i do. i warn them. they are not listening. they do whatever they like. >> the people who live here are generally the lowest paid workers. our invisible workforce in the city. people do not choose to live in a single room. and are here by default, but have made a community. >> a community that in the past they have fought to keep. the residents here were evicted in 2008, also after a safety inspection. after protests and a lawsuit, they were allowed back in. will you fight again to get back in here? >> translator: yes, he wants to come back and live here again. if he doesn'

claudine wong channel 2 news. >> we have more on leon panetta and pamela harris are both expected to speak at the memorial today and they will sing arms wide open by the group creed. governor jerry brown is expected to attend but will not be making comments. mornings on 2 will have more beginning at 8 5:00 and the public am memorial starts at 11:00 with that memorial service at noon. >>> a major hit-and-run happened on 101 north of the great parkway. they rear-ended a pickup truck and the truck driver suffered major head trauma. the suspect took off and a santa clara police officer was able to tracker down. she now faces dui charges. diana was killed at a cat haven, five miles east of fresno. she was found inside the lion enclosure 12:30 afternoon. she had been attacked and she was volunteering at the park. yesterday we spoke to her father at the phone and he said his daughter gave him a tour of the park new year's day. >> i got to meet him and that place said you couldn't go into the i can't and she was pretty disappointed. >> couse couse was investigating and they are investigating

claudine wong is there to tell us why this is such a hard fire to put out, claudine wong? >> let me show you what is behind me, because in the last half hour you can see fire on actually both sides of the roof line within the last 10 minutes we cut through into the garage and we were able to see fire there as well. you can see the fire in this house and this is the 1,400 block of bethel island and this is the second house to burn. there is no other fire to fight. the water they are using is coming from water tenders

wood. >>> howard wong with muni.com. a supplemental letter from our attorneys libby [speaker not understood], were delivered later. * i'm providing three additional copies for your reference. as described in the three legal letters dated february 5th, february 14th, and february 19th, the pagoda theater requires a supplemental e-i-r and there are legal requirements for the special use district and continual conditional use authorization before the lease should be authorized. save muni's goal in this regard is only to protect all of the north beach businesses that could be affected because the pagoda lease does not affect -- does not change the fact that some businesses will be possibly put out of business. as an architect, i have worked on many complex projects for the city and in particular the letter from the geotechnical engineer, lawrence carp who is very highly regarded does have very substantive merit. the groundwater being 6 to 8 feet below the street, foundations of adjacent buildings, some which are historic, no

. >> wong. >> no. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> no. >> maufaus. >> no. >> murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> yes. >> four ayes. noe. now we will have roll call on establishing the order of seniority for those with employees with the same day of service. >> ly, yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. maufas yes. >> wynns, aye. >> nor. >> seven ayes. >> roll call on reduction of para professionals. >> ly. >> no. >> wong. >> no. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> no. >> muf in >> no. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> norton. >> yes. >> four ayes. >> roll call, on the resolution regarding reduction in the number of early education department employees. >> it was five ayes. i am sorry. >> thank you >> roll call on the last resolution. >> thank you. >> ly in >> no >> wong. >> no. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> no. >> maufas. >> no. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> murase. >> aye. >> wao*ins. >> aye. >> norton. >> yes. >> five ayes. >> okay. >> we will actually if i can if there is no disagreement i would like to take item r out of order they are in the audience and

claudine wong is out there.ay is the first official day of spring but we still have rain in parts of the bay area and the forecast calls for light showers on and off through the bay area and it is expected to taper off and will be follow by sunshine and warmer temperatures. >>> president barack obama's first trip to israel and the president will also make trips to the west bank and in jordan while he is in the middle east. >>> police are investigating a driveby shooting that was yards from a school. here is more on what police are saying about the shooting and the area, janeane? >> reporter: we are now the middle school and this area is known by police to be heavy with gang activity and in this drive by, it is unknown if it was gang related but they will look into that. they received 911 calls there were gunshots heard and they found a man between 18 and 20 years old affect by one gunshot. neighbors said a light colored suv drove by and started shooting. they are trying to get a description of that vehicle and a

owner wong provides employment for youth, local residents, new immigrant and low-income families.ong has an esteemed reputation in the community county as a great philanthropist, supporting many of the local non-profit organizations by donating money or gift certificate for fundraising events to organizations such as chinese hospital, chinatown community development center, self-help for the elderly and many others. mr. wong and r & g lounge are truly pillars of the community and the small business commission is pleased to present this honor to this deserving business. congratulations. do you want to say a few word? >> i'm happy, very happy today. i will try do my best. thank you. >> any commissioner comments? >> yes. >> go ahead. >> i just wanted to say i'm a native san franciscan and have been coming to your restaurant for many, many years. my favorite dish is your salt and pepper dish. >> i would like to say it's my favorite restaurant in chinatown and your staff is awesome. like i told you earlier, lucy, who works the lunch shift knows me and she is like my favorite employee t

claudine wong joins us with more -- influence of drugs. claudine wong joins us with more information. >> reporter: this press conference wrapped up in the last 30 minutes. it deals with a new law that would deal with people driving under the influence of drugs. it says current law does not get specific and this law if passed would create a zero- tolerance policy. at the press conference this afternoon was one family and captain bob mcgurry, and his family, a family that says just how important sb-242 was. his son was a chp officer killed in the line of duty. >> about two years in his career. he was on a traffic stop performing a field sobriety test when a drunk driving drove on the shoulder at 78 miles an hour, struck and killed my son. this driver was testified and he tested positive for marijuana. >> reporter: the driver was acquitted when he said the jury could not decide if marijuana actually affected his driving. and he says his son's case is not unusual despite numbers that show 30% of california drivers who died in accidents were ca

michelle wong will follow who also went to stanford camp. so shannon. >> 10,080 amazing minutes with 75 total strangers my own age. seven days of studying /pha*ts and science at a college campus. i have to thank aaw camp for working so hard to send me to tech trek. this has allowed me a once in a lifetime chance that meant the world to me. >> good evening. tech trek. never have i ever been part of such a

claudine wong joins us with more -- influence of drugs. claudine wong joins us with more information. >> reporter: this press conference wrapped up in the last 30 minutes. it deals with a new law that would deal with people driving under the influence of drugs. it says current law does not get specific and this law if passed would create a zero- tolerance policy. at the press conference this afternoon was one family and captain bob mcgurry, and his family, a family that says just how important sb-242 was. his son was a chp officer killed in the line of duty. >> about two years in his career. he was on a traffic stop performing a field sobriety test when a drunk driving drove on the shoulder at 78 miles an hour, struck and killed my son. this driver was testified and he tested positive for marijuana. >> reporter: the driver was acquitted when he said the jury could not decide if marijuana actually affected his driving. and he says his son's case is not unusual despite numbers that show 30% of california drivers who died in accidents were ca

. >> i'm susie wong with the san francisco ministry. i think what concerned me is the amount of alcohol sold. it a big store and the square footage even at 4 percent is still a lot of alcohol. with the changes that you are proposing that walgreen's seemed to agree to, i think i'm willing to support. the one caveat is the transfer, it was a store out of business. it was not take ing away current liquor sale in the tenderloin. the person who bought the license could have put it back in the city anywhere. it's not a strict tenderloin issue. with your suggested change that there is another license taken out of operations, i would like to be sure that it is a license that is in an operation in the tend er lion that would make a difference. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is susan brian i'm with the alliance for better district 6. a lot of these issues have been resolved. i would like to point out that many pharmaceutical and prescription drugs are a danger in combination with these prescriptions. i would talk abo

claudine wong. >> ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:33.s morning a school employee checked the grounds around a san jose middle school where a man was shot last night. the victim was wounded while standing on the sidewalk. ktvu's janine de la vega is live at fischer middle school on hopkins drive with some reaction from a teacher. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. school is about to start here at fischer middle school. we do know from a teacher who works here, that some sort of e- mail was circulated to the teachers, telling them about the drive-buy incident. some of them -- drive-by incident. some of them surprised. a young man was standing on the sidewalk when he was shot last night. it papped just before 8:00. police started to get 911 calls that there was gunfire heard on hopkins drive. officers say a man who appears to be between 18 and 20 was standing near the middle school when a light-colored suv drove by and someone inside started to shoots. the man was rushed hospital. he did survive overnight. police are mon

miss lee, my wong, mr. haney, miss mendoza, miss nor tan. item b. present to the board. >> thank you president norton. good evening. a few comments for tonight. or school site planning was held on march 2. it was very attended. i want to thank everyone that attended. this was an opportunity for everyone to learn about the district's goals moving forward and how to create a plan for how our sites will allocate and use their resources. if you were not able to attend this year's summit, we look forward to seeing you next year. in the meantime, we encourage parents to have a robust conversation about using resources aligned to budget priorities. we also urge you to look at the school's website where the powerpoint presentations talking about the district goals are also going to be posted. i believe they're already posted so we invite you to look there as well. as you know, march is nutrition awareness month. we focus on promoting our wellness policy and promoting nutrition education lessons in diabetes and heart disease. schools can promote healthier ea

the assistant professor at hong kong baptist university thank you very much for your time dr wong my challenge is global today you can largely do you attribute it to its economic prowess but with the growth slowing do you think beijing's influence is under threat. to beijing. expresso the government. used in the movie paul mones shoes they do but people thought it was like you so are you going to government would engage in a number or. so to keep the good number. be incoming president xi jinping is seen as a bit of a reformer do you think he really can make a difference. i think i see it we do a typical it's about how to make the economic growth of things about in other words given the fact that in the past maybe one or two years given of d.p. for most of the imports. exporting to other countries may not be so he thought about the o.t. has to think about how to firdos the mini the local. consumption there is trying to stimulate the domestic consumption to keep. the economic growth in the continuous manner and what about the the military what direction can we expect the armed forces t

michelle wong will follow who also went to stanford camp. so shannon. >> 10,080 amazing minutes with 75 total strangers my own age. seven days of studying /pha*ts and science at a college campus. i have to thank aaw camp for working so hard to send me to tech trek. this has allowed me a once in a lifetime chance that meant the world to me. >> good evening. tech trek. never have i ever been part of such a motivating place. with tech trek i was able to have a push to pursue my interest in science and math. without that push i probably wouldn't have gone to lowel. so my favorite aspect about it is getting around all these other females that are just as motivated about the topics as you. tech trek will get you there. may tech trek motivate and inspire young women across the nation forever more. >> thank you commissioners. now, it is my very great pleasure to call upon the superintendent for our next item. >> thank you president norton. this is always one of my favorite items in our board meetings where we get to talk about our national board cer

>> i was asked to author this with our student delegates, wendy lee and megan wong. it seems that the whole resolution being read in by our student delegates. >> [inaudible] each student with an equal opportunity to succeed by promoting intellectual growth, [inaudible] economic confidence and physical and mental health so that each student can achieve his or her maximum potential and whereas the [inaudible] every student who enrolls in our schools will graduate from high school ready for college and equipped with the skills necessary for 21 century success and whereas students must be educated in a rigorous high school curriculum in order to compete and be conduct /seszful in today's society and whereas the future of san francisco depends on having an educated work force and maintain the vitality of the city. and whereas in accordance with their mission statement in 2008 [inaudible] and whereas a through g courses are the high school courses necessary for students to take and pass to be able to enroll in any university in california and whereas the previous graduatio

. >> miss wong. >> mr. mendoza. please join me to the pledge of allegiance. >> all right, item a, approval of the boards minutes, for the regular meeting of january 8, 2013, could i hear a motion, please? >> so moved. >> second? >> second. >> thank you. >> are there any corrections? >> seeing, none, roll call? >> miss ly. >> yes. >> miss wong. >> yes. >> miss fewer? >> miss mendoza? >> aye. >> miss murase. >> aye. >> miss wynns? >> hao*i. >> mr. mendoza. >> aye. >> superintendent carranza. >> it is hard to believe that we are end of february already and i want to lend my personal praise and support to all of our communities, this week is parent teacher conference week at all of our schools and so i want to encourage you to schedule the time to talk with your child's teacher, and it is time to develop a relationship with your teachers and work for the betterment of our children. it is also physical awareness month and we want to encourage all of our schools to hold events and teach lessons that promote active living.

claudine wong joining us live now.re island to tell us this problem involves dozens of the giant bolts. claudine. >> reporter: that is right. the bolts are anywhere from 9- 17 feet long and crews were in the process of tightening the nuts on them when dozens of them snapped. broke. let me show you where the problem is from our viewpoint on treasure aland. if you take a look at the tower of the new bay bridge span. follow the cable all the way down into the oakland direction where it touches down to the skyway. that is where the bolts are located. i want to give you a look at that location from another viewpoint as well. because we have a graphic from the bay bridge project. if you take a look at the right side of your screen you can see where it says east toward oakland and that pier e-2. that is the location of the problem. basically what the bolts were doing is they connect that pier to the roadway to the suspension cable. just kind of connects all the pieces together. so obviously a pretty important role they are pl

claudine wong. >> ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:33.rning a school employee checked the grounds around a san jose middle school where a man was shot last night. the victim was wounded while standing on the sidewalk. ktvu's janine de la vega is live at fischer middle school on hopkins drive with some reaction from a teacher. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. school is about to start here at fischer middle school. we do know from a teacher who works here, that some sort of e- mail was circulated to the teachers, telling them about the drive-buy incident. some of them -- drive-by incident. some of them surprised. a young man was standing on the sidewalk when he was shot last night. it papped just before 8:00. police started to get 911 calls that there was gunfire heard on hopkins drive. officers say a man who appears to be between 18 and 20 was standing near the middle school when a light-colored suv drove by and someone inside started to shoots. the man was rushed hospital. he did survive overnight. police are monitor

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 6:06. police in berkeley say they made no arrest at is a march protesting the death of a transgender person involved with a clash with police. 75 demonstrators marched to the berkeley police headquarters. it was a month ago police responded to disturbance at a home. that person was described as 347 schizophrenic who apparently died after a violent reaction during that police confrontation. the demonstrators were pretty angry at the police as well as at the news media. some rushed toward a ktvu news camera. >>> san jose police have release the new photos of suspects accused of violently stealing a woman's purse. janine de la vega -- we talked to someone who thinks they might know who the suspects are. >> reporter: we are here near the ray street light station. this is near where the attack happened. i just spoke with a transit security man and he said this year is usually considered safe and there is usually no problems here but police want you to be on the lookout for these two robbery susp

live in lafayette claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:35.are learning more about the criminal history of the gunman who killed santa cruz police detectives. jeremy goulet was charged with raping two female officers while he served in the military in hawaii. a court-martial was dropped in exchange for honorable discharge. he was also accused of peeping incidents. >>> time is 5:36. oakland police busy investigating two separate shootings yesterday that injured two teenagers. police found a wounded teenager on congress avenue last night. neighbors say they heard five shots and that the victim was shot in the stomach. he was rushed to the hospital reportedly he's in critical but stable condition. earlier yesterday a 17-year-old boy was shot as he was jogging near fremont high school in oakland. this happened about 4:00 in the afternoon. the teenager was wounded in the leg and is expected to recover. the school's principal says the victim was not the intended target. so far there is no word of any arrests in any case. >>> a moment of silence will

claudine wong joining us live now.n treasure island to tell us this problem involves dozens of the giant bolts. claudine. >> reporter: that is right. the bolts are anywhere from 9- 17 feet long and crews were in the process of tightening the nuts on them when dozens of them snapped. broke. let me show you where the problem is from our viewpoint on treasure aland. if you take a look at the tower of the new bay bridge span. follow the cable all the way down into the oakland direction where it touches down to the skyway. that is where the bolts are located. i want to give you a look at that location from another viewpoint as well. because we have a graphic from the bay bridge project. if you take a look at the right side of your screen you can see where it says east toward oakland and that pier e-2. that is the location of the problem. basically what the bolts were doing is they connect that pier to the roadway to the suspension cable. just kind of connects all the pieces together. so obviously a pretty important role the

of tonight's giant's a's game and there is a big smile on your face, good morning claudine wong. >> reporter: nothing like a battle of the bay to get you in the mood and of course you can only have one world championship team and of course, that is the giants and who didn't say but tonight three will play where they played each other the a's are walking away with a double and both are boasting a lot of debt. they were on the injured list and we do not think we'll see them in this series and giants, well, they have their eye on panda and that's staying close on their radar. giants are talking about social media at their their media day and out of all of it, 1.6 million fans and for that is of twitter followers. >> as a result we have decided to create a social media center and that social media center, what it will do is be a destination inside the ballpark where fans can share content which is interesting captivating and they can talk about their experience at at&t park. >> that is not available tonight but it will be available in april. let's talk about the fans. >> reporter: they

of tonight's giant's a's game and there is a big smile on your face, good morning claudine wong. >> reporter: nothing like a battle of the bay to get you in the mood and of course you can only have one world championship team and of course, that is the giants and who didn't say but tonight three will play where they played each other the a's are walking away with a double and both are boasting a lot of debt. they were on the injured list and we do not think we'll see them in this series and giants, well, they have their eye on panda and that's staying close on their radar. giants are talking about social media at their their media day and out of all of it, 1.6 million fans and for that is of twitter followers. >> as a result we have decided to create a social media center and that social media center, what it will do is be a destination inside the ballpark where fans can share content which is interesting captivating and they can talk about their experience at at&t park. >> that is not available tonight but it will be available in april. let's talk about the fans. >> reporter: they

i'd like to call christina wong and staff -- sorry, yes, yes. director kevin chavez and christina wong to do this next presentation. looks like this. good evening commissioners and superintendent. we have witness tonight elementary supervisor, angie [inaudible]. we also have our program administrator for world languages and dual language education michelle [inaudible]. we have with us the assistance -- jennifer [inaudible]. so our outcomes for tonight -- we'd like to introduce the shifts in the 2012 california english language development standards and why they're important. we'd like to share some new data and then present the process and timeline for the [inaudible] action plan revisions. so the purpose of the new california eld standards is to align with california's common course state standards for english language arts, history, social studies, science and technical subjects in common course state standards and also to highlight and amplify key language [inaudible] that are critical for el's to succeed in school while they are developing e

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 6:06. police in berkeley say they made no arrest at is a march protesting the death of a transgender person involved with a clash with police. 75 demonstrators marched to the berkeley police headquarters. it was a month ago police responded to disturbance at a home. that person was described as 347 schizophrenic who apparently died after a violent reaction during that police confrontation. the demonstrators were pretty angry at the police as well as at the news media. some rushed toward a ktvu news camera. >>> san jose police have release the new photos of suspects accused of violently stealing a woman's purse. janine de la vega -- we talked to someone who thinks they might know who the suspects are. >> reporter: we are here near the ray street light station. this is near where the attack happened. i just spoke with a transit security man and he said this year is usually considered safe and there is usually no problems here but police want you to be on the lookout for these two robbery susp

we will start with claudine wong and she is in santa cruz, claudine?er: we are just at the start where the procession will be but the line of cars is expected to stretch all the way down the screech towards the boardwalk which is down from where we are standing. 200 vehicles is expected to take part but that is just an estimate. i am here with the santa cruz sheriff's department and you said 200 are expected to start arriving and it could be longer, right? >> it could be longer and that's definitely an estimate and there could be other departments showing up. >> we know when something like this happens many come from across the nation, how do you organize something where so many people want to take part and pay tribute to these officers? >> it has been a long difficult road to work on something like this but we worked hard on this and departments helped and that's a huge reason why it got transferred to the hp pavilion and a lot more people now can pay respects. >> we know there were private services earlier in the week as well, something like this, yo

live in pleasanton, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:49. in the south bay accused of drugging children. now as cam -- as pam cook reports from the newsroom parents wonder if -- if this is an isolated event. >> it happened at kitty academy. deb grau grass -- debra grass is under arrest charged with child endangerment. that's after another employee told police she saw grass pouring a crushed substance into some of the kids' cups. grass later admitted it was the sleeping aid sominex. this happened on friday. and morgan hill place say they can do a lot more if they had been called in earlier. >> we certainly would have appreciated it. we could have gone out there and obtained some of the statements of the people who witnessed it that day. we could have gathered some of the evidence. >> parents are wondering if their children are drugged or if this is an isolated event or if it's been going on for a while. the school has released a statement saying the teacher was terminated immediately and they are fully cooperating with authorities in the case

live in pleasanton, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:49. is under arrest in the south bay accused of drugging children. now as cam -- as pam cook reports from the newsroom parents wonder if -- if this is an isolated event. >> it happened at kitty academy. deb grau grass -- debra grass is under arrest charged with child endangerment. that's after another employee told police she saw grass pouring a crushed substance into some of the kids' cups. grass later admitted it was the sleeping aid sominex. this happened on friday. and morgan hill place say they can do a lot more if they had been called in earlier. >> we certainly would have appreciated it. we could have gone out there and obtained some of the statements of the people who witnessed it that day. we could have gathered some of the evidence. >> parents are wondering if their children are drugged or if this is an isolated event or if it's been going on for a while. the school has released a statement saying the teacher was terminated immediately and they are fully cooperating with authori

miss lee, miss wong, miss fewer, mr. haney, miss [inaudible], miss lee, thank you, miss mendoza, ms. norton. that's 6 is. >> okay. we are going to move back to item i and call for creating 121211 a 3 creating an equitable [inaudible] if i hear no objections from the board we will be hearing the substitute motion tonight that was also distributed to the public. you have a copy, a red line and the copy that the public has. seeing no objection we will be considering the substitute motion. commissioner mendoza, may we have a report from the buildings and grounds committee. >> we heard this item and put it forward with a positive recommendation and at that moment decided not to include some of the amendments that were been put forward because it was only information that the board members had at the time. so we put it forward with a positive recommendation in its original form. >> thank you. may we have a reading of the substitute motion by commissioner fewer or commissioner haney please. >> commissioner haney, if you would.

ktvu claudine wong has been on this since 4:30. she is live at the scene to tell us about a dangerous situation that pg&e crews are trying to fix. what happened? >> reporter: pg&e crews say when the car crashed it sheered off the bottom of the power pole knocking it down. it was holding up pretty big wires. they just left the scene. they will get a new power pole but they have a lot of work in front of them. take a look at the police car that is closest to us. because that is the closest they will let us stand at this point. the officer said that's where they established was the safe area. after that you've got power lines in the road and they don't want anyone going past there. if you take a lockfaster that is where the crash happened. the vehicle involved is still there. there are pg&e crews up there. but again they just left to get the power pole which is in concord and then they have to come back. the work and a lot of it will get under way. this all started at 2:30 this morning. the driver was going the wrong way through the c

claudine wong explains why a series of issues may have impacted the response. >> reporter: had is what residents on taylor saw -- this is what residents on the 1400 block of taylor saw. flames devouring this one-story home. >> i was sleeping. somebody was banging downstairs. i went out and saw the house engulfed in flames. >> reporter: firefighters came from about five miles further because the closest firefighting station closed due to budget cuts. the single story could not be saved, it soon became clear, and the focus was saving the others on either side. downed power lines hampered the effort to protect the brown home on the ear side. >> we didn't pull back completely. we will to readjust -- on either side. >> we didn't pull back completely. we had to readjust. >> reporter: and as the sun came up, the firefighters just continued to dump thousands of gallons of water on the flames which would die down, only to flare up minutes later. the firefight lasted for hours. in the end, it an aerial attack that made the difference. >> there's a lot of hidden places in there where the roof is

claudine wong is out there.ay is the first official day of spring but we still have rain in parts of the bay area and the forecast calls for light showers on and off through the bay area and it is expected to taper off and will be follow by sunshine and warmer temperatures. >>> president barack obama's first trip to israel and the president will also make trips to the west bank and in jordan while he is in the middle east. >>> police are investigating a driveby shooting that was yards from a school. here is more on what police are saying about the shooting and the area, janeane? >> reporter: we are now the middle school and this area is known by police to be heavy with gang activity and in this drive by, it is unknown if it was gang related but they will look into that. they received 911 calls there were gunshots heard and they found a man between 18 and 20 years old affect by one gunshot. neighbors said a light colored suv drove by and started shooting. they are trying to get a description of that vehicle and a