Tonight the investigation io the suspicious fires. They are burned so badly it is hard to tell what kind of cars these were. The investigation into the suspicious fires, good evening. At least four vehicles burned in two locations within blocks of each other. Kpix reporter brian webb is in South San Francisco for the search for whoever is starting the fire. Car after car burned to a crisp. All along grand avenue but for this pick up, call it slightly seered thanks to this light sleeper. I heard noises. Someone was fooling around out here. I am a super light sleeper. He called 911 and grabbed the garden hose. I came out here and poured the water on it. Reporter this self appointed firefighter beat back the flames in time to save his soninlaws truck. The fire started bleeding out more. And i mean it got big. I did not want to lose it. I stayed in there. I battled it. Reporter before the night was over at least four vehicles were torched within 7 blocks. This one so badly burned from bumper to bumper, roof top to rim it is hard to tell what kind of car are it was. The soninlaws truck still starts although he will not be giving rides any time soon. He may not of caught the bad guys this time but he will keep sleeping with one eye open just in case they come back. The way the cars blew up over there it would of the started the house on fire. We were are all sleeping, the kids up there and everything, yeah, i had a lot to think about here. And joseph tells me is suffered smoke inhalation today. He saw a dark sedan driving off into the night. Live in South San Francisco, back to you. The results from the highly anticipated vote in ukraine. They voted to join russia. But, ukraine is crying foul. Reporter fireworks lit up the sky and crowds waived russian flags, crimea voted to break away from ukraine and become part of the russian federation, but the ukranian government said it is illegal taking place three weeks after russia took over. They are threatening cold war if they do not back down. President barack obama talked to puttin saying they will never be recognized by the United States and the international community. Puttin appears to be winning at a high paced game of chess. He set the table. Clearly that has happened. Reporter thousands of ukranians stayed home calling it a circus at gunpoint by russia. Thousands more put in their vote. Cbs news, new york. Russian president puttin continues to say it complying with international law. Meantime in an eastern city in ukraine protesters smashed their way into public building and burned ukranianlanguaged books. They broke windows and doors. They say they want out of ukraine. A u. S. Army general once considered a rising star has agreed to a plea deal that includes the dropping of Sexual Assault charges against him. Sources tell cbs news as part of the deal, sinclair will plead guilty to lesser charges, he will not have to register as a sex offender itch the mystery surrounding the malaysian jet only deepens with every bit of new information. Even aviation expeters are scratching their heads. Reporter Malaysian Airlines flight 370 has been missing for a week and the theories as to what happened are stranger than fiction. Many of them verge on the spy novel situation. Reporter this captain spoke on face the nation. The Aviation Industry never tolerates this. Reporter the final words from the cockpit came after one of the planes Communication Systems had been disabled but gave no indication anything was wrong. Now, investigators are trying to determine who spoke those words if one or both pilots were involved in the planes disappearance and if so they acted under durress, they are examining a Flight Simulator taken from one of the pilots homes. We do not know anything other than the kinds of information provided to us by the malaysian government. The plane has hourly pulses that were recorded by a satellite for almost eight hours after it took off showing it took a turn and went back over malaysia before disappearing. With the passage of time it makes the variability of the search greater. It makes it harder, ultimately, to find out what happened. Reporter in the news room, back to you. The number of countries involved in the search has gone from 1425. A u. S. Navy explorer is scanning the ocean for debris of the plane. Anything they find is reported and inspected to see if it is related to the missing jet. They do everything they can but there is a lot of water to cover in the search. Families of the missing expressed their frustration, many accuse both the airline and the government of hiding the truth from them. It was the last time the officialed they would brief the family members. The search is a criminal investigation. A bay area man is in the hospital after being hit by a tour bus. It happened at 8 00 in the morning on 7th and mission in San Francisco. A sightseeing tour bus hit the man as he walked through the crosswalk. Witnesses say the bus driver was racing to beat a light about to turn red. There is no way he could of seen the person because there were a few people running through the light but, i have no idea. I know the light was changing red and he tried to make the light. He was going faster than what i think he should have been going. Nobody on the bus was hurt. The bus driver and the company are cooperating with the investigators. We know more about a woman found washed ashore in pacificca. She was a 48yearold San Francisco woman who has been reported missing. She was found dead. The cause of death is under investigation. And it has been exactly two years since sara lamar disappeared. Family and friends held a ceremony to honor her memory. They dedicated this bench to her. She spent much of her time when she was a student there. From the spring of her 8th grade year to her sophomore years she stood here at this very spot, practicing to be a cheer squad member. Going through day in and day out of practice to be proud of wear the colors of orange and black. Came a time to celebrate and create a place to honor her we could not find a better spot. This would have been her last year of high school. 22yearold Garcia Torres is charged with kidnapping and murdering sierra. He has been in jail since his arrest may 21st, 2012, Garcia Torres pled not guilty to the charges last month. Construction inferno in san frans bay neighborhood last week likely could have been prevented. The 6 story complex was built with mostly with wood. Until 2008 most high raises were to have walls made out of concrete and steel studs aifiy you years ago building codes were rewritten to allow wooden construction because it made them cheaper to build. The state gop has a lot of work to do before the november election. The first challenge is going to be to unify the party. [cheers and applause] reporter listen to republicans at their Spring Convention could be puzzling. They seem to be at war with themselves. We should of won another, we shoot at one another, the democrats step back and wait until we are done firing and then they steam roll us. Reporter the warmest reception was given to donnely. He had advice. If you do it the way the republicans tried in the past you will do nothing but fail. I think the important thing you have to have a message that unifies people. Reporter many in the california gop see him as a devicive figure, cofounder of the california minute men he is a conservative favorite of the tea party and an opponent of the leadership. Santa clara chief smith says tensions are running high. I do. I feel oustericized at times. I wonder when i am going to lose my membership. [ laughter ] reporter the party clearly is struggling to find its identity. Conservatives see the dysfunction of obama care as an opportunity to gain support but moderate republicans feel voters are turned off by the nature of the tea party redric. The last part of the sophistication and the will of public relations. They would rather do it the easy way. Hands down. Former party chair says to be successful republicans are going to have to stop arguing. Both with democrats and among themselves. The republicans in this state really need to concentrate on providing solutions and talking to people about those strikely being part sin does not work. Ronald reagan say i shall not speak ill of a public republican, my, how times have changed. Back to you. Challenging Governor Brown will not be easy. The 75yearold raised 18 million in his reelection bid and he is seeking an unprecedented 4th term as governor. Still ahead, a favorite Saint Patricks drink, why is guinness pulling out of one Saint Patricks day parade. They are not just any burger. People pack into this iconic bay area restaurant one last time. One more time, a day of near record heat. But that will all come to an end in a big hurry tomorrow. The forecast coming up, after a break , Helicopter Team save a trapd kayaker. The woman got stuck on a log friday after in the Russian River near dramatic rescue caught on video. A trapped kayaker. The woman got stuck on a log friday afternoon in the Russian River. A member of the russian crew the rescue crew, i am sorry, strapped both of them down to the helicopters long line. She got a few bruised ribs but will be okay. A 3,000 relay run across the country kicked off in santa monica today. This is the second year for one run boston. It benefits those injured in last years race. They pass the paton to others. The first person to carry the paton was john odom who was injured in the bombings as he waited to watch his daughter cross the finish line. You can not believe the amount of people that have called me in the amount of it has been overwhelming, not just here in the United States, look at here, people come here from london to do something for the victims. The relay will take about a month. It ends in boston a week before the boston marathon. Popular irish beer is pulling out of new york citys parade. Guinness will not support the parade because gay and lesbian groups are not allowed to march openly. Heineken and sam adams dropped out of the new york and boston parades and the groups threatened to protest guinness if the beer maker continued its sponsorship. A long time San Francisco long mark closed its the doors for good tonight. Kpix5 don knapp spoke to loyal customers, some who dined there for decades. Reporter they line up for joes last day. End of an era as the best hamburger. It is the best anywhere. And i love the decor, too. Reporter many customers that moved away were drawn back for joes final act. I left in 99 so we heard they were going to chose i decided to come back. Reporter north change replace joes. Nobody can replace joe. He is an icon in this part of San Francisco and the burgers are pretty good, too. Really . It is really good. The best place ever. Reporter that is what joe loved to hear. It is beautiful to find out how many people really love us, basically. Reporter 49 years have taken a toll. The doctor says joe needs to put down the waiting list and call it a day. Will you miss the daily grind . We will. We make people happy, they give me a smile, thank you, joe, god bless you. Tell hard to wake up one day and have nowhere to go. Reporter joe says it say bit like witnessing his own funeral. The comfort i am getting, it is unbelievable. Reporter the staff will get a couple weeks pay and all have new jobs lined up. This is the end of the line for cable car burgers. I get to say my goodbye. And people get to say goodbye and they dont have to drive for hours to find out i am closed. Reporter joe says he did not want to sell the business because he was afraid a new owner would compromise the product and his reputation. Back to you. And tomorrow joes long time customers will be stopping by for souvenirs, items decorating the walls for the last five decades. Now, looking at fog and low clouds moving into the shoreline. That will cool us down tomorrow. The week ahead looks mighty nice as we have an overview of sfo right now and the numbers around the bay area. All in the 50s but for the santa rosa, 46 degrees. Looking ahead it is finding things cooling down a little bit. The winds picking up a fetch off shore. That is why we have high surf advisories, breakers, 18 feet, look at the pier, earlier today we went out to shoot how high the waves were coming up. Now you will notice they have the concrete piers anchoring that as opposed to the wooden one. High surf advisory, posted. Be careful. Today, warm, 80 degrees in napa. 81 at fairfield and 83 degrees at livermore. And in the city, we were at 66 degrees. 78 for redwood city. Cool down tomorrow. And out the door we have fog and low clouds along the shoreline. Numbers in the 50s to start the day with. And sunshine for everybody by the end of the day. Saint pats day looks nice. Sunny and mild. Temperatures from the low 60s to the coast to the middle 70s. Having the High Pressure beginning to contract. Air out of a balloon, the high relaxing, the temperatures dropping, things cooling down. Then, the fact on tuesday, we have a weak cold front. It is coming south out of the gulf of alaska. It will produce what a cold front usually does, that is why they call it a cold front, cooler air. 10 degrees cooler. Temperatures warming up on tuesday. It will be dry through next sunday. No rain in there. Unless you are heading to new england they have another winter storm on the way. They can not let go of winter and we never got one. 69 degrees in santa clara, 69 tomorrow. Numbers running warmer than average. We are usually in the middle 60s we will be in the the upper 60s and low stpepbds inland. 70 degrees in concord. North bay, maybe a few low clouds coming in tomorrow and then sunshine and the temperatures in the upper 60s for the most part. Way up north, the numbers will be 70 degrees and more. Standard forecast, beginning by cooling it off on monday. Then, the rest of the week, warms slightly. Sunny side up for much of the week. The only exception is the fog and low clouds along the shoreline. Remains dry, in terms of having a nice weather week around the bay area, oh, that is a slam dunk, ann . We are all talking about march madness, most of us can not dunk like the pros but new tech tpholg is giving us a look at what it would be like. Im dennis odonell. 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Sanfrancisco start up wants to share this Vantage Point with fans through their mobile devices. Partnered with the sacramento kings. So you are working on a foul shot, i am interested in what he is seeing so i can look at him and tap into his recordings. President a button on my google glass and in my viewer i am seeing what he is seeing. Reporter think of it as your own personal on demand jumbotron. We are getting a closer look at the court. Sort of seeing eye to eye with some of the players. Reporter gaining reputation, it is experimenting with drift, virtual headset and drone camera. We can have a drone operating giving somebody a unique perspective and a new perspective from any angle. That is what drones are about. Reporter they partnered with other teams including the San Jose Earthquakes and stanford basketball. Like any startup it is facing challenging, connectivity and image quality is and of the issues. But if they solve those problems they are likely to score big with fans. 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