Pinpoint the exact cause of this fire, which could be seen throughout fremont. Tonight, the fire is still smoldering C H Enterprises building. Fire Officials Say a grinding operation involving metal shavings was underway at the time the fire broke out. Employees ran for safety. Jay came running into the office. I could see the smoke billowing over the roof to the front, and he said, call 911, we have a fire and it just started getting worse after that. Did everyone get out . Everyone got out and everybody is safe. Reporter the first 911 calls came in around 1 45 this afternoon and the fire quickly went to three alarms. Since this is a commercial building with chemicals on sight, the Fremont Fire Department said the potential for danger is very real and entered a shelter in place warning for the area. We had gases and combustion from Machine Products and such, and so we always keep that in consideration. Reporter but while everybody is safe, fremont resident jack willard says he is sad to think of what the fire means for the employees who work here. I really feel bad for the people who are going to be losing their jobs over this, you know, at christmas time. Its just really a shame. Reporter at this point, fire investigators have actually been unable to enter this building because theyre concerned about the Structural Integrity and the possibility of a collapse. Reporting live in fremont, im mark sayre, cbs 5. A San FranciscoPolice Sergeant is parked at a desk for now, after boasting about a dangerous offduty joyride. In a facebook post, Sergeant Carl t. Bragged that he and his friends were drunk as they blasted through the broadway tunnel at 100 miles an hour in a lamborghini. The sergeant later said he was kidding but hes been assigned to administrative duty while internal affairs sort it out. The chief promises swift and severe discipline if it turns out to be true. After a month on the run, Software Pioneer john mcafee is back in the u. S. And he now admits to playing the crazy card to escape central america. Kiet do tells us mcafees problems arent necessarily over just yet. Reporter john mcafee is now on u. S. Soil. And this ring master promises not to stop talking. I am going to speak out big time. Reporter john mcafee was the first one off the plane from guatemala. By morning, throngs of media and admirers gathered outside his south beach hotel. I want to make this clear for the 100th time. I had absolutely nothing to do with the murder in belize. Reporter on november 11, his neighbor was found shot and dead at his home in belize. Authorities in belize want to question mcafee as a person of interest but he refuses to turn himself in, saying Current Police officers will jail or kill him. When people are shot in belize during robberies constantly. The fact that he is my neighbor is why this is an issue. Reporter john mcafee illegally entered guatemala last week. He admits to faking two heart attacks while there, apparently to speed up his deportation. Unfortunately, i guess the pressure gave me a heart attack, so i had one. Reporter john mcafee, whose software fortune was once estimated at 100 million says he abandoned everything in belize and now is broke. He faces possible tax evasion. When it comes to traffic stops, Oakland Police just dont make them like they used to. In fact, the numbers are down by 75 from just a few years ago. Officers have made fewer than 16,000 stops this year, down from 68,000 back in 2009. Police point to layoffs and staffing shortages that put low priority items on the back burner. Some officers also complain that the paperwork process is complicated and timeconsuming. Bay area shoppers got some unusual protection today. Special escorts at a bart station. Cbs reporter explains why some people are asking, whats the point . Reporter tis the season for stealing. Tanto knows first hand. I was ambushed by two men. They pointed a gun at me, took my stuff and pistol whipped me in the face. Reporter its been happening more frequently at bart stations, especially to riders saddled with shopping bags. Theyre noticing that youre not watching them, so theyre going to take that opportunity to take that property from you. Reporter police say the most common crime on bart is cell phone thefts. We want you to be prepared and be ready. Reporter to bart police, Oakland Police and Community Volunteers spent four hours here at bart, escorting drivers to their cars and educating them about how not to become a victim. To do it once is kind of a waste of time. If youre going to rob someone, you just wait until the police leave. Is it effective to do it over one day . We wish we could do it longer. Unfortunately, we dont have the resources to sustain that. Reporter so Authorities Say theyre hoping people help themselves, teaching them to stop the texting and watch their surroundings. We can change and reduce one victim, if we can, thats a success. Thats what were here to do tonight. Reporter a Safety Campaign with staying power. Christin ayers, cbs 5. Blueshield of california wants to raise rates once again, according to the la times. Some individuals would see their raises go up by as much as 20 . The increases would affect 300,000 customers. It calls for an average rate increase of about 12 . The new fees would take effect in march. Some consumer advocates say blueshield should use some of the money in its 4 billion reserve to keep rates down. Theres a new name being floated to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Massachusetts senator john cary. It comes after susan rice abruptly withdrew. Reporter republicans challenged rices explanation of the september 11 attack in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Republicans charged that the administration already knew that it was a planned terrorist attack. It is clear that the information that she gave the American People was incorrect. Reporter in november, rice testified behind closed doors on capitol hill but her critics, like senator lindsey graham, were unrelenting. Bottom line, im more disturbed now than i was before that the explanation about how four americans died in benghazi by ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality at the time, and in hindsight, clearly was completely wrong. Reporter last month, the president defended rice with a rare flash of public anger. When they go after the u. N. Ambassador, apparently because they think shes an easy target, then theyve got a problem with me. Reporter but today, in a phone conversation with the president , rice bowed out. I didnt want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting, and very disruptive. Reporter president obama accepted her withdrawal and said her decision demonstrates the strength of her character and an admirable commitment to rise above the politics of the moment to put our National Interests first. Just as the highest tides of the year reached the bay area today, the socalled king tides swallowed up beaches all along the shoreline. In some spots, the water rushed right into town. The tides hit their peak around midmorning. In some areas, water rose by just a couple inches. In other areas, it was up by several feet. We found a business scrambling to stack sand bags. Its been coming in incredibly fast. Its amazing. Its coming up really, really high in amazing. Bill hudson sent us this video. Even then, water levels were as high as the bumpers of several suvs. Paul deanno, king tides, because not only did we have the lunar tides but were actually closer to the sun and moon right now. Its pretty cold already. We have a frost advisory in effect. Lots of rain moving back in. Ill have that coming up too. Plus, arrests following the death of singer jenny rivera. Why the new movie the hobbit is making some sick to their stomachs. And the incredible meteor showers right now. ,,,,, trip home to southern california. Her remains arri f0 mexicanamerican singing star jenni rivera has made her final trip home to southern california. Her remains arrived by private plane about 90 minutes ago. Rivera and six others died on sunday when their small jet crashed near monterey, mexico. Meantime, weve learned that two Police Officers have been arrested for allegedly looting the crash site. Items stolen from the site were allegedly found at the officers homes. It may be the single most common complaint in the world of television, that commercials are just too darn loud. You know what were talking about. Starting today, youre going to get some relief. Thats what its called. The c. A. L. M. Act, which limits the volume of tv commercials. It went into effect today. Its the result of a fouryear effort by palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo and it requires broadcasters to keep the volume of commercials at the same level of the shows theyre interrupting. Some commercials may still be too loud, and if they are, you can file a complaint. The link is on cbssf. Com. The hobbit opens tonight at midnight. Its one of the hottest movies of the year. But youll need to have a strong stomach so watch part of the it. Part of it. Sharon chin explains why. Reporter at least a few hundred people have already arrived here at the theater for the 12 00 showing. Yes, some people say it could make you a little disoriented. Some people who have already seen the hobbit in new zealand report an unexpected occurrence. Motion sickness. But it wasnt even a consideration for this woman. I just want to see the movie. So why the potential for nausea . The lord of rings trilogy is the first film to use 3d technology. It has 48 frames per second, double the standard weve been used to for 85 used, making images for intense than ever. Its like going from vinyl to cd. For certain people who are motion sensitive, its going to be very crisp. Reporter but he says dont expect it to replace the current, more comfortable viewing standard. It contains that quality that films have that are a little dreamlike. I didnt really want to camp out and spend a lot of money on a movie that would make me potentially sick. Id really like to see if this is going to progress the movie Industry Forward into making a different kind of film or if its just going to be another gimmick. Reporter warner bros. Says it has not encountered any problems with audiences having motion sickness. It says theyll get to be part of a groundbreaking advancement in the movie going experience. You can still go for the imax, the straight 3d or the 2d. All of them are apparently very popular, because here at amc theaters, theyve already sold more than 900 tickets for the showing that began at 12 01. Thank you. There is a big light show going on in the sky right now. The geminid meteor shower, these are live pictures from nasa. You have to look for a long time to actually see one, so we did some of the work for you. Here are some of the shooting stars we saw earlier. You should be able to see the meteor shower for a couple more hours. Theres one. You dont even need a telescope. Just go outside and look up. They should be at their peak shortly after midnight. Very bright in the sky. Mother nature is cooperating. We dont have the cloud cover. We have mainly clear skies outside. Why . We can look outside. Maybe well see a meteor in the background. No. You have to go outside and look for yourself. We had a beautiful shot there. The sun setting behind the mountains. This is the most beautiful place in the country. And Mother Nature painted an awesome picture right around sunset. Tonight, with clear skies, its going to be cold. Set out those trash bins and youll be down around freezing. Fremont, 35. Napa, 32. Nothing on hidef doppler yet. That will change come tomorrow. Theres a big pattern change coming. You can see a big dip in the jet stream. It kind of looks like a big u, coming down and all the way back up the west coast. Thats the first of many troughs of low pressure that will dig down in the west coast. There are a lot of these. Whats going to happen is its going to keep the atmosphere unstable. That means a chance of rain. Its also, considering the source, coming from alaska, its going to be chilly. It will be likely with us all the way through christmas. Its keeping us above normal precipitationwise, up and down the california coastline. Plan on being wet more often than not. A couple showers tomorrow. Not that much, though. It will be chilly. Highs tomorrow, only in the low 50s. San jose, 52. Only 52 tomorrow for San Francisco. Petaluma, only 48. A little bit of a break on saturday, not much sunshine. Here comes more showers sunday through tuesday. Another break coming up on wednesday. Thats your forecast. Coming up, the gift card glitch at one Major Department store thats leaving many people emptyhanded. ,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] heres to a whole world of happier holidays. Time to enchant, delight and amaze. Safeway will help you gather everyone round. A smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. Get breyers ice cream for 2. 88 and dessert will surely shine. Make it a grand finale with starbucks just 6. 99. Turns out this season less is really so much more. So make your holiday merrier than ever before. Cb explains w gift cards, they are easy to give and great to get. With one little exception. Julie watts explains why one major retailer is getting a lot of complaints. Reporter they were a Christmas Gift from his mom. But when ed souza tried to spend his macys gift card yesterday. She said theres a zero balance on this card. I said, there cant be. I havent used it yet. Reporter his second card was no good either. His mother purchased them at a safeway and ed says theyve been in a drawer for over a year. The gift card representative said these cards were already used. Im like, where . She said one of the places was online. And i said, i dont shop from macys online. Reporter hes not the only one complaining. We found similar complaints from other macys gift cardholders who said they too just learned their 100 gift cards were worthless. Two years ago a batch of best buy gift cards turned out to have zero balances as well. Its kind of embarrassing when it doesnt work and you hand it out. People probably dont know what to think. Reporter scammers were scratching off the pin code and registering the card so they could use the money before they purchased it. Souza believes thats what happened to him. Tonight, macys confirms it did have a problem with tampered cards and its possible these are part of the leftover stock. Its also possible theres a new round of tampering. Its like tough luck. Reporter not necessarily. Macys tells us if your gift card is no good, simply call the number on the back of the card and macys will replace it. But the moral of the story is always check the back of the card before you purchase it to make sure the activation number is not exposed. And if youre the one gifting the card, attach the receipt. It can be used as evidence in case the card doesnt work. Good advice. Check those gift cards. Baseballs biggest free agent . A little gift . Thats right. L. A. Teams spent 275 million this week. Baseballs biggest free agent is coming to california, not to a team near you. And what tom brady did to try and figure out the 49er defense, next. You wont take my life. You wont take our future. Aids affects us all. Even babies. Chevron is working to stop mothertochild transmission. Our employees and their families are part of the fight. And were winning. At chevron nigeria, we havent had a reported case in 12 years. Aids is strong. Aids is strong. But we are stronger. And aids. Aids is going to lose. Aids is going to lose. The bank of the west sports report is next, on cbs 5. The 49ers topranked defense will keep opposing coaching up at night. And apparently even tom brady needs extra time to prepare. Tom brady said Something Interesting this week, that he started studying the 49er defense actually in november. How many guys can actually do that . Not many. Very interesting. Very complimentary also. The greatness of tom brady is welldocumented. Were excited to compete against him. We are. Were up to the challenge. Sunday nights showdown. The angels couldnt beat the as in the American League west. So today, they added another slugger. The angels have signed Josh Hamilton to a reported 125 million deal. He had 43 home runs. The projected angels lineup will feature four players who hit 30 or more home runs last year. Meanwhile, back to the future for the giants. Andres torres is coming home. He agreed to a 2 million deal, one year. He likely will serve as the giants fourth outfielder. High school basketball. A matchup of highly rated teams. Heres aaron gordon. 146 early. Game would go into overtime. Kentucky commits aaron harrison. 5453. Last chance. Scoring with the basketball. Its up. It is. No good. You know, they covered him. They tripleteamed that guy and he only had 14 points in a nationally televised game. 5653 in ot is the final. Jim harbaughs travel plans kick off tonights top 5. Have you ever done the freedom trail in boston . If you are completely bored at 2 a. M. In the morning on saturday night, its a good thing for you to do, take your mind off the game a little bit. Well be staying in providence. Well, forget that. Any tips for providence . No, i do not. Cant help you with that. At no. 4, Carmelo Anthony had 32 points in four minutes and the knicks beat the lakers. No. 3, eagles turned it over five times. Thats a touchdown. The bengals, 3414. No. 2, a whole new meaning to the term locking helmets. A little too close for comfort. But everything is okay. And no. 1, watch how much morningside quarterback joel nixon has to run. They did not call this clip right here. Ridiculous. Anyway, touchdown but marion won the game 3027 in overtime. But, again, that arms race in southern california, you know, theres two things you cant buy, ken. Love and a world series ring. How true it is. Well be right back. Words of wisdom. Wisdom. ,,,,,,,,,, foxx. Our next newscast is tomorr morning at 430. And the incr David Letterman is next with jamie fox. Yep. band playing late show theme from new york, the greatest city in the world, its the late show with David Letterman. Tonight. Plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. Captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs im allen kalter. And now with a durable