Breaking news out of sacramento where you see Davis Medical Center is treating a suspected ebola patient transferred from Mercy General Hospital this morning. The Sacramento County Health Department is aware of the situation. They have a dedicated isolation room for suspected and confirmed ebola patients. The Medical Center remains open and continues to operate as normal. New details now about the man killed in yesterdays Mission District fire that tore through a three story multiple use building and now that building has been red tagged. A few hours ago we heard from San Franciscos mayor and fire chief as they toured the burnt debris left behind. Good afternoon sal. Good afternoon. Theres still dozens of people here at the scene who used to live in the building we are showing you right now. Buses are allowed omission street but no other vehicles are. At some point they should allow cars omission street again. Some people are here to watch and some lived in the building. Last night the fire moved quickly and spread through a common attic. People inside heard no fire alarms and at least one of the fire escapes was not functioning properly according to the people inside the building. The fire was reported at 7 and huge flames and smoke detained seven hours later. The firefighters found an unresponsive person inside described as a middle age man who died pronounced dead at the scene. Five people were injured taken to the hospital. One of them was a firefighter suffering from dehydration. All but one has been released told by fire officials. One woman says she was having dinner with her daughter and was unaware of the fire. When i opened my front door it was pitch black. Everything was black and i started panicking and i closed my door and hit the window to try to get out and i couldnt because my window has bars and if i jumped through the other one i would have landed in glass stuff and the hell with this i grabbed my cell phone and i started flashing it in the hallway screaming for help. Fire chief hayes white and mayor ed lee came to survey the damage and spoke with displaced residents. They were there shortly after the fire began. Fire officials dont know the cause of death for the one person who died. That will be determined by the medical examiner. As for the 17yearold daughter she says she is unsure of their future. I dont know what im going to do. My husband went away for vacation and cant get a flight right now. We have to wait to see what happens and start from the bottom. There was one bright spot of news a family pet was found in the rubble and reunited with the owner but theres still a lot of questions. This building is very old one of the oldest in the mission and some people have also been asking why it seems these buildings are going up. A lot of these building with low income residents, a couple people who didnt want to go on camera asked me it seems like a coincidence that laugh these buildings who house moderate to low income people are going up and that is going to be a question for investigators. We have other reporters covering the story and youll hear about this more at 5 and 6. Live in San Francisco ktvu news. Thank you sal. San Francisco Police are investigating a crash that seriously injured a woman who was crossing the street. The sun may have blinded the driver at around 830 on brotherhoodway. The woman was hit by a car turning onto the 1 on ramp. The driver said the sun was in his eyes and had difficult seeing her. She was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the accident. San Francisco Police have made no arrested in the suitcase with human remains inside. Police received a 911 call yesterday reporting the suitcase left on 11th street between market and howard. The medical examiner has confirmed they are human. Investigators also found additional evidence nearby that may be linked. Theres other types of debris that are in the general area so iits unclear whether or not its related. They hope to release more information on the case later today. We are getting an inside look at the daring smash and grab robbery at the Wells Fargo Museum in San Francisco. Surveillance photo shows the stolen suv that rammed through the front doors early tuesday. Three robbers held a Security Guard at gunpoint and stole historic gold nuggets from a display case and escaped in a sedan. The value of the gold rush air nuggets is estimated at 10,000. A shooting aimed at county sheriffs deputies has led to the arrest of four people and the discovery of two major marijuana growing operations. It started yesterday while two undercover deputies were investigating a building in oakland. As they were leaving a man began shooting at their vehicle. They were able to get away and call for back up. About computes and Oakland Police returned to the building they discovered a pot grow and arrested the man who shot at the deputies but it was a blocked door thousands watching led them to another discovery. We forced entry into that building with a search warrant and discovered one of the most elaborate grows ive ever seen and ive been here for 20 years. 2200 plants and 30pounds were seized. Three people were arrested there. Investigators believe the two operations didnt even know about each odd and in a really unusual twist both buildings back up to a county drug treatment facility. A Hercules High School has notified parents about a school accused of selling marijuana laced cookies on campus. The 16yearold brought the cookies to school tuesday to sell to other students. A School Resource officer says the student was carrying atopper ware container with 17 pot laced cookies inside. Its not known if any of them have been sold. Hes charged of possessing marijuana for sale and child endangerment. State investigators have seized computers and other items after searching the home of former Utility Commission chief michael. Clues in an on going case stemming from emails that indicate a former pge Vice President negotiated with officials to name a preferred judge in a rate setting case. In other emails hes accused of soliciting political contributions and hinted at a facial ruling in a separate case in return. Hes never directly commented on those emails. Financing for solar energy will soon be more affordable in california under a new agreement between the state and federal governments. Governor jerry brown was joined by Jillian Castro and local leaders. The joint federal and state effort will expand financing for Solar Projects in multiple family housing. Its in the forefront of reducing a Carbon Footprint and pioneering both Energy Efficiency solar wind and other renewable strategies to make our shelter and way of life more elegant and efficient and environmental friendly. His goal is to reduce dependence on petroleum by 50 . A water main break flooded a San Francisco dmv office and its only partially reopened. An 8inch water line broke at oak and baker street around 5 00 a. M. Around 10 00 a. M. Crews repaired the pipe and restored water to the surrounding three blocks but the damage was already done to the dmv. People were lined up around the block. I heard from other people in the line and just recently people have come out and started handing out forms again. San francisco public Utility Commission says water line repair crews should finish in and hour and a half and they are cleaning up the dmv. Developing news out of mexico city where several people are dead after a gas truck exploded at a Childrens Hospital at least three adults and a baby have died. Right now rescuers are still digging through the rubble as firefighters work to put out the fire. It was caused in a leak from a hoes carrying gas to the hospital. There are now nearly 100 cases of measles in california. Why one father is asking the children who have not been vaccinated from measles to be forced to stay home from school. Another warm day on tap for the bay area. Casey will be here to tell you what to expect for the weekend. And a Silicon Valley trend called bio hacking. How some think drugs can help them work longer and smarter. So when i was seven and a half, i was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I remember i told my mom, its okay, as long as i dont have to take shots, and she started bawling. Diabetes is a really expensive disease, and if i werent covered id be spending thousands of dollars a month. Now that i have a health plan through covered california i am able to pursue my career dreams. Im in, and im excited about my future. Open enrollment ends february 15th. Visit coveredca. Com today. Happening right now a tour is underway to help oakland being led by the bay area counsel taking a group of 80 Real Estate Developers and investors on a bus and walking tour of key developing sites. Their first stop was city hall where they heard from livey shaft. The tour went to the hive on broadway the popular area for businesses and restaurants and also the broadway planning area right across the street. The third stop was in west oakland at the 16th street station which is slated for restoration and new development. Theres a battle brewing in San Francisco after a public defender was arrested at the hall of justice. Cell phone video of the incident on tuesday shows deputy public defender being handcuffed and taken into custody after she objected police trying to photograph her clients and another man about an unrelated burglary case. She was trying to protect her client. I have never seen anything like this happen to anyone at the hall of justice yet she selected this two gentlemen to give the treatment to. Police say she was arrested for obstructing a criminal investigation and was held for about an hour and released. She wants the case thrown out and an apology from the police department. We have new information about the california measles out break. The state department of Public Health says there are 95 confirmed cases 79 of them in california and 52 linked directly to disney parks. The state lab in richmond handles testing for every county in the state. The lab is flooded with samples waiting to be tested. Its a lot of volume for the state health lab to be doing for the whole state or even Northern California so we need to help divide and conquer understand that ourselves. Help is on the way the county will begin measles testing in oakland. Meanwhile one marine county father speaking out about his request that children not vaccinated stay home from school because his son has been battling leukemia and cannot have the vaccine himself. My son is doing great. Hes awesome. I feel for the kids that have the measles right now and im sorry for them and i hope we dont have more and it doesnt spread more. Carls sixyearold son attended reed elementary school. He is in remission after treatment for lou keepa but doctors cannot give him the vaccine so the family has asked the school to make sure all the kids are immunized for measles to protect him. The school has been very accommodating but marine county has one of the highest rate of personal belief exemptions for vaccinations in the state. Today marks 26 years since is 13yearold aileen was kidnapped from dublin. A march and candlelight vigil is scheduled to take place tonight along the same route. Her case remains unsolved. Tonights march begins at 7 00 p. M. At wells middle school. Parts of the northeast are bracing for even more snow. It will arrive late tonight and two to four more inches of snow with below freezing temperatures lasting a week. All over new england dealing with more than two feet of snow on the ground making it very hard to get around. When i walked out the stairs you had to feel your way. Cambridge street was horrible. People were getting stuck there. As we told you the National Weather service apologized for a faulty forecast in the new york city and philedelphia areas but long island north through new england were spot on. It was the biggest january storm in boston on record. We are seeing an unusually high number of delays and cancellations at the san jose airport. The airport says dense fog this morning is to blame. 35 flights delays and 11 canceled. As of noon the delays have cleared up along with the fog according to the faa and there are no delays right now at San Francisco or oakland. Most of the bay area reporting mostly sunny skies and stepping outside its fairly warm once again. Heres a live look out towards walnut creek and theres a good natural wind measurement with the tree in the left portion of the screen a little bit of breeze with winds around 5 to 10 miles per hour. Looking to the rain fall not here to tour south a few showers popping up in the Southern Tier closer to san diego as the system marchs closer to the coastline. For us mostly sunny skies and fog in the south bay this morning. Also dense fog just to the south of modesto and apache fog can regroup once again. Late tonight friday morning. Take a look at mild numbers out there showing you 60s for santa rosa, San Francisco 62 and san jose the upper 50s at 57 degrees and with january about to rap up it looks like this will be the driest january on record as you can see not a drop of rain in San Francisco. We thought last year was bad 2014 with. 06 but not a drop of rain unless we get a phantom rain storm. Here you see the patchy fog trying to regroup around the coast and bay so this is 6 00 a. M. Could impact visibility and more sunshine in your friday afternoon. Heres the area of low pressure to our south with the rain fall with los angeles to san diego to phoenix later on today into tomorrow but High Pressure rebuilding off shore keeping us with hazy sunshine and mild conditions. Some of the clouds storm track sneak in from the north sunday into monday of next week. As far as rain chances this forecast model keeps us dry to the north of the bay area. By next week a potential change for later thursday with more rain showers developing off shore. Could be a factor in the forecast for next weekend thats still aways out there so keep an eye on the potential rain maker. San francisco, santa cruz around 70 degrees and the bay temperature upper 60s based on the current number out there. Heres a look ahead at the five day forecast a few minor tweaks and the mild weather pattern sticks around and you have the guilty pleasure. Its nice out there but each day we are going to be in trouble so maybe a week from now well be talking about rain here in the bay area tracking some just off shore so well see. Ive been telling my friends its sunny and 73 here but we do need rain. Exactly so we are hoping for it. Enjoy this afternoon. Well try and do that. Even though its been the driest january on record the survey is being conducted which will give us another reading of justice how bad the drought is. This is what it was like during the first month but today they expect to find below normal snow and above normal temperatures. The first survey on december 30 showed water content is 33 of normal. Familiar names in the tech world swear by them, the smart drug that some tech gurus are using to try and get an edge. U. S. Stocks are now up as oil pair their losses and strong job market data helped offset earnings reports. Taking a last look at the dow up 215, nasdaq up 40 and s p 500 up 18. Some entrepreneurs are turning to smart drugs to sharpen their minds and live longer. They are call it bio hacking with brain enhancing chemicals. Dave and tim are both advocates. Just like an olympic athlete who is willing to do almost anything even if it shortens your years to get a gold medal you think about it because the difference of making a million and making a billion dollars is right here. Some of the drugs are familiar like fish oil or caffeine. Some are controversial including prescription drugs such as one for so they can stay awake and work longer hours. A new video is giving us a look at an unusual option on High Performance car. Its called insane mode. Take a look. I put it in insane mode. [yelling] thats a strong reaction. Unsuspected passengers experiencing the insane acceleration. The all electric car has buttons allowing the car to go from zero to 60 and the phone goes flying in 3. 2 seconds for 105,000. In just a few minutes nhl hockey officials are expected to make a major announcement in san jose a News Conference scheduled for 12 30 expected to be a long rumored relocation of Minor League Teams to form a new division of the nhl commission and nhl commission along with the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings are all expected to attend. Thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. We are always here for you on ktvu. Com and you can follow us on twitter or facebook. Have a great day. [ music ] [chris]still smoking up a storm . [tom]yeah. Pathetic,isnt it . [chris] ever try to. [tom] quit . Of course my best time was six days. The worst was. Uh. 23. 4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you. [chris tom] why are you still smoking . [tom] [sarcastic] its so much fun. [chris]why not call the smokers helpline . The programs free,and. [tom]and theyll tell me. You oughta quit. [chris] not so. Just tell them youre ready to quit. Then,theyll tell you how. [tom] really . You wouldnt have that number on you,would you . Up next on ecocompany were heading into the kitchen, but this isnt your normal kitchen and these guys arent making soup. Theyre working on Energy Efficiency. A more efficient stove is the one given the same cooking task will be able to do it with less skill. So guys dont try this at home home. Plus, plugging in. People are always asking, oh, can i get one of those . We catch a ride with the founder of the Green Youth Movement to find out whats driving her mission. And ready for a little pedal power . These guys are. And this isnt the only way theyre greening up their campus. They even have a m
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