been an emotional evening. amber-- >> reporter: julie, tonight we spoke with the family of the firefighter who's fighting for his life here at san francisco general. up in the fourth floor in icu. they described his condition as touch and do and told us it's been a very emotional day. >> his injurys are pretty severe. they found him, he was unconscious, they don't know how long he had been unconscious. he was unresponsive. he is not breathing well on his own at all. >> reporter: marc vallerio is the oldest of three. >> he's the one always taking care of us, we needed him, now he's the one needing us. >> reporter: 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez who battled the fire side by side with vallerio was escorted to the medical examiners office. >> he served valiantly. he was a classmate of mine. we started together on april 2nd, 1990. born and raised in san francisco. very proud san francisco. >> the world has lost a great man. a great firefighter. lieutenant. >> reporter: perez' friend shared with us this photo of him vacationing with his friends. something they had hoped to do together again this year. vallerio's family is keeping a vigil, praying for his recovery. a third san francisco firefighter was also injured today. she is identified as tracy courtney and worked out of the noe valley fire department. she was treated and released from the hospital. we will take you to the fire station where two of the firefighter were. you will see the outpouring of support and you will hear from mayor ed lee. tonight we received the dispatch call as the firefighters were trapped in the home. jana katsuyama is live with the recordings and specific details on what went wrong. jana-- >> reporter: that's right frank. let me show you the scene. right now there is tape up blocking the road. you can see the fire engage parked right outside of the house that burned. investigators are still trying to figure out the origin and what caused the fire. four people inside the building managed to get out. fire crews went in but about 15 minutes later, an emergency alarm center sounded from a firefighter equipment. >> come in. we heard an alarm and they haven't contacted us back. you copy that? >> i copy that. >> i need two companies outside right now. we have a man down. down by the front door. >> we have two more, call for an ambulance. >> i saw them do cpr then a black cloud blew up on top of the house. >> reporter: the three victims were caught in what is called a flash over. >> it's a mixture of heated gases and oxygen. the fuels it all reaches a certain ignition point. >> reporter: crews managed to put out the fire but the shot set in. seeing three of their four town and later learning that one had passed away. >> he was a great man. great sense of humor. it's a terrible loss for us all, we'll have to get through it somehow. >> reporter: firefighters say they don't know what caused the flash the áf to occur but they will be here through the night. a flash over is extremely dangerous and oftentimes is deadly. in this training session that simulates a flash over, the fire erupts over head just like it would in a real fire. >> the flash over is really the end of a fire phase. where it reaches it's maximum ignition. maximum burn and what happens is all those parols that are in the smoke all the furnishings, products in the room are simultaneously heated to a point where they completely combust and it's fatal. >> flash overs can reach 1,500 to 1,600 degrees. it was sentencing day in the kidnap and rape of jaycee dugard. phil and nancy garrido learned they will likely spend life in prison. the judge had some strong words for 59-year-old phillip garrido saying garrido reinvented slavery. he then sentenced phillip garrido to 431 years to life. then he gave nancy garrido36 yearings. >> there's a slim hope she will be released on parol, but by that time she will be in her 70s. even though jaycee dugard was not there her mother did show up to read a sering statement on her behalf. this is what she said. when i think about those years i am angry, because you stole my years. i hated every day of 18 years because of you and the sexual preversion you forced on me. >> i think it's fair to say a nightmare has come to an end. and that now it's her, her children, her mother have to go about the business of getting along with the rest of their lives. jaycee dugard closed her statement saying quote, you do not matter anymore. a locked room, a stun gun and mind games are just some of the things that prevented jaycee dugard from trying to escape. today rita williams poured through court documents details dugard's 18 years of captivity. >> reporter: the transcript released today reads like a horror novel but this is no fantasy, it's the real life story of jaycee dugard that began with the sweet innocence of an 11-year-old girl. dugard says she was walking to a near by school bus when a man she now knows as phillip garrido snatched her off the street, zapped her with a stun gun. dragged her into a car where she heard but did not see a woman she later heard was nancy garrido. as the car drove off, she heard, i can't believe we got away with it and he started laughing. they drove her away to a house where she was inprisoned in a house of tents and sheds for 18 years. i was very scared, i didn't know who he was, i didn't know why he was doing this, i just wanted to go home. he said i had -- he said i have dobermans and if i tried to get away and they would get me. she says she was raped once a week and at the age of 14, her first daughter. we have posted the court documents on ktvu.com. the oakland journalist was killed in august of 2007. the former leader of your black muslim bakery and codefendant mackey are charged in that case and a separate case. rain back in the forecast, i'll tell you which days could be the heaviest. a person of interest is named in the case of a missing nursing school student. but as it turns out there's more than just one. but up first, developing news in oakland right now. the search for a gunman after police say he opened fire on an officer. and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. developing news right now out of oakland where police are looking for a man who they say shot at an officer. it happened just after 8:00 at 67th and bancroft avenue. officers were blocking off streets as they searched for the man. we spoke to oakland police about 15 minutes ago and we're told the officer did return fire. but that no one was hurt during the shooting. we're told several streets are still quardoned off this evening. violence offenders are brought face to face with police and attorneys to try to put them on a different path with education and jobs -- new information tonight in the search for a missing nursing student from the east bay. hayward police have identified a former friend of michelle le as a possible person of interest in the case. the former friend is just one of several people investigators are looking at. patti. >> reporter: julie, hayward police say they only identified giselle because she reached out to the media. according to police, there's more than one. >> we have other people that are of interest that we're trying to substantiate their where abouts. >> reporter: le was last seen friday night. she left the hospital during a break and never returned. tonight police confirm they questioned and released esteban. we tried to reach out to esteban but we found her phone line disconnected. meanwhile we spoke to her brother who's been searching. her family has offered a $20,000 reward for information and are olding up hope that she's okay and will come home soon -- are holding up hope that she's okay and will come home soon. >> we're hoping that she just needed a day off and she'll be back home. >> reporter: police are spanning the scope of this investigation include street cameras and photo red lights. michelle's family are back here tonight. they are replacing signs that were dampened by the rain. patti lee. police say there are new allegations tonight on the man accused of child abuse charges. raphael mosqueda was charged. police say a second victim has come forward. a former gilroy city councilman is facing a theft charge tonight. santa clara county's district attorney says craig gardman was unable to account of $8,000 from the parade fund. he turned himself in toinvestigators today and was released after posting bail. we left a message at his home but have not heard back. and a break in the investigation of a police scandal. the police chief says there's a major development in that case. four men have been implicated including one that headed up the drug enforcement team. they are all accused of taking part in a scheme where drugs and guns were stolen from police seizures and then sold. there will be major budget cuts. >> if we don't get the tax extensions, everything is on the table for revenue and many other changes. >> the governor asked for support. he told the crowd republicans have to understand they can't freely spend anymore. state controller chung says he will stop paying the salaries and benefits of state lawmakers if they don't pass a balanced budget on time. the budget is due on the 15th. voters passed prop 35 last november. it requires lawmakers salaries to be forfeited if they don't reach a budget. rob roth tells us how it all got there in the first place. and how it's leaking lead into the water. >> reporter: they say the barge has been here for year the owner has since died leaving behind 1,000-tons of debris. most of it toxin. >> we found lead, paint. >> reporter: the main culprit is metals where these vessels have been abandoned. >> reporter: so they began removing the barge and all the junk on it including this small boat. officials say there are seven other places within a 10-mile stretch that people have just left their boats. >> unfortunately it's the time and the economy. a lot of these vessels there's upkeep on this. these guys don't have the funds and resources so they let them go. >> reporter: before oil, diesel and lead paint gets into the environment, the city plans to remove them. >> you and i and the taxpayers are picking up the tab. >> reporter: the entire clean up project should last about three to four weeks. in petaluma, rob roth, ktvu news. a bill requiring pipeline shut off valve passed in the state senate today in response to the san bruno explosion. the pipeline in san bruno only had a manual shut off valve. areas where a pipeline crosses an earthquake solved and populated communities would require the new valve. the bill now moves to the state assembly. full page adds with an apology from pg & e began running today in california newspapers. the apology will appear in 24 daily newspapers and 21 weeklies. a company spokesman said the letter is not only the company saying it's sorry but a way of acknowledging it needs to regain the public's trust. and outside right now in oakland it's mostly clear, 55, 54 in san francisco. clouds increedsing tonight, overnight lows will be cool this time of year mid-40s. clouds increasing. we have wet weather coming our way. looks like we're going to see wet weather as early as tomorrow. here's the computer model for tomorrow. tomorrow morning, it's cloudy. drizzles up north. here we are 10:00 a.m., that's drizzle but it's showing up. that's mid-morning. then you get into noon and it's raining. not a heavy rain but it's just kind of that friday ucky rain. the afternoon commute is going to have rain in it. this is mild rainfall but it's in there and it's in there for the afternoon commute. that's not all, we have more coming this week end. i'm going to look at the long range model with when i come back and i'm going to show you what we have coming. a debate tonight in east palo alto over medical marijuana. >> police in palo alto, a city known for drug dealing is thou trying to find a deal with the sale of medical marijuana. will the city allow it. and a shooting in east oakland tonight and how it happened. these pictures just came into the newsroom. new video tonight at 10:00 of a shooting in oakland. we learned that two people were shot and wounded. one man was shot in the head and the second was shot in the back. both were taken to highland hospital. police tell us their injuries are not considered life threatening. a battle over selling medical marijuana is brewing tonight on the peninsula. one such facility in east palo alto is fighting to stay open. lloyd lacuesta is live at city hall where there was a strong debate tonight, lloyd. >> reporter: julie, it's a fact. east palo alto has a history of the selling of illegal drugs here. tonight at city hall, a debate over whether the city should allow the sale, the legal sale of medical marijuana. >> a medical marijuana collective sells medicine to patients. that's the definition for a drugstore. >> reporter: the city ordered the peninsula care givers collective to shut down because it has no permit to operate. tonight the collective was appealing that decision but so far has not allowed police to enter the dispensary. >> i don't know if they're getting it from a transactional gang or cartel. we have no idea what they're serving. we don't know if they have weapons. we can't regulate because your compliants have decided to operate without going through the process. >> the process failed us. this process, the county department failed us. it just failed us, plain and simple. >> reporter: tonight the cannabis club failed to get the city council to rescind its order to close. a number of california cities are grappling with the issue of medical marijuana sale which is still illegal under federal law. the justice department will soon clarify its position -- weaker than expected sales report created a weak sale. the nasdaq though spent most of the day trading in positive territory and ended up posting a gain of about four points. a couple of major filings today for initial public offings. the social buying website group on expected to go public expecting to raise $750 million. it has 83 million subscribers and 42 countries and recorded quarter revenues. and oakland's pandora has also filed for an epo. itself shares will reach $750 million. pandora has 90 million users but the company has yet to turn a profit. that first report came out in june of 1981. it's been 30 years since the first case of aids was reported. how the face of the disease has changed and what's being done to raise awareness. and a new program is now under way to preserve a natural predator. it's a story you will see only on two. what the live pictures now from the home in san francisco where today's deadly fire happened. the home is on berkeley way in the city's diamond heights district. you can see there a fire truck still parked up front as investigators remain on the scene. they tell us they plan to be there all night. meanwhile, a flag is flying half staff. lieutenant vincent perez worked out of station 36. ktvu's john sasaki tells us the sadness is also being felt throughout the city. >> reporter: as word spread that lieutenant vincent perez passed away, other fire stations showed up to give support. no one would talk to us. white expressed grief for the entire department. >> társ a tough day in -- it's a tough day in san francisco. thank you, the fire department is like a family and we lost a family member today. >> reporter: his brother is a san francisco police officer. another brother is an oakland police officer. other firefighters told me off camera he was a firefighter's firefighter. mayor ed lee also went to the hospital. >> just reminds all of us how dangerous this job is and how appreciative we are of people who put their lives on the line. >> reporter: this afternoon someone brought a tray full of sandwiches to station 26 for the grieving firefighters. i received this text message who said about perez, quote i don't know anyone who didn't like him as a person or respected him as a fireman. due his memory justice, end quote. in san francisco, i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. today's loss is the first time in eight years that a san francisco firefighter has been fatally injured. in january 2003, 46-year-old mindy oller died in a fire truck as she took off her seat belt to reach for her head phones. this sketch resembles the man who distracted the homeowner. he aprobed the 63-year-old resident in the driveway saying he had -- he approached the 63- year-old resident in the driveway saying he had to show her something in the backyard. a different man ran from the home, they left in a car similar to this ford taurus. police in yuma arizona say a 73-year-old man found five people today before turning a gun on himself. the shootings were spread across several locations in yuma county. the man targeted his victims. one was an attorney who represented his wife in their divorce. i'm mitt romney, i believe in america and i'm running for president. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor made the announcement as a new hampshire farm. mitt romney attacked president obama's economic and foreign policies during his speech. he also promised to repeal the president's health care plan. recent polls show romney near the top of the gop field. the first official contest, the iowa caucus is about eight months away. advances in the treatment of hiv and aids have allowed many people live long healthy lives. but that can also be contributing to a lack of awareness and caution in different groups. the surprising age group now where hiv is on the rise. >> reporter: it was there when the disease had no name. >> that first report came out in june of 1981. i was first year medical student at ucla that's where the report came from. >> reporter: over the last 30 years, dr. andrew lopez says a lot of things have changed for people living with hiv and aids. he says the new face of hiv is diverse, women, latino and african american communities are on the rise. and often they have one thing in common. >> a lot of 20-year-olds are getting transmitted. >> reporter: stanford has launched a new program called sexual health targeting young adults. >> reporter: if you are a 25- year-old person and you just become hiv infected. if you get into care and get on to treatment, you are expected to live into your 70s. >> reporter: each year the cdc states there are 70,000 new documented hiv cases. that number has remained the same for 20 years. tavare wilson is the director of black coalition on aids. he says 30 years later, there's still people who don't know exactly how the virus is transmitted. >> some people still believe you can get it because of saliva. >> reporter: wilson says he teaches prevention in jails and schools because he says it's important to educate those who are most as a vulnerable. the source is still a mystery, fresh fruits and vegetables are suspected. of the 1,600 victims about 600 have developed serious kidney problems and 18 people have died. there are concerns about a similar outbreak here in the u.s. the food and drug administration says it has stepped up testing foods from europe but very few fruits and vegetables are imported. most tests focus on a single train of e.coli who until now has been considered the most dangerous. supporters say the containers often end up as litter and harm the environment. business groups that oppose the law say styrofoam is the most effective way to pack take out. i'm back here in less than 10 minutes. here's the latest computer mode el. we have a bunch of rain coming for our weekend. the situation with the players who hit buster posey has gone to a whole new level. why the mayor league baseball security is now on alert -- major league baseball security is now on alert. plus scathing comments today from the giants general manager. four bay area hospitals have been hit with penalties over safety violations. the hospitals are within a dozen in the state. the local hospitals are dominican hospital, mills peninsula medical center, kaiser hospital in san francisco and contra costa county regional medical center in martinez. penalties amounts range from 2,100 to $7,500. the san francisco public utilities commission is warning customers tonight about a possible security breech. the sfpuc noticed a few weeks ago that an unsecured server had viruses on it. the server contains names and personal data. the city of san bruno has agreed to pay a huge fine over a sewage spill. the fine totals $526,000. that spill amounted to $2 million of sewage that went into the ocean. the regional water quality control board must still approve the agreement. a bill banning cell phones in state prisons was passed in the state senate today it would make it a misdemeanor for any prison employer to smuggle in cell phoneless. the bill now -- smuggleinn cell phones. at least 120 people have been killed since last week in yemen. officials worry the al-qaida branch in yemen could increase. traffic officers wore masks to try to keep the sand out and hospitals reported a big increase in the number of parents complaining about breathing problems and eye problems. in thailand, customs discovered 138 turtles and other animals. many of the animals are endangered and there's a ban on their -- he had always insisted he was innocent and his conviction was finally overturned. pratt believed the governor went after him because of his role in the black panthers. he moved to the nation of tansania where he died this week. and chief meteorologist bill martin tracking rain off the california coast. when it's going 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[ ding ] we first told you about the puma project back in 2009. tonight new images released only to ktvu show mountain lions in the santa cruz mountains. maureen naylor shows us what researchers hope to learn here. >> reporter: this video taken last week shows an 82-pound female mountain lion approaching a dead deer in an open state reserve. >> you see how delicately she's walking. >> reporter: the valley day conservation released the latest equipment they're using to monitor the big cats in the area. >> we didn't expect so much crossing of certain roadways. some are successful, others aren't. and we are seeing more mortalities. >> reporter: this video was also taken last week. >> this cat is just -- he sees the flash and sort of reacting to it. then walks away. >> reporter: and in this clip from last fall, you see a young male mountain lion running to his sibling on the left while their mother wearing a research collar is seen closest to the camera. the conservation group now estimates there may be 15 mountain lions in the santa cruz mountains and 50 more stretching up to san francisco. >> it seems like there's a lot of sightings, but compared to how many lions they are and how close they are, they just do such a great job of staying out of our way. >> reporter: they expect more instances like what happened earlier in redwood city when a mountain lion wandered into a couples backyard. this 150-pound rescue mountain lion showed up tonight here in menlo park for a fundraiser. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. and more details now on that fundraiser. this big cat named cody was rescued from an illegal zoo in florida. tonight's fundraiser was expected to raise $450,000. they are now expanding the bay area pumo project into the east bay hills. >> it's amazing. the online auction of the property of the uni bomber brought in close to $180,000. items belonging to unibomber brought in $190,000. birds struck the engine shortly after take off and that forced the pilot, sullenberger to land in the river. 450 people on board survived. the tsa is facing pressure to make sure uniforms are made in america. our bureau shot these pictures today of the made in mexico tag. right there inside tsa uniforms. bay area congresswoman spers says hundreds of manufacturers jobs could have been save first- degree ed if the uniforms would have been made at home. >> this really bothers me and it should bother every american. that uniforms are being manufactured outside of the united states when we have so many unemployed. >> reporter: we contacted the tsa for a comment but did not receive a response. a gay softball league can keep its limit on its number of hetero sexual players on each team. three members filed a discrimination lawsuit last year. the team finished second in a 2008 tournament in washington state. but that was later nullified because there were bisexual not gay. this meant its player exceeded the number of nongay players. the iconic food pyramid to depict a balanced diet is being replaced with a dinner plate. first lady michelle obama explained the dinner plate today. >> we needed something that was useful not only in laboratories but on dinner tables and in school calf cafeterias. >> the change emphasizes that half of the plate should be vegetables and fruits. and here's the next system i'm tracking. showers in the forecast by tomorrow. early afternoon, mid-afternoon. i think that afternoon commute is going to be a little bit damp. saturday and sunday more rain in the forecast. tomorrow the clouds increase. some afternoon showers i mentioned and weekend is wet. especially on saturday. sunday looks fine. but clouds and cooler and not the kind of weekend you would expect for june. that looks like march. looks like mid-march maybe even early march. the system comes in tomorrow. the clouds increase light showers develop. and that's your friday. friday is not a bad day. starts out clear, clouds increase by afternoon commute maybe wet in the roadway. then this system detaches. that's the parents to this. that's where that came from, this guy created it. this thing bounces up against the coast and it rains on saturday. backs up a little bit, dries up. bounces back in at times on sunday. it's just pinballing back and forth here. right now saturday looks to be the wettest of the days. you're going to see that in the models. we got some showers in. your afternoon commute on saturday looks a little bit wet. here's the system right here, you pick up the counter clock wise rotation. there it's it. up against the coast, it bumps into us saturday morning. that's 3:00 a.m., we're not awake. and then it bumps a little farther inland saturday at noon. the low is still spinning here. then it starts to spin back. look where the showers are, that's your saturday. what happens on sunday, pulls back a little bit. drops south and pulls back a little bit, showers here. scattered showers here. that's sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. that's a tough weather system to track. when they break off the jet stream like that. and they pinball around. the computer models are going to be changing timing on this a lot. here's what i'm going to do this weekend. umbrella in the car. jacket on me at all times and be ready for rain at any point on saturday and sunday. there'll be breaks, you will run outside and say, this is great. then the rain will come. so you want to have all your stuff. don't fight it, go with it. because there's going to be holing in it and you're going to be drawn into those holes so have your umbrella. >> i haven't had a chance to put away my umbrella since winter. >> exactly. very wet. what a game tonight. one of the greatest come backs ever in an nba final. she's the star of glee. but now find out which major television event she's been selected to host. this year's emmy celebration is going to be gleeful. lynch was the first and only choice to host. the actress is quoted as saying she's tickled pink about the duties and is looking forward to singing and dancing. lynch plays sue on flee. the emmy awards airs on september 18th. mark is here now with sports. some interesting news about the giants and it's not all about tonight's game. >> i think you can safely say they're in a huff. both on and off the field and on the field it's a good thing because maybe they've got themselves a clean up hitter in aubrey huff. ripped three homers. getting his night off to a nice start. cards were up 3-0. man on, huff his first of the evening and suddenly the giants 3-0 deficit is 3-2. on to the fourth, freddy sanchez with his own. after st. louis closed, huff capping his night with a two run laser just over the wall. he had four home runs in april and may combined. he has four in the last two days. giants win 4-7 they're back in first place. even a highly successful road trip has not calmed emotion stemming from the seasonal ending injury to buster posey. the agent has received death threats. baseball's rookie of the year will receive rehab. and the man who barreled into posey say s if i never hear from cousins again or he never plays another game in the big leagues, i think we'll all be happy. i will put it as politically as i can state it. there's no love lost and there shouldn't be. turning to nba stuff through most of the today's final. you're watching it. you're thinking the heat are faster, stronger, better this thing might be a sweep. wrong, dallas stun guns miami to even it up. heat up 15 with four minutes left. and dirk nowitzki had a lot to do with it. defensive screw up leaves challers all alone for miami and he will come in to tie it. but dallas going to get it to dirk, of course watch him score with the left hand. he had the mav's final nine points. they had one last crack at it, it's a no go. the series dead even at a game a piece. and they go back to dallas for games three, four and five. that is the sporting life for a thursday night -- >> that was unbelievable. >> that posey story has legs. >> mark, thank you. be sure to join the ktvu news. it begins at 4:30. they will be following the deadly fire in san francisco and the latest on the injured firefighter's condition. good night. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking.