man with a stab wound. officers say the suspects fled the scene. this comes as violence is on the rise in the city. now a state lawmaker is offering to help the police chief to try to stop this recent crime wave. it s not without fear that people come out, after 38-year- old man was found dead here saturday morning and classified as a homicide today. i m really scared. reporter: police say the past eight days have been some of the most violent in the city s history. this crime wave hits as the san jose police department is down to 1055 police officers, patrolling a city of about one million people. it s really difficult to continue running at this level and we re at a position where we re going to welcome some help. reporter: that help could come from the highway patrol. san jose assemblywoman nora campos wrote a letter to the police chief about the rising crime, urging him to request that the california highway patrol provide the city of san jose with law enforcement
without a home to live tonight after their homes went up in smoke. a residential hotel at folsom street. joe vazquez with the fuel that may have made it all worse. reporter: look behind me you can see firefighters are still on the scene looking to put out hot spots if they develop. three people were hurt here today. and now tonight they are telling us some 78 people are burned out of their homes. reporter: it was a stubborn one. flames began ripping through the park hotel around 5:30 p.m. an got more and more intense as the hours went by. it spread to three more buildings and injured several people over the two hours of intense firefighting. one hotel resident went to the hospital for smoke inhalation as did a firefighter. another firefighter had a shoulder injury. none of the injuries are life threatening. that s my room right there. reporter: she says she lives on the floor just above the source of the fire. she and several other residents tell me someone was barbec