carolyn: good morning, thanks for joining us. i m carolyn tyler. novato fire investigators are looking for one or hour arson enlists suspected of setting a spree of fires last night. it started in the ignacio area that was told by a dozen or more grass fires on the hillsides nearby. this one burned up to a house, but no serious property damage. novato has been plagued by fires over the years. they think it was probably the work of kids. we probably have an idea these are juveniles. we don t know for sure but that is direction we re leaning. our arson investigators are on the scene. carolyn: they won t give specifics how those fires are being started. anyone with information should contact novato police because they are the ones leading this investigation. in the east bay, investigators believe faulty smoke detectors may have led to a deadly fire in bay point. contra costa fire crews were called to the valley oak town homes yesterday morning. fire chief says the body o
at marin general hospital for the time being. i m live in marin county abc 7 news. thank you. and governor brown forced to unveil his budget early today after it was posted online. the plan calls for deep cuts in social programs to offset the projected deficit. here are the largest cuts. $946 million in cal works program. and $842 million in medical. $450 million in child care programs. the governor says california is just in a box. if there were bad programs or lower value programs we d cut thochls we can t spend what we don t have. that is the problem. it s not nice. we don t like it. this banks on voters approving a income tax hike for individuals earning $50,000 a year and families earning more than 505 un,000 and raise state sales tax by a half percent. if not approved cuts would kick in. state republican party saying it s insincere, and meaningful structural reforms. and plan to occupy the mayor s office didn t go too well today. and protestors were angry over e