and the third fire happened on 17th and heartford streets in a home that was being renovated. jonathan bloom joins us live from san francisco tonight where he talked to some of the concerned residents. jonathan. reporter: pam, residents and fire fights can only draw the same conclusion that these fires must be connected. behind me, you re looking at the wreckage from the facade of a century old apartment building. neighbors are shaken up, worried this could happen again. passers by couldn t help but notice the charred wreckage piled in the street from the second of three early morning fires that could have been intentionally set. i used to live there. in all, 17 people were displaced by the second fire, which apparently started outside near the front door of this victorian apartment building around 5:00 a.m. this is cell phone video as firefighters tried to knock down the flames. the owner of a nearby shop says he spoke to some of them. i was like, what happened? they
home that was being renovated. jonathan bloom joins us live from san francisco tonight where he talked to some of the concerned residents. jonathan. reporter: pam, residents and fire fights can only draw the same conclusion that these fires must be connected. behind me, you re looking at the wreckage from the facade of a century old apartment building. neighbors are shaken up, worried this could happen again. passers by couldn t help but notice the charred wreckage piled in the street from the second of three early morning fires that could have been intentionally set. i used to live there. in all, 17 people were displaced by the second fire, which apparently started outside near the front door of this victorian apartment building around 5:00 a.m. this is cell phone video as firefighters tried to knock down the flames. the owner of a nearby shop says he spoke to some of them. i was like, what happened? they try to go back in there to get some stuff. they can t go bac
good morning, everybody on this new year s eve. good to see you. i m terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. the countdown to the new year is on. in new york, the switch is flipped for rehearsal of the midnight ball drop in times square thursday. it took a small army of plows to clear the snow from a massive snowstorm. times square is finally ready and security for tonight s festivities will be extremely tight. whit johnson is in times square with more. whit, good morning to you. terrell, good morning to you. happy new year. the new year s eve bash in times square has happened every year for more than a century and despite all the people crammed into just a few blocks, it s been a very safe event in recent years and new york city police say they are doing everything they can to keep it that way. nearly a million people are expected to pack new york s times square tonight. along with plenty of security. the cia, the fbi, all sorts of homeland security operatives wi
square thursday. it took a small army of plows to clear the snow from a massive snowstorm. times square is finally ready and security for tonight s festivities will be extremely tight. whit johnson is in times square with more. whit, good morning to you. terrell, good morning to you. happy new year. the new year s eve bash in times square has happened every year for more than a century and despite all the people crammed into just a few blocks, it s been a very safe event in recent years and new york city police say they are doing everything they can to keep it that way. nearly a million people are expected to pack new york s times square tonight. along with plenty of security. the cia, the fbi, all sorts of homeland security operatives will be here. reporter: no reported threats against the city so far, officials aren t taking any chances. thousands of extra police, bomb-sniffing dogs and even radiation detectors will be on hand to help keep revelrs safe. a network of p
in sports, larry brown is the only coach to lead his team to an nba and ncaa championship. but the 70-year-old is hanging up his whistle in charlotte. here s nbc s mario solis. good morning. forgive me if you heard this before. larry brown is done coaching. the hall of famer who always seems to leave his teams mid season has done it again. he stepped down as the bobcats head coach after a dismal start. the celtics won their 14th in the row. off the turnover, paul pierce scores. boston up 84-80. sixers with a chance in the final seconds. the shot is blocked by kevin garnett. celtics win this one. spurs and nuggets, the nasty 360 spin and lay-up. for denver, it is not over. gary neil leading the way for san antonio. who?