not saying much about this fire. but when we were escorted inside the home officers kicked us out saying we were seeing evidence in a criminal investigation. eventually the evidence was going to go up in smoke. but this was not the plan. >> there's reports that when the fire started,. [ indescernible ] >> reporter: fire fighters found a fire when they arrived on the scene. instead of furniture, gifts and home decor fanning the flames, they found about 200 marijuana plants. the battalion chief let us go inside and get video of what was left. each room had different stages of the plant with lighting set up within the home. one neighbor told us he had no idea what was happening right next door. >> maybe in from oakland, being from the streets i never smelled anything, i never got no whiff or anything. i know those houses are going on everywhere, but i would have never guessed it. i'm in shock. >> reporter: firefighters got the flames out quickly and were on scene for about two hours. now a criminal investigation is on the way by oakland police. but the suspects may be hard to find after blending well in this neighborhood. >> they had a certain look to themselves or something. now it's like, regular families, regular people just trying to make a living i guess. a woman identifying herself as the owner of the home told us she started renting it to the people living there about a year ago. firefighters in sra -- vallejo say they found a marijuana growth operation after responding to a fire. the marijuana growth operation seemed to be very sophisticated with three rooms in the home devoted to the growth. the wiring used to grow the marijuana is the likely culprit. a northern california pilot says it was design intervention that allowed him, his wife and daughter to survive a plane crash this weekend. ryan brown is a sacramento firefighters and was piloting the cessna and he says he came upon a storm. when he felt himself dropping, he put it nose first to try to gain some speed. >> it was a choice because i could see the terrain and if i would have nosed the plane in we wouldn't have walked away from it. >> reporter: the browns called for help using their cell phone, the three are in stable condition with back, neck and head injuries. a man accused of three sexual assaults in san francisco's mission district is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. 32-year-old fredrick dozier jr. was arrested back in january after police received a tip from the public. prosecutors say this surveillance video helped them identify dozier as the suspect. they say he is responsible for three sexual assaults from june to december of last year. investigators say each attack was more violent then the last with the last victim choked to the point of becoming unconscious. in eight minutes, san francisco's suspended sheriff, what he said to us today about the allegations against him as this case goes before the ethics commission again tomorrow. now to our continuing coverage of the construction work that's closed the dunbarton bridge all weekend. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live now with an updated time line on exactly when that bridge will reopen. lloyd. >> that's right frank, a late breaking development we just talked to caltrans a few minutes ago and we told them that the work on the bridge has gone a lot faster than we anticipated. they expect to have the bridge reopen to car traffic at 3:00 tomorrow morning. crews have -- >> reporter: crews have been working around the clock since saturday night installing a new seismic joint. this is what the joint looks like and this is the only close up look you'll have of it because once the bridge reopens some 60,000 cars a day will be driving over it. caltrans says no one will notice a difference unless an earthquake hits. >> this is very exciting. this is state of the art. >> reporter: tonight we were the only ones to talk to the chief designer of this expansion joint which connects two segments of the bridge and will allow the bridge to move as much as 37-inches in the event of an earthquake. >> when an earthquake happens, this side moves like this, and this side moves like this. this steel plate allows these two structural elements to move relatively to each other and still supply support so the traveling public can still safely go across it. >> reporter: caltrans says this work will have to be repeated in upcoming months. >> we don't have a weekend or a date for that yet. but we do need to do the exact same work again on the eastern side of the bridge. >> reporter: this same technology is being built into the new bay bridge and is designed to handle the stresses of the type of earthquake that occurs once every 1,000 years. again the update on the opening of the dunbarton bridge now scheduled to open at 3:00 tomorrow morning. live in newark, lloyd lacuesta. you can find live traffic updates by going to the ktvu.com and clicking on the traffic tab on the top. first street has been closed all weekend. crews have been working on the temporary bridge. that work is set to wrap up overnight and the street is scheduled to reopen at 5:00 a.m. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. we'll be monitoring both the first street and dumbarton bridge traffic accident. ktvu news begins at 4:30 a.m. on this memorial day the pentagon announced the death of a soldier from salinas. galarza salinas died saturday. enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised bomb. he was a member of the second brigade team based at louis mccord washington. tonight dozens of people gathered for a solemn ceremony to remember thousands of service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. ktvu's ken wayne live in lafayette where memorial day was marked where america still has combat troops serving over seas. >> reporter: there's now 1,600 crosses across from the lafayette b.a.r.t. station. each one representing an american soldier, airmen or marine who died in combat since 9/11. about 90 people gathered at the foot of this memorial. it's not likely to come down any time soon. >> although it may not be an active combat role, the u.s. government is still going to have military troops in afghanistan. to us here that constitutes the reason why we're going to be here. >> he was 34 years old when he was shot eight times and killed in baghdad iraq in an ambush. he was killed by the iraqi soldiers that he was training. >> reporter: one speaker reminded the audience that other americans and allies have also died since 9/11 all fighting for the same cause. >> it includes contractors who are often our own, state department and cia employees, nato forces and u.s. allies from around the world. others spoke of the need to support vets to return from combat before they too become a casualty of war. >> it's pretty staggering for every combat death in iraq and afghanistan there's 25 suicides when our veterans come back. an empty chair was placed here for luis clark, she's the landowner who allowed the crosses to be here, she has since passed away. her children have allowed them to continue this cross memorial in her honor. live in lafayette, ken wayne, ktvu. dozens of people turned out to a memorial's day memorial. the family of army major evan mudike was among those who attended he died last year in iraq. his daughter said today was not necessarily a time for sorrow. >> he would have been sad if we were sad all the time or just mourning, he would have wanted us to celebrate his life and the happy times we had with him. >> next month there are plans to dedicate a memorial honoring fallen hering in danville. tonight at 10:30, we want to take you to other memorials including the precidio. president obama and mitt romney this memorial day and a poll taken among veterans and the results are not even close. just look under video on demand at ktvu. after the big party comes the big clean up. today workers in san francisco's chrissy field dismantled stages and cleaned up. >> a mother and her twin sister walked through the bridge the day before it opened in 1937. it's a lot of fun, being here for the celebration knowing that they were there. >> reporter: worries over fog melted away with the fireworks and laser spectacular last night. organizers won't estimate the number of people who showed up to see it but they tell ktvu it was a well behaved crowd. we -- he didn't deserve to be shot at all. >> an unarmed suspect shot by police what prompted an officer to open fire. >> a robust warm up is coming to the bay area. coming up whether it >> new video tonight of a tree that came crashing down on a tree in san francisco. the tree fell near scott street. fortunately no one was hurt but hayte street has been shut d own in the area. there's no word what caused the tree to come down but there has been strong winds in the area. new at 10:00, amber lee tells us there are some important decisions that have to be made before they can even begin to hear from witnesses. amber-- >> reporter: here at city hall, they will go through the process to determine if ross mirkarimi will keep his job as sheriff. >> this is just one more choking strategy to make me walk away. i get it. i had haters who fought hard against me. >> reporter: mirkarimi first faced the five member ethics commission about a month ago. tomorrow he will be back to learn exactly how the process will work. >> the ethics commission is writing the rule book on how to hold one of these hearings. >> reporter: the ethics commission has had to made several decisions like how lengthy the hearings should be and what type of evidence should be allowed. the mayor suspended mirkarimi without pay after he was convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. mirkarimi vowed to continue his fight against the charge. >> i'm not going to walk away that easily. >> reporter: the ethics commission main task is to make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. tomorrow night, they will decide if its recommendation should be unanimous. it'll take nine votes from the 11 member of supervisors to permanently remove mirkarimi from office. the entire hearing will reach the board by saturday. amber lee, ktvu news. research in motion the maker of the blackberry has announced impending lay offs. over the weekend the company announced 2,000 to 6, 6,000 workers will be laid off. research in motion has lost traction with the rise of iphones and android smart phones. no comment tonight from facebook after mark zuckerberg and his wife turned up in a chinese television documentary. zuckerberg and his wife can be seen walking behind police. the menlo park city council is ready to vote on a plan to expand its facebook campus. facebook wants to have as many as 6,600 employees and remove some trees that are legally protected. the menlo park planning commission has already unanimously approved the plan. new information now about the cause of a fire in fremont that's left 10 people and two dogs without a home tonight. we have cell phone video here that was taken by a neighbor. the fire started at about 10:30 this morning and spread to the house next door. fire officials say it took about an hour to put out the flames. one firefighters was treated for minor injuries after he fell through a roof. investigators believe the cause of this fire was an unattended bar-b-que. the official start of fire season, what firefighters tell us about the season ahead and how they're getting ready. in vallejo it has happened again. another police shooting the second in just days. the police officer says he fired because he saw the suspect holding a metal object. it turns out that object was not what the officer thought it was. >> reporter: vallejo police say officers on dui patrol last night spotted a black lexus speeding with hislights out that's when the chase began. >> i heard a car, zoom, and i heard police behind it. then i heard shots fired it sounded like over here. police say three men exited the car, the driver 41-year-old anton barrett senior ran behind the apartment complex and into the alley, then into the front of a squad car. >> he reached into the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt, then took out a black metal object. >> the black metal object turned out to be a wallet. >> reporter: a second suspect was found in the bushes. a canine bit him. his family sitting on the police department's steps this morning said he had faults but was a good father and would never carry a gun. >> he didn't deserve to be shot at all. whatever chase he took them on whatever he didn't deserve to be shot. >> reporter: as for those three officer involved shootings in the month of may here in vallejo, the police department considers those an anomaly, a cluster of unrelated events as they are the only shootings of their kind this year in the city. in vallejo, ken pritchett. an oakland driver faces dui charges after ramming into a police car. the accident happened early today on martin luther kingway and sixth street. police say the suspect was quickly arrested. the suspect complained of injuries but he was treated at the hospital. a heat up is under way. for tomorrow it'll be a little more subtle for wednesday into thursday we're looking at a bigger warm up but tonight pretty nice skies. we were gusty a little bit earlier. tomorrow the low clouds will be back by sunrise. we'll be cool once again. a slight warm up expected by the afternoon with a bigger warm up to follow. tomorrow by the afternoon we'll look at low 60s for parts of the coast mid- to upper 60s right around the bay. get inland and it will be more widespread 70s. mid- to upper 70s in the forecast perhaps even an 80 degrees near antioch, pittsburgh and areas right around brentwood. but this will be the beginning of a warm up. we'll take a look at which days are expected to be the warmest and a sneak peak at your weekend. there are fears the quaga muscles could spread to the lakes threatening the water supply for 6,000 people. you can see what happens there, the mussels clog up the pipes and cost thousands to remove. some experts are saying what's being done is not enough. new video of a two alarm fire tonight in an oakland apartment building that at least temporarily displaced all the people who live there. started about 5:35 tonight at 92 linda avenue right near the oakland piedmont boundary. firefighters evacuated all 38 units and it's not clear who will be allowed back into their homes or when because the building's gas and electricity has been turned off. no word on what started the fire. new word on killings by syrian forces. this follows the massacre of 108 people in another town last week. the u.n. council has condemned the attacks. the syrian government denies responsibility and is blaming armed terrorists but even russia which is syria's allies says the government there has a responsibility to keep its people safe. walker spoke to two syrian americans today who live in the bay area and they are very worried about their relatives back in syria. even down to which part of their homes are the safest. >> reporter: for most of us the phone and computer are ways to keep in touch and be entertained. for alhlou, they are the lifeline to family in syria. >> i cannot believe in this century, that we so this happening. >> reporter: shellings, snipers left more than 100 people dead, half of them children. >> he was a baby. he has a pacifier in his mouth. what was his guilt, why was he killed. >> reporter: today syrians buried the graves in mass graves. these two syrian-americans worry about their families. >> they don't know which part of their house will be the safest because bullets can come and go through any wall, any window, any door. >> reporter: farah's sister has similar stories when he can reach her. >> you try her cell phone, house phone. >> reporter: when the calls are not answered, there's the internet. >> this is the revolution. >> reporter: here in the virtual world the couple's two worlds collide. >> we just want to go in the street and shout and scream, that this has to stop. >> reporter: they hope to get the call one day that syria is at peace. two people were killed yesterday in a motorcycle crash. excessive speed was likely the cause of the crash 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