Door. I dont know when i would have heard about it. Hugs for the redwood City Residents who lost everything in this massive fire. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles. Good afternoon. Im frank mallicoat. Michelle is on assignment. An apartment complex went up in flames this morning sending dozens of tenants trying to escape the burning building. The sixalarm fire consumed several units on the top floor of this woodside road Apartment Building in redwood city. Flames spread quickly jumping from unit to unit and even brought down the roof. Theres probably about 3 or 4 units on the third floor that are completely burned out. Theres units on every side of that, that are going to have damage and then probably units below it on the floors below from the water and perhaps even from fire damage. No word yet on what sparked the fire. Kpix 5s cate caugiran is live there now. Cate, you spoke with people who live there and we understand many didnt know what was going on right at first. Reporter yes. Thats right, frank. Several neighbors were confused. A lot of them heard what they called commotion before they even saw the smoke and they said they thought it was just a bunch of loud noise. This couple heard sounds of glass breaking, small explosions and then a woman scream. We didnt know where it was or, you know, where we should go. It was scary. Reporter they had no idea their apartment complex was burning down. We heard commotion. So when i went to check on the lady, i thought maybe somebody was breaking into her apartment or something and i saw the smoke in the stairwell. Thats when we knew it was a big fire and knew we had to get out. Reporter they grabbed their son and ran out. Meanwhile, another tenant Paul Jenkinson says it was a womans scream that saved his life. Thank god she banged on my door or i dont know when i would have heard about it. The smoke alarm went off a little late. But, you know, the smoke was so thick. Reporter by the time jenkinson opened his front door, he says the smoke was so thick he couldnt see. So he ran out to his balcony looking for help. I went to my balcony hoping it was dissipating but it was worse and worse and had to go down the ladder. Reporter the challenge was getting people out and the fire hoses up to the flames. Firefighters say most everyone did a good job of self evacuating. As you can see, firefighters are still here on scene. Woodside road is still closed. So if you are heading to this area, find other ways around. We learned moments ago that this building did not have sprinklers. It wasnt required at the time it was built. And this is one reason firefighters say the flames spread so quickly. And we also know that firefighters are reporting there were five injuries in this fire. All of them were minor meaning smoke inhalation, minor burns so they said all those people will be okay. Live in redwood city, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Bart and its unions have not stopped negotiating believe it or not since 10 a. M. Yesterday morning and as anne makovec reports, the marathon session is beginning to wear them down. Anne . Reporter yeah. We are an hour 26 if you can believe it. They have been nonstop negotiating since yesterday morning. Not much information. We get short answers when people come out for breaks whats going on. Somebody saying its very intense in there. Another one saying, well, were still talking. These negotiations taking their toll. Well hear the sign of that, an ambulance arriving at the caltrans building at around 9 a. M. Almost 24 hours into the session. A union member showed some signs of exhaustion. They didnt end up being transported to the hospital. But the negotiators arent the only ones exhausted now. Its been a week since the stateordered coolingoff period ended and the piecemeal strike aversions have frustrated commuters with so many making alternate plans. Bart ridership is down every day over the sameperiod last year. A total of 7 strike deadlines have come and gone. The last official word last night came from the federal mediator in charge of overseeing todays talks. Negotiations have been continuing. The parties are engaged. Progress is made. And the parties have authorized me as they had on the two prior nights to advise that on their and for the good of the public interest, trains will be running for the day. Reporter again, thats for today. We dont know about tomorrow. Heres barts chief negotiator this morning, tom hock on one of many coffee runs over the past day and night and morning. That is about the only time we have seen these people emerge is to grab coffee or grab lunch. We are hoping they are going to emerge with good news very soon. Right now live in oakland, anne makovec, kpix 5. Anne, how about the media . I know you folks have been there since yesterday, as well. Whats the mood outside right now . Reporter its crazy. Were all standing out here in a bunch and anytime one of the main players which we have now come to recognize exits the building, everybody converges on them to get anything. But there is a gag in order place. Hopefully they get something done. Anne makovec in oakland, thank you. How about ac transit . Their buses are also operating today. Workers have threatened to walk out this morning after rejecting two proposals that Union Leaders had supported but Governor Brown stepped in yesterday and appointed a three member panel to investigate those ongoing talks. If there is no agreement in the next week, the governor could issue a 60day coolingoff period much like he did with bart. Well, now that the government standoff is over, president obama wants leaders in washington to focus on the budget, immigration reform, and a farm bill. The president said the American People are fed up and the way business is done in the capital has got to change. The first Government Shutdown in 17 years is now over. The first default in more than 200 years will not happen. But lets be clear there are no winners here. These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy. Economists at Standard Poor estimate the shutdown cost about 24 billion. This lastminute compromise only price every provides temporary relief. We could be in the same situation on january 15 when funding for the government runs out again. The debt ceiling was raised only until february 7 so in the meantime lawmakers will work on a longterm deficit reduction. Budget talks started back up this morning between top congressional officials. National parks are re opening today and hundreds of thousands of federal employees are finally getting back to work. Cbs news Susan Mcginnis with the workers who are helping now to reopen the government. Reporter on foot and on bicycle, capital staffers arrived on the hill ready to get back to work. Thousands of federal employees reported to their jobs this morning after being furloughed for the past 16 days because of the Government Shutdown. Feel great. Want to get back to work. Reporter Vice President joe biden greeted federal employees coming back to the epa headquarters with muffins. Most Government Agencies were closed for all noncritical functions. Now theyre back and they have all that work piled up. They have a lot to do. Reporter with the Government Back up and running, workers removed barricades at National Monuments like the Jefferson Memorial tossing the closed sign to the trash heap. Make sure you dont have any liquids. Reporter visitors shut out of National Parks and landmarks lined up outside waiting for tours. Ridership is down on mass transit in d. C. During the shutdown. But its back to which is as usual as federal workers returned to work. While employees were happy to get back to work, many wondered how long its going that last. Hopefully, we wont go through this again. For now well save our first paycheck. Reporter they know another crisis could come in a few months. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. Heres a welcome sight. Check out some new video, tour boats docking at alcatraz. People lined up for tickets to the rock yesterday almost as soon as the debt deal came down. This is my life, my life. [ crying ] that i worked so hard i cant say anything more. [ crying ] and i just feel like People Like Us just nobody cares. Well, the government might be back in business, but the damage is done. Pamela harris owns a deli in groveland near yosemite. Just as business was bouncing back from that rim fire, the shutdown kept people away and now she is forced to close her shop thats been a mainstay in the city of groveland for a decade. One of the most famous sights in San Francisco is shutting down for repairs. According to the chronicle, coit tower will shut down next month so crews can fix water damage, flaking lead paint and get rid of asbestos. The repairs will take a few months. Relief for east bay commuters. Caltrans has finally set a date november 16th as the tentative opening day for the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel. It all depends on the weather as well as some safety tests. The 417 million project expected to ease traffic in a big way between the cities of orinda and oakland. Coming up, Hospital Police help a family track down lost memories. The precious photos of a young patient all caught on a mothers cell phone. Plus need to give a little bit of leeway to people and give them helping hands. And how a bay area woman gave up her own retirement to help patients. Its strange when its just as warm in San Francisco as it is in the east bay. But thats the way it looks right now. As we gaze toward the old thrust fault of mount diablo, the skies are just Crystal Clear and a Beautiful Day on tap. Weekend looks good, too. The forecast after a break. ,,,,,,, at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. What if you didnt know that its smart to replace washingmachine hoses every five years . What if you didnt know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items . And what if you didnt know that teen drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident . sup the more you know, the better you can plan for whats ahead. Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. We are farmers bum pa dum, bum bum bum bum angeles county. Mike durand shot this video. He went looking for sharks in the area o large ones wer more shark silentings off the coast of sightings off the coast of l. A. County. Mike duran went looking for sharks in the same area after he heard two large ones were spotted at Manhattan Beach this week. As saw, the sharks came under his board. Its a paddle board, even bumped it. Those are believed to be juvenile great whites. The daredevil says he likes living on the edge. Dont fall in world famous mavericks big wave surf contest in Half Moon Bay is coming up again and it has a new sponsor bobby glove to join the team. Mavericks founder is excited to have a longterm surf company ramp up the Energy Around the event. Surfers have 24 hours to hit the coast and be ready to surf when the waves are ready. Opening ceremony is october 25. Numbers are a bit mixed on wall street following the deal in washington. The dow has been down this morning and its still down not a lot though 23 and a little bit of change today. A ucdavis Police Sergeant went out of his way to track down a womans cell phone and for a very good reason. The phone had some pictures taken of sylvia leones 11year old son before he was hospitalized in a coma. He looked at the Surveillance Video and found someone walked off with the phone and tracked it down. All my moments that i had before this happened were in the phone. It had all the pictures of her son on there and so she wanted to get it back. Roy is still in a coma at Uc Davis Medical Center in sacramento, the result of a brain aneurysm a month ago. But mom has the pictures. That is a big thing. Yeah. Hey, we sent lawrence on a bit of a field trip. He is up at mount vaca getting a good look at the view. Its a good day for it. No kidding, its beautiful out. I would have to doubt that cbs no, that kpix 5 [ laughter ] hidef doppler. Try again. Is not picking up anything at this particular point nor as far as we look ahead do we see a drop of rain in sight. It looks like we have plenty of High Pressure and blue skies. Satellite and radar, with clear skies around the bay area. Sunny at the beach. It is warm in the city. 73 concord, as warm in concord as San Francisco, thats a rarity, san jose 74, santa rosa 73, as well. Heres what we are expecting today. A lot of sun around the bay area. Sunny skies, a breeze picking up. Mostly clear skies and chilly inland. There will be a little bit more sunshine ahead and temperatures today pretty much on par maybe a little cooler. The wind speeds right now are reflecting the fact that we have warm temperatures even at the coast. Places like pleasanton have northeast winds. San ra most northnortheast at 2 its not much but nevertheless it is a dry direction for san ramon. Its a dry warm direction so well continue with mostly mild readings for the rest of the day even as we get slightly cooler temperatures around the bay area today. Tomorrow looks warmer. Heading out of the bay area its 80 up at redding, 82 sacramento. And back in the bay area today well top out at 79 in san jose. And 81 at morgan hill. Over in the east bay the nudges will nudge 80 here and there. 82 degrees at brentwood. And 80 degrees at napa. And up in the north bay 78 at santa rosa, 69 in bodega bay all the fungus is going to die. In the extended forecast, well be looking for temperatures to warm a touch tomorrow and level out for the weekend. Oh, thats a beautiful weekend ahead and just typical of what its supposed to be, one of the nicest warmest months in the bay area. Its going to live up to it saturday and sunday. Looking good. No rain. We wont see rain for a while. Doesnt look like it in the near term but stay tuned. That can turn around in a hurry, but just not net week. For hundreds of people struggling with Mental Illness a downtown San Jose Center has become a lifeline for decades now. For this weeks jefferson award winner, kpix 5s sharon chin introduces us to the woman who fought to keep it open. Reporter carol larson has struggled with schizophrenia but found a special place in a social club for recovering Mental Health patients. I feel like i belong. Hopefully it will be a two way street. Reporter Wanda Alexander is the ceo for act for Mental Health in san jose. Its a no cost or low cost drop in center for Mental Health patients that has been around more than 50 years. We need to give a little bit of leeway to people and give them a helping hand. Reporter wanda first came to act for Mental Health in 1960 and volunteered as a Group Counselor until she retired in 1982. When center was in danger of closing in 1990, she came back. I came back to meet the need of the people who are here. We are were reaching a lot of people there. Reporter as ceo she reorganized the finances and built up the counseling staff. Even today, in her mid80s, she is still meeting the growing needs of the centers 500plus clients. She recently welcomed volunteer Andres Flores idea to start a new support group for bipolar clients. She was encouraging off the bat, yeah. She was happy with what we were doing. Reporter under her leadership they have added a variety of services from parenting and anger management classes to english as a second language. This is really helpful. Reporter volunteer cindy says wanda is a Problem Solver who sees beyond Mental Illness. What wanda does is she sees people as people, sometimes in need of help or intervention, but they are people. We hope that act will be a place that they can find an identity and find a sense of acceptance and belonging. Thats very special. Reporter so for decades of leadership in offering Mental Health services this weeks jefferson award in the bay area goes to Wanda Alexander. Sharon chin, kpix 5. Nominate your local heroes for a jefferson award online at kpix. Com. 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