His name lived below the apartment. He came by to get what he could salvage. He says he and his girlfriend woke up to screams. We freaked out. We saw the fire and the flames and got up instantly. Now he and 56 others who live at the complex are homeless until the building is safe to live in. I am here to grab my stuff and go home. Dont really have somewhere to go. Rod rigo vargas was sleeping at his parents and he got them out safely. I saw the fire so i told them to come out really fast. The san jose arson investigators are looking into what caused this fire. The San Jose Police officer who rescued the resident treated for smoke inhalation was released, but another individual is in the hospital. We dont know the condition or extent of injuries. Thomas roman, abc news. Thank you. Four people escaped unharmed after a fire broke out in their garage and spread into the main part of their house this evening in petaluma. The fire started after 5 30 on tampico court. It gutted a garage and damaged a bedroom above it. The firefighters put the fire out in 45 minutes. They scoured the garage looking for what sparked the fire. Oakland police are looking for a young gunman who killed a teenage girl. A small group of family and friends was walking on lyon way three blocks east of the coliseum when a teenage boy approached a fire with a handgun amount of 15yearold girl died at the scene and another boy suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. A lot of witnesss and the officers are out here not only talking to witnesses, but we are also looking at video and video camera. We are going to be out here all night. We are going to exhaust all leads so we can move forward with this investigation. Not only identify the individual who is responsible for this, but locate that individual. Witnesses say the shooter was about 13 to 16 years old and possibly wearing a red shirt. Police in livermore are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was lying near the spring town golf course. A jogger found the man yesterday morning lying near blue bell dry and scenic avenue. Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil to celebrate the life of k robing ogden. An official cause of death hasnt been released. He is trying to determine if ogden died where he was found or if his body was dumped there. A Funeral Service in the east bay was interrupted by a car that came crashing into the building. It appears the teen driver was racing. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim shows us the damage. It was quiet in their Funeral Chapel. A Memorial Service was just getting underway. He is one of the funeral directors. We are about to start a celebration of life for one of our clients. And all of a sudden we heard a loud rumbling sound. That rumbling noise was the sound of a 1974 chevy nova crashing into the building and wiping out the front lobby. The 16yearold driver and his passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and so was a man attending the service. He suffered a broken leg. Concord police say all was the result of what appears to have been two 16yearolds racing. The preliminary reports from witnesses suggest there were two cars involved possibly in a speed contest down clayton road with one losing control and ending up in the building behind me. Those in the funeral home say it could have been worse. Most of the people have made their way past the lobby and into the chapel except a few employees who came very close to getting hurt. We were in the lobby literally five feet when the car came in. Had to come through 10 seconds earlier and i would not be standing here today. There was another Service Scheduled later in the day. They directed mourners to the Salvation Army. Michael serves as a funeral director jie. We were lucky today. The Salvation Army was gracious and they were here when this happened. They were down the street and saw this and came by and offered their chapel for tonight. This building will take days if thought weeks to repair. Until then services will likely beheld at the Funeral Chapel in martinez. In concord, lilian kim, abc7 news. It is time for the first check of the weather. Meteorologist leigh glaser with what is happening outside right now. Leigh . It is getting cold out there. Hi, everyone. Lets check in with live doppler 7hd at this hour. You can see ase we sweep live, we are not picking up any returns at all. Thats because of clear skies out there. The winds out of the north are starting to die down. And that is definitely going to mean for a very cold night. In fact, here is a look at current reddings readings at this hour. It is in the 30s in the north bay and 36 santa rosa and 48 in San Francisco and 44 in mountain view. Come back in 10 minutes and i will update the numbers and look ahead to our new years eve forecast. Leigh, thank you. The nation is now just 24 hours away from going over the fiscal cliff. The onetwo punch of tax increases and budget cuts set to go into affect on january 1st. Negotiations will continue through the night, and a top man at the Nations Capital has been called in to help. Our abc News Reporter has the latest from washington. The clock is ticking. Negotiations are on going. At this point democrats and republicans remain at odds. Regardless of partisan differences, our top priority has to be to make sure that taxes on middle class families do thought go up that would hurt our economy badly. We can get that done. President obama called for immediate action, but there was that vote in the senate tonight. We are going to come in at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, and we will have further announcements perhaps at 11 00 in the morning. I certainly hope so. Mitch mcconnell frustrated with the lack of progress called Vice President biden in for help. Biden is now said to be playing a direct role. There is no single issue that remains an impossible Sticking Point. The Sticking Point appears to be a willingness or interest or want to close the deal. Drastic spending cuts will go into affect and taxes go up for everyone. The tax impact for the average American Family is more than 3400. Senate leaders continue to work on the stop gap bill. The Sticking Points remain. There is still significant distance between the two sides. Negotiations continue. Negotiations will continue through the night. Now with just hours to go until the deadline. Abc news, washington. As the government teeters on the edge of the fiscal cliff, you might want to change your tax strategy. Coming up at 11 35, advice from 7 on your sides Michael Finney. Ders in the hte did agree on something today. They extended the 2008 farm bill for one more year. That bill expired in october. Milk prices could have doubled to 7 a gallon next month if lawmakers failed to extend it. The agreement prevents the government from returning to a 1948 formula to set milk prices. Some economists call this the dairy cliff. Today was the last sunday for free meter parking in San Francisco. Next sunday you will have to pay from noon to 6 00 p. M. Atish ifer mans wharf from noon until 7 00 p. M. The city set up prepaid options for many meters. The Municipal Transportation Agency says the move will bring in 2 million a year, but the mta says it is not about the money. It is an effort to keep traffic moving. Secretary of stit of state Hillary Clinton is in hospital. Also amaz a band gets a special request and helps lift the spirits of former president george h. W. Bush as he recovers in the hospital. Also ahead, no laughing matter for comedian cat williams. His latest run in with the law. And then at 11 35, a bounty on the comedian cat williams has bailed out of jail after his latest run in with the law. Police arrested williams on charges of child endangerment and being in possession of a stolen gun. Williams arrest came after Child Welfare officials checked his home on friday. He was arrested earlier this month on a felony warrant. The warrant relighted related to a police chase. He was accused of hitting a man with a bottle in november. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is in hospital after her doctors discovered a blood clot steming from a concussion. They discovered it during a routine followup. Secretary clinton will stay in the hospital in new york city for two days so doctors can monitor the medication she is taking. The 65yearold fainted and hit her head earlier this month after after dehydrated and week as she recovered from a stomach virus. Former president george h. W. Bush is out of intensive care in a houston hospital where he is recovering from complications of bronchitis. It is one day after barbara bush made a call to the oak ridge boys, one of his favorite bands. Clayton has the sandel has the. Amazing grace it was a spirit lifting serrona de e ordered by barbara bush. She called and said we should cheer the president up. And if the oak ridge boys could get together and sing him a song or two. For decades the bush family and the oak ridge boys had been mutual fans. When the call came in from mrs. Bush, the boys were actually on vacation, but dropped everything, gathering at the office in 45 minutes. It was actually great to hear the president s voice in a cheerful mood. Mr. Bush, now 88 years old, al in this houston fighting complications of bronchitis, an expected threeday stay stretching more than a month. But when the band called his room on friday, thub 41 had a thub 41 had a request. Jay he was ready to hear elvira. I was singing elvira. And then the boys picked one of their favorites. You will remember this one. Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me i once was lost but now im found was blind, but now i see there you go. Thats great. Whatever helps it out. It has been a chilly weekend. Fortunately though we have received some sunshine. We have had great weather the past two days after the rain from christmas. But how will the new years eve holiday turn out . Leigh glaser has been checking on your weather, and she joins us with the latest. Leigh . Lets turn to live doppler 7hd, and you can see all clear skies across the bay area. As we are sweeping live right now, you can see no moisture being picked up. That is a nice break, a nice change for the bay area. Lets get to some current readings. It is cold. I just updated the numbers. Right now 35 degrees in santa rosa. Napa 43. We have 45 in fairfield right now. San francisco is Holding Strong at 47. But check out half moon bay. The 10 degree drop. 37 there. We have 42 right now in san jose. Folks, here is a look at our forecast. We have the cold temperatures overnight and the inland frost. The overnight temperatures will drop in many inland locations. We will go with clouds and a cool day for your new years eve. And then mostly sunny on new years day. We have one system that will sneak in here tomorrow afternoon. Lows tonight with frost likely. Santa rosa 29. 30 for napa and 32 for antioch. Livermore is going to be cold in your neighborhood. Frost definitely. 29 degrees. As we get close to oakland, the temperatures will moderate a bit with San Francisco down to 43 and 35 overnight tonight with clear skies in san jose. New years eve, here is what you can expect. 1 00 tomorrow notice we will notice the clouds thickening up. The temperatures are about 55 degrees. By 6 00 still going to be chilly, but we will notice some of the clouds thinking out. 10 00 and of course the big hour , 12 midnight. Happy 2013. The temperatures will be in the mid to low 40s. Some upper 30s inland. It is going to be cold with those skies starting to clear out. This is what i am looking at. The cold front here. The clouds out ahead of it. This is what is going to push in here for tomorrow afternoon. And here is a look at the timing. Here is 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. You can see we start off with clear skies and then look at this front sliding out. This is 6 00 tomorrow night. The clouds will be with us. Some forecast models want to bring a few sprinkles in here. We wont rule that out. The likelihood is going to be slim. Here we go by early 10 00, 11 00, midnight, new years day morning we are looking at mainly clear skies and new years day looks terrific with lots of clearing and lots of sunshine. We just have the little window where we will see the clouds sneak in here and maybe a drop or two and then it is out of here. Still going to keep it cool in the mid to low 50s across the bay area. Remember the clouds will start to move in between 1 00 and 6 00 tomorrow and then quickly move out. The accuweather sevenday forecast, we will go with cold new years eve, and the temperatures in the 50s. The clouds move this and then they move out just in time. Hopefully for the fire, woulds tomorrow night. It will usher in 2013 which will take place on tuesday and lots of sunshine. A cold start for us all wednesday morning. Slight chance of a few sprinkles and then we will warm things up friday and saturday. Thank you, leigh. Mike shumann is off and rick quan is in. We are talking playoffs. It is here now. The niners finish the regular season with a victory. The nfl playoff picture is all set. Well show who you is playing who the first round. As for the 49ers, they can sit back and watch the first week thanks to a career performance by michael crabtree. 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Now on our newly expanded advanced Digital Network, a connection your whole house can count on. Set. The 49ers are the number two seed in the nfc and we will get a first round bye. To win the division they had to take care of the cardinals at the stick. The niners looked pumped up, but they trailed 60 after the first quarter. The offense got going in the second and kaepernick and Crabtree Team up for a twoplay, 80yard drive. First he hits crabtree for a 30yard gain, and then the next play kaepernick gets away from the pressure and finds crabtree for a touchdown. While that connection was clicking, akers continues to have problems. He made two of four field goal attempts. This meant they only lead it 76 at the half. With smith still sidelined, francois is trying to fill the void. Frenchy did just that. Later in the third and they team up again. Crabtree with eight catches for a career high 172 yards and two touchdowns. He is the first 9er to have a thousand yards receiving since Terrell Owens in 2003. Early in thefrank and frank gore sets a franchise record with his 51st rushing touchdown. 2713 was the final. For the second straight year, San Francisco captures the nfc west. I am extremely happy. That was our mission. That was our one thing we wanted to get done today. We dpot that done. We got that done. The Western Division champions, thats means a lot to us and to our players. Green bay in minnesota wept down to the final seconds. Adrian peterson ran for 199 yards. Came up short, just nine yards short of dickersons single season record. That set up the go ahead field goal as the vikings win it 3734. That drew this reaction from the San Francisco locker room because it gave the niners, not the packers, the number two seed. Thedcowboys and redskins played for the nfc east title. Rg3 takes matters into his own hands or feet. He scores to put washington on top. And another redskins rookie with a great game with 200 yards and three touchdowns. Along the way he set a single season franchise rushing record. Dallas cut the lead, but romo is picked off by jackson. Romo threw three interceptions. The turnover would prove to be costly. Morris gets in to put the game away, 2818 the final. It is washingtons first nfc east title since 1999. So the nfc playoff picture looks like this. The falcons and the niners get a first round bye. The minnesota is at green bay on saturday and seattle plays at washington on sunday. Still to come, i will fill you in on the afc playoff situation. And while the raiders wont be a part of it, pryor m with Carson Palmer out with a bruised lung and cracked ribs the raiders gave Terrell Pryor his first start as quarterback. Crazy weather in san diego. The players were practicing in a hail storm. The weather was fine at kickoff, but special teams were not so special. Spurlock breaks into the clear and takes the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. It was 100 chargers after one quarter. After a slow start pryor lead the raiders on an 80yard drive. He throws a back shoulder fade to darius haywardbey. Oakland rallied and pryor dives into the end zone and it cuts the lead 2414. With the rain coming down and pryor buys time before minding minding finding moore. Pryor shows promise, but san diego takes the win. Oakland ends up 412. Despite the victory norv turner says he expects to be fired tomorrow. Here is the afc playo