Engulfed. Just got really hot really fast. The sky was red. It was beautiful but it was scary. Reporter burning embers rained down on nearby houses causing many spot fires. It looked like snow on fire. Felt like an apocalypse almost because they were all over the place. Reporter firefighters say the embers sparked this roof fire about two blocks away from the original scene. Mothers day weekend and its sad. Youre ruining peoples property. Reporter back at the main scene, it took firefighters more than an hour to bring the 5 alarm fire under control. All the neighbors suspect arson. This is the second time. This isnt by accident. Lightning dont strike twice, not in the same spot. Not the same complex. Somebody just dont want to see that building going up. Reporter construction worker cruz had the same suspicion. Its gone. Everything is gone. Everything that we did, its gone. Reporter he left the building around 3 30 yesterday afternoon. He says they already finished all 6 floors and put in brand new windows. The project was almost done. I cant believe this happened. I dont know who would want to do that. It was a nice big building. Reporter the building is a complete loss. The good news, no one was hurt. Alameda county fire investigators and atf agents are now investigating this. They believe this was a suspicious fire. We know the smoke could be seen for miles, but you say the ashes spread just as far . Yes. My mom lives about 4 and a half miles away from here. She called me earlier this morning saying ashes were covering her yard and roof. It is quite an impact around this area here. Thank you. It was hard to fight that fire. The flames so high, crews had to keep their distance. With continue with our team coverage. The crane had crashed down. Reporter tico said he watched in disbelief and with an overwhelming sense of deja vu as the building across from his home burned down for a second time. I think this was intentional somehow. I hope they find out the cause of it. Its quite worrying to be honest. The entire building was fully engulfed. Reporter firefighters could battle the blaze from relative safety outside of the walls. Dousing the flames with water from ladders stretching hundreds of feet into the air. The Early Morning fire painted the predawn sky burnt orange and black and sent ash and embers to nearby neighborhoods. Investigators describe the fire as suspicious. This is the google street saw from june 2016, one month before the first fire struck. More than one year later, the cause is still undetermined. We dont know if it was intentional. Because its still under investigation. When they complete the investigation, well be able to determine exactly where the fire started. Reporter devon, kpix 5. Pg e says about 300 customers in the fire zone are still without power right now. No word on how long that might take. Several streets in the area of still shut down. San pablo may not open until monday. Adline is closed from 36th to yerba buena. And westbound west mcarthur is closed at market street. This is the 4th big fire in the oakland area in just 6 months. In march, 4 people were killed when a fire ripped through an apartment complex. Then back in december, 36 people were killed in the ghostship warehouse fire. The building had been illegally converted into living space and had not been inspected in years. In october, a fire gutted a apartment complex in merit. Were continuing to sift through the aftermath of todays devastating fires. Stay with cbssf. Com for the latest on the investigation. We have new developments in a string of suspicious car fires in the east bay. Police arrested the suspected arsonist this morning just moments after he allegedly struck again. Details on how they tracked him down. Jackie. Reporter a fire marshal with contra costa counties hes confident theyve got the right guy, but the investigation is still open because they cant say for certain whether the 36 year old man they have in custody was allegedly acting alone or not. We got him stopped at mcdonalds. Reporter the task force created to track down the person responsible for setting 7 cars on fire in the east bay this week was in the benicia area when they finally caught up with the suspect. Stand by for a vehicle fire. Reporter Police Arrested a 36 year old man from contra costa at this mcdonalds as this car was burning just miles away. This woman says firefighters were on her street until 2 00 this morning looking for evidence. Weve been in this neighborhood. Its very calm. So yes, its a little unsettling. Im glad they caught this person. Hopefully didnt cause anybody personal injury. Reporter fire Marshal Robert marshal is withholding the name of the suspect until sometime next week. The investigation still has a lot of moving parts. Theres a lot of information also that we dont know. Reporter marshal says the suspect now faces 43 different arson charges that go back into at least the beginning of the year with the possibility of multiple charges stemming from a single fire. Contra costa county sees 3 to 500 vehicle fires a year. We hope the rate of the vehicle fires will drop now that weve made an arrest. Reporter the suspects identity is expected to be released sometime next week. Hes being held on 3. 1 million bail. One lead detective is helping investigators sniff out arson cases all over the bay area. He can detect 14 different odors, burnt and unburnt. Coming up, how this specially Trained Police dog is doing this in just minutes what can take humans days. Two sheriffs deputies are dead after a fiery crash in modesto. They were rushing to the scene of a burglary call this morning when something went terribly wrong. There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but you see folks in the community have stopped by to drop off flowers and cards to honor the two officers. The two officers may have been speeding at the time of the crash. When emergency crews arrived on scene, the car was fully engulfed in flames. Both died at the scene. Two of our employees died in a single vehicle collision in modesto this morning. Reporter the vehicle landed here on top of a dumpster. Emergency crews had to reach the car with the ladder. Just after 8 00 a. M. , deputy Jason Gardener and Roshell Johnson were responding to a burglary call. They may have been speeding before losing control of their car. Ive seen the video. Hopefully the california highway patrols investigation will answer the questions as to why and i dont want to speculate at this time, which would be improper for me to do so. Reporter the cph will continue to do their investigation. The officers were draped in american flags by fire crew who is responded to the scene. Kpix 5. Yesterday morning, a bay area sheriffs deputy died in a crash on the alta month pass. He was returning from an overtime shift at the santa rita jail when a bus rearended his Volkswagen Beetle on 580. The bus driver told officers he didnt see the car because the Early Morning sun was in his eyes. A pair of bay area contractors end up behind bars after showing up for a job at Travis Air Force base. Plus a bay area in in out and back open. And those itchy eyes, sneezing, the bay areas allergy season is in full swing. If you think this is bad, just wait. Why its about to get a whole lot worse. All the rain. All the rain weve got. And in fact were going to get a little more. The forecast is coming up after a break. ,,,,,,,, Travis Air Force base. Steve large reports instead of two bay area construction workers are facing possible deportation after showing up for a job at Travis Air Force base. Instead of letting them through base security, called immigration. Reporter the undocumented construction coworkers arrived with their company to put up sheet rock on Travis Air Force base, but they never got to the work site. They knew they were going to a hospital, but i dont know if they realized the hospital was on a military base. Reporter their attorney is now defending the men. This is a photo of detainee hugo mejia along side his wife. The children, theyve been extremely depressed, unable to go to school, crying, asking about their fathers all the time. Reporter records show he illegally entered the u. S. After being deported in 2001. His coworker also entered after being deported in 2001 and 2003. The case is unusual because i. C. E. Officers dont usually target lawabiding undocumented workers. When they get a call from an air force base, theyre going to treat it a little more seriously and come out for the investigation. That was Steve Lawrence reporting. The attorney hopes to argue that the men have been here for 10 years in Good Standing and should be allowed to stay. I. C. E. Issued a statement saying it will be up to a federal immigration judge. Two more Albany High School students are suing the School District over the punishment they received in a racially charged case of cyber bullying. Showing African American students photo shopped with nooses around their necks. The students say they were unfairly singled out since they did not post any photos, they just liked or commented on them, which they argued should be considered free speech. The lawsuit claims the administrators did nothing to protect them from the backlash of their peers. A man is in the hospital after speeding off miramonte avenue and plunging below. The drivers injuries are life threatening. The hunt is on for a tagger who keeps vandalizing murals in china town. The China Town CommunityDevelopment Center says the murals get defaced every few months and every time it gets worse. They plan to meet with police next week to figure out what to do. The in n out in livermore is back open. County Officials Say it looks like several members of the soft ball team were sick before anybody ordered anything there. Theyre still screening employees just to be sure. And the restaurant has been cleaned and sanitized based on cdc recommendations. Health officials suspect the teammates had norovirus, but they have not confirmed that. If youre one of the many people suffering through this terrible allergy season, you want to hear this. Its about to get worse. Reporter peggy sutton feels under attack. Runny nose, coughing, sneezing. Runny eyes. You know, burning eyes. I have a question. Reporter doctor james wolf says patients allergic to pollen are pouring into his offices for relief. Youve been in practice for how long . More than 35 years. Reporter fueled by drought ending rain, pollen counts are 3 to 4 times what we usually see in the spring. Its a perfect breeding ground for high pollen levels. Not a lot of rain, wind, a more moderate temperature. Reporter he says it will get worse before it gets better. If the tree technologien counts come down, the grass pollen counts are beginning to rise. Reporter to alleviate the symptoms, doctors have some suggestions wear sun glasses to keep pollen from your eyes. Keep windows closed and turn on the air filter. Take nondrowsy over the counter medicine which are flying off store shelves. Those with more serious cases may need to go to the doctor and explore allergy shots. Mean while, hope for the pollen killers. When should we hope for . Rain or real hot weather. Reporter sharon chin, kpix 5. One good thing coming out of all that rain . Almonds. Billions of them. The states crop its nearly 3 more than last years harvest. The Central Valley produces about 80 of the worlds almond supply. Theres good news for allergy sufferers. We are getting at least a bit of a chance of rain coming in tuesday. That would be about it. After that, we do get fairly warm weather. So both of the things the allergist talked about may come true. Tomorrow for mothers day, partly cloudy skies for the bay area and chilly and windy. Temperatures range from the mid 50s to the mid60s. The temperatures will remain on the cool side right through tuesday. Then well go the other direction. Theres the bay there it is. Concord, 64 degrees. Oakland 62. Livermore 62 and San Francisco 67 degrees. San jose 61. Tomorrow afternoon were going to be hitting highs in the upper 60s. Around the bay will be in the mid60s. Heres how it looks. The low pressure is now over vancouver island. We may get a pop up shower or two in the north bay tomorrow afternoon. That is a representation of the buoy out there. Indicating an ocean temperature of almost 50 degrees. Its a cold ocean and its a very stiff sea breeze combination. Its the perfect air conditioner and thats keeping us 10 degrees below average in spots. Future cast shows we have low clouds in the south bay. By tomorrow morning in the north bay we should have sunshine. Could happen tomorrow afternoon. Well see. Future cast, we have low pressure moving in finally on tuesday. A ripple in the atmosphere south of the low means tuesday early well get a chance of showers moving through, favoring the north bay. Tonight, clear, breezy cool. Tomorrow will be breezy again. Partly cloudy and again cool. Tuesday, rain. There is a chance. Travel Weather Forecast for tomorrow, looks sunny in the Central Valley. 76 at reading. 76 San Francisco. Sfo, tomorrow partly cloudy skies, 50 to 30 Miles Per Hour out of the west, so still gusty winds around. If youre heading out of the bay area, youll find rain up in the seattle. Partly cloudy skies in new york. We remain below average in the bay area. Over in the east bay, mid to upper 60s. Up in the north bay, clouds will develop tomorrow afternoon. Maybe a sprinkle or two and temperatures in the mid50s. Ukiah 71 degrees. Extended forecast, mid60s tomorrow, few clouds. Tuesday, few light showers possible. Then look what happens. Mid80s by thursday and friday inland. Warming trend on the way. First, we might get a little bit wet. Still to come, a flight to San Francisco touches down 50 years in the past . Why visitors on one special plane ended up wearing flowers in their hair. Sleep deprived, but in the giants case, it just didnt matter. Quick turn around between friday, saturday games and no signs of wear and tear. ,,,,,,, your hair. Today, United Airlines made doing that easier when retrohippies handed out to in 1967, Scott Mckenzie sang that if youre going to San Francisco, wear flowers in your hair. Tonight United Airlines made doing that easier when retrohippies handed out flowers to passengers who had just landed. Its all about peace, love and acceptance and especially now i think those are definitely sentiments that we as San Francisco really embrace as a city and so this is a great way for us to welcome everyone to San Francisco. Why not on this anniversary of the summer of love. Passengers could also take selfies of wax figures of Jimmy Hendrix and jerry garcia. A very special happy birthday to my great grandmother. She turned 107 years old today. Louise henderson celebrated with 107 candles. Great grandma louise has two sons, 7 grand kids, 12 great grand kids and 15 great, great grand kids. Grandma, how old are you . 94 or 95 . 107. No way. What is the secret to your long life and your health . Well, i dont know. I always said i [ indiscernible ] and lived in my yard and garden. She reads 4 novels a week and says a jalapeno a day keeps the doctor away. She was born in 1910 . 1910. You know the president then. Taft . President taft and mark twain died in 1910. 48 states. Red sox were raging in 1910. Hang on to babe ruth. Shes a denver bronco fan, i have to say that. How do i follow that up. Wow. Baseballs up top. And the giants and the reds, both clubs understandably sleepy eyed after a 17inning number into this morning. At 1 00 this afternoon, it was go time again. Check the time stamp this morning. Then the walk off homer. 5 hours, 28 minutes, giants three and the reds 2. After 17 innings, posey earned the day off. Mothers days weekend in pink trim. Brandon bell, right to the drink. 10 San Francisco. Next inning, justin to the deepest part of the ballpark. Giants 10th big league. Giants matt moore and hello come backer from joey vato in the 7th. Catquick reflexes. He only allowed a run. Back to back wins for the giants. Reds brian price couldnt have felt great about that, but at least the mill valley product is back in the bay area. 4th year skipper. Graduated from [ indiscernible ] high school in 1980. You could see being a big League Manager certainly qualifies as having made it. I remember when i was a kid going through high school at tam high and there was a lot of black and white photos of the big athletes. I always wondered if i would ever accomplish anything that merited a black and white photo in the gymnasium or the boys locker room. I dont know if this qualifies, but im hoping it does. Ill be back later on in the show with a fish story you wont believe. A real fish story, huh . A real fish story. We are continuing to follow that massive construction fire in emoryville. Boeing is slapped with a multimillion dollar fine for faulty repairs to the president s plane. If i went and raided somebodys bank account, i would go to prison. 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