Meteorologist bill martin monitoring the temperatures outside right now. Reporter its really dropping off. We have that freeze warning in effect. Lets take a look at the parameters in the freeze warning first of all. You see it here showing up all over the bay area except here San Francisco. So a freeze warning tomorrow morning and in the Central Valley you have that hard freeze warning. That hard freeze warning includes places like fairfield, vacaville and benetia. Temperatures right now running in some areas like napa theyre returning a couple of degrees theyre running a couple of degrees cooler than they were last night. So some of those temperatures could get into the teens in napa valley. Numbers tonight are going to be downright cold. Well be back here at 10 30. I will show you what you can expect tomorrow morning as you head out for the day. New at 10 00, Deborah Villalon is live in walnut creek where spare the air gets mixed reviews. Reporter nights like this many people are tempted to put a log in the fire or in the wood stove but only a gas fire like this one is legal. Look at that theres still a lot of embers in there. Reporter terry baranouscus tell terry that tomorrow will be another spare the air day. No thats going to be another day. Reporter another day hell have to crank up his heater. It feels like big brother and like they are not in tune with whats going on out there right now. Reporter unhealthy pollution trapped close to the ground is why the spare the air day is needed. Spare the air is a big shot in the arm for fireplace stores. Fires that flick on with a remote. Thermostats, lights, fans. Expensive to install but cheap to operate. And people are caving in to the idea of a fake fire. Theyre coming in, throwing their hands up saying ive got to do it. I put it off and put it off ive got to do it. Reporter and no fire police. The first time people get a warning the second time 500. Its fun for me to collect the wood. I like stacking it. Reporter fans of the real deal admit its more than a fire its a ritual. Reporter this is oak wood that i got from the hills. Oak is really good for burning. Reporter and terry will be ready when spare the air ends. Put some other wood on there. Reporter as much as he might disagree with it he doesnt try to sneak in any fires. Oh my wife would kill me. Reporter the only exempt to spare the air are homes with no other source of heat. Now the bay area has never had five days of alerts in a row. But the air board says this is the streak when it could happen. Reporting live in walnut creek. Debora villalon. Reporter new details now we just checked to how many complaints and regulations were reported each year . Last year there were 2,316 violations. A quarter of those citations were in Sonoma County. Cold weather drove natural gas consumption to a record high today. Pg e workers say the peak demand hit almost 5 million cubic feet in the bay area. Thats twice the amount of natural gas consumed on thanksgiving and it beats the previous record set 15 years ago. Pg e says it is meeting the increased demand by using gas from storage that was purchased last summer for significantly lower prices. Tonight at 10 45, cold classrooms at a bay area Elementary School. We asked officials why it took an entire week to fix a broken furnace. An autopsy is planned for tomorrow to try to determine if a transient in hayward died from exposure to the cold. The 50yearold man was found unconscious in a courtyard near a safeway store. Investigators say its unclear if cold weather or foul play caused his death. His name is being withheld until family members are notified. We now know the name of three people who died of hipothermia in the last few days. They are identified as 56year old enrique rubio, 53yearold daniel moore and 48yearold andrew greely. Daniel brillhart, 52 died on thanksgiving day in san jose. Breaking news from San Francisco. A two alarm fire is burning at the recology plant at the dump plant. You can see smoke coming from the windows and roof there. Callers are reporting a large amount of smoke drifting across the near by freeway. The fire started around 8 30 tonight. Right now there are no word of any injuries. They were gifts intended for young Cancer Patients until they were stolen. And tonight police in benetia are on the run for a burglar caught on surveillance camera near the scene of the theft. Ktvus amber lee is live in benetia with new details about possible leads in the case and how the community is responding. Amber. Reporter ken, one of the cars broken into is this honda pilot. The thief smashed the window. The broken glass is still here. But all the gifts inside are gone. Reporter so the seat was gone because we had a long present here that layed across then the back was full. Reporter the back of nancy moyartis car was filled with presents. Early this morning a thief smashed the window and grabbed all the clothes, toys and gift cards that were inside. The items were intended for the families of two Cancer Patients at her job. I was devastated. I started bawling because i thought about the families who are in need. Reporter but police say there are two developments that just may help them catch the thieves. This is Surveillance Video of a man breaking into another car this morning in the same neighborhood. The owner of this mini cooper tells me she installed surveillance camera after her husbands vehicle was broken into twice. When it happens to you more than once, you get a little bit smarter each time. Reporter it makes me feel better that i know what this guy looks like. So if i ever see him trolling the neighborhood im calling the cops. Reporter gift cards stolen from moriartys car were used this afternoon. They hope that will lead them to the thief. Were going to talk to target to get the video from that purchase as well. Reporter as for moriarty she says shes already received donations to replace the gifts. Its been overwhelming. At such a bad event, i have seen the best of humidity. My anger is pretty much gone. But i just hate that theres people out here that have to act like that. Reporter and police are looking at whether the man matches the person using the gift cards. The 85yearold veteran who was detained in north korea opened up today about his ordeal and confirm had the his video tape confession was coerced. In a statement, meryll newman said he ran into trouble after asking about the north korean partisans he helped train during the korean war. He was accused of being a war criminal and delivered a video tape apology. But newman says the words were not his and were not delivered voluntarily. He returned to the bay area on saturday and is now resting at a family home in santa cruz. He seems a little tired. But thats to be expected. Its been a long month. Probably emotionally taxing. You know and he seems okay. He seems like hell be just fine. Newman says he plans to share more about his experience later after recovering his strength. And at ktvu. Com we have posted newmans entire statement look for the hot topic segment right on our home page. Air force one arrived carrying president obama and michelle obama. It was a 15 hour flight from maryland also on board former president george w. Bush and his wife laura along with former secretary of state hillary clinton. Former president s bill clinton and jimmy carter are also traveling to south africa. The memorial at a sports stadium is scheduled to begin in the next few hours. What youre looking at right here are live pictures from that stadium as mourners begin to fill the stand. President obama is among the World Leaders scheduled to speak at the memorial. A call for change tonight outside a San Francisco tech giant. People impacted bid soaring rents and a rise in evictions took to the streets. Ktvus healther holmes is live in the city where demonstrators say the tax breaks have not been worth it. Reporter i remember standing here when city officials approved that controversial tax break. Now 21 2 years later backlash to what some are calling a generous financial package. Reporter Sandra Reddick says that after twitter moved in, promises have been broken. Reporter two weeks after twitter moved in, i got an eviction notice. Im booted out. Im not too happy with that. Reporter the influx of new money and new residents brought on by the current tech boom is drawing up rent. Evictions are up 170 in the last few years and that the median rent has increased to 3,400 a month. People are getting rapidly displaced by rising real estate costs and unfortunately greed amongst specklators and landlords who are trying to empty their units and sell them off to the highest bidder. Reporter as demonstrators protested they called on city leaders to put public need above corporate interests. Reporter are you glad that you give twitter that tax break . Im just going to say theres a lot of complexities. Reporter heather holmes, channel 2 news. Earlier today protesters brought the google shuttle bus in San Francisco. They stopped it for about 45 minutes at 24th and calencia street. Protesters here had a similar message they say families are being displaced from their homes as wealthy tech workers move into the neighborhood. Theyre also angry that google buses and others use muni bus stops without paying for them. Theyre now in the process of negotiating with muni. Theyre being labeled as potential suspects. The album with allegations of profiling. Find out if the mercury will finally climb where you live tomorrow. Store after store, burglarized in one of the busiest shopping areas in the bay area. How police say they finally caught up with the culprit. San Francisco Police say they have arrested the prime suspect in a string of smash and grab store robberies in the Union Square Retail district. Investigators got their break in the case, cara liu has the story. Reporter the burglar was smashing doors and windows then stealing merchandise at this particular cosmetics store at sutter and grant. They said he made out with more than 1,200 in goods. Reporter the store was one of the stores hit in union square in the last few months. There was glass all over everywhere. Its from breaking in. And all over the floor. Reporter treaty remembers showing up for work, it was the sunday before black friday. I didnt know you know how long it had been here for. If he had gone downstairs. Its kind of like getting your home broken into. Reporter undercover officers reviewed Surveillance Video that afternoon and began looking for their suspect. We got a pretty good idea of the time frame when this guy works. Reporter that same day officers spotted the suspect a few blocks away. And say they arrested 33year old adrian adaway in connection with the burglaries at thrash and marma. Police say they have cracked down on burglaries at high end stores like coach. Adaway was arrested and then released. Im really surprised that they would let someone go especially if they suspect them of doing this at 10 other locations. Reporter adaway is due in court later this month. Since his arrest they have seen a considerable drop in these types of burglaries here in union square. Live in San Francisco, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. The police chief in piedmont says recently installed license plate cameras are already paying off. 39 surveillance cameras were attached to lamp posts on city streets and intersections at 15 locations about a month ago. The cameras take pictures of license plates of every car that passes by. Those plate numbers are scanned and dispatchers receive an alert if any wanted plates are identified. Police say theyve already arrested two people driving stolen vehicles. The accident happened on consoman road and thats the winding road that climb spwaos climbs into the headlands. National park rangers and southern fire responded. They tell us the driver was taken to marin general hospital. A Sonoma County park is closed until further notice following the discovery of skeletal remaines. The remains were discovered yesterday. A man hiking with his two children say he found a skull and a tennis shoe in a dry creek bed. Today investigators scoured that park for evidence and began the process of removing the bones. Authorities say its unclear how long the remains had been there. They are now reviewing missing persons cases from the area. Two walnut creek mothers fighting for more safety controls along a busy traffic corridor are finally seeing some action from the county. The problem theyve complained about is this. Too many cars speeding down newell avenue. Paul chambers tonight on whats now being done to help make it safer. Reporter cars speeding by. Its a daily occurrence in this walnut creek neighborhood. According to lelon jordanson and stephanie laythorn. Ive been almost hit five times in the past year with my children. We have this happen at least five times a week and im not doing it anymore. Because its so bad. We now drive the kids to school. Its safer but its silly. Reporter workers installed three magnetic counters into the ground which will not only count the number of vehicles but also determine speed. This is part of a required warrant procedure to add stop signs. It looks at numerous criteria including vehicle volume. The private roadway leading to edens school. Another factor, collision history. I wish we didnt have to depend on collision data to convince the county that we need this. I think the collision will come its just a matter of time. Reporter to help determine that, jagerson shelled out 200 to pay for these signs. What is it going to take. Is it going to take someone to get seriously injured or dying. Reporter theres several criteria that need to be met before final decision could be made and that could be months away. Paul chambers, ktvu news. The National Transportation safety board is set to begin investigative hearings tomorrow into the Asiana Airlines plane crash. Three people were killed when the 787 clipped a sea wall back in july. The hearings are designed to address issues including pilot training. Automated flight system and the response to the crash. The Fire Department will be among those questioned by the ntsb. Ktvus ken wayne is in washington, d. C. And will have live coverage of the hearings tomorrow and on wednesday. You can also follow him on twitter for realtime updates throughout the hearings. It was slightly warmer today throughout the area. 48 in concord, 48 in antioch and 48 in livermore. Highs tomorrow will be likely in the mid50s. Forecast overnight lows are down there again. We have the freeze warning for the entire bay area outside of San Francisco proper. San francisco downtown easily 37 degrees. Napa 33 degrees but it wouldnt be hard to get 19 degrees or 18 degrees in those outlying areas in napa. Another cold night tonight. We are as i pointed out going into a bit of a warm up. I will trend it out and give you a time line on how we trend toward the weekend. More than a dozen Sheriff Deputies in one California Department arrested. The complaints against them. Plus san diegos former mayor is sentenced. What he said today about the sexual harassment. He still has not awakened. Hes got severe train trauma. Seriously hurt in a hitand run crash. And hes just one witness. The rash of cases all unsoeverred soever unsolved in the past week. Police in San Francisco were searching for clues in a disturbing string of hitand run crashes. Four separate incidents in the past week have left four people dead and one injured. Ktvu hears from the mother of one of the victims who flew here from europe to get some answers. Reporter gale alert flew from madrid to tend to her critically injured son. He still has not awakened. He has bad head trauma. He has a broken leg but were glad hes alive. Reporter Police Release a video that might help find the driver. People think they can do something and nothing happens. You drive someone badly and you drive away. Reporter it was one of four hitandrun incidents last week that followed no particular pattern. A noted local artist and street tagger was hit by a dark four door sedan. Its heartbreaking. Reporter a taxi hit and injured a bicyclists. Police later found the driver. The driver of a rental car hit a pedestrian at seventh and brennan streets. The suspect actually came out of the vehicle and moved the pedestrian out of the roadway. When she fled she ended up running the pedestrians leg again. Reporter pedestrian advocates say the hitandrun case highlight the problem on increasingly crowded streets. We know that three pedestrians are hit every day in San Francisco and those stories go unreported. Reporter so far their saurpblg for Surveillance Video has not turned up any useful leads. San francisco, ktvu news. Sonoma police are looking for a 58yearold man missing. He was last seen yesterday afternoon on a wheelchair in front of the sonoma care and rehabilitation center. The missing man is described as 55 tall, 150 pounds. He has an indisclosed mental disorder and may be using a walker because of a fractured knee. The San Francisco sheriff is calling this a sad day for the department after charges were filed against 18 former and current deputies. This comes after allegations of civil rights abuses and corruption at county jails. 16 of the 18 deputies were arrested today. All of them worked in l. A. s downtown jails. The complaints include unjustified beatings of inmates. Bob filner was sentenced to three months in home confinement for sexually harassing women. Filner offered his apology before the sentence was read. To the citizensover san diego, and most sincerely to the women who i have hurt and offended. Reporter filner resigned in august after 19 women accused him of offensive behavior during his tenure as mayor and before then. Take a look at this. A freeway pile up as Winter Weather hits other parts of the u. S. Good policing or racial profiling. Why some are questioning police tactics. And download our news app and watch all of our newscasts live. [ male announcer ] this december, experience the gift of exacting precision and some of the best offers of the year [ ding ] at the l