Into the investigation. Reporter you can see the heavy damage at the front door. They say at this point it looks to be an isolated incident. A visiting College Student from china took pictures and told us he will postit on facebook to let his friends back home know about what happened. Youre angry . I think everybody in china will be angry. Reporter a surveillance camera across the street caught the fire as it started last night. A person is seen getting in and out of a mini van. I saw a fire about 15 feet high. I got kind of scared and i put my car on reverse, went backward and parked my car. Reporter maggie says that she initially thought it was a car fire. But to learn that someone set the consulate on fire made her more cautious. Leland yee whos in washington, d. C. Tells us hes spoken with the chinese consulate general and offered assistance. This is no different than when some of our consulates throughout the world are attacked and you know peoples lives are at risk. Reporter despite the Severe Damage no one was injured during the fire. The consulate was open for Business Today to deal with visas and passports. People were directed to go around the corner to the gary street entrance. Reporting live in San Francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. The state department in washington says its working with its chinese counter parts to track down who set that fire. We take this incident very seriously. Were working with fbi and local authorities to find the perpetrators. It is a frequent scene of protests by human rights activists. At ktvu. Com you will find continuing coverage including an unedited look at that surveillance video. You will find it at the top stories section. Dozens of people gather to mourn for a teenager that was killed on new years eve. Reporter in his 13 short years, lee withesby touched peoples lives so deeply. All the candles at the vigil could not match the light he brought to their lives, they say. Lee was a child whos eyes were bright. They were not hardened, they werent dim. Hes shone every day. Reporter this evening people brought flowers and wrote messages of love and loss. Young friends struggled with the shock. A mother in pain. They shot my baby like a dog. Reporter a father in grief. Friends say the boy loved basketball and had gone to play with his friends. A dark four door car pulled up, two men got out and fired fatally shooting lee. Last night i carried his pajamas with me everywhere i went. And i had my moments when i cried but it has not sunk in yet. Reporter his parents, his teachers all say that he was a caring boy who had a bright future. He does not have that opportunity anymore. Reporter gunned down in a neighborhood where some say life is measured by surviving each day. The reality is these streets are not kind for our kids and theyre getting worse. He was not afraid to be good in an environment that doesnt nurture that. What were trying to remind them is they deserve better. That their humanity should not be undersiege just because of where they live. Reporter Oakland Police tell me there were several parties in the area that night and they believe there are more witnesses out there who could step forward. As for lees family, the school is planning a me phor kwhral celebration for him on memorial celebration for him. The woman suffered life threatening head injuries. Imvest investigators dell tell us the woman was jaywalking. The driver didnt see her in time to avoid hitting her. He was just traveling along and saw the pedestrian, hit his breaks but didnt quite stop soon enough. The driver was interviewed then released. The woman is at San Francisco general hospital. The Police Sergeant noted its been a very bad week for pedestrians in the city. Two people were killed on new years eve in San Francisco. 57yearold musafar is charged with vehicle manslaughter. He was driving an suv that struck and killed a 6yearold girl in the tenderloin crosswalk. Police say musafar was making a turn on polk and ellis street on new years eve when he struck sofia lu her 4yearold brother and their mother. Sofia was killed. Her mother is in Critical Condition and her brother is in fair condition. The car service ubber confirms musafar was driving for the company but he did not have a passenger at the time. Another man 69yearold john paolo bucceti was arrested for the second vehicle manslaughter of the year. City college of San Francisco won a temporary reprieve today while the battle over the schools accreditation plays out in court. The rule means the committee is banned from finalizing its plan to terminate city colleges accreditation as long as the matter is still under litigation. San francisco attorney general dennis herr era calls the ruling a victory. The state has to have some level of oversite to ensure that Community Colleges continue to serve the open admissions process that has been, as a matter of policy, under effect. Continuing coverage now of the legal battle over mcmath. Shes the 13yearold oakland girl who was declared brain dead but now on a ventilator for more than three weeks. They want a judge to order Childrens Hospital to provide her with a feeding tube so she can be moved. But experts say this case never belonged in court and opens up some disturbing possibilities. Debora villalon joins us now and says experts say hospitals may move toward ending life support earlier. The minute they turn off the ventilator, her heart will flat line. Reporter every day mcmaths heart beats the long established definition of death seems to invite doubt and potential challengers. If you change the rules and say that youre only dead when families agree that youre dead or willing to stop, that can be disastrously bad for medicine. Reporter bad because of beds needlesly filled and doctors preoccupied with patients. Because pediatric intense intensive care is difficult resource. We now have the technology to make dead bodies seem very life like and thats a good thing for organ procurements. Reporter organ donations could collapse if hospitals afraid of challenges decide to cut short the amount of time they keep a donor viable. Ironically that means giving families less time to let go. The issue never belonged before a judge says the expert. Thats always a disaster. Reporter because courts move slowly. Which is what judges always do in these sorts of cases. They dont want to be the ones to pull the judge. Reporter and the hope among jahis family. She is a beautiful girl and she is human and she is grieving. And she is moving. And i love when i go in there and i touch her. Reporter is a false hope. Its not possible to recover from death. They are really not asking for recovery theyre asking for resurrection. Reporter if theres something to be learned from all of this professor magnus says families may be paying more attention to end of life issues. Talking to their loved ones about what interventions of what they want or dont want. But in the case of brain death its pretty much a clear indication. So do they plan to go to the judge tomorrow. They are asking to place a breathing tube to change her to a different facility. After closing 2013 at record levels, wall street started the new year on the downside. The dow lost 135 points. The nasdaq dropped 33. One analyst said people shouldnt give much weight to todays losses but wait until monday when the markets are back in full swing. A last look at Holiday Shopping find retailers did more sales online and through mobile apps or social media than any previous year. A study by ibm shows online sales were up 10 from the year before. And sales on smart phones and tablets rose 46 . Most people seemed to use apple devices over android. The decision helping the newest member of the California Bar fulfills his dream and the roadblock that could still stall his career. Continuing an unprecedented string of winter spare the air alerts. Will temperatures be as warm tomorrow . Accused of killing a priest inside his church. Why the suspect was in and out of Police Custody hours before the homicide. Happening now live pictures from new york city tonight. This is time square blanketed in white as a major winter storm dumps snow in the northeast. Theres nearly 2 feet of snow already on the ground in parts of massachusetts. And the Winter Weather hitting the east coast is causing flight delays and cancellations right now. Reporter there were more than 2,300 flights cancelled. Here at sfo nearly four dozen. That means people who thought they were heading back east will be spending the night in the bay area. I was checking the weather earlier today and i had a bad feeling. Reporter that feeling was right. Her flight home to new york was cancelled because of heavy snowfall covering the northeast and the west. They were able to reschedule me. But not for another 48 hours. Reporter the storm is causing delays and cancellations in and out of logan, new york and newark. Some departments already have snow flows on the road. Theyre reporting 18inches in essex island. And in Plymouth County 8 inches. Reporter at bostons logan airport. Officials cancelled all flights until noon tomorrow. And that trickle down effect felt here in the bay area. There were 15 flights cancelled out of sfo. 32 departing and 13 cancelled. We have an office here. And im going to go into the sf office instead. Reporter now i just stepped inside and checked for flights, right now there are currently no flights listed to boston. Now to Southern California where los angeles firefighters are battling a fire at a lumberyard. Firefighters went into defensive positions to try to keep the flames from spreading to other structures. The l. A. Fire department has tweeted that power lines as you can see are down in the area. At this point no evacuations have been ordered. Police in eureka say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a well respected priest. Reverend aaron freeds body was found after he failed to show up for morning mass. His car was missing and he suffered significant blunt trauma. Just based on the evidence at the scene. It looked to us like there was some level of struggle. In the parsonage. Reporter 43yearold Gary Lee Boyd of redwood was rearrested. Bullock had been arrested for public intoxication on new years eve but was released from jail just hours after being arrested. New information tonight about a driver killed in a car crash in marin county on new years eve. The car landed upside down in the water. The Sonoma County coroner identified the body as valentino salinas. The car went off the road while trying to pass another vehicle. A fire has damaged a memorial in santa rosa honoring andy lopez. The teenage boy who was shot to death by a sheriff deputy back in october. Ktvus mike mibach reports on the investigation and why some in the Community Think the fire was intentionally set. Reporter a charred altar on a grassy corner field. And i was really shocked. Reporter up close you can see the black burned crosses, the toys, and religious figure. Just in shock that someone would actually do that. Our crews from our today road station were dismatched a little after midnight for a fire. Reporter Doug Williams says the small fire was quickly put out and late this afternoon, fire investigators sifted through the debris and rebuilt a portion of the 12foot long damaged altar as part of the investigation. The question for them to answer, was it arson or an accident fueled by near by candles. At this point we dont have any of those details. Reporter it was at this site where andy lopez was shot by gailhouse. Gailhouse told police he thought the toy rifle that lopez had in his hands was real. Since then the altar had been built in december and rebuilt today. And they say they believe it was arson. Also because items from the memorial are missing. None of his pictures are there. He had more toys and stuff. Reporter theres still a strong push to turn this field into a park to honor andy lopez. At this hour the focus remains on the investigation to find out the cause of the fire that damaged the altar an altar these folks say will be rebuilt this weekend. In santa rosa, mike mibach. A resolution to end the long running b. A. R. T. Labor dispute is nearing the finish line tonight. B. A. R. T. s board of directors today approved revised contracts with his two largest union. The vote removes paid family leave that threatened to derail the deal. B. A. R. T. Said it was a mistake to leave it in the contract and could have cost the agency tens of millions of the dollars. Last month sciu, atu local 1555 agreed to remove it. Were satisfied with the agreement. But its going to take a long time to heal after the type of campaign that b. A. R. T. District has run against our workers. I think in the end its good for the unions. Its good for the district and particularly good for the riders. Itll bring labor peace. Reporter before there is real labor peace, members of the union must ratify the agreement. The spare the air alert in effect since tuesday will continue tomorrow. Air quality managers blame our dry windless weather pattern for elevated pollution levels. During winter spare the air alerts indoor and outdoor wood burning is prohibited unless it is your only source of heat. Temperatures outside right now are mostly in the 40s. Were going to get down to the mid30s tonight. Above freezing more most but frost will form in many of those inland bay valleys. These were the numbers we had today. 67 in santa rosa, 67 in fairfield. Highs tomorrow, out here a touch warmer. Definitely on the warm up. We also have the spare the air again tomorrow. 26 air alerts this week or this winter 20132014 so it has definitely been a dry warm year. When we come back we will tell you when this weather will be broken up with some clouds and maybe a chance of sprinkles. Well see you back here. Your personal messages made public. The claims made in a new lawsuit targeting facebook. At 10 30, 49er fever in the bay area but would you brave wisconsin weather. The last minute push to get fans to fly. And eventually you wont manage to make your dream a reality. Hes been living here illegally but now he can legally practice law. Californias landmark ruling and how it could open doors for others. Safeway presents real big deals of the week. 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Reporter though his status in this country is not yet legal. The Supreme Court agrees Sergio Garcia of chico has the right to practice law. It was a unanimous decision. Here is where someone who is undocumented is eligible to practice under the law. Reporter it wouldnt be legal for a law firm to hire him. Theres still hurdles after this. Questions on whether he can work and if so under what circumstances. Reporter they plan to use it as an example for others they help. Some of them want to become immigration lawyers and help friends and family. Finally theyll have a chance to do that as a result of this case and as a result of the legislation. Reporter Sergio Garcia whos father is now a u. S. Citizen has been working toward his own visa since 1995. Never give up and eventually youll be able to make your dream a reality. Reporter new york and florida are considering similar cases. In san jose, anne rubin, san jose ktvu news. Facebook is facing a lawsuit. Two facebook users filed the case on monday. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction. They want facebook to stop scanning private messages. The 52 passengers who were stuck on an ice bound ship in antartica were rescued today and have finally started their long journey home. After several aborted attempts the chinese helicopter took advantage of todays clear weather and transported them to an ice breaker. It is expected to arrive in a week. The scientists had been on a ship that became stuck by ice. Drivers know california has some rough roads. But did you know that some hybrid cars may be partly to blame. Now a proposed fix but it comes with a fee. The 49ers say theyre ready for the cold in green bay but are the fans. The push to fill the seats with red and gold and just how bad the conditions could be. When the San Francisco 49ers take on the packers in green bay this weekend theres a chance it wont be a full house. So now niners are trying to rally their fans to brave the cold and fill the empty seats. Eric rasmussen has been talking to 49er faithful on making the trip. Reporter the team is set to leave their cozy headquarters tomorrow. I just checked the temperature in green bay, negative 12 degrees. And game Time Temperature is not much better. Some where around negative five. But thats not stopping some of 49ers faithful on making the trip. It could be so cold conditions might rival the ice bowl of 1967. A potentially epic play off show down between the 49ers and packers yet the game is not sold out. I opened up my email and i saw there were Tickets Still available. Kind of blew me away. It was like wow. Reporter joe lianor is among those who received an e mail from the 49ers offering special hotel and transportation packages for fans with the time and money to make the trip. In a heartbeat i would go if there was a plane ticket and permissio