Bay area homes. Tonight we discover firefighters never a chance. Live from the cbs bay area studio ofs this is kpix5 news. A big fire burns three bay area homes. Tonight we discover firefighters never had a chance. That fire started at a home in West San Jose this afternoon, quickly spread to two more on mossbrook circle. Kpix5s betty yu is there with the latest tonight. Reporter at this hour there is not a whole lot left as you can see behind me and there are still pockets of fire burning now eight hours later. You can see the charred materials and cars behind me. They had to bring in a bulldozer to take out parts of the collapsed roof so firefighters could get in and put out those flames. All they could do was watch as firefighters put out hotspots hour after a three alarm fire gutted this home, torched the cars out front and quickly spread to two more houses next door. It was thick. Everything was engulfed. It was so bad you could smell it from blocks away. Reporter at its height fl
Family of a young boy who said a teacher committed sex crimes against him. That teacher appeared in court tonight facing 27 charges, including lewd acts with a child and kidnapping. Ktvu has been investigating him since he was arrested weeks ago. Tonight we also hear from his attorney and the family of the accuser for the first time. Ktvus katy eustis was in court. Why are they speaking out now . Reporter they spoke out in support of the young boy, showing of love for him. We are not identifying the family to protect the victim but they spoke out about the abuse and led to the investigation that likely helped other children. We just want to make sure he gets the justice he deserve. This man gave a voy to young voice to young boys abused by his teacher. Ron guinto in court. The teacher accused of molesting students. Those unusual field trips are what tipped the family off. Went somewhere else instead. It was surprising. That is when it started and we were shocked. Phone call from anothe
Well tell you what firefighters are saying about the investigation. Crystal clear warm day. The fog is making a little return today. That will impact temperatures on the coast and also the game time temperatures. Reporter and the field, all ready to go at at t park. Were just hours away from the San Francisco giants home opener against the arizona diamondbacks. The fans, they are excited. The giants are playing well. You will hear from them and you will also hear what you can expect if you were coming down here if you are coming down here today. A former Police Officer is accused of stealing drugs. Why this could impact hundreds of criminal cases. Mornings on 2 starts right now. You are looking live at whats left of a car and several homes after a huge fire in san jose. Ktvus janine de la vega has been there all morning and just recently learned that fire investigators may have a tough time determining exactly what happened because of a specific tactic firefighters used to put out the
Some form of corruption. One senator does not think this went far enough. Exactly. Just to give you some perspective here, the senate has never before suspended one member, much less three, on the same day. The last expulsion in 1905. Still as historic and some say it just doesnt go far enough. I know of no ethics class that teaches about danger of gun running. With strong words, the senate voted to suspend three Democratic Senators facing criminal allegations. Satisfying thing would be to expell them immediately. But i reluctantly conclude that what would be satisfying and popular would run afoul of the mostbasic american principles of new process. When you think in terms of asking members to resign, you propose to give them a roman holiday. The suspension with pay doesnt go far enough, he says. I dont believe giving paid vacations, paid holidays punishes him in any way, shape, or form. The Senate President pro tem told reporters with the stunning arrest of San Francisco senator lelan
Robbed once. We got tied up. Its like a nightmare. Its a nightmare. Were still very scared. There is some precedence for fear. People tell us that people were lootedafter they opened the southwest station three years ago but other mer chants and others are welcoming the trains arrival. I dont think thats bigger concern because theres so much more potential coming out of the b. A. R. T. Station coming down to san jose. Theres so much more business potential that could come to san jose up to oakland too. That might be a few little conflict. I think the growth for it is a lot more potential. It could be okay, yeah. Youre not worried about it . Im not worried about it. It depends on the passengers. With increased crime and fewer police on san jose, beat cops say the problem is only going to get worse. Now damian tells us the training will start rolling in about three years. It could have been a lot worse. A scary sight on the side of the road after a tour bus caught fire. It happened at 11