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garage of that home and quickly spread. it took over the whole home and spread to the home next door where two people were living and they made it out safely without any help from firefighters. and they are okay this morning. their house not so much. some serious damage to one of the walls and the fire also got into the attic of that home so that's why firefighters are really keeping an eye on that home right now to make sure nothing sparks up later from that attic. but some very quick work by firefighters after this broke out at around 3 a.m. we had about 40 firefighters on scene sa...

i' allen martin. >> i'm sydnie kohara. >> san francisco police say it's great news for the city. violent crime is down even though the police ranks were thinner last year. simon perez is in san francisco, where the police chief just released the new numbers. simon. >> reporter: sydnie, the police chief says 2010 was a pretty goodyear in san francisco despite the fact that the number of homicides was up compared to the year before. how can he say that? looking at the big picture, things haven't been this safe in san francisco in decades. san francisco police chief george gascon highli...

up. in the meantime, back up to you, juliette. >> great, elizabeth, thank you. 6:00 now. neighbors in marin county are fed up. they don't want smartmeters in their homes and today they are take the issue tosimon perez has more on the smartmeter debate. the he reports from san rafael. reporter: there are a lot of people in marin county who do not like smartmeters and they are willing to get arrested to prove it. >> step out of the roadway, ma'am. >> you can arrest me, too. i am not letting this guy go! i am not letting him go! then arrest me. >> reporter: that was the scene from l...

let's check on traffic. >> thank you. we are dealing with a fog advisory now for the benicia bridge. chp issued it for north- and southbound 680 heading into martinez. so watch out for low visibility there at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far, so good. traffic still nice and light heading into san francisco. much more on your morning commute coming up. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, for the second time in a month a san jose resident has been attacked by loose dogs. 78-year-old bob ferguson says he was attacked saturday by a labrador and boxer while walking his dog in ...

san francisco to tell you about right now. there's been an officer- involved shooting in the south of market area. now, this is 10th and howard. and that wheelchair is a key role. the details are still coming in but witnesses say an officer shot a homeless man who was in that wheelchair just after 10 a.m. a police spokesman says that the victim had a, quote, less than lethal weapon on him. he was taken to the hospital. this was the fifth officer- involved shooting in the past few weeks. we'll have details later another developing story is pickup truck falling into the bay off of hi...