i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, chuck. >>>candle forced 25 heel out of their home in san francisco. one of our twitter followers sent us this video. the fire broke out just before 2:00 in the morning near geary and 23rd avenue. firefighters say the candle it will a blanket and the fire raced through three buildings. two residents and a firefighter were hurt but not seriously. >>> back to our weather. just look outside and you can see the impact of last night's storm. trees down, power outages, and mudslides. a lot of families impacted and more rain is expected. cheryl, a lot of damage there in oakland hills, are there red tags there for people's homes? >> reporter: five homes evacuated yesterday. three homes red tagged. and this is one of them. public works spent the entire day trying to figure out what homes are structurally sound. a wall of mud didn't make it into this part of diane henderson's home, but mud did come through the roof and down the hallway. >> you live on the hills with hillsides that are full of trees and

chuck coppola is live at the park. >> reporter: san francisco police seized a car in connection with this case. we just learned this within the last couple of days and the fbi will reexamine dna evidence. where i'm standing in mclaren park is near the spot where the body of 32-year-old any cofitts was found. it was in a shallow grave. she was last seen alive at 9:0030 at night april 1st of last year. her daughter who would now be 3 1/2 hasn't been seen since. her disappearance has left relatives feeling helpless. >> just waiting for that call each day. waiting for arianna to be found. >> she could be anywhere in america. she could be across the border. >> reporter: last year, san francisco police revealed piece of plywood used to koufr the body of the child's mother in the hopes that someone may recognize paint splotchings on and it where that plywood may have come from. today we reached out to the attorney of a baby-sitter who had been questioned by police. the attorney for her says he knows where his client is but he's not making her available for interviews. the candlelight vigil

. >> and chuck coppola joining us now with the latest. and there is new news about the search this afternoon. >> reporter: very late news this afternoon. right now i'm standing alongside the highway 680 bridge over the carquinez straight and a group of family and friends are still here packing up after the search began today. however a large amount of searchers have left for vallejo where they say he was spotted walking along the 1400 block of georgia street and in a business in the 2000 block of solano avenue. police have not yet confirmed this, but if true it is far from this location where he went missing on wednesday. the initial reaction, cheers that kevin red rico had been found but caution also because police had not confirmed it. >> thank god he is finally home and we could take care of him again and start over again and tell him how much he love him and care for him. >> reporter: today jonathan red rico gave instructions for those who widened the search for his missing brother. >> i can't tell you the mental state he is in. he is

chuck coppola is live at the park. >> reporter: san francisco police seized a car in connection with this case. we just learned this within the last couple of days and the fbi will reexamine dna evidence. where i'm standing in mclaren park is near the spot where the body of 32-year-old any cofitts was found. it was in a shallow grave. she was last seen alive at 9:0030 at night april 1st of last year. her daughter who would now be 3 1/2 hasn't been seen since. her disappearance has left relatives feeling helpless. >> just waiting for that call each day. waiting for arianna to be

in san bruno i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> up next, what's happening in the bay. a sinking barge prompting environmental concerns. clean up crews are working around the clock. >>> assessing the damage from the overnight storm in the santa cruz mountains. i'm damion trujillo live at the base of those mountains. a live report is coming up next. >>> and that cleanup continues as a new storm arrives. right now we are seeing light rain in hillsberg. and for the north bay tomorrow a similar picture as rain begins the day. and we could see a chance of thunder showers as this next storm sweeps through the bay area. how strong the winds will get and how much rain we are expecting when we come back. >>> it is a race against time to keep fuel from oil from polluting san francisco bay. you are looking at video from nbc bay area's sky ranger of the coast guard working to contain what's leaking outs of a capsized barge. nbc bay area's christie smith is live on yorba island. this barge rolled over in last night's storm? >> reporter: that's what we are hearing. the coast guard is

reporting live in albany, chuck coppola, today in the bay. >> thank you. >>> 5:36 now. also happening today, petaluma boys and girls club employee benjamin gorki is expected to hear two photos posted on a chat room. the child's name, address, and phone number were also included. >> continuing coverage right now about b.a.r.t. crimes. we're now getting numbers to back up what we have been hearing. there's a 22% spike in crime on b.a.r.t. just in the last several months. that information comes courtesy of b.a.r.t.'s police. that information was made public during a rare b.a.r.t. board meeting last night. the crimes they were talking about mainly include robberies and also assaults stemming from robberies. this update comes after a mob of teenagers, about 50 of them, jumped the fare gates, hopped on a b.a.r.t. train, and robbed and even ined passengers last weekend. >> new details this morning, wheel we're talking about b.a.r.t., b.a.r.t.'s santa clara expansion is ahead of schedule because of the drought. while california was dry for five straight years, construction crew

. >> and chuck coppola joining us now with the latest. and there is new news about the search this afternoon. >> reporter: very late news this afternoon. right now i'm standing alongside the highway 680 bridge over the carquinez straight and a group

reporting live in albany, chuck coppola, today in the bay. >> thank you for the latest there, chuck. >> 6:33. an elementary school may close after a recent investigation revealed it's not safe during earthquakes. an investigation showed donald lamellmentary sits on soil at risk of completely collapsing during an earthquake. east bay times reports the school could be closed by the end of this year or 2018. >> parents on edge at a peninsula school after a teacher is arrested for taking inappropriate pictures of young students. police say that this man, 33-year-old anthony satriano even had a relationship with one child. a phone call to the school led investigators to him. police say he encouraged several female students to wear tight clothing and pose for pictures in, quote, a sexual way. here's lieutenant ryan monahan. >> none of the photos contained any -- any young children that were nude. however, in the photos, in the various photos we discovered, we saw young children wearing stockings and things of that nature. >> right now, he's facing more than a dozen felony charges. he's exp

i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> and an alert for those in the loma linda area triggering mudslides. the mountains have been pummelled by rain and how is it looking now? >> reporter: the rain arrived about 25 minutes ago and it is steady ever since. but no winds at this point. you could tell by the top of the treeline up here in the summit of the santa cruz mountains that they are pretty calm right now. no wind. but this is a community that has been oversaturated by all of the storms. there are countless road washouts along bear creek road in the santa cruz mountains. this one is near bolder creek. a temporary stoplight now directs traffic around the slide. with no timetable for crews to begin repairs. >> we deal with it. fortunately i'm close enough that i can walk to work. >> reporter: the big slide is still on skyline boulevard near black road. the road gave way in mid-february and crews haven't begun the repair work. one problem is getting heavy earth movers through the narrow roads leading up to the slide. at 3000 feet, the wind bends the tall trees, some in danger of toppling