



A two-alarm fire that started in a garage early Saturday morning has displaced four people from a San Jose duplex, a San Jose fire captain said.
Multiple calls about the fire in the 2000 block of Casa Mia Drive came in at 12:54 a.m. Fire crews arrived at 1:01 a.m. A second alarm was called at 1:23 a.m., San Jose fire Capt. Anthony Melendrez said.
The fire was under control by 3:25 a.m., Melendrez said.
The blaze originated from the garage and spread to an adjoining garage and has left the duplex's two units uninhabitable, Melendrez said.
The fire did not spread into the homes though two people from each unit were displaced, he said.
Cars in the garages were completely destroyed, according to the captain. Crews were attempting to salvage other contents later that morning.
One resident in both units was awake at the start of the fire and both reported hearing popping sounds and then seeing the garage on fire.
Neighbors also called about the fire, Melendrez said.
When firefighters arrived, all four residents were already on the sidewalk, he said.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was under investigation Saturday.
There were at least six people shot in Oakland Friday night, bringing the total to at least 10 people injured in shootings in just the past 36 hours, and that's violent even by Oakland's standards.
The recent surge in violence has police and citizens wondering what's prompting the recent uptick in violence.
Late Friday night, a shooting on 45th Street and International Boulevard left at least four people injured.
Police blocked off streets in the area where a large crowd gathered sometime after 10 p.m.
Three of the four victims were taken to Highland Hospital and the most seriously injured victim was taken to Eden Medical Center.
On MacArthur Boulevard and High Street, police found a bullet-riddled van earlier Friday night, but no one was inside.
An hour later at a house nearby, a victim's mother called an ambulance for her wounded son. He was expected to live.
This was not the case for one of the people shot in a Jaguar Thursday morning, or the man left dead on an Oakland street Thursday evening.
No sooner does one crime tape come down, it seems another goes up.
One resident raised in Oakland said things have definitely changed, and compared it to the wild west.
And it was wild again Friday night on International Boulevard. Just steps from where a child died last summer, a man in his 20s was shot several times in one of several shootings that night.
Business owners were matter of fact about the shooting, saying that the area has become like a war zone. "We're just here; we have to make our living you know. We have to be here; we have no other choice," said Naim Abdullah.
As for customers who might have been caught in the crossfire: "Oakland is completely out of control," said Bernard Turner of Fremont. "Nobody (is) showing no respect for nobody (else)."
Tristan Turner of Fremont had a suggestion. "You want to shoot a gun, go to the army. That's how I feel. A real man handles his business without a gun," said Turner.
But as one surveillance video showed, people were arming themselves and firing back. A taco truck vendor wounded a robber and was wounded himself Thursday.
As the shootings add up, they become a blur for a police force stretched thin.
"We've had one guy here since Tuesday night and he hasn't been home; it's been busy," said Sgt. Jim Rullamas of the Oakland Police Department. He added that he just didn't know what to make of it; sometimes there are spikes in violence.
Usually though, these spikes come in the warm summer months when more people are outside -- a side effect of the milder-than-usual winter.

The search for a missing recreational boater who did not return after leaving from Pillar Point Harbor on Wednesday was suspended late Friday night, according to the US Coast Guard.
Coast Guard crews Friday morning found the 18-foot vessel Shau Tsu Wong, a 64-year-old San Ramon man, had departed in for a recreational trip from the harbor near Half Moon Bay on Wednesday.
The boat was found capsized off the coast of Ano Nuevo State Park, but the missing man was not found, according to the USCG.
The search was suspended as of 10:30 p.m. Friday night, according to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard received a call on Thursday from the boater's son, Petty Officer Pamela Boehland said Friday. The son said his father did not usually take night trips on his boat, a white 18-foot vessel with a red stripe on it and two outboard engines, Boehland said.
The Coast Guard had initially launched a helicopter from its San Francisco station around midnight but did not find the boat or Wong. The helicopter crew returned to the station and then launched again at sunrise Friday, according to Boehland.
Two boats from the Coast Guard, an 87-foot patrol boat and a lifeboat, also participated in the search, Boehland said.
Crews searched more than 3,800-square-nautical miles of water, which officials described as an area more than twice the size the state of Rhode Island.
A shore-side search for Wong stretched from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz, Coast Guard officials said.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Wong was asked to call the Coast Guard at (415) 399-3530.

Occupy protesters and the Oakland Police Department are gearing up for Saturday's weekly protest and march, and there have already been threats of violence.
On the Occupy Oakland website, information about a protest scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Saturday discourages peaceful protesters from participating.
The website says, "It is not a march intended for people who are not fully comfortable with diversity of tactics."
Several Occupy Oakland protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Friday night told KTVU Friday they plan to participate in the march planned for Saturday night.
Earlier Friday evening, police told KTVU they're preparing for the march and are deploying extra officers on overtime to protect the city and its citizens.
"We are monitoring events and putting in the necessary measures into play," said Oakland police Sgt. Chris Bolton.
Phil Tagami, a real estate developer whose office is at Frank Ogawa Plaza across from City Hall, presented the city with a flag Monday to replace the one that was stolen and burned during last weekend's protest.
Tagami said the city has to find a way to stop the ongoing violence.
"It's marauding bands of people roaming through downtown Oakland causing property destruction and general mayhem," he said. "If that's not a form of terrorism, then I don't know what is."
On Monday, Nancy Sidebotham and other concerned Oakland residents plan to hold a counter-protest to support the city and the police.
"This is our city, and we're not going to let it deteriorate," she said.
Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said anyone who engages in criminal activity or assaults against officers or community members will be arrested.

Twelve people charged with crimes in connection with Occupy Oakland protests have been ordered to stay away from Frank Ogawa Plaza and the Oakland Convention Center, Oakland officials said Friday.
The 12 defendants were all charged in connection with Saturday's protests, when a crowd estimated by police at around 500 people attempted to break in to the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. The group had stated that it planned to take over a vacant building in order to create a community center and headquarters for the Occupy movement.
More than 400 people were arrested in connection with Saturday's protests, which also resulted in a break-in and vandalism at City Hall.
Of the twelve defendants arraigned Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court, eight were charged with misdemeanor offenses and four with violent felonies, according to prosecutors.
Officials released the names and photos of 11 of the 12 people who received stay-away orders.
They are Adam Weathers, charged with possession of a controlled substance, criminal threats, remaining at the scene of a riot, and felony resisting arrest or obstructing an officer; Joseph Briones, charged with battery and remaining at the scene of a riot; Chloe Heather Watlington, charged with vandalism and resisting arrest; Joanne Warwick, charged with blocking the sidewalk and resisting arrest; Robert Ovetz, charged with resisting arrest; Geoffrey Weiss, charged with resisting arrest, blocking the sidewalk and remaining at the scene of a riot; Michael Lubin, charged with felony assault; Joseph Hoover, charged with resisting arrest and blocking the sidewalk; Jason Ozolins, charged with resisting arrest and conspiracy; Ahimsa Winthunder, charged with assault and felony conspiracy and Mario Casillas, charged with felony assault.
City officials say Occupy protestors have stated their intention to hold weekly marches that call for non-peaceful participants to take part in militant actions.
"This type of destructive and aggressive behavior is not welcome in our city," Police Chief Howard Jordan said in a statement. "Anyone who engages in criminal activity or assaults against officers or community members will be arrested."
