Local briefs

two-story Daly City home

The residents of a two-story home in Daly City were displaced after a two-alarm fire rendered the residence uninhabitable, according to the North County Fire Authority.

Firefighters responding to 129 Longview Drive at around 7:25 p.m. Thursday found flames showing from the home’s garage, the fire authority reported.

Crews were able to confine the flames to the garage and an extension to the home’s second-floor attic area within around 20 minutes, according to fire officials.

The home’s residents were in the house at the time of the fire, but no one was injured during the blaze.

The American Red Cross assisted the family with shelter.

Teacher reports child abuse

after seeing burn marks

A Mountain View teacher reported an injured child to authorities after she noticed two burn marks on his forearm consistent with a car cigarette lighter, Mountain View police Sgt. Dale Messimer said today.

After the teacher inquired about the burns, the child reported to school authorities that his mom had burned him, Messimer said.

The report was made to the State of California Child Welfare Services at around 3:20 p.m. Thursday from a school located on the 100 block of Dana Street, according to Messimer.

The larger of the two marks was a round burn approximately one-inch in diameter, Messimer said.

The mother, whose name is not being released, was picked up by police officers at her home on the 200 block of Mountain View Avenue and taken to the Mountain View police station, where she was arrested Thursday.

She has been booked into San Jose main jail for child abuse.

The male child and three of his siblings were removed from the mother's care and transported to a children's shelter, Messimer said.

Police were unable to say why the child was burned.

Flight delayed by bomb threat

Alaska Airlines flight No. 355, which was grounded Friday morning at Oakland International Airport following a bomb threat, has been cleared for flight by airport and police security, said Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Amanda Tobin Bielawski.

Passengers were headed back to the gate to meet the aircraft and are expected to depart for Seattle sometime early Friday afternoon, Bielawski said.

The 747-400 series aircraft was due to depart for Seattle at 9:21 a.m. and was already at its gate when the threat was called in, said Oakland International Airport spokeswoman Joanne Holloway.

The aircraft was towed to a secure location and was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs.

The aircraft was then secured and towed back to the gate.

All 100 passengers scheduled for the flight had passed through security checkpoints and were waiting at the gates when the threat came in, she said.

They have been taken to a secure location within the airport where they had to wait to be matched to their luggage.

Passengers were later allowed to collect their belongings.

The threat has not affected any other airport operations, no other flights are experiencing delays and it has not interrupted the operation of security lines, Holloway said.

Oakland police and fire departments responded to the airport after the threat came in.