us live from the ballpark now in sergio. you can see people stopping by all day. yeah, janelle, it's been quite interesting to see. so many people come by it. a pretty steady pace. and you can see right now how so many flowers have been placed here at the statue. we've been watching people come by snapping photos. they've been chatting with each other about willie mays, and they also say that they are obviously mourning his loss, but they're also celebrating his amazing legacy. we say, hey, they saying willie, that typekit is great. one of the last times willie mays rounded the bases at what's now called oracle park was as part of his 90th birthday celebration for fans of the giants, seeing mays any time was a special treat that left a lasting impression. i went to the 2007 all-star game as a six year old and got to see him in person, but he was carted around the field and i rewatched that whole game recently on youtube. max colleen was one of many who

came to the growing collection of flowers and mementos at the willie mays statue. today. he showed us his 1961 willie mays trading card for san francisco native robert martinez. willie mays was one of the first famous people he ever met. he was on a school field trip at candlestick park, and they fed us lunch and they gave us a program guide and they said, you're going to meet some current players and some former players. and willie mays was there. he says. willie mays signed his program guide twice. across his 93 years, mays lived through a pivotal time in san francisco history, baseball history and american history as one of the first players where d the nickname the say hey, kid, may said. it's because he often couldn't remember so many new people's names as a giants rookie, so he'd say, hey, his athleticism, professionalism and standout personality left an impression on a generation of fans who started watching baseball as television became more common across the country and around the world. and when the giants moved to san francisco in 1958, he was an

integral part of the franchise. even if san francisco didn't immediately warm up to him. profound figure. his skill set, and to endure all the racism that he endured in in this city, people forget that for the first 4 or 5 years, a lot of white san francisco giants fans actually booed him. omar moore, who grew up in london, says mays was an important figure to him because of his perseverance. when san francisco did eventually embrace the star player, the feeling was mutual. he played 15 years for the san francisco giants and spent the rest of his life after baseball here and signs of his legacy are everywhere, from a children's sports club to a cable car. and of course, the plaza outside oracle park are all named in his honor. and for those who want to have further opportunities to pay their respects, there's lots of opportunities to do that. obviously, you can come by and leave flow from oracle park. hee they have an exhibit of his career, and they also have a

memorial book that people can sign. and then tomorrow oracle park is going to be open to the public. people can go in and pay their respects, and they're going to have a memorial book there to sign as well. reporting live in san francisco. i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. thank you. sergio. among those remembering willie mays is longtime announcer and baseball historian bob costas on the today show. costas, look back at mays impact not just on the field, but off as well. willie mays was not as overtly political as contemporaries like jim brown, or certainly muhammad ali or arthur ashe, or a bit later on, kareem abdul-jabbar, bill russell and others. he was not overtly political, but both martin luther king and barack obama expressed the sentiment that without people like willie mays and other ballplayers and public figures in the 50s and 60s who gained perhaps grudging acceptance from the larger white culture that played a part, it might have been a more subtle

part, but it played a part in the long march toward justice. costas added that if you were lucky enough to have seen mays play in person, your eyes immediately went to him and just followed his every move. we will continue our coverage of willie mays life and legacy throughout this newscast. coming up at 550, we're going to take you to rickwood field in birmingham, where willie mays grew up, playing how major league baseball is preparing to honor him tomorrow night when the giants play a historic game there against the cardinals. a time to reflect and restore that was the goal of an oakland juneteenth celebration. today, the holiday is also highlighting one local organization's mission to build a lasting legacy in one of the town's most troubled communities, east oakland. nbc bay area's velena jones explains how the black cultural zone is making an impact, and the new fund that will now help move the dream of equality and opportunity forward. today on juneteenth, we're gathered here at the uptown market to

celebrate freedom and the future of oakland. today, they're celebrating in their best of oakland cultural hub, a market full of black owned business vendors on broadway. on this juneteenth, the black cultural zone is also marking a new milestone in the nonprofit. ceo carolyn johnson and her partners are one step closer to creating a new space for opportunities in east oakland to be able to build a beautiful residences. that will be something special, a market hall. so it's not just projects as well as activity. engaging the community, hearing their voice. all of this is finally what we've been asking for. the project is called liberation park. like its name, plans call for creating places to thrive by building a market hall space for small businesses and affordable housing units. wells fargo is helping with $1 million donation. that money will help buy and develop the land on foothill boulevard near the eastmont town center. the

liberation park, market hall and residences bring together every single element necessary to create healthy, thriving community is now at 42 million of their $50 million goal. councilmember kevin jenkins and trevor reed both represent districts in east oakland, an area that's seen the effects of redlining and receding resource sources. we're working to make sure that the city does the right thing by this project. we are making sure that we bring the close the deficit and make sure that this gets built. this is a moment of repairing, restoring, redeeming what was lost, what was stolen, and what was not delivered. for a community that has been long disinvested in black cultural zones, restoration mission includes their newly opened welcome center with support services partnering on a ten year plan to redevelop east oakland and providing community resources. the goal to improve

community through building economic wealth while preserving culture on juneteenth. it really is about what is our legacy here as african-american people, what should we expect, what we should demand, and what this country needs is a robust, vibrant, diverse cultural country, a mission johnson hopes will create a legacy of success. it is important that we do something we are who we have been waiting for. we are our ancestors wildest dreams, and i feel honored to do this work in oakland. velena jones nbc bay area news. people living in san leandro had the chance to meet with their new police chief today. chief angela everett spent time at the starbucks on 14th street as part of a chat with the chief event. she's been the interim chief since late april, but the city made it official this week. everett has a long history working in bay area law enforcement. before san leandro, she was the police chief in los altos. she also worked for the bart and hayward police departments and the alameda county sheriff's department. during the event

today, chief everett said it was important for her to meet with the community, especially on juneteenth. one of the reasons why we decided to do the chat with the chief on this day, because this is such an important day in black history, right? and so i know a lot of people have this day off. and so i wanted people to have an opportunity to come and chat with me and chat with our other officers and our professional staff, because they may not have an opportunity during the week because they go to work. chief favorite will be sworn in on july 2nd. this year's juneteenth of course, comes in the middle of a presidential election, one where the black vote is vitally important for both president biden and the presumed gop candidate, former president trump. nbc's chris pollone has the latest from washington. wahab mcosker at commemorations across the country, people paused to celebrate juneteenth, the 1865 day enslaved people in texas learned they were free. a federal holiday since 2021, this

year's commemoration comes less than five months from the next presidential election. and at a time when both candidates are increasing their outreach to black voters. this juneteenth, the biden campaign releasing a new ad targeting black voters today, he talked about the election stakes at a juneteenth celebration last week, their old ghost and new garments trying to take us back. well, they're are taking away your freedoms, making it harder for black people to vote or have your vote count. closing doors of opportunity, attacking the values of diversity, equity and inclusion. new polling shows warning signs for the president in battleground states michigan and pennsylvania, with eroding support since 2020 from black voters down to 55% in that traditionally democratic constituency. see, the trump campaign sees opportunity in the numbers we've done more for. and i say this. i say it proudly. more for the black population than any president since abraham lincoln. so how will voters choose? well, i think they could

do you could always do better. i think people have to do their own research. we have to be responsible. we can't wait for the candidate. we got to go to the candidate. a hard push to court undecided voters when a few thousand votes and a handful of states could change the course of history in 2020, exit polls showed that voters in the swing states of michigan and pennsylvania supported president biden over former president trump by a 92% to 7% margin in washington. chris pollone nbc news. fresh tensions between the biden administration and israel over a question on the shipment of weapons. it comes after prime minister netanyahu released a video he accuses the biden administration of withholding weapons that israel needs for its war effort. in an unusual, blunt response, the white house press secretary said they have no idea what netanyahu is referring to. the white house did hold a single shipment of bombs, but they say the other

shipments of weapons have been regular. that includes shipments of interceptor missiles being used to stop incoming rockets from hezbollah militants in iran. that rocket fire is continuing today, and the white house is concerned it could turn into another war in the middle east. still ahead, we investigate the company behind an unsettling scene that led to multiple accidents in oakland, how its drivers have a history of leaving animal parts on roadways, leading to ugly messes . and we are just over a month away from the olympics, beginning in paris and one of the top skateboarders in the country hoping to be there is from our own backyard. we're going to introduce you to her next. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. hopefully you had a good day so far. we have that fog returning here across san francisco. more of that tonight. tomorrow temps start warming. and i'm also tracking that smoke. we'll get you all t

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spill caused four crashes and the truck hauling the animal guts took off before authorities could get there. the company responsible has been a mystery until now. the chp confirmed to our investigative unit that the spill came from a truck operated by the texas based company darling ingredients. it turns animal waste parts into ingredients for pet food, fertilizer and fuel, and operate a large plant in san francisco. we dug into the company's background and found their trucks have a history of leaving gruesome messes in their wake. it's also the first time their drivers have left the scene of those spills. it's not the first time bigad shaban spoke to a small town police chief who you just saw from north carolina, and he told us the company has dumped blood, guts and animal parts across their roadways at least a dozen times over the past two years. whether they're slamming on brakes, going around a curve too fast, it just comes over the side of the trailers and now it's on our roadways.

what does it tell you? that even after everything your town has been through with these kinds of messes, there was just a recent one here in california. i think it just goes to show that we're not making any progress. you can catch the full story from bigad shaban at 11 tonight, with more on the company's recent safety violations and the drastic action one state took to deal with this company. the final stop on the road to paris for elites, street and park skateboarders is underway in budapest, hungary, the final qualification event before the paris olympics. one of the athletes hoping to carve her way to paris is a petaluma teenager. we caught up with 18 year old ministers at her home, where it is, of course, rad. every single day just go high, go fast. basically just go high. i love going high in the air. team usa skate park star ministries doesn't have to go far to practice when she's home. this is her backyard. everyone's always like, this is the best

skate park in petaluma, which i think it is honestly, i can't remember when this backyard wasn't here. i don't know, i've always been around skating. i can't imagine what my life would be without it. with the helmet and knee pads on. steph's was barely two years old when she got on a board for the first time with her big brother. her love for the sport and the board was instant. i think i've always just wanted to have my board with me, like i still always want to have my board with me. i feel like sounds weird. i feel naked without it. my name is min and i'm eight years old. i'm going to drop it. family home videos captured a young, fearless minna through the years riding stairs, ramps, and bowls. i mean, you can learn a bunch of tricks, but it doesn't really matter until you know you put your own style on it. back around that corner pocket. there it is, ollie. up the board. that style made history at the world skateboarding championship in rome last october. the wheels hitting the coping. there it is. oh yes. seth became the first female american park skater to earn a medal at the world event, taking third place. that's crazy. and i'm the first one. cerritos now has her sights on

paris, hoping to make her first olympic games. you know, it's, like, hard to, like, talk about it and, like, not like i'm trying not to, like, think about it too much and, like, psych myself out. i don't want to get too ahead of myself. it's like, that's a superstition. i guess it's like trying to, like, not think about it, what it would be like. i still have to get there, you know, helping her get there. mom and dad, one of them is always with her watching every competition. i don't know if i'll ever be a parent, but if i'm like, how do you like. they're like, they're so selfless. for me. and like, they make so many sacrifices and just help me get closer to what my goal is. making a career out of something that's fun is like, probably the best thing you can do. it's like, not supposed to be done a specific way you can make it your own, which is just which i think is just cool. there's no other sport like that. i feel like that was, of course, our jessica aguirre reporting. jessica, of course, is going to be going to paris to cover the olympics. we are featuring several other local athletes in the special half

hour show this sunday, chasing gold from the bay area to paris. watch it at 8 p.m. on nbc bay area or your favorite streaming platform, and find all our local profiles on nbc. bay area.com/olympics, summer games and summer is almost officially here tomorrow. what? 122 151 i believe yes, we're going to i've got it on my 7-day forecast. okay. i was so focused in on the air quality today. it was just nice to get out there and breathe after yesterday, which was so rough to get through. let me show you more details on that microclimate forecast, on exactly what helped to change up that weather for us. and here it is. it's all about that fog in san francisco coming in strong. also some drizzle right now. so if you're headed to san francisco next couple of hours, might actually need the windshield wipers and look at the result of getting that westerly wind in here to clear out that smoke. we have good air quality all across the bay. so nice to breathe a little sigh of relief here, certainly through

today. now, the other thing that we did see is those temperatures dropping pretty dramatically, anywhere from 5 to 17 degrees colder here across the bay area currently leaving us with 71 in santa rosa, 75 in livermore, 70 in san jose and a chilly 59 in san francisco, as we head through tomorrow's forecast, we're still going to keep temperatures out of the 100 because the storm track is moving unusually close to us. so that hot area high pressure stays away at least for right now, but the other thing it's going to bring back is more that fog for tomorrow. i'm also tracking with the position of that small system, the small area of upper low pressure we may actually see with the circulation around this. unfortunately, a little bit of smoke return here to the bay area for tomorrow. it's going to be a combo effect here. not only some smoke, but also that fog at the coastline. so let's get a look at the smoke forecast. and through tonight. worst of the smoke. take a look at the key at the top. it's going to be in that red to magenta color. will stay up near the sites. fire in

colusa county. but as we roll through tomorrow morning you'll notice how that smoke starts to drift more and closer towards marin, napa, sonoma counties. as we head through tomorrow afternoon, we may see some of that return through the north bay, possibly into solano county. so an air quality advisory tomorrow, sonoma, napa and solano counties. and then some haze could go to the east bay and also the south bay. so we think at this time we'd see some unhealthy air, possibly in the afternoon. but then by tomorrow night we should start to get that smoke pushing out here off towards the east. so a little bit of smoke to contend with for tomorrow, but we'll also have that fog. so as you wake up, most of us seeing these low clouds and fog returns, some drizzle near the coastline and then we'll try to get in on some hazy sunshine here as we head through the afternoon. morning temperatures down here on the chilly side. 54 in the peninsula. south bay at 56. also riding in with 50s here for the rest of the bay area. temperatures tomorrow warm up anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees tomorrow, but i still think we'll stay out of the hot

category. it'll just be nice down here in the south bay. 79, in san jose. martinez, 83, danville 84, hayward 72, peninsula 77, redwood city up to the northern peninsula 50s and 60s in san francisco and for the north bay 82, in santa rosa. right back here towards sonoma. 81 on the 7-day forecast in san francisco, go up to 74 on saturday, 68 on sunday, and right here for the inland valleys. oh yes, 151 tomorrow, officially, summer starts summer solstice and we'll get up to 98 on saturday. we should drop it down a few degrees as we head into sundays forecast. so temps right on cue. that's right, that's right. party back in the weather center tomorrow. 151 okay, we'll see you there. celebrate thanks, jeff. okay. coming up, ferrari getting into the ev game, the hefty price the company is asking for its

that seemed to target advertisers. it all started on his platform zena, late last year. advertisers like apple, disney and sony had pulled their ads from the platform when they started appearing next to hate speech. in response, must lashed out at the advertiser, writing, quote, go f yourself. although he spelled it out today at the lions advertising festival in cannes, france, musk found himself in the hot seat the ceo of an ad agency asked him what he meant by that comment. musk said it wasn't directed at advertisers and that it was a general statement about free speech. the explanation comes while musk tries to reassure advertisers about the future of x. well, staying in the world of elon musk is the sexiest, successful launch complete for his rocket company. spacex the

falcon nine launch from the vandenberg space force base in santa barbara county late last night. it carried a new batch of starlink satellites to low earth orbit. those 20 satellites joined the 6000 that are already up there. the starlink satellites connect to antennas and cell phones here on earth to provide internet access. this was the fifth trip for this particular spacecraft in the 61st orbital launch for spacex. this year, ferrari is going electric. the italian brand is famous for its roaring gas engines, but reuters is reporting the automaker is gearing out to roll out its first ev. now, this is not video of that car. this is one of their other beautiful offerings. its first ev. the price tag is going to be $535,000. ferrari will open a plant in italy dedicated to manufacturing the model. it will also make other ferrari cars there, including gas and hybrid models. the new car is expected to hit the market toward the end of next year. yeah, ferrari hasn't released any pictures of this ev quite yet. yeah, i'm sure it's going to be ugly. well, california isn't the only state

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the so-called south fork fire is burning in the village of ruidoso. that's south of albuquerque. so far, the fire has burned more than 15,000 acres, destroyed 1400 buildings, and still no containment in sight. authorities say one person has died as a result of the fire. firefighters are also keeping an eye on another wildfire burning in the area. the salt fire is burning south of the fork fire. it has grown to more than 7000 acres. don't forget you can watch our newscast 24/7 on roku, samsung tv, amazon fire, and other streaming platforms. raj mathai joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. it's a busy wednesday evening. here's what we're working on. police in richmond have their hands full trying to piece together a violent 24 hours, three people shot and killed. also another business is closing in downtown san jose. but it's not for the usual reasons why the owner is walking away after nearly 40 years. and as we celebrate pride month, we focus on a man trying to bring pride festivities