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now at 11:00, we are following breaking news, a chaotic scene near lake merritt in oakland. on this holiday night, a heavy police presence at grand and euclid. we're seeing paramedics loading people into ambulances. multiple people have been shot. let's bring in nbc's pete serratos, who just arrived on scene for us. pete, what do we know right now? yeah yeah. raj. we're here on grand avenue, a very active scene, as you mentioned, dozens of police units here near the lake. but we did just get that update from oakland police on exactly what took place. but first, let's show our viewers some video from earlier when that scene was definitely much more chaotic. now, we did just get that update

from oakland pd, and they said that during the day you had this juneteenth celebration taking place near lake merritt. they described it as a peaceful celebration taking place during the day. but then things took a turn as we got into those evening hours, specifically at 815. that's when police report that a sideshow broke out in this area. and then about half an hour later, this is the timeline we're getting that there was a fight that broke out. so at this point, that's when that led to the shooting of those reports that we were hearing of shootings in the area, and multiple people were shot. of course, we're showing you some of that video of folks that were transported as a result of that shooting. but here's oakland pd spokesperson paul chambers explaining a little bit more about that shooting. there were multiple people shot. right now, we do not have an exact number, but i can tell you at this time we do not know of anyone that was pronounced deceased at this moment, as i know right now. now, during all of this, they

say that one person was arrested. arrested for striking a police officer as they were running back and forth in this area during this chaotic scene. but they still are looking for suspects in the shootings. as oakland pd tells us that multiple people were shot. but obviously this is an active investigation. it looks like it's going to continue to be active here along grand avenue through the night. okay. pete serrato reporting for us. we will come back to you, pete, if there are any updates. also, justin, tonight, two more arrests in connection with the wild sideshow near santana row, san jose. police sharing these photos with us. they say they've arrested two suspects for inciting a riot, assault on a peace officer and felony vandalism. both were taken into custody in san juan bautista. now that sideshow was last saturday when we saw this video showing people vandalizing this police cruiser while the officer was still inside a third person was arrested earlier this week.

well, in the past 24 hours now, we've gone from shock and sadness to gratitude and good fortune. fortunate enough to have willie mays live most of his life in the bay area, the outpouring of love continues after the giants legend died yesterday at the age of 93, his fans paying their respects at the willie mays statue right there at oracle park. the silver lining to all of this the country gets to unite to honor an american icon. tomorrow, oracle park will be open for free for giants fans to honor willie mays and to watch the giants game on the big screen. nbc's jocelyn moran joins us from the ballpark this evening. jocelyn, from alabama to san francisco, it's going to be special. hum. yeah, exactly. raj we spoke to a couple of people here at oracle park who say they will not be at work tomorrow because they are going to be here inside. they're planning to watch the game from that scoreboard screen. they say it is important for them because they want the chance to honor

and remember a legend, the greatest in baseball. tonight, there are more and more flowers surrounding the willie mays statue at oracle park. if you ask fans tonight, he's the greatest baseball player to have ever lived. he had the skills, the tools the player needs on the field, but he also had an important quality outside of the game that people remember and respect him for. he was a part of the community. he was humanitarian. he was a good person. he did everything all together, bundled up, no problem. and there's no one that can ever surpass him. carlos is one of the fans who plans on being inside oracle park tomorrow with his family. the rickwood field game will be televised on the scoreboard, as the giants face the saint louis cardinals at the former home of the leagues, birmingham black barons, where mays began his professional career. tomorrow's game is meant to pay tribute to the leagues and willie mays, but now it's carrying more significance, turning into a

celebration of his life and legacy in birmingham today, a mural of willie mays was unveiled. downtown. willie mays ran those bases so we all could soar, and he embodies the spirit of juneteenth. but he also embodies the spirit of the league. he embodies the spirit of the spirit of major league baseball. but most importantly, he embodies the spirit of perseverance. mays longtime friend read a letter the 'say hey kid' recently wrote. he wanted it read at the ceremony, i wish i could be with you all today. this is where i'm from. i had my first pro hit here at rickwood as a black baron, and now this year, some 76 years later, that hit finally got counted in the record books. i guess some things take time, but i always think better late than never. time changes things. time heals wounds and that's a good thing. tomorrow the giants will

get a chance to honor willie mays on the field. he began his career on, and fans here in san francisco will get the opportunity to remember a baseball legend at oracle park. at 24, willie mays plaza, a place willie mays also created. memories with those around him and with fans. i never watched him play one game in his life. i watched highlights, but what he means to the giants has affected me since i was their age, and i want that same effect to affect her. and we talked to a few families who said the same thing. the influence willie mays had on baseball. they plan on sharing those stories to the next generation. that first pitch tomorrow is at 4:15 p.m. at oracle park. i'm jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. jocelyn, thank you. well said. and well done. baseball is a game of generations passed down from one generation to the next. tonight in birmingham, a juneteenth celebration with a lot of familiar faces. the celebrity softball game. barry bonds was there. he shared these

photos on his instagram feed. bonds derek jeter, alex rodriguez among the retired stars and another bay area baseball legend. former yankees pitcher cc sabathia, who grew up in vallejo. you know, i was here at the at the ballpark yesterday when i got the text, i mean, it was it's super sad, obviously, just thinking about, you know, him not being able to be here and be a part of the celebration. but then i was like, this is why we're here. you know, we came down here to celebrate this man's life and feels right to be able to be here and put these events on in the wake of his passing. it does feel right. the giants and cardinals have arrived in birmingham and so have we, our crew getting a first look at the history of rickwood, nbc's laura b'rit and alex pavlovich are there. thank you. raj. this has become much more than just a tribute to the leagues here at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. since the passing of willie mays, this has now become a celebration of the life and

the legacy of willie mays. we did a tour of the ballpark earlier today, and i got to tell you, i got emotional when i stood out in center field and you look back and so much of the ballpark still exists today. major league baseball really wanted to honor the history of rickwood field. they have renovated it. they have put millions of dollars into renovating this field to, you know, make it more modern. but they have kept all the charm, and it still feels like you're stepping back in time. and it really is a special place. you know, you walk around and i think for the players who will take the field here tomorrow, they will have the feeling that willie mays once played here, jackie robinson played here, satchel paige played here. nearly 200 hall of famers have come through this ballpark at some point. it also is a special place to willie mays, obviously being the place that he grew up. and this is something that he wanted. he wanted people to come back to his hometown and celebrate baseball. and that's what's happening here over the course of the week and especially tomorrow, when the giants will play here for alex pavlovich. i'm laura b'rit for nbc, bay area news. guys, thank

you so much. now, before heading to birmingham, the giants wrapped up their series today in chicago inside the dugout. willie mays was there in spirit, his jersey hanging for everyone to see. he saw the manager bob melvin. you see the broadcast team wearing willie mays t shirts as well. also the team enhanced their uniforms. each player now has a special patch showing the number 24. and there's this willie mays hall of fame plaque now sitting in birmingham, alabama at rickwood. it's the first time it's been outside of cooperstown, new york , since willie mays was inducted into the hall in 1979. our coverage of willie mays death and the many tributes in his honor will continue tomorrow. all across our newscasts and our streaming channels. you can also visit our website nbcbayarea.com. just click on the willie mays tab at the top of our home page. our other headlines at this late hour relief in sonoma county. that's good news. all evacuation orders for the point fire were lifted

at 5 p.m. containment has increased 60, while the size remains about the same at 1200 acres. fire fighters are just simply working on finding and destroying any heat sources that are within the perimeter of that fire, and they'll continue to do that for the next several days. but at this point, we are quite confident that the fire will stay in the perimeter that you hear on the board. that's encouraging. another fire, though the sites fire. this is in colusa county, has grown to the biggest blaze so far this year in the state. cal fire is now says it's more than 19,000 acres, up from 15,000 this morning. containment has increased slightly to 10% now as that fire continues to burn, it could send more smoke in our direction. jeff ranieri has our air quality forecast. jeff is going to join us in about ten minutes. all right. take a look. san francisco city hall lit up in red and green for juneteenth.

it looks beautiful. dating back to june 19th of 1865. it marks the day enslaved people in galveston, texas, found out they had been freed after the end of the civil war, two years after president lincoln's emancipation proclamation. the juneteenth celebration was full swing in city park in brentwood. today, this is the city's inaugural juneteenth event. food, live music, and crafts for the kids. really a day, though, to reflect, honor and celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the african american community. and in oakland, an extra reason to celebrate the civil rights organization called black cultural zone announced it received $1 million donation from wells fargo. the money will help buy and develop land on foothill boulevard near eastmont town center in east oakland. the site will eventually house liberation park, which will include a market hall, dozens of small businesses and affordable housing. what we have seen happen in the last 30 or 40

years is devastating, and we are resilient and we're not giving up 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 a reason for optimism there and in san jose, a juneteenth celebration at the children's discover museum, kids building drums and learning more about the significance of june 19th. they also learned some new african drumming skills and watched animated short films created by black filmmakers. but we are back in 60s. up next, a delivery disguised what police say this guy was really doing when he would show up at people's doors pretending to deliver their food. also, remember the piles of spilled meat that blocked several lanes of an oakland freeway a couple of weeks ago? we now know who caused him, and it turns out they've left behind similar

messes before. i'm senior investigative reporter bigad shaban. we investigate that grisly gridlock straight ahead. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. that air quality is good right now, but we are seeing some changes tomorrow with that smoke. i'll show you who has the beschance of

that ends in violence and chaos. police telling us a sideshow broke out, followed by fights and then gunfire. multiple people were shot. we saw paramedics loading victims into ambulances. one person has been arrested for assaulting a police officer. we're going to keep you posted on this. breaking news as we learn more. also tonight, remember this bizarre mess on 880 in oakland? a couple of weeks ago? animal parts. those are animal parts. meat all across the freeway. senior investigative reporter bigad shaban has been digging into the company that caused that traffic jam, and found that company has a history of leaving behind similar spills. a warning for you right now. some of the video you're about to see is disturbing. bigad well, when it comes to that grisly gridlock, it turns out while the meat was rare, the mess was not. we've learned the company responsible has been repeatedly blamed for

other gory accidents, which means oakland isn't the only one with a beef. there is no mincing words about four lanes full of minced meat. the highway spill in oakland along i-80 caused four separate accidents and backed up traffic for hours. by the time we got over here, it's just like gridlock. nothing moving. but who caused the disgusting mess remained a mystery until now. a truck from darling ingredients spilled piles of raw poultry, according to law enforcement. the company runs a large plant in san francisco and turns animal parts into fertilizer and fuel. the california highway patrol tells us, by law, the driver should have pulled over after the spill, but kept going anyway. the company wouldn't answer many of our questions, but in a statement said it launched an internal investigation and is cooperating with all relevant authorities. chp says the whole mess is still under investigation. but we've learned

darling ingredion has made headlines before for leaving similar trails of animal remains in new jersey, virginia, canada and repeatedly in clinton, north carolina. this is not an easy cleanup. anthony davis is the police chief for the small agricultural town of clinton. about 60 miles south of raleigh, north carolina. the city is a frequent pass through for truck drivers, making deliveries for darling ingredients. the chief says his city has been forced to clean up at least a dozen of the company's roadway spills just over the past two years. what kinds of messes have you had to deal with? blood, guts, leftover feces, hog parts, legs? heads? we've seen a little bit of everything. chief davis says darlings, drivers were leaving the scene so often he pushed politicians to pass a new state law allowing his city to levy criminal charges against those who leave the scene of grisly messes. the law has only been in effect for about six months, but

the chief says two truck drivers from darling ingredients have already been criminally charged for new spills. we were able to locate the truck in a neighboring county, basically followed the trail of blood. and be honest with you. the chief says in his area, trucks for darling ingredients transport animal parts in open top trailers only covered by tarps. we checked out the trucks going in and out of the darling facility in san francisco and saw this same setup tarps draped over storage containers. 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 he just goes to show that we're not making any progress. we've learned darling ingredients and its subsidiary companies have been hit with at least 27 violations throughout the country for overfilling their vehicles just during the past year, according to federal transportation officials. at least a dozen other violations

were also issued for failing to properly secure cargo. and then there's the smell that lingers. it'll be weeks and weeks at a time. if the spill is pretty big, it's horrible. and you'll never forget the smell. you haven't i haven't absolutely not . and even for those in the bay area used to never ending traffic jams getting stalled by mounds of meat on the freeway still proved to be one memorable mess with the investigative unit on bigad ban. if you have a story for bigad or anyone else in our investigative unit, we urge you to give us a call. you see the numbers on your screen 888996 tips or visit our website nbcbayarea.com. slash investigative means. okay, let's turn things over to our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. we are talking smoke from the fires and a heat up as we head into the weekend. that's right. and a pretty complicated pattern we're tracking right now. the storm track is taking this unusual dip to the south here for june. that's getting the fall going back at the coastline, but it

also looks like it's going to come into play with that smoke forecast as we head through tomorrow. now, the way that this is setting up just to the north of us, that counterclockwise spin likely looks like it's going to bring in some smoke back to the bay area but it's going to be a combo effect. also, some fog at the coast. let me show you more details right now on that microclimate forecast. and we're going to start it off with a look at that hourly smoke forecast. and you'll see here as we head through tomorrow morning, the sites fire off to the north in colusa county. we showed you the video earlier in the show and watch how through the morning it just starts to drift right here towards the north bay, likely into the afternoon. we'd see more of that over marin, napa, also sonoma and solano counties. so an air quality advisory in effect here for tomorrow, where you certainly may be smelling that smoke, especially in the north bay. we could get some of that haze moving down towards the east bay and the south bay. but again, north bay is where you may need to limit that outdoor exposure. we should then

by tomorrow evening start to see that smoke pushing off towards the sierra, giving the bay area some better air quality as we head into tomorrow morning. the other thing we're going to need to be on the lookout for is that fog. also drizzle. if you're commuting into san francisco, watch out for some wet bridges. may need your windshield wipers there to start, some low clouds pushing inland. then by the afternoon, some hazy sunshine for most of us. and then, if you're headed to the beaches, do expect some of that fog. we're going to start it off on the cold side. temperatures here in the 50s across the bay area down to 52 there for the tri valley, san francisco, also in the low 50s right here for the east bay. 54 temperatures by the afternoon starting to heat up. we're going to get up to 80 in napa, 85 in concord, 79 in san jose. so probably the best weather down there in the south bay, 78 in palo alto on my 7-day forecast. here we go. 74 in san francisco on saturday. so a little bit of a heat up for you and the inland valleys. it will get up to 98 on saturday. so right on cue those temperatures are warming up. summer officially arrives tomorrow at 151 in the afternoon

. so yeah, we got to heat up on the way, but thankfully not an extended period of 100 right now. and you bring in the summer temperatures there. here we go. right on cue. thanks, jeff. up next, police say he was posing as a food delivery driver. be careful here to break into homes, how he was caught and why police say they still need help

for at least four burglaries since november. you can see here they were all caught on surveillance cameras. police say he posed as a delivery driver to case homes before breaking into them. they think there may have been other victims out there and are asking people to recognize this guy. and his distinctive tattoos and food delivery bags

to contact them. police say that's how they tracked him down. they posted something on their social media, and a victim recognized him from a burglary she hadn't reported. well, the iconic fry's electronics store in fremont has just been bought. the store actually shut down a few years ago in 2021, when fry's filed for bankruptcy and suddenly closed all of its locations, the mercury news reports. the site has now been sold for more than 35 million bucks to sterling organization, which is a real estate investment group in florida. it's not clear what that land will be used for. all right. up next, we're going to go back out next, we're going to go back out to alabama, check ♪ (ominous music) ♪ come on. what can i do to help you?

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of famer terrell owens, who says mays was the godfather to his son. be out here to represent him and what he stood for all his success. and then just everybody here just, you know, celebrating and just so unfortunate, you know, the passing of him on the eve of, of this, of this inaugural game, you know, they called him the kid, the say, hey, kid. and, you know, baseball does that. when somebody comes around is special. they did it with gary carter. they did it with ken griffey jr. and willie was a kid his whole life. and if you didn't believe that, you just had to see him. how he interacted off the field with children, he would stop whatever he was doing to make that child feel special. and he had a magic way of being able to do this. and i think his magic was that he never grew up, including nice thoughts there by mike krukow like willie mays would say, practice like a pro, play like a

kid. earlier today, the giants wrapped up a three game series at wrigley field. you saw the moment of silence before the game. eighth inning here, the giants trail 6 to 1. jorge soler, though, with the grand slam, but that's as close as they would come. cubs win this thing 6 to 5. the final at the coliseum. a's and the royals so many fans conflicted here. do we cheer for this team? the last few months? do we criticize the owner? what about the players? it's tough to handle. seventh inning here. brent rooker with the clutch rbi single. he had a big game. a's were up 3 to 1. a's go