right now at 11, the smoke was hard to ignore throughout san jose. we're following that breaking news. the fire on communications hill, the flames mostly out, but the burn scar remains that fire broke out at the 5 p.m. hour. it's spreading fast. this is right along 87 near the curtner avenue exit. there are a lot of homes in this area. nbc's jocelyn moran is there for us with the very latest jocelyn. yeah. raj the flames are out for the most part. it still smells like smoke and crews are in the area putting out those hot spots. residents who live in the area say the fire spread fast, but they were relieved to see firefighters got a handle on it quickly tonight. firefighters remain in the communications

hill neighborhood, attacking hotspots after this hill went up in flames around 530. we dispatch a tier two, which is approximately 40 firefighting personnel to the scene. crews were able to get it under control. well, at least they had the forward progress stopped in about 2 to 3 hours. some people living nearby noticed the flames immediately. others got calls from loved ones. i was sitting at work and my girlfriend sent me a camera view from the communications center up there on the hill, and you could see this big plume of smoke. i was a little concerned because i was trying to figure out from the camera where the fire was, but when he got home, firefighters had quickly stopped forward progress. san jose fire says about 30 acres burned. we weren't actively protecting structures, but we were definitely attempting to keep it in the vegetation and nowhere else. yeah, and firefighters were attacking this fire on

different sides of the hill. the cause of the fire is still under investigation in san jose. i'm jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. jocelyn. thank you. a busy night for firefighters in the east bay as well. nbc's thom jensen is with us. he is in brentwood. tom, a fire there threatening hundreds of homes. what do we have? well, raj, you know, we hear so much about lives and homes that are lost in fires like this. but tonight, people here are praising firefighters for the lives and the homes they saved from this fast-moving brush fire that swept right towards their neighborhood. the empire mine fire started in a semi-rural area near what appears to be an operating oil well along deer valley road between brentwood and antioch. locals say the area is prone to fires, which are often knocked down by aggressive ground attacks. you know, i've been here before when this whole place was on fire here, there was no air tankers. the fire spread quickly and todd riley says he called 911 to report it. all of a sudden it just boom.

took off winds pushed the flames towards a heavily developed area of brentwood near highway four and balfour road. i was getting closer. sophia couldn't believe what she was seeing, so she recorded everything. i wasn't scared, i was just really intrigued. she made sure her family was evacuated and turned the sprinklers on to protect the property. others were ready to go when firefighters said it was time to evacuate. we had all of our stuff packed, all of the important stuff, you know, passports, things like that. helicopters dropped load after load of water and cal fire bombers repeatedly dumped retardant in front of the flames as neighbors watched in shock. it was really, really bad. yeah. were you worried? oh, yeah. of course. yeah. when we got here and all the smoke is right there, the planes are just going crazy right here before sundown. everyone was back home cleaning cars and property painted pink with fire retardant. firefighters fresh off the lines joined them in the effort. everyone counting their

blessings and thanking these firefighters for their work on the ground and in the air. they had more cal fire airplanes i've ever seen in my life. he did a great job. they put it out quickly. very impressive. and tonight, cal, tonight cal fire is saying that they stopped the empire fire here at 255 acres. it is now nearly fully contained, and the cause is still under investigation. we're live in brentwood, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. okay. thank you. tom. fire season obviously already off to a busy start, and the next week is the 4th of july. that means fireworks. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. also, we're going to see some high heat right before the 4th of july holiday. so that's a bad combo. it looks like we could be in for a heat wave event. yes, definitely. and as we take a look right now, we want to get you the conditions on both of those fires as firefighters watch the hot spots. that first one where we saw tom at the empire fire, there's brentwood just off towards the west of that winds, only out of the

southwest at 13. temperatures have cooled off to 69. so that's good. humidity also increasing to 44. tomorrow we're up to 89. gusts up to about 25. again, things that are control. but they'll still watch those hot spots. the second fire down here at communications hill in the south bay. and we are also seeing those numbers cooling off to currently 61 only winds out of the north here at five tomorrow. 77th may get some gusts up to about 15mph. so beyond this, yes, next monday, tuesday and wednesday looks like we are in for some heat and big time. this area high pressure is really going to bring that hot weather. we're going to get up to the one hundredths. i'll have more details on the temperatures. also the wind we could see with this, that's coming up in about 15 minutes. jeff, we will see you shortly. tonight the terrifying ordeal is over for a mom and her two kids after a carjacking. the woman grabbed her young children seconds before the criminals took off with her suv. this afternoon. this started in alameda and ended in san francisco. nbc's terry mcsweeney

is in the city with the details. san francisco police officers in pursuit of one of the carjacking suspects near brannan street and the embarcadero this afternoon. moments later, a female suspect is escorted from a garage in handcuffs. this all started about 2:00 this afternoon with the mother and her two children driving on the 2800 block of central in alameda, when two people jumped out of a car and approached the woman, one of the individuals pointed a firearm at her and demanded her vehicle. she told her to get out of the vehicle, and she told her to get her kids out of the vehicle. the mother complied. alameda police say they were able to hone in on the stolen vehicle within 30 minutes. oakland police provided the helicopter, which followed the vehicle through oakland and then onto the bridge towards san francisco, where that city's police officers were waiting for the carjackers. the stolen vehicle ended up crashed into the telephone pole on brandon, near the embarcadero. keith

brown lives in the condos across the street and we heard this huge crash ran out to the front window and looked out, and there was a white bmw suv crashed into the pole. the doors open. no one visible. the occupants tried to flee, but members of the san francisco, the oakland and the alameda police department were able to take three individuals into custody. brown saw things today he had never seen in his 22 years on this block. i have never seen so much police activity with sirens heading up brian and heading up main. alameda police say the third person was arrested on a firearms violation. chief joshi says while he can only imagine what that mother and her two children went through, he's also very proud of the alameda san francisco and oakland police officers who tracked the suspects and got him into custody. they're spending the

night in the alameda county jail in san francisco. terry mcsweeney, nbc, bay area news. okay. thank you. terry. new at 11. the search is on for a suspect in a deadly shooting in hayward. police tell us that two teens were shot on second street overnight. that's right by the hayward high school. a 15 year old boy died. the other teen, who was just 13 years old, is in critical condition but expected to survive. a change of plans for drag queen story hour in campbell tonight. there was a bomb threat. police were called in after someone made the anonymous threat to the books inc. store at the pruneyard shopping center. officers had to temporarily evacuate the shopping center, but instead of canceling the event, organizers moved it outside. bomb sniffing dogs did search the area, but did not find anything. this is not the first time the bookstore has been targeted. in 2022, a group of protesters disrupted a drag queen story hour. police responded to that incident, but no arrests were made. the

problems are mounting in oakland tonight. the top issues, embattled mayor tao's legal issues and the city budget. the city was already facing a nearly $200 million deficit, but now the city council is being warned it may need to find an additional 63 million if the sale of the coliseum doesn't happen quickly. while our deficit is significant, our commitment to our communities, our small businesses, our residents here in oakland is strong. that's a social media post by council president nikki fortunato bass. she laid out two options for balancing the city's budget the first is the budget proposed by the mayor, tao several weeks ago, which includes cuts but protects public safety and critical service jobs. it also includes contingency cuts. if the coliseum misses that september deadline. the second option leaves out the coliseum altogether and means deeper cuts to opd staffing, including freezing police academies and fire station brownouts without incoming academy, there's no way

that we can fulfill the staffing that need to patrol the streets of oakland and make it very dangerous and unsafe for the citizens of this city. should we start closing firehouses or reduce our resources by any amount? that would be catastrophic for the safety of the citizens of oakland and also for our members. the city will tackle both options during a special meeting this friday. we are on the eve of the first presidential debate tomorrow in atlanta. president biden will square off against former president trump. tv and streaming ratings will likely be sky high. nbc's gia vang has the preview of what those in the bay area political world are watching for. the debate stage is almost set in atlanta, a showdown for president biden and former president trump in the bay area. the s.f. republican party will watch at kezar pub cautiously approaching tomorrow. president trump has has a lead effectively, but not a very large one. i think the biggest issue for the president is

overcoming the, you know, the positions that are ascribed to him that that aren't, and getting people to believe that. that's one of the tricky things of politics, especially in the, you know, in recent years, with national polls essentially neck and neck. here's a member of the sf democratic county central committee. i think it's very important. i no one should be no one should be. resting on their laurels right now. the sf, d c they'll be holding their watch party at manny's in the mission. we cannot get complacent. we cannot let folks forget about the travesty that was the trump presidency. both candidates now have one presidential term under their belt and several controversies to since they last faced off in 2020, and there are no shortages of issues from reproductive rights to inflation, immigration and wars. the candidates will try to appeal to the so-called double haters voters not thrilled with either candidate, who now make up a quarter of the electorate. berkeley political science professor stephen fish says. to do that, trump has to respond fairly calmly to that and otherwise continue to show

voters to the extent that he can, that he's less extreme than he actually is, he says. biden, on the other hand, needs to stick to this message. he's a better patriot. he's a better defender of the constitution. that has to be his overarching message. he's not going to be able to perform well or even make headlines the next day if he just sticks with reciting his stances on certain policies, debate rules also call for muting microphones when the other candidate is speaking and no audience gia vang nbc, bay area news. and you can watch that debate right here on nbc bay area tomorrow evening live from atlanta at 6 p.m. we're back in 60s ahead. problem solving in paradise. the decision a judge made after someone built a house by mistake on land in hawaii owned by a bay area woman. i'm scott budman with the new way to watch the summer olympic games. not on a small screen, but on the biggest screen possible. we'll show you how coming up and fog is back

for the morning. i'll show you the impact to the temperatures, plus a closer look at

property. a judge is now ordered for that house to be demolished. this is a win for a concord woman after a house was built on her property in hawaii. this started back in 2018 when ann reynolds bought a piece of land on the big island of hawaii. five years later, she found out that a home had built been built on her lot. reynolds says pj's construction mixed up lots and bulldozed her entire property. now a judge has ordered the construction company to tear down that new home and pay for its removal. the court basically said, we can't order the land to be restored because there's no way to restore it to its original condition. it's an impossibility. land is unique.

you know, these are, you know, very old trees. and we can't, you know, naturally, create a situation where the trees are magically back, to being fully mature trees on the property. yeah. so they can take down the house, but they can't necessarily restore the land. reynolds plans to take the construction company to trial, to collect damages. well, san francisco cigarette shop is cleaning up after thieves rammed a car right there through the front door, then ransacked the store. it happened around 3 a.m. at cigarettes cheaper on 17th and geary in the richmond district. police say around ten people were involved and they took off in three separate cars. the owner says the break-in caused about $50,000 in damage. so far, no arrests. okay pasadena kris olympics now just 30 days away. and tonight, a surprise development for team usa soccer ahead of the games, 34 year old alex morgan, who is beloved one of the most

decorated players in us women's history of soccer, was left off the olympic roster. that announcement came down this morning. head coach emma hayes called it a tough decision. the 18 players named do include san jose native naomi girma, now the women's gymnastics u.s. olympic trials are this friday. there's going to be a lot of attention on the goat. you know who she is . no one else can do that. jump the goat. simone biles. she's already in minnesota, where the gymnastics trials are being held, coming off a record ninth all around u.s. title. now, the all around winner during the women's trials will automatically make the five woman olympic team. and when you're ready to watch all the games, you'll have a new choice. this year, you'll be able to watch on the biggest screen of all our business and tech reporter scott budman takes us to the movies for a preview. you probably already know what it's like to watch the olympics at home on a tv screen, to american cycling history. but what about

here on a movie screen? it should be a really good experience, i guess. it's a bigger tv. you can see things more clear. amc will show live olympic events in about 160 of its u.s. theaters, working with nbc to bring the games to movie fans. the theater experience is going to be both this really immersive, up close and personal big screen experience, hoping there's a market for watching with a big group, the sight and the sound and the opportunity to either sit back or lean in and see up close. your favorite athletes. competing is something that is better and bigger and bolder than anything you have in your home. here's how it works. you buy a ticket just like you would to watch a movie, only you're doing it for an olympic event. you can buy a ticket as an individual with a group of friends. you can even reserve an entire movie theater for a watch

party to watch your favorite olympic event. final olympic run all live, all immersive. they love sports and movie theater is their favorite place. a new way to watch that just might pop. scott budman, nbc, bay area news. we like that. so you have three options here. you can watch it on tv or peacock on nbc or peacock, you can watch it in the movie theater, which is super fun. that's a great take. a bunch of friends, take a swim club. like you said, take a company day or i know, or jeff, you could just watch it live in paris like jessica will be watching. yeah, i know i still have the best option. we like option three. i know we're going to try to fit in your suitcase somehow. popcorn with it sounds like a good deal, too. all right, so when it comes to our forecast, we have two different things working for us to keep hot seconds and one hundredths away tomorrow. the first thing is going to be some fog at the coastline pushing back that heat. second thing is a cool front. it's dry, there's no

rainfall with it, but again, that's going to keep 90s and one hundredths away, at least for now. we'll talk more about the incoming heat wave in that 7-day forecast. let's show you that microclimate weather. and as we started off on your thursday, we'll begin with some clouds right here near the coastline. and some of that moving to the inland valleys of contra costa, alameda counties through seven and 8:00 in the morning. but we'd see anything really pushed back pretty quickly through 10:00. and then we're into that sunshine here through the afternoon. morning temperatures are going to begin on the cool side, but we can totally handle this. we're down to 54 here through the peninsula. not a bad start. 56 in the south bay. also coming in with 50s over the east bay, san francisco and the north bay. temperatures are going to be on a pretty good climb here through tomorrow, but this is going to be enjoyable for the end of june. we're going to be up to 83 here in napa. a nice day if you got a four day weekend coming your way to hit up the grape vines out there in wine country, 80 in martinez, 84, livermore, 80, in san jose, 70. oakland to palo alto and right here in san francisco will

be in the 60s. okay, let's fast forward it into this incoming heat. i wanted to show you this area of high pressure looks to be strong enough right now to bring in hot 100. we're talking about a three day event right now. next monday, tuesday and wednesday again next week. might even go into next thursday again. this is still preliminary. could get a little bit of wind right now. wind doesn't look extreme, but anytime you get any kind of temperatures in the one hundredths and the wind kicking up even a little bit, it's going to increase the fire danger. right now i'm seeing winds out of the north 15 to about 25. so based on that we could get a fire weather watch coming in early next week. we're going to have more updates and give you all those details as we continue to get closer to that. let me show you what it means on the 7-day forecast. and right here in san francisco, 60s right into sunday. so looking good here for the san francisco pride parade 1030 in the morning on sunday. and then we get into some 70s here next monday, tuesday and wednesday. and oh man, look at this for the inland valleys will

be in the 80s through saturday. and then we hit that heat wave starting on next monday. so we'll again have those details with that high fire danger. right now though tomorrow i think is sitting pretty good for us. will be hot for the holiday week, but we'll take it. thanks, jeff. up next, their family, their family camping trip didn't go quite as planned. the wild story of a bear that totaled a family's van, and why they think the bear picked on them. and we have jimmy. hey, everyone. chase crawford is here tonight. plus we have kevin costner mus fromic

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receive the vaccine. and for adults 60 to 74, anyone who is at an increased risk of severe rsv should get that shot. the agency says. the new guidance is meant to simplify decision making for patients and doctors. okay. an unwelcome visitor crashed a family's vacation. the wildlife encounter was captured on video at the bass lake campground in madera county. this was yesterday a bear ventured into this unlocked van. a chp officer and park ranger smashed out the windows so the bear could break free. and the bear did. the family thinks the pancakes that they had that morning was the big draw for the bear. i think he spent most of his time licking up sirup and then trying to get out, and he was trapped in there and probably started freaking out, started tearing the place apart. the bear break-in forced the family trip to be cut short. they're now home. that family back in folsom, the sacramento area, working with their insurance company to get a

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they're going to pick tomorrow with 52nd overall selection. this was a good night for a former cal bear. jalen tyson, the shooting guard from cal selected 20th overall by the cavaliers. as for the number one pick, take a look with the first pick in the 2024 nba draft, the atlanta hawks select zaccharie risacher. zaccharie. risacher from france. it's the second straight year a frenchman was drafted number one overall in the nba. we yes. baseball tonight. giants and cubs from china basin bring in the rookie. this is one of the giants top pitching prospects 22 year old hayden birdsong making his major league debut in the first inning his first strikeout. and you know what his family in from illinois, they loved it. the whole gang was there. fifth inning. now this game was tied 3

to 3. not anymore. luis matos with the go ahead solo home run. the giants beat the cubbies 4 to 3. it's their fourth straight win. earlier today the a's lost to the angels. all right california teachers were honored before the giants game at oracle park tonight. congratulations prof. pamela lynn mcallister of albany high school in albany. yes, pamela lynn mcallister was emotional as she accepted the 2024 all star teacher award. it honors teachers of their commitment to their students. now, lynn mcallister has taught spanish at albany high school for 21 years. she was chosen from five finalists from northern and central california, along with the award, she gets $30,000 for her school. each of the finalists, by the way, took home $2,000 for their schools. ngratulations toco when we're young, we're told anything is possible... ...but only a few of us go out and prove it.

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video tonight of that fire. you can see how intense it is. this just started. this is near 24th and willow right off 880, it's a warehouse on fire again. a fire

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