now at 11:00 up in flames an affordable housing project on the peninsula catches fire. >> something you see in a movie. >> why neighbors who were told to leave the esided to stay put. plus, a new era for bay area baseball as the ballers get ready to take their home field in oeblg land. and why a plan to help an animal isn't sitting well with local in palo alto. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs

news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. tonight this is what is left of an affordable housing project out on the peninsula after a huge fire ripped through the construction site and reduced it to a shell of smoldering debris. that fire broke out this morning at the vacant housing project on middlefield road and north fair oaks near redwood city. the whole thing forced neighbors to evacuate and caused smoke to drift across the peninsula all the way down to the south bay. firefighters say this fire started on the fifth floor of this would-be complex and forced 100 construction workers to rush out. although the fire is contained tonight, firefighters will be out there all night dousing the site, preventing hot spots. part of the scaffolding is still burning. we saw u sparking debris burn even more in the past two hours. all the evacuation orders as of now have been lifted. dozens were forced to leave their homes because of concerns the fire could spread into neighborhoods. as kevin shows

us, some people stayed behind to protect their properties. >> reporter: oscar mendoza first saw the north fair oaks fire on his balcony. >> everybody was scared, because that's the first time we've seen something like that. >> reporter: he and his neighbors were told to evacuate by first responders, but he was one of many who didn't leave. >> they started evacuating everybody, but honestly, man, as you can see a lot of people didn't want to evacuate, you know, because they have so much value stuff inside the house. >> they were knocking. >> reporter: this ring video from another neighbor shows a san mateo county deputy knocking on their door then running to do the same to nearby homes. >> everybody's just freaked out, man, like i saw a mother running, trying to go inside a house because her family was over there. and i guess they were not allowing her to go over there, but i mean, i think in this situation you're not, you know, you're not thinking about it either. you just want to go see your family. >> reporter: those who stayed

with their homes were hosing down their roofs, including nathan, who took this video. >> something you see in a movie or, you know, something that happens somewhere else, but you never realize it's going to be this close to where you're staying at. >> luckily everybody here has hoses. >> reporter: alexis was told to evacuate as well. while he was evacuated, he came back once the fire died down. neighbors were concerned about other properties catching on fire. >> as you can see on the other side, there's a lot of dry grass. so it just started catching on fire. >> reporter: from oscar's balcony, we could see firefighters spraying down a hot spot right by a broken wooden fence. >> that's part of the construction. that's the insulation, like a lot of stuff like that were flying off. i think it's part of the insulation stuff. that's very easy to catch on fire. >> reporter: we saw car covers with burnt out holes from hot ashes that were spread throughout this neighborhood. >> like i was going to lose everything, man. my car's on the street. i haven't taken it

out, but i'm here just in case like any ashes come on it. you know, i'm able to turn it off. >> reporter: oscar is thankful for firefighters putting out the flames quickly, but he hopes this fire can lead to some changes in the future. >> i think they need to be more -- the county needs to be more concerned about the new construction. especially for something like that it could affect a whole community. >> an entire year of work to build over 170 affordable housing units went up in smoke. the north fair oaks neighborhood is home to many low-income immigrant families where affordable housing is especially needed. the supervisor told us the county is committed to rebuilding. >> our cost for a house in san mateo county is one of the high nest the nation at $2 million. and so we have a lot of people who are interested in having affordable housing. and what this does is it delays what could have happened a lot

quicker. so we're vigilant, we're going to make sure that we continue here in san mateo county to build the housing that we so desperately need. >> we'll check in with the supervisor on a timeline to rebuild, but tonight the cause of the fire is still under investigation. we know windy conditions made the fire fight a lot more complicated. >> and i saw the wind either die down or shift, and i was secretly, you know, being very thankful nar. that's very helpful for us. the wind, as soon as the wind starts blowing it pushes embers into the neighborhood. >> paul, we've been hearing about the wind there and in other parts of the bay area. we'll get to that in just a minute, but i know in a few hours it's going to be a lot hotter across the bay area, what can you tell us about that? >> heat advisory for inland parts of the bay area beginning tomorrow. and that's going to continue for a couple more days. the good news is the winds aren't going to be all that strong and that helps to mitigate the overall fire threat. doesn't eliminate it, but we'll take whatever

benefit we can get out of that. let's take a look at the weather graphics here and talk about that heat advisory in orange. that goes into effect tomorrow, continues through thursday. it's tomorrow and wednesday they're going to be the hottest days for inland parts of the bay area. it's the excessive heat warning in effect for solano county that is a more serious category. it indicates that even folks who ordinarily don't have any problems with the heat may be prone to either heat exhaustion or even heatstroke if you're not careful. stay hydrated, find air conditioning, take break, and just generally exercise some common sense. let's take a look at where our temperatures are going to top out tomorrow, and they're going to be well above average. into the low 90 s in the santa clara valley, including 91 in san jose. upper 90s to around 100 degrees inland in the east bay. antioch around 100 degrees. well into the 80s for fremont and redwood city. half moon bay not going to lose that onshore influence, but temperatures warm up to almost 70. that's several degrees above normal. 08 degrees in san francisco for one day. temperatures are going to back down in the city beginning

already on wednesday. for the north bay, temperatures mostly into the 90s. even upper 90s around santa rosa, one of the warmer temperatures that we are going to experience. now, we're not alone in this. we're going have high temperatures very much above average. this is the first real widespread heat wave of the season. it's going to impact most of the southwestern u.s. up to 104 degrees in phoenix tomorrow. same thing for las vegas. 105 for palm strings and death valley over 110 degrees. technically it's still springtime. it's not going to last forever, just a couple of days. we'll talk about what's going to happen after the heat wave brakes in the forecast in a few minutes. >> tonight firefighters have gotten a handle on fast-moving wildfire east of livermore. that burned over 90 acres in less than two hours. thankfully it is contained tonight. it broke out just after 4:00, burning right up to the road near patterson pass and midway road. luckily it didn't burn any buildings and firefighters say nobody was hurt. at the same time, the corral fire

burned south of tracy. that's torched more than 14,000 acres. it's 85% contained. sit the largest wildfire in california this year. it erupted saturday near the lawrence livermore national laboratory site and it exploded in size, fuelled by dry brush and fast-moving winds. more than 400 firefighters made progress attacking this fire with more favorable conditions. we're keeping tabs on our website at kpix.com. call it a rebirth, call it a revival, these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team built by oakland. >> all right, ballers, let's go. >> built for oakland. >> all right, we have been talking a lot about this, matt. the oakland ballers are coming. their opening day is tomorrow. >> yeah, you can say the bay area is absolutely buzzing for the debut of the oakland ballers. they're going to play

at raimondi park for the first time on tuesday. unlike some expansion teams that struggle, the ballers have a 7-5 record to begin the year. and they enter the home ep opener with four straight wins. the ballers hitters might have a hard time leaving colorado springs after they scored 90 runs in six games. for this season, oakland is averaging just under ten runs per game that. is third most in the pioneer league. as for the pitching, relever brody is the only bay area -- on the roster. >> i was getting ready to give up baseball, and then i threw a few bullpen, threw a few live abs and realized like i got something in the tank. >> reporter: brody will show what he still has for the ballers. the martinez enative went to alhambra and pitched at sf state in college. being close to family is a big priority. >> my mother actually has ms, so it's kind of hard for her to move around and kind of hard to get her out of the house. i know kind of getting her away

from that and watching her and my brother play baseball kind of really frees her mind. so i thought, you know, if i could get anywhere close to home would be perfect. >> reporter: he wasn't originally a baller. he was signed by the ogden raptors after the pioneer league tryouts. ready to move to utah, the raptors manager surprised him with a trade. >> he called me like a few days later. i was working at the time. he called me a few days later like i traded you to oakland. being able to stay at home, that really kind of just like -- i had to go like by myself, i was fired up after that. >> reporter: now close to mom, he can also lean on his brother and dad who act as a second pair of eyes after the games. >> it's cool, being able to like throw live abs or throw in a game and coming home and kind of debriefing with my brother, who kind of acts like a second dad, like a coach in a way, or my dad too just kind of being able to tell them how i felt and kind of show video and, you know, have them come out to the games too. >> reporter: for the martinez kid, it means a lot to represent the east bay and

continue a proud legacy of baseball in oakland. >> they got rid of the warriors, the raiders, soon to be the a's, we're going to fill that void and bring more fans to baseball and oakland as well. >> this team and the ballers mean more to him. grew up in the area, grew up going to the coliseum. he knows how much the community is looking forward to having baseball remain in oakland. >> there is nothing like being able to go back home and play where you're from. >> how cool. >> and under any circumstances very cool. all right, matt, thank you so much. we look forward to that. late they are week you can watch the team's friday home game against the yolo high rollers on our sister station, pix+, 44 cable 12. that starts at 6:30 p.m. we'll be bringing you all the friday night home games through the end of august. still ahead, this donkey is a local celebrity, and you might recognize him if you've seen a very popular animated movie. and tonight one bay area city wants to drop thousands of

dollars on him. >> so just it seems irresponsible in my opinion. >> what is behind this case of donkey drama on the peninsula. plus, lawmaker's speech on the house floor was probably his most memorable, and it had absolutely nothing to do with what he said.

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tonight our photojournalist greg told us he's met a lot of celebrities in his line of work, but nothing like this one he met on the peninsula tonight. >> this is going to be fun. we can stay up late swapping manly stories, and in the morning, i'm making waffles. >> oh. >> we're not talking about shre k, we're talking about the animal who inspired his side kick donkey in the films. he lives in palo alto, and his medical bills are piling up. some residents say the city is making an -- of itself, pun intended, but stepping up to help. >> reporter: if pertry donkey looks familiar, that's because he is. he's the real life model behind the character donkey in the dreamworks 2001 film shrek. and mike collin volunteers regularly to keep him healthy and fed. >> in 1999 he reinvented himself as a movie star. and so they came here and studied perry and took pictures, and so

when you're looking at the body and the donkey in shrek, that's his body, or it was back in 2000, 1999. >> reporter: perry's entered his golden years. his 30th birthday is june 9th, and the medical bills are starting to add up. >> what the vet referred to as old man problems. it's now between 25k for the three of them and then 15k for the additional unexpected medical demands. >> reporter: support for perry along with pals april and buddy are entirely community generated aside from a 2016 grant the the city. that's in large part because they're a staple of the barren park community. >> we have grandparents who remember playing with the donkeys as little kids bringing their grandchildren now. so this isn't new. this is going back at this point 70 years. >> reporter: in addition to selling their own emerchandise and compost, these donkeys rely

on donations. that's when the city of palo alto stepped in, offering to match community donations up to $10,000. so far they've matched $4,000 and mayor greer stone said in a statement to cbs news that the grant is a small investment with big return, realized in the form of smiles and well being for the community. but some see the expense as unnecessary. in a recent city council meeting councilmember greg tanaka said he didn't think this was the best use of their discretionary fund. >> i have to object giving 10k away, because you know, the city's losing money. we have a deficit this year. we ve a deficit next year. it seems irresponsible in my opinion. >> reporter: but mayor stone argues they have to put the discretionary pot to use before next year. >> there's about $77,000 left in the council contingency. it expires july 1st and does not roll over. >> reporter: for mike, he can't see a world without these edonkeys a lineage that's been in this community since the 50s, providing a

uniquely bay area kind of emotional support for neighbors. >> i can't imagine this not happening. i'm not the first person to volunteer here, and i certainly won't be the last. a real tradition, funny neighborhood tradition that we're keeping going. >> reporter: doing his part to keep that donkey's spark kicking. >> and i have a special connection to this story because my last name is only a couple letters off. i heard a lot of that in middle school and elementary school. >> college. >> it's okay. >> early career. >> yeah, even now in the newsroom. >> our newsroom. >> yes, calling hr reporting. >> i would never. >> no, no, it's not from you. it's from the other weather person. no i'm just -- darren, we love you, darren. okay, so we've got a lot to talk about when it comes to the heat, because it feels like this is the first time this year we've had this kind of heat wave, right? >> the first real heat wave of the season. it's technically not summer yet, but it's not with us that long. a two-day heat wave for inland parts of the bay area. so let's talk

about the big picture perspective here, how things are going to shape up and that heat dome is going to be taking over. by heat dome we mean an area of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere, basically just a big hill of air camped out over the southwestern u.s. and the weight of the atmosphere on top of us compresses the atmosphere down towards ground level. the air at ground level gets pushed down from above and that heats it up. temperatures are going to reach well into the 90s inland, even some spots above 100 degrees. stepping outside this evening, you would never guesses that is on the way. clear skies overhead right now. the fog is not a big factor as that heat dome squishes the marine layer. temperatures range from 54 downtown the 63 in santa rosa. only a nine-degree difference. we're going have a 40-degree difference across the bay area by tomorrow afternoon after we start off with normal temperatures just a couple degrees above average. into the mid-50s for most of the bay area. mid-50s in the santa clara valley. mid-50s almost everywhere, the exceptions on the warm end of the spectrum, antioch and brentwood in the

low 60s and on the cool end of the spectrum in the low 50s along the coast. just barely above 50 degrees. some spots dipping to the upper 40s. that possibility in the valleys of the north bay, which tend to be more efficient at collecting some of the cooler air. but i think even there some of the coolest spots are around petaluma staying above 50 degrees by early tomorrow morning. then our temperatures are going to warm up very efficiently. let's zoom in for a closer look. even along the coast, you're going to get into the upper 60s, close to 70 degrees. but mid to upper 80s to around 90 down the peninsula and the santa clara valley, talking about temperatures into the low 90s. the hot spots, as i mentioned earlier, inland in the east bay, mid to upper 90s in the -- topping out at or above 100 degree business tomorrow afternoon. even 80 degrees in san francisco. that's a good 15 degrees above normal, but it's not record setting. the records are in the low 90s in the city this time of year. so that's going to be out of reach. upper 80s for oakland. temperatures in the north bay will warm up more and more the farther inland you go.

into the upper 90s for napa and for santa rosa. and even up to around 101 degrees around saint helena by tomorrow afternoon. with similar temperatures in store again on wednesday. and those temperatures approaching 100, that's when the heat risk, which is essentially the threat of overexertion if you're not careful. taking breaks, staying hydrated, find air conditioning, that's in the high category on tuesday. doesn't change much on wednesday. most of the bay area that heat risk is in the moderate category. that's why we have the heat advisory, not an excessive heat warning for most of our neck of the woods. that heat backs off on thursday. a lot more yellow indicating a lower heat risk. but even with the hottest temperatures our fire risk is not going to be off the charts. our fire danger index combines all the different factors that we look at when we're evaluating the wildfire threat. the dryness of the fire fuel, temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and the highest values tomorrow are around a six or seven in the higher elevations of the north

bay, which is not that high considering temperatures are going to be close to 100 degrees and those numbers will back down quickly. while we have to monitor the fire threatt not off the charts, and this is only going to be a couple days of the hottest weather. back down to normal temperatures by friday, saturday, and sunday. and then the ten day outlook for livermore showing a baby heat wave in store by early next week. does not look like it's as dramatic as the next couple of days when temperatures are in the upper 90s for inland parts of the bay area tuesday and wednesday but then retreating quickly down to the upper 80s on thursday and settling into the low to mid-80s friday, saturday, and sunday, normal for early june. temperatures tomorrow the warmest we see for a while. backing down already closer to the water beginning on wednesday but especially noticeable by thursday and friday. by thursday and friday we are going to be back into our back and forth fog pattern, which means along the coast, well, the june gloom is going to be prevalent, especially for the first half of each day as we head through the weekend. but i think even along the coast you're going to see some sunshine breaking through in

the afternoons, matt? >> thank, paul. ahead in sports, stanford softball has been must watch during the women's college world series, but monday proved to be their toughest test. plus, the giants got unfortunate injury news earlier in the day. maybe a game in arizona would raise their spirits. or maybe not.

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all right, far time giants were on a roll and then they weren't and then they really weren't. >> at the beginning of last week, it was good, and things have not been great for the orange and black. four straight losses headed into monday. plus, blake snell was placed on the injured list with a groin strain he suffered on sunday, which is an injury that kept him out for about a month earlier this season. so that's no good. some good news, though, michael conforto returned monday in arizona after three eweeks on the il. san francisco down 2-1 in the seventh. elliot ramos homers for a second straight game. solo shot to right center. ties

it up at 2-2, and they're still tied in the ninth. giants with runners at corners. jorge soler grounded to third. the throw is high, and soler is called safe. it allowed chapman to score. upon review replay ruled soler was tagged before he reached the base. inning over. game stays tied, bottom of the inning pinch-hitter pavin smith takes randy rodriguez out of the ballpark. two-run, walk-off blast. san francisco has lost a season high five in a row. tough for the g-men. stanford softball needed two wins on monday to reach the women's college world series finals. must-win games are nothing new to the cardinal. they came into tonight 5-0 when facing elimination this postseason. a big reason why, ace candy, she was in the circle tonight. strikes out mitchell to get out of the jam

and keep the game scoreless no. score in the seventh. ashton maloney lays down the bunt. cardinal get alyssa washington in a pickle between third and home. somehow washington slides around the tag and scores the game's first run. texas hangs on to win 1-0. horns advance to the championship series. stanford eliminated in the semis for the second straight year. there was some sad news from the nfl today. hall of fame offensive lineman larry allen passed away unexpectedly on sunday. considered one of the greatest o-linemen in league history, he played at sonoma state and finished his career with the 49ers. he was just 52 years old. in other nfl news, the 49ers have reportedly agreed to a deal with veteran tight end logan thomas. the 32-year-old caught 55 passes last season with washington and will give san francisco a proven backup to george kittle. and justin jefferson has agreed to a new deal with the vikings that makes him the

highest paid non-quarterback in the nfl. $110 million all guaranteed. this is going to reset the market for wide receivers. it will impact brandon aiyuk, who of course, waiting for a new deal and it'll be interesting tomorrow because he is supposed to be at camp with the niners. it's mandatory. fines could come down if he's not there. we've been talking about it all day, sara, exciting day for oakland tomorrow. the ballers, their home opener at 6:35. it's just going to be exciting. and to think of all the family of the players, that's what i -- >> oh yeah. >> i can't wait. they're traveling from all over the united states. a lot of these players told me their families are in town this week. >> you're going to be there. >> i will be there. i'm excited. >> one of the many attractions. >> oh, yeah. not really. >> i just wanted to see you turn red. >> thank you. all right, mass, this show forces us to all be night owls, but scientists have bad news about our sleep schedule. staying awake all night until the early morning hours could be a bad choice for your mental

health. a study by stanford medicine shows going to bed after 1:00 a.m. is linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety. >> not great for us. >> great. experts believe one reason for that is social isolation. >> we think that basically when you're up that late that there are fewer guardrails. you start making choices you might not when other people are around. >> that feels personal. feels like a personal attack. doctor says getting under six hours of sleep per night regularly could be harmful. hopefully the bosses are watching this. up next, a child who found himself bored on the house floor stole the show from his dad.

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tennessee republican john rose might have just given his most memorable speech today on the house floor, and it had nothing to do with him. anyone watching probably could barely pay attention to the words coming out of his mouth because his 6-year-old son guy stole the spotlight. take a look. >> in a politically-driven prosecution and now conviction, we'd be well served to remember the long and cherished this country of settling our political differences at the ballot box. for nearly two and a half centuries -- opposed their political rivals through the weaponization of our justice system. justice system is fundamental to who we are as americans. >> someone is convinced that's a secret message. i know someone out there -- >> oh god. conspiracy theorists. >> yeah, i don't know. rose later posted this is what i get for telling him to smile at the camera for his little brother. >> yeah, should have told him to smile for his mom, not little brother. >> as someone who know this is

age very well, i didn't think this was maybe a poorly conceived plan to have him in the background. >> i'd have done worse as a kid. shirt was coming of probably. >> yeah, yeah. >> throwing it around my head, yeah. he's pretty well behaved, i'd say. >> yeah, i mean, you know. >> he's 6. the attention span is -- >> yes. >> not like that. >> trust me. yes, i'm barely hanging on. thanks for watching, the late show with stephen colbert is next. the news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. have a good one. >> the state of our union is in uncharted territory. for the first time ever, a former u.s. president, donald trump, is a felon, convicted on 34 counts. [cheering] he'll be sentenced by a judge just months before he stands in the presidential election. >> welcome to walt disney world's n