down on illegal fireworks. we go live to o.p.d. coming up. as we celebrate the birth of our country, scientists seem to think they found the key to the birth of our universe. we'll tell you what it's all about and what's calmed the discovery of a lifetime. we've got a good-looking forecast shaping up. temperatures today in the 90s inland, 80s bayside and 70s at the coast. will this fog interrupt your perfect view of the fireworks. i'll have that answer coming up. what's it look like now in the south bay this morning overlooking san jose on this wednesday, july 4th. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning. happy fourth of july, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing news this morning in oakland. the search for four missing children. police want to locate the kids

of a 3-year-old was found in the home critically injured suffering from signs of abuse. christie smith is live at oakland's children's hospital with more. good morning, christie. >> reporter: on monday they had a report of an unresponsive little boy. paramedics were sent to a home in north oakland. that little boy was taken to a hospital here in oakland. police later determined at that his injuries were consistent with child abuse, present bus and past injuries. a sitter told police that the 3-year-old had been left alone and was found facedown in the bathtub. when first responders arrived, they found the little boy was dry with clothes on. the sitter, the stepfather and mom were arrested. now police are looking for four other children with ties to that little boy. >> we want to make sure that we can verify that they are not harmed and have not suffered any

type of physical abuse such as the 3-year-old. >> reporter: the missing kids are 4-year-old paradise mahasin, 9-year-old antwan johnson, 7-year-old zaniyyah johnson and 16-year-old alyajah marie johnson. all kids are african-american, but so far oakland police vant released any photos. reporting live in oakland, christie submit today in the bay. an east bay mother at this hour fighting for her life after a violent home invasion robbery. inial follow-up they search for flee men that force their way on a home in hanford court. one of the three shot the 62-year-old mother right in the chest and pistol-whipped her son when they couldn't open a safe in the ohouse. the victim's husband feels for empathy than anger. >> they were hungry, and they

want to feed their family. this is probably the only means they know how. >> we can tell you the suspects may have left behind some dna evidence after drinking one of the family's sodas. this marks the second time a home invasion robbery within 48 hours in union city, but police say they do not think the two crimes are related. 6:03. two people face charges this morning for starting a fire that damaged or destroyed several san francisco homes. more than 100 firefighters worked to put out the four-alarm blaze early tuesday morning. firefighters smelled gasoline had they arrived. neighbors blame squatters that plague the believe for years. no one was injured but ten are left homeless. a conflicted felon this morning behind bars after san francisco police found dozens of military grade explosives in his house.

44-year-old jerry lopez facing a long list of felony including possession of destructive devices. police acting on a toip to raid lopez's home yesterday, and when they got inside they found more than 60 explosives including the ones on the screen. neighbors were ordered to stay inside their homes while officers investigated. we're happy to report nobody was hurt. this fourth of july some bay area police departments will use a high-tech crime fighting tool to stop illegal gunfire and use. "today in the bay" joins us live at oakland police department with more on the crackdown. good morning. >> reporter: people might want to reconsider shooting off fireworks in oakland or east palo alto because both cities' police departments will be listening with their shot spotter technology. that's the series of microphones set up in different parts of city that triangulate the sound of gunfire notifying officers of the location. shot spotter as it turns out

works for fireworks and it distinguish between the two. fireworks are illegal in epa and oakland, even the safe and sans. police know people want to celebrate, but they encourage it be done without breaking the law. >> the largest concern is the fire danger, and that's what we're looking at. we remember the firestorm years ago with a significant nir in oakland, and that's something that the fire department and city works very hard every year trying to reduce the amount of fires and the damage that it can cause. >> reporter: police are conducting specialized patrols in east and west oakland. those are areas where they've had problems in the past not only with fireworks but celebratory gunfire. the bullets go up and come down. unfortunately stiz they hit people in the head. it if you have illegal fireworks in oakland and have second thoughts, you can drop them off. there are several fire stations

here in the city that accept them with no questions asked. reporting live here, bob ravel, "today in the bay." if you look to light up the night with your pony fireworks, there are only a few places you can do it without actually breaking the law. the so-called safe and sane fireworks are on sale in 15 cities throughout the bay area and santa cruz county. gilroy, the only city in santa clara county tole allow them. safe and sane fireworks don't fly or explode. think sparklers, fountains and smoke bombs. in gilroy they can be bought at 16 authorized booths across the city. >> this booth vendor sells the fireworks here. they pay a fee for the city to put an extra fire engine company on duty as well as 12 extra police officers. the purpose is to patrol the streets for illegal fireworks. >> for the record safe and sane fireworks can only be used in the city where they were bought

only and in designated locations. of course, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the fireworks safely all day long. >> cities throughout the bay area hosting free events today. the san jose giants put on the annual fireworks extravaganza after tonight's game. the independence day festival in redwood city kicks off at 10:00 this morning. they have a parade of marshall and winslow streets. fireworks begin there at 9:15 tonight. in san francisco you listen to music watching a fireworks display over the bay. that starts at 9:30 tonight at pier 39. it's always a concern over the city of san francisco by the way there that you see the fog, but christina, you say it's going to be pretty clear? >> we'll see partial cloud cover, but not fogged out by any means and many people are holding yo to that forecast. i firmly believe it. good morning to you. isn't that a grand old flag flying out there in san francisco this morning. grate-looking day shaping up with temperatures in the 90s.

this is the warmest day of the week. we start out nice and crisp in san jose. 56 degrees there, 55 in sunny vale and 54 degrees in san francisco. we want to talk about the fog for the morning. as you can see, banked up against the coastal mountains until about 8:00. then we see clearing, even more clearing as we head through 11:00. by the way, today for our midday broadcast, i'll be out there live. that's right. live in danville for the parade. love to meet you out there. weather should be nice. inland today 74 degrees at noon, 79 bayside and 73 degrees at the coast. just phenomenal conditions. it could be much warmer. >> thanks a locality. you may wonder where mike is this morning. >> who? >> already one day. >> of course, i'm kidding. our road warrior in the morning and this fourth of july mike making a switch from traffic reporting to grand marshalling.

you can catch him at the fourth of july parade in fremont. we have a route you see that mike and his family are riding on that parade. it's dedicated to our service men and women returning home from tours. mike says he's been practicing on his parade wave all week long. i have to admit he looked good. in addition to mike, you can catch a fly-over the vintage cars and floats. for a complete list of local events on the fourth of july celebrations, make sure to check out the website, nbcbayarea.com. there's also a special page for fourth of july activities aimed specifically for little ones. there's a big win for the 49ers against santa clara county. $30 million in redevelopment funds are frozen while a sacramento judge figures out where the money should go. they say voters earmarked the funds for the team's new stadium, but it was handed over to the county this year after

local redevelopment agencies were shut down. they want to spend the money on education. the 49ers say the county does not have the right to make that decision. the raiders are donating more than a54,000 to education. the team told oakland unified it will write a check following a season ticket drive to benefit the district. the raiders hand over 10% of the money made from new season tickets bought and paid for during may and june. this just in. scientist s have announced they may have found the particle that started it all. >> they think they discovered the so-called god particle. the head of the european sfr for nuclear research making this announcement in switzerland overnight. it's the thing that gives all matter in the universe its size and shape. they aren't saying 100% the particle is the elusive god particle. they say the newly discovered particle is consistent with it.

6:10. general motors could be advertising on facebook again soon. find out what facebook is promising the automaker to make it happen. a live look outside with a sun coming up over the horizon in san francisco. look at that. very clear. doesn't look like the fog is an issue for all the fireworks. get ready. the party is going to be on tonight. for the latest news, traffic and all sorts of good things and fireworks celebrations, we give you the idea where they'll be at. come join us for a good conversation on facebook. nbc bay area is back in a minute.

welcome back, everyone. good wednesday morning to you. happy independence day as well. looking outside from the east bay in morning.

oakland, you can make out downtown there in the distance. cloud cover is starting your day and hoping it will burn off. 6:14. an internet documentary on missing teen sierra lamar has gone viral. very emotional stuff here. today in the bay is live in morgan hill with an update on the bay area filmmaker behind the project. good morning. >> reporter: you can see behind us that sierra's picture hangs from burnett elementary school. this is a search center head kts for the volunteer searches happening every wednesday since the 15-year-old went missing close to four months ago. recently the search for sierra has gone viral in the form of a documentary thanks to an independent filmmaker from the bay area. so far brian garcia has produced two mini-docs. they really help put a fis to volunteer-based searches. >> i have an 11-year-old daughter. on saturdays she's at home

knowing that i'm out here. in her 11-year-old mind she was able to say, daddy, i'm proud of you. >> reporter: very emotional and poignant images right there. joining us this morning is brian garcia, the man behind the documentaries. thanks for being with us especially on the holiday today. >> thanks for inviting me over here. >> reporter: you have actually volunteered your time to put the documentaries together. why? >> i always made films about children and their struggles and i'm originally from morgan hill. this is something i felt passionate about and i wanted to be part of it. it's something that i love to do. just to make a difference. >> reporter: you're a grad student studying cinema getting your masters in cinema at san francisco state. just to be clear, you are not related to the lamar family. now that you've done this, do you feel a connection to them? >> yeah. it's starting to feel like they're more like family now. you come to the search center, and you feel a little connection

that everybody is so welcoming, you and feel like you belong here. just the fact that this case was -- you know, this dwirl was abducted was all random, i felt it could have happened to any one of our sisters, daughters, and any one of our friends. i want to emphasize that sierra is everybody's daughter. >> reporter: there are two documentaries you produced about five minutes apiece. more fok? >> yes, i'm working on a third one. it's another five-minute documentary, and i'm shooting as i go. i go on the searches, and i let everybody know what's going on out there and i want to keep inspiring people to keep volunteering and getting her name out there. >> to bring sierra home. brian, thanks. you have a good heart. thanks for being here. >> you can find garcia's work on youtube. just to be clear, typically volunteers search every wednesday. it's not happening today in honor of the fourth of july holiday. live in morgan hill, "today in the bay." 6:16 this morning.

still no verdict in the trial of william lynch. he's accused of beating father lindner at a loss g gatos retirement home. he said he did it because he sexually abused him as a boy. legal experts say they could be trying to decide between misdemeanor assault and felony assault. the jury resuming its work tomorrow. the countdown to the summer olympics is on, and just to back it up and prove if, you can see that countdown. no countdown today. we'll work on that for you. there it is. i couldn't stee it. why does it move on me. how come i can't find it tlchlt it is. the countdown is on. just 23 days left. i can't really see it. athlete competing in london facing another challenge. the games overlap the holy month of ramadan which requires fasting. one of the athletes said it's

been a tough decision not to fast. another muslim athlete who qualified for the games in judo says he and his teammates have been told they're on a mission and exempt from fasting. the olympic torch jetting its way to olympic stadium. that's a stuntman, nick mccomber lifter the torch over buildings. the 23-year-old stuntman from san diego says he's been flying for years, roughly 100 flights to his name. now he has a torch to go with it, today, day 47 of the torch's 70-day journey. none like that. >> it doesn't look like it lifts him. >> he's floating and levitating. >> i'm putting that on my christmas list. >> a jet pack. just 23 days away from the start of the olympic games in london. >> stay with nbc bay area for complete live coverage during the games. until then check out our website

for in-depth articles and video. right now on nbcbayarea.com, look at the special report on how the recent olympic gymnastics trials raked in plent of cash for bay businesses. the game in washington, d.c. gets started in a little more than an hour. first pitch is scheduled for 8:05. it's another rough one foia tim lincecum. tuesday night he gaf up seven unearned runs and didn't make it out of the fourth inning. giants lost it 9-3. he was on a little bit a roll. >> they were looking so good as a team. give up nine runs. >> it will be fun. >> sweltering heat in d.c. to play in last night. we have the best weather across the nation and we get the best weather across the nation. we have a heat wave back east every single day for the past eight days. today things change for us.

we're going to see that thermometer head in the upward direction. temperatures climbing by about 3 to 5 degrees from yesterday's highs. getting hot by about 4:00 p.m. we want to start with this beautiful, live look. bay bridge toll plaza this morning. mike has the day off for a good reason. what few cars are here you can see moving along without delay. as we head through the day today, temperatures are nice and comfortable. look at the sunshine over san jose this morning. just a beautiful start. america the beautiful, yeah, we live here. temperatures right now in the 50s, mid-50s in many cities. through the day today we hit the 90s. we have not had that in the forecast for the past week or so. so return of the 90s for tomorrow. by tomorrow we go down by a few degrees with a stronger on-shore flow and more fog tomorrow morning. 60s and 70s at the coast at bayside. perfect conditions today. mid-80s in most bay area inland

cities. we see lightsed 90s in places like gilroy and warmer places like antioch. the warm air is across the bay today. this is what everybody is so concerned about when it comes to viewing fireworks. you've probably been hosed a couple of years by the fun. this year doesn't look the case except for one county and that's marin. if you make the plans near the coast, you are better off doing so in san francisco or south along the peninsula. stan mateo with beautiful conditions. tomorrow morning when we meet back here we have fog so thick it generates that drizzle. that will hold your temperatures down from today's high. in oakland at 9:00 p.m. 65 degrees with a light breeze. you want a sweater or jacket with you. not so much the case in danville at 9:00 p.m. 69 degrees, comfortable, almost 70 degrees at starlight tonight in danville. speaking of which, i'll be out in danville live today for the 11:00 broadcast.

i'd love to meet you out to the parade, and you see my best princess wave which is very ungraceful. 90 degrees in live more, and thursday to friday temperatures level off. we hold off to summer-like weather through tuesday. no triple-digit heat just yet. as i look off to the next 15, 20 days, it looks like we will get much warmer around here. so enjoy the calm, tranquil conditions while they last. >> back to you. >> i'm a big fan of your princess wave and it's smooth and flowing. we can technical scott mcgrew is off again today. we might need to get his agent. he's gone like six straight weeks, but we have the big stories to tell you about. he'll be back on monday. google is retiring five more products i-google and gooding video. they're dropping the products because they're outdated our run done dant. they stopped taking uploads in

2009. users have until august 20th to delete or remove the videos to youtube. the other services eliminating is google mini and google chat. google talk chat back. in the meantime general motors is in talks to resume advertising on facebook. gm pulled ads back in may just before facebook's io. the automaker said its advertising was ineffective. the "wall street journal" reports facebook is reaassuring gm it will provide more data on how to turn money ad into revenue. the time is 6:23. the glow from fireworks might be the only lights some people on the east coast actually get to do so tonight. we'll tell you what progress is being made in that massive power outage from in week's storms.

welcome back, everybody. this fourth of july is here, but the weather is having a somber effect on some celebrations. it looks like no holidays for the crews out east and the fire crews in the west. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is life right now in washington, d.c. this morning. one of the good things about having the early shift is it's not too hot yet. what's it feel like? >> reporter: actually, it's starting to get a little warm. you're right. it was great earlier this morning. nice breeze, but we're actually starting to feel a little heat. i know this afternoon it's going to be baking, and don't you feel for those utility crews out

there trying to get people's lights back on? now, let me give you a bit of an update here on what's going on capitol hill. they tried to do the rehearsal last night for the capitol 4th celebration, but they ended up having to evacuate because of impending storms. they weren't as bad as last weekend, but they got people off the mall here. the utility crews are working hard to try to correct what happened last weekend. we now have as of this morning less than a million people without power compared to the 3 million we initially had. that's a good thing. the problem is it's going to be really hot today, and not only here but around the country we're talking upper 90s, trip triple-digit temperatures and isolated thunderstorms. this isn't over. >> tracie potts stay cool out there, thank you very much.

some bay area police departments will use high-tech crime fighting tools to track illegal fireworks tonight. we'll show you how it all works. the search is on for four missing children this morning. we have details coming up in a live report.

in morning oakland police asking for the public's help to find four children that could be in danger after a 3-year-old was brought to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. i have the story in a live report. thinking of firing off illegal fireworks this fourth of july? the police will be listening, and there's a good chance with their technology they'll be able to find you. i'll tell you how coming up. our nation turns 236 years old today. and boy, oh, boy, america the beautiful. it's so nice around here. low 90s inland and 80s bayside.

as you take a live look outside, golden gate bridge. a foggy start and not a lot of traffic. lots of you have this fourth of july independence day, wednesday. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you, and thanks for joining us. it's 6:31. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're following developing news out of oakland. four children missing, three adults in custody and a little boy fighting for his life. today in the bay's christie smith is live at oakland's children's hospital where details of the child abuse investigation going on. >> reporter: it was monday morning a 3-year-old boy was brought here to the children's hospital in oakland with life-threatening injuries. they're asking for the public's

help to find four other children with ties to that little boy. they're concerned those children may be in danger as well. they ask for the public's help to try to find them. this started with a baby-sitter called paramedics to an apartment on 63rd street on north oakland. she reported the little boy was unresponsive. he was taken to the hospital where he was revived. upon further investigation police determined that there was evidence of past physical aabab. the baby-sitter, stepfather and child's mother were arrested but four other children are unaccounted for. police believe family members may have them, but investigators want it to make sure they're okay. >> to make sure that we can verify that they are not harmed and have not suffered any type of physical abuse such as the 3-year-old. >> reporter: the children are paradise mahasin age 4 who

suffers from epilepsy and 6-year-old antwan alex and johnson and 7-year-old zaniyyah johnson and 16-year-old alyaam marie johnson. police are trying to locate pictures of all the children. it's believed that the adults will make their first court aappe appearance tomorrow. the case against suspended san francisco sheriff may have hit a snag. the chronicle reports mayor ed lee is refusing to use taxpayer money to fly lopez from her native venezuela back to san francisco. she will be a critical witness before the city's ethics commission, which is considering official misconduct charges that could leave her husband without a job. he was suspended about the mayor after the sheriff pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic aabuse charge involving lopez. she may have to testify via live video. two people are facing

charges this morning for starting a fire that damaged homes. more than 100 firefighters worked to put out the blaze early tuesday morning. firefighters smelled gasoline when they arrived. neighbors blame squatters that plagued the building for years. this morning erin kennedy and ronald weeks are facing charges. no one was injured, but ten were left homeless by the fire. this fourth of july some bay area police departments using a high-tech tool to attract explosions from both illegal gunfire and illegal fireworks. today in the day bob is live in oakland police headquarters with more on the major crackdown. bob, good morning. >> good morning to you, john. we know east palo alto and city of oakland have a zero tolerance towards any type of fireworks this fourth of july. it doesn't matter what kind you have, safe or sane, it doesn't mare, they're illegal. to crack down on it and enforce the policy, they using familiar technology, the shot spotter technology. if you're not familiar with

thshgs it's the technology used to track gun gir. they have a series of microphones set up, and anytime a shot goes off, those microphones triangulate the location. it immediately lets officers go where they need to go to stop that from happening. it turns out it works for fireworks. the spot shotter technology can distinguish between gunfire and an m-80. they're relying on on the technology to send offers out in the field to stop people from lighting off fireworks and, of course, more importantly to stop nem from shooting off guns, something that times happens in celebrations. >> across our country we have individuals seriously wounded or killed every year by celebratory gunfire, and that's our primary concern from the oakland police department. then the fire department, they have a major concern as far as the fires that fireworks can cause. >> reporter: now, in the past on

past fourth of july celebrations, celebratory gunfire is a problem specifically in east and west oakland. the police department has specialized patrols in those areas later today to try to tamp that down. if you do have illegal fireworks, if you're having second thoughts, drop it off at some of oakland fire departments. there are several fire departments listed online that accept these fireworks and won't ask questions. reporting live here, today in the bay. >> very much. we'll focus on the legal fireworks. >> there are going to be a lot of shows to enjoy across the bay area, but what we need hand in hand is clear skies. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> have my work cut out for me. i've monitored the situation every day this week, and tonight at about 9:00, it will look somewhat like this. you will see the fireworks up in the sky in san francisco as of 9 p.m., but things change quickly between about 10:00 and 11:00

tonight. we talk about that in a minute. 55 degrees in sunnyvale and 55 in san mateo and we're comfortable about everywhere this morning except in gilroy the only place to get the fireworks. we have elevated fire danger and temperatures creeping up into the 830s. it's nice and dry out there. keep that in mind. here's a teaser for you. a little preview of things to come for in evening. 9:00 p.m., 62 degrees in san francisco. a beautiful place to check out those fireworks. we have been fogged in in years past. this does not look like that's the case through 9:00. between 10:30 and 11:00 that fog rolls back in. we talk about drizzle on the radar, so a cooler change on the way. we'll talk about that. my forecast is come pg up next. right now we send it back to you guys. >> thanks so much, christina. 6:37 right now. on "today in the bay" a bay area filmmaker focusing in on the sterch for sierra lamar.

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that weather out there on the east coast putting a damper on fourth of july celebrations across the country today. >> more than a million people on the east coast still without power from last weekend's storms. rehearsal for the joe johnson celebration in d.c. was cut sthort due to approaching storms. forecasters predict triple-digit heat across the plains today with thunderstorms and hail possible in the midwest and northeast. utility companies say it could be friday or later before

everyone's power is back on out east and residents are not happy. >> every time i call them over the last four days, they act as if it's the first time they've heard this information. >> and it is hot out west. in colorado and other states where firefighters battle raging wildfires, dry weather has forced dozens of cities in colorado to actually cancel today's fireworks. a brush fire ripping through the hillside near palmdale is out this morning. that three-alarm fire flaring up just before 9:00 last night. l.a. achla. county firefighters buildings were in danger and no evacuations were orders. more than 200 acres did burn and more than 200 firefighters were called in to help put this one out. in syria a city at the center of the country's uprising is still under siege. government forces have rained she wills on homs. large explosions ripped through the downtown area yesterday.

at least 48 people have died in one day of fighting. in the meantime secretary of state hillary clinton is in france for more talks on these syrian conflicts. in france the government continues its investigation of former president nicolas sarkozy. police raided his home as part of a probe on suspected illegal campaign contributions. investigators say donors gave him more money than is legally allowed. sarkozy denies any wrongdoing. in spain hot winds and hot temperatures fuel a raging wildfires. tens of thousands of acres have been scorched and thousands of people have been evacuated. the fire claimed the life of a pilot when his helicopter went down. it's 6:46 right now. t "today" is next. coming up on wednesday morning on "today," a strong storm forces the evacuation of a

rehearsal in washington, d.c. this as utility crews struggle to restore power to nearly a million homes and businesses amid the swelt ering heat. we'll have the details. the attorney for an arizona man who appeared to take something in court that caused his own death. we'll speak out. a look back at the remarkable career of andy griffith who died on tuesday at the age of 86. he'll hear from ron howard. we show you how to impress your holiday guests today with creative last-minute recipes when we get started here on "today." have a great holiday and say safe one. >> creative last-minute recipes. i'm starving out here. >> the famous nathan's hot dog eating contest may take your appetite away. >> there's the champ. >> it's on coney island. he's a five-time champion and bay area local. we know his name.

j joey "jaws" chestnut is shooting for a sixth victory. hen inhaled 62 hot dogs in ten minutes during the competition. he weighed in yesterday. >> is that belt pink? >> the hot dog eating contest is a tradition for 97 years. this woman to the right, the black widow is about 100 pounds but gives thim a run for the money. >> she doubles her weight during the competition and works it off during the year. >> and dunk them in water. >> juicy buns? no thank you. >> he's an engineer. he went to school to study, so if it doesn't pan out for him, he'll go back to engineering. >> wow, if the hot dogs don't pan out for him. >> a lot of grills fired up today. >> that's right. a lot of parents wondering what to do with kids today. take them to the beach if you want the best weather. it's nice and hot and windy today. temperatures are running nice

and mild to start. we're in the 50s across the board. there she is, trans america pyramid, and of course old glory blowing in the breeze. light breeze out there. winds pick up later on tonight, and that's what i'm banking on to keep the fog from settling in in san francisco fogging out the perfect view of the fireworks. 54 degrees in san francisco, 54 in oakland. i'm going to own this forecast right here, right now at 6:49 on the fourth of july. locations to the south of the golden gate bridge get the best view tonight. at 9:00 looks like it's going to be nice and clear from san francisco southward. you don't have perfect vision of those fireworks in marin county unfortunately. it looks like that's where the fog will settle in throughout tonight. as we head through tomorrow, it will stay warm. we take temperatures down by 5 degrees on average with a stronger on shore flow to start. here it is. your fireworks forecast, ladies and gentlemen. we start the clock at 9:00. this is where we track the cloud

cover at that point. down to the golden gate bridge you have the low cloud bank. however, the coast is looking nice and clear to continue that future cast through midnight. san francisco stays clear. that's what we go with this morning and when we wake up and meet back tomorrow morning, we have a little drizzle on the radar with an area of low pressure to the north usher in a stronger flow. here's your forecast in san jose. perfect conditions in the south bay. 68 degrees, home of joey chestnut of course. at 9:00 p.m. 64 at 11:00, it will be beautiful when the breeze picks up later this evening inland. temperatures feel really comfortable. at 9:00 p.m., 70 degrees at livermore. it feels like 65 degrees, really great night to reroux the fireworks. i might stay up this year, guys. i don't know about you. 88 degrees in san jose. as we head through the remainder of the weekend, temperatures level off. we're not talking about the dog days much summer by any means.

aum the way through next tuesday, feeling like summertime around here. you guys staying up? what's the verdict? >> i don't know. think it over. >> i like my sleep. >> a little more concealer maybe tomorrow morning. may wonder this morning where mike is? >> he's making a switch from reporting trargt to actually stopping it. >> he's the grand marshal of fremont's fourth of july parade. it's going to start rolling at about 10:00 this morning. there's a look at the route. mike and his family will ride in the parade, which is dedicated to our service men and women returning home from tours. in addition to mike, you can also catch a flyover, vintage cars and some floats. >> worth checking out. mike always involved. love it. for a complete list of local events on the fourth of july, check out our website, nbcbayarea.com. there's a special page for fourth of july activities aimed and geared right for the kids. business tech reporter scott mcgrew is not doing parades

today. he's actually off, but there's news to report on the business side. google is retires five more products including i google and google video. they're dropping the products because they're outdated or redunda redundant. they have until august 20th to delete or move videos to youtube. the other services eliminated are google mini and google talk chat back. general motors is in talks to resume advertising on facebook. gm pulled ads back in may just before facebook's ipo. the automaker found its $10 million worth of advertising wasn't effective. the "wall street journal" reports facebook is reaassuring gm it will provide more data on how they can turn ad money into revenue. the world's most valuable sports franchise planning to go public on wall street, that being manchester united.

registered for the securities and exchange commission for an ipo. they hope to raise $100 million to eliminate debt. forbes values that team at $2.24 billion. a bay area filmmaker is helps for the search for missing teenager sierra lamar. we have an update on the new documentary out. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. if you want to get inspired, i recommend that you take a look at these documentaries. this independent filmmaker from the bay area profiled the volunteers who meet right here at burnett elementary almost every wednesday searching for syria. we can give you a look at wuflt documentaries that just went viral. >> i'm from belmont, california. i want to tell sierra's family that i love them and i'm not going to give up. >> reporter: with us live this morning is brian garcia, the man behind the two documentaries.

thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for inviting me here. >> it's telling that you're not related to the lamar family. when you -- when people watch your work, what do you think them to get out of if? >> i want them to be motivated and inspired to come and volunteer and help out the family and just realize that this -- you know, if thrp to happen them, they would want the same thing, too. >> you're from morgan hill? >> i'm from morgan hill. >> reporter: you spent a lot of time with these volunteers in the last month or so in putting these works together. what have you learned? >> i learned that, you know, you just learn how everybody just starts to feel like they're a family being being here. everybody gets along so well, and it's like a big community over here and you come over here and volunteer. you make friends for a lifetime on out here, so that's why i really recommend coming down here and meeting these great people. >> sierra went missing on march 15th, and it's almost been four months. people are still coming out here, and do you find that's not

dying down anytime soon. >> i don't see it dying down anytime soon. there's so much love for sierra, and so many fight to bring her home. we haven't heard anything else from, you know, the suspect or anything, so we just want to, you know -- it's up to the community to make a difference. you come out here and volunteer and search and you make a huge difference just by volunteering and spreading the video around on, you know, facebook or twitter and keeping sierra's name in the media to bring her home. >> thanks so much this morning. happy fourth of july for you. you can find brian's work online. they're posted on youtube. the pieces are called "help us find sierra lamar." developing news this morning out of oakland. the search for four missing children. police want to locate the kids after a 3-year-old was found in their home critically injured suffering from signs of abuse. today in the bay's christie smith is live at oakland children's hospital with more on

this tran logic story. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this started with a report of an unresponsive little boy at an apartment in north oakland. he was brought here just 3 years old to oakland's children's hospital. police are now saying that they looked further into it, and authorities determined that there was evidence of past abuse. well, now they're trying to find four other children with tieing to that child. they arrested the boy's baby-sitter, stepfather and mother. that the little boy has life-threatening injuries, and police believe that family members may have the other children. they just want to make sure that they're all right. they are 4-year-old paradise mahasin, 6-year-old antwan alex aender johnson and 7-year-old zaniyyah johnson and 16-year-old alyajah marie johnson. they're working on getting pictures of the children.

the three adults will make their first court appearance tomorrow. reporting live in oakland, christie smith "today in the bay." two people face charges this northern for starting a fire that damaged or destroyed several san francisco homes am more than 100 firefighters worked to put out the four alarm blaze early tuesday morning. neighbors blame squatters that plagued the buildings for her year. erin kennedy and ronald weeks are facing charges. no one was injured, but ten people were left homeless by that fire. this fourth of july some area police departments are using high-tech crime tooling to stop ungir and illegal fireworks. >> rob shrive at oakland police headquarters with more on the crackdown. good morning. why were good morning. happy fourth of july. people might want to reconsider setting off illegal fireworks not only in the oakland but in the city of east palo alto. police in both towns will be listening using their shot spotter technology. that's a series of microphones

that can triangulate the sound of gunfire, immediately notifying officers of that location. turns out shot spotter works for fireworks and it distinguish between the two. fireworks are illegal in east palo alto and oakland. even the safe and sanes. they encourage celebrating be done without breaking the law. >> the concern is the fire danger, and that's what we're really looking at. we remember the firestorm many years ago with the significant fire here in the city of oakland, and that's something that our fire department and the city works very hard every year trying to reduce the amount of fires and the damage that it can cause. >> reporter: opd will set up specialized patrols in the eastern and western parts of their cities specifically because in the past those are areas where they had problems not only with illegal fireworks on the fourth of july but celebratory gunfire. if you have illegal fireworks or have second thoughts, there are several stations in oakland's city limits and fire stations

that will receive those fireworks no questions asked. reporting live here outside opd, "today in the bay." 66:59. a south african sprinter will set a new bar. >> he's the first affirm tee track athlete to ever actually compete in the olympics. this is video from his website. he had to have both legs amputated below the knee when he was just a baby. he now runs on carbon fiber prosthetics. he will compete in the london olympics on the 4x400 relay team. he won several medals in athens and beijing para olympics games. quick check on the forecast. >> 90s inland and 70s at the coast. in danville i'll be out there for the parade, and we'll be live at 11:00. back to you guys. it will be a great day. hope you get aa chance to enjoy your independence day.