look closer. these are the hands that work the fields and pick your food. and they belong to children. >> how long have you been doing this? >> like seven years. since i was 8 years old, until now. >> listen closely. >> you were 11? >> i was 11. >> to their voices. >> 11 years old? >> yes. >> what's the hardest part of it? >> some say they worked when they were 11, 10. one teen says he started in the fields of mexico, when he was 8, before he moved here to work almost two years ago. >> when i started at the age of eight it was difficult i weighed 55 poundses. >> i have cuts on my fingers, really tired. it was really hot. and i didn't really like, but it was worth it to help my mom. >> what's the hardest crop to pick? >> tomatoes. >> why?

>> the mower, the bugs. >> peaches. i love peaches. >> they took me to the peaches. i used the gloves, because with the stuff the peaches have, they would stick to me. >> and you do that all day? >> three hours. >> you don't get a lot of break. and you can't be talking. >> the hard work and long hours has some parents doing everything they can to keep their kid as way from the field. kids like carmen. that's why carmen's mother force her to stay in school and away from the fields. >> she doesn't want me to go through what she goes through. she says it's painful. hard work, every night i massage her back so she can feel better in the morning. >> and go back and do it again? >> yes. >> i told her when i get older i'm going to buy her a house.

>> the kids in the fields also have dreams. hoping the money they earn will help them break out of this cycle and live a better life. >> what do you want to do? >> now i want to be an artist. >> a mechanic. i like working with tools. >> i want to do so many things. >> it's absolutely legal for a small farmer to hire a 6-year-old to pick blueberries. >> reporter: jane authored this article. >> i saw children as young as nine years old picking cucumbers. they told me they started work as young as seven years old. and children consistently said they started working full time, adult hours at age 11 or 12. >> reporter: current u.s. labor law allows for child labor to exist in agriculture. low wages mean these families need more workers in the field to make ends meet.

an economic necessity that continues for generations. >> the whole family, me, my mom, my sister. >> you were all in the fields? >> yes, it was hard, because you have to work in the sun. and there's. >> there's 80-year-old people, kids working in the fields just to help their parents. i think that's not fair. >> while many american teens, even myself worked jobs as a teenager, mowing the lawn, waiting tables or bagging groceries. this is full time work. nine or ten hours a day, sometimes seven days a week in 100 degree heat. almost every young person we talked to told us they were born here, meaning they are u.s. citizens and none of them worked on small family farms. we reached out to a dozen grower organizations, food processors and producers to also get their views on this issue. none of them would comment for this story. jessi jessica, janelle? >> it is heartbreaking to see the grueling work they do.

>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips. a jail cell is far from the luxurious lifestyle a south bay realtor once lived. jill is accused of running an elaborate ponzi scheme to fund her high life. her best friend turned victim explains how she lost her money. kimberly terry has the story only on nbc bay area. >> when i first met jill, she was nice and easy going, pretty lady that loved to shop. and would come in my store, two, three, five times a week. we got to be friends. >> lesley says she considered real estate agent jill silvery her best friend and trusted her. >> one day she said it was harder for people to get loans at the bank, and she had some loans that were hard money loans. >> she's now one of 13 people

sylvia is accused of tricking into a real estate ponzi scheme. >> she would have a new lie every day as to why the money wasn't there. >> she lied to these people. >> the district attorney says she convinced investors to loan money to the homeowners in exchange for monthly interest payments. she took the cash and spent it on luxury cars, expensive clothes and a home remodel. >> a conartist's expertise is in exploiting trust, and the evidence is that miss silvey exploited the trust of people at both ends of these deals. >> investors are left with little hope of retrieving their money. it was a painful lesson and she's concerned there could be other victims out there. >> there's no boundaries, that's the sad part. she could steal from anybody, didn't matter.

>> silvey is being held on bail. her attorney is investigating the charges against his client and has no further comment. kimberly terry nbc bay area news. >> investigators are trying to find out how a fire started ee los gatos that ended up burning cars and trees. it occurred this evening between the train tracks and a row of apartments. the fire appears suspicious. the police chief says he has no intention of resigning. despite calls for a vote of no confidence from some of his officers. those officers say they're frustrated with the way the chief is running the department and they've lost faith in his leadership. police officers association board is expected to consider a vote of no confidence at its tuesday meeting next week. in the interim, the city manager is the on person who has the power to fire more, says her support for him remains strong.

>> i have electric confidence in chief moore, i'm sorry he's confronting this, i am disappointed but i have the utmost confidence that he is professional and he will continue to work with all the stakeholders even though they may be turning their backs on him during this difficult time. >> off camera, some of the other officers told nbc bay area, it's only a small fraction of offi r officers who want moore out. joy and heartache tonight on the mat in london. gabby douglas gets the gold. aly raisman is dealing with a narrow defeat. >> it's just about 8:10 in the morning there, how is it going? >> it's going well. happy friday morning to you. you talk about the joy and the pain, that's what makes the olympics so captivating. in terms of gabby douglas, at 14

years old, just a couple years ago, she left her home, left her family in virginia, and moved to iowa to train at a better gymnastics facility. the commitment these girls have are amazing here. just a couple days ago, we spent time with the entire team usa gymnastics. they're growing up right in front of our faces, really. gabby thrilled with the team gold medal she won. and now gold medal number two. bottom line, she was flawless in her performance. her individual performance and really if you saw it right here on our coverage, there was no debate. her parents, coaches, teammates and everyone around the world looking on, witnessing the birth of this new american superstar. she becomes the first ever african-american to win a gymnastics gold. she wants to be a role model for all gymnasts. >> i feel amazing right now. and god has given me this opportunity to represent him, and given me this awesome talent. it feels amazing.

to represent the usa and my coaches. i'm speechless right now. >> she is speechless, we'll see gabby back in the bay area next month. september 8th, she'll be at the hp pavilion in san jose. kerri walsh, this is a transition part of the tournament. tomorrow is the elimination round. we talk about kerri walsh and misty may-treanor, think of them like a married couple. they've had some personal differences, they go to couples counselling to make sure everything is running smoothly. they've won back to back gold medals and are looking for gold medal number three. at one point they broke up, but they reunited for london. >> i called her and said, am i going to do this? she said, no my heart's not in it.

and then misty had a change of heart. it hit her one night, she said, i'm not done yet, and i want to come back yet and win gold in london. and my whole heart's in it, my whole head's in it. if you will take me i'm yours. >> reunited here in london tomorrow saturday morning is the knockout phase for kerri walsh and misty may-treanor. that's going to do it for now with the beautiful tower bridge behind me friday morning here in london. guys, we'll send it back to you. see you in a few minutes. >> reunited and it feels so good for those two. coming up, maybe you've seen it while driving across the bay bridge. only on nbc bay area. the mystery on the bay. solved. a gun toting 6-year-old, the cell phone that led to a father's arrest, we'll show you next. upper 90s in the east bay, livermore the hottest today.

and here's a peak at your friday forecast, by the noon hour, temperatures in the low to mid-80s, we'll talk about cooler changes in a few. [ male announcer ] olympic athletes are just like the rest of us. [ clock ticks, alarm rings ] they wake up... get ready... and go to work... just like us. they wait in line. they have meetings. and at the end of the day... they watch the clock, just like the rest of us. ♪

at citi, we're proud to support our u.s. athletes every step of the way. a disturbing photograph to share with you tonight. a 6-year-old in a car seat pointing a real gun. police found the picture on a cell phone of the father arrested on multiple charges. the gun in the picture matches several seized during a search warrant. after that at the father's home yesterday. a piece of military history recently docked at treasure island. the cold war ship is holding what used to be a military

secret. jean ellie has a look at a one of a kind barth that's about to emerge in the civilian world. >> we get? people looking -- >> the yacht workers are getting lots of attention on treasure island. people want to know what this giant container is. alan agreed to show nbc the huge mining barth. a submersible barth the military built for a top secret mission. >> it was built for the sole purpose of building the claw or the grapple that grabbed that russian submarine off the ocean. >> reporter: the roof is retractible giving the military a secret work space. after the russian submission, docked in redwood city for bay area engineers secretly built the sea shadow. a recently declassified stealth ship.

>> they had reflective panels on it, so it had a low radar signature, it had a very low infrared signature also. they had big chillers inside that would cool the heat. it was very cool and quiet. >> an engineering marvel that looks like it belongs in a sci-fi movie. cameron paid the navy $2.5 million for the pair. he had to agree to scrap the sea shadow. workers were stunned. >> this is classified. >> reporter: paul says it's a thrill to explore. >> the new experience every day, we find something new. secrets here and there, a tremendous amount of technology. the engineers is astounding. >> the cold war relic will be cut into pieces. the hmb one is about to embark on the civilian world. >> being able to control the environment and the weather is huge for ship repair. it looks back into the industry. it doesn't have to be. >> a military tool turned

maritime marvel. jean ellie nbc bay area news. >> back to the summer games, where an olympic comeback story is emerging tonight. >> raj mathai with the story of a swimmer doing great work in and out of the pool. talk about coming out of the depths. >> this is one of my favorite stories. we're talking about anthony irvin. he actually auctioned off his gold medal that he won in the previous summer olympics. with the proceeds, donated it. we'll give you the details right now. later on today, he'll be competing in the 50 meter freestyle, looking for another gold. let's bring in cheryl hurd with more. >> our team has been preparing for this meet for months and so has coach tony on his olympic quest. we inspire him and he inspired us. >> and now all eyes are on the

half jewish, half black swimmer who lives in the east bay who qualified for the 50 freestyle competition. >> we've been swimming for a long time. both of african-american descent. and we both love the water. >> for donovan redd that's where the comparison ends. coach tony known around the world as anthony irvin coaches redd and other swimmers who are part of the oakland undercurrent. a nonprofit group that trains innercity kids to swim competitively. >> i wanted to stop, but i never left completely. >> reporter: he did leave the sport completely after winning gold in sydney in 2000. drugs, rock 'n' roll and women became his priority. he even auctioned off his gold medal and gave the proceeds to the unicef tsunami relief fund. >> he's not one for possessions. i think all he really has is some books and a guitar. >> and his oakland undercurrent

team. >> lieu is competing for a win at the far western long court championship meet in san jose thursday. lieu can identify with the coach. >> we're both trying to win or do the best can he can. >> she's on a comeback mission in london to do his best to win the gold. >> in san jose, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> coach tony. what an incredible story, his kids in the east bay he coaches, and he's taking center stage tonight in the 50 meter freestyle here in london. i'm going to step out of the way. let's enjoy the shot. i love being here, our nbc newsroom, very close by for the historic tower bridge. you see the rings and this is the river thames where david beckham raced down the river. if jeff ranieri is listening. you want me to do a quick

forecast? it's windy, and a chance of showers. >> yes, and i feel so honored to be at least my mike is open during your live shot. >> i'm so jealous right now. what are you trying to do? make us jealous? >> that's called twisting the knife london style. thank you, raj. thank you very much. enjoy. >> right now on nbcbayarea.com. we have more coverage of the 2012 london olympics. you can track the bay area olympians and see the best photos from london. we already did the london weather for you. >> he looks great there. i think it's the brian williams nightly news shot. >> yes, it is. >> looking spiffy, raj. winds 5 to 10 miles an hour across the bay area. slightly on shore in san francisco. it's good enough tonight to bring us more fog back. we'll look at that in a moment. i want to show you where the coldest spot is, and that's in the north bay, where we have

isolated 40s, 50s in movado. let's get you to the sky camera network. we're on fog watch tonight. it's the worst fog we've had in about 6 days pushing throughout downtown. and that fog is going to be extending into the morning hours, which may produce delays at sfo. back in london, we saw wrath, we're getting a look at the stadium. there's a lot more activity you can see in that picture. that's because athletics and track and field gets going as we head into friday. we saw them testing out some lights and it's quite busy here at the current moment. we have a changing forecast for london we'll have here in a moment. what we're tracking is cloud cover off to the north. it's way far away. any sign of rainfall is about 15 to 2,000 miles out here. what we'll be tracking over the next 72 hours is generating. it's not going to produce any widespread rainfall or anything

like that, but it will keep this cooling breeze in place for the coastline, it looks like it will be strong enough to extend over to the east and south bay. we're going to knock temperatures down a bit at the coastline as we head through the next 48 hours. also here, the interior valleys, 70s to 80s. getting to the 90s to 100s we've had the last three or four days. 48 in santa rosa to start, 53 in oakland. let's get you the daytime highs for friday. numbers go down about 3 to 5 degrees. 70 in palo alto, back to the east bay. 89 in danville. 83 in the castro valley. 73 in oakland, we talked about changes on the london forecast. a few possible showers for friday, temperatures near 70, athletics get going as we head through the next three days and here's what to watch for our coverage. about a 50 to 60% chance that

may come into play with some of this competition. we're always giving you a little extra nugget. 2,000 athletes will compete in 47 event when is it comes to track and field, which includes 510 adjustable hurdles. this will include four olympians from the bay area. i know. three-day forecast has temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90. that's about all the cooling we can give you. more typical weather as we head into this weekend. if you're headed up to the sierra this weekend, watch out for the possibility of an isolated shower on sunday. >> thanks so much. coming up, a gas line ruptured in san bruno near the scene of the pg&e disaster. find out how it happened next. [ ringing ]

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we are sorry, that's the apology offered by a contractor to the survivors of the san bruno blast. a construction crew hit a gas line in nearly the same place where pg&e's pipeline exploded

back in 2010. the leak forced evacuations and rattled nerves. workers did not follow the required rules before digging under ground and will add new precautions. pg&e capped the line within 30 minutes. the giants fight through tough times. what bruce bochy has to say about the team coming up.

giants looking to move a game and a half over the dodgers in the nl west. barry zito on the mound this afternoon, but not a good afternoon for him. top of the first, bases loaded, there's jason bay with two outs. a single to left, two runs will come in, 2-0 new york mets early. next batter, robbie, line drive to left. this hit off melky cabrera's glove, two more runs come in to

make it 4-0. giants have lost 7 of their last 8 games all at home. >> we've been awful here this past week, and you get into these functions, they're not fun, and unfortunately, you do go through them. and how we press on, through these tough times will determine our season. >> that will do it for sports, be sure to tune in to comcast sportsnet bay area, as the giants kick off their seven-game road trip friday night in colorado.

it's something most of you already know, san francisco is the top dining city in the nation. >> the city by the bay has 50% more restaurants per household than connecticut. when it comes to drinking, new orleans wins. no surprise there. san francisco came in at number 8 in that category. tomorrow, big day, the first day of track and field, very

exciting. and one of my favorite events. trampolining. i love trampolining. we also have more swimming, women's volleyball and water polo. >> it's going to be a great day. >> look at there, a beautiful weather shot from london. raj is saying it's a little blustery there. >> is he out getting his coffee right now? >> they are looking at a chance of showers today, as we head into saturday, maybe even a few thunderstorms which could come into play in track and field. >> here in the bay area, what does it look like at home? one last shot. >> that's beautiful out there. >> it's going to be an exciting day in the olympics and the summer games. locally, it's going to be sunny here. >> we have great weather here for tomorrow. >> we all want to be in london. >> temperatures in the low 90s by friday. saturday and sunday things start to cool off.

welcome back to continuing coverage of the games of the xxx olympiad. from our studios in london, mary carillo. >> the bridges spanning central london are all aglow for these, the games of the xxx olympiad. hi again, everyone. and welcome to a jam-packed edition of "olympic late-night." ryan lochte won his fourth medal of these o'glamz and we'll show you his conversation with bob costas. we also have rowing semifinal action. and in table tennis an all chinese men's singles final. but we begin the night with track cycling and the qualifying round of team pursuit. tom harris and paul cher nguyen had the call from the velodrome here in olympic park.

>> moments ago the thunderous welcome tore team great britain. here the team pursuit inside the velodrome. four riders going 16 laps. and if any extra motivation, the prince and princess in attendance. >> they've been to a number of venues. they've enjoyed the olympic games so far and they're hoping great britain may well set a new best time tonight as a new world record and an olympic one. >> the mark to beat put up moments ago by new zealand. >> well, if that crowd is not going to push these riders on to something special this afternoon, i don't think they can do anything else. ed clancy. darren thomas. steven burke. and the crowd are trying to push