force. they say this is a distraction they don't need. with heavy cut backs, they've had to lean on community groups to help keep the peace. tonight, a man who was supposed to be helping that cause is behind bars. police arrested mark collins over the weekend. he threatened his girlfriend with a stolen, loaded gun. he told officers he worked for the mayor's gang prevention task force. >> our mission is to transform lives and defend children. the last thing i need to to is defend the integrity of the mayor's task force. >> reporter: he was being paid by the aquarius project. >> i'm devastated. >> reporter: hughette joiner runs the project. >> one of the major reasons we were working with him is because he was strong in his community.

>> reporter: robert rios is a church member and says his arrest doesn't help the cause. san jose police officers say they'll continue their job in patrolling the street. meanwhile they hope this arrest doesn't leave a mark on their efforts to keep kids out of gangs. court records told officers he took the gun from a juvenile earlier that morning, that stolen gun. so now they're looking into that part of the investigation. thank you. the man prosecutors have charged with killing a woman hasn't entered a me. he's back in court looking much different than he did last year when he was first arrested. longer hair, dressed in a suit

and tie. today his attorney asked the prosecution to turn over all evidence in the case. and prosecutors said they're working with the sheriff's department to do that. garcia torres is scheduled back in court. the woman's body has yet to be found. well, stealing from kids, including his own. police say he wrote 10s of thousands of dollars in checks to himself. we're live in san jose with reaction from parents who went door to door raising that money that this father is accused of taking. >> reporter: they absolutely did. this is a father who had two kids here at lynn haven, a trusted money man for the pta, but now he could face four years behind bars if he is convicted of stealing $27,000 from the school. for more than two years, keith dennis was a pta treasurer.

but paints say what he allenedly did was no treasure. he is charged with stealing $27,000 of school funds. >> shameless. >> it's very sad. very sad. like i say, we trust an alt to do the right thing with the money. and he takes it and uses it for his own, his own benefit. >> reporter: dennis allegedly took the money between 2010 and 2012. deputy district attorney judy lee says it appears he embezzled money by cutting checks to himself. >> a lot of the fund-raisers generated cash. and the deposits didn't match the money that was collected. >> reporter: investigators say at one point dennis was supposed to deposit hundreds of dollars into the account but only put in

16. g gabriel and his daughter spent hours raising money, and now he fears the money is gone for good. parents say the loss is even more painful. >> can you imagine how much like $27,000 is for a school? or just kind of like having a team, you know, like uniforms for the kids, you know, field trips. >> reporter: now parents are wondering if the field trips,&r pta and students worked so far to fund will be canceled. they say mr. dennis is saddened and hopes that they will not have a loss. he has never been in trouble

with the law. reporting live in san jose, nbc bay area news. you never know what you'll find when you clean out your home. detonations in a home. three world war ii era grenades were found in a home. it helped near chelsea drive in the came brie yan neighborhood. sheriffs evacuated the area and called in the bomb squad. >> because of the nature. devices, our bomb team determined they were two unstable to move. they built a bunker in the front yard and exploded it. >> they secured the area. the fire department turned the gas off at the house. pg&e and ems were also on site but everything went smoothly. three firefighters are recovering tonight after

battling a fire in san ramon. pretty intense fire. this was near the dougherty fields park. the fire was under control. we're told it started on the fence line between two homes and then spread to both sides, affecting both homes. one dog was killed in this fire. right now fire crews are still monitoring for hotspots. no deal as bart and union workers try to avoid a strike that could paralyze hundreds of thousands of people. that strike could begin as soon as monday. new concerns that transit bus drivers could also be walking off the job. things don't look good at this point. >> reporter: well, that's right. several unions are involved in this fight. and up until about 30 minutes ago some of them were here trying to get their message out to bart riders. union members from bart and ac transit were handing out fliers

and expressing their concern to the public. they would not offer specifics, only saying it's closer to what workers want in benefits, pensions and salaries. also at the negotiating table, transit drivers who have also authorized a strike. and their contract expeers midnight sunday. they say a simultaneous strike is unlikely. >> there probably won't even be a bart streak on monday. thousand the succeeding monday, maybe. monday after the fourth of july, maybe. >> reporter: he says striking could hapa week from monday because of the probable fallout with the public if there's no service during the fourth of july, but if a strike happens this monday, bus drivers could stage a sickout. it's something commuters don't even want to consider. >> if bart stops, it will stop

ac transit as so that's going to put work at a stand still, completely. >> reporter: san francisco bay ferry says it plans to increase service to help people with their cross bay commutes. >> normally they operate eight vessels, careying 20,000 seats a day. in the event of a strike we will carey 50,000. >> reporter: the numbers just don't add up. the last time bart workers walked off the job was in 1997 when bart had 275,000 daily riders. now there are 400,000. riders say the impact on traffic would be enormous. >> i foresee having to leave a couple of hours extra to get to work on time, because i think the traffic jam the are go be doing absolutely prohibitive. >> reporter: and the unions have vowed to give 72 hours notice in

the event of a strike. conceivably we should know tomorrow if there will be a strike on monday. in both cases, ac transit and bart, negotiates will continue up until the deadline, which is midnight on sunday. following up on the landmark same sex marriage ruling, it should have cash registers ringing. >> we're all quite elated today. it will be somewhat distracting to get work done today. >> reporter: on the roof of the building, andrew harvell and his crew were marking history. >> we are celebrating the supreme court's decision and pride month. >> reporter: above the offices of kink.com they hoisted a pair of rainbow flags.

>> i have a partner of 16 years. we've been waiting about probably 13 years to get married. and so we la be going to the chappell at some month here. >> reporter: and with a walk down the isle he had another revelation. >> i guess i need a wedding planner. >> reporter: a new report by ucla's william institute estimated 37,000 same sex couples were marry in california in the next few years. >> i mean, really, weddings touch so many parts of the economy, and so many small businesses. most wedding businesses are small businesses and local businesses. >> reporter: bay area wedding planner has organized many commitment ceremonies for many couples over the years. >> i know i have several clients from the last few years who will

now be going and getting legally married. >> reporter: but they are anticipating many same sex marriages. >> for me, it will bring a hot more business, and i plan to advertise a little bit differently, maybe in some local gay publications. >> reporter: in the meantime, the wedding industry will have to wait for the last legal hurdles to clear before the marriages can begin, knowing a whole new realm of business is about to bloom. i'm sam brock with continuing coverage of the same-sex marriage ruling. still ahead, is the constitutional right in california really been resolved? that's what attorney general said yesterday in a press conference, but in tonight's reality check we poke holes in the claim. also a look inside the

silicon valley company that's given people palpitations all year. we take a look into netflix for a peek into the company's future. and triple digit already mid-90s outside now. those numbers may zoom seem cool compared to our seven day forecast and the hot weather ahead. it's that thing that other folks that go through, brings up the terror. a gunman goes up a high rise. and the change some families are still fighting for. back in two minutes. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week.

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killing himself. it was and still is the worst mass shooting in bay area history. >> that shooting changed lives forever. and it changed the direction of the gun control debate on a national level. >> nbc bay area's reporter covered it then and joins us now. >> reporter: it's hard to believe it's been 20 years since we got word in the newsroom that a gunman was on a rampage inside that well-known building at the corner of market and california in san francisco. the sirens blared on that hot july day 20 years ago when a gunman opened fire using weapons with hellfire trigger systems which allow for rapid fire. he targeted the law offices on the 34th floor of 101 california street. >> i was trying to determine whether he was an employee. and he started shooting and we ran. >> reporter: as horrified

employees ran from their offices and emergency teams rushed to the scene, the man rushed through the building shooting people. he killed eight people and wounded six others. among them 30 year old jodi who left behind a husband and a 10 month old daughter. >> we cannot bring jodi back. but hopefully one day i can tell my daughter megan marie that her mother's death was not in vain. >> reporter: in the weeks and months after the shooting, steve joined several other families to lead the charge for national gun control. he testified before congress with his daughter in a baby backpack. a very real reminder of how his life had changed. when i spoke to him recently, he told me he was shocked when he learned of the weapons used in the attack. >> he had 32 round clips. wow. he had these assault weapons

that could fire three to four shots a second with these hellfire triggers, almost like an automatic. so he could put six to eight bullets in the ara second. i was like, that's legal? really? oh, my god. in america? >> reporter: president clinton signed a bill into law with steve by his side. but much has changed since then. 10 month old megan is now 20 years old and in college. and the assault weapons ban has long since expired. plus congress just rejected a new round of gun control laws supported by senator feinstein. >> when i saw the families from newtown wound up outside when the people from congress were going in to vote, and then they turned it down. they didn't, they didn't vote -- i was so stunned.

because i thought for sure this time. >> reporter: carol's husband jack was also gunned down at 101 california 20 years ago. her son zach has grown up without a dad. she, too, has worked for gun control laws and takes pride that california has the strongest gun laws in the country. but she says the shootings in newtown were overwhelming for her. >> it's that seeing other people go through it that brings up the anger and the frustration and the determination and the voice. >> reporter: the voice that was thrust bohn kingsley 20 years ago. and they are using that voice today to try to make change again. >> i think you need to go very focused and small. i don't think you need to make big steps. i own guns. i've been a republican most of my life. i believe people should be able to have firearms. i'm a strong briefer in that. where i draw the line is saying that anybody, regardless of their mental state can circumvent the system and buy a

firearm, i have a problem with that. and i think most americans do. i don't think anybody needs more than a ten round clip. >> reporter: 81% of americans supported background checks. >> as a nation, i hope 20 years from now we can look back and see significant shifts. >> reporter: both will be together this weekend with feinstein for a fund-raiser. it's an organization that grew out of the 101 california shootings and is dedicated to promoting responsible gun laws. >> wounds that have yet to heal. and talking about our forecast, it is warm outside. >> and today is the first day of several days of seeing heat in our inland valleys. you can see, try to keep those numbers in memory this time tomorrow evening. i think what you'll find is another 5 degrees of warming.

but notice san francisco and oakland relatively immune from the heatwave. inland spots continue the trend, 5 to 10 degrees of warming from what we saw yesterday. the air mass is beginning to change. it's not as muggy outside. so if there's any positive spin to the forecast, it's becoming a drier heat. the ridge of high pressure is building back from the desert. right now, the sea breeze winning the battle between the hot air inland and the marine air which is spilling back across the bay. so this evening looks pretty comfortable, but less sew the next couple of days. the ridge of high pressure which will build will bring temperatures near 120 degrees in palm springs. there you see death valley by the weekend may get close to 130 degrees. we'll see some of the hottest temperatures sunday into monday.

very close to $100 if not slightly above that come monday. inner bay will see 80s, san francisco by sunday probably the mid-80s, but on coast here, 70s and 80s, as long as the winds don't turn completely offshore, this could be a 50/50 battle. we have a marine layer and the sea breeze to keep the coast and peninsula in the mild range. but 90s to 100 degrees inland. skies really cleared out on the coast. as we show you the numbers hour by hour tomorrow, high temperatures today were in the mid-90s, by lunch time tomorrow, temperatures quite hot. hotter temperatures in for the weekend. a heat advisory up for the bay area. heat warning with temperatures near 105 in a few spots on

monday. okay. still ahead, spending money on mars? a famous astronaut talks about some out of this world commerce. and your brain on carbs. and charter versus public. which schools are really faring better in california. it's tonight's class action report.

governor brown today signed a state spending plan that added billions of dollars for k through 12 schools and restored things that were cut during the recession. the fund plus a reserve account of just over $1 billion reflects the continuing recovery of california's economy. the fiscal year starts next monday. in class action tonight,

public versus charter. there's a new report out this week adding to the long running tension between the traditional local schools and charter schools. charter schools are run by private operators. they're making academic gains nationally, but they find that here in california, the picture on charters is mixed. when it come does reading, charter school students gain the equivalent of 22 days of learning compared to their counterparts. math is a different story. they have seven fewer days of learning. now we first told you about the minerva project a few weeks ago. they were trying to create a new ivy league caliber university online. they are calling for the shake up of the way schools get accredited. the minerva institute is calling for a faster way of getting

akred dags but with tighter oversight. nontraditional sources could gain akred dags sooner as they shop for students. they tell us they are still pursuing akred dags through traditional channels as well. the migraines aren'tba enough, migraine suffers are facing another battle. also coming up, explosive new evidence revealed in a murder investigation that landed a nfl star in jail. and preparing for pride. now san francisco is gearing up after yesterday's same sex rulings. >> a reality check is next.

people around the country still celebrating the landmark ruling on same sex marriage. >> well, california attorney general wasted no time yesterday commenting on the rulings, telling californians that same sex marriages will resume in a matter of days or weeks. >> it may be true or may not, depending on where you live.

>> she told the national audience yesterday that all 58 of california's counties must now grant same-sex marriage licenses as soon as the federal court stay is lifted. it turns out that's probably true, but it's far from a guarantee. meanwhile, ms. harris made comments that are definitely not true. california's attorney general had reason to celebrate wednesday. after the supreme court overturned section three of the federal defense of marriage act and dismissed a case on prop 8 for procedural reasons, but those don't mean the marriage equality debate is resolved. far from it. >> the united states supreme court made clear that proposition 8 is unconstitutional. >> actually, that's not true. the court didn't even touch the issue in the prop 8 ruling. >> in terms of what the court