>> good morning, vicky, yeah, the a's are on fire. the forecast could be as today is the official kickoff of summer time, good news for you, we're going to be nice and comfortable, pleasant conditions, 57 degrees now in oakland, widespread 50s out there, high clouds over san jose, a beautiful start to the day here, a little haze over oakland this morning, and meanwhile in san francisco, a mix of sun and clouds, beautiful day shaping up in the city, hitting 65 degrees later on this afternoon. we're going to see a stronger onshore flow today, and what that means is cooler conditions, especially at the coast. we're going to drop inland temps by five to ten degrees from yesterday meaning 80 degrees from san jose, 75 in the peninsula, and 65 degrees in san francisco. if you want to hit the beach on the official first day of summer, comfortable conditions to do so, cool ocean breeze, and we'll talk the choice beach citiesing and tell you what's

happening this week in the bay area, nascar in town, a lot going on. we'll take you to the forecasts. right now, back to you. >> thank you, looking forward to it. a triplex destroyed this morning after a fast moves fire, and ten people are out of their homes. crews respondsed, and the fire started on the ground and spread into the attic of the lower unit and from there moved up to the apartment above. this happened in the 2400 block of martin luther king jr. way taking firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control. they don't know what sparked the flames. >> yeah, just a barbecue, and very -- sparks, like it's a big fire. i grabbed the phone to call 911, wake up my kids, and ran out of the door. >> no one was hurt, but the fire caused 300,000 dollars in damage to the building. the american red cross is providing help to the ten people

who lost their homes. meanwhile, wildland firefighters watching hot spots and keeping the calm. crews worked overnight to make sure a fast moving brush fire in fairfield does not reignite. it destroyed two homes, several outside sheds and barns. it started just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon, and our chopper caught this video of one home completely engulfed. this is where it happened here the 680/80 interchange, and not far from rodriguez high school. the fire burned about five acres before it was contained. it took several hours. the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the winds and the dry conditions fuelled the fire. state officials said we have already seen a 200% in connection with in wildland fires. they said this could be the worst fire season on record in california because of the drought. well, when she thought her life was in danger, she took matters into her own hands. a business owner tazed a man who

said she was being threatened, and the police did not respond fast enough to help her. gina davidson owned the sacred wheel in oakland, a cheese shop there. she says a man started harassing her customers thursday. when she asked to leave, he threatened to slap her. she called police, and when she was threatened with violence, she was forced to use her taser. >> asked him to move, he had an open container of alcohol, he was intoxicated. hit him, made a few steps, hit my sign, and he fell right here. >> davidson it took police 30 minutes to arrive and she was frantic when the man came back a second time. he has a citation to appear in court for aggressive behavior and treated in the hospital after being tazed. davidson will not leave the neighborhood and will do everything to defend her business. a disturbing discovery in

milpitas. a 911 caller saw an argument in the park at 1:00. the two victims have not been identified. the detectives are investigating this as a homicide, but they say they don't believe there's a risk to the public and they are not searching for any suspects. keeping students safe. janet napolitano has a new task force to prevent sexual attacks at all uc campuses. filing complaints saying officials discouraged them from reporting assault. berkley was one of 51 high profile universities under investigations for possibly violating a federal law. a spokesperson for the uc systems says they are focused on addressing the kprant. a task force is develop best practices while keeping students from becoming victims of sexual violence. >> this is not a static problem.

this is not something where you write a fancy policy and everybody feels good. it's constant vigilance. >> the task force including students, regions, and advoca s advocates. the search is underway for a man accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping their daughter, sparking an amber alert. it happened in their apartment, and jose valencia stabbed his exgirlfriend several times before kidnapping their 8-year-old daughter, and several hours later, he brought her back to the police department and took off. the girl was not harm, and the mother is expected to survive. investigators say he ditched the car and may be driving a yellow ford escape with this license plate number, 5pnh641. if you have seen him, give the police a call. a new challenge to the e-cigarette industry. san francisco congresswoman introduced the smoke act to end

the sales and marketing of e-cigarettes to minors. representative says the e-cig ads increased substantially in recent years. >> and the truth is all the advertising has worked. e ewe sang of electronic cigarettes in middle and high school students has more than doubled in the last two years. >> she'll introduce a smoke act in congress on monday. tens of thousands of local college students could soon be looking for a new school. that's because their current for-profit schools are under federal investigation that could lead to bankruptcy. the company that owned ywyo tech and everest college is investigated for faltering job placement rates and altering grades and attendance. they have repeatedly asked for documents that could clear the company's name, but they have not received the records. fed is delaying financial aid

payments to all campuses, and they receive nearly a billion and a half dollars in financial aid a year. >> yeah, that's concerning me because i hope to get out, get a job, and, you know, this is for me, my two boys, my kids, and my future. >> students are trying to find out whether credits are transferable and what happens to the money they already paid if their schools are shut down. much more ahead, coming up, the world cup rocked by allegations of homophobia, sparking an international controversy, and one of the most famous streets in the world entering shut down. we'll tell you why starting today you can no longer drive on lombard street during the height of summer.

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and we're back this morning giving you a live look from our live camera there of the 49er's levi stadium slated to open in just two months. construction under way looking beautiful. if you have not seen it yet in person, it is quite a sight, a very big weekend ahead of us. again, with sports, the u.s. in the world cup, millions of people will be tuning in to watch the biggest sporting event on the planet. there is a part of the game that is offending a lot of people. some say mexico's soccer fans are making antigay slurs during the matches." today in the bay has more. >> yeah, we need to stop it. >> reporter: if you didn't know the word, you don't notice it, a one word chapter unrepeatable on television that was shouted in the mexico-cameroon game. fans used the word in attempt to

distragt a goalkeeper and also because it's tradition, a horrifying tradition, says lifelong soccer fan, jorge. >> it's a homophobic term, no way around it. >> reporter: he's heard the one-word term over and over again. >> well, i think it needs to be eradicated, and it's a good time for people to take matters into their hands. >> reporter: that's what fifa is trying to do, opening up disciplinary proceedings against mexico for using the slur in the cameroon game and reportedly in the second game against brazil. >> we can confirm they have contacted, and prior to this, disciplinary proceedings opened against mexico for improper conduct of spectators during the match of mexico and cameroon. we're in the in a position to comment further. >> reporter: fifa's efforts may fall on deaf ears for fans who

don't see a problem with the word and see the chant to get the crowd riled up and support the teams. >> the way i look at it, you know, also american -- just trying to trying to make the crowd -- more like a crowd thing. >> that was peggy bunker reporting. fifa announced they have a zero tolerance stand on discrimination. a first offense can be punished by teams playing in an empty arena. no word on what sanctions mexico may face. meanwhile, brazil facing other problems this morning. having to do with geography. new video to show you. those are homes in the city of natal swallowed by huge sink holes. this is happening just a few miles from one of the stadiums used for several key world cup matches next week. record rainfall caused the sink hole to open in the week leaving a number of buildings in the area with major damage. local authorities checked out

the scene on friday while neighbors looked over the edge and said some 150 families had to be relocated because of the sink hole just a few blocks away, a 37,000-seat stadium built for the world cup. some of the biggest names in swimming are here in the bay area including olympic legend michael phelps, one of several olympic champions here for the santa clara grand pre, the third meet since retirement and returned to swimming in april. he finished second in the 100 free style final, and the former cow bear, the 18 -time gold medallists swims four events this weekend. franklin takes santa clara are a heavier workload in six events, phelps and franklin and natalie will be in santa clara.

if you can't watch in person, catch it on the universal sports network. much more on "today in the bay," crooked and closed, messy on lombard street today in san francisco. you don't expect this to be ground zero for an international space mission. what's going on inside to bring a spacecraft back to life. good morning to you, welcome to the official start of summer. waking up with some june gloom over the coliseum, a's have a game taking on the red sox, defending world champs. good news is the a's currently the winningist team in major like baseball, everything you associate with the start of summer, barbecues, beaches, oh, it's going to be great today. i got your full forecast including a sneak peek at your nascar weekend coming up when "today in the bay" is back in moments.

good morning. it's 7:16 on summer sols tas, longest day of the year, beautiful look at the sky there, going to be a nice clear sunny day, san francisco, picture perfect weather here in the bay area. if you are visiting the area or entertaining out of town guests, don't drive the san francisco's world famous crooked street. it's closed to cars this weekend. lombard street will be closed weekends from noon to 6:00 p.m. until july 13th and also closed on july 4th, part of a pilot program put in place after lombard homeowners complained about traffic and noise. you can, of course, walk the famous street for great exercise if you want to see lombard. call it a zombie reboot, measuring the gravitational pull of the sun and tracked a comet, and put out of commission because of a lack of funding, but now a team of engineers is working out of an unusual headquarters to bring a space

probe back to life. here's our business and tech reporter. >> reporter: decommissioned in the dot-com boom, this so-called zombie space probe is getting a second chance thanks to a group of teches gathered around computers at a former mcdonald's in the shadow of nasa's hanger one. >> it's weird by we've never started out thinking about being in a mcdonalds. it was just an expediency because we were either going to must've in here or in the old beauty shop, and someone hit the beauty shop with a car. >> do you have the temperatures stored? >> now sky corp. with engineers like jacob gol who was not born when the spacecraft was launched, are trying to get the problem to work with iphone age technology to talk to a commodore 64. >> and with that, we can

communicate, as i say, speak its language. which was the problem. it's capable of speaking, just no one knew what to say to it or how to say it to it. >> reporter: instead of golden arches, there's a skull and cross bones outside where people once made fries, this team reaches out to space. >> the idea of taking a disco satellite, you know, and trying to make it work again appeals to the hacker mentalities. >> reporter: modern day hackers breathing life into a decade's old spacecraft. scott budman, today in the bay. keep your feet firmly planted on the ground in the bay area, the weather is gorgeous, great day to be outside in the beaches, christina loren has a look at the forecast. >> you are right on the money. you know, this time of year, we could see the triple digits, the end of june, first official day

of summer time, but we'll see average weather for this time of year. it will be the longest day of the year, 14 hours and 47 minutes of daylight coming your way today, nonetheless, temperatures only breaking into the low 80s in the south bay. we're starting out in the upper 50s this morning, and meanwhile, low 50s in santa rosa, 54 degrees, half-moon bay, and you see here from san jose, a couple things, traffic looking very light this morning on 101 approaching 80. a little high cloud cover streaming in, but a great looking day and good air quality as well. live look in oakland, the colise coliseum, low cloud cover keeps you cool and comfortable for game day out there. oakland, oh, man, 72 degrees, nice out there. cool breeze in san francisco right now, see just how shallow the marine layer is. you can make out the golden gate bridge in the distance. enough of the cool ocean air is coming in to keep temperatures

nice and comfortable, so here's what we are working with. wind out of the west coming in from the ocean so here's the deal, now, above that beautiful pacific ocean, the air temperature's right around 53 to 55 degrees. you get the westerly flow transporting the gorgeous air inland giving you the coolest conditions at the coast today. not too bad, talking about the 60s and 70s and low 80s in the south bay. upper 80s at best in the extreme east bay. taking you through the high temperatures today. comfortable conditions out there across the board. i can tell you right now in san jose yesterday we hit the upper 80s so for today, enjoy 80 degrees straight up. 75 in the peninsula, 82 in the east bay, and 65 degrees, not a bad way to enjoy the first day of summer in san francisco. 84 monday and slowly, we'll cool you off wednesday, and then temperatures spike towards the

end of the week. we'll get that forecast coming up. back to you, vicky. >> thank you. more coming up. >> it's like a relationship that i can't really explain. the wheels of freedom thanks to the bonds of friendship, a story that leaves you feeling bay area proud.

now to this morning's bay area proud series. a high school student goes above and beyond to help his best friend. the story is in coopertino, and today garvin thomas reports. >> reporter: every other year in coopertino high school, they hold a hall of fame rally where exceptional students from years gone by are honored. this year, though, they took

time to honor an exceptional act of kindness from one of their current classes. >> it was no easy task. >> reporter: one big enough to bring sophomore michael munson to tears. >> he changed his life, and thank you guys. >> reporter: it was back in february that michael's dad, mark, active, outgoing 53-year-old fell while walking his dog along the creek. his back hit a rock on the way down. he says he knew he was paralyzed the moment it happened. michael tried to keep the bad news a secret at school, but his best friend saw right through that. >> i went to him, and i turned him around, and you see tears, and i saw the tears in his eyes and i knew something was wrong. >> reporter: he wanted to help michael at any cost and soon learned what that cost was. >> the next few days, michael came to me really sad, like, yeah, we got the medical bills,

the wheelchair costs $25,000, and i'm, like, wow. >> reporter: he immediately dove into fundraising, holding dinners, rallying classmates, not stopping until they got to that magic number and beyond. >> he's. a really good friend to me, and, you know, i just wanted to reciprocate it. >> to be honest, he's someone that i can't, like, express more gratitude towards. it's a relationship i can't explain, like, it's amazing. >> reporter: made all the more amazing when martin's wheelchair arrived this past monday. this is a loaner until his fitted one is ready. it didn't matter to marty, though, who immediately took it out for a spin. the wheels of freedom thanks to the bond of friendship. garvin thomas, "today in the

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thank you for spending part of your weekend with us this morning. a live look inside levi stay yum right now as workers work around the clock on the weekends to get it ready for the season opener in august. good morning, thank you for

joining us, i'm vicky nguyen. let's get you over for a check of your forecast with christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you and you at home. good looking saturday at home, if you don't have the day off and going to work, comfortable conditions for you. if you have the opportunity to get outdoors, a really great looking day shaping up in the bay area and your local beaches. low cloud cover, not a lot to show you, live look in oakland, and you can see we do have some layers stratus, keeping you cool in the interbay and in the immediate san francisco as well, we're starting out mostly sunny, high clouds here in the south bay. temperatures here are going to reach into the low 80s, meanwhile in between 75 degrees in the peninsula and 65 in san francisco. comfortable conditions basically wherever you are headed, not too hot or cold, but goldilock's

weather. this is what you want in summer. events in the bay area, enjoy wood panelled cars? this is in santa cruz on saturday, woodies on the war of, and it's the nascar 350 in town. at lunchtime today, comfortable conditions out there, and i can tell you, vicky, heating up next week, the seven-day forecast in moments, but right now, back to you and the top stories of the day. thank you, christina. a complex destroyed this morning after a fast moving fire, and now ten are out of their homes. firefighters responded to the blaze as 12:50 a.m., it started on the ground, spread to the attic, and quickly moved up to the apartment above. this happened in the 24 00 block of martin luther king jr. way, and took firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control. at this point, they don't know what sparked those flames. >> just thought it was a barbecue, and it was very hot,

sparks like it's a big fire. i grabbed the phone to call 911, and i wake up my kids and run out of the door. >> a midnight emergency for the residents there, and fortunately, no one hurt, but the fire caused $300,000 in damage. the american red cross is providing help to the ten people who lost their homes. meanwhile, wile land firefighters watch hot spots this morning to prevent flairups. crews worked overnight to make sure a fast moving brush fire in fair fooel does not reignite. the flames destroyed two homes, door sheds, and barns. it started before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. our nbc bay area chopper recorded this video of one home engulfed in flames. this all happened near the 680/80 interchange, and it's not far from rodriguez high school. the fire burned five acres before it was contained taking firefighters several hours.

the cause is under investigation, but the winds and dry conditions fuelled the fire, and fortunately, in that fire, no one was hurt. well, a bay area business owner takes matters in her own hands tazing a man after police did not respond fast enough. owning the sacred wheel cheese shop in oakland says a man bothered her customers refusing to leave. she called the police, and when he threatened to slap her, davidson fired her taser. >> politely asked him to move, had an open container of alcohol, and he was intoxicated. hit him, made it a few steps, hit the sign, and he fell right here. >> davidson said it took police 30 minutes to arrive, and she was more frantic when the man came back a second time. police wrote him a citation to appear in court for aggressive behavior, treat, and released from the hospital after being tazed. davidson says she does not regret her action in defending

her business. new benefits for same-sex spouses. several federal agencies are taking steps to eliminate the legal gray area faced by many gay couples. it happens as we approach the anniversary of the supreme court's decision to strike down doma, the defense of marriage act, and california's proposition 8. policy changes allow same-sex couples to file joint tax returns, take medical leave, and seek residency for a spouse who is not a u.s. citizen. currently 19 states including california permit same-sex marriages. a new challenge to the e-cigarette industry. the san francisco congresswoman introduced the smoke act, a bill aimed add ending sales and marketing of the cigarettes to minors. ads for e--cigs increased dramatically in recent years. >> the truth is, all the advertising worked.

usage of electronic cigarettes in middle and high school students has more than doubled nth last two years. >> she'll introduce the smoke act in congress on monday. your daily cup of joe at starbucks may cost more: starts tuesday, the seattle-based company is raising prices on drinks by five to 20 cents. prices vary on where you live. coffees and frapachinos are not affected. you'll pay more for packaged coffee in supermarkets. google owned company confirmed they purchased drop can. from this video, you see drop cam specializes in home security cameras, believed to be a $500 million deal. they make smart thermostats and fire alarms. deal is expected to boost google in the so-called connected home

market. celebration in the official first day of summer, you may want new sunglasses. there's new technology to make sure you look cool in your shades. this is a silicon valley startup using your web camera and virtual reality to help you find the right pair of glasses or prescription glasses. you can get fit and buy right there seeing the look on your laptop. >> so that when we render them, kind of like in 3-d special effects movie, you get the, you know, an image of a glasses that look realistic. >> or do what i do and pick up a pair at the local gas station when you drop yours. ditto makes money by selling glasses. if it catches on with sunglasses, it could be a matter of time before you buy your clothing this way. still ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. s a's put to the test by the world champs, and giants look to end a season long losing streak

in arizona. your highlights are next.

happy to have you with us this morning, looking live at construction workers putting the finishing touches on levi stadium preparing for the season opener for the niners in august. in more sports news, a's have the best record in baseball, but the defending champion plan to put the record test this weekend in oakland. let's go to the bottom of the first, donaldson helps the a's, hitting the three-run shot to left. land jumps out to a 3-1 lead. boston battles back, and ortiz singles to the right, and the game tied at three. bottom of the 8th now, two on,

two out, cocoa crisp breaks the tie and scores blanks. green and gold hold on for a 4-3 win. giants trying to break a game losing streak, taking on the diamondbacks in phoenix, and unfortunately, it's not their night. after taking an early 1-0 lead, it's all arizona. the d-backs scored four unanswered runs on the way to a 4-1 win. the g-men lose the sixth straight and nine out of ten. much more ahead on "today in the bay," we have a winner, this little guy is crowned a champion, of what? we'll tell you coming up. oh, what a cutepie. a great day in the east bay trivalley. it's warm out there, i'll tell you, but not that bad for the first official day of summer. if you want cool conditions, the place to be, like what you're

seeing on your screen? what you see is san francisco, beautiful conditions today. your full forecast in just moments.

good sat morning to you. today, the first official say of summer. now, rob mayeda has the day off today, i can tell you right now, it's nice out there. he'll be back for you before you know it. longest day of the year, 14 hours, 47 minutes of daylight coming your way across the bay area. we're going enjoy some gorgeous conditions, and it's already nice out this. you don't need a jacket. mountain view 98 degrees, and 52, crisp start for you. up in santa rosa, putting things in perspective, running about the same where we ended up at this time yesterday. the good news is as we head throughout this afternoon, we're going to end up about five to ten degrees cooler. it's going to be perfect out this. yesterday was a little bit the warm side by our stands here in the bay area. let me tell you what the

difference is. our weather maker today, this is the weather story. our winds have shifted out of the west, and as a result, we're getting that cool ocean air that's at about 53 to 55 degrees moving on shore so you get the coolest conditions by the coast, the interbay, and we'll get that out here in the extreme east bay, enough to where our temperatures will be comfortable in the low 80s, down from the 90s yesterday. meanwhile, a strong influence of the ocean air, onshore flow comfortable today, 60s and 70s on the coast and bay. 82 in the east bay, 75 degrees, pleasant conditions out there in the peninsula, the choice spot for the today. 80 degrees in the south bay. comfortable conditions as we get into the afternoon. meanwhile, if you're trying to get to the beach for the first day of summer, warmest beach spot's santa cruz, get to the south, further, big sur today, 75 degrees, hitting 80 in santa

cruz. spectacular conditions. we'll hold the comfortable levels through the midsection of next week, but into thursday, friday, and saturday, we do have a bit of a heat wave coming our way, so enjoy the cool ocean breeze while it lasts for today, and, of course, we'll keep you updated right here on nbc bay area. looking good across the board right now for the outdoor plans. weekend events are coming up in a bit right now, back to you, vic vicky. thank you, in just a moment, trains carrying thousands stadium, but there's a troubling picture of safety. coming up next, we investigate. the wonder of summer is that

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get the stadium ready in time. we investigate concerns involving the trains that will be carrying riders to the stadium and carry thousands of riders every day. we want to show you some inspection records that reveal the santa clara valley transportation authority operated dozens of trains with faulty wheels as recently as last month with the potential to derail. take a look. >> reporter: the trains travel at a speed of 55 miles per hour, carrying 34,000 riders day. sharing the road with thousands of cars. an insider with knowledge of how the trains are maintained and operated asked to be disguised for fear of being fired. >> is safety a priority?

>> reporter: through a series of public records requests, the investigations unit obtained state inspection reports revealing they have failed to properly maintain critical signals and in of the trains. the report details hazards that could lead to derailment and trains colliding head-on. in a report of 2013, vta knowfully and willfully violated procedures, and vta does not have the capability to repain and maintain safe vehicles. one shows in one unannounced viet that month, multiple wheel defects and outtread on four trains was found. what safety risk does that pose? >> it's a risk of derailment. >> reporter: paul king, the state's deputy director for rail safety. when the inspectors found the problems, what did they instruct the vta to do? >> not run those vehicles, and we found that they did run them

after that. >> reporter: king says as recently as last month, more than a year after inspectors first cited problems, the vta was still sending out trains with condemned wheels. >> reporter: were they operating trains with defective wheels? >> no. >> reporter: michael is in charge of operations at vpa saying he did not know that vpa was running trains on wheels that did not meet safety standards until we showed him the inspection report. >> this report says that one of the vehicles they inspected departed for service with condemned wheels, i'm not aware of that. >> reporter: they were commanded to replace trains, nearly a third of the entire fleet, and the agency is currently running 55 of the 99 trains, but in recent releases, the vta will have 80 trains on the tracks by august. >> that's it. nice job. >> reporter: in for the niners's season. >> if they are making the same progress over the next couple

month made over the last year, i don't think they are going to be ready. >> reporter: and getting enough trains into compliance is not the vta's only problem. did they have multiple indents last year with trains headed towards each other on the same track? >> no, but we operate single track inspections so there are places where trains have to wait for a train to go opposite direction if that makes sense. >> reporter: said on multiple occasions there were concerns about signals being crossed in those trains potentially colliding head-on. are you saying that's not true? >> we do not have that concern. >> reporter: inspectors had that concern because of this, multiple incidents in 2012 and 2013 where inspectors found problems with signals that allowed trains to head towards each other on a single track in potential head-on collisions. >> there would be signal between the trains, other place for the train to stop or where the train is required to stop. >> reporter: should that happen

at all ever? even if there were signals in between, should two trains head towards each other? >> no. >> reporter: there's reasons for the failures of electronics to confusion for the vta controllers. one said they were concerned the trains were both traveling at a high rate of speed, 55 miles per hour and 45 miles per hour towards each other before they stopped. it happened here on the line, a better look for the side, a one and a half mile stretch of track going north and southbound trains share. if they continue to travel at those speeds, they would have collided in less than a minute. >> there's never been an incident where trains are in an accident, a head-on collision. >> it disturbing me he's minimizing the problem. they are just lucky. >> reporter: russell quinby, an expert spending 20 years as an

inspector, and we asked him to review the state inspection report. >> it tells me this maintenance problem's been going on for a long time, to the point now where it's going to a major fix to come back up to speed and make sure that the cars are up to standards. >> reporter: inspectors are now asking the state commission for the power to issue citations when transit agencies don't fix their safety violations. >> time's run out. they've had plenty of time to fix this. it's not gotten fixed. >> reporter: meanwhile the vtacoo is working to fix the signal and wheel issue. >> the vta is a very safe operation, operators, and i encourage everyone to ride. >> reporter: with tens of thousands of riders inspected, some want proof, not promises the trains are ready.

>> the vta is running more than half of the existing trains, about 55 of the 99. the agency insists it will have 80 of the current trains up and running by august. we are continuing to follow the fixes and we will keep you updated on the trance it agencies progress. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips, 8477, or e-mail us at theunit@thebayarea.com. we'll be back with the world's ugliest dog competition and his comeback story. waitress: ah, best time of year. mm, blt with avocado. shouldn't that be called a "blta"? sweetheart, one bite, and you're not going to care what it's called. [ding] welcome to denny's.

our friends from the animal shelter are not here this morning because they are holding their annual wags and whispers adoption festival, so please join them if have room in your life for another little pet, but

we do still have jr. furry fix with the winner of this year's uglyist dog contest. >> the world's ugliest dog is? peanut! >> that's peanut. a 2-year-old mutt from north carolina to took the crown at the fair, and he has the underbite, scaly skin, the hair, and that permanently froze p expression on the face. his owner says peanut was abandon, but now look who is on top of the blue ribbon. this is the 26th year of the contest to raise awareness about animal abuse, especiallily meaningful for peanut who suffered serious burns before being rescued. his owner takes home $1500 and the coveted title for her dog and will be using that to help pay the vet bills from the rescue. you know what? beauty in the eye of the beholders there. it is a big weekend for a 91-year-old world war ii veteran from connecticut. she received her high school

diploma. private first class rosa lee cohn left to enlist in the army corp. in 1944. she wanted to do her part to end the war and join her four brothers in the military. she served overseas in europe and earned medals and three bronze stars. the school district found out she was unable to graduate because of her service, so they decided to grant her a diploma. she had advice for the fellow graduates. >> do what you got to do, but don't give up, as they all do what you do, giving up and everything, you'll never get anywhere. you got to get out there and push. >> 91 years old, great advice, holds true today. over the years, the great grandmother saw all her sons and daughters graduate from high school, and she, too, is now a fellow alum. well, thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. a great story. >> it was. >> heart warming. more local news tonight at five,

six, and 11. have a great morning.

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