>> i'm kris sanchez with rob mayeda. nice to see you. >> the clouds have a marshmallow look to them, clouds in the south bay across san francisco to the north bay and trivalley. low cloud cover pushed inland by a strong sea breeze and marine layer for thousand at 2,000 feet thick. it is squishing at sea level as pressure builds, and off to the east, moisture comes from southern california by tonight. that could bring a few sprinkles towards the bay area. temperatures right now in the 60s by this afternoon, and we see partly cloudy skies near san jose near 80, north bay and east bay, trivalley locations in the 80s today. coming up, the chance of a rare july shower possibly with the monsoon moisture. that and the full forecast in a few minutes. thank you very much. demanding access, activists and

crews try to recover the bodies in the debris of the crash, but rebels stand in their way. also, the world learns about the personal stories of the victims including those with bay area connections. president obama points the finger at the people he says are responsible. the sole u.s. citizen on board malaysia flight 17 lived in the bay area as a child. 19 -year-old quinn lucas schansman was supposed to meet up with his family for vacation. the dutch-american student held dual citizenship and lived in the bay area as a child when his dad worked at the dutch embassy in san francisco. his grandfather says the family is grieving a young man who was loving and kind. >> you go through all the phases of mourning. at the moment, it's just mourning. of course you say anger, why it need to be happening, it doesn't. >> another victim, a 25 -year-old dutch woman, a student in the u.s., earning a ph.d. in

chemistry at indiana university where she was on the rowing team. her research was focused on improving human health. they demand they get complete access to the crash site. the first international team of investigators were not granted access, only a partial inspection of the debris field before ordered to leave. some blunt words from president obama who says russia is responsible. the president believes russia supplied that surface-to-air missile to russian separatists in ukraine. >> separatists cannot shoot down military transport claims or claim shoot down fighter jets without sophisticated equipment and training, and that is coming from russia. >> the president is calling on the russian president putin to solve the crisis with ukraine and declare an immediate cease fire.

the crash impacts the worldwide aids community. more than 100 of the passengers on board were hiv researchers, scientists, and world health professionals. a virtual think tank of knowledge now gone. joep lange had a strong voice in fighting heavy and aids. the former president of the international aids society pioneered getting hiv drugs to the poorer areas of the world, fought the spread of hiv and aids for more than 30 years, dr. lange's death is viewed as a big blow in the progress of the fight against hiv. >> this is a devastating loss for the aids community. a scientist, a wonderful physician, a crusader, a troublemaker, a wonderful father to four girls and a boy. >> also among the group on board malaysia airlines flight 17, kim beaker, a lobbyist, now a dutch group actively managing hiv and aids. he also spent his young life

advocating for gay rights. glen thomas, an englishman with a journalism career at the bbc before a job with the world health organization. he was going to the conference to share the organization's latest report on hiv, and an early nurse agreeing to treat patients with aids in the 1980s when the virus mystified doctors everywhere. our coverage comets online at nbcbayarea.com to find latest updates on the investigation and a slide show of the crash site. back in the bay area, smith sentenced on drunk driving and weapons charges facing up to four years in prison, but instead got 11 days of community service. the 24-year-old was at the santa clara county courthouse yesterday and previously pled no contest to the drunk driving and possession of weapons charges which the judge reduced to

misdemeanors. here's smith. >> i apologize for my actions. >> smith will serve on the sheriff's work crew on 1 1 consecutive monday, mondays, of course, the days the 49ers to not practice. he got three years probation, and prosecutors says he has issues to work out. >> i think the concern is the greatest danger to public safety is the continuing use and misuse of alcohol by mr. smith leading to poor decisions, poor decisions putting people in danger. >> if he acts again, he loses his probation, and smith is likely to be punished by the nfl for violating the league's personal conduct policy. in freemont, a bizarre story with a 20-year-old woman believed to have been hired to stab another woman, and the master mind behind the crime is the victim's exboyfriend. the crime happened last sunday

night in the 37,000 block of freemont boulevard. there was a knock at the door, and the victim was stabbed in the stomach. she got a look at the woman, but the camera led police to three suspects believed to have master minded the attack. >> camera technology is one tool in the tool box for the police department to use. it's not going to solve all crimes. it's not going to stop all crimes, but just one tool for them to have. >> the victim will survive the attack, and the surveillance program, by the way, is expanding in the fall. the cannabis club, and some clubs will not be around much longer. they limit where clubs can operate, and club owners lined up at city hall yesterday to apply for new permits. one club insider tells nbc bay area as many as 20 clubs voluntarily shut their doors for

good. in 90 days, the city plans to send out letters to any club not complying with the law. >> they have 90 days to apply for the zoning verification and also apply for registration which would include all the background checks and the site inspection and make sure that things are secure and surveillance cameras are in place, things of that nature. >> supporters submitted c signatures to overturn the legal conclusion. we'll learn if they collected enough signatures to qualify. still on "today in the bay," a fee hike, but the extra charges probably won't make you any safer. we'll show you the details that all travelers should know coming up next. plus, a disturbing smelly find on the local beach. the mystery surrounding the thousands of fish that washed ashore.

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twizzlerize your summer fun with twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. good morning to you once again, looking live at sap center in san jose, and you see low clouds overhead and at the golden gate bridge, much the same story. they will stick around, and then tomorrow, a different kind of clouds might bring sprinkles. we'll talk with rob in a little bit. well, if you want to save a few bucks, buy your plane tickets before monday. the tsa is increasing security fees for every traveler, but the price has nothing to do with increased safety. here's "today in the bay's" ian criminal. >> reporter: 6:00 on a friday at the san jose airport, business travelers many fly often. >> every week or every other

week. >> reporter: arriving from indianapolis, work pays for the travel, but increased costs cost him. >> it comes down to the business billing more for the client. >> reporter: this monday, expenses jump for all fliers, tsa's 9/11 security fee increases. >> the cost of flying is going up, eating into people's leisure or work expenses. >> reporter: currently, you pay $5 for a nonstop round trip ticket increasing to $11.20, and if you have a layover longer than four hours, you are charged $5.60 for each leg. >> that's a lot of money to add on what you plan on already. >> there's a nearly $20 for a ticket. for a family of three, it's $75. flightersrights.org is working to change it. >> we have a bill in congress in which we say that it's -- this is enough.

we need a cap on these fees and taxes. >> reporter: the tsa is not requesting the new fee structure. it's congress. it'll raise nearly $4 billion a year and used to help pay off the federal deficit. >> i'd rather pay for higher fees than have a government shutdown. >> well, i think in the overall deficit, it's a drop in the bucket. why penalize the travelers? >> reporter: if you have a trip coming up, save yourself money by buying your ticket before monday. in san jose, ian cole. >> it will be a messy and smelly cleanup in a local beach this weekend because two tons of dead fish washed ashore. it's a strange discovery with no real answers yet. state and wildlife officials want to know how 2 ton of officials washed up. this is what the tide brought in yesterday. thousands of white croakers washed ashore puzzling residents and tourists alike. >> we've never, ever seen this

before. we, when we came down here, were shocked, can't believe we somehsaw the fish here. i don't know what fish they are, but never have we seen them before. it's very unusual. >> experts from the department of fish and wildlife took samples from the beach. they say it may be because of the fishing boat, perhaps the crew caught too many in the net and just let them go. still ahead, surviving the drought. people are not the only ones affected by the lack of water. we'll show you what creatures might need to make it through the crisis in a creative way. and a view around the south bay this morning shows you a gray start to the day, a lot of low clouds for the morning, and then it's mid and high level tropical clouds that bring interesting changes to the weekend forecast. a look at that when we come right back. ♪

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you're watching "today in the bay." take a look at all the green in the bay, the greens are not moving much. we go from green to green at the bridge, oakland there in the distance. 80% of california is currently experiencing extreme drought, creating stress on the food supply not just for us, but also for our feathered friends. >> just beyond the eastern edge of the bay area where the delta splices through farmland, it's not hard to see where the water flows and where it doesn't. >> there's no egrets. there's another kind out there too. >> reporter: just down the road in the central valley -- >> a red wing blackbird. >> reporter: 50,000 acres of land are set aside for the birds. >> we're a preserve. >> reporter: this preserve is an important destination for the feathered travellers.

>> key stop in the pacific flyway for a lot of birds. >> reporter: dave of point blue conservation keeping an eye out. >> you are out watching birds, like, you don't think of anything else, and they just bring you into their world. >> reporter: but for ynow, the world of the birds, like every other world at least in california, is extremely dry. >> we're in a drought, you know, worst in a hundred years. >> reporter: normally in the late summer and into the winter, the state floods the prereceiver to create habitat for traveling birds, some journeying as far as alaska, but with the drought -- >> the reduction of water supplies in the reservoirs, we will not flood as much as the historic habitat. >> reporter: the water fowl population at a record high meaning more beaks for less food. >> hard on them because there's not as much habitat or food for them. they call them wind birds. they match the winds.

>> reporter: the state of the birds is riding on the binds of politics. they are floating in $11 billion water bond to improve the water delivery system. >> while there's a lot of focus there on ag and cities, we also want to make sure that wildlife and water for wildlife is part of the discussion. >> the concern is there won't be enough, you know, people that value the birds enough to ensure they have water too. >> reporter: the other concern? less habitat, less food causes bird to breed less. >> they go back to their breediee breeding grounds and produce fewer young. >> reporter: for a guy who doesn't have a favorite bird. >> hard to say, so many birds get me exited. >> reporter: the loss of any is a tragedy. nbc bay area news. now meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a look at the weekend forecast, and it's tough to see all that dry land. >> yeah, you know, it's the

driest time of the year. this is m time we see no rain, but there is a slight chance we could see sprinkles coming back our way, and everybody gets humidity, though, so that's not the good news. low clouds outside this morning, a typical summer pattern, low clouds inland overnight into the morning and low cloud cover all the way into the trivalley and out towards solano county this morning. 50s and 60s outside, san jose, overcast skies to start off as you see there, but a few breaks in the clouds off to the east. san jose is a warmer area in the area today. oakland seeing temperatures later on close to 70 degrees, first pitch after 6:00, mid-60s, cool and breezy, winds pick up in the evening around oakland. right now, winds onshore pushing the marine air and low clouds into inland east bay valleys in the morning. throughout the afternoon, we'll see transition from the low cloud cover, which is inland

this morning, marine layer at close to 2,000 feet thick, that breaks inland, and later on, mid and high level clouds spill up from southern california. right now on approach, but the real moisture for now is out here in san bernardino county and san diego, that easterly wave rotates up to the bay area bringing interesting changes in the weather over the next 24 to 36 hours. right now, morning clouds, thick, thick enough that we have areas of drizzle and some of that is around san francisco this morning at 61 degrees. you see mist on the bridge, back to san jose, you see cloudy conditions, 63, again, midday clearing around the south bay and san jose throughout the morning. the temperature trend, warm temperatures inland, we should see valleys getting into the low 80s. this is around noon today, temperatures warming up in the areas in morning towards the trivalley, highs in the mid-80s

in the warmest spots in livermore, close to 80 degrees in san jose. it gets interesting at 4:00 and 5:00 this evening. mid level clouds in southern california drift north, and by this time tomorrow, we could see sprinkles. this pattern began the week. moisture coming in at 4:00 this afternoon, and notice the sierra, big-time thunderstorms, that's the trend today and more into sunday. you see the slight chances of showers approaching hill tops in the bay area as the next wave of monsoon moisture comes in early as this evening. today, 80 degrees, partly cloudy skies. san francisco highs in the 60s. this is how rare it is to get rare in july, bone dry, august not much more, and september and october, that's when we should get the rain. anything we can manage now is good news, maybe a sprinkle over the next 24 hours.

santa rosa, 80 degrees, and look for temperatures cooling more tomorrow, with mostly cloudy skies with moisture from the southwest dropping the temperatures to wrap up the weekend. kris? >> thank you. a simple request from her son, and now hundreds of less fortunate children go to school more prepared. it is this morning's "bay area proud."

you're watching "today in the bay." well, the calendar says it's summer, but you don't know by looking at the store shelves. it's not even august, and back-to-school has taken over. it's not just big businesses planning ahead, but it's that time of year one woman kicks off her charity. garvin thomas has her story.

>> reporter: she has dreams of running a nonprofit with a sophisticated website and deep pocket in corporate sponsors. >> thinking positive. >> reporter: one with warehouse space and a marketing budget. linda hopes for all of that one day. today, though, she just wants a few more old backpacks. well, more than just a few. >> i got to figure out how to get 275 more backpacks. >> reporter: linda set a goal this year of 500 used backpacks filled with school supplies to given to homeless and low income kids. it's a far cry of the first donation of two backpacks 11 years ago that belonged to her boys, joe and tim, pleading for new backpacks even though theirs were barely worn. >> yours are fine, i don't have a lot of money, well, can't we donate them? >> reporter: the boys won that

battle. linda donated their old pack filled with supplies to the local homeless shelter. >> i went to see the lady i saw there and said, hey, could you use backpacks? let the kids give them, and she was thrilled, absolutely thrill. >> so this is where we keep all the backpacks. >> reporter: the lady was thrilled, and linda was hooked. >> there we go. >> reporter: goals increased every year since as have the number of places she donates too and the hours it takes to do it all. >> amount of time it takes me is way less than the impact it has on them. i mean, that's what is the most important. they are nice people. >> reporter: linda knows the impact because the kids and their family write letters telling her about it. >> your time, efforts, and generosity will not be forgotten and appreciative recipient, silvia. >> this is worth it, i don't

care how long it takes me. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >> a great lesson for the kids too. we have more on the plane shot down in the ukraine, plus, a fatal dose of caffeine, powder form at the center of a federal investigation. the president prepares for a move involving lgtb discrimination.

from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." we see the sun trying to poke through the clouds, blue sky in the dance, but not in san francisco. we see the bay bridge and the city there in the distance still feeling a little gray to start this saturday. thank you so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez with rob mayeda, and the forecast has not only gray, but sprinkles as well? >> the low clouds bringing mist

for the bay area in san francisco in the east bay, but right now, 50s and 60s, but it's clouds of another altitude we'll watch later on for a chance of summer sprinkles or brief light showers. right now, the fog goes into concord and trivalley this morning. the low clouds are 2,000 feet tall, a thick marine layer this morning. the moisture coming from central and southern california. you'll notice more throughout the afternoon today, and that's going to lead to some partly cloudy skies later on for places like san jose. we'll get clearing, but highs near 80 in san jose, mid-80s in the valleys, and closer to 70 today. like we had earlier in the week, we could have showers, the timing and when the most likely opportunity for that is in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> not all clouds are created

equal. thank you very much, rob. demanding access trying to recover bodies and search for clues in the crash, but rebels are now stand in their way. also, the personal stories of those victims incoluding one wih bay area connections, and president obama points the finger at the people he thinks are responsible. the sole u.s. cents on board malaysia flight 17 lived in the bay area as a little boy. 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman was to meet up with his parents on vacation, and he lived in california as a child while his dad worked at the dutch embassy in san francisco. his grandfather says they are grieving a young man who was loving and kind. >> you do through all the phases of mourning, at the moment, just mourning, and it's anger you say why, it didn't need to be happen. it didn't. >> another victim, a 25-year-old dutch woman, a student here in the u.s.

carlin was earning her ph.d. in chemistry at indiana university where she was on the rowing team. her research focused on improving human health. world leaders demands pro-russia rebels give investigators complete access to the crash site, the first international team of investigators to arrive were not granted full access. that dell grags, mostly from europe, only allowed to make a partial inspection of the debris field before ordered to leave. blunt words from president obama who says russia is responsible. the president believes russia supplied the surface-to-air missile. >> the separatists cannot shoot down military transport planes or fighter jets without sophisticated equipment and training, and that is coming from russia. >> the president is calling on russian president putin to solve the crisis with ukraine and declare an immediate cease fire.

now, this crash greatly impacts the worldwide aids community as well. more than a hundred passengers on board were hivers, scientist, and world health professionals going to a world conference. a virtual think tank of knowledge now gone. joep lange had the strongest voice in the world when it came to fighting hiv and aids. the former president of the international aids society pioneer getting hiv drugs to the poorer areas of the world. he fought the spread of hiv and aids for 30 years. dr. lange's death is viewed as a blow in the progress against the fight of hiv. >> this is a devastating loss for the aids community. he's a scientist, a wonderful physician, a crusader, a troublemaker, a wonderful father to four girls and a boy. >> also among the group on board flight 17, tim, a lobbyist with

stopaidsnow, treating people who managed hiv and aids and spent his life advocating for gay rights. thomas, and englishman leaving a journalism career at the bbc for a job at the world health organization headed to the conference to share the organization's latest report on hiv, and that woman there, she was won of the first nurses to agree to treat parties with aids back in the 1980s when the virus still mystified doctors everywhere. coverage of the story continues online at nbcbayarea.com. find latest updates on the investigation as they come in. latest developments when we are not on air. just two days after losing their mother, the children of a stockton woman taken hostage and used as a human shield in a police gun battle opened up about the loss. >> i wake up, and i'm hoping that it's a dream and that my mom's going to be there, but

she's not. >> i want to thank everyone who's been there, and it means a lot. and i love you, mom. >> that 12-year-old girl watched as her mother was taken hostage by the bank robbers. the family meimeny menwants anst led to the chaotic scene. the suspects grabbed three hostages that ened in a police chase and violent shootout. she died with two suspects, and the family wants an open and thorough investigation to what happened. authorities identified the gang members killed. 30-year-old gil bert on the left and 27 -year-old gregory martinez on the rights. mar a martinez's father spoke about the pain they are feeling. >> we wish to offer our heart felt apology to the entire stockton community for the ripple effects of this tragic

event. >> greg martinez says his son was addicted to cocaine and could never let go of his gang life. tensions in the mission district this morning with not to settle threats aimed at hipster tech kis. the warning, get out willingly or forced out violently. today in the bay has this story. >> reporter: as commuter busses deliver tech workers to the new homes in the mission -- >> the restaurant that's been in the neighborhood for a hundred years -- >> aaron is maintaining an old mission tradition, roosevelt's tomale. >> we bought it with the goal of preserving it. >> reporter: business is good, but grafeitti is hard to digest. >> it's troubling. >> reporter: fair warning toup

pis, get out of the mission before it gets ugly. you have six months. if you don't, my soldiers will gladly come gunning. kill hipster yuppies. >> i'm concern theed about the affect on business. >> reporter: he's not the only one uneasy. >> it was intimidating. >> reporter: she wonders if he's vapid liezing cars. >> one try the to break the windshield wipers. >> reporter: police review video and try to match the signature to known taggers. supervisors say a changing population is creating tension in the mission. >> there are issues in terms of displacement, but the way to deal with the issues is to have dialogue. >> reporter: talking about p preserving the flavor of the neighborhood with a 24/7 culture district hoping controlling the

change in the neighborhood helps ease tensions and change the writing on the wall. >> president obama will be in the bay area for a fundraiser next week, but before he arrives, he'll sign federal protection for millions of lgtb workers. the president will sign an executive order protecting the lgbt workers from discrimination by company that does work with the federal government, and that amounts to one-fifth of the entire u.s. work force. the directive protects federal workers from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. some are upset protections will not have an exemption for religious groups. a dangerous buzz over pure powdered caffeine. the fda warns about the dangers of consumes powdered caffeine that can be bought online. this is after the death of an ohio teenager back in may.

it is sold as a dietary supplement unregulated unlike caffeine added to soda. leaders are considering a regulatory action. just to give you an idea how potent the product is, one teaspoon of the powdered caffeine is equivalent to 25 cups of coffee. still ahead on "today in the bay," giants start the second half of the season in style, and the a's did what they do best. they dished up a big slice. pie. we'll show you the thrilling finish.

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you're watching "today in the bay." good morning to you, looking live there, and one of those big ships cruising in the distance, barely see it because of the low clouds. over at the coliseum, clouds lifting a little bit, and we see the athletic sign there in the distance. well, the a's open up the second half of the season in dramatic fashion last night as the green

and gold left the orioles stunned in the weekend opener. it did not look good, a two-run homer in the seventh, and then bottom of the ninth, the last chance for the a's, two on, and then, yeah, this happened. josh donaldson hits the first pitch he sees right out of the park, a three-run walkoff. oakland comes from behind to beat baltimore 5-4. to miami now, giants and marlins, but no drama. san francisco scores nine early runs, never looks back. both crawford and sandoval homered as they crushed the marlins by a score of 5-1. we have more, king of rock, and why mcdaniels had a shocking revelation in the mid-30s changing his life forever. we sat down with the music

pioneer. here's a view of the golden gate bridge this morning with misty skies, low clouds to start the day, and then tropical moisture about to make a return to the bay area. talking about that in the forecast when we come right back.

good morning, waking up to a lot of low clouds in the area. san jose seeing sunny breaks off there in the east bay, and misty skies, closer to san francisco, and in oakland, first pitch coming up after 6:00 this evening. mid-60s and wind picking up at 10-20 miles per hour into the evening. right now, the direction from the ocean into solano county and trivalley pushing in low clouds, marine layer up to 2,000 feet high, spilling well inland this morning. look for a southerly push to the air heading into later on today helping to pull in some low --

mid and high level clouds, i should say, out of southern california later on this afternoon that could bring interesting changes our way. for now, low clouds are the story into san francisco and concord, patchy low clouds in san joe say, valleys with midday clearing before the next round of cloud cover comes in, not the low clouds, but high clouds here in southern california that may produce another round of some sprinkles or brief light showers. more so out towards the s irier over the next day. the mist gets your attention the next two to three hours in san francisco and san jose. we had misty skies, right now, making a challenging commute across the golden gate, windshield wipers going, and sunny breaks in san joe say. looking nice to the east. typical temperatures for july, low clouds stick around, and

highs are cool, highs in the mid 60s in industry, santa cruz in the mid-70s, highs briefly making a run in the mid 80s at 3:00 and 4:00. things turn interesting. mid afternoon headed into the evening is the next round of monsoon moisture approaching the bay area, bringing thunderstorms out towards the sierra, especially torpgmorrow, but low clouds break up, high clouds in the south and east, and in the evening tonight into early tomorrow morning, could see a few brief light sprinkles or showers, and heading into sunday afternoon, you see the thundershowers out there, and possibly north of sonoma county, could see that, lake county have the best chance of the thounder showers tomorrow. today, 80 degrees in san jose, 6 0s in san francisco. the five-day trend, you notice the numbers tooling a little bit

more tomorrow as cloud cover comes in and high pressure comes back, temperatures jump up wednesday and in the north bay, today, patly cloudy skies, 80s, and the same temperature trend, too, out in the north bay and try lee. temperatures cool a degree or two, temperatures pick up and warmer wednesday. kris? >> thank you. still ahead, we sit down with a hip hop icon in a visit for something near and dear to his heart. good morning. for many, saturday is a day off, and tonight, it's ferri ferris buellor's day off. celebrating high school, head to bay meadows for local brews, food trucks, lawn games, face painting, and timely, bueller in

the meadow. that satarts at 5:30 this evening. we celebrate in mountain view for a parade celebrating everyone put on by the folks of the silicon valley. the disability pride parade, there's a festival at noon and ends near the city hall. the festival helps with information for all stages of date and ages spectrum, but the goal are to show disabilities are a natural and beautiful part of the human diversity and people can and should take pride. diversity hits us from all angles. check out the art world with the 18th urban youth arts festival in san francisco. opened to all, share your skills and paint with the bay area's best celebrating youth, the community, the street art fair, bring your own paint and black book if you have any, that's your sketch book. share your next mural concept with the crew. here monday morning, sharing the

reds, yes, ma'llows, and greens your commute.

you never know when your world will change. of rapper dmc of run dnc, everything turned upside down at 35 years old. he found out he was adopted. the pioneer was in the bay area this week and sat down with "today in the bay" to talk about child welfare and the role musicians have in shaping politics and culture. >> yes! >> reporter: back in the bay area. >> yes. >> reporter: what are memories you have, good, bad, or ugly? >> great memories here. the big shows here, the raising hell tour, the ll cool tour. a lot of areas like show biz, but here it's the culture. >> reporter: you branched outside of it after your career.

we have dr. dre with beats, and giddy with the podcasts, and you went into philanthropy and giving back to the community. was that a a priority? >> as i kid, i didn't care about bell bottoms, but the folk rock, bob dylan and the led zeppelins and beetles and stones, they spoke about the issues that affected the people. that's what i wanted to do. that's why i became an mc in the first place. >> reporter: one of the causes you speak out for now? >> well, one of the main issues i speak up for is the foster care system. adopted kids. at the age of 35, after doing every i did, first to go gold, platinum, i looked at my life, and i said, man, if i'm here just to be dmc king of rock, this is boring. i said i'm going to write a book. i called my mother up. it changed everything. my mother calls back with my father on the son, hey, son,

hey, dad what up? we have something else to tell you. okay. shoot. well, you was a month old when we brought you home, but you're adopted, love you, boom. >> they dropped that on you at 35 years old? >> it was a who, traumatic, so very crushed revelation, and then everything started to make sense. i was given this king of rock throne for a bigger purpose. >> reporter: what is the one thing you want young people to walk away with after listening to you? >> regardless of your situation, your situation does not define who you are. you have no idea potential that is in you. if you wasn't meant to do something great, you would not be here. >> reporter: conquer cancer coalition. >> right. >> reporter: how do people help with the cancer coalition, and what do they do? >> where is a place that there's always friends, family, and fun?

commity. a bowling alley. they decided to launch the c conquer cancer. >> reporter: you lost your father to liver cancer. >> yes. it was crazy, the came and took him out. it was devastating. i never spoke about it, i didn't have an outlet. whatever you can do when you come to lucky stripe, that gives us a chance to conquer and beat down cancer and get it out p here. >> good for him. the conquer cancer coalition at lucky stripe runs through july 3st. so far, it's brought in $43,000. we'll be right back.

you're watching "today in the bay." a bay area girl among some of america's top chefs of the future, and one of her creations earned her a trip to the white house. the winners from across the

country submitted healthy, affordable recipes of all food groups. she's a 10-year-old that submitted an ethiopia dish, and that landed her at the table with michelle obama. >> i feel so happy. i never thought i would have the chance. big honor to be here and shake hands with her. >> oh, this con tesz is part of mrs. obama's let's move initiati initiative. the winning recipes are available for free download from nbcbayarea.com. finally this morning, check out the inside scoop for ice cream on demand. ordering ice cream yesterday with a smart phone app. coolers were packed with ice cream, and drivers in 38 countries part of the publicity sunt. they delivered gelao, ben and jerrys, and we thank you so much for making you part of your morning. we'll have more local news

tonight at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 and at any time at nbcbayarea.com. see you soon.

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