it is 7:00 on your saturday morning. we're taking a live look outside downtown san jose. the tech museum there beautiful as the sunshines over downtown. thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at the forecast. it's a good one. >> look at that. blue skies, it looks so clear this morning. doesn't get any better than this. >> it really doesn't. >> we're waking up to beautiful colors this morning.

sunrise is spectacular. >> that doesn't look real. >> it's unreal. that's how beautiful this weather is. you'll notice temperatures are cool this morning. 44 degrees in the north bay. 54 in san francisco. and generally right around 50 degrees across the bay area. it's going to be a spectacular weekend. if you haven't heard, perfect beach weather on tap. nice and warm for inland locations. low 80s for the north bay and south bay today. low 70s atd the beach. we're talking perfect beach weather tomorrow. a few places hit the 80. there's some rain in the seven-day forecast. we have all things to talk about this morning. >> a little bit of everything, thank you. the place to be in the bay area this afternoon is oakland. the warriors begin their run for a second straight nba championship at 12:30 and then the a's will host the royals across the parking lot at the oakland coliseum. if you're going to either game.

plan on getting there early. you might consider taking bart to avoid traffic issues outside the complex. and a warning for anyone buying or selling tickets to warriors games. be wary of third party sellers and be mindful of your own tickets. fans are being scammed by counterfeiters. each ticket to get inside the arena has a bar code, but someone can copy your bar code and get to the game before you. if that happens, you're out of luck. that was the a case for about 60 fans earlier this week. they were turn ed away from wednesday night's soldout game. >> i would not recommend selling your tickets on craigslist. >> during last year's playoff run, 450 fake tickets showed up at playoff games in oakland. nearly all of them were being held by fans who paid a pretty penny. the warriors say they unfortunately have no way to help those who get scammed. our warriors coverage

continues on nbcbayarea.com. for a look at the historic season, click on the warriors top moments tab in the upper left-hand corner. now to a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. police are on the lookout following a disturbing scene in the south bay. a man found tied up inside his home after it had been ransacked by thieves. it happened on north park victoria drive in interstate 680. steve janning tells police he returned home to find that roberts had stolen everything inside the home including guns and surveillance cameras. janning discovered his roommate tied up and abomination of desolationly beaten. >> his hands were tied behind his back to the point they were turning purple and blue. i hope they find them very quickly and give these guys what's coming to them. >> the victim was take on to the hospital. he is expect ed to be okay.

police do believe this was a targeted attack. they have not yet made any arrests. now to a high speed police chase in the east bay ending in a dramatic arrest that started before 8:00 last night when chp tried to stop a driver with no plates. the driver gunned it triggering a chase that spanned several city streets and then crashed into a bart construction site. a spike strip forced him to crash and the chp arrested him after a brief foot chase. now to a developing story in japan where another earthquake hit this morning. this time it was a magnitude 4.6. this comes after a massive 7.3 quake killed at least 15 people yesterday. and roughly 24 hours before that, a another rocked the area. you can see the violent shaking. the tremors caused major damage

derail iing a train and forcing terminal to close. at last count more than 800 people were injured and officials fear the death toll will continue to rise. we spoke with one san francisco woman who teaches english about 90 miles from the earthquake's epicenter. >> my heart jump ed. back here in the bay area. george clooney ain san francisc co-hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate hillary clinton last night. though it was for clinton, the event also attracted a crowd of bernie sanders supporters. they turned out to protest clinton's event. the cost to get into the fundraiser ranged from $33,000 to more than $350,000.

many protesters argued the private party was not a good fit for the city. >> she's not here to talk about the issues that we're dealing with in san francisco. she's here to ask wealthy donors for money. >> hillary clinton and the clooneys will hold another fundraiser today at george cloon clooney's los angeles home. uc berkeley's provos stepped down. just yesterday he announced he's leaving his post to return to teaching in the psychology department. he didn't cite the controversy as his reason for leaving, instead saying he's making the change due to his wife's ongoing health issues. cal will name the next soon. a well known concorde chiropractor is being accused of sexually assaulting one of his patients. steven moon was arrested outside his office.

our cameras were rolling as it happened. police only will tell us that the single l charge of sexual battery stemmed from an incident involving a female patient at his office. investigators tell us they do believe there may be more victims. at 7:07, much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, a little boy vanishes from his school in the east bay and ends up in the city. we'll tell you how he got there and who helped him get back home. plus a uc berkeley u student kicked off a flight. why he says it's a clear case of discrimination.

francisco (adlib) welcome back. we're taking a live look at san francisco. the sun is just bathing the city this morning. rare to see the tower not covered in clouds or fog. it will be a beautiful saturday. >> now to a concorde boy who

vanished from it his school. he's back home safely this morning after a frantic search for the child who has autism. he was reunited with his family at a police station 40 miles away and as cheryl hurd shows us a good samaritan spotted the boy in a potentially dangerous situation. >> i looked over and saw this kid in the freeway. he's walking towards the freeway. >> reporter: alice had no time to think. >> i told him to stop. don't move. >> reporter: she looked into the eyes of zachary smith wondering where he came from. >> he said he got here by himself. i asked why he came u by himself. does hi parents know he was here. >> reporter: he had no idea his parents were 40 miles away at holbrook elementary school frantic to find their son. his teachers reported him missing around noon. >> he got out behind the back gate and manage d to get away.

>> he got away through the gate, apparently on his scooter. he made it to bart. police are thinking he slipped through the pay gate without a ticket and hopped on the train to the city. when alice found him, she had a lot of questions. >> he said u he got bullied at school and said all he wanted to do was get away from the boy and he just ran. . he saw a scooter and jumped on it. >> reporter: his parents let alice know how thankful they are. >> the mother hugged me and was crying. and told me thank you, thank you. just thank you. i told him as long as he's home, i'm okay. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. much more ahead on the today in the bay. a case of discrimination or a misunderstanding? why a uc berkeley student was kicked off a flight and what he wants from the airline. here on this saturday morning, we're waking up to clear skies. no fog this weekend. we're going to see very warm

temperatures. 70s and 80s. the full forecast coming up, right after this break.

it's 7:14. we're taking a live look at downtown san jose. palm trees and clear skies on a sunny saturday morning ahead of a very warm weekend. a uc berkeley student and a refugee says he's the victim of discrimination by a major airline. he claims he was removed from a flight from l.a. to oakland because he was speaking arabic. >> reporter: his plan was simple. he was set to fly from l.a. to oakland, then go to class. instead, the senior was kicked off a southwest airlines flight after speaking arabic during a phone call with his uncle. >> at the end of my call, i said i will call you. call me when you get home. >> reporter: turns out another

passenger thought she heard him say martyr in arabic, a word linked to jihad and terrorist it's. moments later he was removed from the plane and questioned by the fbi. >> he asked me e while he was there. do you have a knife that you might want to cut me? i cannot. this is what islamophobia got this country into. >> reporter: now he only wants one thing. >> all i need is an apology saying we are sorry. >> southwest released a statement that reeds in part, to respect the privacy of those involved our policy is to not publicly share specifics of the event. we wouldn't remove passengers from flights without a

collaborative decision rooted in established procedures. southwest neither condones nor tolerates discrimination of any kind. you can see their full statement on our website on nbcbayarea.com. 7:16, if you're going to restaurants keep an eye out for a plaque card in the window and what it means. green means that the restaurant or gas station or store has passed a county health inspection. the red means the place has been shut down by county health inspectors. yellow means tlrn two or more violations found the at the business. >> instead of walking into a restaurant and seeing what the rating is and having it register good or bad. >> only environmental health workers are allowed to touch the pla cards. tampering with one could result in the permit being pulled. a big change is underway for

the loop surrounding san francisco's twin peaks. they are expected to vote next week. cars would be banned from the east side and pedestrians and bicycles wouldn't be allowed on the west side. so to clarify, here's a picture that they came up with. the green side shows where people would be able to walk and bike and take in that commanding view of downtown san francisco and the bay bridge. driving for ridesharing services is about to get more expensive for drivers. the city is now requiring uber and lyft drivers to get a business license, which would cost $91 a year. the new rule applies to 37,000 drivers. uber released a statement saying, uber partners with drivers and as independent contractors they are responsible for following appropriate local requirements. lyft, however, was more focused on concerns about putting driver's names in a public database saying people who are choosing to drive with lyft to

make ends meet shouldn't have to compromise their privacy in order to share a ride. it is 7:18. let's check in with anthony slaughter with a look at your weekend forecast. if you want to go to the beach, he can give you a ride. >> i'm not offering free rides, but if you want to go to the beach, let's get you to the forecast. a live shot as you can see we're already waking up to clear skies. 60 degrees by 9:00. close to 70 today. that's a good idea. a good sign it's going to be warm. low 70s expected. clear skies all day long. it's going to be sunny all across the bay. 80 degrees over the south bay. east bay will be at 76. and the warm spot will be the north bay and trivalley. temperatures in the 80s for today. there's the cherry blossom

festival that happens today and tomorrow. we'll be down there for the parade that starts atd 1:00. today at 12:30, the arena will be rocking. warriors and rockets, 7 3 degrees. we have high u pressure that's sitting right on top of us. it's driving our offshore winds. what wh that happens, it's going to be warm. so we'll be looking at 70s across the peninsula. 80s across parts of the trivalley and north bay. then look at what happens tomorrow. the 80s slide into the south. i bay. for monday, we're talking widespread 80s for the east bay and trivalley and places like santa cruz made it to 80 degrees by monday. even san francisco we may get close to that on monday. it's going to be hot at least

heating up this weekend. turning hot as we head towards monday. tuesday things start to change. you'll notice in the seven-day forecast in the bottom of your screen, look at what happens on wednesday. more rain starts to show up. by thursday we could be tracking showers and maybe even a few thunderstorms across the bay area. this would be thursday night into friday morning. fast moving system is going to drop our temperatures and drop some rain and some snow. this is what's headed our way wednesday night if you're trying to make plans. keep in mind not going to be a huge storm system, but could see 2 to 4 inches of new snow thursday night into friday morning of the upcoming week. in the meantime, lots of heat. we're talking summertime temperatures. our average high is still right near 70 degrees. in the 60s for san francisco. we're well above that at least the next couple days. 80 today for san jose. 82 for the east bay valleys and tomorrow that's really when

we're going to see temperatures soar. and then by monday temperatures cool off a little bit tuesday and wednesday. even cooler with the next storm system set to bring rain as soon as thursday night. in the meantime, enjoy the beautiful sunshine. >> a little bit of everything this week, we'll take it. thank you. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. it will be bitter sweet not having them around this year. >> for the first time, san francisco will mark the anniversary of the quake without any remaining survivors. that has some now questioning whether we should still mark that occasion. mark the 110th anniversary of

welcome back. on monday san francisco will mark the 110th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire u. people will gather at the fountain to mark the moment of the quake. but joe shows us what will be

noticeably missing. >> reporter: things that s survive. buildings rode out the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906. >> the state bird is phoenix. >> reporter: in the years since the devastation as people gathered at the fountain to remember the quake -- >> up on the hill watching the fire. >> reporter: there have been living, breathing voices to fill in the details of that dark day. >> carried me out in a table cloth. >> reporter: as the city gathers this coming monday for the first time since 1906 there are no longer living survivors. >> we lost our last two earthquake survivors this year. >> reporter: this year bill died at the grand old age of 109 marking the end of the last living witness to that fateful day. >> we knew the day would come when we wouldn't have a

survivor. >> reporter: although the survivors were too young to remember the quake, they u remember vividly what came next. >> they were alive then. more importantly shs they rebuilt the city. >> we have two steam engines that are veterans of the 1906 fire u. >> reporter: inside the fire department museum reminders of the battle dpens the earthquake's wrath. the fire department will use this monday's 1906 gathering to kick off a year-long celebration of its 150th anniversary. >> 1866 that we officially became u a paid professional department. >> reporter: to the fire chief's wife the death of the last survivor is another page turning in the city's history. >> it will be a little bitter sweet not having any of them around this year. >> in a sense, we're all kind of survivors because we inherited the city from those people. >> reporter: despite the end of those first person accounts, it's important to continue to gather and remember. >> it's like the 4th of july. we don't have signers to the

declaration of independence, but we still celebrate it. >> much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, the attorney for a former berkeley basketball coach is speaking out after the release of health insurance of texts between a coach and a woman he was sexually harassing. and police in southern california get an up close encount we are a mountain lion. the scare for a school and a neighborhood. (adlib)

good saturday morning to you. what a beautiful look at the golden gate bridge on this saturday morning. the sun is shining. the weather is sweet. we have a gorgeous weekend ahead. and we appreciate you joinings u. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at the frf. >> california sunshine, the weather is sweet. >> it really is.

>> we're waking up to no fog and that's really the story. when you don't have fog, you know it's going to be warm. so make plans to get outside. it's 54 degrees right now. and later on you're going to be right at 73 this afternoon for a couple of hours. even our inland locations will be nice and warm. low 80s today. quite a jump from yesterday. our high temperature yesterday was 73 degrees. so we're going in the opposite direction today heating up in a big way u. summer sizzle is on. perfect beach weather. >> they might see anthony there. it will be beautiful. thank you. right now, only on nbc bay area, police are on the lookout following a disturbing scene in the south bay. a man found tied up inside his home after it had been ransack ed by thieves. it happened on north park victoria drive. steve janning told police he

returned home to find robbers had stolen nearly everything in the house including guns and surveillance cameras. janning also discovered his roommate lying on the floor tied up and badly beaten. >> his hands were zip tide behind his back to the point his hands were turning purpole and blue. i hope they find them quickly and give these guys what's coming to them. >> the victim was take on to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. police do believe this was a targeted attack and they haven't made any arrests. is it the start of a new crime wave or is it just a coincidence? that's what residents in the evergreen community want to know. in two of the cases, someone was at home as the burglars broke in. one home oowner says the familys still traumatized after being hit a few days ago. they hope to see more police patrols to keep other people from being victimized but they are doing the best they can with

limited resources. >> if the police department is not being budgeted enough then. >> they arrested four minors for that crime. a follow up now there's new information on the relationship between the now fired cal assistant basketball coach and a reporter who has accused him of harassment. we've obtained more than 900 text messages that his attorney submitted to university officials. the former cal coach still is trying to clear his name. >> you get to see 900 texts. >> reporter: there are hundreds of texts between former basketball coach and a sports reporter who claimed he sexually harassed her over a five-month

period. >> what is the point now to continue with this if it's clear he will not be going back to cal? >> this controversy that's followed him to nevada. >> reporter: his attorney says it was a flirtatious relationship and cites texts like this as evidence. he texts, you never asked to come over. nothing like that. the unnamed reporter responds to come over where? i have never been invited. her client was a scapegoat saying the university rushed to fire him because of growing criticism over how they handled other sexual harassment allegations on campus. >> it came at a time when the dean of the law school was that whole process was being criticize ued. it came after the astronomy professor scandal.

>> the president of the university of nevada released a statement saying he supports the decision to hire huffnagel. berkeley has no comment because the investigation is complete and he is no longer a coach there. now to a high speed police chase in the east bay end iing a dramatic arrest that started just before 8:00 last night when chp tried to stop the driver of a red mercedes with no plates. that's when the driver gunned it and triggered a chase that spanned three freeways in several city streets and crashed into a bart construction site in pittsburgh. a spike strip forced the driver to crash and the chp was able to arrest him after a brief foot chase. now to the developing story in japan where yet another earthquake hit this morning. this time a magnitude 4.6. this comes after a massive 7.3 quake killed 15 people yesterday. roughly 24 hours before that, a

magnitude 6.2 rocked the same region. you can see the violent shaking in this video. the tremors caused major damage derailing a train and forcing a terminal to close. buildings completely collapsed. many people remain trapped under flattened homes. at last count more than 800 people were reported injured and the death toll will rise. we spoke with one san francisco woman who teaches english about 90 miles from the epicenter. >> 200,000 homes in the area are still without power. george clooney in san francisco co-hosting a high priced fundraiser for hillary clinton last night. though it was for clinton, the event also attracted a crowd of bernie sanders supporters. they turned out to protest the

event. many protesters argued the party was not a good fit for the city. >> she's not here to talk about the issues. he's here to ask wealthy donors for money. >> hillary clinton and the clooneys will hold another fundraiser today at his los angeles home. and from brooklyn to rome, bernie sanders took his cam a pain message to the vatican where he talked about climate change and the billionaire class during a speech there. he a u arrived just hours after thursday night's debate in new york. a brief meeting took place before the pope left for his u visit to greece. >> pope francis is not only one of the great leaders in this world today by talking about the need for morale and our economy, talking about the need to

transform our energy system and combat climate change, he will go down in history. >> sanders says the meeting was an honor and a highlight of his trip and an opportunity he could not pass up. in connecticut another clash supporters and opponents of donald trump. a republican presidential front runner was in hartford when protesters started yelling with roughly 1,000 supporters. no word on any injuries nor arrests. now to an exciting baseball game that came to a halt when a fan was hit by u a foul ball. it happened last night in tampa, florida, at a game between the rays and white sox. a woman sitting in the second row had to be taken to the hospital. the ball went through a gap in the protective netting that was added to all ballpark this is past season. she was conscious and talking when she was taken to the

hospital. we have much more ahead on today in bay. coming up, the giants head south to take on their biggest rivals as they try to avoid a third straight loss on the young season. and. game one of the playoffs. why the warriors say the season is just getting started. as we mentioned earlier in the

newscast, the warors begin defending their nba title this afternoon... first up...th >> we mentioned earlier the warriors begin defending their u title this afternoon. first up, the houston rockets. this live look at the arena quiet this morning. the a's start 30 minutes after the warriors tip off at 12:30. the players say they are confident as they begin their playoff run. our own spoke with the team.

>> steve kerr has mixed emotions. he koechd his warriors to a record 73 wednesday night. so when asked how he celebrated. >> i drank a beer. that was about it. i went home and went to bed. >> reporter: a sign the playoffs are right around the corner and maybe more than any other year the chase for 73 prepared them for another title run. >> really all year we got everybody's best shots. whether the atmosphere reflected it or not on the court, it felt like playoff intensity. we feel confident we're ready for the moment. >> the warriors beat the rockets but houston struggled just to get into the playoffs. >> they did that. they have a lot of talent and fire power. they have same approach to the game style as last year.

>> reporter: that bodes well for golden state. last year including the western conference finals the warriors beat houston 8 of 9 times. this year three meetings, three warrior wins. i asked thompson if that number gives the warriors a noticeable advantage. same time that goes out the window. it's a new season. >> it was a rough one for the giants in dodger country. the game was off to a bad start for the orange and black. it never got better. the first pitch of the game thrown was hit for a home run. and things just got big from there. the giants committed three rors on a way to a 7-3 loss to the dodgers. the giants have lost three straight games. they meet again tonight at6:10. also in l.a., the sharks look to take a 2-game lead in

the stanley cup playoffs against the kings. game one on thursday with a go ahead goal in the third period. san jose held on and beat los angeles 4-3. the puck drops tonight at 7:30. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, car chases have become common in l.a. this isn't your typical l.a. chase. it was a wild one. what it took to stop a mountain lion prowling near a school. and today we're looking at bright sunshine across the bay area. temperatures warm into the 70s and 80s. even warmer for tomorrow. we're back with a full forecast after this.

kira/cu much more ahead on today in the welcome back on this saturday. we start you off with your hour by hour forecast. what you're going to find is lots of sunshine across the bay. we'll get close to 80 degrees.

temperatures will fall back to 78. so overall it's going to be a nice warm day across the bay area. and temperatures are starting off nice and mind. even in san francisco at 54 widespread 70s and 80s. we'll get back to the low 80s today. if you're headed to the warriors and rockets today around 12:30, 73 degrees. winds will be generally light out of the northeast at 5 to 15. it doesn't matter. it's inside. if you're headed that way, just a forecast as you get into the stadium. but if you're going anywhere across the bay area today the thing to note it's all about the heat. we're not to e see very gusty winds. that's going to leave 70s at the peninsula and coastline. 80s widespread for the trivalley and north bay. look what happens tomorrow. those 80s start to slide into

the south bay. then by monday, widespread 80s across the entire bay area with the exception of the immediate coast. even places like san francisco, half-moon bay, santa cruz will still be in the upper 70s close to 80 degrees. while starting off the workweek toasty, we have changes this upcoming week. today, tomorrow and monday, no big changes. it's going to be about the heat. tuesday and wednesday, temperatures come down just a little bit. the bottom of your screen, by thursday there's a chance of rain. let me show you that futurecast. we'll see a cold front slide to the north. so by friday we'll be wrapping up this rain and not talking about huge amounts o of rainfall. quarter inch at most. half an inch for the north bay. you'll notice the sierra is expected to pick up 2 to 4 inches of new snow. this would come thursday into friday. we have some time between until we do see this next storm system

move in. in the meantime, it's all about the heat and that summer sizzle as we get going this weekend. 80 degrees for san jose. tomorrow about a 5 to 6 degrees jump. back to 86 degrees. same for the east bay. back into the 80s today. even for monday, then we begin that gradual cooling trend towards tuesday and wednesday. that's when the next storm is set to bring into the bay area. we can see more showers pop up on the radar. some cooler temperatures. but in the toasty weekend. >> i like it, thank you. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, firefighters fearing for their own health. the red flags they are raising about a new fair station. jose

(adlib) welcome back at 7:50. a live look for you as the sunshines over downtown san jose. warm temperatures today and even had thor tomorrow. enjoy the weekend. happening now, a fuel leak in the east bay. alameda county fire department says the intersection of newark will be closed for the next three hours. this is due to a hazmat incident. a tanker truck hit a hydrant spilling gas into the road.

it caused water to shoot up 80 feet. you can see here crews still are responding to the scene. now to a story you'll see only on nbc bay area u. a cancer cluster among firefighters based at san francisco airport has long had crews there on edge. but when the airport moved to relocate a fire house next to a busy runway, firefighters sounded the alarm about toxic jet exhaust fumes. foof firefighters remain skeptical of the plan promised to keep the air clean at the new station. >> reporter: san francisco firefighters fear the air quality inside that staying once it's complete could be a threat to their health. planes travel next to the station as they take off. airport officials say that there's no cause for alarm. our investigation shows that solving this problem will not be easy. last night another young san francisco firefighter succumb to cancer. she was just 49.

it was one more reminder that city fire crews are at greater risk from the deadly disease. >> the fire department has one of the highest rates of cancer throughout the nation. >> reporter: one of the fire department's recognized cancer hot spots is at the airport. already a dangerous, noisy place to work. retired fire captain tony stefani, a survivor of a rare form of cancer who started the cancer foundation, said a city wide u survey identified the airport as a particular concern. >> the airport had 12 active cases amongst members and some retired members, which was at that time was one of the highest levels of any of the station in san francisco. >> reporter: one of the suspected culprits at the airport is the chemical ben sooen. it's in jet exhaust and from the exhaust of cars and trucks that run along the nearby 101

freeway. another cancer-causing agent is formaldehyde. both have been found in elevateds inside fire station number 3 near the freeway. so when crews learned last year about a plan to relocate station number 3 closer to where the planes take off, they launched a petition drive and demanded answers. >> it was the activism of the firefighters here at the airport that got the union and cancer foundation and administration looking so closely into this. it was a grass roots movement that got the scrutiny going, which might not have been happening at this level if they hadn't done that. they really did themselves a service by calling everybody's attention to the issue. >> today seeking to ease the minds of firefighters, airport and fire officials spent two hours detailing the new design for ventilation. it's supposed to scrub out particulates. the system will rely on pressure to literally block bad air from

getting into the firefighters' living quarters. >> you have to minimize your time there. >> reporter: while they would not allow firefighters to speak on camera, a union official said his colleagues worry that the doors need to keep opening all day long allowing exhaust to get in. >> we're going to have to keep the doors closed whenever possible. when we're responding to incidents, they have to go up. this is something we're discovering in fire houses. you have to treat the apparatus as a hot zone. >> the chief is confident the system outlined at the briefing friday is the best available technology. >> it's a five-stage filtration system. i u asked the installer if this is the best system on the market and he said yes. >> reporter: the goal is to have better air than the current station farther from the runway. >> this is going to be a state of the art fire fighting facility in the system that's

going on. it will be a much better building than they currently are in. >> only time will tell. >> is it giving us the results we need to keep the members safe. that's what we're dpoing to have to find out. >> reporter: firefighters who have to live and work against that blast fence say they are encouraged about what they heard today about a five-step process to keep the air clean. they won't know for sure until tests are done later this year when the station opens. nbc bay area news. tense moments in southern california as a large mountain lion strolled on to a high school campus. the big cat walked across the quad at john f. kennedy just after noon. studentings sheltered in classrooms and called for help. the cougar was tracked down in someone's backyard. it was tranquilized with a dart and taken away by animal control. we have much more ahead on today in the bay.

anthony slaughter has more about the warm weather, but there's another reason to grab the kids and head outdoors. this weekend there's extra

incentive to grab the kids and head to a national park. ==take vo== starting today, admission will be free through next sunday the 24 welcome back. this weekend there's extra incentive to grab the kids and head to a national park. starting today admission will be free through next sunday. it's part of the the celebration for national parks week. there are more than 400 parks across the country. 27 here in california. 9 of them in the bay area alone. the national park service celebrates its 100th birthday this august. and you may remember this little guy that traffic-stopping chiwawa that captured the nation's attention after run nig across the bay bridge. he's up for adoption. applications are being taken. if you're interested in adopting him, you have up until friday, april 22nd to submit an application. they recommend previous experience with small dogs.

we want to thank you for making us a part of your morning. more news tonight. enjoy the weather. have a great morning.

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