ker . >> technically it is really not an upset. brazil ranked number two, united states number three, but we all know the truth. for kerri walsh-jennings, her first match loss in olympic play. so agatha and barbara, they will play for the gold medal against germany. the united states meanwhile will play for the bronze. wow. that >> that had everything,

26-0 in olympic brazil could occupy two of the three places on the podium in this event. they will play the americans for the bronze, and they will play germany for the gold. and we'll come back here to wrap things up on this tuesday night in rio after this. . ♪

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this broadcast is presented by authority of the international olympic committee and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written consent of the international olympic committee. wednesday, the games of the xxxi olympiad continue from rio de janeiro. in daytime on nbc, the u.s. men's volleyball team squares off with poland. and in water polo the defending champions women collide with hungary. in prime time, the world's fastest man, usain bolt, returns for the 200-meter semifinals, sprinting one step closer to another historic three-peat. in the final of the women's 200 american tori bowie takes on a powerful jamaican contingent. in the 100-meter hurdles, a deep american team looks to over power the field. the women's platform diving gets

under way. an nbcsn, kevin durant and the usa tip off against argentina. on the golf channel, the women take to the links following a sterling finish to the men's tournament. you can watch the olympics in spanish on telemundo and nbc universo and on nbcolympics.com and nbc sports app. as the games of the xxxi olympiad continue from rio de janeiro on the networks of nbc. okay. here is a look now at the medal count brought to you by mcdonald's supporting athletes on their journeys. the u.s. has opened up a wide gap. more than 30 medals ahead of china and great britain. not pictured here is argentina. brazil's sports arch rival. they collected their second rio gold today thanks to sailors

longa and coranza, a 64-year-old olympian. last year longa was diagnosed with lung cancer and had his left lung removed. as he came to shore his sons, who also competed in rio, jumped into the water to greet their dad. longa said afterwards that rio was a very emotional games for him. he said watching the racing of my sons and my sons watching my racing and then celebrating today with them, it's just been too much for me. well, as we say good night from rio, we'll return to the medal ceremony for the women's floor exercise earlier today. simone biles capped her impressive olympic debut with her fourth federica mogherinigo games while aly raisman collected the silver. her sixth over all. joining them was amy tinkler of great britain who took the bronze. and that smile from simone

biles, millions upon millions of americans who only a few months ago might not have known who simone biles was are more than familiar with that beaming smile. and she has had ample reason to show it to us time after time here. five medals, four of them gold. and already, by acclamation, the greatest female gymneast in history. aly raisman with six career golds one behind the american record of seven total medals in gymnastics held by shannon miller. here they are on the podium awaiting their national anthem. ♪ ♪ ♪

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wildfires continue to burn. thousands of ppl at this hour, two major wild fires continue to burn. thousands of people on the move in southern california. driven out by intense flames. then here at home people are returning home to start rebuilding their lives. the news starts right now. thanks for being with us on this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm janelle wang . >> and i'm raj mathai. the pictures tell the story, destruction and fear, but also some hope. so far no lives have been lost. the most intense flames at this midnight hour down south. 82,000 people are out of their homes. this fire is north of san bernardino in the cahone pass. this started early tuesday but quickly explodedd into a fast-moving wild fire. evacuations happened so fast many people had to literally run

from their homes. now, 18,000 acres have burned thus far, along with several structures. a portion of interstate 15 is also closed tonight. there is progress tonight with the fire burning in lake county. more families are being allowed back into their homes. however, some are finding destruction. here are the latest numbers. 175 homes and businesses gone, 4,000 acres burned. the fire is 35% contained now. the man accused of starting this fire, damin pash ishlg, is expected to be in the court in the morning on 17 different arson charges. live in lower lake with how the community is rising from the ashes. cheryl. >> reporter: that's right. we are live in a restricted area, burned out buildings on one side and right over here burned out cars on the other. this area is is very resilient, and we learned that tonight after talking to a man who lost his home. >> this was the driveway.

this is a very historical property. a nice lawn. we had a beautiful house here. >> reporter: dwayne barbaric seeing for the fist time his home that once looked like this and now it is gone. >> i think it looks like a war zone. i think this is what it looks like when cities are burned out. >> reporter: still, he remains positive. >> i grew up on mayfield court in san jose. it was a sign from my neighborhood. i have not shed a tear yet, you know. i could but it is not going to happen the matter. >> reporter: his historic home is one of 175 structures destroyed by the clayton fire. now that firefighters are making progress, people are moving out of shelters and back into their homes. >> 133 people stayed the night in our three shelters, although we're glad to see those numbers declining as people repopulate evacuated areas. >> reporter: cal fire is letting people back into an area called the avenues. >> we came out here and everything, all of this was black. >> reporter: fabiola martina got

back she was relieved her home was standing. >> this is what they call here the avenues, and they were saying 18th is gone. i was like, that's my street. it was scary. >> reporter: while people are trying to regroup and think about rebuilding, the lake county district attorney is working to make sure arson charges system against damin ca cash. >> the neighbors say he is a nice man and he is innocent until proven guilty. he will be in court tomorrow afternoon. reporting live in laura lake i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, cheryl. we have more information about the suspect, dame inpashilk, he trained and served as an inmate firefighters in 2007. he was convicted over several crimes in the past 16 years including evading a police officer, possession of meth and

firearms charges. be shh sure to stay with us for continuing coverage of this wild fire. we are constantly updating our website and other digital platforms. >> they can win it here. agatha puts it away! that's it, brazil has upset the united states! >> the news tonight from rio being felt all the way to saratoga. south bay product kerri walsh-jennings loses for the first time in her olympic career. her golder run came to the sudden end of the mother of three with boundless energy and skill met her match in front of a boisterous crowd, but it is not over for she and her pat never. colin, it had to happen at some point. >> it did. they say all good things must come to an end. the brazilian duo were seeded higher than walsh-jennings and her partner, but they knew it

meant nothing. walsh-jennings, the greatest beach volleyball player of all time for good reason. she was the defending gold medalist, she was 26-0 in her olympic career. also, sets 50-2. now that last column has certainly changed, 26-1, and in sets, well, it is not a lonely number anymore. the sets numbers doubles. agatha and barbara capitalized on every opportunity. they didn't try to over power walsh-jennings and ross, they used precision and placement. they were tracking everything down and keeping points alive. the upset 22-20, 21-18 victory over the americans. after proving she human with a bronze in monday's balance beam, simone biles returned to form earning gold in the floor routine, her fourth in rio. teammate aly raisman takes the

silver. on the track now, san francisco's shannon roberry unable to podium in the 1500. her kick down the stretch wasn't enough. she crosses fourth, but fellow american jenny simpson takes the bronze. in the process simpson becomes the first american woman to medal in the event. back to walsh-jennings and ross, as we showed you at the beginning, it is not over. they can still win the bronze and that will happen later tonight, wednesday night. >> thank you, colin. the olympic's first-ever g refugee is being honored. this highlights the ten athletes, many who fled troubled nations. a live look at the olympic flame, about 4:15 in the morning in rio and love is in the air. later in this news cast our own jessica aguirre explains the different type of rings some olympians are leaving with. >> back here at home, a developing story in east bay, an armed man allegedly set fire to

a liquor star in oakland. it is near mills college. police received a 911 call claiming a man with gaun was inside the store throwing items around. the ul kaer says the suspect set the store on fire. no reports of injuries and no word if the suspect was caught. in the south bay cell phone video shows moments after a crash in san jose. it happened just before 9:00 on west san carlos and lincoln. a car crashed into the side of a tattoo shop, severing a gas line which started the fire and spread to the roof. there's a music practice hall in the building and ten bands were playing at that time and couldn't hear the crash. one man we spoke with ran in to alert them. >> we came out to see if somebody needed help, and when we realized it was a gas line we said let's get everybody out of there, call 911. >> fortunately, no one was hurt in the crash or fire. about 100 people from neighboring businesses were evacuated because of the gas

leak. fierts say t firefighters say building has heavy water damage. >> one of the pillars of silicon valley might be on verge of lay-offs. there are reports sisco will layoff 20% of its workforce. according to reuters, the san jose based company it let go of 1,400 employees. it will be the largest round of lay-offs in their history. they're not commenting on the reports. also divine intervention in san francisco. worshippers who routinely park illegally next to several churches are getting relief. a new pilot program will make the practice legal on delores street from 14th to 18th street. parking on the median will be allowed. here is nbc bay area jean elle. >> reporter: when several churches have services delores street turns into a parking lot. people park illegally in this lane next to the median. now city leaders are planning to see what happens if they make it legal and add new rules. three houses of worship at 16th

and delores in a neighborhood crunched for parking has drivers parking along the median of delores street during service. >> technically it is not legal. >> reporter: it is illegal, but the sfmta rarely tickets the sacred parking practice, a practice that's expanding. >> people coming to church in the morning, but when you see people mr. t people in the of a noon they're likely at the park. >> reporter: the city is pursuing a pilot program to regulate parking on delores. people in the community say worshippers deserve access to parking. >> they want to be connected with san francisco and they want to feel they're part of this community, and their houses of worship give them that opportunity. >> reporter: others say it feels like religious groups are getting special treatment. >> the issue for me is fairness. >> reporter: and the median parking limits visibility. >> i don't want to get hit and almost run over, and that's what happened to us. >> reporter: the pilot will include more red curbs to improve visibility and signs will make it clear to everyone

when median parking is allowed. changes are expected to roll out in six months. jean elle, nbc bay area news. being social workers our aim and goal is to help out children and families, and it is made impossible for us. >> social workers speaking out to reveal concerns about the child abuse hotline. i'm senior investigative reporter vickie wynne, why they say the calls aren't being answered by the right people. >> i'm rick boone live in san leandro where people are getting mad, hot to where they're upset. i have the bear facts next. >> and good morning. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. another round of fog moving into san francisco. i will have your morning forecast to when inland temperatures could drop into the 80s in a few minutes.

you're watching nbc bay area news with the biggest investigative unit holding the powerful accountable. nbc bay area, we investigate. >> she is 55 feet tall and nude and will soon be watching over a barn station. it is a steel statue part of an art attraction next door to the train station, but some is riders are upset and want the woman gone before her debut. rick boone is live in san leandro with what they want to tell the artist. rick. >> reporter: they have a long list of things they want to tell the artist, some things i can't repeat on television, but i can tell you this though, the legs are the only thing that are standing right now of this woman but this is not the only of its kind of statue. there are a few out there by this particular artist, but as this woman is under construction, as she is about to go up, some of the people around here want her to go back down. >> that represents really bad

stuff. >> reporter: she is a grandmother of six who believes in old-fashioned values. >> it ain't okay for me. >> reporter: now has a problem with these legs are going. >> not to go here to let kids by and see that, that's not good. that's all pure naked. >> reporter: it will soon be an illuminated nude statue similar to this nude woman by artist marco cochran, part of an art exhibit on the san leandro tech campus, to attract more people including tech companies to the area, an exhibit feet from the b.a.r.t. station. >> this is the original statue for bliss, bronze. >> reporter: the artist had several of these statues up for view, where it wasn't the neighbors who wanted the statue down but rust. >> i would like to do a sculpture park with san francisco-based artists of large pieces and down 100 sculptures. >> reporter: not everyone has a problem with this woman who shows it all.

some appreciating it as just art. >> that's monumental almost, you know what i'm saying? it really is. like the statue of liberty, we've got the lady of bliss. >> it shouldn't be okay for no one. >> reporter: still, for some who use this b.a.r.t. station often, they say they'll walk another street to get to the train. >> that's very nude. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: the name of that statue, by the way, truth is beauty. it is set to go up in the next month or so so everyone can check it out fully anyway they want. we're live in san leandro, rick boone, nbc bay area. >> thank you, rick. >> we rarely hear from social workers on the front line. many of them help protect the most vulnerable in our community, the children. >> tonight vickie wynne talks exclusively with two social services employees who expose working conditions inside the agency. vickie, they say it is having an effect on the kids they serve. >> and that's why they're speaking out. these are current social workers

risking their jobs going on the record to reveal what they call a crisis. they called us after seeing our reports last october, and they say there's even more to expose about the child abuse hotline. >> i feel very powerless because we are not meeting the needs of the community. >> people are having to go on anti-depressants, having to take stress leave. >> social workers dawn and jean have worked a combined 26 years with the santa clara department of family and children's services. they say never has it been so bad. >> it's toxic. >> where conditions inside the agency have made it more difficult to do the work out in the community. >> your call has been forwarded. >> our whole aim in being social workers is to help out children and families, and it is made impossible for us. >> reporter: they called the investigative unit after seeing

our first report last october, detailing the failures of the agency to answer calls to its child abuse and neglect hotline. a 2013 audit found workers directly answer only about 59% of calls made to the center. two years later it was 89%. >> these are 911 calls for children. >> reporter: after our report aired county leaders gave the agency money to hire seven additional staffers for the hotline. >> i absolutely believe 100% is achievable. >> reporter: the following month agency raised its answer rate to 92%, or so it said. >> technically we're not answering those calls. they're going to voicemail or a clerical is answering them. and so it looks like we have a higher percentage of answering calls when we don't. >> reporter: are the numbers being manipulated to make the agency look better in the eyes of the public? >> yes, i feel so. >> yeah. >> reporter: while the county doesn't require hotline calls to be answered by a social worker, jean and dawn think they should because they're trained to

recognize when a child needs immediate help. >> it matters because that depends on whether we call the police and have them go check on that child, whether we send out a social worker within two hours or ten days. >> reporter: based on her experience, dawn doesn't think social workers are answering as many calls. >> caller: is not available. >> reporter: as managers are reporting. >> 20% of those are just calls that the name has been taken and passed on. >> reporter: no one from the department would sit down for an on-camera interview. it is not just claims about inflated numbers. jean, dawn and four other social workers who asked to remain anonymous spoke for hours with the investigative unit about what they call mismanagement and harassment in the agency. >> we have social workers who are leaving because of the management, because there is bullying. >> reporter: they said it has led to high turnover and higher case loads. they shared memos detailing retaliation and a toxic workplace they sent to department and county leaders. >> this is about making sure every kid that needs help gets

help. >> reporter: supervisor cindy chavez she is investigating concerns raised by the workers, but she was not aware of the claims of the call center numbers. they're saying their managers are going back to you, the board of supervisors, and saying, look, we're answering 98% of the calls. they don't think those numbers are real. >> we'll check on it. i will say we went from being, you know, in the low 80s to now 98, so i feel like we're making very important progress. >> they say these numbers are being manipulated because they include the calls answered by clerical workers ond don't think those should count. >> that's an excellent question. i don't know. i would have to look into it. >> reporter: workers claims about a hostile working environment prompted an internal investigation last july, but the agency refused to provide a copy of the light citing privacy laws. jean and dawn say they hope going public with their concerns will make a difference. >> we're going to investigate all of their claims, every one of them. i want it to be a great place for them to work. i want to respond to every kid

in need. >> we need to know they're taking it seriously. >> caller: please record your message. >> reporter: supervisor chavez says she ordered the call center to use new technology to track call data. she says if statistics show calls are not being handled by social worker in timely fashion, she will take further action. back to you. >> thanks. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, give us a call. you can send an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. >> chief meteorologist jeff kaaaaaaaaaano cm