brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get straight to the forecast right now. enjoy the cooler temperatures today. we will have temperatures ramping up as we head e head into the weekend and we're going to have a few clouds and fog this morning in san francisco and along the coastline and temperatures reaching into the mid-60s. a little bit warmer tomorrow with a lot more sunshine and bright sunshine for the weekend making it into the mid-70s there while the inland areas will be up to 101 degrees. some dangerous heat on the way and a high fire danger. i'll talk more about that and looking out at a closer look at the weekend coming up. mike takes us out there on the roadways track a few issues. you're looking pretty good overall. we see these centers it's very early. we have a couple of issues. we have that krash told you about highway 20 at tower near the airport. this other one is in the north bay, southbound 101. i saw a lot of slowing. it's actually not a crash, it's a car fire and that was reported there in the area. it looks like they may have the distraction gone because the slowing has just started to clear up.

another issue for 101, this is northbound 101, a crash there, had a little bit of slowing just north of 280 and that's also clearing. and then this over off of the bart line now we're hearing about possible delays. this may be related to the distraction in the fire that was near lafayette bart station it's it's not affect the the bartd station. it would be hard not to be distracted by these flame. it is the breaking news we're following this morning. sky-high flames in the east bay now just leaving behind a pile of ashes. several buildings including the chamber of commerce in downtown lafayette completely zried zroid. today in the bay bob red dell live there now with a closer look at the aftermath and the emotional reaction that's pouring from n from the community. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. we spoke with a woman who lives in this area and she's just devastated to see what happened here to 100 lafayette circle. this houses the lafayette chamber of commerce. her father happens to be the

executive director. when she looks at this landscape of rescue i, she just sad to know that her father's office is in there and, of course, now sits in ruin. now 100 lafayette sicircle is n only home to the chamber of commerce but also a raurntd, a nail salon rare cpa in here. until just moments ago, the fire department had been dumping water on the site to seep any hot spots at bay. this is what it looked like earlier this morning when this fire started just after midnight. you can see that the build was fully engulfed. it quickly grew to a three-alarm response from the contra costa county fire department. >> i spoke with the fire marshal. he tells us it took them about 80 minutes to put out this fire. when they arrived, the building was already engulfed they had to immediately can't go defensive. >> >> there was more or less a pillar of sparks and flames going up 100 to 150 feet, just

billowing out over the area. i came to the end of the driveway and saw the whole village complex bimding there was just engulfed in flames. >> reporter: the fire department order evacuations of nearby apartments because this area is so tightly compacted and there was concern that the radiant heat could cause problems and also with the westmont they had propane tank heaters for the outside heating area, they were popping and exploding. they didn't want anyone to get hurt. no one was hurt they did keep the fire contained to this area. you can see back out here live where they're 2ku6r7ing more water on the scene to keep anything that could potentially heat up to stop it from doing that. reporting lye here in lafayette which by the way they don't know the cause of this fire, bob red dell today in the bay. >> thank you very much. when you do find out the cause of any changes as well, certainly we're going to stay on top of throughout the morning. we'll be sending out updates via

twitter and our website. as soons with' get them. you can find more information as nbc bay jury.com. new this morning president trump is in paris ahead of the bah still day celebration there. . and in say picture of him landing in france with melania earlier this morning. this will be the first time that he's faced questions since donald trump junior admitted to a meeting with the russian lawyer. it was set up awe stenssively to get information that they might have influenced the election. we go to tracy to hear what we might expect from this new cons frens. >> reporter: we have some spence if he's asked that question what the president might say because before he went to paris, he did some bfz where the president said he saw no problem at all with his son in the middle of a heated campaign trying to get information on his opposition. ahead of today's news conference

trump is speaking out about his relationship with russian president vladimir putin. >> there are many things that i do that are the exact opposite of what he would want. so when i keep hearing about he would have rather had trump, i think probably not. >> mr. trump called questions about his son's meeting with the russian lawyer a witch hunt. >> do you consider this endeavor a witch hunt? >> i do not consider director muller to be on a witch hunt. >> reporter: that's the nome knee to head the fbi. they're leading the russia investigation. the fbi may want to know more about trump junior's meeting according to e-mails the attorney had damaging information on hillary clinton. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> reporter: but trump junior says wasn't the only one checking out the competition. >> hillary clinton was doing incredible opposition research on the trumps were we all faced this, that's what politics is these days. >> reporter: donald trump overseas this morning, his visit already prompting demonstration.

tracie potts, nb news, washington. 5-05, the search for four mission young men opinion pennsylvania has take ann turn for the worse. there's a discovery of human remains. last last night they made the announcement. they were found on the farm of a man police are kaug a person of interest in this case. the man has been rearrest and one said the of remains has been identified as one of the four men who disappeared last week. the district attorney says more tests need to be done. >> there are additional human remains inside that grave. so this painstaking process will go on. we're not done yet. this is a homicide, make no mistake about it. >> the remains were discovered in a 12-foot grave. the authorities have not yet charged the person of interest identified as 20-year-old cosmo dinardo but they say he tried sell the car of the missing men.

5:on 6 and we have new details right now from the clash between san francisco police and hundreds of skateboarders in dolores park on tuesday night. this morning the sfpd says it's looking at that new video taken of the altercation. we spoke to a witness who says that the fun turned dangerous when the crowd turned on police and made it difficult for medics to treat an unconscious skater. here's what that witness had to say. >> people were just upset enough that they were crowding in around him and were refusing the police direction to get out of the way so that medics could get through. >> other witnesses say the tension es ka wlatd another skater and officer made contact 70 sending the skater airborne and then falling on a tral car. you see it right there. police chief bill scott said the situation was dangerous and that officers were responding to try to shut it down. it's 5:07 and a follow-up for you this morning, a federal judge is giving oakland leaders a new deadline for the sex

scandal that rocked the department. the case is connected to a woman who officers sexually a buzed when she was under age. 12 oakland police officers were disciplined and four criminally charged. the judge is now giving oakland until september 15th to respond to findings that the department did not properly handle the investigation. happening right now, police in san ramon are looking for a man who they say robbed a pharmacy. they shared this surveillance image us. they say he stole opioids at gunpoint from the walgreens on san ramon valley boulevard. that happened yesterday just after 8:00 a.m. right now a break in the case toll thank you about two boys are behind bars in connection with a series of school burglaries. they say several public schools were targeted in this. here's a map of all the schools impacted. all of them are elementary schools. those crimes happened between may and june of this year and police say in all of the cases apple ipads and macbook laptops

were taken. they were able to track down the successes based on their fingerprints. they say they found several items belonging to the school district in one of those boys's homes. they're hold a funeral to say good buy to one of their students, darryl ache kinz died recently after a long battle with leukemia. the football player could not find a bone marrow match to save his life. he was first diagnosed with leukemia two years ago and we have been following his journey every since. his funeral begins at 10:00 this morning. 5:09 right now. all new this morning we now know how much the oakland raiders are going pay to move to los angeles. according to raids they're going to shell out $378 million over ten years. right now, the target for their move is 2020. in march the league approved the team's plan to change cities nt. and more money problems at levi stadium. an audit conduct by the city of

santa clara shows stadium management, the 40 nine esz owes taxpayers more than $4,000,000. that's money that spent on games and events. they could owe the city $700,000 for parking on a city golf course. the 49ers for their part called the audit erroneous information. this has been an ongoing battling between the 49ers which profrtded the city's mayor to order that audit. it's 5:10 and as you get started this morning we do have some mostly clear skies in oakland and it will be at 60 degrees and 68 degrees at noon with a nice little light breeze, highs reaching the mid-70 there. san francisco and the way we begin, we will be dealing with the low clouds, fog, upper flifts and then mid-60s this afternoon with clearing. we're in for a the lov sunshine for the weekend and i'll have a look at san jose's temperature

trend in a few minutes. let's look at traffic. we're going to start way crash in san francisco. the rest of freeways moving very well, there's just a little bit of slowing here. the offense is what may be blocked and the slowing an approach because the folks see the flashing lights. we're trying to figure out how many of those lanes for that chavez exit are blocked. north bay north 3w0u7bd 29 and tower road involve a big rig, merchandise listen to and the post master is there. we're tracking this in napa as well. back to you. thank you very much. let's get gown to some more news coming up the terrifying moments at ucla. the threat that forced thois to evacuate their dorms overnight. plus, speaking out, what passengers are now saying after their air canada flight almost collided with several other flights at sfo.

s . it's 5:14 with a clear start as we take a live look outside in san jose before sunrise. looking at the temperature trend throughout the day it will be nice and cool to start, maybe some long sleeves needed but not later today. we're going to make it into the low 80s already by early afternoon heading up to 84 degrees for an afternoon high. we are going to have some hot temperatures this weekend. we'll talk about that air quality and the high fire danger all coming up at about 5:19. and update for san

francisco. i've just learned from chp that the off hand to chavez is open. 101 is showing visible activity but the freeway access and the off-ramp are open. kari, mike, thank you very much. 5:fife fiend on your thursday morning. new details ucla administrators are providing more information bay bomb threat that rs fod students to evacuate residents halls last night. the all clear was given a little bit after midnight. a spokesman says somebody phoned in a bomb threat to the school's sunset canyon rec center. they were evacuated there as you can see to the stadium. we have a new disaster at sfo if the we're hearing from passengers who he said they had no idea the plane was so close toss colliding with other jets. we have animation based on rhee date showing an air canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway filled with other plainz planes. it shows just how close the

pilot was to landing in the wrong area on friday night. the plane was supposed to land on runway 28 r which satellite second strip from the right but it began to approach texasiway c. they said the pilot never told the passengers about the near colamb mitty and only said there seemedtor more traffic an usual on the runway. our investigative unit has been dmieg what happened. stephen stock who specialized in aviation safety has been tracking down what went wrong. to see his full report head to our website nbcbayarea.com. united airlines teftding out a new plan that they say could remedy overbooked flights. this happened after a passenger was violently pulled off a plane earlier this year. united has developed a flex schedule program so it e-mails passengers ahead of the flight asking if they would consider getting bumped for a travel voucher for up to $250. so far that program is only open

to frequent flyer members who book directly through united. business and tech nooez news this morning and a victory for uber drivers. >> that's right. for the rest of our news, let's 24ek check in with landon downing. good morning, landon. >> they look tok added to yesterday's gains champion saw the dow close at a record high and that was sporkd by jeannette yellen. she told congress the fed will continue to raise interest rates as a gradual pace and she thought this will help the economy. we'll look for unemployment and inflation. the dow raising 123 points to 21,532. the nasdaq up 67 to 6261. a federal judge has granted a victory to uber drivers and their long-running dispute with the company over whether they're class fight as employees or independent contractors. the ruling could pave the way

for a class action suit against uber and thousands of drivers seek back pay, overtime and benefits. and amazon is reportedly looking on the northwest version of the echo aiming to take some of the hype away from apple's new home pod and gadget says the new oak co8 be shorter and slimmer than the original with rounded edges and a cloth-like cover and will sound better with improved speaker and microphone technology. amazon is going to release the new echo this fall just in time for the holidays. >> and just after the big prime day where they sold all the other ones. >> i was think gts exact same thing. they're souping it up now. >> clearing out the stock, no doubt. >> very transparent. thank you, landon. new video this morning of a bear in south lake tahoe completely vertical digging through wasn't just picnic baskets, he's actually mounting the trash bin. you can see it skroun scrounging through bins last night. wildlife officials are warning

people to lock away trash. it looks like he's eating. and to keep food out of their cars. you know what happens after that, it's just all over the place, isn't it. >> it shouldn't have been open. >> you have to lock them. and they got the bear proof bins and you've really got to check them because those bears are pretty crafty. >> we just had a reunion up at the lake that's where i was on vacation and they're bear proof but mostly people proof. >> yeah. you stick your hand in and lift it up and then pull. >> i thought it was just me that struggled with those things but i feel a little bit better now. >> and it's going to be a great weekend but we are trying to escape the heat. and that's what we'll all be talking about over the next few days, but you do -- well, you will have those opportunities ton find somewhere nice and cool go. here's where we start this morning on this friday eve it is 58 degrees in the tri-valley as you walk out the door. it's 60 degrees in the peninsula and 58 degrees now in the east bay. you can see that there's some

fog right now in san francisco, but there will be some clearing later on today and getting a look at that seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen you'll be able to check out your microclimate and the kind of weather you're in for. we're going to be up to 88 degrees in morgan hill today, los gatos 87 degrees. east bay looking at low 90s for much of the area as well. bay will be 78 degrees in hayward and for the peninsula, sir. 2 degrees in half moon bay and 74 degrees in san mateo. mission district 68 degrees and it will be in the mid-80s for much of the north bay. mill valley today up to 74 degrees and it will be a nice day to relax in sonoma you'll get sunshine and cool temperatures to start, noontime temperature at 77 and 83 degrees at 4:00 today. and if you are going golfing at half moon bay there still will be clouds in the early morning hours and then the low 60s 60s for this afternoon. air quality will be a major

issue as those temperatures heat up into the triple digits backing unhealthy, especially on saturday and sunday so we'll have more updates on that. san francisco will see those temperatures also warming up about ten degrees between today and saturday on inland areas will also have a boost in temperatures by at least ten degrees. and then starting to gradually cool down next week. and mike's tracking some improvement now for highway 101. better news we talked about that crash 101 at chavez up in san francisco that's clear from the off-ramp and the roadway so now that 101 between the south bay and the city an easy drive tht. same thing over on the east bay that's groit snow. the north bay does have this issue. the earl letter crash toward tour road it was a postal truck. it does look like those sensors are clearing up but i have not heard about any progress on the crash so i will track that. meanwhile we'll take out to waze stm because we're talking about an easy drive, no problems and

metering lights just yet. looking for the try voel valley over to the fremont area and your kmoiss are easy so it your choice of waze teams. wazers, back to you. >> coming up, changes to be coming for the nation's capital, the new memorial yalz being considered this morning. >> plus who ranks supreme when it comes to physical fitness are the bay area city is the top of the list.

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we could soon have several new memorials in our nations capitol. happening today, we could soon have several new memorials in our nation's capitol. planning fission commission is going to review designs for the national world war i memorial that would be located in downtown washington park. for the national desert storm and desert shield memorial. the memorials could go close to the lincoln memorial and others near lincoln's national -- arlington i should say national cemetery. 5:25 right now. all new this morning stanford researchers say people in san francisco walk more than anyone else in the bay area. san francisco leads the state in over 6,400 steps per day. oakland second with just under 6,000. fremont is 11th. globally they say u.s. ranks fourth in activity from equality. they say they hope the study will encourage leaders to make cities more walk able.

>> are they looking at people tloup fit bits? >> that's what i'm think. this year's race toss television emmy awards are about to get interesting. >> this year's nominations are going to be announce and without game of thrones in the race this time around, the field's considered to be a little bit more wide open. lots of people talking about another hit hbo series west world. there's also plenty of buzz around nbc's critically acclaimed drama this is us. >> 5:26 right now. coming up an emotional warning for many in lafayette. >> the people from the apartments are banging on doors. first plane now the aftermath. the chamber of commerce among several buildings gutted overnight in a massive fire. we're live at the scene as we zoefr what's left behind this morning. the slow at the tap will affect the cash flow of a lot of san jose families. we'll show you how much water rates are going up in san jose and why. sfrs

a very good thursday morning to you as we quickly approach the second delay from 5:30. this is a live look overlooking pleasanton this morning, a nice day ahead. thanks so much for waking up early with us and joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. a beautiful sunrise there, different shades of orange in pleasantville. pleasantville. pleasanton. >> that was a good movie though.

>> that was a good one. >> it's always pleasant in pleasanton. how are we looking today, kari? >> it's looking good and our temperatures will be in the mid-60s in san francisco today. a little bit warmer tomorrow and thin the weekend we'll be in the mid-70s there. looks nice there. right. let's check out the valleys. the high temperatures will be heading over 100 degrees. dangerous heat in sfor tort weekend to we're enjoying some fairly mild weather. >> i don't know if we can call it that because we'll still be up to 90 degrees today. i'll talk more about those 90s and what's ahead with some events going on this weekend that's coming up in about seven minutes. make takes us out there on the roadways with some of the issues you may encounter. and some of the couple you may find. it bay brilk toll the metering lights are on. we will take you up to the maps as well if i can i'm sorry i don't know if i threw tloou into the report. the speed sensors around the bay look good aside from that bay bridge toll plaza but highway 24 a spoen throw away you got a

good arm from the bart station we have this fire that they're tracking. he had reported earlier delays for that line but they say no more delays. we'll turn it back to you. thank you. break being news this morning, this is a live look at downtown lafayette where a massive early-morning fire destroyed that town's chamber of commerce building along way popular restaurant la finesse tra. here's a look at where the fire was overnight, the raging flames that happened. started a little bit before midnight on lafayette circle near the busy retail area where restaurants, including chow are located. it also prompted nearby evacuations. fire crews from nearby departments had tho come in and assist so twlaza mutual aid going on. neighbors could not believe what they were seeing. >> i went out to the porch and thout thought there was more or less a pillar of sparks and flames going up 100, 150 feet. just billowing out over the

area. i came to the end of the driveway and saw the whole phil village complex building there was just engulfed in flames. >> the chamber of commerce and restaurant are both a total loss and damage estimate to this point are already shooting above a million dollars. thankfully nobody was injured and so far there's no idea about what caused the fire. bob redell is out there this morning talking to crews on the ground. we'll bring us a live update at the top of the hour. our viewer are sending us these videos as soon ooze it started. if you come across breaking news in your neighborhood let us know because this gives you a different perspective on these stories. you can send them to ic at nbc day area.com or tag us on facebook, twitter or instagram. water rate going up for san jose residents and businesses. they tried dodd the right thing.

>> we're live in the rose garden neighborhood with a spike that seems to be following a bay area pattern here. chris, good morning. >> reporter: the waut company is certainly not the first water aj agency to raise iterates after seeing its customers conserve but that decrease flow of money coming into the water company will mean decrease outflow of cash for a lot of san jose families. now, the water company did get that green light to raise those rates averaging about $3.67 a month for most of its customers. there are 2-209 customers, most of them in san osay. there are also customers elsewhere so you might know who you are if you look at your water bill. while on average of $40 a year might not be that much for many proponents it's the prinsz pal of the matter. it's the hikes that they say

seems to punish conservation. i'll show you where the water company puts the blame for its need to raise rates and in the meantime check out facebook and twitter i posted a graphic that they say explains where they spend every penny of every dollar that they get in the in san jose rose garden neighborhood. thank you so much. happening today, take a closer look at problems at a pop bart station. the board of directors is going to hold its weekly meeting at the powell station in san francisco. pete joins us live with what is expected at that the meeting. >> reporter: definitely a change of pace for the board of directors meeting at the palace street station, a station that folks here in millbrae could be heading towards this morning. >> i did speak with the board of directors president. he sent me an e-mail laying out the details of why they're meeting at the palace street station. they're going to get a walking tour of the station, get an idea of the conditions and as well as discuss upcoming projects that

will be presented by bart staff and the city of san francisco. they'll also touch on station escalator replacement as well as ceiling replacement and talk about other popular topics such as crime as well as the homeless population not only the palace street station but other stations around san francisco. now, in that e-mail she sent me she said the goal is to familiarize the board of directors with these conditions to give them a firsthand look of what's going on at the palace station. but that meeting/walking you tower tour is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. we're live in millbrae, pete sur rat toe in the bay. thank you. all knew this morning it may feel like a parking lot when you're trying to get around san francisco streets but parking spots still seem to be an issue. a new study says that san francisco drivers spend 83 hours per year just trying to find the parking spot. traffic analytics company surveyed 6,000 drivers in ten different cities. what they found is that san francisco is the third worst

city in the country for parking behind only new york and l.a. the study also says drivers are overpaying for that parking when they find it spending over $400 a year on unused parking time. 5:36. the leaders today will hold the first of several meetings to get feedback on a plan to annex north richmond. the plan calls for richmond to bring unincorporated north richmond into its jurisdiction. this week richmond council members received the results of a feesability study. four meetings are planned between now and september. the toxic algae bloom in bay area waterways is making its presence felt. contra costa health inspectors said that recent water samples did detect blue-green algae. that can make people extremely sick consumed at high levels. it can also be contaminated to dogs and harmful. we should let you knows that's a work in progress at this point. they're trying to let people

know with those signs to indicate the danger levels. new details on a popular beach along the russian river that's back open again. sonoma county close the the beach after it showed high levels of e. coli. a lot of people gathered there for the fourth of july weekend. that beach reopened yesterday after water tests indicated that it was once again safe for swimming and boating. you can call it a clous encounter take a look as the yacht comes way too close to a whale there. that's out in the san francisco bay. it happened right underneath the golden gate bridge. isn't it amazing how close? as we've been reported, more and more whooilz whales are coming into the bay to feed and that's create something dangerous encounters. here is another one to show thank you morning. this one between a kite surfer and a whale last month. kiter is fer actually goes right over the whale. the whale was breaching when the kiter is fer made that contact

there. the man tells us the whole thing was actually very terrifying. >> there's something huge around me, he was going back and then coming back and as he was approaching me, i was getting more and more scared are you know. he didn't just, you know, come out, but he -- he came up with the fun to tanz rolling and trying to scare me or something. >> not only dangerous but it's actually illegal and can come with a $10,000 fine. >> oh, boy. did he say he came out with a frown face? >> fountain. >> fountain, there you go. >> i would been shaken pup the. over here it's moving much calmer roadways than what we just saw with all that video and the whale popping up there, that won't happen on your roadways. this is as big as a whale, this is a big tlag was over on its side and blocked most of 29. i kept say napa it's napa county by the airport but it's american

canyon highway 29. it has one lane open but there may be some power lines in the area so you'll see perhaps more work going on. local traffic is rerouted on a couple of surface streets through that area getting up through, so just be careful and prepare for the delay. getting over towards the bay bridge we're looking at the south in san jose and 101 just picks it up, it will slow for about 20 minutes and then clear up. a lot of people rising and shining early. >> beat the heat. >> okay. i'll sign up for that right here right now. >> all right. and it's friday eve so we are looking ahead to the weekend, put out that request on facebook to let me know what you're doing this weekend and we'll talk about that. it's going to be nice today but this weekend is when it's really going to be hot. that's when we'll talk about look at the inland forecast up to 101 degrees, that's going to be in some spots almost 20

degrees hotter than today and for the bay it's going to be 86 degrees, the coast will be a nice 74. we'll also have more of the same on sunday so no matter what you're planning to do, you'll be able to find some weather to accommodate the type of weather you like. if you're going out to the a's game for tomorrow you may start out your weather there thanks facebook friend for letting me now you're doing that it will be in the upper 60s with some sunshine tomorrow and first pitch 705 will be 64 degrees nice and cool by end of the game with clear skies. we also will have a good fundraiser to enjoy the warmer weather, ubl inside drink something cold beer, the breast fest, and if you want some cooler weather, why not led to assistant april cruz it will be in the low 70s for tomorrow, 70 aift degrees on sunday and it you are you're able to head over to the sierra, here's a live look at heavenly and our temperatures this weekend that will start out in the low 80s

and reach into the mid-80s by the end of the weekend a lot of sunshine. heading south to l.a. it will be in the mid-70s tomorrow but warming up by end of the weekend so you may be heading to some of the beaches to take in that warmer weather. i'll bring you back home, i'll have a look at fremont's temperature trend for today. that's coming up in about three minutes. sam and laura. >> thank you so much. 5:41 the site continues but finally some relief the progress being made on several while fires burning across the state of california. >> and what is next for our nation's healthcare coverage? the revamped bill that is expected to be unveiled later today.

it's going to be a nice day we start out with sunshine right now as we take a live look outside and fremont already business. we'll see those temperatures rising starting out in the low 60s this morning and mid-70 by lunchtime. we're going to have a nice and warm day and it will be a hot weekend. that's all we've been talking about so we'll take a look at those numbers and what you can expect where you live. that's coming up at 5:49. and we're looking at pretty pleasant travel times over here through the tri-valley, just a mild build in the toll plaza metering lights. wooep we'll keep you update as it develops. still developing right now, thank you, mike, numerous wildfires that continue to burn across the state of california this morning. this will map comes courtesy of cal fire. it's a look at all of the fires

that agency is currently battling. the ones outlined in red have not been fully contained yet. unfortunately crews starting to get a handle on two of the biggest ones that are burning right now, first of all the wall fire in butte county is up to 70% containment now. all evac weighing orders have been lifted. in the meantime in southern california the alamo fire has not gren much in the last 24 hours. that's also at 70% containment. your home this morning, crews still on the scene after a massive brush fire in san jose. this is a closer look at the area that was scorched by the flames. nbc bay area sky ranger that's all right by san jose's alum rock park which we just learned it's still closed today. but 120 acres burned in total and that includes a home. the last time we talked to fire officials about 11:00 last night that fire was up to 75%

containment. we have calls in this morning to try to get anne dup updated number. the murder trial of the undocumented immigrant charged with shooting and killing kate styly is set to begin on friday. the mexican national says he was holding a stolen gun that accidentally went off and struck styly on pier 14 in san francisco two years ago. the shooting made national headlines even prompting the house of representatives to pass kate's law which extends prison stays for undocumented immigrants who reenter the u.s. after being deported. let's bring you a live look right now from our nation's capital as the debate over healthcare heats up kwens once again today. mitch mcconnell plans to present a revamped version of the healthcare bill. many lawmakers on the fence are explaining about it. the new plan still rolls back much of the architecture of obamacare's affordable care act.

no mandatory provision to buy coverage. there has been talk of beefing those up a little bit for tax cuts. senator mcconnell is pushing for a do or die vote that he's called for next week and he's looking for support. >> we want continue to vietd you to join our campaign to help bay area students who are in need. we teamed up with tell municipal bond aband several nonprofits to begin supporting our schools. you can donate back packs, skul supplies or cash which will all be used to buy more school supplies this morning. the full list of where you can donate is at nbcbayarea.com. 5:47 right no, i. last night espys honored the warriors as the best team but everybody's talking about kevin durant. >> more specifically they're talk about his reaction to a joke was that made by the mc peyton manning. >> and our gymnastics team was so dominant that kevin durant told me that he wants to play for them next year.

>> manning went on to suggest that durant would not abe starter for the gymnastics team and then looked at former teammate russell westbrook for confirmation. no video of that but look at him trying to keep that face straight. that's going viral this morning as is durant's complete stone-faced reaction. something that he might have been in on the joke here. he did actually win an espy for best championship performance. >> pretty aamaizing there. >> just a little baift smile. >> he puts his hands up to hide the grin there. >> congratulations kevin durant and the warriors for their wins last night. and we have a nice stretch before it heats up significantly. it's a very short stretch, unfortunately, as we go into the weekend it's going to be really hot. we'll see those temperatures ramping up quickly, especially for the inland valleys. as we take a live look outside from mount hamilton looking over the south bay only a very thin layer of clouds so it will clear

out very quickly and we're seeing that thick layer of clouds from tiburon with the marine layer right now at about 1,000 feet. so we will have the fog for a little while longer. as we go above the fog right now with our view from woodside you can see it right there over the ocean we are going to see the fog clearing out as we go through the day with some sunshine something that we haven't seen along the coast the past couple days. high temperatures in san jose up to 84 degrees, gill broi roy a high of 87 and over toward the east bay pleasanton 89 degrees today, 84 degrees in fremont. also a view of the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. san mateo high of 74 degrees and upper 60s for the mission district. marina district only at 58 degrees, 70 fill mill valley and 84 degrees in napa today. so as we're looking out the window we start out with getting ready for the day, maybe even getting the kids ready for day camp, it will be a nice day for

some short sleeves and some shorts as our temperatures will be warming up. it's a nice cool start so for you some may need a light jacket and we'll be peeling that jacket off very quickly as those temperatures heat up going out to hit the links and the tri-valley today. it will be a good die make sure you're out there early with that sunshine temperatures heating up. and tropical storm fer and in de out there in the pacific this is expected to strengthen over the next several days. the start of next week this may become a category four hurricane but not expected to affect any land. and san francisco we'll see those highs going from the mid-60s today to the mid-70s for the weekend, 90 today in the inland areas up to 101 on saturday. that will be the peak of the heat the. mike takes us out there on the roadways with an update on what's happening. overall it's a good easy drive. speed sensors just starting to dip below the green level. that means a few more cars on the road but this has been an issue all morning. american canyon up toward napa

north bound 29 restricted to one lane because of an overturned big rig which is carry a bunch of mail there. the post master is on seen and pg&e may need to help out because there was a power line down. one lane now open but slowing through that area. that's not a major concern for the rest of your commuters. all these folks getting over toward the bay bridge just a mild slowing to the upper east shore freeway and that's a smooth drive. also a live look for oakland as we travel 880 up the coliseum. have you some choices out there the but they're all moving smoothly so take the most direct route. choose nbc bay area waze, that's what shows up right there. hope it shows up on your phone. changes are coming in california for the sexual prad predators. the reason lawmakers waptd those convicted of crimes to stay in familiar places. at 5:51, happening now six african girls are headed to america arriving at a cab bell

airport over overnight. they will receive u.s. visa as after president trump personally intervened to reverse the decision by the state department denying their request. they're competing in a robot ticks comp sigs tigs. also right now secretary of state rex tillerson is in qatar. he's hold a fienld u find round of talks in restoring relations between qatar and some of its neighbors in the middle east. a lot more news, stick around. new this morning...

a new state law aims to stop violent predators from welcome back, everyone, it's 5:55 if the new this morning a new state law aims to stop violent predators from being placed in counties where they have no connection. the law was just signed by governor brooun brown if the adds new screwedny over where to place violent sexual pradhantors once their released from the state. it requires judges to decide if and how long a predator has previously lived in and deployed in the community where they will be place and if they have any family there. >> the long-term rehabilitation of these people it's better if they're around family or have employment or something that ties them to a region. >> as of may 30th, 12 sexually violent predators were living in communities throughout california as part of the rehabilitation program. phi:55 and hamg today the nypd union is going to call for federal legislation to teach

officers how to better deal with the mentally ill. this comes after an officer was arrest ford killing a mentally ill man even though had he followed standard protocol. said the president of the san jose police officer's association in new york is there to show his support. we spoke excusesively with poa president detective paul kelly. he says the same thing to easily happen to officers here. >> these officers do not want to go to these things and have to use deadly force. if you look at what has happened in san jose with our officer-involved shootings were we have six if not more that we have to deal with the mentally ill. it hits home big time. >> as for the san francisco police officers association, they will also be in new york for today's announcement. one controversial part of the proposed legislation calls for releasing more private medical information bay possible suspect as police are responding to a scene. also happening today, a bay area tennis coach accused of

having sex with nund cage students will be arraigned in court. they say he gave tennis lessons and he was arrested after a five-month long investigation. this is not the first time he's been accuse of inappropriate behavior. he was fired from camo pi high school several years ago when acc cue zagsz surfaced from three former student. that trial ended with a hung jury. we're learning more about the recovery of a sacramento sheriff's deputy who was shot at a busy late rail station. he was shot last month. investigators say a man attacked the deputy for no reason and ended up being shot in the face with his own gun. lad wig was just released from the hospital yesterday after spending two weeks recovering from reconstructive surgery. sacramento sheriff's spokesperson sergeant knick gone gala says he's doing great. >> he's extremely optimistic, he is happy to be home with his family, friends. he has gained strength from his

friends, his department family and the community has rallied behind him with thoughts and prayers. he's extremely thankful for that. >> is he hoping to return to work soon. the community is raising money for his medical expenses. so far they've raised $70,000. happening today former oakland mayor plans to open the dispensary in san francisco. at the will hear his proposal today. he wants ton build the pot club in the local district, they think it will increase crime and plan to get that blocked. we have dash cam footage capturing the exact moment that a mudslide hit a busy road in south china burying eight vehicles. it happened yesterday as traffic was moving slowingly on that busy two-lane road here. we slow down the video, cars swept off the road and right into each other. investigators say that heavy

rain is what caused that mudslide. 16 drivers and parse jerz were all kautsd up in that scary scene. one driver was trapped but managed to get out of his car through the window. season seven of game of thrones premieres this sunday and it appears a lot of people in the bay area will be watching. spotify just release dollars its list of most throned cities in the u.s. and the bay area actually took two of the top five spots. santa clara ranked number one across the country followed by marietta, georgia, arlington, virginia, washington, d.c., and san francisco. the rankings are based on favorite play lists of the actors. >> that is appointment doing and i cannot wait for sunday night. that's okay. you need to. right now at 6:00 we are following breaking news out of the east bay. this massive fire erupted in downtown lafayette destroying several businesses and the chamber of commerce. the live from the scene with the damage left behind as try figure

out what sparked that fire. plus breaking overnight major developments in the search for four missing men in pennsylvania. the grim discovery made overnight. and president trump touches zoun in paris. the new questions he's facing about his son's controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. today in the bay continues right now. and a very good thursday morning for you, thank you for joining us i'm sam brock. >> >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. one step closer to the weekend and friday eve, in fact. all right. let's take a look at the forecast right now with kari. >> we're looking forward to the weekend but probably not the weather we'll have this weekend because it will be getting much hotter especially for the inland areas. and it's nice and cool right now as you get ready to head out the door at 6:00. it's 59 degrees in the peninsula and the tri-valley and it's 52 degrees in the north bay and san francisco. highs this afternoon will reach into the low 90s inland, low 60s along the coast and san francisco 65 degrees. we'll take a look ahead at the