bouch, i would vote for andrei vasilevskiy as the mvp of the playoffs. >> kenny: he has my vote, as well. kucherov, tremendous. hedman, mcdonagh, right on down the line. vasilevskiy, with a shutout in all four series clinching games. paul porter? >> ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. please direct your attention to the ice for the presentation of the conn smythe trophy, to the most valuable player of the 2021 stanley cup playoffs. >> a full arena, incredible energy, and another championship

in tampa. it feels like things are normal. [ cheers and applause ] the conn smythe trophy goes to the most valuable player in the playoffs. not since ken dryden in the 1970s has a goaltender played every game in a back-to-back run. andrei vasilevskiy, you are the conn smythe trophy winner! [ cheers and applause ] >> kenny: first goaltender to win the conn smythe since jonathan quick of the kings back in 2012. >> eddie: you heard the commissioner.

every time you can be in a sentence with ken dryden, that's what you call a heck oh of a run. >> brian: what a goalie. i mean, he is -- he is the best goalie in hockey today. his durability, his athleticism, the mind, the way he reads plays. the fact that he was -- he had not lost back-to-back games in these playoffs is incredible. it speaks to how terrific a goal tender he really is. >> kenny: back to public address announcer paul porter. >> ladies and gentlemen, the stanley cup! [ cheers and applause ]

♪♪ ♪♪ >> it takes an incredible team effort to win this once, back-to-back. let's do this the way we did it last season, everybody, come on up. congratulations. congratulations.

for only the second time in over 20 years, we have a back-to-back champion. [ cheers and applause ] it requires a great organization, starting with jeff finnic, john kuppa, and these incredible players who had to sacrifice and work harder under the most difficult circumstances, not just this season, but last season. this is an incredible accomplishment. [ cheers and applause ] and i know i speak for all the players, and they did an incredible job, as an incredible

team. i speak for all of them when they say, sharing this with you has been the highlight of this campaign, and the back-to-back trophy. thank you, fans, here in tampa. [ cheers and amaze ] captain steven stamkos, it is my honor to present to you with the stanley cup. [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> kenny: steven stamkos was presented the cup last september 28th, in an empty arena in edmonton.

283 days later, in front of over 18,000 in a home arena of the tampa bay lightning. >> eddie: just an incredible run. killorn won't be too far off. you think about vasilevskiy, you think about the man with the cup right now. you think about brayden point and nikita kucherov. in my opinion, four of the top 25 players in the entire national hockey league. and the acquisition of david savard by the general manager. >> brian: he was on the wrong

side of it last year, guys, in the bubble with columbus, losing to tampa bay. and now he has the opportunity to hoist the stanley cup. able to make that move, with the stick handling and maneuvering of the salary cap by the tampa bay lightning. well reason the rules. and now alex killorn, you heard steven stamkos talking to pierre. the shot blocking in game two. did not play after that. but boy, oh boy, that's got to feel awfully good. the impact a guy like that has, and you saw what barclay goodrow did in the third period. the message that sends to the

entire franchise, and ryan mcdonagh, an absolute beast! almost takes out photographer bruce bennett there. they get a shot of mcdonagh with the cup. >> brian: just absolutely dynamite in every part of the game. >> eddie: a goal tender's dream to have a guy like that playing in front of you. what a playoff, the shot blocking, the leadership. can't say enough about the game that ryan mcdonagh played defensively. >> kenny: pat maroon, first player in the nhl to win three straight cups, but not all on the same time, since the early 1960s. >> eddie: this is our last game on nbc. and i would like to thank our

entire family at nbc. all the people behind the scenes. it's been an honor to be a part of this team for the last 15 1/2 years. >> kenny: a huge thank you to all of those that have been part of it. the best analyst in the business. winter classics, every playoff game televised. the introduction of the inside the glass position thanks to our great leader sam and pierre. our tremendous production crew, led by matt marvin, steve greenberg and so many others. our producer, john mcguiness, ben by our side in the broadcast booth. and of course, the viewers across north america. it has been an honor. postgame coverage will continue, including celebrations, interviews and more on "nhl

overtime" which begins shortly on nbc-sn. andrei vasilevskiy and the tampa bay lightning have won their second straight stanley cup. for eddie olczyk, brian boucher, i'm kenny albert. so long from tampa. [ cheers and applause ] >> nbc sports thanks you >> announcer: nbc sports thanks you for watching this presentation of the national hockey league. the national hockey league.

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is it a home run or are they out? the latest pitch from the as to the city of oakland for a new ballpark. this is our last option in oakland. >> the critical date for a decision we are nearing. plus, it's now a recovery mission, the reason crews are shifting their focus in the florida condo collapse. but first, churning its way through the south, tropical storm eugene elsa weakened but is still causing destruction. >> people need to be prepared and as these storms come, we're going to have to deal with them. >> where it is now and where elsa is heading next. >> good evening, this special edition of nbc bay area starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. the tampa bay lightning winning

the stanley cup. they beat montreal in the series 4-1 and we will have more highlights of the celebration later on in this newscast, but we want to get to elsa. it is not dampening celebrations in tampa bay as it barrelled up the east coast tonight after making landfall in florida this morning. the tropical storm is bringing strong winds and several inches of rain to parts of florida. also a tornado reported today. more than 20,000 people are without power tonight. elsa is headed up the east coast, set to hit raleigh, north carolina, tomorrow. nbc's jay gray has more from claurwater beach, florida. >> reporter: a glancing below from elsa driving rains, gusting winds and a violent surf, intense but not overwhelming. >> i was expecting a lot worse because i saw 65-mile-per-hour winds. >> reporter: still, it leaves a mark, tens of thousands losing power, first responders rushing into floods and tragedy off key

west, 13 survivors left cuba during the storm. the search continuing for several passengers still missing. rushing up the shoreline, elsa takes a turn to the east before noon, targeting florida's big bend. as the storm makes landfall in mostly uninhabited taylor county, crowds already returning to the sands here at clear water beach, with little any evidence that elsa was even here. >> we were very fortunate. things have calmed down. we're cleaning up. the debris is very minimal. >> there is going to be more activity. we don't have anything on the horizon but people just need to be prepared, and as these storms come, we're going to have to deal with them. >> reporter: elsa already the fifth named storm in the first month of what forecasters warn will be a very busy hurricane season. jay gray, nbc news, clearwater beach. also in florida, a difficult day for families of those missing in that florida condo

collapse. the search for survivors has now shifted to a recovery mission. kwu rescuers haven't found anyone alive since shortly after the condo building collapsed two weeks ago. searchers have now recovered 54 bodies. 33 have been identified. 86 people remain unaccounted for. >> at this point, we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission. so today is about beginning the transition to recovery so that we can help to bring closure to the families who have been suffering and waiting for news. >> earlier tonight, local leaders, first responders, and religious leaders held a moment of silence at the collapse site. officials say they will continue their search until every body is recovered. back here at home, oakland's chief of police is on a quest to bring down the city's rising gun violence and he's taking a page out of a community activist book. he's holding a rally this

weekend. chief armstrong is calling on community stakeholders to come together to work with police and help prevent shootings. but will his message of solidarity reach those who need it most? we spoke to the chief and a local violence interrupter from east oakland. >> reporter: two sons of oakland tackling gun violence in their own ways. >> i don't want to solve all of the problems by myself. i want to hear from communities. >> our job is to work with communities and law enforcement has their job. that is not our job, to work directly with law enforcement. >> reporter: michael muscadine is a violence interrupter and a subcontractor for oakland's department of violence prevention. >> this is not a 9:00 to 5:00. it's 24/7. we get calls at 5:00 at night with young folks, adults that are stressing, even after a homicide or after a shooting. folks don't talk about the aftermath of a shooting. >> reporter: part of his job is to intervene before a

retaliatory shooting happens. >> we mediate that and have them squash that beef. >> the thing is retaliatory violence and they play a critical role. >> reporter: after one of the most violent july 4th's in recent history that ended with seven shootings and at least two deaths, plus this recent attack involving two young men who tried to steal a camera from our own nbc bay area news crew at gunpoint, chief la ron armstrong is taking his call for peace to the streets. >> we're going to have a rally. >> i might stop by. i might not. but there's a lot of work that's still happening here on the ground in my community. >> reporter: muscadine says the crippling pandemic and the lack of jobs for youth are what's pushing many to the life of crime. >> some of these young folks are homeless. they don't got a mom or dad or family and they're out here struggling, trying to compete

with minimum wage jobs and high rent costs with adults. >> reporter: chief armstrong's stand up for a safe oakland rally is happening this saturday at lake merritt starting at noon. in the east bay, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. well, in the south bay, bta says it hopes to resume light rail service. it shut down exactly six weeks ago today because of the shooting massacre in the main rail yard, welcome news for the thousands of people who rely on it to travel around the south bay. back on may 26th, a vta employee killed nine of his colleagues and light rail shut down for the investigation. since then, vta has been short staffed as employees mourn and try to heal. a special meeting with the board is set for tomorrow where vta could set an exact date on when light rail will reopen. well, californians deserve to know, that's why the state attorney general promises transparency in a new state law. it requires the attorney general's office to review all police involved shootings. the new law took effect july 1st

and today a.g. rob outlined how it will work. >> we're formally launching two california police shooting investigation teams. these teams will initially be staffed by 27 special agents total, based in both northern and southern california. >> the teams will deploy to a shooting scene and investigate with the local police or sheriff's department. prosecutors will review it and submit a written report explaining why charged are not appropriate or they'll file criminal charges. bonta helped write this law before he was appointed to replace xavier becerra, who is now serving in the biden administration. the black lives matter mural that was in front of palo al to city hall is part of a lawsuit. they claim they have suffered discrimination and harassment because of their opposition to

some of the imagery. the state says the mural showed a fugitive who once helped kill a new jersey state trooper. the city commissioned 16 artists to do the work. city hall removed the mural after four months. well, up next -- >> that's right. we are tracking some major heat coming up, i'll tell you which city reaches a hot 111. i'll have that in about six months. i'm ginger in san francisco where legal experts are weighing in on trump's latest lawsuit against tech giants.

the as making their pitch once again to get a new ballpark built at howard terminal in oakland. today, the team presented to the city's community and economic development committee. it appears there are three major sticking points, and as nbc bay area's tom jensen reports, there are signs the as are ramping up

efforts to find another home. >> reporter: the as pulled no punches today, basically saying if you want us to stay, it's the waterfront location at howard terminal or bust. with the 55-year lease on the coliseum expiring in three years, the writing has been on the wall for a long time. if the as are going to stay in oakland, they'll need a new ballpark. >> this is our last option in oakland. >> reporter: and today the team reiterated they only see one option. >> we need a downtown, urban location, and that is howard terminal. that's why we are in a position now where it really is howard terminal or bust. >> reporter: the as committed to cover the $450 million construction cost for the ballpark itself but the overall project is in the billions. and oakland taxpayers are still hurting from past lease deals with the raiders and the warriors that left them on the hook for millions, even after those teams left. so far, the as will only commit to a 20-year nonrelocation agreement. but the city wants a deal that will keep the as team and its name in oakland for 45 years.

>> what does that mean? it means the oakland as will be the oakland as and not the bay area as or whatever the case may be. >> reporter: city law also requires developers include affordable housing in projects like this, but the team wants an exemption. instead, it wants future taxes to pay for the housing, something a few city council members soundly rejected. >> i think it's -- it sets a bad precedent, it's a bad idea and to me, that's a shocking element of this that is -- i have difficulty swallowing. >> reporter: the as president also telling the city he hopes the full council will vote to approve the project later this month because time is running out. this all happening today, even as the "las vegas review-journal" is reporting that as leadership will be in las vegas over the next two days, meeting with elected officials and touring sites for

a ballpark in nevada. in oakland, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> we will stay on top of this story. well, suing to get back on social, former president donald trump announced a new lawsuit against bay area tech giants facebook, twitter, and google for banning him from their sites and violating what he calls his constitutional rights. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab takes a look at what this lawsuit is demanding. >> reporter: if you search for donald trump on facebook, twitter, or youtube, you'll get his history but nothing new since january. all three platforms have banned the former president and today he says that violates his constitutional rights. >> i'm filing as the lead class representative a major class action lawsuit against the big tech giants, including facebook, google, and twitter. >> reporter: the former president wants back on social media, saying silicon valley conspired to silence him.

not only that, he wants facebook, twitter, and google to pay up for banning him. >> our case will prove this censorship is unlawful, it's unconstitutional, and it's completely un-american. >> reporter: but uc hastings law professor rory little doesn't believe the president has a case. >> this lawsuit filed today by president trump or former president trump is pretty much a frivolous lawsuit. and i think it's designed just to raise money for him and his organization. >> reporter: he says there's a long list of issues with the suit, starting with a lack of legal basis. >> the first amendment only applies to the government. the first amendment says, congress shall make no law, et cetera. so, it doesn't apply to private companies, and the supreme court's actually been really clear about that. >> reporter: the former president is also describing this as a major class action suit, which professor little says is not accurate. since the former president does

not represent a large group of people. and instead of filing the case in florida, professor little says it should have been filed where the companies are based. here in the bay area. >> reporter: i'll be surprised if the lawyers who filed this aren't subject to some kind of sanctions from the courts for filing a frivolous lawsuit. >> reporter: the electronic frontier foundation, a local nonprofit digital rights group, says the courts have already clearly defined the editorial rights of media platforms. >> there's actually very little evidence that the editorial decisions that are made by platforms are actually partisan. >> reporter: facebook, google, and twitter have not commented on this latest lawsuit but case law is on their side. in the past, courts around the country have sided with social networks' right to ban at will. >> well, quick work stopped a small fire from becoming a big problem on an east bay freeway. nbc bay area sky ranger was

overhead searching for hot spots. this was in walnut creek. the fire started just before 2:30 this afternoon and forced crews to close several lanes while they knocked down the flames. all lanes are back open tonight. no word on a cause. well, new video tonight shows just how dangerous this fire season has already become. the national weather service tweeted out this video of a fire tornado from the tenant fire burning. crews with the u.s. forest service shot the video last tuesday, one day after the tenant fire started. the national weather service says the firenado was big enough to be picked up on radar. the tenant fire is one of three big fires burning right now in northern california. there is also the salt fire burning in shasta county. it is 72% contained. the lava fire burning near the town of weed is 51% contained, and the tennant fire is now 71% contained. it is a messy job but governor newsom has a plan to clean up public spaces.

he rolled out the plan today and some are calling it a real solution. others say it's just a political stunt. >> this is an unprecedented effort to acknowledge what all of us recognize. >> reporter: governor newsom came to richmond to unveil plans to tackle one of the state's most visible problems. >> as we drive around this state, it's too damn dirty. time to clean up the state. time to be a little bit more accountable. >> the governor is giving caltrans $1.1 billion to remove trash, waste, and graffiti from california's highways, roadways, and public spaces. some are already pushing back, saying a big part of the problem is homeless encampments that just get swept off state land, only to pop up somewhere else. the governor says that's why he also proposed spending $12 billion to find real lasting housing solutions for those on the street. >> you're going to see the fruits of this in encampments that will be cleaned up. not just entrances and exits

into your neighborhoods. as i said in the transit centers up and down the state. >> it involves community, so we appreciate the focus and the leadership in this area. >> reporter: the plan would also create hundreds of jobs and potentially even more after local government and community partnerships. critics note the governor is facing a recall and described the initiative as more flash than substance. by a governor trying to keep his job. newsom dismisses the criticism, saying this is a real commitment. >> we clean everything up. two weeks later, you drive by, and you're like, looks like no one ever -- you know? back to the way it originally was. we don't want to go back. that's called accountability. >> reporter: christie smith, nbc bay area news. okay, let's get a check of the forecast. jeff ranieri is here. this is our last kind of mild, warm day. now it's going to get hot. >> yeah, a little bit uncomfortable here, eventually, but we'll also get a little bit of cool weather in there.

our microclimates are going to be in full effect so let's take you into that forecast tonight and we will get you all ready to go for what's coming our way. so i did want to start off with my top weather headline and that is about the heat. check it out. from northern california down to southern california, into los angeles, even including parts of the bay area, we have heat warnings in place that also extends across most of the desert southwest, even including places like salt lake city, so there's no escaping this heat across the map. now we're seeing all of this heat, every single bit of it from this area of high pressure and this is basically just starting to move closer as we head through tomorrow, but at the same time, we still have some fog at the coast so it's really going to set off these extremes. we'll have temperatures ranging from the 50s into the 100s so my hottest temperature is going up to 111 degrees. i do want to get you into that fog. widespread cloud cover at the coastline and spotty areas of drizzle. clouds over the north bay,

little bit there for the east bay and the south bay. but watch the clock up here. once we hit about 10:30 in the morning, most of us are going to clear out from any kind of cloud cover except for the beaches. we'll still hang on to some of that fog so a hotter and sunnier day coming our way. you'll feel it as we move through tomorrow morning. not quite as cool to start. we have lots of 60s returning from the south bay to the peninsula. trivalley up to 64 degrees. san francisco with that foggy breeze will be one of the chilliest spots beginning at 54. daytime highs tomorrow, though, on a huge climb with that hot area of high pressure i talked about, we're looking at a solid 10 to 20-degree warm-up so down in the south bay, this will put you back to 90 in los gatos and really start to feel that heat at morgan hill. 83 in vallejo, walnut creek 95 and right near the bay, perfect weather in oakland at 76. right through the peninsula, 64 in half moon bay, then head to palo alto at 82 so you can see the trend with that cooler ocean breeze remaining. we still have these 60s here

through most of san francisco. except in downtown and the mission, will be in the low 70s and right through the north bay, we have triple digits up towards ukiah. mill valley, 82. so yes, tomorrow gets hotter, but then once we hit friday, saturday's forecast, that's where things get uncomfortable, especially for parts of the east bay where i do think areas out into brentwood, antioch, and concord, they're going to just bake. look at this in brentwood. once we hit saturday, 111 degrees. dropping down once we hit monday and much more manageable as we roll through next week so with our drought in place, fire danger certainly is going to be very, very high. you can see in san francisco, we have 70s as we roll through the next couple of days and some 60s next week and through the inland valleys, we're looking at this point, a four-day heat event in the triple digits, and then we will start a to gradually see those numbers drop. coming up in about 25 minutes, we'll take a look at the fire danger rating and be able to

illustrate how much this is going to soar as we roll through the next few days. >> thanks, jeff. up next, no more covid tests needed. what you'll now need to show before getting on that flight to hawaii. delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco

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lots of excitement at paypal park in san jose today and hopefully a few more vaccinated californians. department of public health teamed up with the park for a pop-up covid-19 vaccination event. the goal was to get football fans attending tonight's match between mexico and atlas fc. >> one of the barriers that i see from a lot of people is that there's not enough time. they can't get time off work. so there's no better way than today, coming to a football game, and getting your vaccines done today at this event. >> quite an incentive. the first 155 people vaccinated also got free tickets to tonight's game. the game wasn't the only draw. there were also other activities and live music. the bay area's goal to get

more people vaccinated is working. take a look at this map. it shows a percentage of people 12 and up who have received at least one dose. santa clara, san francisco, san mateo, alameda, and sonoma counties all over 80%. marin county doing the best. 91% of residents there are partially vaccinated. contra costa and napa counties are in the high 80s. solano county is lagging just a bit. well, it is getting a little easier to vaccines in hawaii, at least if you've been fully vaccinated. those last-minute covid tests that have been required by the islands and the airlines will be dropped for vaccinated travelers starting tomorrow. >> the expense that people have not wanted to bear with the testing and just the ease and less stress of having to wait for a test, go drive to get a test, upload your results, that, we've taken that away. >> mainland visitors will now have to upload their vax card to

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in the western hemisphere and has been growing increasingly chaotic with increased gang violence and inflation. protesters had accused moise of being authoritarian for trying to rewrite haiti's constitution. you just saw president biden speak. he also condemned the assassination today and said the u.s. is ready to assist on making haiti safe and secure. meantime, president biden traveled to illinois today to pitch his economic agenda to a very conservative crowd. here's nbc's alice barr with the latest from washington. >> reporter: president biden today facing down his critics in a conservative pocket of blue state illinois. as he tried to build bipartisan support for his economic agenda. the president visiting a suburban chicago community college to promote his families plan that includes free two-year degrees for every american, along with other education, child, and healthcare investments. >> to truly build an economy from the bottom-up and the

middle out, to truly deal everybody in this time, we need to invest in our people. >> reporter: the president arguing roughly $4 trillion in spending through this plan and a separate bipartisan infrastructure deal will boost the middle class, create jobs, and grow the economy. >> my plan will also do more to invest in high-quality job training and apprenticeships in fast-growing sectors. >> reporter: president biden walking a fine line, pushing progressive priorities while trying to keep gop support for the bipartisan agreement on things like roads, bridges, and broadband internet. republicans sharply oppose merging the two plans in a massive spending blitz. >> i don't think we've had a bigger difference of opinion between the two parties over the best thing to do for america than we have right now. >> reporter: democrats planning to pass the families plan on their own through a special budget maneuver, but republican leadership is vowing to fight it every way they can. in washington, alice barr, nbc

news. and international flight was grounded overnight reportedly because a group of new high school graduates wouldn't put on their masks. the american airlines flight was going from north carolina to the bahamas. the group's student travel company says they took off their masks because the flight was delayed and they were waiting around but american says the flight was delayed because the group wouldn't wear their masks and then became disruptive. two students got kicked off the flight. the rest made it on another flight. the pandemic days of empty flights appear to be over. more than 10 million passengers were screened at u.s. airports during the july 4th weekend. many airports saw more travelers this holiday weekend than they did in 2019. before the pandemic. well, after a long year and a half, the city of new york is saying thank you to its essential workers. the hometown heroes parade kicked off this morning along a stretch of downtown manhattan known as the canyon of heroes. 2,500 people and 13 bands made

their way down the street. the city has also honored athletes, astronauts, military members, and foreign leaders along the canyon of heroes. athletes and coaches are arriving in japan for the tokyo olympics, and so is the delta variant. that could mean the games begin under a state of emergency. reuters reports the japanese government is considering banning all audiences. there is already a ban on overseas spectators. right now, only local attendees will be admitted with seating capped at 50% capacity. two staff members working at the athletes village have tested positive for covid after dining with other staffers. a violation of covid rules. protesters are also turning up the pressure as covid cases rise. final safety steps will be decided tomorrow. well, there are many uncertainties heading into the olympic games as cases rise and a lot can change over the next few weeks. but athletes are moving forward with training. in fact, training camp for the men's usa basketball team got under way today in las vegas.

the warriors posted these pictures on twitter showing draymond green and coach kerr. other bay area connections, former warrior kevin durant and oakland native damian lillard. raj mathai sat down with coach kerr to talk about what makes him so effective, the olympic roster and why he decided to coach in tokyo. >> two reasons. one, it's the olympics. so the thought was, take the whole family, go experience the olympics, go to all the other events. so, that's out the window. so, reason number one is gone. but number two is really powerful, which is to work with gregg popovich, who's, you know, one of my best friends, my mentor, really, in the nba. as far as coaching is concerned. and somebody who i know i can learn a great deal from. >> reporter: you've won a lot of nba titles as a player and a coach. is it hokey to say you're really

wanting that olympic gold or an olympic medal? >> it's different. you know, one of the things i love about the olympics is that coaches don't get gold medals. it's all about the athletes. so, i think that's great. the experience, i think, will be amazing, and it will not be easy. international basketball is highly competitive. >> reporter: now looking at your roster, we heard the news about seth curry most likely. any conversations of him of why he decided to opt out? >> steph and i talked. draymond and i talked. i think it makes perfect sense, actually. steph has so many demands on his time. he has to play so hard for so much of the season. he's 180 pounds. he's 34. you know, he needs rest. and draymond is sort of the opposite, to be perfectly blunt, and so i think this will be great for draymond's own personal welfare but also for the team's because to me, draymond is the best defensive center in the world, even though he's not really our center.

when he does play center, he's amazing, defensively, so we're going to need him in tokyo. >> how excited are you and what challenge does it bring you to bring kd back and also dame lillard on this team? >> i'm really excited to coach both of them. i've always admired damian, you know, just with his oakland roots and we've played against him so many times. he's hit so many dagger shots against us, and is a really inspiring person, given what he does for the oakland community. everything about kevin and his involvement in the olympics and coaching him again, it all excites me he just showed he's the most talented basketball player on earth, if not of all time. >> you played with michael jordan. >> i know. i know. i think he's more gifted, i really do, and that's saying something, but kevin is a different -- entirely different breed. i mean, 6'11" with guard skills,

unlimited three-point range, passing, shot blocking at the rim, it's just stunning. >> who do you learn from. >> i learn from other nba coaches. we all sort of steal from each other. it's kind of a -- just a known thing amongst the 30 coaches who coach. we take from each other. i find that i'm at my best if i've got a good book on my nightstand and i get into a good book, whether it's a novel or a biography, i just am always taking stuff -- it might be a quote. it might be an idea that just applies to basketball, because you know, it's -- we're all kind of doing the same thing in life. >> reporter: steve, what level do you want to reach as a coach? you've reached so many heights. how long do you want to keep doing this? >> i love coaching. so, i just do it. and i don't think much about it. i don't think about legacy or, you know, what i'm trying to accomplish. i just love coming in to chase every day with the coaches, with the players, with the training

staff, with bob meyers and basketball ops. we're a big family, and i'm going to keep doing it as long as i'm enjoying it and as long as they want me to do it. >> coach kerr and team usa play their first exhibition game this saturday against the nigerian national team. warriors assistant coach mike brown will lead nigeria's basketball squad in tokyo. and we'll continue sharing local athlete stories over the next two weeks, then join us from three olympic specials, from the bay area to tokyo on july 22nd and july 23rd at 1:00 p.m., which is also opening ceremony. up next, a billion dollars worth of pot plants. how detectives busted an illegal marijuana grow in southern california.

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a high speed crash took two lives and left a sports car at the bottom of a southern california swimming pool. this all happened at 2:00 a.m. this morning in chino, 30 miles east of l.a. you can see the car in the

backyard pool. police say the driver was going too fast, hit a median. the car then went airborne and landed in the pool upside down. all three people in the car were ejected. two passengers died. the third is now hospitalized with serious injuries. well, an epic bust, the l.a. county sheriff's department has seized nearly 400,000 pot plants worth more than a billion dollars. the sheriff shared these photos showing the scope of one of the grow sites in the antelope valley. deputies arrested people across more than 200 sites during this operation. the sheriff says the ten-day operation is the biggest marijuana removal effort in l.a. county history. a courtroom victory for the city of berkeley and supporters say for the environment as well. in 2019, berkeley adopted a policy to phase out gas lines in new construction, and the california restaurant association sued, saying it was superceded by federal law. well, this week, the judge threw out that lawsuit, finding federal law does not invalidate

berkeley's law. 45 other california cities have since followed berkeley's lead. activists praise the trend as both beneficial to health and the environment. well, stricter water restrictions are coming to parts of the north bay. last night, the marin municipal water district board voted to limit the use of sprinklers to one day a week. drip irrigation is now limited to two days a week. the new rules take effect immediately. customers are now assigned a day they can use their sprinklers according to which city they live in. mondays and tuesdays and wednesdays are on your screen, as you can see. thursdays and fridays, people in cities including mill valley, larkspur, and kentfield. anyone who violates the water restrictions could face fines of up to $250. well, do you want to know what drought restrictions to expect in your neighborhood? just head to our website to find out how water agencies plan to move forward during this drought. that's on nbc bay area.com and

click on water restrictions in our trending bar. and it's just going to get drier over the next four days, as we experience a heat wave coming our way. triple digits back again. >> yeah, are you ready? >> i am ready. you've been warning us. >> it's going to get uncomfortable. tomorrow's really going to start that heat. you can see by 10:00 a.m., we're at 69 and by 3:00 p.m., 95. we'll talk more about our fire danger and how much that increases tomorrow. back to that in a few minutes. the project to reconstruct anderson dam has started. we'll tell you how the area will deal with losing its largest reservoir.

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as the original slice but only a little bit smaller. just like timmy here. my name's lucas. it sure is bobby. the coast guard rescued a boater in the bay overnight. this is near bluff point. around 3:00 a.m., the man's small boat overturned as he tried to stay afloat, he was able to call 911. a helicopter crew was able to locate him, lift him to safety. he is expected to be okay. well, a major retrofit in the middle of a drought.

today, state and local leaders broke ground on a reconstruction project at anderson dam in the south bay. the project means the south bay's largest reservoir will be drained and offline for ten years. nbc bay area's robert handa explains how the project will protect much of the bay area from flooding and how the water district plans to replace the lost water. >> reporter: in a drought, it's hard to remember it was only a few years ago anderson dam was overwhelmed, and the spillway, gushing with water. today, that spillway is quiet, and will stay that way for a decade as crews work to make the reservoir more effective and safe. >> it would collapse. >> reporter: when full, anderson, the largest reservoir in santa clara county hasn't been at capacity in years after risks from an earthquake were discovered. >> there would be a wall of water into morgan hill in under

14 minutes. i mean, it would be catastrophic for morgan hill, but it would also flood all the way up to palo alto and all the way into monterey bay. >> reporter: the launch of the project was gratifying to morgan hill and neighboring south bay communities. >> it's a tremendous relief. i mean, every time the earth shakes, people look and go, okay, is there going to be some water coming my way? >> i remember the fear and i remember that concern as we saw the spillway in 2017. pouring over. >> reporter: draining anderson also meant various agencies rescuing wildlife. >> so, a few months ago, the water district actually relocated some salmon and did some things to align with those efforts so that it would not slow this project down. >> reporter: but the biggest ongoing concern is replacing the lost water in the midst of another drought. >> so, we have a number of projects that will help us with supply, and lastly, because we have to empty the reservoir

itself, we have basically put all of that in the aacquit infer. >> reporter: still, ten years is a long time, and very unpredictable especially if this drought continues or another one comes later. at anderson dam, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> here's how empty anderson is right now. on the left, what it was like before it was drained. on the right, what anderson dam looks like now. well, those cheaper rent deals we saw during the pandemic are getting harder to find. new data shows prices are creeping back up. here's a look. the price for a one-bedroom home in san jose, oakland, and san francisco has climbed for each of the past three months. in san francisco, the average price for a one bedroom is now just under $2,800. san jose, just under $2,200. and oakland's average price for a one-bedroom apartment is $2,000. however, these prices are still lower than they were pre-pandemic. healthcare wor