right now at 3:00, how you could win a chance to buy a house below market price. it is one of the largest music festivals but the san francisco mayor is not worried about covid-19 or monkeypox spreading at outside lands. demonstrators i uc berkeley

dig in their heels. a special edition of nbc bay area news starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. i am audrey aistio. we are on early today because we have the raiders game at 5:00 we are getting a better look at the aftermath from the first day of a standoff at people's park. protesters have temporarily shut down construction of a major housing project at uc berkeley but what happens next? we have this story with today in the bay's pizza rhinos. >> reporter: there frustrated over plans to build new housing today we spoke to a man who goes by the name of ninja cat and is not a fan of new housing and calls the situation a

travesty. >> this was a symbol of freedom and resistance and the power of the people. it has never been about housing. >> reporter: they say the project is important to provide student housing but also say the plan would preserve elements of the park by keeping 60% of the green space. six arrest were made yesterday and two officers were injured and would not say when they will move forward. it all comes back to safety. >> safety for people who oppose the project and for police officers. in that regard, we are not able to broadcast and provide the details of our plan. >> reporter: their plans are fairly straightforward. they say they are not leaving anytime soon. >> we are not going anywhere

until. we have been holding this park 50 years. >> reporter: uc berkeley , pete suratos , nbc bay area news . >> thank you so much, pete. the biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency . it also accelerates the vaccine distribution. in some cities, long lines have formed and we have seen ourselves 6600 cases. some have criticized the white house response and called it slow since the world health organization made a declaration last week. we know more today about an outbreak of legionnaires' disease. as we have reported, health officials traced the bacteria to a rooftop air conditioning unit at the embassy suites hotel the bacteria can contaminate up to

1 mile, causing symptoms of pneumonia. a man has died and eight others were covered. three are still hospitalized today. embassy suites said, quote, we remain diligent providing a safe environment for all and we continue to cooperate fully with health officials on the investigation. let's take a look at legionnaires' disease. approximately 25,000 people develop legionnaires' disease every year. it can be deadly if the patient has underlying health issues. >> you can see death in about 30% of cases. it is not rare. much of the bad outcomes comes with someone who is older or might be immunocompromised. early

recognition is key from the hospital point of view because you have to give different kind of antibiotics a lot of times from the ones we usually use. >> what are some of the symptoms ? according to the cdc, it is similar to other types of pneumonia. coughing, shortness of breath, fever, and headaches. symptoms begin 14 days after getting exposed. if you have the symptoms, you are urged to see a doctor immediately. one of the bay area's biggest music festivals is expected to draw hundreds of thousands to san francisco this weekend. organizers at the outside lands music festival are expecting 220,000 people to come to golden gate park.

there will not be a mask mandate or testing requirement. this has some raising a red flag and noting that we are still battling a pandemic. today the mayor came to the festival to offer her support and stressed health officials have given the green light. >> we want people to understand that covid-19 and monkeypox are still issues the department of public health at this time does not believe events like this should not continue as a result. >> the mayor and others are calling for common sense and said do not come to the show if you are feeling sick. the festival is expected to bring the city $71 million in revenue . now to the south bay we are getting a detailed look at the evidence against the men police are calling a sniper we're talking about the person san

jose police have arrested in a series of pellet gun attacks . >> reporter: the 9-year-old. >> my lungs felt like they were getting compressed. >> reporter:'s 15-year-old is another victim investigators say walks around with this for the rest of their life pittsburg police claim both of them were targeted by nicholas montoya. >> the physicians had said they were not able to remove it. >> reporter: she was actually going up the stairs at one of these apartments when she was shot from behind and her mother saw the suspect vehicle pulling out of this parking lot. she was able to get a vehicle

description. >> i had to look at my phone from a distance because i couldn't believe what i was hearing. >> reporter: the description with key to finding the suspect . there was evidence of target practice. police also say that he was very calculated as he carried out the attacks. >> these were not childish pranks. these were deliberate attacks on innocent victims. >> we have footage of him repositioning his car because he did not have a good look. >> reporter: they do question if montoya was specifically targeting women expect he could've shot at anybody but instead he shot at six females. one was a 9-year-old girl. the one male he had was with a female. >> reporter: police are asking

other possible victims to come forward as they wait for justice to be served. montoya could face 20 years in prison. stephanie garibay, nbc bay area news . strike a deadly shooting happened about a san francisco muni bus . the person killed is a 20-year-old man. a 62-year- old woman was also hurt during the shooting. up our police have not made an arrest. san francisco city attorney announced a lawsuit against the federal government today in an attempt to hold the closure of the laguna honda hospital. it was forced to close after funding was cut and they ordered long-term care patients to move out by next month. nbc bay area's christie smith explains .

>> reporter: laguna honda hospital is at the center of legal action. they said there is a closure order from the federal government. >> i have a son at laguna honda hospital >> reporter: she believes laguna honda hospital cares for himeds to have people who are familiar with him to get him to participate in the things that need to be done daily. the staff at laguna honda hospital has built up a memory with him. >> reporter: they've ordered hundreds of patients be transferred. >> we are asking for the federal government to continue funding until all patients can be safely relocated .

>> the problem is the uncertainty that we get mixed messages and it is not clear in written communication. this is frustrating and scary. >> reporter: at the head of the pandemic six died but mine have died after a recent transfer and there is a real shortage of sites to go to. we did reach out for comment and a spokesperson said they do not comment on litigation. christie smith , nbc bay area news . >> thank you so much, christie. there is a lawmaker looking to memorialize the january 6 insurrection with a proposed mural. if approved, it would join a list of historically significant moments inside the building, including the 1814

burning of the u.s. capitol by the british. >> it tells the history of the u.s. capitol and the u.s. capitol is living history but also a history that is emblazoned on the walls and on statues that will live on for generations. >> a location would be determined somewhere along the north corridor this would be the 17th u.s. capitol mural . you might have heard he is making it official. chesa boudin is not running for office this year and cited family reasons. voters ousted chesa boudin in june . backers

of the recall campaign blamed his policies for undermining public safety. chesa boudin said he is concerned his reforms are being rolled back by his successor brooke jenkins. she said that is exactly her intention. up next, batting for a chance to make it in the bay. the local lottery that could be the key to finding an affordable home in the bay area. weather continues to help firefighters as they tried to get a hold on the fire in siskiyou county. i am chief meteorologist jeff ranieri

welcome back. there is a new option tonight for those trying to make it in the bay. of local housing

prices have kept you from buying a home, a housing lottery might be your ticket. hayward is about to offer a way to buy a house at below market prices and here is nbc bay area's scott budman >> reporter: every corner of the area is battling a housing crisis. hayward is not an exception. the city will take 62 new homes and sell them below market value . with demand outpacing supply, how to decide who gets them? hayward will use a lottery. >> if the intent is to let someone with a lower income in the housing market in this area rather than going to patterson, that is probably a good idea. >> reporter: the price would be between $370,000 and $500,000 . >> a little less is the

keyword. it is going to be a little less. is not enough to put in the didn't a dent in the problem of homeless people. >> we do expect to see quite a bit of demand. >> reporter: the gap between supply and demand is stark. california counties have been ordered to build 2.5 million homes by the year 2030. 1 million must be affordable to low income households. so far fewer than 600,000 homes have been built in the last eight years. to qualify come you can make up to $185,000 a year, depending upon the size of your household but we have more information about this and others plant and other cities. you can find it on their website,

www.nbcbayarea.com . in hayward , scott budman , nbc bay area news. >> thank you so much, scott. one bay area man has found a solution to the housing crisis and is living in his van . candice nguyen spoke with him. watches tonight right after the game . help is on the way for those suffering with depression and anxiety. the state superintendent tony thurman announced california will recruit 10,000 mental health clinicians over the next couple of years. they will offer a grant to those studying. in return, they must promise to work in the schools at least two years before the pandemic, california schools only had one- third of those needed to help

students . >> we have seen children experience depression. there has been a rise in depression in many students with an increase in anxiety and a visit to an emergency room. >> the money would come from the 2022 state budget near the california in oregon border, weather is helping out those trying to knock out the mckinney fire. containment has grown 10%. cal fire said there appears to have been little growth overnight the fire has burned 58,000 acres since it started and there has been four deaths. tonight they are spraying santa clara county for west nile virus. these are the z.i.p. codes that you see right here that will be affected. it will

start at 10:00 tonight and there is not a need to relocate, but people are advised to keep windows closed and pets inside. >> i started to see them as well. basting. >> it is the bug spray out. before the break, you're talking about changes this weekend. >> it is going to be nice. we definitely have had some 90s across the inland valleys we will take a few degrees off and you can see in walnut creek there is a lot of blue skies. notice some of the cloud cover that we are tracking is. it

will bring in the humidity through this afternoon. right now there is a little bit of a breeze at 15. it will be a warm night. it has been busy this week we have not had a lot to track on the radar that we have been following remnants of tropical storm frank. everything continues to push this away from us. it is this monsoonal moisture over the sierra. there is a massive amount of lightning that could spark some wildfires . flooding is the other thing just in the past half hour 144 lightning strikes. there is flooding that could happen from

these downpours just be very careful that we do have multiple lightning strikes and even pea-sized hail. if we get a new video we will work hard to get this on www.nbcbayarea.com . the changes that we are looking at are already beginning in the pacific. this is system is going to linger into next monday and also keep the fog going into the coastline. tomorrow morning it is widespread cloud cover. look at those thunderstorms but we could still have them active tomorrow morning through the sierra that we will likely get in some of the cloud cover from the monsoonal moisture. if we see any changes, we will bring this to you. tomorrow temperatures are in the 50s and the low 60s. the north bay is 56 and that

will make it nicer for you in san jose and 84 in concord . through the peninsula it is 79 in palo alto and the north bay 8050 seven-day forecast shows in san francisco the 60s. check it out for the inland valleys we will drop it today eventually down toward 85 by next monday. it is a very nice august forecast. >> thank you so much, jeff. as we mentioned, we are on early because of nfl football. coming up, why the game tonight is so special for the new head coach josh mcdaniels. new indictments in a cold new indictments in a cold case. the exusive interview cl

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let's talk baseball. the season has not been a total disaster yet but the giants are on the verge of getting swept by the dodgers two times in a row. the dodgers just swept the giants a month ago and they are a couple innings away from doing it again. j.d. davis is up for about. he hits it to the opposite field and it is a home run in just his second game the dodgers take a lead off by mookie betts. he has been killing the giants this season and right now there up 5-2 . from baseball to football we are two hours away from another nfl season kicking off. the raiders play the jaguars and the game is in canton, ohio

. the raiders arrived yesterday, led by their new head coach, coach josh mcdaniels . the field they will play on tonight is the same field where his father coach high school football and where coach josh mcdaniels stood on the sidelines as a child. >> it was a blessing for me. that is what i attribute my love for the game to, to be able to see that at a young age . >>you can watc h

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that is a police officer who joined i've been. it is an annual tradition hosted by local law enforcement agencies. coming up next tonight, wnba superstar brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. griner found guilty on drug charges after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage at moscow airport. the basketball star speaking out for the first time in the courtroom. and her emotional message to her family as she was led away in cuffs. the verdict adding new urgency to a proposed prisoner swap with russia. where that effort stands tonight. and just breaking,

the verdict in the alex jones trial. how much he's been ordered to pay sandy