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good morning. it is saturday, august 26th. 7:00 as we take this -- this is a live look outside in berkeley this morning as we have been working all month long to "clear the shelters" and today is the big day. we want you to come out and adopt, if you can. we'll get to laura garcia and marcus washington in just a little bit, but first, thank you so much for starting your final weekend of august with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. look at that fog behind you. >> i know! look at fog, but those kittens are so cute. "meow" is your chance to adopt

your forever friend. seeing loke clouds in oakland mixed in with haze. the picture looks a little grace, if you can tell. down here in san jose waking up to low clouds but temperatures not so bad. warming up nicely this afternoon. how about. in downtown san francisco. a nice saturday there. 85 for you in dublin and low 90s going on into both fairfield and the south county. and as i get through the weather headlines, mixed in with hazy smoke from the pacific northwest but a warming trengd. all dames coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. kira, back to you. >> cinthia, thanks. we want to begin this morning with breaking news out of the north bay where police are actively searching for a person they call armed and dangerous. this is following a high-speed car chase early this morning. fairfield police tell us around 4:00 this morning they attempted to pull over a car for stolen licence plates, when that driver took out. the chase continued on westbound i-80 where our cameras caught

the chase. police tell us at one point during the freeway pursuit people in the car fired shots at police. the chase ended roughly 25 miles away from hercules where the driver pulled into a safeway on san pablo avenue just off i-80. police say as they arrested the driver a passenger you see there jumped out of the car and ran. that's the man police are searching for. again, he is believed to be armed and dangerous. as we learn more we'll bring updates on-air and online at nbcbayarea.com. from one high-speed chase to another, during the friday evening rush hour this car evaded police from the east bay to san francisco and back. the car dangerously weaving through traffic hitting at least two cars, and the driver at the center of it all being described as a juvenile. it all ended late last night when he finally surrenders after

an hours' long stanff that had one richmond neighborhood on edge. look at this map. the chas started on highway 4 in hercules. raced across the bay bridge going into san francisco. then turning back around and heading into the east bay. "today in the bay's" pete cerrato reports. >> reporter: heading eastbound along the bay bridge as driver of that white infiniti zigzagged in a police chase. started at highway 4 in hercules with a traffic stop by contra costa licence plates. once he drove towards 80 west into the city, he drove recklessly in streets of san francisco and once chp arrived struck a k9 dog and eventually exited in emory ville before reentering the freeway along the

waterfront and continued to sideswipe cars before entering bayview after nuer in richmond. from there drove into an apartment complex hiding in the unit several hours leading to a standoff with police. chp police arrested him shortly after 9:00 p.m. and describe him as a juvenile and will face several charges for his actions. pizza wrought "today in the bay." a baseball fan reportedly shot hems in the leg and ricocheted grazing another woman in the stomach. it's not clear what led to that shooting nor how the woman got the gun inside the stadium. we do know the game continued as scheduled, but a '90s-themed show was canceled afterwards. and a racist text scandal involving east bay police office. now the fate of a murder trial

may hang in the balance. a contra costa county judge ruled the antioch police officers investigating the murder violated the racial justice act by exchanging racist texts during their investigation. now the judge will decide whether the murder case can continue. the defendant's attorneys are pushing for dismissal. >> we want the court to exercise the full extent of its authority to try to restore some integrity to the policing from the antioch police department. >> as you see here tempers also flared outside the courthouse as the mother of one of the murder victims expressed her outrage and that justice for her son could be impacted by the officers' action. recall pamela price. the rallying cry for the d.a.'s opponents who gathered in alameda county yesterday. families who lost loved ones to violence in alameda county

denounce price's progressive policies saying they're effect effecttively giving criminals a path. this one week after filing formal paperwork to attempt to remove price from office. the rally yesterday was organized by brenda grisham, accusing the d.a. of intimidation after price sent her a handwritten letter to her home pap spokesperson for the d.a.'s campaign released a statement denying that accusation saying the letter was sent to the address on file as required legal response acknowledging the recall effort. >> we have to -- get the truth out. we have to -- let everybody know that this is not a joke. this is not game. it's not game. we are hurting people. we are trying to put our city back together, and the division is just tearing people apart. >> if the alameda county clerk

certifies the notice of the recall the group will then have 160 days to gather enough signatures to trigger a recall election. the district attorney herself will be the keynote speaker at a town hall meeting in oakland today. it's happening at the cornerstone missionary baptist church on 38th avenue and starts at 1:00 p.m. the church is asking for questions to be emailed ahead of time. that's according to a flyer posted on the d.a.'s social media pages. this four-day carnival just wrapped up its second day in san francisco's civic center. the area that has been dealing with longstanding problems around open-air drug markets and safety. many hoped the carnival could be the step in the right direction to help turn the city around. "today in the bay" has the report. >> reporter: tons of families came out to enjoy the carnival and some we spoke with say it's a great step. others say this is a step of many for the city to change its

perception of san francisco, that it isn't safe. it's a carnival -- in the heart of san francisco. bringing smiles -- >> the swing, it's really bringing you a lot of joy, and i like that. >> reporter: an area plagued with reputation of open-air drug markets and lack of safety. the point of city hall the backdrop at the civic center. >> something to do with your family, opportunity to come out in this area especially make as difference. >> reporter: because just a block away in the tenderloin you could run into this. >> all open-air drug markets and definitely i believe that we need to reform this whole community. >> reporter: during the pandemic civic center plaza was a site of tents for the unhoused. since then whole food shutting citing safety concerns, and police resources to combat the fentanyl crisis in the area. the carnival itself comes after the park announces a pilot

program reforms the plaza scheduled for september along with eight additional new park rangers to patrol. >> this unfortunately a place sometimes people gathered and other people were afraid of them. we want them to know that this is a community here. there's no reason to be afraid. >> reporter: will the shine of the carnival wear off once its gone? depends who you ask. >> i mean, i think getting better. i hope people trust that we not only have security here, but we have createds a safe and healthy space. >> i think for now it will, i'm hopeful, but same time, you never know. >> reporter: reporting for "today in the bay." a san francisco brewery is stepping up today to help save another local brewery. enterprise brewing company on howard street is selling a special solidarity ale brewed in collaboration with the anchor brewing workers union. proceeds from all pints sold today will go to employees of the city's beloved anchor

brewing. those workers are now bidding to buy anchor from the international conglomerate sapporo. the event starts at 1:00 p.m. and music starts at 5:00. and in case you missed it yesterday, the 49ers now parted with the with quarterback trey lance now headed to the dallas cowboys. this move after the former first-round pick was demoted to third string earlier this week. nbc sports bay area matt maiocco was one of the first to confirm the trade for a 2024 fourth-round pick. the 23-year-old will now be the backup for cowboys qb dak prescott. purdy is the quarterback. 7:11 on your saturday, much more "today" on the bay is coming up. did you know the beyhive is coming to the bay area and the south bay is buzzing as the countdown is on. we'll tell you how santa clara

is getting ready for queen bey. plus -- >> reporter: getting ready to clear the shelters here at berkeley humane. tell you about the adorable tell you about the adorable animals up for

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in a row. we're going to take you live to berkeley humane. where we find our friends "today in the bay's" laura garcia and telemundos andes brender. good morning. how. going? thanks for being with us so early. >> hello, hello, hello. here with laura, super excite ford this day. pretty unique. bringing dogs now. >> a huge event. in fact, kira, the biggest "clear the shelters" event i think we're doing here at berkeley humane. it's bark around the block where they have all of these city streets that are completely blocked out, because they've got different organizations bringing animals from the central valley, from the north bay, from the south bay, the east bay as well, to bring these animals, because we want to clear the shelters. bringing in jeffrey with berkeley humane, and boy, a busy week. who's this with you here? >> well, this is --

>> let me get the mic here. >> chris and chris travel add long way. chris is from hawaii. >> tell me about that. we all know the devastation that happened front street, lahaina town burned down. they had to clear their shelters to make room for some of the dogs that came from some of these burned homes. >> right. in order to make room for the long-term recovery needs they decided to move their adoptable animals to the bay area. so a flight came in friday night. we had six rescue groups participating. six shelters, and a lot of those animals came to berkeley humane and all available for adoption today including little chris. >> over 200 animals. >> it's all about the love today. 150 volunteers, and we appreciate everything nbc is doing today to get some of these animals adopted. >> actually, laura, here about

six years ago here in berkeley and i rescued my dog. it's crazy how the look changes, when you just take him home. it's just -- it's so lovely. >> that's right. it is. it's all about the love and the city of berkeley has really been very supportive. a huge event. largest single-day adoption event in all of california this year and we hope loving families come out to bring home as many animals as possible. >> yes. we both adopted rescue dogs and let me tell you, they change your life. >> yes. >> so later this morning, come on down. they're going to be opening up. in fact, jump on the website at berkeley humane and see even the animals from hawaii or those available here. up next, check out kittens. tons of them and little small animals, too. >> rabbits and rats and birds and guinea pigs. >> the works. come on out to berkeley humane. it's a huge day to "clear the

shelters," kira. >> it is, laura, and andres, thank you. deals to be had, too. i believe a lot of adoptions are free this morning. if you can't make it to berkeley another event going on today at the santa clara animal services that's in san martin. you can see our own cinthia pimentel, miguel and chris, human version. kicking off at 10:00 and run to 4:00. if you can't make it to any of our "clear the shelters" events won't worry. we have events you can also attend today. >> reporter: good morning, kira. now, the south bay has a very busy weekend. gymnastics championship silicon valley pride festival and meanwhile, north bay, cruel summer. song from banana rama and a song from taylor swift, they know it as a celebration of art. see artists and musicians lifted

on this big list along with others taking part. down here notice names at the bottom. angels with heart and first chance vallejo. two beneficiaries of this weekend's event. i've been a beneficiary a strong cultural group i try to shout-out. san francisco's japantown peace plaza holds the season's final tradition of honoring ancestors through music and dance. today mix up tradition with pop culture. learn to wear a traditional outfit and others, a remix contest. if you participate, share a picture with me, please. now, show you something else. this picture shows newest east bay regional park out of transig from the dumbarton quarry. exactly the question for tonight's campfire series, east bay regional park invites you to listen to the stories sit and enjoy your s'moreies.

find out about the ancient path and who and what has been dwelling in that particular spot. remember, i report traffic from this spot on the screen you're watching right here on "today in the bay." >> thanks. he mentioned taylor swift. after he shows in the bay area several businesses say sales went up 50% to 75% and the south bay is getting another mega boost with beyonce coming to town wednesday. her "renaissance" tour making its only stop in the bay august 30th. sorry to say the show is already sold out just like several hotels knee levi stadium. >> sales are just through the roof on this big event, and double sometimes triple what they would normally do. >> the city of santa clara meets tuesday to decide whether to proclaim beyonce honorary mayor on the day of her visits and give her a key to the city. wow! time to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. hey, cinthia. >> hi, kira.

a nice day to adopt an animal. take them for a walk or prepare yourself for beyonce in a couple days making sure your outfits are nice and ready to go. there are other weather headlines to talk to you quickly about and that is the air quality. it's going to be an overall nice day, but if you see some of that hazy sunshine and you are a little sensitive to that, be careful. maybe carry your inhaler. be mindful of your lungs. haze across the bay, to the border and santa clara valley. where is the smoke coming from? any wildfires in california? the source of it is from the pacific northwest. dealing with wildfires there. the way that the wind flow is coming in to the bay area, that's going to drag some of that smoke there. where you see the yellow on there, on the screen, that's a little bit more hazardous to our health. not a major concern, but could be a little devastating to some people that are sensitive. by middle of the deseeing it

come into the bay area in that yellow zone. most of it will cover us by around 4:30 this afternoon. look at extent from the mendocino coastline to santa cruz, through the central coast and far inland as danville, livermore. by tomorrow, though, should see a little bit of that haze continue, but overall doing better as far as the smoke goes. what about our temperatures today? nice in san francisco. 73 degrees downtown. 79 in hayward as we start to mix out our microclimate here. 93 in fairfield and 90 morgan hill. overall a nice day and even better after for you to enjoy the sill con valley pride festival going on downtown today and a grand parade tomorrow. beautiful weather today and tomorrow. if see some of us on the float, make sure to say hello. walking you into the last couple days of august saying hello to september, really starting to feel summer around here as the return of high pressure comes in. that desert heat moves in to the

bay area. again i think wednesday will be one of our host days, again, es specially out there in brentwood, one of our warmer spots over in cocoa county. many people will go to the coast and get relief from that heat, but san francisco also going to be mild. we'll stay in the 70s remainder of the seven-day forecast until friday. that low pressure system drops and bringing on onshore leaf. cooler nighttime temperatures but 90s, almost triple-digit heat. >> like this past week. a cool down friday. >> wednesday the warmer day over the last couple weeks. a pattern. >> yes. coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area "responds." >> protect the plas

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so look for a sticker. >> 20 seconds, feel it, look at it. inspect it. >> reporter: choose a gift card with extra security. some let you set up a pin especially those used anywhere kind. making it tougher for bad guys to drain your balance. after you get a gift card use it asap, because other criminals are hacking to try to drain your balance. >> groups, this is all they do. >> reporter: use your gift card as soon as possible and try to cash out your card. in california your gift card has less than $10, state law says the store has to give you cash or check for a balance. more than $10 on a card you know you're not going to use, consider selling it on a third-party exchange. they might not give you face value for it but the more than zero, which is exactly what the thieves will leave you. >> chris camara, also helpful. thank you. 7:27. we have much more ahead for you on "today in the bay," including

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good morning. it is saturday, august 26th. 7:30 as we take this live look outside at berkeley humane, where our team is there to help "clear the shelters" hoping you will come out and help us with our annual effort, the ninth year in a row now, as we try to find forever homes for these babies. thank you so much for starting your final weekend of august with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel joins us with a peek at our microclimate forecast. foggy but nothing to stop freedom adopting. >> yeah. we'll mix out of the fog and give way to an afternoon filled with sunshine and maybe filled with your forever little friend. how about good morning in san jose. 64 degrees and we are hanging on to some low cloud cover. san francisco socked in by the fog. noticing sprinkles out there and relative humidity. closer to 100% the more saturated the air is and able to drop some of those little drain

rain drops. "clear the shelters," where our team is. >> a little sweater weather. adopt a friend, maybe a dog, four-legged friend, perfect weather to walk them out there this afternoon. 70s in berkeley. beautiful weather on wait for our saturday forecast. talk about it in about ten minutes. kira, back to you. >> perfect weather for snuggling. cinthia, thanks. we want to take you back to this. the breaking news we're following. police from the north bay and east bay actively searching for a person they call armed and dangerous. this follows a high-speed car chase early this morning. fairfield police say they attempted to pull over a car for a stolen licence plate when that driver took off pt the chase continues on westbound i-80 where we caught up with the chase, our cameras. police tell us at one point during the freeway pursuit people in the car fired shots at police. the chase inded about 25 miles aa with from hercules where the driver pulled into a safeway on

san pablo avenue off i-80. police arrested the driver and tell us this man, this passenger, jumped out of the car and ran. that's the man police are searching for this morning. again, he is believed to be armed anddangerous. we will follow the story and bring you update off-air on our and former president donald trump turning himself in, in georgia on thursday. trump appears to own distinction being the only president or ex-president to be photographered for a mug shot. it's donald trump's fourth arrest since the spring leaving him to face a combined 91 criminal counts. nbc's blayne alexander reports from atlanta. >> reporter: former president trump is speaking out about that unprecedented photograph seen literally around the world. his mug shot, a historic first after surrendering at a georgia jail. >> treated very nicely, but it

is what it is. i took a mug shot, which i never heard the words mug shot. didn't teach me that in the wharton school of finance. >> reporter: mr. trump spent less than 20 minutes there booked with information already pre-submitted. height, weight and hair color. strawberry blonde. then released on a $200,000 bond. afterwards, saying he's only being charged because he's the republican front-runner, i did nothing wrong for what they're doing is election interference. >> reporter: all 19 assailants surrendering trying to overturn the state's 2020 election results. the first court appearance in the case, harrison floyd, denied bond appearing by video from jail. >> there's no way that i'm a flight risk. >> reporter: meanwhile, president biden had this reaction to his predecessor's mug shot. >> handsome guy. >> reporter: trump's republican rivals are weighing in, too. >> i mean, the idea that we're

seeing a mug shot of a 77-year-old former president. i mean, how did we get to this point? >> i think it is a shame that our nation is going, it's forced to go through these politicized persecutions. >> reporter: mr. trump is looking to turn it into a political asset within hours his campaign started selling t-shirts. the caption "never surrender" and posted the picture on x, formerly twitter. his first post there in more than two years following his suspension after january 6th. >> that was blayne alexander reporting from georgia for us. fifa suspended spain soccer federation luis rubiales. he kissed a player without her consent and refused to resign this week from his presidency and an emergency meeting, again, suspended 90 days. turning now to a message

from hawaii's tourism bureau. they are saying, please, come back, but stay way from west maui. this after the deadly wildfires earlier this month. the fires killed at least 115 people. 388 remain missing. moody's estimates that the wildfires caused between $4 billion and $6 billion in economic losses. hawaii officials say maui needs tourists to return to help support their localof maui is o. west maui including lahaina off limits for visitors two more months until october 17th. majority of lahaina, you know, was destroyed in the fires. search and recovery efforts very much still underway in that area. back here locally, embattled alameda district attorney pamela price wants to hear from voters today. this afternoon hosting a town

hall meeting. similar events in the past have become heated with critics questioning her reformist stance. efforts to change how some groups are moved through the legal system. today's town hall gets under way at 1:00 p.m. at cornerstone missionary baptist church in oakland on 38th avenue. we are learning new details about the mysterious land grab in solano county. turns out a group of silicon valley investors want to turn the area into a new california city. flannery associates spent $800 million so far snapping up 140 properties. many for far more than their market value. the trend has anyone concerned. ranchers, environmentalists, residents even the nearby travis air force base. according to a "new york times" report, heavy hitters in silicon valley are teaming up with dreams of building a model city

from scratch. a source with direct knowledge of flannery tells us "we are proud to partner on a project that aims to deliver assets to good paying jobs, affordable housing, clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, open space and a healthy environment to residents of solano county." it goes on to say "we are excited to start working with residents and elected officials as well as with travis air force base on making that happen." you may have seen this on the "today" show this morning. it was a sweet tribute for "saturday today's" rancor kristen welker. if you missed it, this morning was her final day as anchor on the "today" show. they looked back at some of her best moments, and don't worry. welker is not leaving the nbc family. she's actually taking over "meet the press" for chuck todd as he moves on to do more long-form journalism for nbc news.

welker's first day as the new host will be september 17th. and back to our top story this morning. all month long asking you to help us "clear the shelters," and consider adopting a pet. nbc bay area and telemundo 48 teamed up with shelters across the bay area now for the ninth year in a row. this morning we find "today in the bay's" marcus washington and telly moond oes arlen fernandez live at berkeley humane. thank you so much for coming out on your day off, you two, for such an important cause. >> reporter: look, kira, we would not miss it. such a huge event. so much fun. a family events people can come out and enjoy because there's so much to do. >> reporter: i know. and other shelters around the bay area today, so many benefits for people who want a pet and are coming here being a part of this initiative that we are so proud to be a part of every

year. >> reporter: 40-plus shelters across the bay area. do your part. bring that pet home. make it a forever pet for your home. executive director of berkeley with a little friend. >> everyone falling in love with marcus washington. >> ah! >> reporter: we're twins! seems like this event is getting bigger. this year, bigger than years' past? >> biggest event ever hosted. in fact, probably the largest single-day adoption event in all of california this year with over 23 shelters and rescues. 150 volunteers. there's food trucks. there's live music. going to be a great day >> reporter: about the benefits for people who want to come here? what are benefits to them today, if they come for a pet? >> today is all about the love. so there are going to be over 200 animals available today. many of them are the fees waived. providing adoption counseling.

some of the adoption packages include discounts on pet insurance and other things. all animals spayed neuters microchipped and ready to go home and start lives with new loving family. >> reporter: there you have it. everything out here. food trucks, so many pets out here. make your way here or to one of the shelters across the bay area. start at 10:00 and go to 4:00. make your way down here and all of these great volunteers out here! [ cheers and applause ] where else would you want to be on a saturday? right here! >> thank you so much for that. if you can't make it to berkeley another event at santa clara animal services in san martin. see oun other cinthia pimentel, miguel and chris chmura. both events, berkeley, as marcus mentioned and santa clara kickoff at 10:00 a.m. and at other shelters as well.

and still to come on "today in the bay," may have heard trey lance is gone and the 49ers are moving forward. the team played its final ge amat

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90s starting to go into the valleys. 90 in morgan hill. 87 for you in livermore and do 90 in concord. going through this afternoon, going to become a little bit breezy, and the reason that we're watching the winds, ushering in wildfire smoke from the pacific northwest. by this afternoon seeing gusts upwards of 30 miles an hour through san francisco. half moon bay around 20 miles an hour and that continues even as we make our way through the delta and over the altamont pass this afternoon bringing in some wildfire smoke impacting air quality a bit. moderate across the board from the north bay and down here into the south bay. just be mindful of your overall health as you head out the door and become impacted by that wildfire smoke. as we go on into tomorrow, temperatures are going to be bumped up a little bit. going into mid-90s over on in fairfield. 90 in santa rosa and cool things down from san francisco through

the peninsula at 80 in mountain view. monday warming up further seeing high pressure return from the desert and southwest into the bay area. our valleys warm up on tuesday. here we go. 97 in fairfield. 95 in concord. do 83, very warm day for you in oakland. we see 90 in los gatos and 71 in half moon bay. i think wednesday will be the warmest day of the week. some cities in our farther inland valleys, like concord, walnut creek, even parts of brentwood, to see triple-digit heat going into wednesday. the low drops thursday, friday. dropping down those temperatures. gives us more of that relief with the onshore breeze. our natural air conditioning, but we do have a couple of hot days to get through especially wednesday there. upper 90s in san francisco. also see mild conditions. a little breezy, though, today and tomorrow, but those highs in the mid to upper 70s.

looks like a nice week ahead. >> really does. cinthia, thanks so much.

welcome back. as we told you earlier in the newscast 49ers traded former first-round pick trey lance to the dallas cowboys of all teams. the niners receive a fourth-round pick in next year's draft. lance was scheduled to be the starter in the team's final exhibition game against the los angeles chargers last night, but

brock purdy got the go-ahead instead. purdy didn't waste any time putting niners on the board. first quarter rolling to his left here looking for a receiver and then -- took it for five yards out for the touchdown. niners up 6-0. unfortunately the rest of the game belonged to l.a. chargers win 23-12. the opener is set for september 10th against the pittsburgh steelers. and it was a night to remember as the women took over at the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championships. where america's top gymnasts compete through tomorrow to make it to the olympics eventually. check out the g.o.a.t., simone biles. during her floor routine leads women's competition by almost three points. if she wins this weekend breaking the record with the most u.s. championship titles. 16-year-old nola matthews from

gilroy started gymnastics at 3 and never looked back. her coach says she has what it takes. >> nola is an extremely joyful athlete nap shows in all of her events. nola is extremely hard working. very hard working. she has to grind and i think that is what sets per apart. >> crossing fingers for all our bay area athletes. today the men return to s.a.p. forheir final day of competition. watch on cnbc and peacock at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow's competiti wl be right here on nbc bay area at 9:00 a.m and then again at 7:00 p.m. tickets are still available for the women's final tomorrow. at 7:51, up next a quick look at the top stories and including our annual push to "clear the shelters." >> that's right. live out here at berkeley humane where we are helping to "clear the shelters." cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, the works. (warehouse ambience)

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piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today only at togo's welcome back. a quick look at top stories we're following on this saturday morning including breaking news. police in hercules looking for a man they call armed and dangerous following a high-speed car chase early this morning. started around 4:00 in fairfield. police tell us they were trying to pull over a car for a stolen licence plate. when the driver took off. our cameras caught the chase westbound i-80.

you see video here. police tell us at one point during the pursuit people in the car fired shots at police. about 25 miles away in hercules police arrested the driver but say a passenger jumped out of the car and ran. that's the man they're looking for this morning. they say he is armed and dangerous. in much lighter news, as nbc bay area and telemundo 48 team up for the ninth year to "clear the shelters" across the bay area, we need your help to do it. check back in with our "today in the bay" and telemundo 48 team live at berkeley humane. look at the buf faces! all the beautiful faces. >> reporter: yeah. that's us! [ laughter ] look, this is always a fun event. thing about it, seeing crews come in now setting up, getting ready for this event. it is always one of those events when you walk away feeling so good, because pets are here. people are here. just so much fun.

really is. >> reporter: it is, and i want to thank all of you. over 200 animals all over the reason including some from hawaii. my favorite dog is from hawaii. >> reporter: a lot of benefits. come today to the shelter, berkeley humane to adopt a pet and we have someone here. >> reporter: jeffrey. executive director here at berkeley humane. so many dogs out here. tell me about this one. >> cuter than the next. heartbreaker. meet laura garcia. >> reporter: ah! husky mix. one of many animals out here today. >> right. we are definitely interested in seeing as many animals go home today as possible. all shelters are very full. whether you come to berkeley, adopt from one of the 23 group here's or to your local shelter it will make a huge difference. today it day to find love and bring a new pet home. >> reporter: make a difference, having a pet in your life as

well. a great family-fun event. there's going to be food vendors out here. a lot of games. giveaways. come on down. i think we'll have great weather for it, too. >> a beautiful day. good day to fall in love. >> yeah. >> reporter: take laura home. >> take her home? >> reporter: yeah. some might be upset about that. >> reporter: my dog needs a sister. >> reporter: the thing, so many great animals, cats, kittens. little animals, birds, guinea pigs. >> reporter: birds. rabbits and birds. >> reporter: come out help clear the shelters and find a shelter near you. so many here in the bay area. also teaming up with the shelter down in san martin as well. >> reporter: 40-plus shelters across the bay area. can't make it out, or yo gone line, no room for a pet make a donation to one of the shelters. they really, really need the help. >> reporter: a lot of pets from maui that can make a huge difference. >> reporter: hey, come on out. we'll be here.

10:00 to 4:00. have a good time, come on out. kira, waiting for you. >> definitely. you might. my two sons want a dog so badly. i say the 4-year-old has to be, maybe 6 before we go down that route. >> reporter: okay. >> but -- but you know i'm a big supporter of this cause. absolutely so close to my heart and cinthia two adopted dogs as well. >> i do. youngest puppy valentina looks just like this little furry laura garcia, and her markings around her eyebrows. dieing! so, so cute. and like she said, perfect weather to find your forever friend and take them out to a nice walk and also enjoy the other events we're having to "clear the shelters." i'll be down there in san martin this afternoon. >> yeah. you will. and as marcus said if you can't make it to san martin or berkeley, 40 shelters at least across the bay area to partner with. how will the weather be?

>> excellent for our saturday. temperatures looking nice but a little mixed in with that hazy sunshine. hotter next week. full forecast is online, of course, for you to take at your leisurely pleasure. >> all right. cinthia, thanks. and thanks so much to all of you for making us a part of your morning. more local news tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and always on at nbcbayarea.com and top of the home page, "clear the shelters," click on that and find an interactive map to find a shelter near you. we appreciate you. hope to see you right back here tomorrow morning.

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