a house fire in san francisco. we have details on the evacuations and thick smoke that was a challenge for fire crews. latest on the vta shooting investigation. we are learning more about workers killed from those closest to them. a surge in travel for the memorial day weekend. could this be the final holiday under covid restrictions? good morning. it is saturday may 29. let's start with a quick check of our weather with meteorologist darren peck. >> it is a very gray start so much so that we are getting mist on some of our cameras. that's 880. you see plenty clouds for oakland, to fremont, and san jose. looking at the tri valley, it's gray over here. i will show you how quickly that burns off. we are in the low 50s for the most part and daytime highs today will be like yesterday meaning right where they should

be for this time of year. it's tomorrow when the warm up starts. we have a heat advisory to talk about for this holiday. i will go into more detail in the forecast in just a bit. >> thanks. a pedestrian died after being hit by a car in south san jose. the crash happened near the intersection of monterey highway and valley haven way a little after 9:00 last night. the driver did stay at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. this is the city's 20th traffic fatality. new video of a two m in san flames are pouring out of the second floor window of this home on mission street. fire crews say there was a lot of smoke and when they arrived, someone told them there was someone trapped on the top floor. >> as they were getting everything in place to lead the

line into the fire apartment, we had occupants evacuating with babies and children. >> a dog died. five people were displaced. the cause is under investigation. new, video from citizen app shows a car on fire after a crash in san francisco. you can see the hood engulfed in flames. it happened last night in a neighborhood near highway 101. no word on injuries. to the latest on the vta shooting investigation. investigators have seized a cache of weapons and ammunition from the vta shooter's san jose home. we are learning that the suspect set a time delayed fire in his house before the shooting. while searching his home investigators recovered a dozen firearms with high capacity magazines, 17 molotov cocktails and thousands of bullets. the bomb squad blew up a suspicious device which later turned out to be a false alarm.

>> we have been removing ammunition for the past two days. the new estimate is roughly 25,000 rounds of ammunition in various calibers. >> i didn't expect him to have all the stuff, thought he was just a normal person. >> the suspect left rounds of ammunition slow cooking in a pot on the stove which sparked the fire at his home at the same time he started shooting his co-workers. one of the nine victims of wednesday's mass shooting was days from celebrating a 64th birthday. spoke with the youngest son of lars lane at his dad's favorite spot. >> he was so happy, always just so joyous and wonderful. >> reporter: michael kepler lane or kep for short spoke to him at his father's home. what did he mean to you?

>> everything. >> reporter: last time michael saw his father was this past monday to help with work in his backyard. the day before michael and his girlfriend had taken out his dad and wife vicki to dinner for his upcoming birthday. >> he could not have had a better time but that was who dad was. there wasn't a moment -- he didn't leave anything on the table when it came to joy and happiness for any moment. >> reporter: wednesday michael says he was on his way to work when he learned about the mass shooting at his dad's job the vta rail yard where he worked 20 years. >> one glimmer of hope that someone had seen my father after the fact, and i put so much weight and belief in that that i really did thinthat was true. i thought it was going to be okay until the very moment that the sheriff told us that it wasn't. >> reporter: after hours of waiting for answers michael and

eight other families learned they had lost someone in the shooting by a described as a disgruntled employee. >> my dad was in his work station and it seemed like that he was trapped. he was cornered by a man with guns. so he had no escape. he was targeted. i assume if he did actually target my dad, it was out of jealousy for everything that my dad was and how beautiful and wonderful and loved my dad was. >> he learned mandarin to talk to me, you know. he would cook chinese food for me. he would do anything to make me feel comfortable, feel like he is my family. >> reporter: in the last days, michael says family, friends, co-workers, even neighbors have surrounded them with support

and stories about his father, how he impacted each of them with his smile and warmth, a light so bright that it can never be extinguished. >> it was that bright. i am going to miss having him here to be there for me because he's been there for every moment of my life. >> reporter: michael says his dad talked about retiring, and that might have happened sometime in the next year. the family of michael rudometkin is sharing familiar res of the fallen vta worker. the 40-year-old technician lived in santa cruz with wife gloria. she had this to say. mike was a genuinely nice like able person, was there for friends, family, neighbors, co- workers with a smile and open heart. from his parents, michael would give you his last penny and the shirt off his back. for information on how you can

help, we have details on our vta stories on kpix.com and you can find a link at the top of our home page. this memorial day weekend is expected to be much safer than a year ago due to growing vaccination rates and declining case numbers in the bay area. yesterday, the cdc said unvaccinated children can go mask free outdoors. street musicians are once again singing in san francisco's washington square park. health experts say the safest option for group gatherings is outdoors but doctors are not overly concerned about indoor events especially in san francisco where 78% of residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine. >> unlike long weekends passed, this one is going to be different. we have a large proportion of the population vaccinated or naturally immune. the chances for transmission events are still there but

they're much lower than they have been. >> you can ventilion in the area. having activities inside. really we are at a very low case rate. >> for many, vaccinations mean the family zoom calls are no longer necessary. >> it's great to get out, great to be able to give somebody a hug. >> it's awesome to actually be able to spend time with family. >> experts say gathering safely will probably still be an issue on the fourth of july but not for labor day weekend a couple months later. at sfo, we are seeing a surge in travel this memorial day weekend. there is a similar scene around the country. more than 37 million people are expected to travel for the holiday, a 60% increase from this time last year when many of us were in lock down. at oakland airport many travelers are taking to the skies for the first time in more than a year.

an estimated 30,000 people came through oakland international on friday. >> where are you going? >> vegas. >> los angeles. >> five day golf trip with my best friend. >> this is the first flight i think we have taken since we have been in the pandemic. >> plane tickets are now more expensive and the same goes for gas prices which are at the highest level for memorial day weekend since 2014. >> it's gone up pretty quick in the last month. i think a dollar at least. >> everybody is hurting. everybody is struggling. it's hard with gas prices going up and being with covid. >> aaa estimates there are 6 million fewer travelers this weekend compared to before the pandemic. 6:10. still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, emotional deployment to protect our nation's capital and how friendships were forged out of a national tragedy. how bay area fire crews are

staying one step ahead as we

looking live at capitol hit the insurrection, national guard is no longer stationed at the u.s. capitol. they wrapped up their tour this month after securing the complex following worst outbreak of violence since the war of 1812. nikole killion spoke with a pair of guards men there for the early days after the riot. >> reporter: as soon as ercapi 6th , it didn't take long for

captain patrick richards to get the call. >> it was pretty surreal. like most amani saw it happening on tv. seeing evidence ofthe buil being broken to is emotional for me. >> why was it emotional for you? >> just because it's a symbol. it's the center of the united states. it's our capitol building. >> reporter: captain richards and first sergeant david lopez were deployed in late january. lopez served two tours of duty in iraq but never imagined he would have to defend the homefront like this. >> i was never expecting this. this is what we train for. >> from the pleas for help after the riot to the inauguration. around 26,000 troops were activated at the height of the mission, some enduring cold floors and parking garages and manning barbed wire fences. >> we are trained to fight foreign threats. to be defending from domestic

threats or fellow citizens was the most difficult for me. >> reporter: then the taking of the life of billy evans. >> we feel as though they're a brother and sister force for us. >> reporter: bi partain bonds developed for those they served to protect. >> thank you all from all 50 states for your patriotism. >> reporter: allowing the guards men to leave the capitol with confidence. >> i think it's a safer place. >> i am glad i am part of it. it's history. >> reporter: pride to take home. nikole killion, cbs news, washington. on the fire watch smoke rising from mountains yesterday was from a controlled burn on big rock ridge. the goal was to reduce wildfire risk and train firefighters. crews lit a fire behind a neighborhood to burn through dry brush and fire fuels. the wind conditions were

perfect so firefighters fought the blaze as a training day exercise. with drought worsening and it heating up, training like this couldn't come soon enough. >> our goal is to give them the tools they need to be successful when protecting your house or your neighbor's house or the community. it's off to a chilly start but i am hearing there is some heat in the forecast. yes. saturday will be almost identical to friday. i will show you the details on your saturday in one second. but i am going to start with monday because that's the real headline of this forecast. the heat advisory shows you the area included in the heat advisory, the north bay and east bay. it's an interesting map because the city, peninsula, east bay prop wit to water, not included in the heat advisory. as you come in for a close up look it's inland parts of the bay area that need to be focused on. watch what happens when we switch from heat advisory to

intense heat warning, that's where it's going to be. since we have so many communities in what we would consider inland, parts of the bay area, where you really feel this, let's focus on you first. this is the weekend. today, 78 degrees. that's why i said saturday is no big deal. sunday is notice plea warmer. sunday is the day you notice something going on. monday is when we peak. that's when we get to heat advisory territory. the heat is coming so fast if you are not paying attention and going easy on yourself, staying hydrated, finding shade, getting in the air conditioning often, going from 78 saturday to 104 monday, that can and likely will have heat related illness impacts for those who either can't really protect themselves from this or aren't thinking about it. if you are in the immediate bay, it's still a big warm up from 66 today to 88 on monday. think of oakland.

this would be representative numbers for that part of the bay that has access to water. it's still going to be near 90 monday and near the beaches, 56 today, 71, which means it will be a perfect beach day monday and it's probably going to be crowded. as far as how close to records we are, since we are doing extreme for inland communities, concord, livermore, sonoma, san jose, san rafael, here are specific daytime highs for those communities. if we look at how close we are going to be to records, i can put that comparison on the right. it is close but we've only got about one location that will likely actually break the record at santa rosa. still, not much consolation if you miss the record by a couple degrees when you go up 20 to 25 degrees in just a two day period. it's going to be a big adjustment for monday. if you look at today, you can see why i didn't start with saturday because saturday you know what the weather will be. it will be like it was yesterday and the day before

that. the beaches, upper 60s in the bay, low 80s for most communities in those inland locations. it is gray this morning. you see how widespread that is when we look at the marine layer. it's all the way to the tri valley. i showed you that at the top of the newscast. that's going to melt back to the immediate coast by early afternoon and then it should be sunshine. there is the rest of your seven- day forecast. what happens after monday's heat? well we get a nice cool down. it's still hot tuesday but not nearly as hot as monday. what's real interesting about this is this first heat wave is going to come on so fast and it is going to be focused specifically on the first big holiday of the summer when so many people already have outdoor plans and a lot of people will be taken off guard by this. >> i knew the heat was coming.

i was having difficulty squaring it with how today began but it makes sense that tomorrow and then monday are when we see the big jumps. >> think of it as two large steps on a staircase and you are all the way at the top already by monday. >> gotcha, thank you. good morning everybody. how's that coffee? i'll wait. no i won't. later on i got playoff from htnd busine andwas last ght's fifth time a charm for the giants? i'll have to posey that question to you. kpix5 is celebrating class of 2021. send a photo to 2021grads@cbs.com or tag kpix. no professional photos please and be sure to include name, city, and a little bit about them. you just might see them on tv.

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a judge approved class action status for a lawsuit against google. it claims more than 10,000 female workers were paid $17,000 less per year than men in the same job at the same location. the women allegedly received smaller bonuses and less stock. the suit seeks $600 million in damages. google says for the past eight years it's conducted analysis to ensure salaries, bonuses, equity awards are fair. good morning everybody. here we go. giants, dodgers. remember that sibling friend, that foe that you couldn't beat no matter what and then finally it happened. last night, got it, got it. oh what an effort at the dodgers. tied at two in the 8th, posey crushed it with two on, a three run smash gave giants a 5-2 lead. dodgers put two on in the ninth for barnes and he took rogers

the distance. he tied the game. then next batter just about walked it off. oh my gosh! there to make the defensive play of the game. that ball was over the wallment giants grabbed a 6-5 lead and then longoria with a two rbi double. giants got first win over the dodgers in five tries, 8-5 last night. the first place a's handled angels a day after he was late to the ballpark because he missed his bart train, pitcher was on time last night. pan right from the shadow. look at crowd around him. this is warm 1-0 in the seventh a single to fletcher and that scored a tying run.

chapman got one he could drive and drove it well enough. when it was fumbled, scored easily. a's won 1,eat the angels. skipper bob melvin tied lar ussa for most wins for a manager in oak land a's history. a's lead by two and a half games. irving found out how boston felt about him last night. even fouled him and he didn't work. boston won a game they needed and cut the nets seven game series lead to 2-1. 125-119. look at this little fellow, he could careless. that is deuce tatem and all he wanted was his daddy. elliot, masqded ott and veto the clippers and clippers once down 19 won the

game. morris hit a corner pocket three. instead of being down three love, l.a. won 118-108 and cut the lead to 2-1. a former sharks coach behind the bench, had to be loving this. this is game seven. look at the golden knight star. he fell down scoring his third goal of the game. that eliminated minnesota in the first round game seven decider. vegas won 6-2 to give colorado next round. that should get your saturday morning going. hold on, uncle vern is coming back later in the day with more coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, young oakland teen making history today. his inspiring achievements and how he is breakiat. ho ea was it to invent

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welcome back. 6:29. thank you so much for joining us. let's start this half hour with a quick check of our weather. a lot of gray on that

monitor behind you looking over the skyline of san francisco and it is even misting on other cameras, this one also on top of the mark hopkins hotel. that's the view over the bay bridge. the east bay is looking at this, south bay, tri valley. basically everybody. we are all waking up to gray skies but it will burn back by the time we get to the late morning and it will be sunshine everywhere except for the coast today. how was yesterday? that's what today will be like. this is almost exact replay of friday's weather. that means daytime highs which come to the upper 70s for inland spots, mid to upper 60s for the bay. boy is it going to be different this holiday weekend. i have serious heat news to share, heat advisory in place for the holiday. i will see you with that in a few minutes. the family of the vta shooter apologized to the family of the victims he killed wednesday in a maintenance yard in san jose. the shooter's family father james cassidy spoke to the

mercury news saying i didn't realize how bad his bipolar was. when we saw him he was genuinely a normal guy. i don't think anything i can say can ease the grief. i am very sorry about that. the tragic loss of the nine victims is impacting the family and also the vta community and the community at large. >> how are you doing? >> fine, trying to get over what happened. it was tragic to all of us drivers. >> reporter: mike sanchez has been driving buses longer than anyone at the vta. 43 years. how are you really doing? >> i am okay. it hurts us to know that that happened to the families. we are recovering from what happened and just back up all the families and help out what you can. >> reporter: vta shut down light rail service and is using bus bridges until further notice. mike is part of the crew that

is still showing up and somehow holding it together. have you had a good cry this week? >> yeah, i have. it's sad especially for the families that lost loved ones. that's pretty sad. >> it's been hard obviously. >> reporter: the san jose councilmember was life long friends with mike rudometkin. he worked on over head electrical lines. it is highly skilled dangerous work in tough conditions. mike was part of one of the best crews in the country. to know mike was to love him. friends like that don't come around often. >> no, just talking about life and challenges. yeah, you know, there are only so many friends that you have in life that you are that close with. >> ♪ i once was lost. >> reporter: at the memorial, transit workers gathered in mass, thousands for the first

time since the tragedy. the union president. >> be there. hold each other. love each other. hug each other. kiss each other when you get home at the end of the day. we're all we know. we're all we need. these aren't names to us. these are people we know and we love and we have seen every single day of our working lives. it really, really hurts down to the very core of our souls. >> that was kiet do reporting. we know a lot of people want to help the families. we have information on kpix.com. look for the banner at the top of the home page. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against scott peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife lacey in 2002. the decision comes after they threw out the death sentence last year blaming a judge's error at trial. a second challenge can gain a new trial as judge looks at allegations of juror

misconduct. a criminal defense attorney beliefs the death penalty ruling could bolster the case for a new trial. >> this is going to help the defense argument to vacate conviction of guilt based on juror misconduct. once you have some juror problems in a case it kind of taint it. >> this means the sentence will remain life in prison without parole. another judge will rule on whether to overturn his condition. a tesla helped nan a suspect wanted for a string of shootings. the video helped them track down jesse rodriguez. he is facing several charges including attempted murder for a string of bb and pellet gun shootings. dozens of cars reported shattered windows and one person was hurt. president biden released first budget yesterday at the forefront is a $6 trillion package is his american jobs r

trillion iestmenincore proj likeoads and ge as wellas free preschool and community college. budget doubles on the proposed tax hike on corporations and wealthiest americans. congressional republicans say raising taxes is a nonstarter. vice president kamala harris became the first woman to deliver a commencement address to graduating members of the u.s. naval academy. at the ceremony in annapolis maryland. she touched on some of the biggest threats of the nation and armed forces including the pandemic and cyber security. >> in your career, you may witness some of the worst of humanity. but promise that you will never forget the best of who we are. >> today, a first for oakland technical high school. the school has its first

african-american male valedictorian. he will be delivering his speech later today. he had a 4.7gpa and started a nonprofit which provides kids with science experiments in a box. he was accepted by 11 schools and chose to attend stanford in the fall. vaccination sites in contra costa will offer free ice cream. anyone 12 and older who gets a shot is eligible. ice cream trucks will be at pittsburgh high school, ignacio, edna hill. those events start at 1:00 p.m. coming up on kpix5, taps across america. inspiration to get everyone playing taps on memorial day and how you can get involved. e helpmadiffencein the

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america will become a national tradition. >> reporter: this is what memorial day sounded like last year for tens of thousands of buglers and trumpeters. with memorial day parades and ceremonies canceled they honored patriots by playing taps. from coast to coast, musicians of all skill levels answered the call from steve hartman and taps for veterans. together they created taps across america. >> i was not surprised. i was blown away that everybody felt as i did, that this is what america needed right now. >> the idea came from a story hartman did nine years ago. he played taps every day at sun set to honor america's veterans. >> i am not aware of anything but the fact that i am playing this and trying to play it as

best as i can, do a good job. >> what about the story resonated with you years later? >> what struck me most was not just the playing of the taps but when the neighbors came out and stood on their balconies, on their porch. it blew me away, brought me to tears in the moment. >> reporter: a moment so moving, he wants all americans to experience it. >> even if they don't remember i was a journalist, if they remember i had anything to do with starting taps across america, that's fine with me. life well served. >> reporter: once again, he is asking musicians to sound those 24 notes monday afternoon so those who hear taps will stop and remember america's fallen. elise preston, cbs news, new york. >> steve hartman is asking buglers, trumpeters and really anyone to play from the porch, driveway, or even the roof top of your building at 3:00 sharp

on memorial day. for many memorial day weekend is the start of the summer tourism activity is picking up in south lake tahoe. >> reporter: south lake tahoe is coming back. unofficial start to summer is here and visitors are excited to be part of it. tahoe tourists are flipping out for unofficial start of summer. >> memorial day weekend! >> reporter: visitors packed beaches and restaurants for a post pandemic summer celebration finally. >> a year and something months and finally being able to get this opportunity after a year, that's crazy. >> reporter: memorial day weekend for l gomeis all about faly after missing out on last year. >> we couldn't all be together like a family so this time being all together and able to go and have fun is the best. >> reporter: south lake tahoe councilmember cody bass is

excited to welcome everyone back. >> it's a really exciting time. >> reporter: south lake borders nevada, a concern for city council as more people head to the lake. >> we have nevada guidelines that say one thing and california guidelines saying another until june 15. >> reporter: south lake still following california health guidelines. >> do respect restaurants. you will have to wear a mask when you go inside. >> reporter: after more than a year of empty patios, restaurants are excited to have all this coming back. >> everybody is back in full swing. employees are back. everybody is having fun. >> reporter: south lake tahoe city councilmember we spoke to is excited to have visitors back. he just asks that you leave no trace. make sure you are cleaning your trash and as always, have fun. let's get an update on our weather forecast. we'll start with a view of how cloudy it is out there to begin this day. you can see that from the

clouds as we look at the high resolution satellite. take a look at that because i want you to get a close up view on just how widespread all of this stuff is. it basically covers the entire bay and gets inland to the tri valley. i can show you a couple the different vantage points. let's go to a live camera, this from our roof looking over the bay bridge. you can see a widespread view on satellite. that's today. when we look to the rest of today, these clouds burn back and we get sunshine by early afternoon and daytime highs that climb to pretty much where they were yesterday. there are no differences between the way you remember yesterday feeling and the way today will feel. i have to move on and let's get to the headlines on what's coming our way. first item is the heat advisory on monday. that is the focus of this forecast. it is monday because the heat is going to come on so fast, and it is going to happen right

on the first significant holiday of the summer when so many people will be the concern then becomes with hot enough temperatures for heat advisory monday, you could run into some mild heat related illnesses if you are not paying attention, not staying hydrated or finding shade. this includes north bay communities and inland communities here looking through the east bay. there is a doughnut hole for solano because you don't have a heat advisory. instead you have excessive heat warning. that's where the significant heat will be. further inland you are obviously the more of an issue it is. if we look at the bay area in general, let's call inland locations. at 78 today, today is like yesterday, no change. by sunday, tomorrow, we are already noticeably warmer. that's the big jump on sunday. then the real heat happens on monday when we go for another daytgh4 's tissue. iflook ath warm up but 88 for the daytime

high is manageable. that's why the interior of the bay, the corridors up and down 880, oakland, even when you get to places like fremont, san jose, this won't be that big of a deal. it will be noticeably warm. you are not included in the heat advisory like the communities farther inland are. at the beach we'll go from the mid 50s today to the low 70s for daytime highs by monday. it will be a real popular beach day. if you look at the daytime highs for inland locations which are the focus monday, now we see why this is such a concern. 104 on monday for concord, 102 livermore, 101 santa rosa. numbers will be in the mid 90s for san wi come close and probably not break most, santa rosa likely will. having said that, this is still going to be a significantly hot day whether we break records or not. it's the speed with which we

are going to warm up that is the concern. because here is today. there is monday. that's too fast. so it's the speed but it is also the unfortunate timing that this first significant heat of the season is coming on the big holiday when so many people want to get outdoors. that's the forecast for now. back to you. >> thanks. an east bay man set a goal of making a differs in the lives of 50 million children around the world. so far he says he has impacted nearly 40 million. a report on this week's bay area jefferson award winner. >> reporter: a member of yahoo's founding team tasted success in silicon valley. when he turned 50, he started something new as he blogged daily reasons to be grateful. >> how can all of us together help make an impact and do something to one of our earlier gratitude orin 2014.

the pleasanton nonprofit offers free one year fellowship program for social entrepreneurs changing children's lives in education, health, social justice. >> they move into the role of executive director out of passion for helping children. now they may be lacking the leadership skills to continue to grow that organization. >> reporter: fellows come from more than 60 nations, many are women and people of color, learn from volunteer coaches, seminars, peer groups, summits. >> fellowship was a life saver for us. >> reporter: learned how to build a sustainable business model, inspires under served girls in nigeria to become leaders through the girl child art foundation. >> we are doing more measurable work. redesignedusinesdel has opened new doors.

>> being in community together. >> reporter: he and his team are working with more schools and districts to help low income students of color thrive. he is grateful for randy's impact. >> his humility and his honesty and willingness to change, learn, and grow are the main reasons why i think the gratitude network is so successful. >> reporter: another reason, besides corporate and individual donations, gratitude network is supported by sales of entrepreneur wines, brand founded by randy and his wife. >> it's been a wonderful way to get more people involved in the work that gratitude is doing and have some fun at the same time. >> reporter: for training social entrepreneurs and leadership skills through gratitude network, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to randy your local hero online at kpix.com/hero.

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rug rats, a popular children's series from early '90s is getting a reboot. reimagine version with enhanced animation follows characters as they explore the world with new adventures. the voice of tommy pickles. >> what's so beautiful is they've taken all the stuff from the original rug rats likes kids, family, relationships and all the coziness but it's got this new cgi which is so incredible. on top of that we are having

the millennial parents that will relate to cell phones and dating apps. it's just completely contemporary but brought back everything we love about the original. >> first six episodes of the new rug rats series is streaming on paramount plus. applying for a job can feel like a job itself. this next interview feels and is more like an adventure. people who scored an interview with the zipline company in las vegas had to try it out. they soared 12 stories across five city blocks and when they made it to the other side they were told if gogig or not. >> all you have do is interview for a few minutes. you find out what the job is. on the other side, you get a job. what's more fun than this for a job interview? today san francisco's two

day carnival kicks off. known for bringing in thousands of visitors to a 17 block radius. this year organizers are not encouraging hours of dancing or floats. instead they're providing resources to the latino community. some of the free services are vaccines, covid-19 testing, groceries, even on site job interview opportunities. we spoke with robert hernandez, artistic director and executive producer of carnival. we asked more about the job fair and what else to expect at the resource hub. this is an opportunity for people to be able to get a new job and bring your resume' because these employers are going to be doing interviews right on the spot which is beautiful. you will be able to meet hr people and pitch them why you should be the person they're hiring. we are hoping people will be able to walk away this weekend with a job and a date to start. that's really exciting and we

want to thank the mayor's office of economic workforce because they partnered with us to help us get some of the employers that will be present with us. then we are also doing an education fair. as we all know, some children just weren't able to get this zoom down and basically are behind educationally because the schools failed to really open up and do distant learning hubs like we have been able to do in the community at the level of our children that need help to be able to get that help. so we are partnering with the city and the schools this summer to be able to open up educational hubs so that those children who are behind can come during summer and hopefully catch up so come the fall, they're ready and they're not totally not understanding he falst. ng taught, th of course wewill have a

few low riders and we will have a little samba, rigton, just a teaser. >> it starts today at noon on harrison street. they have special prizes to give to people who get the vaccine today. for more information check out the website. as the bay area is reopening, we are asking you to share photos of getting back together with

6:57, time for a look at top stories. a pedestrian killed in a traffic collision in san jose last night. the accident happened before 9:30. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. a two alarm fire in san francisco sent flames shooting out of a second story window last night on mission street. firefighters had to deal with a lot of heavy smoke. a dog was killed and five people were displaced. investigators in vta shooting have recovered an arsenal at suspect's home. authorities say he left rounds of ammunition slow cooking in a pot on the stove triggering a fire. prosecutors will not seek death penalty against scott is isafter supreme court e.

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narrator: today on "lucky dog", the training wheels are coming off and we're hitting the road with four shelter dogs. they'll each learn to navigate obstacles, master a new skill. julie: woohoo. you're cruising. narrator: and best of all, reach their final destination: home. with a new forever family. eric: look who it is. rene: stop! oh, i love him. [music] eric: i'm eric wiese and this is my wife rashi. and we've dedicated our lives to saving the lonely, unwanted dogs