reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> a hot day to practice. when will we see some relief? parts of the bay area hit triple digits again, fifth day in a row. this is a live look over dublin, one of the hottest spots in the bay area. jeff ranieri tracking the heat, as well as the good news this weekend, jeff. >> it's all about this area of high pressure. it's begun gripped across the past five days with relentless triple-digit temperatures. today that put us at 103 in dublin. lafayette, 98 will & also south san jose at 97. it's not as hot as it has been the past couple days. let's get a look. what you'll find here is the fog at the immediate coastline. that's the main reason why at least we saw temperatures going down today. anywhere from 5 to 8 degrees cooler from this time yesterday. coming up in that full forecast, we'll have details and the possibility of showers, increased humidity, and also temperatures dropping this saturday and sunday. >> i like the sound of that. thanks, jeff. >>> you can track the heat specific to your neighborhood on o

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> if you know someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> all right. kris, you're a woman of the outdoors, right? the weekend right around the corner. looking for something to do, tomorrow is your chance to explore national parks for free. tomorrow is national public lands day. the nation's largest single day volunteer effort for public lands. to celebrate the national park service is offering free entry at all 408 national parks across the u.s. nuts included. just tomorrow though nearly half of those parks usually charge some sort of entrance fee. >> yosemite does not look like that right now. that's for sure. >>> amateur astronomers, stargazers everywhere plan to have eyes fixed to the skies sunday night for a rare celestial show. >> it's being billed as a lunar double feature. an eclipse is going to take place at the same time as a so-called supermoon. a supermoon is when the moon is closest to earth in its monthly orbit making it larger than usual. the

a reminder, traffic the weather specific to your neighborhood 24 hours a day on our nbc bay area app.f download it for free. >>> seems to be getting worse at san quentin. more prisoners showing signs of legionnaires' disease. now six confirmed cases, and 73 other inmates showing symptoms. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is at san quentin this evening where an inmate advocacy group is demanding access behind the prison walls. how realistic is this request? >> reporter: well, raj, prison officialssinsist they are taking every step possible to make sure the inmates are safe and healthy. but tonight the prison advocates or inmate advocates are becoming increasingly worried. >> this could be very serious. people can die from this. >> reporter: that's the worry of inmate advocates, as more san quentin prisoners fall ill with symptoms consistent with legionnaires' disease. while the toilets are back in use, sinks and faucets remain dry. six inmates have now tested positive for the potentially deadly legionnaires' disease, which has spread through water droplets. 73 more are sick and are being

court documents obtained by nbc bay area, prosecutors say the jail guard sent text messages to each other, some cases bragging about abusing inmates. one of those inmates was in court today. nbc bay area's damian trujillo was there. >> reporter: these documents are the reason the people say the jail guards should be denied bail at tomorrow's hearing. they show an alleged pattern of troubling conduct by the guards. juan via hid behind his lawyer in court today. prosecutors say the three jail guards accused of beating inmate michael tyree to death also beat him minutes before. he suffers from mental health issues. >> the jail facility does not have people the that are properly trained to teal with people with serious mental health issues. >> reporter: the sheriff reports almost after the inmates in jail suffer from a mental illness. in these documents filed with the court prosecutors allege the three accused jail guards texted each other. one text sent months before rafael rodriguez allegedly texted guard matthew farris saying, quote, he was surprised about me slapping him, he sat on his be

nbc bay area's chuck coppola is live with details for us. huck. >> reporter: the incident is said to have happened last night at about 9:40 p.m. at this whole foods behind me at bay place and harris in oakland. today the store has a handful of uniformed officers from allied private security. the officer said to have been involved is not a new employee. a shopper who posted photos of the incident on facebook generating immediate reaction on social media says the man who was beaten unconscious and bleeding tried to use an electronic food stamps car. a spokeswoman says he made physical contact with an employee. >> i'm completely shocked. i've never heard of anything like this. >> reporter: oakland police confirm it's investigating the incident. that the man beaten unconscious was taken to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition. >> i don't think there is anything a customer can do short of assaulting another customer in a store that would require that kind of response. >> reporter: whole foods called the graphic images disturbing, and

reporting live in santa cruz, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thanks for the heads up. >>> you can keep track of the rising temps on our nbc bay area app. it's free. just click on weather on the dropdown menu, and there you'll find the latest forecasts and the temperatures in your neighborhood. >>> a tragic boating accident on this labor day weekend. a well-known bay area family is in mourning. but it's also desperate for answers. how did their son die, exactly? and why can't they see the body? this happened yesterday in southern california. but tonight we have some new information on the death of michael harris. the 26-year-old was the eldest son of peter and jan harris. peter, the former ceo of the 49ers. michael was a high school counselor at his alma mater in atherton. he was with his girlfriend, kelly wells, over the weekend. they were on a small boat, a dinghy near catalina island at 1:00 a.m. on sunday. his girlfriend and two others have minor injuries. the fifth person on board is presumed dead. this is now a homicide investigation. that's what we have discovered t

live in santa cruz, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> tough story. thank you, michelle. >>> classes are canceled at a new south bay charter school after the arrest of a teacher's aide who is now charged with molesting an 8-year-old student there. now there are questions about why spark charter school did not have background checks on all staff as required by law before they opened their doors. nbc bay area's chuck copolla is live. 160 students have nowhere to go to school. >> reporter: right now they are home. they're not on campus. we don't know exactly where they are, but for now they are certainly not in school. we're waiting right now for the county superintendent to speak with us in santa clara county. that's the agency that approved spark charter school to open. first of its kind in sunnyvale, but it's only one of 23 charter schools in the county that this county board of education oversees. and at issue is why did the school open before background checks of its personnel were completed? this morning spark charter school was closed. none of its

more on the bay area group making a special request to the pontiff. >>> got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. across the country are heading east to celebrate mass >>> well, many of the pilgrims from across the country are headed east to celebrate mass with pope francis. a group of catholics from the bay area have a special request for the pontiff. >> they would like an apology from the church for the way they say african-american catholics have been treated. nbc bay area's cheryl herd spoke with the leading parish. >> reporter: according to father and others who agree with him, the time is now. >> that would be the beginning of healing any church in this society to say i'm sorry. i'm sorry that the bishops of the united states. >> reporter: father aiden is the pastor at st. columbus catholic church in oakland. he and a group of 18 parishoners are heading to the east coast to see pope francis. many of them wrote this letter asking the father to lead the universally church to openly apologize

stay with nbc bay area for the latest on these fast-moving fires. you can also download our nbc bay area app. it is free. >>> san mateo county deputies are on the lookout for more than just criminals these daze. they're looking for cats. the big ones. the latest sighting of a mountain lion was reported near talla road near the san mateo hills. someone reported seeing the cat run through the neighborhood into a wooded area. wildlife officials along with deputies searched the area but didn't find it. deputies say sightings are becoming so frequent that they have started checking neighborhoods for the big cats while on routine patrol. you may remember in may, this mountain lion caused quite a scare. it was in downtown san mateo just walking around. the animal was eventually tranquilized and taken back to the hills. >>> check your fridge. a salinas company is recalling baby spinach because of health concerns. organic girl says a chemical element cadmium got into five-ounce packages of their organic baby spinach. the company didn't say how it happened. ca

boxes nbc bay area's stephanie chuang is live in oakland. stephanie, people remembering him as a good kid ter onto celebrate his life. nbc bay area's stephanie chuang is live in oakland. stephanie, people are remembering him as a good kid who was trying to make his community a better place. >> reporter: that's what we heard over and over again this morning, kris. his family pulled up in a car this morning and immediately they got out. and it just seemed like they were here visiting the site where his life was taken just 24 hours ago as he was working on a mural. i talked to his younger sister who was on crutches. and she was telling me she'd been here last night for a vigil but couldn't stay very long through tears. she was absolutely emotional. more than 100 people packed this area under the 580 overpass. this is on west street here for a candle light vigil to remember antonio ramos. oakland police say this is where he was shot while painting part of a 4,000-square-foot mural part of a project to beautify oakland. his parents, older brother

robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, robert. >>> under scrut an in the east bay, berkeley's police department. activists claim they have new information that confirms that officers in berkeley have a pattern of racial profiling. they claim their information shows while the city is only 8% african-american, blacks make up a third of all police stops. >> if you're stopping black folks at an alarming rate and about two thirds of the time when you stop them, it's for no legal reason, that's infi insufficient and ineffective policing. >> they say it's discriminatory and a human rights violation. the berkeley police department is not commenting. we did try to reach them several times today, but they issued no comment on this case. >> super bowl 50 is just 130 days away, and hopeland security has labeled it a level one threat. the highest classification for security at any national event. nbc bay area's michelle roberts is outside levi's stadium with the state of the art technology that is getting ready to keep people safe. >> a month ago, before the system was put in place, if the

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live with more. cheryl, it was a detective in that dublin case that actually cracked the vallejo kidnapping case? >> reporter: that's right. she was here, but could not talk to us on camera. meanwhile, the prosecutor called three witnesses to the stand. one was chung yeng, the homeowner and victim, and the other a police officer there at the time on june 5th when it all happened. and the other was an alameda county sheriff. no cameras were allowed inside the courtroom today. but we did see matthew muller, seen here in this mug shot, and he was wearing a red jumpsuit. the case is a serious one. a home invasion case where the homeowner was struck in the head with a flashlight, with his wife and daughter inside the home. that case led dublin police to connect muller to the strange kidnapping case involving a young couple6f claiming they we drugged and the woms kidnapped. fpvallejo police calling it a kc hoax. but when1 dublin police xee an alleged connection to the vallejo x?case,v the hoax allegation

bay area, this time in fremont. the whale is badly decomposes, a young california gray whale. it was spotted near the dumbarton bridge. that's quite a distance from the ocean. nbcay area's chuck coppola joins us there. they haven't seen a dead whale there in this part of the bay for the last 14 years. >> reporter: that's right. salt pods along highway 84, the marshlands in southern san francisco bay hardly whale territory, but authorities say the dead whale was found along a bike path just north of the dumbarton bridge approach on the east side. it appears to have been a weaned calf that may have become disoriented sometime. that's according to specialists. the beached juvenile california gray whale was found near the fremont side of the dumbarton bridge more than 30 miles into the bay. now rotting, its skin peeling back, pecked away by turkey vultures, it's spotted by bicyclers and hikers near the alameda bike path near coyote hills regional park. >> i just passed by and felt really sad because it's a beautiful animal, a whale. i just wonder what's happening to our oceans. >> reporter: now more than a dozen whales have washed ashore between monterey and mendoc

reporting live in lake county, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> stay with nbc baya for the latest on these fast moving fires. you can also download our nbc bay area app. that is free and we will be updating that with the conditions throughout the day. let's check in now with anthony slaughter who is standing by with a look at the weekend forecast. we talked about this. christie said some rain up there for the firefighters. that's a welcome relief, but it was the wind and you said you don't normally see a fire spread this quickly. >>> i was looking at the data from yesterday, the winds were gusting for 12 hours. i mean, we're talking 9:00 in the morning until 9:00 in the evening. that's when our wind gusts were up to 20 to 40 miles per hour. i mean, just consistent and they were erratic, not out of one direction and that's why they had spread so quick limit now, today much better news as you heard. we do have light rainfall and unfortunately we are not going to get any heavy stuff this morning or this afternoon but we may have another shot of rain later on this week

nbc bay area cameras were first to get you inside on friday. the hospital not close to being ready by its scheduled opening next month. in fact, it could be delayed by two or three years. nbc bay area's robert handa has been investigating this project for more than three years, and joins us in san jose. and robert, this is a big deal for taxpayers' money. >> reporter: that's right, raj. in fact, many people say that this is about taxpayer money, and taxpayer trust. now again, the two sides began meeting here at the county government center about 4:00 p.m., and as we reported, the county has given turner construction notice. it has to make a good case by friday to keep from being fired. crews forfeiturener construction are still working inside the $300 million hospital project today, even though no one knows how long turner will stay. as we reported during exclusive tour with santa clara county leaders last friday, the 168-bed facility was scheduled to open september 19th, but is not close to being ready after five years of construction. they bl

monitor the weather in your neighborhood and this heat, all you need to do is download your free nbc bay area app. >>> now to a story you will see only on nbc bay area. a snurs allegedly assaulted inside a hospital by a man with a violent and deadly past. he was dromd off at the alameda county with no warning. >> terry mcsweeney joins us from pleasanton. terry, first and foremost, how is the nurse? >> reporter: she is doing well. she is back at work. according to police, the attack happened here at the valley care medical center in pleasanton last september. now the attorney for the defendant wants to know why attorneys who dropped this guy off never told anybody about his violent past. a spokesman for the alameda county sheriff's office says had they done that it would have been a violation of the suspect's rights. the alleged sexual assault happened in the middle of the night. >> mr. diamond attacked her in a fairly sexual away. >> reporter: arrested for the assault, elias michael diamond of oakland. he had been dropped at at the hospital after being arrested the previous week for indy sent

reporting live in downtown oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. >>> let's rn our attention to decision 2016. the presidential campaign is in the bay area tonight. one of the top republican candidates is in town, dr. ben carson, a neurosurgeon says children are one of the main reasons he wants to be president. >> when i think about their future, and i think about what we're doing to their future, financially, and in lots of other ways, and, you know, maybe the traditional politicians will fix it. but i don't see any evidence of that, looking over the last few decades. and therefore, i just can't sit idly by and watch it happen. >> dr. carson spoke at the commonwealth club today in san francisco. he's right behind donald trump in the national polls in iowa. this evening, dr. carson will be attending a cocktail fund-raiser in knob hill. >>> free at last. the county clerk from kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples was released from jail this afternoon. >> thank you all so much! i love you all so very much. >> an emotional kim davis

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, jodi. follow-up on a deadly crash at a livermore gym. more information on the questionable driving record of that elderly driver who says she confused her gas pedal with the brake pedal killing a am would. livermore police tell us this is not the first time the 80-year-old driver has jumped the curb. investigatedors say that in that instance no one was injured which happened between 18 and 24 months ago when the driver may have been 78. they won't say where it happened and are not identifying the driver. one person, this woman, was killed. six people were injured. the woman who died, 49-year-old kathy baker, was the chief financial officer. it will be up to the d.a. to decide if the elder ly driver should face charges. >>> a boy kidnapped by his own father is back with his mother tonight. it was a tense few hours. police say michael steele assaulted his wife and father early this morning and then took his 5-year-old son triggering an amber alert this happened near san mateo. steele was arre

nbc bay area's joe risato jr.ws us the turnaround for the whole neighborhood. >> reporter: we all have childhood memories of a neighborhood park. >> the whole community would come here and play all the time. >> reporter: his memories are a mixed bag. >> a lot of memories good and pad. >> reporter: growing up in richmond south south side, john f. kennedy park, was where foster's life played out. >> lost a lot of friends, a lot of violence. got caught in the rafters of me doing selling drugs out here and doing crime. >> reporter: then one day foster found a different path. >> changed my life right on the street. >> reporter: a new beginning away from crime and drugs. kennedy park stayed the same. >> there haven't been no change here over 30 years now. >> this park has just been sitting here idle. >> reporter: weeds have claimed the basketball court. geese claim the lawns. and the voices that once filled the 7.5 acres are now mostly silent. at least they were. >> we're going to have four big picnic tables. >> reporte

nbc bay area stephanie chuangs live. we could hear from obama about getting more federal emergency help. >> reporter: getting fema help for the homeowners here who lost everything. now, perry's deli opened here, making sandwiches, feeding american red cross workers as well as insurance folk set up in the parking lot. huge trailers, for the catastrophic claims, cat claims, as they call them. store owners in middle town but not allowed to go back home. a five-minute drive down here, burned out, they feel like they're stuck in limbo. it's been busy for tim and susie webber who own perry's deli. the store survived the fire, their home did not. our camera was allowed where the webbers once lives. the family is still waiting to see it for themselves. the nightmare continues, the latest challenge figuring out what to do, where to go. >> power came on but not to everyone. it's all been kind of word of mouth on facebook. facebook is not always accurate. everybody -- people are afraid. afraid -- i think people are afraid of gettin

reporting live in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> thank you so much. stay with nbc for the latest. download the app nbc bay area that is free. >>> a search is on for a gunman that shot and killed a man in the east bay.s07 the intersection of shepherd avenue. the the man died at the scene. they're searching for websi ini and have not released the name of the man who was killed. >>> dozens of law enforcement sprang into action on the water. this is part of the training taking place in the bay area this weekend. christy is live in the bay area. tell us what they're training for. >> reporter: i can tell you the exercises have wrapped up. if you didn't know it was training it may have caught you by surprise. the scenario was a commuter ferry that had been hijacked likely by a terrorist. that caused a collision with another ferry and explosion near treasure island. first responders including san francisco fire and others looked at how they would respond and how to improve. they attended to injured and got practical experience. this is part of the urban shield exercises. it can help first

find out how it works next. >>> coming up after nbc bay area news at 11:00, "access hollywood live" followedy "days of our lives" at 1:00 p.m. be sharing more than books. a library in berkeley is closed this moin >>> bay area libraries could be sharing more than just books. a library in berkeley is closed this morning because of a possible bedbug infestation. last week an outbreak closed one in palo alto too. the local library being treated right now is the north branch near the corner of the alameda and hopkins street. bedbug sniffing dogs are going to check the other branches this week. those dogs will also be inspecting libraries in palo alto after the pests were found inside the mitchell park branch. that library reopened yesterday after a visit from the exterminators. >>> replacing the waiting room with the web. doreen gens ler shows us. >> reporter: this bridge represents more than just traffic headaches for this delaware family. it's a reminder of the nearly three-hour drive they made just to see their doctor. >> it was an entire day trip. and it was every three months. >> that's a lo

nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. has a rare look behind the scenes. >> there are many sights in san francisco, created by the city's early builders that are still impressive, but there's one sight fee people will ever see, but thousands depend on every day. >> this is one of our largest drinking wearries advisories in san francisco. >> reporter: on the highest hill in san francisco's sunset district is the sunset reservoir. >> a few of the pacific ocean. >> it's covered in those of solar panels reaching through the fog to create the city's largest solar site, but what is most startling is the part that the sun never touches. >> sunset reservoir covers about eight city blocks, the capacity is 177 million gallons. >> reporter: dozens of feet below the ground. >> about the size of four costcos. >> they store millions of gallons. >> this holds approximately 267 olympic-sized swimming pools. >> reporter: once every five year cleaning that left the tank temporarily drained also made for a rare opportunity to peek inside. >

nbc bay area's christie smith live in san francisco. but first let's go to meteorologist rob mayeda. more of the same tomorrow? >> especially for the valleys, it's going to be hot again. temperatures as warm as 93 in downtown san jose. in the mid-90s closer to san jose. 102 in livermore. a few of our records broken. richmond about 96 degrees today. gilroy 104. and we had temperatures around oakland and san jose in the mid-90s. and a very interesting day in the north bay where you needed a jacket this morning for temperatures in the mid-50s. almost 50 degrees of warming topping out actually up to 102 degrees in healdsburg for the afternoon. so the other side, strong high pressure acting like a lid on top of the bay area, trapping air pollution. unfortunately, another spare the air day tomorrow for the east bay. that's where we're see the highest areas of ground ozone levels. outside right now, it is after 11:00, it's still 75 degrees in san jose. and in san francisco 76 the average high this time of year is only 70 degrees. so we're well

nbc bay area's robert handa joins us. this may help the deputies. >> that's right, because that does clear up some issues for them. for the defense. all three deputies were granted bail. $1.5 million each. the fight also raised issues that helped and hurt both sides. the three santa clara county correctional deputies filed in separately, and when a shackled matthew ferrous came in, he didn't acknowledge rafael rodriguez sitting near him, although rodriguez silently greeted family and friends. this man also ignored the fellow deputies, but all three were treated the same for the bail hearing. the prosecutor requested no bail or at least $10 million, saying the deputies are a threat to potential witnesses such as inmates or fellow officers. >> it's a risk to the witnesses. they know who they are, where they are. >> the defense attorney scoffed and said $100,000 to $200,000 bail was reasonable. >> he made a suggest that there's an actual threat to the public because these deputies, if they're out on bail, are somehow going t

reporting live in middleton, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> let's hope that money gets into their hands soon. thank you, jodi. >>> and we're updating our website so you can keep track of what is happening on our nbc bay area app. you can also check out facebook and twitter. >>> and a man cried out loud in court, crying, after he stole several items including the shoes he was wearing from a san francisco target store last april. now this video shows up to four security guards pouncing on him and bringing him back into the store. he had a pocket knife and two of the guards faced cuts. he faced ten years in prison. a jury found him guilty of misdemeanor shoplifting. >>> in the east bay, detectives say a carjacker was firing a gun when sheriff's deputies shot and killed him. that happened near highway 238 near san leandro. the man was shot during a chase. the man abandoned the suv and tried to carjack another driver. luckily the driver inside was not hurt. >>> she hit the gas instead of the brake. police say that is how an suv ended up inside a fitness studio in livermore. it

you can continue to follow us on this breaking story and others on our nbc bay area app. our social platforms, facebook and twitter are also a good resource. >>> in need of their own bail. tonight, exclusive insight into that raid of bail bondsmen in the south bay. we told you that late last week, state law enforcement agents have arrested nearly 3 dozen bail bondsman. chief investigative reporter tony kovaleski is here. the state now says that jail inmates were actually involved in this. >> actually, jess. sources aware of the investigation have told us bail bondsmen were using inmates on the inside, paying them to find new leads to new inmates. leads to new business for some bail bondsmen. after more than a year of investigating, the state moved in and made arrests. these are pictures from the raids. state agents arresting nearly 3 dozen bail bondsmen accused of illegal business practices, charge with felony crimes. >> this was a significant case in the bail industry. >> george mueller helped direct to raid the for the state department of insurance. >> the best for bail

reporting live here in calistoga, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, bob. >>> wellnds carried ash from those fires all across the bay area. traveling at least a hundred miles to land on cars as far away as san jose. meteorologist kari hall keeping an eye on the weather conditions for us. good morning, kari. >> good morning. we are seeing a totally different weather set up from yesterday. now our winds coming in from the south. and we're also tracking some rain moving across parts of the central valley over towards fresno. we do see some rain spinning up there. and that may be moving into parts of the bay area. some of that moisture moving in as we go into the next several hours. we've only had some light rain and sprinkles across most of the bay area. really not enough to be measured. but here's a look at where middletown is and healdsburg, i was watching the camera and could see water droplets falling on the lens. definitely helping out in that wildfire fight and trying to get some containment on there. as we look at the wind speeds at each level of the atmosphere

we invite you to stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of this fire. download our free nbc bay area app. >>> well the fight over a delayed hospital project exploded today with accusations and lawsuits. we first broke the story a couple of weeks ago about the $300 million hospital projects at valley med that's about two years behind schedule. today the county officially fired turner construction and then filed a lawsuit. we've been on the forefront of the investigation. robert? >> there was a lot of frantic behind the scenes negotiations going on right up to the last minute but in the end within turner could not and would not meet the county's terms. that means the hospital project is in limbo right now and both sides are heading to court. when i took our nbc bay area come ras into the unfinished bay area project, it was supposed to open in three weeks but as the pictures showed, that wasn't going to happen. not one room was ready. county officials say that turner construction didn't take the hospital project seriously and told us one problem was turner

nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> let's throw things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're talking about a significant warmup not only in the bay area but up in lake county, as well. >> yeah. dangerous heat coming our way saturday and also sunday. mid to upper 90s. even the potential here of low 1 100s. there will be great beach weather mixed in. of course, you can get more on the scrolling seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. you know it is going to be downright hot tomorrow when at 11:19 we have fog-free conditions. to the south bay, you'll see excellent visibility across downtown. specifically here in san jose. 64 degrees. and san francisco, a beautiful shot tonight. winds out of the west at 14 miles per hour. even that westerly wind that's usually good enough to get the fog machine going, it's just not strong enough with that hot area of high pressure aloft. helping to evaporate any moisture. clear skies now will lead us to at least a comfortable start considering how hot it's going to be. let's get a look. you see for the morning hours, the north bay ex

stay with nbc bay area for continuous coverage of the fire. this fire, i should say, you can download the nbc bay area app. >>> and police are investigating a second sexual assault in petaluma. police say the victim was walking home in the area of fifth and d streets when she noticed a man coming up from behind her. the suspect said hello, grabbed her and ran off after she started to scream. police say the incident not believed to be connected to the sexual assault of a woman inside her home in south petaluma. >>> a follow-up to a hacking attack that hit local news sites this week, those sites are back up and now running. thursday, somebody brought down all the embarcadero media sites, and produced this. which is usually associated with a hacker group. anonymous. and the pleasanton weekly, all of them affected. today, they were restored. the palo alto weekly says there is no evidence that readers' e-mails, and passwords were hacked but you should still change them to be on the safe side. the fbi is now investigates along with the palo alto and

nbc bay area was the first to tell >>> the deadline is right now. nbc bay area was the first to tell you about the santa clara county hospital that's way behind schedule. county blames turner construction for delaying the $300 million project. we have new details now. tonight, santa clara county is expected to decide whether or not to keep turner on that project. it was supposed to be right at 6:30. we're the first with an exclusive tour inside the hospital which is supposed to open in a few weeks. the hospital, though, nowhere close to being done. nbc bay area's robert honda joins us live in san jose. robert, that deadline is supposed to be right now at 6:30. what's happening? >> reporter: well, jessica, turner construction did make a proposal to try to stay on the job, but we have learned it was rejected. so now, turner must accept a new deal with new terms from the county by tuesday, or be fired. work continues today on the santa clara valley medical center's new 168-bed hospital facility, though no one knows how long turner construction will be o

live with nbc bay area news. >> okay. terry, thank you. >> we do have more answers tonight and the shooting at san francisco peer 14. a hearing is kpnted to wrap up tomorrow to determine if there's enough evidence to try this man for murder. he was shot during an evening stroll with her daughter. defense attorney say that is the shooting was accidental. he is an undocumented immigrant. now at the time of the shooting he was allowed because of the sanctuary sit problem denying any request from ice to keep him in custody. >> on the run for weeks and behind wars. the suspect that's considered armed and dangerous is accused of an office shooting. police tracked him down in san jose. him and two other men are accused of terrorizing a man last month. he was seen on surveillance video and he is the of suspect alive. the two other men were killed in separate shoot out with the police. >>> two other wild fires roared through the same area. it started this afternoon and was nearly 500 acres so far. the mandatory evacuations are und

robert honda, nbc bay area news. >> you can track the heat on our nbc bay area app. you can finds the temperatures specific to your neighborhood. >> well, ready to upgrade? today's big reveal a dud? mixed reviews for apple, but that usually means we'll constituent go out and get the new iphone, but today a twist. an apple pencil. this is something the late steve jobs didn't like. the cupertino company showed new iphones, ipad and a remote. but is it worth your money. scott budman you' been doing these apple rollouts for more than a decade. what sticks oit today? >> even by apple standards, we saw a lot of gadgets to take a look at today. also by apple standards, we got something we expected, and that was music. ♪ dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ >> the auditorium, made famous by concerts, one republic ushered in the littest apple update. new iphones. the 6 s and 6s plus with what apple calls 3d touches. also new colors to entice holiday buyers. >> the new coloring in the lineup will be for some consumers to encourage the upgrade. now you have rose gold. >

bay area band, and eric goulding at justin area plaza. the nfl season kicks off tomorrow night right here on nbc bay area. good match-up, the steelers and the patriots. our coverage begins at 4:30. >> if you go out to justin herman plaza tomorrow, bring water. you'll need lots and lots of water to stay cool. >> no classic san francisco fog as we head through the forecast, so temperatures will be in the 80s at the start of that concert. if we get a look outside, we're holding onto a lot of this heat-up in the north bay, san francisco 79, south bay 91 and the east bay 1102 degrees. when you average these temperatures together, 101 in brynwood and lafayette to yarinda, into the 80s. we are seeing slightly cooler weather dropping into the 80s. let's get this out of the way. tomorrow will be just as hot on your thursday forecast. we'll go up to 101 in the south bay. tri-valley 106, san francisco 85, and for the north bay 104. fire danger will be high as that humidity will be low. you want to remember a couple things. it seems like common sense, but don't forget that water. heat exhaustion can catch up with you

. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> we are where we are because the system failed. manity and right now, us. >> right now at 11:00, taking action. the family of kate stainly speaks to nbc bay area as they prepare to make a major announcement in wake of their cost of repair's death. good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. they will be criticized and plitd sized but they are fighting on. the family of kate steinle square off against san francisco sheriff and two federal agencies. >> cheryl heard joins us live from livermore. cheryl? >> reporter: one foot in front of the other. that's how the steinle family says they are dealing with their daughter's death. but since her death, they have become activists. that's something they say they never thought they would become in a million years. >> everybody can't keep just rolling over and saying, yeah, this is the way it is. it isn't the way it has to be. we've got to stand up and be counted and say, we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. >> reporter: liz sul ran and her husband jim s

follow developments on this story and other breaking news on our nbc bay area app, and follow us on twitter and facebook always. >>> we forgive. >> right now at 6:30, a tearful apology from the father of the teenager accused of shooting and killing a bay area paramedic. that apology came as the trial for the teenager came to a close today. this has been a difficult time for the families of both the victim and the accused killers. nbc bay area's jo di hernandez is in oakland this evening. >> reporter: an emotional day, both inside and outside the courtroom as this trial wrapped up. today the father of the alleged gunman told us he's truly sorry. >> i apologize for all of the wrongful doing that's taken place. >> reporter: that's what the father of the alleged triggerman who prosecutors say shot and killed paramedic quinn boyer during an attempted carjacking, wants boyer's family to know. christian burton who was just 16 at the time, and 17-year-old david mcneil are on trial for the 2013 oakland hills killing. burton's father spoke out today for the first time. >> my family, this is not our t

i'm steve handlesman, nbc bay area news. jessica back to you. >> thanks very much, steve. >> president obama met with india's prime minister in new york calling her a good friend and talked about the upcoming climate talks in paris. both leaders have pledged to take action to slow global warming and commit to clean energy. asian immigrant are on track to surpass latino immigrants in the decades to come according to two numbers from the research center. migration from transpacific countries will stay the same and they predicted immigrants will make up 82% of population growth over the next 60 years. little perspective and immigrants are 5% of the population in 1965. today they make up 14% and in 2065 they will likely make 18% of the u.s. population. >> the volkswagen cheating scandal is growing tonight. vw's luxury brand audi now says 2.1 million of its cars were also fitted with the software to jet emission tests. most of the cars are overseas but almost 13,000 audis in refreshing are impacted. german prosecutors have opened

nbc bay area app. there's access to a lot of information -- including today's highs and any weather advisories. ==jess/vo== now to breaking news out of southern california. a brush fire fire is burning dangerously close to homes in the fullerton- la habra area. at least 20 streets have already been evacuated. the fire's charred at least a dozen acres since it first began about 2 hours ago. no one's been hurt. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. ==jess/ots== and we have new evidence of just and we have new evidence of just how dangerous this wildfire season has been. ==vo/fiber19== within the past few hours calfire announced that it has now responded to nearly 68-hundred wildfires for the season. that's about 15-hundred more fires than they normally see. those fires have burned at least 545-thousand acres. it's worth noting, the numbers only represent the fires cal-fire has been asked to help fight. ===raj/ots=== a grimm discovery off angel island. a missing boater found. and now -- the

reporting live in santa cruz, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> charges of racism from one of the bay area's biggest garbage and recycling companies. federal and state civil lawsuits have been filed. >> i felt as if enough was enough. with that type of plan, terrorism, bullying, whatever, the intent was, was not acceptable. >> that's darryl washington. he's an employee with recology. he claims a noose was placed in the work area of he and another african-american worker. he also alleges that he and his counterparts were subjected to other discriminatory behavior while on the job. he claims he was retaliated against by recology after he filed a complaint. washington is asking for a written apology and $450,000 in damages. recology did issue a statement today saying the company negates the claims of racism and retaliation. >>> well, 40 apps and counting. that's how many programs have been hacked. the discovery was made over the weekend. apple reps say some creators of the popular chinese apps like we chat were duped into using bat software. it would collect the user'

bay area. we want to show you a view from the nbc helicopter today. you can see all this haze, low visibility, smoke drifting across the bay area. we've even seen ash falling all the way in santa clara county in san jose. our chief meteorologist is checking the smoke and a change in the weather that should hopefully help firefighters, jeff. >> well, today some of those changes did get started off much cooler temperatures, clouds moving in, and some spotty showers as well. right near the zone of that fire. as we get a look at the wind. the wind pattern is blowing the smoke away from the bay area right up into the sacramento valley. its been gusty, 5 to 25 miles per hour. tomorrow, key change of the wind, more out of the north and also westerly direction. that likely could blow smoke back into the napa. also contra cost and alameda temperatures. temperatures will be at 77 degrees, cooler than this weekend, but winds still may gust to 30 miles per hour. and humidity of 39%. best news for firefighters and anyone living in that area who hope to get back to

nbc bay area's scott bud man has more. >> it hasn't even opened yet, but intelicare direct is busy. they just moved to the south bay and will hire 130 people immediately. >> the vibrant community up here, people were very motivated, people were very driven, educated, and i felt this was the place that i could get the best quality candidate. >> it joins apple, google, linked in and others. tech companies opening offices in the south bay. >> people realize the action is right here, right now. >> san jose and silicon valley are taking off. >> after years of looking to more hip urban san francisco, why go south? >> it's all those again-xers, they're middle aged now, they have kids, san francisco's not a kid friendly town, so you move down to suburbia. >> the folks is on hardware and manufacturing, two rapidly growing sectors of the economy. >> manufacturing is really thriving in the san jose area. one of every six jobs is linked to manufacture iing. >> all those jobs mean more cars and higher priced homes. >> i think traffic is about to be really terrible around here. >> it's already pre

reporting live in sacramento, i'm joade hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> only on nbc police are looking for some kids who stole several turtles when a local petco and violently killed one of those turtles. nbc bay area's damien trujillo is in san jose this evening with details. >> reporter: san jose police will only say they are looking into this incident. they won't say much more about what happened there inside petco. they are the most popular turtles sold at bay area pet shops. these are for sale at andy's pet schott shop in san jose and this pet zor on blossom hill road says someone stole several of the same turtles here last week and killed one of them. >> that's not good. >> are they like high on somethinging? why would they do something like that? >> reporter: two of the suspects were caught on surveillance video. we are hiding their identity to protect the integrity of the investigation and shortly after that they went into a kohl's department store, stole a few watches and left a few turtles behind and petco handed over surveillance video and today customers are asking what kin

that's where we find nbc bay area's jean elie. she is in the bay view district with how the community is reacting. >> reporter: the message is racism will not be tolerated. and if hateful words appear, people here will stand together to say it's wrong. >> my own family was told we should go back to where we're from. >> reporter: she says she is used to standing up to racism. >> if we don't say something it's going to continue. >> reporter: she had lots of company tonight. >> in san francisco, an attack against one of us is an attack against all of us. >> reporter: dozens of people, from all walks of life, stood shoulder to shoulder in the pour tolla neighborhood in san francisco taking back the park where hateful words appeared monday morning. people in the crowd say the graffiti stung. >> it hurt. when i hurt, i got a shock. i'm really scared. >> reporter: horrifying. >> reporter: no one reported the graffiti, but officers saw pictures on social media and started investigating, finding the words in six locations. >> i have to say,

track the heat to your neighborhood on our nbc bay area app.it is updated 24/7. >> dramatic jewel rery heist. a million dollars stolen in minutes. three years later an arrest. two suspected robbers in custody for the brazen robbery. but detectives two states say the arrest could just be the tip of the ice. tonight how the jewels were recovered. where they were found. nbc bay area's peggy bunker in los gatos and what it took to crack the case. >> after three years of looking for suspects. police pulled them over on suspicion of drug trafficking in oklahoma city. they searched the car inside and out. they found it taped to the car battery, inside the pouch, not drugs, but jewels. >> it was. the worst day of my life. i thought i am not going to see my kids ever again. >> just afternoon. two days before thanksgiving in 2012 when two armed men stormed the jewelry store. surveillance video captured the violent robbery the men smashed glass cases and scooped jewels into a trash can. a terrified woman shopping tries to protect her baby from flying glas

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us in oakland. this is big. a lot of jobs coming into the east bay now. >> as many as 3,000, raj. the sears building here in downtown oakland has been shuttered for quite some time, but tonight, it has a new name, uptown station, and soon, it will be bustling with new uber activity. >> we're excited because we know uber chose oakland. you're attracted to oakland, because of our progressive values. >> calling it a game changer, oakland's mayor announced transportation giant uber is rolling into town. >> it solidifies our area's status as the hottest new center for urban innovation in america. >> we're proud to say that our global headquarters is going to now include oakland. >> uber executive rene atwood said uber bought the historic building that housed sears. they're trance forling it into office space for up to 3,000 workers and will build a retail center on the first floor. she says oakland and uber are a perfect fit. >> it's the natural place from our perspective to really deepen our roots in the bay area. >

in fact let's bring in nbc bay area's damon trajillo. and robert dwigives us an idea how big this area is. what's the latest on the fire lines where you are? >> reporter: here, napa county is stepping up efforts. as you can see behind me, napa county sheriff deputies closed off polk valley road near lake county as part of its emergency procedures. as we traveled between the two counties, we saw a lot of emergency situations and many people responding. thousands of acres have burned and more are burning now. as firefighters scramble to stop flames from spreading to neighborhood to neighborhood and town to town. many homeowners couldn't stop the destruction and we saw whole areas levelled. power lines on fire. blocked off many streets. but some residents did save their homes. >> everybody is doing okay. >> david demonte suffered bruises and burns, working to protect his house. >> hoses, rakes, shovels. anything that you could get that you could use to get fire away from something. >> yeah. it's began. >> ezekiel and his family worked throug

bay area. that's all on our digital platforms. let's go to nbcbayarea.com or download our free nbc bay area app. >>> the deadline is approaching. nbc bay area was the first to tell you about a santa clara county hospital that's way behind schedule. as early as this morning, the county, which blames turner construction for delaying the $300 million project is expected to decide the company's fate. we were the first with an exclusive tour inside the unfinished hospital. it was supposed to open in a few weeks. clearly that hospital is nowhere close to being done. "today in the bay's" robert honda broke the story and filed this report with new details. >> reporter: more on santa clara valley medical center's new 168 bed hospital facility, though no one knows how long turner construction will be on the job. the new building was supposed to open september 19th and house bmc's rehab unit as well as intensive care, burn unit and maternity. george williams was making a rehab appointment and upset to hear a bigger, more modern facility is now years away. >> we are the ones that will suffer. i notice just walking through and looking at the

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you know someone doing something nice for others garvin woulde to hear from you. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> well, a human problem is effecting a sea otter. a 1-year-old otter from the seattle aquarium has asthma. she's learning to use an inhaler. experts say she's the first of her kind to be diagnosed with asthma. she started having trouble breathing from the smoke recent wildfires. experts say this could be a sign we need to take care of our environment. >> more and more there starts to be this concept of what we're calling one health, which is really there's a connection between the health of people and the health of other species. and that sometimes those species can be telling us that there's a problem in the environment. >> researchers say human cases of asthma are up about 25% over the last decade. and air quality could be to blame. >> just push their snoot up to get the inhaler. we'll be right back. look who's on the kiss cam. former president jimmy carter giving a big >>> well, look who's on the kiss

then stay with us for nbc bay area revelations and nbc about bay area news at 11:00. >>> moving on toecision 2016. donald trump continues to lead in most of the polls, but he is not making many friends along the way. thanks to some new controversial comments. the latest against carly fiorina. in a "rolling stone" article published yesterday the reporter calls -- recalls trump mocking fiorina's looks. the reporter said trump said about fiorina, look at that face, would anybody want to vote for that? >> shortly after fiorina told megyn kelly she's getting under trump's skin because she is climbing in the polls. >>> to jerry brown who has vetoed a bill that would have restricted drones from flying over your property. >> scott mcgrew, it's not clear the law would have stood up to the courts if it survived really in the first place. >> i don't think so. there is a lot of case law that establishes you don't control the air space above your home. you may recall i told you the story of a chicken farmer once. if you don't remember it you need to watch more often. california lawmakers like the