nbc bay area's damian trujillo is live at christmas hill park with more. damian? >> reporter: well, janelle, the d.a.'s office is about to hold a virtual ceremony here at the christmas hill park in gilroy. this is in memory of those who were killed in honor of those who survived and to the many first responders who potentially saved more lives. this ceremony begins at 5:15 this afternoon, around the time that the first shots were fired. now, all day people have been coming to christmas hill park to pay their respects. they brought flowers and balloons in memory of the people killed and those who were hit by gunfire but survived. responding officers who were already providing security at the festival fired against the gunman. they did strike the suspect, but the coroner later revealed that he died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound. today the mayor unfurled the flag at christmas hill park honoring the victims. >> today we raise the gilroy strong flag to represent the strength and resilience each and every one you has shown this last year. this flag represents our c

i'm damian trujillo. prepared to be inspired. this show today is about inspiration on your "comunidad del valle." >> nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. >> and we begin today with that inspiration. boy, where do we start with her rÉsume. you know, eliana, welcome to the show. everyone is dealing with express with what's going on around the world. i figured let's have somebody on who can inspire us all. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. such a pleasure to be here because i think any moment we can create to stay positiv share a bit of my story. >> i hope that we have enough time to share everything because there's a lot you have accomplished. let's start with your job at google and that important role you played in one of those high-tech giants in silicon valley. >> i started my career in tech in 2009 as an intern in the bold internship program at google. i had a ten 'career at google, an amazing ride. i created a number of roles from scratch. i'm an entrepreneur. i found ways to impact

nbc bay area's damian trujillo broke the story a few moments ago on twitter.e's at a san jose nail and hair salon where everyone is baffled and full of questions. >> reporter: they have the outdoor stations open ready for the overflow crowd. they say they'll stay open until someone tells them they have to close again. this might soon become the new trend in santa clara county. a little trim inside and a little color and manicure outside. one of the creative changes salons are making as they're allowed to reopen after being closed by covid for months. >> oh, i'm so grateful. it's just so nice to do something normal again and something that helps reduce some of the stress of what's been going on. ♪ >> reporter: the same relief at this boutique gym in south san jose featuring one-on-one training, also just opening. >> it feels awesome. it's definitely different, you know, with keeping the distance and having to wear the face masks, but i'd rather be here than just stuck at home. >> reporter: but minutes after opening, confusion. the governor ordered all counties

nbc bay area's damian trujillo is in san jose with this new legal twist. >> reporter: the suit seeks an injunction against the state. but here at the franklin mckinley school district, the superintendent says parents have already spoken. like all schools, the playgrounds at schools in this district are empty, and they'll stay that way here at least until after the christmas break. >> we had a lot of parents that let us know that they were not comfortable sending their child, even if we were taking all the precautions that we were planning for. >> reporter: but today a group called the center for american liberty is calling on the courts to overturn the governor's order, preventing most school districts from starting the school year in the classroom. >> we intend to pursue an injunction in court, to prevent the governor from destroying the academic year and beyond for these families and their kids. >> reporter: the virtual news conference bay area attorney invited a santa clarita parent to talk about the challenges of teaching her special needs child. christine says the only way her c

nbc bay area's damian trujillo is at city hall where there are some big questions about this new watch list. >> reporter: dr. deborah birx announced san jose was on the white house covid watch list during a conference call. she also listed 11 other cities that were, quote, lagging behind in the fight against the pandemic. >> nobody had heard anything from the white house about what criteria was being used. >> reporter: san jose's mayor called other mayors on the list and says many were also surprised by the announcement. even more disturbing, say south bay leaders, is that no one from the white house has called to explain the watch list or why we are now on it. >> it was not made clear what it means to be on the list. >> reporter: the county executive, who is also a medical doctor, says san jose is performing better than several cities that were left off the watch list. smith adds that if the white house is finally putting together a cohesive national strategy to fight coronavirus, then that's good news. otherwise he says this so-called watch list is dangerous. >> i like dr. birx, and

damian trujillo has more on this new call not to enlist. >> the nation has its eye on ft.ood in texas. vanessa guillen's family says a soldier told them she was being sexually harassed by other soldiers there. then she disappeared. days later, her dismembered body was found in a shallow grave. the man private guillen accused in the case killed himself after police came to talk to him about the murder. >> i think there's a good 'ol boys system in the military. they cover it up. >> garcia is the president of the group. league of united american citizens. it was founded by -- pains him to call for military enlistment boycott but also says it's necessary. >> if you have a young daughter thinking of enlisting in the army, warning. they may not be protected. even though they're enlisting to protect and serve our country, the army may not be protecting them. >> fighting for answers for weeks after vanessa disappeared. military leaders have said they found no evidence of sexual harassment or abuse of vanessa. >> look, the military code book is deny and lie. >> i spoke to the penta

he needs to come home and i just -- i can't picture him in any other way. >> damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> we wish that family the best. >>> another major decision today. it's disappointing to many high school athletes and parents. high school sports have been delayed. so what happens now? what if there's no season at all? raj joins us now. this could be a big issue for a lot of people, especially high school seniors that maybe were counting on trying to get into college through sports. >> yeah. it's a big issue for so many different levels here. on the grand scheme of things, jessica, we get it. it hurts so much for the athletes and the coaches and the community members that rally around these teams as well. but here's the bottom line. the cif, the governing body for all of california sports. officially delaying the fall season. so what does it mean? well, football teams, yep, sports like football that were supposed to start next month, won't start until the spring season. that's best case scenario. today some of the players working out of kings academy in sunnyvale. this is

damian trujillo. >> announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian ftrujillo. >> we begin in san francisco with my guest once again at "comunidad del valle." welcome again back to the show. >> thank you. i'm very pleased to be with you again. >> one thing that's very important, constance, to demonstrate is before you went on the air today, mask. talk about the importance of you still doing it there in your consular offices. >> thank you. well, yeah, we opened again for core services on june 1st. but we need to follow the protocols to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus. so everybody here is wearing the safe mace being and we are asking everybody come to the office with a safe mask -- a safe mask, their own pen because we shouldn't be allowing or allow -- giving the people our same pen because it's a means of contamination. then also that everyone keeps their distance. remember, 6 feet. we want to tell everyone that it's very important that we remind the cases are going up. that unfortunately between 40 and 50% in the county in the bay area are latinos who are

our damian trujillo is outside superior court with a story you'll see only on nbc bay area. >> reporter: grand jury proceedings are held in secret, but we have confirmed the assistant presiding judge in santa clara county impanelled the grand jury at the beginning of this month. and sources tell me the sheriff's case began on monday. this is where the grand jury is meeting in person, with strict covid protocols. the old courthouse in san jose. prosecutors are presenting witnesses and evidence concerning quid pro quo allegations against the santa clara county sheriff and her political campaign. we saw one witness walk out of court today. >> one thing very unique to the grand jury proceedings is that the grand jurors themselves are allowed to ask questions of witnesses. and they're allowed to review evidence. >> reporter: the case is focusing on whether the sheriff's office was granting more concealed weapons permits to those who contributed to sheriff lori smith's reelection campaign than to people who didn't. it's unclear just some of her top brass and members of her advisory board. in

damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> up next, ready to reopen next week.ill will be one noticeable change for anyone looking to tour the winchester mystery house. >>> another well-known retailer surla table has filed for bankruptcy. the company's ceo says they took a big hit with covid-19. sur la table is known for its in-store cooking classes which have discontinued because of local laws limiting indoor dining or gatherings. roughly half of its 120 u.s. stores will close permanently. that includes locations in court madera, san francisco, san jose and santa clara. >>> the mystery of when the winchester mystery house will reopen has been solved. the world's most bizarre home is reopening next monday. but things of course will be different. tours of the spooky san jose mansion will now be self-guided. each group must consist only of people in the same household and have got to wear masks. >>> typically their kitchen is making energy bars but today emery-based clif bar cooked up something special for students in oakland. the company has partnered with stephe

at 5:00 the mother of kayleigh salazar, the teen shot and killed, speaks to our damian trujillo about the plans to honor her and the difficult year they faced. at 6:00 raj mathai with the emotional sitdown interview with gilroy's mayor and the very site of last year's violence. >>> they will begin demolishing the pier 45 storage shed that went up in flames in may. it destroyed thousands of crab traps. the cause never announced. port leaders tell "the examiner" this week's demolition work will help investigators access the site. they say it will eventually be rebuilt. >>> hurricane douglas passing through the hawaiian islands as a category 1 storm. make no mistake, it's still packing high winds, heavy rain and storm surges. meantime, in texas, corpus christi and surrounding areas, they're cleaning up today after hanna moved through the category 1 hurricane this weekend. widespread flooding and thousands without power. they are still dealing with the pandemic as well. that storm came through providing a big punch. >>> yeah, and not at a good time. as we continue to track the tropics, th

." >> nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle," with damian trujillo. >> we begin today with what's been happening across the country and what it's done to the good community work that police officers have been doing. darrell cortez, a retired san jose police officer and president shop with a cop of silicon valley. >> thank you for having me. >> give us your assessment of what you've seen across the country in the last couple of weeks. >> these are turbulent times in the community here as well as across the country. i think there's a call for action. this is a the pivotal moment in time, in history rather. there's going to be a new paradigm shift in policing. there's calls for reform. there's also calls for defunding the police. so that there's a lot of challenges ahead. >> what has this done to the good work that you've been doing through your foundation across the silicon valley? the pictures are beautiful when you're taking the kids out for christmas shopping. the pictures are beautiful when you're reading to the kids in class, delivering bicycles to their schools and backpacks a

." >> nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle," with damian trujillo. >> we begin today with what's been happening across the country and what it's done to the good community work that police officers have been doing. darrell cortez, a retired san jose police officer and president shop with a cop of silicon valley.

this is video from nbc bay area's damian trujillo. the flames have been contained. but not before burning about 30 acres. no word yet on a cause. >>> outside we go to san jose. it is just beautiful. sun is shining, and borderline hot. a lot of inland areas saw 100 degree temperatures today. rob, you were talking at 5:00, i think you said fairfield was somewhere about 105 or something like that? >> yeah. 105, so those are big numbers in terms of temperatures. but humidity down to 4% earlier this afternoon in fairfield. so not only are we talking about heat but high fire danger as we start the weekend. let's show you some of the hotter locations around the bay area. earlier out near walnut creek temperature up to 102 degrees. still 98 right now. wind at 17 miles per hour. fairfield was 105 earlier. still 99 degrees. san jose 85. check out san francisco, 68 degrees, so cooler. the marine air around just the immediate bay and the coast. inland, look at the humidity numbers. 10% in livermore. the late day breeze picks up. this is the reason why fire danger especially acr

here's nbc bay area's damian trujillo. >> reporter: kayla salazar's family was supposed to be preparingor her quinceanera right now, her 15th birthday. but instead the past year has been a nightmare for the family from san jose. >> translator: i miss my baby so much. it's an uncontrollable pain. >> reporter: she remembers what she thought was a young man trying to sneak into the gilroy garlic festival last year. then she says that man did the unthinkable. she describes the rapid gunfire, sending people at the festival to the ground, crawling to safety. lying next to her was kayla, one week before her 14th birthday, motionless. >> translator: i screamed. i yelled "help my daughter, she's dying." >> reporter: kayla took her last breath at a san jose hospital, and although it's been almost a year, the family says the pain is as raw as if it had happened yesterday. >> there's no words to describe the pain that we're experiencing and how empty, you know, we feel sometimes. >> translator: my youngest daughter is still traumatized. she stays in her room. she does not want to come out. >> repor

at 5:00 the mother of keyla salazar, the teen who was shot and killed, speaks our damian trujillo.aj mathai with an emotional sitdown interview with gilroy's mayor. >>> 6:49 right now on your monday morning. coming off a really nice weekend, let's see what the weather holds for today, kari. >> i know right now in san francisco you can't see anything. this is a look at that view. we head inland. this is looking at walnut creek. a wide range in temperatures and microclimates along with our sky cover. our temperatures and the trend for today. expect it to stay in the 60s near coastline with all of that fog there. in the cupertinoe at 78 degrees. some of us will feel some warmer air. this is not too bad. that continues today. now 8:00 is right before sunset and the perfect time to go for a walk because all of us will have a nice, cool ocean breeze. we're coming back to the mid-70s and the fog continues to roll back in for tonight. we'll have a couple quick moving storm systems giving us at times breezy winds. no major changes to our weather pattern. end of the week it heats up a few mo

damian trujillo is live at christmas hill park with more. >> reporter: garvin, the da's office wrapped up that virtual ceremony about 15 minutes ago. some family members are still here talking to some of the cals. it's been a tough day for gilroy. as they've proven over and over, they are resilient. it was one year ago that the unthinkable happened in the middle of a county tradition, the gilroy garlic festival. today families gathered at christmas hill park to remember the fallen. >> being born and raised in gilroy, pretty tragic for the entire community. we just -- gilroy strong. >> the teddy bears and everything they leave, my kids see it, they always ask me and i have to tell them. yeah. just thankful. >> reporter: gilroy vows to never forget. a downtown banner depicts the resiliency of this community, but there is still pain. >> still hurts at times. at times we think about it, still talk about it, me and the friends, me and the family, we still talk about it. >> reporter: today after a moment of silence, the city raised a "goalry strong" flag at christmas hill park. >> this flag

damian trujillo is having questions about the new watch list. >> reporter: no one here knows what it really means. it seems south bay leaders were blind sided by the announcement and today they're firing back. dr. deborah bench announced san jose was on the white house covid watch list during a conference call. and named other cities lagging behind in the fight against the pandemic. >> nobody it heard anything from the white house, what criteria was being used. >> reporter: the san jose mayor called other mayors on the list and said many were also surprised by the announcement. even more disturbing say south bay leaders is that no one from the white house has called to explain the watch list or why we are now on it. >> it was not made clear what it means to be on the list. >> reporter: the county executive who is also a medical doctor said san jose is performing better than several cities that were left off the watch list. smith adds if the white house is finally putting together a cohesive national strategy, to fight coronavirus, then that is good news. otherwise, he said the so-cal

. >> reporter: in san jose, damian trujillo, "nbc bay area news." >>> the city of oakland is urging youo drop off your fireworks ahead of the holiday weekend. all fireworks are illegal in oakland and take a look at this stash. oakland police confiscated roughly 110 pounds of it on tuesday. if you want to get rid of yours safely you can drop off any unused fireworks at these six fire stations with no penalty. oakland fire crews say it is all about safety from the explosion when the fireworks go off to the fires they start in dry grass. >>> in santa clara this afternoon teens inspired by the black lives matter movement organized a march and protest. members of the wilcox high school union put together the event. it moved down monroe street to central park. there many shared thoughts and perspectives at an open mike. organizers say one of the goals is to raise awareness at the school. >> a couple of things are pushed under the rug. there's cases of kids saying something to your faces and teachers not checking them teac don't realize are harmful to the students. they're aware but i want it