terry mcsweeney, today in the bay . >>> and not going down without a fight. animal rights activists are protesting the foster city plan to kill 100 geese. city leaders say the geese are causing too many problems. ian cull explained the latest battle. >> this is a misallocation of funds. >> reporter: animal rights activist pushing for foster city to stop the call of up to 100 canadian geese. >> if it's alive -- >> don't tell me it's a lie. >> reporter: 40 protesters in front of city hall who later walked to the home of the vice mayor to have their voice heard saying plans to kill the geese are inhumane. >> everyone is full steam ahead on this and it seems like no matter what we say they don't want to change their mind. >> reporter: and foster city that canada goose population has doubled in years to 300 the city said the geese hope all of our parks, sidewalks and in waterways that has created a health risk. city leaders say they have existed exhausted nonlegal options and voted to get the permits to kill up to a third or 100 and stop the problem. they said in

nbc bay area terry mcsweeney reports from san francisco. >> reporter: out for an evening stroll on the castro district this evening, josh, nate, and their dog, beverly. monkeypox is getting to be quite the burden in this neighborhood and some members of the gay community are a bit anxious. >> the community knows fti very well, and when a new one pops up, we take it seriously and immediately call for action. so i think it is something that we will strive as it goes and people seem to be aware of this. >> reporter: the two new cases are from people who attended parties during pride weekend. burning man's afterglow party. and tonight the attendees are being put on alert and being encouraged to get tested and vaccinated from monkeypox or they could get an appointment. transmitted mainly through skin to skin and sexual content. it might sound and look frightening, but it is very rarely fatal. >> monkeypox is not a disease that will kill people although there are rare fatalities reported. it is much more of one of these nasty rash illnesses that hurt. you basically end up being isolated for

i am terry mcsweeney. >> i am janelle wang. let's get to our headlines in a moment. we have breaking news developments in the mass shooting outside of chicago. the rest, a potential suspect, that is today's massacre. if you are just joining, we want to bring you up to date, and gunfire rang out as crowds gathered for a fourth of july parade at highland park this morning. this is an area in chicago where violence is extremely rare. today, six people were killed, at least 38 others were hurt. victims are ranging from children to the elderly. >> he was firing into crowds, he was in some sort of some assault rifle. he picked targets at random. he was identified as 21-year- old robert crimo iii. over an hour ago, police took him into custody about 15 minutes from the site of the massacre . that is video from the scene and the car he was driving. in lake forest, there was a brief pursuit. no word on how they identified him as a person of interest. >>> the mass shooting outside of chicago casted events all over the u.s. including san francisco, where hundreds of thousands a

i am terry mcsweeney. >>> fire officials are expected to speak any moment now, after a number of fires overnight possibly set off by fireworks. they are urging people to leave the illegal fireworks alone. we have a live look, right now. what are the biggest fires, last night? one was in antioch, after fireworks set off a brush fire that burned over two acres. >> firefighters and homeowners are on high alert. there are already illegal fireworks galore going on and sparking fires. >> christie smith has more on what fire crews are doing to protect property. >> reporter: the county firefighters say they are bringing in extra reinforcement did neighbors say that based on what they have been hearing in the neighborhood recently, it is what they would like to see. firefighters were called out to a fire near james donlon boulevard, saturday night. >> i smelled smoke, which is really frightening. >> reporter: michael lives in antioch and says it has been getting bad at night. >> out in this area, we get a lot of people with fireworks setting them off. we normally hear really loud ones. last nig

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pleas from the lgbtq community who were upset over what they say are anti- transgender jokes as terry mcsweeney shows us, some say he got a first amendment right to be funny however he chooses. remake here at the burbank center for the performing arts, dave chapelle, a popular comedian, critics say to wild and he crosses the line when it starts talking about the transgender community. his fans see it differently. >> he is a very fair and everyone. doesn't matter if you're mexican, black, lesbian, gay. it doesn't matter. you will be treated the same. >> reporter: a woman who drove from san jose for the show said chapelle confronted the lgbt controversy had on. >> he basically said, get over it. i make fun of everybody. >> reporter: among those not laughing is lgbt advocates upset with the community and the venue pick up addition with 500 names call for the burbank center to cancel the shows. >> his brand of comedy has been particularly hurtful to the transgender community and we are an important part of this community and we feel like this is a slap in the face to us from the luther burbank cent

. >>> the news at 11:00 starts right now, thanks for joining us, i am terry mcsweeney, and i am audrey asistio. >>> a state of emergency declared in siskiyou county, firefighters trying to wrangle another wildfire tonight. we are talking about the mckinney fire burning in the klamath national forest, not far from the state border of oregon. it has already burned 30,000 acres, becoming the largest fire in the state in just one day. cal fire says that the fire is 1% contained tonight. >> videos showing that buildings are reduced to rubble near the klamath river. no official count of how many homes have been lost exactly. evacuations have been underway with more orders issued for parts a city near the shasta river. they are not the only ones, more than 2000 people under evacuation, the map shows where people are being told to leave. all of the red zones are mandatory orders. the smaller yellow orders that you can see there, those are just warnings. affecting about 200 people. this fire has exploded in size, we head over to rob mayeda, we get a clear view of the fire. this is a 12 hour tim

our own terry mcsweeney sent us this of the sun setting over the lake. but we have a haze. you can see hovering over the lake. it is smoke from the fires, burning and cold country and yosemite, that is actually drifting up to tahoe and you have been telling us about this, jeff, how you can see on top of all of it. >> it is not at hazardous levels but it could irritate folks if they have any respiratory problems. i think that will stand the forecast as we had through tomorrow. and across the sierra. >>> back you're in the bay area, it was credible today. but tomorrow we are cranking up that heat, so get ready, we will bring you into that microclimate forecast. and, saturday, it is just about behind us, the good thing is that we still have sunday. so i wanted to show you what is going to be in control of our weather as we move through tomorrow and the changes we are seeing. we have not one but two areas of high pressure here across the west. this one moving the storm track off to the north but this one down here, through the southwest, that is really going to drive in that hi

. >> reporter: in santa rosa, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area. >>> this is our sad reality.de, fight. tonight about 200 people went through an active shooter training session, put on by the pleasant hill police department. this was not for first responders or cops, this was for everyday people in the community. here's nbc bay area's cheryl heard. >> this is uncomfortable. even just sitting in this room and talking about that topic should be uncomfortable. >> reporter: uncomfortable but necessary for people thinking about safety. close to 200 people packing this auditorium in pleasant hill tonight, learning how to protect themselves from an active shooter. >> our department provides training for active shooter response to our officers. it's real important to provide this similar training and -- to member of the community as well. >> reporter: communities all over this country are victims of mass shootings. from columbine high school in colorado to the robb elementary school massacre in texas, some people are terrified and want to know what to do if they're faced with someone