. >> nbc bay area cheryl hurd joins us from san leandro. and cheryl had the tough assignment, didn't you? >> reporter: it was very tough. but i have to tell you, raj, i did not have any beer. now if you love beer, you've heard of the 21st amendment in san francisco. it's been a destination point for giants fans and beer lovers for 14 years. but mao the company is spreading its wings and heading right here to san leandro. >> yeah, we're a bunch of california kids living the california dream. >> reporter: that dream started on second street in san francisco back in 2000. and it will continue on williams street in san leandro. >> why san leandro? why not? >> reporter: the 95,000-square-foot building used to be home to kellogg cereal, which means the brew masters might come up with some interesting beer flavors. pop tart beer, anyone? >> if you love beer, good beer, then yeah, that's what we're going to promote ourselves as. it's the place to come and have great beer and really have a great experience with the san leandro bay area community. >>

cheryl hurd is live in berkeley. cheryl, lots of fashion nat opinions on this. >> reporter: it was a lot of emotion out here tonight. it's emotion, jessica. it's emotional, jessica, because this tax for many people is personal. in fact, they told their personal stories outside of berkeley city council board tonight. and that may make you think twice before voting in november. there was chanting and preaching. >> this movement cannot be stopped. >> reporter: the crowd was filled with people in favor of a soda tax in berkeley. >> my youngest child, who passed away at 28 from the complication of diabetes. >> reporter: and there were people here against it. >> and this is really a money grab. this has nothing to do with sugar. this has nothing to do with obesity. >> reporter: they all came to berkeley city council meeting tonight with an agenda. at issue, a one cent per ounce soda tax proposal that could go on the november ballot. >> beverage taxes are the wrong solution. if you're trying to change lifestyle or trying to

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is at the stadium tonight. and cheryl, park cog be a headache, even if you're not going to the games. >> reporter: that's right. parking control will be in the hands of the police. the city's parking plan was approved today. but there will be problems. everyone knows that some 70,000 fans will descend on levi stadium on game day. and they know that people won't be able to park in a parking lot like this. so people who live near here are concerned. >> even if there is parking, people don't want to get caught up in all the traffic and n the parking lots. >> reporter: real estate agent fay is hoping people don't descend on this neighborhood. but she knows they. >> i'm looking at it with sales in that i've got somebody who really wants to be close to the stadium, or somebody who just doesn't want to be affected by it at all. >> reporter: there will be major changes for people who live near levi stadium. if you live in a certain neighborhood, you may have to get a parking pass from the city that will allow you to par

cheryl hurd is live in berkeley tonight with more details for us. cheryl? >> reporter: free marijuana for the poor for those who need it because they're sick is getting some pretty good review here is in berkeley tonight. but there are concerns that come along with it. >> we've got 70% -- >> reporter:edical cannabis can be expensive. >> so $50 price range. >> reporter: if you're considered very low income, have a medical marijuana card, and you live in berkeley, it can be free. >> the medical cannabis commission came up with a whole series of regulations to make cannabis regulated and taxed. >> reporter: and berkeley city council wanted it to be socially responsible. so last night councilmembers voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that requires its three medical marijuana dispensaries to give away 2% of the amount of cannabis they sell each year free to low income patients. >> the question i would have is what is low income. >> reporter: the answer to that question, $32,000 a year for an individual or $46,000 for a family. councilmembers are working o

heard here's "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd. >> reporter: all women have a fear of going inside one of these. >> never been in one. >> reporter: never is a strong word. >> i feel that nowhere to wash my hands and i just don't like them. >> reporter: of course no one, man or woman, is going to like a port-a-potty that gives you a surprise, if you dare to walk inside. a lady's greatest fear -- >> smell and disease. >> reporter: and the fear of sitting down. what if you could go standing up? >> not comfortable. >> reporter: well, there's a stanford grad that's got your back. her start-up wants you to join the urination generation. >> i'm in the bathroom with women who are always saying near me, they come out of a stall and a i wish i could stand up. >> reporter: well, they can with this. it's called the stand-up. >> that's the back. open stand up, direction, that should face you. you squeeze these two squeeze tabs. >> reporter: okay, you get the idea. we asked the selected few their opinion of that's gadget. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: you think it's something you can use? >> yes,

>> oh, yeah. >> reporter: in san francisco, cheryl hurd. >> might be surprised to hear, that's not the only one on the market. >> i am surprised that, yes, i -- i have no comments. i have not tried either. >>> well, talk having your home covered by insurance, literally. >> this morning the faa investigating a bizarre incident. take a look, a huge geico insurance barn broke loose while being towed by a plane. this happened last friday afterno afternoon. so the sign fell sky and landed on sara's house in fremont. the barn did come close to taking out some power lains, but in the end, no damage, nobody hurt, just an interesting story to tell and maybe a career in commercials. >> did, you know, that 15 minutes or less could save you 15% or more on car insurance? >> everybody knows that. >> yeah, but did you know that 15 seconds or less could have your house literally covered by geico? >> that's pretty good! >> got to take that on the road. >> the pilot of the plane says he was trying out a new rope that apparently was not strong enough to hold the sign, but now he knows that rope's not goi

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us in fremont this evening with the story. cheryl? >> reporter: well, raj, as you said, this is a bizarre tale involving a 20-year-old woman believed to have been hired to stab another woman. now three people are now behind bars, and fremont police say that they're there because of a citywide surveillance camera. homeowners installed cameras to help catch thieves. now fremont's citywide video camera is being credited with catching these three suspects accused of conspireing to attack a fremont woman. >> it's look for after the fact evidence. and that's what happened here. they found the car. they went to the car. they worked the program and found the person that perpetratored the crime. >> reporter: police say there was a knock at the door of her apartment on fremont boulevard when a woman answered the door, she was stabbed in the stomach. the victim got a look at this woman who is believed to be the attacker. but the surveillance camera right around the corner from the crime scene is what led police to the suspects. the victim told p

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us live from burlingame with new details on a settlement that a state senator is calling outrageous and just a disgrace, cheryl. >> reporter: that's right. state senator jerry hill has been working really hard to regulate the limousine industry, and he says today's announcement to fine this limousine company just $5,000 is a disgrace. >> it's an embarrassment for california, and it's a disgrace to the citizens of california. >> reporter: state senator jerry hill was visibly upset tonight when he reacted to the california public utilities commission's decision to fine limo stop just $5,000 of the $20,000 the agency originally imposed. >> at some point in time, you need to have a stick. and if the enforcement agency isn't using that stick, then we're just going to continue to see more deaths, more problems. >> reporter: hill is referring to the fatal limousine fire last may on the san mateo bridge. five women who were on their way to a wedding party were killed. >> reporter: the public utilities commission has been so complacent in their relationship with

cheryl hurd is in san jose with a family whose loved one was the victim of a hit-and-run. cheryl? >> reporter: well, raj, the family lives right down the street, just a block away from where this horrible accident happened last month. now the driver has not been caught, but the family says anything that can help police find a person who almost killed their loved one would help ease the pain. >> i think it's a fantastic idea. >> reporter: lorna garcia reacting to a proposal that would have given san jose police a tool to help them catch the driver who hit her brother, john paul, who was struck while walking home from the store. >> we're happy that he is alive, but it's also hard knowing that whoever caused the accident hasn't been found yet. >> reporter: state assemblyman mike gatto thinks he has come up with a way to make drivers think twice before leaving the scene of the accident. he has come up with the yellow alert proposal. it would allow local police to post on electric freeway signs descriptions or even partial license plates of a hit-and-run driver. it's similar to a syste

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd looked into it. and cheryl, we're a little curious, and we're a little afraid to see this. >> reporter: afraid? why is in here is the story that i can definitely relate. to riding around in a car all day long and never knowing when i might find a place to go. then you run into a public rest room or a port-a-potty. once inside, you never know what you might find. all women have a fear of going inside one of these. >> i have never been in one. >> reporter: never is a strong word. >> i feel there is nowhere to wash my hands. and i just don't like them. >> reporter: of course, no one man or woman is going to like a port-a-potty that gives you a surprise if you dare to walk inside. a lady's greatest fear. >> smell and disease. >> reporter: and the fear of sitting down. so what if you could go standing up? >> it's not comfortable. >> reporter: well, there is a stanford grad that's got your back. her startup wants you to join the urination generation. >> i'm in the bathroom with women who are always saying n

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is with us in oakland tonight with the new details. cheryl? >> reporter: well, raj, this case is unusual because oakland police aren't sure if little daphne is alive or dead. her father may have been the last person to see her. and the district attorney is now looking over the case. now despite all the negatives, daphne's family is holding on to hope that she is alive. ♪ >> we got a lot of support from people who never met daphne. ♪ oh we need you >> reporter: so they came to 79th avenue and international boulevard in oakland. to pray for her return. >> we ask the lord wherever daphne is, we need closure in this matter. >> reporter: closure because the 2-year-old seemed to have just disappeared. >> we didn't know we were going to be here. didn't expect that it would take a year to find her or not be any closer than we were from day one. >> reporter: last year daphne's father, john webb told police he left his daughter in his car at this location with his mother who has dementia. when he came back, he says his daughter was gone. webb took his o

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd has the latest details on this developing story. cheryl? >> reporter: well, raj, bullets were flying everywhere. and when it was over, a bullet-riddled car was left on the street with at least one body inside. veteran police officers with at least 20 years experience say the shoot-out between the alleged bank robbers and police will go down in history. >> sounds like firecrackers. >> witnesses describing what they saw. >> i could see the car getting blasted. i can see all the little sparks and everything off the car as stockton police chased alleged bank robbers through this neighborhood. >> i was just coming down this way. went to go to the store up there. i seen this. >> reporter: the fallout from a bank robbery at this bank of the west in north stockton. the violence started around 2:00 p.m. when officers spotted three men walking three female hostages from the bank. >> we do know it was a violent bank robbery. they were armed with ak-47 style rifles. took three hostages and led our officers on probably a 45-minute to an hour-long pursui

cheryl hurd is live in walnut creek to bring you both sides. really, cheryl, what is the controversy? >> reporter: well, jessica, it's an issue for thousands of people. and many of us don't think about it when you come to your local pharmacy. but there is one state senator bringing up the issue and it's controversial. >> the current system to me is working. >> reporter: jimmy yuan has been the owner of advanced medical pharmacy in walnut creek for ten years. according to him providing labels on medications in different languages isn't a problem because it's a limited service he provides for his spanish speaking customers. but making that service mandatory could become confusing because he would not be able to ensure the translation is correct. >> i think the technology is not there yet to ensure a high level of accuracy. >> reporter: according to a nonprofit organization that sets standards for medicines, a lack of universal standards for labeling on dispensed prescription containers is a root cause for patients understanding the drugs they are

in redwood city, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> very nice. did you notice the blue skies in that story? >> yes, beautiful. we expect that again tomorrow. >> yes. i think a repeat performance right there across parts of the peninsula. but really, if you're heading anywhere in your car tomorrow, you're not going to stay in the same location where you live and work. you're traveling either 10 or 15 miles outside of where you get up and where you head to work. that's where i'm going with this. you are going to find some drastically different temperatures. golden gate bridge 62 with typical fog moving in. check it out. the fog was not strong enough to drop those temperatures. walnut creek still jumped up to 101 degrees. this afternoon. we're going to talk more about the hot temperatures expected for tomorrow and also a few spots are going to be cooling off here coming up in about 35 seconds. let's go take you outside to the sky camera network right now. the thing you want to notice here we have cloud cover moving into the north bay. 57 right now.

here is nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. >> stacey from oakland, california. one of the hardest places to survive. >> reporter: for an 18-year-old african american teenager, surviving in oakland isn't always easy. >> where i'm from, it's a lot of ways to get caught up, like drugs, gangs. i could easily get guns. >> reporter: stacey has been robbed at gunpoint and was just about to throw his life away when alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley heard his story during a speech. she got him a job at the alameda county family justice center. sheree allison is his boss, and she quickly discovered he was different when she asked him for some office advice. >> now that you have been here for a few weeks, what do you think the clients need? this is really stressful for the clients that come here. i think they need a wellness program where they can learn how to do yoga. >> reporter: that's right. yoga. >> i wanted yoga because i was stressed, depressed, traumatized and hurt. like i was just mised up. i was a messed up kid. >> reporter: stacey his his introduct

here's "today in the bay" cheryl hurd. >> my name is stacey james, from oakland, california. >> reporter: for an 18-year-old african-american teenager, surviving in oakland isn't always easy. >> where i'm from it's a lot of ways to get caught up. like, drugs, gangs. i could easily get guns. >> reporter: stacey's been robbed at gunpoint and was just about to throw his life away when alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley heard his story during a speech. she got him a job at the alameda county family justice center. his boss quickly discovered he was different, when she asked him for some office advice. >> now that you've been here for a few weeks, what do you think the clients need? this is really stressful for the clients that come here. i think they need a wellness program where they can learn how to do yoga. >> reporter: that's right. yoga. >> i wanted yoga because i was, like, stressed, depressed, traumatized and hurt. like, i was just messed up. i was a messed up kid. >> reporter: stacey says his introduction to yoga in high school changed his life. he does it at home before

reporting live in livermore, cheryl hurd. >>> coming up next at 11:00, an suv goes out of control.one mom's quick reflexes saves her baby's life. >>> first it was facebook, now a dating website admits to running experiments on its users. >>> and good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. we have cooling fog rolling in. beat let you know what impact that will have. plus, this monsoonal moisture. >>> millions of people use them, online dating websites. you're supposed to be set up on your likes, interests and maybe even your looks. one went admits they lied. they set people up as part of an experiment. >> reporter: sometimes people ask for a little help finding their soul mates and head to okaycupid.com. today the co-founder ad moisture a blog they've been conservativing people up who shouldn't be set up. >> reporter: it was a series of experiments. people who were a good match were told they were bad ones. and people who were a bad match were told they were a good match. in another experiment, they hid people's profile pictures to encourage people to talk without knowing what the

cheryl hurd is live there. any progress with the water? >> reporter: i just quhekd the tenant and she said they still don't have any water. until tomorrow they will to have continue scooping water from the pool or getting water from a plastic container like this one. the folks here are having a real tough time. >> all the water is out of it. >> reporter: they have heights but no water. denise is rationing what she has because her faucet is dry. >> we had a little water but i was using to it clean some stuff. as of last night we were not getting anything. >> reporter: managele at spring house apartments told her the outage on a water main break happened friday afternoon. people living here are mad that it has been four days and it hasn't been fixed yet. >> they're starting to feel a little violated. >> reporter: frustration has set in. >> when you pay people money to live somewhere, you expect a not leaky roof. you expect running water. >> reporter: we talk to the manager of the apartment community. he refused to go on camera to explain wha

reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> now to a followup on the asiana airlines crash. san francisco doctors and nurses will be more prepared than ever before thanks to the lessons learned from the tragedy. they gathered at s.f. general hospital today, where almost a year ago dozens of passengers were treated. the plane crash tested every aspect of the emergency team's response, from trauma levels, injuries, treatment room availability, and communication. today's goal was to go over what went well and where they can make improvements. >> we had people that didn't have, you know, security clearance, they didn't go through homeland or customs. we had to think about how are we going to feed these people, what were we going to do, so a more concerted effort of taking care of the other needs. >> one of the issues that surfaced was the need for more space, but that will change one s.f. general's new hospital is finished in december of 2015 the hospital will double its number of available beds, trauma rooms, and pediatric exam rooms. >>> top story, a busy after

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd says police still need the public's help. >> five males came, approached the victims. the males are described simply as three hispanic male, two black males around 15, 16 and 20 years of age. some wearing flannel shirts. they made some derogatory homophobic comments towards these two females and began attacking the two females. >> reporter: the attack happened on ninth street just south of mission around 5:30 saturday night. >> these victims happened to be in town for pride. they're going home after the festivities when this vicious attack occurred. >> reporter: the victims were heading home on bart when five men started beating them. the victims say the suspects tried to separate them, but one broke away from the crowd to help her partner. one of the victims suffered a broken wrist, the other cuts bruises and a concussion. they say this attack is one of the few acts of violence they are investigating during this busy weekend. about a million people descended on san francisco during pride weekend, and there were some attacks. san francisco supervisor scott wie