reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of happy fans there, cheryl. the warriors' run is a boost to the bay area restaurant scene. fans packed the fire house grill and brewery tonight. they say the crowd jumps by about 40%. tonight there's even more. >> there's only standing room, it's hard to get a table. everyone goes nuts. >> reporter: the manager was hoping for a deep playoff run. every game they play from here on out is simply bonus for their bottom line. >> take a look at this tweet sent by president obama. after it was over, he tweeted congratulations to the warriors, a great group of guys on and off the court. if somebody had to break the bulls' record, i'm glad it was then. our coverage continues online. click on the box titled "warriors top moments." also, colin resch will be back later with more. >> and a sheriff department's spokesperson confirms a person firing a shot carries a badge. chuck coppola has the details. >> reporter: the circumstances of the shooting as we've heard them from sources raise a number of questions about judgment. a

=raj/boxes= nbc bay area cheryl hurd is in oakland. cheryl -- this is becoming appointment tv for everyone at home. and the golden ticket -- for everyone at the oracle. =jess/vo= we're not done. >>> a nation of warrior fans wearing number 30. the mvp was represented everywhere except on the court can. warrior fans cheering their team and tonight steph curry was the cheerleader on the court can. fans disappointed, no. >> it is still exciting. it's the playoff and the warriors. >> we have the deepest team in the league. i have confidence the guys will step up as they have done all year and steph curry will be a motivator behind them. >> reporter: whether it is offense or -- >> defense. >> >> reporter: curry was on the sidelines coaching and motivating his teammates, leaving the floor with a slight limp. the coach putting the injury in perspective for the fans. >> it happens every year in the playoffs. we have to keep moving and hopefully we will have steph back at some point. for now we have to play without him. >> reporter: in game five,

and the lucky reporter there, nbc bay area's cheryl hurd live along the courtside there. cheryl, there is more than just a nba record on the line there tonight. >> reporter: peggy, there are so many numbers associated with the warriors it will make your head spin. i'm going to move out of the way so you can see what's happening on the court. but this is what you need to know. there are four games left in the regular season. the warriors need to win all four to break the chicago bulls record. that magic number is 73. both teams are warming up right now. you see stephen curry has just arrived to do his legendary warmup. if you're lucky you might get a chance to see a little bit of it. now, the two best teams in the nba are right now on the court. everybody who knows me knows that i'm a die-hard warrior fan. but earlier today i talked with ray ratto, a man who knows everything about basketball and he's going to break it down for us. >> winning 73 is irrelevant if they don't win the championship. if you want a relevant number, the relevant number is this. the record, the best

in richmond, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> turning to decision 2016. an intense and fiery debate between democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> i do question her judgment. >> even his core issue, breaking up the banks, when asked he could not explain how that would be done. i called them out on their mortgage behavior. >> oh, my goodness, they must have been really crushed by this. >> the new york primary is just five days away, but the latest polls show clinton is leading now about 17%. in about 20 hours, mrs. clinton will be in the bay area attending a fund-raising dinner at a san francisco home of a sill i con valley activist. >> and now to a developing story in southwestern japan. new video just into our newsroom of the area hardist hit by a 6.5 magnitude quake. as you can see, it is simply one collapsed home after the next. so far nine people were killed and nearly 800 were injured. among the destruction, moments of encouragement and hope. look as emergency crews rescued this 8-month-old baby from a building. doc

cheryl hurd is at the clayton valley presbyterian church with details. >> the rainbow flag is back here at the presbyterian church in clayton. it's a replacement flag and it's been taken down three times this week. the pastor and parishioners are upset because they believe the person destroying the flag is leaving a hateful message. scale scoville has been a member nor 15 years, he says the recent vandalism surrounding the rainbow flag is troubling. >> i'm surprised and i'm probably as angry as i can be. but still keeping what i call a christian attitude about the whole thing. >> the flag has been taken down eight times in the past six months. three times this week, on tuesday it was taken down and burned, according to pastor barbara barkley who took these pictures. she also found a note. >> the note was written in spanish and it basically said, all evil will be air rad indicated. >> a message that's filled with hate, but her church is filled with forgiveness. >> we profess openness and inclusion, and we will continue to be so. >> police were called after someone noticed a man taking do

cheryl hurd is at headquarters with the latest details. >> reporter: school district spokesperson tells me this story is not pleasant but they have to talk about it. even though it is an allegation they acted quickly and aggressively. we. >> we received information of inappropriate behavior and contacted the san jose police department immediately. >> reporter: that investigation led san jose police to 21-year-old nguyen arrested on charges of annoying or molesting a child under 18. >> she was the assistant badminton coach. she began in the beginning of february. >> reporter: police aren't say how long she engaged in a relationship with the 15-year-old male student. one parent is in shock over the allegation. the school district spokesperson says nguyen went through a full background check and even though this is an allegation san jose unified fired nguyen immediately. >> we are very aggressive. i mentioned safety and security of students is paramount. whenever we suspect someone is not doing our standard we release. >> reporter: no word on when the suspect will be arraigned. reporting l

cheryl hurd, it seems like they're not waiting for break-ins. >> reporter: that's right. they've made five arrests and three of them were juveniles. according to police, there have been dozens of break-ins. thieves are looking for cash, jewelry and electronics. people who live in the area are fighting back, doing neighborhood patrols around the clock and installing security cameras. >> it's really disturbing to hear my neighbor directly across the street from me had a break-in while they were home. we're locking up the house, extra vigilant looking at what's going on in the naked. >> police are doing extra patrols. they are also advising neighborhood watch groups. they're also giving some big advice tonight. they say if they see a burglary in progress, do not approach anyone, just call police. reporting live in dublin, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. the list is growing. police say there are more victims molested by a dental assistant in concord. a total of three girls under the age of 10 have come forward. investigators believe they have found video evi

he was reunited with his family at a police station 40 miles away and as cheryl hurd shows us a good samaritan spotted the boy in a potentially dangerous situation. >> i looked over and saw this kid in the freeway. he's walking towards the freeway. >> reporter: alice had no time to think. >> i told him to stop. don't move. >> reporter: she looked into the eyes of zachary smith wondering where he came from. >> he said he got here by himself. i asked why he came u by himself. does hi parents know he was here. >> reporter: he had no idea his parents were 40 miles away at holbrook elementary school frantic to find their son. his teachers reported him missing around noon. >> he got out behind the back gate and manage d to get away. >> he got away through the gate, apparently on his scooter. he made it to bart. police are thinking he slipped through the pay gate without a ticket and hopped on the train to the city. when alice found him, she had a lot of questions. >> he said u he got bullied at school and said all he wanted to do was get away from the boy and he just ran. . he saw a scoote

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd has more. >> reporter: many who live in this oakland neighborhood didn't know why there were flowers and candles at richmond boulevard in oakland. >> i heard a big boom. >> reporter: but this woman, who doesn't want to show her identity, knows exactly why they were put there. and she's still in shock after seeing a man in that spot lying dead in the street early sunday morning. ran out to try to help him and saw that he had already passed. there's a gunshot wound in his head. >> reporter: that man was 30-year-old brian boyle. >> assumed, immediately, it was some sort of robbery gone bad but i've since learned that he still had his wallet on him. >> reporter: police are still gathering information about the killing, going door to door tonight. they don't have much to go on. good samaritan got some information from friends. >> he and his roommate were out drinking that night and the roommate left the bar early. >> reporter: boyle, later making the two-mile trek from the pub on telegraph to his home. larry smith has lived in this neighborhood for 22 years. he says

cheryl hurd was there. >> to bring him home and to have closure for our family is just very emotional>> reporter: that emotion showed as corporal robert graham's casket was walked toward his family and placed in the waiting hearse. >> it's something that my aunts and uncles and my mother had always dreamed about, having this closure. >> reporter: closure the family thought would never happen when corporal graham, a 21-year-old member of the u.s. army, was sent to fight in the korean war and never returned. >> so the official report was that in 1953 is that he did pass away in a p.o.w. camp. >> reporter: he was declared missing in action two years prior to that when his unit came under attack. >> it's a day that i always hoped for. >> reporter: nicole venturelli only knew about her uncle through her late father. >> the military asked us many years ago to submit some dna. >> reporter: james george along with his cousin submitted their dna. last fall they found out there was a match after testing co-mingled remains for dozens of veterans. tonight he had the honor of escorting his uncle f

cheryl hurd is at the oracle. cheryl, we're not done. a bigger piece of history might come next week. >> reporter: we are not done. and the warriors don't like talking about chasing history. they don't like talking about it at all. and coach kerr, he doesn't like talking about breaking the chicago bulls record, but the fans, they don't mind talking about it at all. walking into oracle tonight, the crowd was pumped. the roaracle living up to its name. >> going for history, baby! >> reporter: this team is destined for history. >> i think they're ready for the playoff. i think they're going to take it. >> reporter: after tonight the warriors have three regular season games left. if they win all three, they will shatter the chicago bulls winning record for a single season. >> if they don't get it, it's okay because the record in my mind isn't really going to mean much if they don't win the championsh championship. >> reporter: don knows all about that. his dad was a season ticket holder when they won it all 40 years ago. he's now carrying th

cheryl hurd joins us from sfo with the stories. it's alwaystional sight when you see that. >> it is indeed. it's the dream a bay area family dreamed of and tonight that dream became a reality. >> to bring him home and have closure for our family, it's very emotional. >> that emotion showed as corporate robert perry graham's casket was walked toward his family and placed in the waiting hearse. >> it's something my aunts and uncles and mother had always dreamed about, having this closure. >> closure the family thought would never happen when corporal graham was sent to fight in the career war and never returned. >> so the official report was that in 1953 is that he did pass away in a p.o.w. camp. >> he was declared missing in action two years prior when his unit came under attack. >> it's the day that i always hoped for. >> nicole only knew about her uncle through her late father. >> the military had asked us many years ago to submit some dna. >> james george, a retired marine, along with his cousin, submitted their dna. last fall th

cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> a big change is on our way. say good-bye to our son. rain headed to the bay area again. jeff ranieri is here to show us when that rain will move in. you're talking about potential thunderstorms? >> yes, it looks like we'll have enough instaeblgt in the atmosphere to bring us an isolated thunderstorm or two in sunday's forecast. the cold front has moved into the pacific northwest. the tail end of it is on the way for us as we head into the next 8 to 10 hours. not too much happening right now, the cloud cover is increasing, what you'll see on the future cast is by 8:00 tomorrow morning, there are hit and miss showers we're talking about up to the north bay. possibly for the south bay and right near the east bay as well. we'll have the full forecast coming up possible thunderstorms coming up as we head into wednesday. they may produce gusty winds and small hail. we'll be on the lookout for this. any rainfall we pick up tomorrow will continue to add to our rainfall season, which has been pretty great so far in san francisco. 103% of average

reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> cheryl, thank you. >>> new details about the mother of a missing 2-year-old has police very concerned about the child's safety. police sources tell us the condition of nicole fitz's body when it was found in san francisco is the reason for this additional concern. fitz's 2-year-old daughter hasn't been seen for weeks. investigators are now expanding the search statewide. the little girl's mother was found murdered on friday at mcclaren park. >>> more than a dozen and counting. police are investigating another freeway shooting in the east bay. again, it's onnists state 80, this time in richmond. the chp tells us shots were fired at a taxicab last night near san pablo dam road. thankfully neither the driver or the two passengers inside that cab were hurt. this was the 17th freeway shooting in contra costa and alameda county since november. it's the 11th on i-80. investigators believe all the cases are gang related and not random shootings. >>> the manhunt is over. u.s. marshals captured the suspect wanted for a brutal attack a

reporting live in concord, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> what a relief for his parents. thank you so much, cheryl. harrowing rescues during an apartment fire in sunnyvale. this is what it looked like at 1:00 in the afternoon. departments located on sunnyvale saratoga road, which is closed. at least two are hurt. police teamed up fire crews to rescue many from that building. the fire broke out deep inside what is a very large complex. >> they found numerous residents standing on the balcony trying to escape. the residents said they could not get out of their apartments into the interior hallway, because there's heavy smoke and heat. they went into rescue mode. >> pretty terrifying. i never thought that our place would burn up. >> the right after that fire broke out, the investigation is under way into what sparked it. but a woman across from where it broke out say it may have started in her neighbor's kitchen. a stove fire, she says. up to 50 people may need to find other housing now. >>> a san jose neighborhood is living in fear tonight. police say there have been seven b

i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> cheryl, thank you. >>> new information stemming from that deadlybalcony collapse in berkeley. state construction officials say five companies who built the apartment complex did inferior work that led to this accident. the california state contractors licensing bored discovered the balcony was not built to trade standards, causing water to seep in and rot the wooden beams. a hearing will be held to determine if the construction companies should have their licenses revoked. it killed students last year. >>> wells fargo will pay $1.2 billion to end a lawsuit over its mortgage practices. it requires san francisco based company to admit it deceived the u.s. government into ensuring thousands of risky mortgages. a seven-year span that ended in 2008. many families who used those loans lost their homes to foreclosure. a settlement allows the company to finally put the legal process behind it. >>> it's over before it's over. republican candidate ted cruz dominated in colorado today, ahead of tomorrow's state convention. he already locked in 21 of the 34 de

. >> cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> much more ahead on today in the bay.oming up, some bay area employees personal information stolen. what you can do to keep it from happening to you. >>> and an unlikely job for crews working on the old bay bridge. birds giving them trouble. we'll explain. >>> and this morning we're waking up to rain across parts of the bay area. we're going to see on and off showers for the first half of the day before they dry out this afternoon. another round expected for tomorrow. we'll go over the full weekend forecast, right after this. (adlib) >>> 7:15. we're giving you a rainy look at the golden gate bridge. can't quite see it there. meteorologist anthony slaughter says the showers will dissipate by noon and most of the bay area will see them again tomorrow. >>> tax day is april 18th this year not the 15th. ahead of that hundreds of stanford employees are on edge because their personal data was stolen. cyber security can experts say thieves are getting that information by hacking into outside companies. today in the bay's peggy bu