cheryl hurd has their heartbreaking story. >> they just take him to a fire station police station. no questions asked. give me my dog and i will pay. i will pay a reward if i can get them back. >> reporter: the reward would go to anyone who can help her find blue, a two-year-old tricolored yorkie terrier. >> blue has been with us on every excursion we in on. >> reporter: this time bluemetal was with mom, aunt and cousin when they were unloading their bags at area after driving from arizona come one day after burying peggy's dad, a blind military veteran who served this country for 35 years. lou was his dog. >> we had almost everything unloaded and my aunt says, hey, give us our bag. >> reporter: they say someone started walking away with a piece of luggage. everyone started jumping into stop him. >> he started pulling his right pocket pick with but it was a knife or a gun. >> reporter: and suddenly the truck started moving with the blue inside and another person behind the wheel. >> he punches it in my truck and i'm yelling please give me my dog. keep the truck. >> their gosar only

cheryl hurd, today in the bay >> testing for monkeypox is expanded. quest diagnostics is offering a pcr test that allows doctors to swap the patient and send the sample to a lab in l.a. the company said by the end of the month it will be able to process 60,000 monkeypox tests per month. quested recommends anyone with a rash talk to the doctor. >>> these are targeting people wearing high end rolex watches. in antioch one of three suspects have been detained believed to be involved in two robberies. one in walnut creek and another in danville. deputies say the recovered an illegal ar-style assault by her weapon during the arrest. >> these are crimes of opportunity where someone sees someone with a watch and will follow them or it could be something as simple as someone crossing the street and someone looks and sees a high valued watch and will forcibly take it from them. >> two suspects are juveniles and the third is an 18-year-old man. >>> we hear from a man asking for a pardon from governor newsom he was brought her as a child refugee and served more

cheryl hurd, today in the bay >>> san jose mayor sam liccardo is once again experiencing covid systems and has deposited after feeling sick late yesterday afternoon. this is the second recent positive test after getting infected in may. in a tweet he said in part, symptoms are minor with intermittent grumpiness. my apologies to anyone i may have exposed in recent hours or days. >>> this morning there is a mystery surrounding a piece of bay area history. a woman trying to find the owner of a long-lost photo album that dates back nearly 150 years. as ian cull reports, how her family got the photos is as intriguing as thri foster's she a time capsule. the photos inside were all shot in the 1860s and '70s decades before the 1906 earthquake that destroyed much of san francisco. >> this book, one thing leads to another to another to another and it's mind-boggling. >> reporter: she lives in chico but grew up in the bay area. most of the pictures were taken by a woman san francisco and oakland photographer at the time picked this one came from the dunham's new photo parlors and shows sharply d

this is cheryl hurd. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a normal drive on eastbound 580 when suddenly this happened. >> honey, are you okay? they just shot through our window. >> reporter: all caught on the dashcam inside of their car. >> 10 seconds onto the freeway where the first vehicle's passenger got outside of his window and fired back at the other vehicle. the bullet had entered roughly around here. >> reporter: derek mason explaining to us exactly what happened when the bullet nearly missed that head of his fiancie when driving from oakland to pleasanton. at grand avenue they saw two cars driving erratically around the before the shooting. tino quickly realizing it was a close call. >> i broke down at least a minute after that time because i saw the bullet hole in the windshield and how it kind of went past me. >> reporter: that was three weeks ago but she cannot bring herself to look at the video. >> just knowing that my friends and family are out here. we did not do anything wrong to deserve this. >> reporter: we reached out to the chp and they say they are investigating the

cheryl hurd, today in the bay. >>> 4:34. we are diving deeper into home prices as many struggle to make it in the bay. the cost of a home is rebounding in downtown san francisco but in other parts prices are struggling to recover. i spoke with a senior economist to find out more. >> san francisco bay area is extraordinary nationwide for a few reasons. it's the most expensive major metro area in the country and it has this dynamic in the pandemic where it was the best example we saw in any city of the doughnut effect of the center of the city having really weak housing demand and even falling or flatlining prices that extends to some neighborhoods in san francisco, led by the tenderloin where prices are actually still down a little bit and i think it's because san francisco is the epicenter of remote work and tech employers letting folks go away and it's a place where it was very expensive to be close to the downtown offices so many people got the chance to work remotely. they moved further out or never moved to the bay area

cheryl hurd is live out there tonight. there's a lot of questions about this deadly crash, what are we learning? >> reporter: well, we do know that this quiet community got a lot of activity today. tonight the medical examiner in san francisco along with detectives were here trying to piece together information about this boating accident that turned deadly. san francisco police detectives taking pictures on this pier. the medical examiner removing the body from the pier six hours after our helicopter spotted this boat doing donuts in the water. >> when i got home i stepped on the balcony and saw the boat out of control. >> reporter: two boats, a sailboat and this boat collided near haring rock at angel island in san francisco bay. >> it was alarming because i didn't know what was going on. i got a text saying i guess someone had fallen off the boat and hit by another vessel. >> reporter: one person was on board the spinning boat, four people were on board a sailboat. the lone passenger on the motor boat was ejected. witne

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is it berkeley for us with the details. cheryl? >> reporter: it happened on monterey avenue, the cars parked in a row here, one family so upset tonight, that they covered the swastika up with tape. people here are upset, saying that this won't be tolerated. >> it is very troubling. it's actually frightening. >> reporter: suzanne fox says that the frightening part is that someone etched a swastika on her daughter-in-law's car. like i think it was random in terms that they don't know who lives here. they just targeted this neighborhood. >> reporter: was a targeted or random? police are investigating the three cars with swastikas etched on them as a hate crime. a similar investigation taking place with anti-somatic flyers linked to a fringe white some of his group and other bay area cities back in february. one victim, who didn't want to go on camera tonight, told me that he's angry and this should not be tolerated. he wants these actions to be condemned. he also says that this hits close to home. because his parents were victims of t

nbc bay area cheryl hurd talked to a stanford doctor the at virus spreading among children. yl, how parents can protect their kids? >> reporter: well information about those two cases just released today. tonight i talked to many parents, and many are concerned. what is your young name? >> abigail. >> reporter: lauren martinez has been worried about protecting her daughter, abigail, against covid. now both she and her daughter are worried about monkeypox. >> it makes me a little bit more nervous because i have young children, and we're not sure exactly how it's going to affect them. >> it scares me, and i get anxiety about it. >> reporter: according to the cdc, an infant not from the u.s. traveling through dc and the california toddler have been diagnosed with the virus. cdc director rochelle walensky believes the children were infected through household transmission. >> we have seen two cases that have occurred in children. both of those children are traced back to individuals who come from the men who have sex with men community. >> reporter: monkeypox spreads through close

reporting live i'm cheryl hurd. nbc bay area news. >> thanks. >>> stay with us for the latest on this breaking news. a live look at sfo. now you can see planes are still taking off and landing tonight, but obviously major delays for so many. our website nbcbayarea.com will be your latest source for updates. >>> the victim is a director of a non-profit organization. the suspect two homeless men. it happened around this morning at 11:00 on mcallister street on the steps of the community center. the spokesperson for the community center says that the director, james spagnola, asked two homeless men to move away from the front steps. he says the men then beat spagnola with a wooden plank. he's recovering in the hospital tonight. there's a gofundme page, which is what you're looking at that has been set up right now. officers did arrest one man, they're still looking for a second. the reverend amos brown is weighing in tonight. he says that the homeless situation in the city is simply out of control and dangerous. >> jus

crews across the state, trying to save these trees that are unique to our region, nbc bay area cheryl hurd has the latest. >> reporter: new video tonight from the washburn fire. crews battling flames along highway 41. the road leading into yosemite national park. stephen voltage has a house, and he has been watching the fire burned for the past couple of days. >> i have a house there that my father gave me and we built together during the 70s. so, i don't really want to lose that house. >> reporter: so far, the buyer has scorched more than 2300 acres, starting in a remote field bed with lots of trees. >> we have got crews in there, to start prepping and cutting brush away from the road had, to allow the fire to back down slow. >> reporter: the fire is not backing down quickly. close to two dozen special teams descending on the area with 40 engines and six bulldozers. firefighters are working to stop lames from jumping the highway. and they are very concerned about protecting the mariposa grove, which is home to more than 500 mature giant sequoia trees. >> the fire is on the outskirts of th

cheryl hurd has the exclusive interview with the young man that heard the gunshot and is close to him. >> he thought nothing of the first shot. it is a common occurrence in the neighborhood. >> reporter: the board president of the improvement council, acting as interpreter for joe and his mother. joe heard the shot that killed his mother's boyfriend on sunday. he is speaking out for the first time about what he heard and saw. >> when the police came, >> reporter: the first thing he did was call his mother that was shopping in chinatown. both were trying to compose themselves as they watched a lot a loved one pass away. >> first, shock and disbelief. than i realized, this almost happened to me too. >> reporter: joel, has been held up by gunpoint once and involved in a carjacking. each time he managed to drive away before shots were fired. when the man he called uncle was killed, he thought it was just a matter of time. joe and his mother say they live in fear. >> she hasn't slept and she hardly eats. the reality has not set in. she was waiting for her boyfriend. >> reporter: police fou

cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >>> there's good news to report tonight about that fire outside livermore is right along 580. crews are getting the upper hand. exploding neither altamont pass. this is between livermore and tracy. flames broke out near the highway. you can see the sky range was overhead near where this fire started. at this hour it's 40% contained. eastbound of 580 remained open, but traffic backed up for miles. you can see it here. the smoke at that point of the day was heading towards discovery bay. >>> some scary moments at sfo not on the tarmac or security, but at the luggage carousel of all places. an airport employee stabbed by a man who just walk right into the terminal. the man stabbed him several times. the suspect is believed to be a homeless man, but police have yet to confirm that. the employee expected to be okay. now a month ago three passengers were injured by someone who walked into the airport with a machete. in january police shot and killed a homeless man. >> i work here. i don't want to be coming to work being pretty much scared for my life thinking som

in san francisco, cheryl hurd, back to you. >> we are learning san jose mayor tested positive for covid9, again. news of his diagnose. it is not the first time he has had covid-19. he tested positive back in may. in the tweet the mayor says in part, quote, symptoms are minor with crumpiness and my s to anyone i may of exposed grumpiness and my apologizes to those i may of exposed. >>> masks are reinstated for b.a.r.t. the rules comes as covid-19 cases are surging in the bay area. the mask rules run through october 1st. >>> more problems for san francisco's lagoona honda hospital, they are putting a pause on transferring patients after several people died. state and federal officials ordered vulnerable patients to be relocated because they decertified the 156-year-old nursing home saying it provided substandard care. the families of people who live there is a at least four patients died within days or weeks of being moved from the tpas facilities in san francisco. they are working to get laguna honda recertified before a september deadline. >>> tonight, there is a mystery surrounding a p

in oakland cheryl hurd nbc news. >>> the shooting of a 3-year-old boy. police officers were called to a car on 26th avenue last night where they found the child with extreme wounds to his abdomen. officers made that tough call not to wait for an ambulance. >> due to the injuries our officers elected to immediately transfer the child to the hospital in their patrol vehicle for treatment. medical staff advised us the officers not elected to transport this child in their vehicles. this child would not have survived his injuries. >> it appears to be an accidental shooting and they suspect a relative fired thed at happened. >>> we are following breaking news in amador county. this is burning about 50 miles northeast of stockton. so far about 3,900 acres have burned and only 5% contained. at least 100 structures are being threatened and evacuation orders are underway. those who live in the area are hoping crews can keep their homes safe. >> we just need to keep our fingers crossed and hope the weather cooperates. >> another concern the fire now threatens criti

live in's inferences go, i am cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> a lot happening tonight. the rules may be changing again for wearing masks. bart might be reinstating mask roles. the mask rule expired 10 days ago but right now bart's board of directors is meeting and a vote on a new mask requirement is on the agenda tonight. the vote comes amid concerns of a surgeon covid-19 cases in the bay area. the public portion of the meeting started about an hour ago. it is being live streamed on bart.gov. we will continue to follow the outcome through the evening. >> winter is coming. some bay area health leaders are worried about it. they want more to be done to educate people of how covid-19 is transmitted, specifically, they want to highlight the value of wearing masks as covid- 19 continues to spread. as we look ahead to the fall and winter. here is nbc bay area's christie smith. >> reporter: vincent williams picked up some groceries at a bay area supermarket and assess the number of people wearing masks inside was split. >> there are quite a few people. i would say almost 50-50

in pleasant hill, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area. >>> good news tonight. fire near yosemite national park has burned through more than 18,000 acres since friday. now, crews overnight did make some progress to reign it in. containment now at 26%. the fire, though, destroyed another four structures yesterday, bringing the total to 41. 25 of them are homes. however, another 1,400 buildings are still threatened, and thousands of people are under evacuation orders still. >>> monkeypox is now in napa. the county reporting its first case. monkeypox is now in every bay area county. this comes as one of the main clinics giving out the vaccine, sf general, announcing today it's out of doses. again, you see the long lines. this is video from last week. the hospital's waiting to get more vaccines from the federal government, but no word yet on when or how many it will get. time is of the essence as the disease has been spreading quickly. in the past ten days, san francisco's gone from 60 reported cases to 222 reported cases. >>> well, two people shot in the mission, a

we just getting initial details but meanwhile, today in the bay cheryl hurd said some people in san francisco are rethinking their plans were a big festival this weekend. >> reporter: stephen ferris is an entertainment attorney living in san francisco who is right now recovering from monkeypox. >> i came into contact with monkeypox around pride, the last weekend in june. >> there is concern the virus could spread in the city again this weekend. there will be parties all weekend in the south of market area near a popular fair. and ferris says the community is talking about how dangerous it could be. >> monkeypox will skyrocket after this weekends fair because people cannot stop having , not thinking they themselves that will be them out in large crowds touching people and that will just as likely a transmission is having . >> tonight we spoke to stanford university school of medicine dr. dean winslow about the monkeypox death in spain. >> the individual in spain who died was a 41-year-old man who had underlying lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. it isn't too surprising that the deaths