nbc bay area's christie smith is live there. and christie, neighbors say the intersection has been dangerous for some time and something really needs to be done. >> reporter: good evening to you. witnesses say the car was coming up sacramento street and made the it turn before the woman could make it across the intersection and we're talking about making it across at least three lanes here. neighbors do say it's dangerous and even tonight we saw them trying to hurry up, get across the street and get out of the way. >> a yellow car right here. >> reporter: at stockton and sacramento streets tonight, the accident that happened hours earlier still very upsetting to neighbors. >> it was a right hand and the lady crossed the street. and then the car hit the lady. >> reporter: san francisco police say a driver made a turn before 10:00 this morning toward the stockton tunnel. then hit and killed a woman who was trying to cross the street. early on, police tried to determine who had the right-of-way. >> we're going to make a determinatio

nbc bay area's christie smith live at that intersection. neighbors say accidents like this happen all the time there. >> reporter: you know that is exactly right. we spoke with people who live and work nearby and they say that it is always a challenge for pedestrians to get by safely because the area is so crowded. we have china town and union square and drivers who are impatient and move through the intersection. today a woman was hit and killed trying to cross stockton street. the driver did stay at the scene but was later arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. police say the man tried to make the left turn into the tunnel as the woman was crossing. police say it is unclear who had the green light and the right of way. >> the driver apparently had the green light but he didn't wait. that is a very common thing where you see drivers even though they have the light they go through as people are trying to cross over. without seeing it myself i suspect that was what happened. >> reporter: again police say they are still trying to ge

christie smith is at the scene. neighbors say it is unusual for the neighborhood. >> absolutely. it is a disturbing story. it seems a dispute spun out of control. neighbors say they heard two shots this afternoon and found the victim lying right here. a lieutenant says a person walking got in to a dispute with a driver, believing the driver got too close. this is 2:15 on golden gate and broderick. the exchange of words escalated with someone in the car apparently opening fire. one neighbor says this is what he was told. >> came walking along here just after it happened. one of the neighbors saw a guy jaywalking across golden state avenue. a car approached him at high speed. the guy jumped out of the way and screamed what are you trying to do? are you trying to kill me? >> the car made a u-turn and came back and shot him and sped off. >> reporter: according to neighbors who did not want to go on camera, there was a five to ten-second delay between shots. apparently the driver circled back and took off. san francisco police did release a brief statement. not necessarily about the c

reporting live in alameda, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> tonight, police are searching for the person who gunned down a young man in south san jose last night. we have the very latest from police headquarters on this investigation. >> reporter: peggy, so far police have not made any arrests. this was the 29th homicide of the year, and police say this happened in an area that has had several shootings this year. the homicide happened outside a home last night. now a small memorial, three candles, flowers, and cards offering condolences to the watkins family. they say a man in his 20s was shot in the back last night several times in the driveway. the neighbor heard five shots. >> when i got to my window to watch what happened, and watched the guy on the floor. but i don't see any car. nothing. just the guy on the floor. >> reporter: the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. violence is not new to this area. just a few blocks away, 34-year-old lawrence antrias was shot and killed in front of a 7 eleven. the man in last night's shooting had two young daughters and a baby on the

reports live in san francisco, i'm christie smith. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, christie. >>> president obama says he has the full support of nato members on the action needed to dismantle and destroy isis. the president talked about it this morning at the nato summit in wales. >> first and foremost, we have reaffirmed the central mission of the alliance. article v enshrines our slum duty to each other, an armed attack against one shall be considered an attack against them all. >> the president is pressing nato members to join a coalition of nations that could go after the islamic state group using mitt power, diplomatic pressure, and economic penalties. he hopes they can have a plan in place by the start of the u.n. general assembly in new york in a little less than two months -- or two weeks, i should say. >>> ukraine's president is declaring a cease-fire to end nearly five months of fighting with russian-backed rebels there. the truce between both sides will lead to the release of prisoners as well. despite this progress,

christie smith is live at the scene with more on this. >> neighbors are telling a scary story here on golden gate and broderick about someone in a car opening fire on a jaywalker. the man hit by the gun fire they say fell right here. this started 2:15. one lieutenant said there was a near miss. a man walking in the street got upset a car came too close to him. words were exchanged and it escalated. one neighbor said there was some words exchanged. what are you trying to do, kill me and he said someone in the car opened fire. neighbors say they heard two shots and five to ten seconds in between. what they are saying is the car may have actually circled back to see. the victim laying here in the street. san francisco police put out a brief statement, not necessarily about the circumstances. only that one person was with shot here and taken to sf general and last listed in critical condition. that is the latest from here. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> five people shot at a late-night party in the east bay. right now the suspected gu

christie smith is live from the neighborhood with more. christie? >> reporter: good evening to you. police say they definitely do not suspect foul play. in fact, the family spent hours this evening coming and going with police, trying to figure out this out. a short time ago, search and rescue teams came back to the command post. they're still looking for sergio. san jose police say the family of sergio zepeda searched themselves this morning and then called police when they couldn't find the 6-year-old boy. his mom spent the late afternoon talking with investigators. >> i don't know where he is. i wish i could know. >> reporter: his mother and her boyfriend were escorted by police to a command post this evening where police searching for him came and went. the boyfriend says they were last watching tv at home on rorty drive. >> i don't know. he opened the door or not. you know, we put a latch on the door, that way he don't go into the garage. but he open it. >> reporter: police say sergio has autism and is nonverbal, that he is known to run and hide. they're asking for the public's

christy smith is live with more. and the suspect apparently car jacked the vehicle and you spoke to the carjacking victim, is that right? >> reporter: yes, that is right. and the intersection is back open. it was closed for quite some time. what is going on now, there is repair work going on with windows that were actually shot out in all of this. this started with a carjacking. i did speak with that victim who says she did not recognize the man and she's never been this scared. >> this guy is going to kill me. and i'm leak ike my kids are in. >> reporter: she was confronted by a carjacker this morning in richmond on her way to the gym. >> the man, he opened the car seat and told me to drive off. he pulled a gun at me. and i started screaming. and i said no. he was reaching over at me, so i jumped out of my truck and i was screaming. >> reporter: she says she didn't recognize him. she got away, but her cadillac suv was stolen. the man led police on a chase and police say they lost sight of the car in san francisco's

nbc bay asia christy smith is rive at the scene.t looks like cleanup is going the take some time. >> reporter: yeah, good evening to you, terry. it is loud out here and that's for hours now crews have been running a generator, using jackhammers and hand hammers bringing down bricks on the front side of the building that faces the sidewalk. what we can tell you is that huge pile of debris that's been sitting out front is dwon. it had been locking two lanes here on mission street between 22nd and 23rd in front of big house ink, the three story shop that caught fire thursday after sending a huge plume of smoke and flames into the neighborhood. the store was filled with clothes and luggage and other items, so much that firefighters said it was a challenge to fight. yesterday the battalion chief said the building would have to come down, that it was unsafe. the roof had caved in. but the first permits were in place. one construction worker tells me that the build will need to be shored up adds well, that they didn't want to bring it down

christie smith is live outside bally's total fitness in south san francisco with more on what police are saying about this violent attack. >> reporter: yeah, they say they're still trying to get to the bottom of what set this off. but we spoke with friends of diego galindo who was attacked here. they say he's been working out here for years and never expressed any concerns about being here or any concerns about anyone in the gym. now they're wondering, why him? marta sanchez worked alongside diego galindo for years outside this south san francisco butcher shop. friends were stunned to learn he was killed. >> everybody's devastated. they come in, they see it, they -- they've heard about it, they don't believe it. >> reporter: a collection box on the counter to help raise fund for his funeral services. >> he was very respectful. you know, always treated me very, very good. you know, sometimes you hear people say that but he was one of the good ones. >> reporter: the 43-year-old was attacked wednesday at bally total fitness in south san francisco. where police say there was an altercati

nbc bay area's christie smith is live in san francisco to show why the cleanup hasn't even started yet. christie? >> reporter: good evening. well, firefighters say that this building just has to come down because it isn't safe at all. but they say the owners are still working out the details with their insurance to make that happen and that's also why all this burned debris is still sitting here in the street. most businesses opened back up on the block, but not all. >> we were supposed to have our local installed on the windows and the top of the building yesterday and this happened. >> reporter: total care plus just moved in, they were planning a grand opening. now she says they need to clean up a little after a fire three doors down. they plan to reopen monday. >> we have patients scheduled to come in today. i've been answering the phones and letting them know that we're closed today. >> reporter: nearby, a pile of luggage, clothes, and plastic items fill mission street in front of what's left of big house inc., a store so packed with stuff that firefighters are still looking for po

christie smith is live at the scene. you talked with a witness. >> reporter: neighbors are telling us they clearly heard two shots. they came outside and a man was wounded laying behind the red car you see across the street. a driver they say was speeding away. what they are telling us is they think the dispute begun just before they rounded the corner. >> the man on the sidewalk saying what's up dude. i kept kept walking. >> reporter: she said that man was raising his voice as a person in a car and says that car turned on to golden gate just as she passed out of view. >> i heard a popping sound. it didn't dawn on me first what it was. i heard another pop and i told the desk clerk someone was shot. >> reporter: one police lieutenant says a possible near miss may have started the disagreement. >> i came walking along here just after it happened. one of the neighbors saw a guy jaywalking across golden gate avenue. a car approached him at high speed. the guy jumped out of the way and he screamed at him. >> reporter: neighbo

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith. nbc bay area news. >> thank you.more details on what governor jerry brown is doing to fight climate change. today he sign several bills that would boost the use of clean air vehicles in california. one of them allows 15,000 more electric and marshall zero emissions vehicles to get green stickers to drive in car pool lanes even when the driver is alone. another requires freeway high occupancy toll lanes to allow clean air vehicles to drive for free or reduced rates. 40% of all electric vehicles in the united states are sold right here in california. >>> clean-up does continue along san francisco's fisherman's wharf after a fuel spill yesterday on a vintage world war ii ship. the jeremiah o'brien discharged oil at its berth. crews have laid about 8,000 feet of boom around the harbor. oil has been spotted around the high street pier and aquatic park. one bit of good news, no additional sheening was found day. the coast guard announced that the spill somewhere was between 200 and 2,000 gallons of oil. >>> also new at 11:

christie smith is there live. christie, tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, kris. right now much of the financial district is very quiet. that's because so many streets are shut down around battery and california. that suv, the one that was carjacked sitting there on its side after a rollover accident happened here this morning and officers had to open fire on that carjacking suspect. they say he just wouldn't put down the gun in a chase, as you said, that started in the east bay in richmond this morning with a woman who owned that whitest ka laid, carjacked on her way to work this morning. police say the man then alone in the car, went on to the golden gate bridge with several law enforcement agencies trying to catch up, each picking up in their own jurisdictions. here in san francisco, police say they lost sight of the car, then suddenly got reports of an accident and shots fired here. >> as we're being told by the victim and witnesses, when they went to the aid, good samaritans went to

christie smith is life in san bruno. this anniversary comes less than a week after a huge 15 was proposed by state regulators. >> reporter: that's right. good evening, peggy. the anniversary is tuesday but the mayor is going to be speaking out tomorrow at 10:30 here at city hall. he's going to be talking about the recovery, what has been rebuilt and what hasn't. we're also expecting to learn more about the next steps in the penalty process. >> the road to full recovery obviously emotional. >> reporter: san bruno city manager connie jackson says much has changed four years after the pg and e natural gas pipeline explosion. >> so far 22 families have returned out of the 38 homes that were destroyed totally. there are a couple more that are in progress. >> reporter: she says there have been infrastructure improvements, too, after the blast killed eight people, injuring dozens more. this week pg&e learned it will face a $1.4 billion fine. >> in large measure it means closure. the fact that the cpuc has finally concluded the

start with christie smith at the scene. this doesn't happen often.larm fire in the middle of the city? >> that's right. mission street shut down at 22nd. a ladder truck up on the building that burned on the other side of the bus there. the roof has caved in. debris from the store is on the sidewalk. goods from inside of the store, part of the challenge for fire fighters who say they will be here all night. firefighters sprayed water from the outside of the building on mission street for hours. jim pringle watched those first on scene. >> they were all prepped, ready to go. flames coming out. hitting the top. it got so hot i had to go inside and start packing. i couldn't touch the railing. >> reporter: heap sh shot the v from his balcony. the fire jumped to three alarms. >> a three story building. high volume of inventory on the second and third floors. that is really what we're fighting right now. >> reporter: neighbors say the is called big house, clothes, backpacks and items. crews took a defensive stand as thick, black smoke filled the strech stre

nbc bay area christie smith joins us from the shopping center where the news is tragic for some businesses. christie? >> reporter: good evening to you terry and peggy. business ownersÑi and neighbors they're stunned by this. we spoke with them, and they say they don't know why anyone would want to set a series of fires that caused this kind of damage. they say someone actually stayed in that unit up above. down below you see a series of minivans. we're told those were used for deliveries for a business. and now some business owners say it will be a real struggle to bounce back. the fires popped up quickly overnight one after another, keeping firefighters moving in alameda, cars, trash bins, businesses, and even homes damaged. >> and i looked out the window, and it was justxd fire. claims all the way to the sky. really, really big red flames. and people were wounding on everybody's door, get out, get out. it's fire. >> reporter: at least four families were displaced. five businesses damaged or destroyed. >> i'm pretty numb right now. >> reporter: at angela'sÑi restaurant on park street, the

nbc bay area's christie smith is in south san francisco at the bally total fitness.hat happened there? >> reporter: we spoke with investigators here in south san francisco. they say that they're still working on a motive tonight. what set this whole thing off. but we also spoke with friends of the victim, diego galindo. they say he hadn't really spoken with the suspect at the gym so they're wondering why he was the victim in such a brutal attack. >> the whole community is devastated. he's a community. everybody knows him. >> reporter: at this business in south san francisco, a collection box sits on the counter to help with funeral services for diego galindo, who worked there as a butcher. >> it's hard to believe. you don't want to believe it. especially the way it happened. it was a vicious attack. >> reporter: customers came in as soon as they heard. >> he was very respectful. you know, he always treated me very, very good. >> reporter: friends say the 43-year-old work the out at bally total fitness often. wednesday night police say there was an altercation there w

christie smith is live with how they plan to recover a lot of volunteer hours here, christie. >> goodevening to you. i mean, there's no denying this is a big setback. a three-alarm fire at a construction site. we heard from habitat from human at this time tonight. they are trying to stay positive already talking about getting volunteers back in here early next week. >> we feel fortunate, really, really fortunate. the fire department showed up right away. >> the tonight habitat for humanity greater san francisco is talking about what wasn't lost in the fire. >> because only one home was destroyed, we have almost 15 structures right now. we could have lost 15 homes and only lost three. so i mean, that's something. >> they say firefighters from across the street responded along with other stations limiting the damage. after a three-alarm fire at the construction site of the 2-unit habitat terrace development. >> obviously this is a setback. but the community of volunteers and community that's helped to build this home and others i'm sure will return and help rebuild it. >> today nearly:s

that's where christie smith is live tonight.you actually spoke to the woman who was carjacked. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. and as you can imagine, she is very shaken up tonight. she said that this man opened her car door and actually wanted her to drive away with him. instead she jumped out of the car. she says he got in. he took off. the next thing she knew, it ended here in san francisco in gunfire. >> this guy is going to kill me. and i like my kid are inside. >> reporter: olga doesn't want her face shown. she was confronted by a carjacker this morning in richmond on her way to the gym. >> the man, he opened my passenger car seat and he told me to drive off. he pull a gun at me. and i started screaming. i said no. he was reaching over at me. so i jumped out of my truck and i started screaming. >> reporter: she says she didn't recognize him. she got away, but her cadillac suv was stolen. the man led police on a chase over the richmond, san rafael, and golden gate ridge bridges. and police say they lost sight of the car in

christie smith is live in oakland. christie, how are those people doing? >> good evening, jessica.'m told that some of the most seriously injured may need surgery, but none of these injuries are considered life threatening. i had a chance to see where a man was standing on the deck with everyone else. he said all of the sudden he was on the ground below and the deck was over him. the wooden deck sits upside down about 15 feet below where it once stood in the backyard of this oakland home. >> didn't give any type of warning at all. >> reporter: warren johnson says he injured his ribs when the deck collapsed. a small group of family and friends were gathering to watch a boxing match. >> having a good time. and the next thing you know we were on the ground. and it was bad because it's like some people landed on the concrete. >> reporter: he says three women suffered the most serious injuries, a broken leg, a broken ankle and broken pelvis. >> we treated 12 people on scene, transported nine. of the nine, three were trauma activations with injuries such as broken bones and broken pelvis

reporting live in san mateo county, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank very much. it's an act of pure evil, the response from the british prime minister after the reports of the execution of a british aide worker by isis militants. the propaganda video released appears to show david haynes being beheaded. very similar to the videos of two other executions. he was abducted in syria last year. british prime minister david cameron returned to downing street. on twitter, he promised to, quote, hunt down these murderers. secretary of state john kerry is in egypt today in his latest middle east tour. his goal is to create a coalition to defeat isis. egypt promised to do their share to fight the militants. tomorrow morning "meet the press" will take a closer look at president obama's strategy to take down isis. as for that international coalition, chuck todd will also examine the countries that are onboard and what they promise to do. tomorrow morning "meet the press" starting at 8:00. >> firefighters getting no breaks tonight, trying to put out a quick-moving brush fire

. >> nbc bay area's christie smith was at that memorial today and spoke with family members of some of the flight 93 victim. >> we spoke with two victims' families and they say the anniversary takes them right back to that day and how they got the horrible news. also moving forward and making sure to keep honoring their lives. ♪ the mother of wanda green and sister of jason bell hugged after today's ceremony. green was a flight attendant and jason the pilot of united flight 93. both families say they've developed a bond after all these years. about 100 people came to today's ceremony, held in a small park where stone tablets wear bearing the names of passengers and crew stand. the victims' names were read aloud. their families say these memorials are critical. >> it's a way for me to honor her, her life. she's gone. it's been 13 years now. can't bring her back. but what we can do is honor and just keep her name alive. >> my immediate thoughts go to jason right away. miss him and wish he was still here to share family events with us. >> both families say they've attended memorials acros

nbc bay area's christie smith is live at sfo where she spoke with frustrated passengers today. >> reporter: good evening to you. i took a look inside, and arrivals and departures to the midwest are looking better. what happened today is other air traffic control centers pitched in to try and help get planes moving again. a lot of the passengers we spoke with thought systems should have rebounded much faster. >> initially it was said the flight was delayed. >> reporter: twig to catch a flight to chicago today was frustrating for travelers like melissa. early on it looked like a go. >> then about 10 minutes later over the speakers, they said we're going to cancel you, so go stand in a line to see if you can rebook. >> reporter: a ripple effect at sfo and airports around the country after a contract worker set a fire at a regional air traffic control center outside of chicago. officials say the man may have been trying to commit suicide and this was not a terrorist incident. either way, mark is among dozens stuck in the bay area. >> it's one guy and he was able to start a small fire which cas

nbc bay area's christy smith live from the neighborhood with more. christie. >> reporter: police have been speaking with family and friends. we did see his mom leave a short time ago, presumely to go home. no sign of the 6-year-old boy who has autism and is non-verbal. police are asking for the public's help in locating sergio who disappeared from the family home this morning. it's believed me may have wandered off. police spoke with a man who said he was the man's boyfriend this afternoon. he said he looked for the boy this morning and then spent the day talking with officers about it. the mom spoke with them at length too and they were escorted from one command post to another. search and rescue teams looked for him in a three to four mile radius. we're told he was home one minute and then gone. >> he was happy. i don't know what happened this morning. >> basic operation is start near the last location he was seen and work your way out ward. >> reporter: he is latino. he has brown hair. 40 pounds with a reddish rash mark on the left side of his left

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> that flasher displaying himselfchildren at palo alto parks has been caught. deputies arrested a man you see there. his name is cory jacobs. women called for help when he exposed himself at seal park in palo alto on august 1. on the right hand side of the screen you can see the police sketch based on the women's description. one day after that initial flashing more calls came in. women reported a man touching himself at three other locations, including johnson park. they found him in san jose last saturday. >>> since the recent napa quake, there's been a renewed interest in the early warning system. some have been getting warnings for nearly two years now, but when will the early warnings spread to the rest of us. patrick healey joins us from berkley. an unprecedented partnership here. >> reporter: it was a big gathering of experts from around the world today. and it's becoming clear, raj, that private companies are going to play an increasingly important role here. you've got two issues, detecting the quake and deli

christie smith spoke with travelers live at sfo with more. >> reporter: one expert says that air traffic control is so busy around the chicago area that a backup system would probably have a tough time keeping up with the load at the same capacity right away. the passengers impacted here in san francisco think the system should have been up and running much faster. >> canceled. >> reporter: this family is scrambling to get to an important family wedding in the midwest. >> we're looking at buses, trains, other airlines. >> it's just frustrating. there's really no one -- you want to be angry at the airlines, but what are they going to do? air traffic control is down. it's just really sad. i want to see -- i want to be at my niece's wedding. >> reporter: the nationwide trouble started after investigators say a contract worker set afire to an air traffic control center near chicago. officials say it's not linked to terrorism but the incident brought two of the nation's busiest airports to a halt for hours and set off a chain reaction from coast to coast. >> it sounds like it's one guy and he

reporting live in san mateo county, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> thanks very much. more than a dozen people forced to evacuate a south bay hotel this morning. police and a bomb unit were called to the san jose hilton in downtown this morning. someone reported a suspicious device in the men's bathroom. the bomb unit used a water discharge tool on it. they say it was not explosive but made to look like it was. 20 people in rooms around that bathroom had to be evacuated. the scene was cleared about 5:00 this evening. hotel stayed open during the investigation. >>> people getting ready to hit the roads with the first-ever self-driving car that does not have a backup driver. the new prototype will be tested on the grounds of moffet field. nasa's teaming up with google for their own research purposes. they hope they learn from google will help in the twomt of unmanned drones. testing could begin at moffit field early next year. >>> take a look at this. you're not going to see this every day. a pretty unusual catch happened right off the golden gate bridge. a fisherman sna

nbc bay area's christie smith was there and spoke with family members of some of the victims. christie? >> reporter: well, janelle, some family members tell us it's tough to even sleep the night before the anniversary. this day brings them right back. but they also say they do come out to honor their lives. [ bell ] it was a somber ceremony, one that brought together the families of wanda green and jason doll. >> thank you. >> reporter: green was a flight attendant on united flight 39, dallas the pilot. green's remembers hearing that a plane had crashed, and then her worst fears were concerned. >> about 11 something that morning, some people from flight 93 came to my home. and when they came to the door, i said oh no, oh no. i knew then that she wasn't alive. >> reporter: the anniversary always difficult. >> my immediate thoughts go to jason right away and miss him and wish, yeah, he was still here to share family events with us. >> nicole miller. >> reporter: the names of the passengers and crew were read aloud at union city's flight 93 memorial. stone pillars stand in their h

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nbc bay area's christie smith live outside the burned out building now.

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