chuck coppola is out there. what's the latest that you have over there? >> well, right now as word spreads about this power outage at b.a.r.t. station people are leaving their cars, coming up and minding out and going back in their cars and getting back on the highway. now, some people are choosing to stay and wait this out. you see on the platform there there are some people waiting on the platforms. there is a loud speaker broadcasting that service has been delayed. however, a b.a.r.t. media line has been -- been providing late information to this. and what they tell us is that 4:45 this morning at the ball boyia park station the insulator failed. insulator is a small ceramic piece that prevents the third rail from being grounded. when it failed it caused a flash and the b.a.r.t. people tell us this is a fairly quick, fairly easy thing to fix. so they still need access though to the tracks so they had to stop train on either side. this message also does go on to confirm that they are single tracking through the area so it is not a complete shutdown. how

live in san francisco, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> breaking news in the south bay. firefighters are battling a fire burning in san martin. thick black smoke seen from the freeway. we're told it started when an rv caught fire. it spread to nearby brush and is burning some greenhouses and outbuildings. it's happening north of the san joaquin exit near the 101. firefighters are fighting the fire on the ground and doing air-drops. >>> a shooting death of a promising young athlete. family members say the victim is 20-year-old calvin reilly. he played for delta college in stockton. he grew up in san mateo and went to sarah high school. nbc bay area's christie smith is live near the crime scene. christie, an outpouring of support for reilly online. family members say he was playing pokemon go when he was killed. >> reporter: that's what we're hearing. it happened here in such a popular area for residents and tourists alike near aquatic park. he was apparently shot and killed while playing pokemon go on his cellphone according to information on a fundraising page. the victi

chuck coppola is at police headquarters. they are beefg up the streets but creating another hole. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: we are hearing investigations could take longer and the net effect of this is that cases may not be closed as quickly. san jose police chief eddie garcia has two weeks to figure out where to find 47 detectives or officers working in special task force to transfer to street patrol. >> we have a special unit that works on child pornography. for me i'm uncomfortable removing personnel from that division. >> if you take away some percentage of your detective staff, that means that your capacity, your capabilities will be reduced by that much with that manpower. that means you will take longer to conduct an investigation, for example. >> reporter: response to violent crime remains a top priority, but property crime response may be slower. >> it is not a choice i wanted to make, quite frankly, but a choice i had to make. >> reporter: garcia says he will balance where the transfers will happen. san jose's police department has had fewer that the minim

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=boxes= nbc bay area's chuck coppola is woodside,... chu -- very little fanfare -- because not many people knew he was there. at t nbc bay area if's chuck coppollo is in woodside. little fan fare because not many people knew he was there. what was the scene. >> reporter: that's right. only one protester who showeup ther late and was frankly very aceful. in fact, people in woodside thought secrecy would keep protest to a minimum. it work. donald trump's caravan arrived orte 7:00 at the woodomefsi h private equity ceo saul fox. paying a reported $25,000 to meet with and hear donald trump speak for about an hour and a half. mary hall, a neighbor, decked out four-legged harley in a one horse protest of hillary's side. >> i think he has gotten too much press because he has his inflammatory statements. so i brought my own inflammatory statement. >> reporter: the fundraiser was to have been the second for donald trump today, but a similar event in napa was cancelled. trump's campaign did not say why nor made public the location of tonight's fun

"today in the bay's" chuck coppola is along the staging area with an update and why, chuck, some sanrancisco firefighters has resources are deplete rd retud right now are g to the front lines. >> reporter: good morning. largely because this fire is moving towards backcountry and fewer around -- near fewer buildings that need defending. we're at toro park six miles from downtown salinas. the soberanes fire has been moving as i mentioned, south and east toward fairly inaccessible backcount backcountry, away from a lot of home '. so fire engines like these behind me here from lum mass and other towns in the sierra hills are going to be moving out. good news for the sflans, nearly two dozen firefighters, they and their fire engines will be headed home today. cal fire has been reassuring homeowners the community meeting just last night that further evacuations in carmel valley not likely. now that four fire breaks have been cut with another one to be added today, protecting homes in the carmel valley. also fire crews have set a number of backfires. these are smaller set fires to burn all

. >> "today in the bay's" chuck coppola is live. definitely an emotional day.: that's right. 20-year-old calvin reilly's funeral here at st. gregory's catholic church in san mateo will i think from more family and friends. last night many came to visitation praising reilly for his character as well as his athletic ability. he was a i believe ba standout at sara high school where he graduated last year and stand out at delta college where he had just completed his freshman year in stockton. he was shot to death last saturday night while playing pokemon go in san francisco. >> his dad and him were best friends. i mean, i just can't believe -- he's been wanting me to come out and visit and this shouldn't be the way i have to come. >> reporter: the shooting happened last saturday night aquatic park in san francisco shortly before 10:00 p.m. that's not terribly late. in fact one u.s. park police investigator says aquatic park was bustling, but so far no suspect has been identified. police want anyone with any information to come forward. reporting live in san mateo,

place, but firefighters say, that the -- [ no audio ] >> all right, looks like we may have lost chuck coppola there, once again reporting from this fire in clear lake. once again, so close here. to where the valley fire burned hundreds and hon drenundreds of. many evacuations chuck was detailing. the hospital evacuated. >> i was up there last week. everyone was saying, yes we know what caused the last fire. yes, we all know we are in fire country. but still, when you see the devastation it really hits home. >> tough to see that again. right now, meteorologist, anthony slaughter is standing by with how the weather is compounding the situation. also sometimes fires create their own weather, anthony. >> in fact, hard to believe we have the fire burning. look behind me. healdsburg. clear skies. and head 40 miles north. completely different story. microclimates always take in a huge part here. when it comes to erratic weather. we have 94 degrees in clear lake. a 20-degree spread if you head 40 miles. wind today. good news. haven't been overly gusty. they have been from time to time. above 10 to 15

reporting live in san jose, i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> chuck, thanks. >>> one person is mt hospital after an early morning fire. this started around 3:00 in the morning. san jose firefighters not telling us how badly that person was hurt. not clear how much damage there is to the business either. but arson investigators will try to figure out the cause of that fire. >> a fire near big sur is forcing 350 more evacuation orders. ten day needs fire fight and fire is still raging and about 40,000 acres of monterey county are now charred. 57 homes are destroyed. some 2,000 more homes and other buildings are still threatened. a forest worker died as a result of fire when a bulldozer toppled over. california department of forestry lists that fire as now 18% contained and it's been hard fought because of rugged terrain and ample fuel for fire. smoke from that fire is still contributing to poor air quality across parts of the bay area. satellites video shows that plume moving directly across the bay area over the past few days. the smoeg triggered several spare the air alerts ove

chuck coppola has the exclusive detail. >> it is a sad story tenants told me. they didn't know as the first residents moved in, engineers on behalf of the millen yes, ma'am towers developers wrote a letter warning that the building could sink as much as eight inches. >> do you think the city should be obligated to tell people as they were moving in that the building could sink eight inches and perhaps even four inches more than that? >> if they had the knowledge, they should have. >> would it have changed anything in your mind? >> absolutely, yeah. i wouldn't have moved in. >> reporter: a group of people who moved in is researching whether or not the city should have been legally bound to tell them. so far the building has dropped 16 inches and tilts two inches. the investigative unit found there were warning signs before this. in 2004 a planned 52-story tower was stopped by a top city building official after studies predicted it would sink 11 inches, twice what the builder's consultants predicted with a risk of serious damage in the event of an earthquake. its

live in toro park on highway 68, i'm chuck coppola, "today in the bay." >>> high rise tower for san francisco'sich and famous is sinking. literally. the millennium tower on mission street is home to the stars like joe montana and hunter pence. since the completion in 2008 the 58 story building has sunk 16 inches and is now tilting two inches to the northwest. builders had predicted it would sink six inches over the lifespan while seismic engineers and experts and engineers i should say say it's not a safety issue. the homeowners association is hiring an independent consultant and a possible fix will be costly. the building's owner blames the movement on construction of the transit project happening right next door. a spokesperson for that project says the millennium tower is sinking because builders didn't drill deep enough into the bed rock. >>> 880 driver are going the get new technology starting later today. caltrans is turning on-ramp meters at noon. so if you're on 880 and alameda and contra costa county we're going to see the new meters at work. it's part of so-called smart corridor proje