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here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas.vin thomas: good evening, for the next 30 minutes, we hope to inspire you with stories of regular people doing extraordinary things often while facing some of the most difficult challenges of their lives. that's certainly the case for libby and tony kranz. the death of their 6-year-old daughter last year from a rare type of brain tumor was devastating. still, they wanted to give others the hope they didn't have. and because of one selfless act, it looks like they are beginning to get their wish. garvin: it has been more than a year since a brain tumor

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> just one person.hat is amazing. >> that really is. >> coming up next a san francisco arsonist caught on camera. we will have a live report on the new video that police are hoping will lead to an arrest in the case. >> plus video of the day. here it is. look out! more on what else happened during this professional surfing competition. >>> after a statewide man hunt the suspect accused of killing two adults and three young children in modesto is arrested here in san jose. i'm maryanne favro, i'll have that story coming up. ==terry/2-shot== and i'm terry >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. on a statewide search of a man of killing five people in modesto. the search ended in san jose when police arrested the alleged killer in a parking lot at oakridge mall in the valley. that's where marianne favro joins us now with details on how officers managed to track this suspect down. marianne? >> terry, last night a san jose

garvin thomas northbound bay area news. >>> if you know someone who is doing something nice for others garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com to search bay area proud. >>> summer can be a great time to help them find new loving homes. >> or purr-fect. how you can help clear the shelter. >> years ago carrie muss adopted a cat, and robin's sweet gesture may help her to dove. >> these animals have been on a hard time so they know when they've got it in a good home. >> emily was walking by and saw pebbles in the window. if she decides to add a dog to her family she would rather do that than buy one. >> it's been a very positive experience in the past and i was -- i would do it again. >> most of the kittens and cats that end up here do so because of unwanted litters, landlord issues or maybe they were stray or lost. >> who doesn't want to be one again? i think it's poetic and beautiful when you adopt a broken home kind of cat or dog. >> adopting a pet is an important decision and the anticruelty society is committed to helping you make the right choices. >> there are anima

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you know someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> today in the bay is back in two minutes. coming up, video you have to see. an orca stuck in the rocks. how they freed the whale. >>> a transgender teen blazes a new trail. medical steps being taken to preserve fertility and how it could help others. >>> the time is 7:29 this sunday morning. we want to give you a live look outside at palo alto. it is looking nice and clear. 101 moving great there. we will tell you about slow downs on that highway. for now, good morning, thanks for waking up with us. vicky nguyen with anthony slaughter, who has a look at the micro climate forecast. we have been talking about how great the weather is today. but big changes are coming. >> you have the day off, take advantage. seize the day. it will be hot heading the next couple days. notice cloud cover extensive across the bay. different than the past couple mornings. skies clear by 11:00. temperatures are right where they should

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvinould love to hear from you. just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search "bay area proud." we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, how a celebration may have caused a local team a hot at the little league world series. plus -- >> changing my agenda, trying to find myself and create the man i'm supposed to be. >> a bay area transgender teen shares self-discover, medical steps she's taking to one day be a parent. jose - from comm hill (adlib) kira/2shot good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm kira k >>> sunny skies as we look from communication hill to downtown san jose on a very nice saturday morning. that you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter with a microclimate forecast that is warm, warmer, warmest. >> very nice. that's exactly what we're looking at. today will be the warm, tomorrow warmer. monday and tuesday. by wednesday just going to be down right hot. we're talking triple digit heat. so enjoy the weekend, everyone. it's going to b

today in the bay garvin thomas explains in this morning's bay area proud. >> reporter: when jim and lori be fun to give them the same initials as dad. jbl. what jim says he never expected, they would all take after him in another way as well. barbeque was the cuisine of choice when the lynn family went looking for a place to celebrate. the reason for the get together was to toast beginning of a new career for their youngest son, justin. before he was sworn in with academy graduates to be the newest crop of deputies working for alameda sheriff. it is a particular source of pride for dad jim because for the past 28 years, that's exactly where he has worked, too. >> i'm very proud. and blessed. >> reporter: what makes this graduation more special, justin is not only following in his father's footsteps, following in the footsteps of older brother jim and another brother jacob. there are four lynns wearing the same badge and same name tag. what's more interesting, growing up, none of the boys talked much with each other about becoming cops one day. they certainly didn't talk about it with the

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> what a beautiful story. if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you, just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search "bay area proud." >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we continue to follow a developing story out of southern california. a devastating and terrifying wildfire that's left cars and homes in ruins and people running for their lives. >>> plus -- >> what does that add up to, to you? >> that's definitely something that the public needs to know about. >> an emergency drought solution leads to a controversy over a possible con flick of interest. we investigate, next. willow glen (adlib) kira/2shot good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm k >>> good saturday morning to you. we're taking a live look outside in willow glen, as the sun shines. we expect sunshine across the bay area today. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at that microclimate fore

garvin thomas is here with tonight's bay area proud. >> lindsay would love to make her art more than a hobby. to do that, she will have to sell a lot of it, which is why what she started doing earlier this summer sparks some people as strange. it struck us as perfect bay area proud. >> when life gets too stressful, a person's lucky to have a happy place to go to. even luckier when like lindsay dealba this place is as close as your mom's backyard. >> i found art to be my therapy. getting in the studio and the only thing that matters is me picking out the color, the composition and all of a sudden i'm happy again. >> reporter: something she said she found herself really needing a few years ago, about the time her competitive athletic career came to an end. after playing softball at cal, and even for the greek national team in the 2004 olympics there was a void lindsay was looking to fill. >> and i found this little niche that i wouldn't say it is compared to sports but it gives you that same type of that feeling of being able to produce something. >> reporter: which explains why this i

garvin thomas joins us with our bay area proud. >> reporter: things are going great for eugene a fewears ago. he graduated and landed his dream job. but then eugene decided the 9:00 to 5:00 wasn't right for him. at least not yet. he had places to go and people to help first. how he's accomplishing both of those goals is tonight's bay area proud. the pacific crest trail has its start in a small town just north of the mexican border. though for eugene eun, his trek along the pct began somewhere much, much different. >> the idea actually started with ellen degeneres. >> reporter: the end of her show, to be exact. >> she would always end those shows saying "be kind to one another." and i took that to heart and i said i want to live my life the way that these incredible human beings are doing. >> reporter: so the 28-year-old from castro valley who had heard of others who had hiked the pct decided that would be his grand gesture of kindness. but for who's benefit? >> i want to let you guys know to never give up. >> reporter: it was just about that time he says stories about arthur showed u

garvin thomas joins us with this morning's "bay area proud." >> things were going agreed for eugene. he graduated from usc film school and landed his dream job, but then eugene decided the 9 to 5 wasn't right for him. he had places to go people to help first. how he is accomplishing both of those goals is at the heart of this "bay area proud." the pacific crest trail has its start in a small town just north of the mexican border. though for eugene yun, his track along the pct began somewhere much, much different. the idea tutly started with el ellen degeneres. >> the end of her show. >> she would always end the show saying be kind to one another. i took that to heart and said i want to live my life the way these incredible human beings are doing. >> reporter: so the 28-year-old from castro valley who had heard about others said that would be his grant gesture of kinds in but for whose benefit? >> i want to let you know never to give up. >> reporter: stories about arthur renowiski started showing up. arthur was paralyzed by a robber's bullet eight years ago. through his foundation lif

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> we wish her well.laura/cu= governor jerry brown is heading to the vatican later this month - for a summit on climate change - hosted by pope francis. =vo= the summit is bngeld as a way to get all commues >>> justify gargovernor brown is heading to the summit for host by the vatican pl earlier this year the pope said combatting global warming is a big challenge. one of the workshops will talk about how global warming causes poverty. the two day conference begins july 21. >>> a million acres of wilderness now under federal protection. this morning the white house created three new nothing'sational monuments. including 50 including 50,000 pager er acres in napa county. others include areas in texas and nevada. >>> up next, a tradition more than 50 years old halted today. a confederate flag no longer flies outside the south carolina statehouse. we'll have a live report on the massive ceremony to take it down. omni breaking news now from san jose. [scott/cu] in san jose in sprucegate court near quimby road

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> just imagine how far that money will go as well. >> and no overheadthey do it out of their own garage. that's amazing. >>> kari hall is here. this is one of those days we wish the offshore winds were wafting the garlic north up to san jose. >> i don't know about that. there's only so much you can take, right? it's beautiful weather for the garlic festival and at least those temperatures aren't yet out of control. next week we may have a different story. enjoy today as we look at the live look from sunol hills. also the camera just went black in san francisco -- i was trying to show you the at&t park there is a huge game there tonight. if you're heading out there, enjoy the weather. it will be great. a mcof sun and clouds. we'll be televising that on nbc bay area. cool, though especially by the end of the game as the winds start to pick up. 58 degrees with low clouds. this is where we are in and out. 73 in livermore, 74 in concourt also 68 in san francisco, and a very light wind is coming in through the west. it starts to pick up and winds picking up m

garvin thomas nbc bay area news. >>> they make it look easy too. garvin would love to hear from you to share the story with us go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> tap water is now safe to drink for most people on the peninsula. a number of people in loss al toss are being told to drinks water -- told to boil water before they drink it. preliminary test results show no e. coli in the system but one hydrant did testify positive for the bacteria. people are told to keep boiling the water for now. >>> on new video this morning of another setback in the fire burning in sonoma county. calfire says the wragg fire is at 7100 acres, but it is 80% contained. 136 homes had to be evacuated in the latest flare-up. for many residents, it's their second evacuation. >>> we could learn today when the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar will stand trial. previous hearings on this issue have been postponed. this is the latest one today. lamar disappeared three years ago while walking to a if bus stop. her body has still not

garvin thomas. >> she'll have a little badge in the crib there. thank you, garvin. if you know someone doing something nice for others garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com and search "bay area proud." >>> well we are here on a friday which means the weekend is knocking. what does that forecast look like? let's check in right now with meteorologist kari hall. >> we've got some very unusual weather in this forecast for the weekend. so you want to stay tuned. you won't be able to get outside and enjoy the entire weekend in spots. as we take a live look at healdsburg, a beautiful, clear, sunny day. and now the temperatures at 67 degrees in the north bay. and oakland, it's 69 degrees and already at 79 degrees in livermore. we have a very light, southerly wind that will start to pick up as we go through the day. turning more westerly bringing in a nice cool onshore flow. and this evening, winds at about 15 to 20 miles an hour so while it's nice and calm down it will start to become a little bit more breezy later on today. and highs still warm in spots,