live in contra costa county, i'm jodi hernandez. back to you guys. >> that is hot, you, jodi. >>> let's turn 108. is that number accurate? >> you know, some of the phones and the cars reading 108. a lot of the official thermometers in concord read 106. >> i don't think that makes much of a difference. >> yeah, it's super hot outside. gilroy, 104. sonoma, 103. we'll continue to warm up as we move through the next couple of hours. definitely going to see those it was go higher. we're getting all of this heat from this area of high pressure back here across the desert southwest. the circulation around us is helping to drive cloud c clouds across the tri valley right now. kind of hazy with this heat, currently 104 degrees and a slow go for us as we continue through night. by 6:00 and 7:00, we're hold onto these 90s. if you don't have air conditioning, you've got to find something, maybe a movie, some way to stay cool here. by 10:00 p.m. we're at 78. in san jose, not quite as warm. that's because we have a little breeze off the bay, but s

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as jodi hernandez reports, it's moved at moving low-income families closer to financial stability. >> reporter: phase one of the program will concentrate on this area of east oakland. an area where families are struggling to make ends meet and where an extra $500 a month could make a big difference. >> this is the heart of east oakland, so, you know. >> reporter: adrian mohammad says the past year and a half has been really tough for folks who live in his east oakland neighborhood. many have lost their jobs. while mohammad is still working, the father of four lost part of his income when the pandemic hit. >> we've been maintaining, though, but it's definitely been a challenge. >> reporter: but oakland's new guaranteed income program could offer real help to families like the mohameds. low-income families with at least one child under 18 will be given a guaranteed income of $500 for the next 18 months. >> when people have the security of an income floor, they are able to gain more employment. they are able to get their mental health in order and take care of their families and help con

nbc bay area's jody hernandez was live to explain what the agency is proposing tonight. jody? >> reporter: that's right. cal osha's workplace safety board has been listening to members of the public all day on this very heated topic. now, whether or not workers like the folks here in danville must continue to wear their mask indoors while on the job. >> we are thrilled with where we are versus a year ago. >> reporter: things are finally starting to get back to normal at harvest restaurant in danville. but while workers may have been looking forward to unmasking soon, cal osha says come june 15th, they may have to keep their face coverings on while working indoors. >> we always want to make sure that we are erring on the side of safety. if that's something that would make our customers in the community feel safer, i think it is something we would be okay doing. >> reporter: only about 80% of his staff is vaccinated. under a new cal osha proposal, businesses would have to have documentation all of their employees are vaccinated before they could unmask inside. >> cal osha is out

here is jody hernandez. >> reporter: crews are putting the finishing touches on an 800 toot emergency rock bare area if in contra costa county, without it they said the water supply would be at risk for millions californians. crews have been working around the clock for the past 20 days, building a massive rock wall in the delta, all in the name of the drought. >> we are taking extreme measure under the extreme circumstances. >> reporter: with too little natural flow coming in, and the water in short supply in upstream reservoirs, ocean water is in danger of moving in and contaminating the delta. the department of water resources said that pumping stations near tracy that send water south are at risk of contamination. 27 headline million californians including folks in contra costa county rely on water from at le at the water supply. >> there's a lot of communities, there's fish and wild life and agricultural that is all depending on the fresh water in the delta. >> not everyone is on board in the project. the bay area blocks a popular route with boaters and some are worried it will i

in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> nearly one-and-a-half million customers in the east bay will soon see their water bills going up. just over an hour ago, the board of directors for east bay mud voted unanimously to increase water and waste water rates by 4%. it takes effect in july and the second hike will kick in next july. customers could also be hit by a separate surcharge months down the road if this drought conditions. >> let's see what happens. october to april is the water year. so we're going to, you know, again, hope that it's a good rainy season and we can just make it through. >> the 4% increase adds up to $2.50 a month on average for water the first year. also about $1 more each month for waste water. >>> i'm jeff ranieri. you can see the drought is the worst over the north and the east bay. we'll talk about our dry conditions. also the cold or windy weather. >> thank you, jeff. cracking down on fireworks in contra costa county. how much you will have to pay in that county. plus -- >> excited to do something else. >> he's a young man on a mission, and he's

reporting live in richmond, i'm jodi hernandez. nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. >>> well, oakland police say the deadly juneteenth shooting started because of a gun fight between feuding gangs from san francisco. on saturday, eight people were shot including a 22-year-old man from san francisco who was killed. oakland police chief armstrong says a crowd of 5,000 people were along the lakeshore avenue area when the shotss rang out. police say the injured include san francisco gang members and innocent people caught in the crossfire. the youngest victim, just 16 years old. investigators also say the two armed people arrested near the scene saturday night were not involved in the shooting. today, chief armstrong says had police not beefed up their presence to 50 officers around the lake, saturday's shooting could have been even worse. >> there's been mixed messages in this community. several people who said they didn't want officers around the lake. but we see what can happen when you have larger crowds of people, and you don't

jodi hernandez was one of the few people allowed in the courtroom. she lines us live. >> we enter pleas of not guilty. >> reporter: he pled not guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2018 shooting death. >> he fired in defense of his life. there is absolutely no question about that. >> reporter: it began as a slow speed chase after police got called for suspicious behavior. firing nine times as he drove by. his attorney says in self-defense. >> it is clear and convincing evidence as provided by the videos that showed his car facing directly at him, in an area he didn't have. >> the officer is the one who placed himself in harm's way. he shot into a moving car, a gun when he himself was not in a position of danger. >> reporter: the family and supporters say there is nothing justifiable about the shooting. they say to make matters worse, the very same officer shot and killed a homeless man, a 32-year-old terrell wilson during a confrontation. that confrontation lasted just seconds before hall fired. >> it blows my mine. it is unfair. it is not right.

jodi hernandez with her warning to others. >> reporter: take a look at just how quickly a single fire work can set a rooftop on fire. >> fireworks generate sparks at an excessive heat rate that will very quickly ignite anything that is dry and flammable. >> reporter: within five minutes, this make-shift roof engulfed in flames. >> the use of fireworks anywhere in this county is just unsafe. >> reporter: contra costa fire says this year it's more dangerous than ever. the drought has created extremely dry and flammable conditions. >> the fuel moisture, the amount of moisture in the fuel, the fuels being the brush and the trees, is already at critical levels. >> reporter: fireworks have already caused a slew of fires in contra costa county. last month, a fire work ignited a 15 acre grass fire in the lakes neighborhood of discovery bay. >> it could have took my home and a couple others as well. >> reporter: then a quarter acre after teens threw a mortar out their car window. and a neighborhood in antioch got a scare after neighbors say they heard and smelled someone lighting fireworks. >>

nbc bay area's jody hernandez joins us in brentwood. and let me get this straight, jody, where you are right now, 107 degrees as we are speaking, is that correct? >> that's right. it actually got to about 109 a little earlier today. it's -- there's no way to feel comfortable, when it is this hot outside. now, the only place that you will find folks outdoors right now in downtown brentwood is the front -- in front of the sip and scoop. that is the town's local ice cream shop. as you mentioned, we are in the middle of a flex alert. that means staying cool. while saving power is key. >> we are melting out here! we are dying out here. it is so hot. >> reporter: trisha describes what it's like braving a second day of temperatures hovering at 108. not a day, you want to spend a lot of time outdoors. that's the good thing about out here. most people have air conditioning and most businesses do so thank goodness for that and hopefully it stays that way and we don't lose power with pg&e. >> reporter: tonight's flex alert has some concerned. we av

here's nbc bay area's jodi hernandez in contra costa county. >> my fear is moy house is going, to you know, be lit up in fire. >> reporter: edward perez says he hears and seize fireworks going off in his neighborhood all the time and at a park just up the street from his home we found plenty of proof of that. >> these are professional fireworks. they are not toys. they are not sparklers. so, yeah, it's dangerous. >> reporter: tonight contra costa fire is cracking down on illegal fireworks and have confiscated thousands of dollarsp dangerous fireworks being sold on the black market. >> our fire investigation unit has made four different arrests throughout this month in the cities of concord, ant works pittsburgh and san pablo. >> this could actually tip over. >> reporter: fire marshal chris bachman say investigators have been searching social media looking for the illegal dealers who then they go undercover to meet. >> we've made contact with them and tell them we want to purchase the fireworks and meet them at the location and make the arrest and seize the fireworks. >> reporter: amon

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez was in court as those charges were read. >> reporter: it was the firstmily got to see the danville police officer in person. both sides of course have very different takes on what happened. prosecutors say the shooting was unjustified, while the officer's attorney calls the charges purely political. >> i always counted on him. i knew he always had my back. he was loving. >> reporter: the family of the 33-year-old victim hopes they're one step closer to justice. danville police officer andrew hall appeared in court for the first time this afternoon, pleading not guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2018 deadly shooting of the unarmed man. >> he fired in defense of his life. there's absolutely no question about that. >> reporter: it began as a slow speed chase after police got calls of suspicious behavior. body camera video shows hall firing nine times at the man as he drove by. his attorney says in self-defense. >> i'm absolutely confident that this was a case that was brought for political reasons rather than a balanced weighing of evidence. >> this

i don't have that much money, she says. >> that was jodi hernandez reporting. coming up at 6:30 we dive deeper into the recent cyber attack. i talk to an expert on what the recent attacks mean and if the u.s. is ready to handle them. >>> tonight a bizarre story involving the lead figure in san francisco's public corruption scandal. mohammad nuru is under arrest for attempted robbery, over a bag of potato chips. a picture by investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken shows him pulling in when he was to be booked. the attempted robbery happened at the san francisco marin food bank where he is a frequent volunteer. officers say he pulled a knife on somebody else when the other person refused to give him a bag of potato chips. this is such a weird story, you're going to have to fill in some of these gaps of what happened. and first off, where did this actually happen at the food bank? >> reporter: well, actually behind here, the food bank has a break room, and we understand that mr. nuru was a frequent volunteer and there was a confrontation over potato chips here i

reporting live, i am jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, jodi. disturbing new development when it comes to water supply in california. the snow pack in the sierra has vanished. the snow pack was 59% of average. so water companies all the way down to los angeles adjusted their books to calculate the run off that number would provide. the water never showed off. instead of feeding into rivers and reservoirs, it melted into the ground. two years of drought left the ground so dry, the water sank in the the soil and never ran off. it is the first time the usual formulas failed. let's go outside right now from the north bay, you can see walnut creek, the south bay, the hills are extremely dry, we'll bring in our meteorologist jeff ranieri, we have been hearing this a lot, hot weather, the drought and it is not looking good this season. >> there is really no way out of it. just being on the defense and doing everything you can to keep your house fire safe is really going to be the best measures. as we head to the next couple of months. we just talked ab

. >> in contra costa county, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> some nervous homeowners in the south bay in morgan hill. this brush fire near sunny side and west edmunson avenue near 101 west. you can see how close it was to so many homes. firefighters were able to stop the flames before they reached those homes. the fear is real. we're going to see, the fear is that we'll see more fires like that this summer, including with all the winds in our direction. >> only good news is we do have cooler weather, we have some 60s. it has been windy, the fire weather is elevated. you can see the wind at 11:00 p.m. will start 20-40 in mountains. look at the yellow arrows. that's importing small little water droplets, even though the fire danger is elevated, it's not the worst of wind. if we get an easterly wind, that's the driest, a diablo wind and the most dangerous. as we roll through yesterday afternoon, expect an on and off sea breeze, 10-30 mile-per-hour. the fire danger rating has it at 50, which is considered high. and, as we continue through the weekend, it will be 75,continuing in the h

reporting live in danville, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. >>> there's a lot happening this week obviously and we're going to get you through it. head to our website, nbcbayarea.com. click on june 15th, what to know. it's right in our trending bar, from mask rules to what's happening in your county. we break it down for you. >> here's the big concern for a lot of us. we're reopening tomorrow but the united kingdom is delaying its planned reopening. just one day after announcing the g-7 wealthy nations are pledging a billion coronavirus doses for poorer nations, prime minister boris johnson says he's extending his nation's lockdown restrictions until mid-july. the prime minister cites the highly transmissable delta variant as a consideration and says the extra month will be used to speed up the nation's vaccination program. >>> president biden had a lot of work on his first day of the nato summit from reassuring u.s. allies to rallying a united response to a provocative action from china and russia. nbc's alice barr has the latest. >> reporter: president bi

here is jody hernandez. >> reporter: crews are putting the finishing touches on an 800 toot emergencyrock bare area if in contra costa

. >> reporter: jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a milestone day in the south bay, as the site at the levi's stadium is now closed. santa clara county health officials will move forward by offering community based clinics now and mobile efforts to reach people who have not been vaccinated. they say the big mass vax site have served their purpose. >> we are not done, we know there are still people unvaccinated and we want to reach everyone who's willing to be vaccinated. >> 200 people got a shot at the stadium today before it shuts down. this site opens in february. >>> not just levi's, the site at city college in san francisco will shutdown this saturday. the one at mosconi center is set to close. 81% of americans have receivd at least one dose of the vaccines. >>> at least 6,000 acres of redwood forests and it will have two entrances along highway 1. construction on visitor facilities will start this fall and completed by next summer. >> gorgeous shots. beautiful picture. >>> beautiful day outside, a bit cooler than what we seen earlier this week. >> san francisco had a lot of fo

. >> reporter: in discovery bay, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> i have to say, i'd probably rather see a giraffe on my front porch than a big bear like that one, jif. >> i second that one. that bear way, way too big. let's get you into the forecast, and we have wind that will be calming down tonight. but the other big headline has been the cooler temperatures. this time last week we were in the 90s to low 100s. look at it right now, 66 in san jose. a lot of the bay area feeling that cool weather, and we'll be down to 50s once we hit 9:00, 10:00. the weather will stay with us through most of the week, dropping our temperatures, a little rain keeping it pleasant as we move through the next couple days. let's get a look at the rainfall, unfortunately, there's no big chances for us right now. as we move through the weekend's forecast, there's possibilities washington and oregon will see a few showers right up around redding. it's going to be a colder start with upper 40s in the tri valley and low 50s through the peninsula and south bay. and we could expect patchy fog along the coast an

. >> in the east bay, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> we haven't said this in -- what -- aboutmonths. we have dancing, singing and drama. is this the blockbuster movie that gets people back into the theater. "in the heights" directed by john m. chu who directed "crazy rich asians." among the viewing parties, oracle park. they're showing the movie as part of the prized festivities in the city. you can see center field covered up. there will be a lot of people watching the movie tonight. but what about the actual movie theaters. cheryl herd is at the famous grand lake theater in oakland. i want to feel good. this movie could be the way to do it. >> who has a job, raj, where they can come to the movie theater and actually say that they're working? only me. only us. i am so lucky. and it's genius to have these two people come together to put together this wonderful movie. not surprised that it's playing here at the grand lake theater. masks, of course, are required. i have mine on right now. the first time some people have ventured out to sit inside a movie theater. no lines you mi

jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> it's fluid when it comes to our mask.eff now talking about this warm weather. how are you doing, jeff? >> we're doing really good after that hot weather yesterday where we had those 100s. that heat is starting to move off towards the east. and that's making way for a cooler system. that fog back at the coastline. let's look at the difference that fog is making. it is huge right now. we're down 11 degrees cooler in san jose. down 13 in santa rosa and down 9 right there in san francisco. we keep that fog as we move through tomorrow morning. but it looks a little more widespread than we had this morning. we will see the low clouds across the north bay. even some of that cloud cover from the south bay. as we hit the afternoon, we get sunshine away from the coast. it will set us up with a pretty good day. we will begin here with plenty of 50s through the south bay and the tri valley. also coming in with cool 50s over the east bay at 54. san francisco 52 and the north bay 53. temperatures warm up for the afternoon but not at re

reporting in danville, jodi hernandez. >>> california's effort to entice people to get the shot by offering millions of dollars doesn't seem to be working. governor newsom announced on may 27 that the state will give away cash prizes worth more than $116 million to people who got vaccinated. well, over the following three days, california administered fewer than 73,000 first-dose shots a day, a drop of more than 20% from a three-day period the week before. 57% of californians 12 and older have received at least one shot. >>> this may be an incentive, a chance to meet professional soccer players and get vaccinated at the same time. the earthquakes will host a free family event to get their first shot. they will provide autographs and activities for kids, next thursday from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. at paypal park. >>> a large home in san jose has been bought by a big developer. they bought the land where the winchester ranch mobile home park sits. they paid $50 million for the property and plan on building more than 300 homes and 400 apartment units there. the mobile home park is reserved for people

. >> reporter: jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> another brush fire to till you about this very day. this one in the santa cruz mountains. they're calling it the grade fire. broke out near china grade road near big basin. actually, within the burn scar of last year's czu fire. it took crews about three hours to put out that fire. jeff, we're seeing a fire in the same location, practically that we had last year, but that was in the fall. and we're technically not even in summer. >> yeah, and the good news about the heat that we're dealing with right now is this is the hottest day of the week. so we are going to start seeing temperatures go down from this point, and that is a little bit of good news in the forecast. we'll get you a look outside, and the here thing we're dealing with right now is the fog starting to roll back in, and this is excellent, again with our elevated fire danger and drought you want to see the fog moving in to help cool us down. a little bit pushing through the golden gate bridge and the head land. i posted this image up on my twitter if you want to catch