nbc bay area's monte francis is live at facebook headquarters in menlo park where governor christie is conducting a q&a this afternoon. monte? >> reporter: that's right. this appearance here at facebook is closed to the reporters, but earlier today, governor christie made a public appearance, and at that appearance, he said that rick perry was wrong when he compared homosexuality to alcoholism. >> i'll just say that i disagree with him. and i don't believe that's an apt analogy because i think it's wrong. every governor and public official has to speak for themselves in these issues. i just spoke for myself. >> reporter: that's chris christie reacting to comments from texas governor rick perry, who told an audience in san francisco on wednesday that sexual orientation could be genetic, but like alcoholism, is something that can be treated. today in san francisco, christie campaigned with republican candidate for governor neil cash carry. both eager to show their views, including the texas republican support of so-called repairtive therapy, are not shared by everyone in the gop. >> i ju

monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> stephen stock is in washington, d.c. for tomorrow's hearing. he'll have live reports for us beginning in the morning. >>> new details on the latest deadly accident on a light rail train. it is the second fatality this year, and both accidents happened at the same location, the intersection of southwest expressway and stokes street. marianne favro is live at the scene and some neighbors are calling this a dang earn zone. >> reporter: they certainly are. and they're calling it that because of the two fatalities but also because there have been several near misses recently, and too many people are simply ignoring these safety arms and warning lightsing including the man who died here last night. michael was walking his neighbor's maltese terrier mix last night. but when she took off across the tracks, the 51-year-old was hit and killed running after her. >> i cried. it's sad. >> reporter: she said she can't believe a second neighbor was killed by a light rail train this year. in january, danica garcia was hit and killed while riding her bike to sc

let's turn to monty francis with more on the ea-- monte francis. >> reporter: well, the temperaturesching 100 degrees and most of the people are smart, they are staying out of the heat. the outdoor cafe is empty and people are staying cooled off. we found quite a few people in a gelato shop and the owner said he's twice as busy today as a regular sunday. it's a spare the air day which means that there are unhealthy levels of smog in the air. it's a good idea to avoid exercising outdoors. here's what a few people told us about how they are beating the heat. >> i love shopping and i love eating. we stay in the shade. >> reporter: air quality

live at sfo, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, monte. we continue our coverage on our website, nbcbayarea.com. just click on the window on the front page and it will take you to all of stephen stock's investigative reports on the crash. >>> a followup on a controversial bill known as audrie's law. today the public safety committee signed off on a bill, but only after significant changes. the proposed law is named after audrie potts, a saratoga high school girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a house party. those teenaged boys received sentences of 30 to 45 days. audrie's law originally asked for judges to impose a two-year mandatory sentence for any juvenile found guilty of sexual assault on an unconscious person. today that clause was removed and replaced with mandatory counseling treatment for juvenile sex offenders. >> well, first of all, we're very thrilled to see that the bill got out of committee today. we are, however, a little disappointed that we had to remove any type of minimum sentencing. >> that rev

monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, monte. >>> any fire provokes memories of the 1991 fire. 25 people were killed, dozens were hurt, and nearly 4,000 homes and apartments were destroyed. in this present day, warm temperatures, dry hillsides, and a deepening drought, firefighters are on high alert. >> jeff ranieri is with us. in many ways, this is the new normal. thankfully, not much wind. >> yes, we're in this three-year drought and should start off and say we're not expecting any kind of wind event tonight that would rival anything close to the oakland hills fire back in '91, so that is the good news. not looking at winds to exceed 20 miles per hour. attacking this strong by the land today with the fire trucks. temperatures at 74 degrees from 2:00 to 3:20 when the fires did spark. humidity helped the firefighters at 40%. haas not overly dry air. winds gusted as high as 30 miles per hour. the other thing that helped firefighters was the quick attack by helicopters with some of these water drops. as we get a look at the winds right now, it is onshore, ten to 20 miles per hour

live in oakland, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> more background now. back in 2010, gene quan had her car booted for failing to pay more than a thousand dollars worth of parking tickets. at that time, she had more than 10 outstanding tickets. stay with nbc bay area news for the latest updates on this story. you can find more cough raverag beginning at 4:30 on today in the bay. >> these are pictures of two officers. investigators say they don't know a motive yet. >> during a shooting, the suspects were yelling about a revolution. but what that means, exactly, is that they ooir looking into it. >> two las vegas metropolitan police officers were having lunch when investigators say they were ambushed. >> what precipitated this event, we do not know. my officers were simply having lunch. >> i'm sad to report that two of my officers were killed in the line of duty and an innocent citizen also lost their life. two suspects responsible for these deaths are also deceased. >> after fleeing the pizzaria, police say they shot a bystander in the walmart. >> i said s

at sfo, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> an east bay congressman has been closely monitoring the investigation from the start. >> i'm interested in what we can learn from this. because we do have hundreds of flights coming into san francisco every day, many of them internationally. and we don't want to, you know, see anymore passengers hurt. and we also want to see san francisco airport and our bay area airports continue to thrive. >> he is the only northern california member of the homeland security committee. >>> now the company that made that aircraft, boeing, says it does not agree with the findings. the leaders of the company say the auto flight system has been used successfully for over 200 million flight hours across several airplane models and for more than 55 million safe landings. however, boeing said it would also review the ntsb's recommendations. we'll continue the coverage of the crash on our website. all you have to do is click on the window on the front page, and it will take you to all of stephen stock's reports on this crash. >>> now to a developing story. on th

monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> a major victory for gay rights activists. president obama plans to sign an order banning companies that do business with the federal government from discriminating against their lgbt employees. several states have passed similar laws, but many states don't have such laws. he uses his executive power to act where congress can't or won't. >>> a san jose man is expected to spend the next three years behind bars after stabbing aldon smith. he pleaded no contest to stabbing smith during a house party. it happened in november of 2012. barber was at a party at smith's san jose home. the party turned violent, and as smith tried to settle the crowd down, barber stabbed the niners star twice. >>> let's check in with our micro climate forecast. it seemed it was a lot cooler today and windier than we've seen in the last couple weeks. >> we did have the foggy wind moving in at the coastline. but what we're seeing now is a complete reversal. and after some cooler weather, less fog right now, and that is going to signal a warmup coming back