. >> reporter: a sweaty, public gymnasium in the valley, northern l.a.ue game of basketball. >> that's a real game of hungry hungry hippos out there. >> reporter: the pistol shrimps, a band of models, actresses, musicians and writers with a bizarrely big following for an amateur rec tea t chicago bulls. >> my name's colin hanks -- >> reporter: colin, son of tom, calls the game. >> don't take steps in basketball without bouncing the ball, that's my understanding. >> reporter: among the lucille wallers, the kareem abdul babes, the pistol shrimps level of attention i don't understand. why am i doing a story on this? why are you selling t-shirts around the world? why is this a thing? >> there's a couple reasons. aubrey platts is on the team. she's a hollywood sweetheart. >> reporter: she plays april ludgate on "parks and rec." >> april ludgate, professional drinker. >> reporter: she's injured tonight, the rest of the team is missing her. models paisley and melissa, singer/songwriter jesse, actors and comedy writers like maria, stephanie, molly, and -- >> an

show you live picture the sand fire in northern l.a. in three different directions, 33,000 acres destroyed, 10% containment. the damage, 18 houses gone. one home damaged. a dead body found in a car, not clear if that's related to the fire. 10,000 homes evacuated. officials say there is, quote, nothing normal about this fire. and here's how it sounds from the ground. now, this fire is being fought by nearly 3,000 firefighters, 21 helicopters, 43 hand crews, 356 engines. it is a massive effort interrupted twice when drones flew into the air space of firefighters. another issue here. some evacuation orders were lifted and then reinstated when the winds shifted. and efforts to save structures have been delayed at times as fire crews find people on site. >> they were surprised to see citizen there is. the citizens were there trying to evacuate, trying to get animals out at the same time they're trying to go in to protect homes. they were saddened by losing structures and part of their frustration was they felt they lost additional structures

with northern california and southern california, and would i say northern california is probably less aggressive than southern california, l.a. area. >> reporter: aaa found that it doesn't matter where you live. males age 19 to 39 seem to be the aggressor in most cases. coming up at 6:00, more on how to diffuse road rage situations. live in san jose, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much, chuck. from the south bay to a live picture in the east bay where a plan to ease traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge is moving forward. the plan which has been formally submitted to kranz calls for a third lane to be opened on the bridge during heavy commute time. construction could start as soon as october with an estimated opening of december 2017. projects leaders are also planning on adding a bicycle and pedestrian lane to the upper deck of the bridge. the two projects are estimated to cost $74 million. >> decision 2016 now and back to the campaign trail. today hillary clinton headed to the nation's capital to woo latino voters. the presumptive democratic presidential nominee gave a speech before the nation's oldes

l.a. area. bergen arimathea between the northern edge of los angeles at the suburban city of santa clarita. 58 squarenditions are just right for the fires to spread. >> five-year drought conditions and the vegetation is very dry. even though we had rain this past year, it is still not enough to recover from the drought. >> 20,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes, but most of them have returned. >> if you have not bought a ticket for tonight's drawing, you may want to. the chat pod has reached $422 million to nearly three months without a winner. the chances of winning are about 292 million to one. players have lots of one and 25 of winning smaller price of $7 million. the powerball prize comes less than three weeks after a 536 mega millions jackpot in indiana. at the same time some people call the attack. up to you. >> i got greedy. i'm waiting for it to go to a billion dollars. anyway, day three of the democratic convention to get underway with headliners including president barack obama at vp pick 79. donald trump knocks democrats for not mentioning isis. >> we need to change our foreign

. >> reporter: in northern california, the trailhead fire's injured two, threatened 2,600 structures and is now near 4,000 acres. l.a. county fire is stressing safety with fireworks. >> if you're in a wildfire area, fireworks could actually start any vegetation on fire. even the vegetation in your backyard you may think is safe. >> reporter: a nine-acre fire in san bernardino charred two homes and destroyed two more with police investigating possible arson. this man says he barely escaped the flames after he heard his chihuahua, penny, barking. >> the flames were just beating up against the glass. the dog's freaking out. so, we ran out, the dog ran out, and we can't find her. firefighters already tested in a season that's just beginning. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> here in new york, a funeral was held today for elie wiesel, the author, nobel peace prize winner, holocaust survivor and conscience of the world, as president obama described him. wiesel died yesterday at age 87. morgan radford has more tonight. >> reporter: a community of mourners lifting elie wiesel's casket as they greet his death and c

. >> reporter: in northern california, the trailhead fire has injured two and threatened 2600 structures and is near 4,000 acres. l.a. county fire is stressing safety with fireworks. >> if you are in a wildfire area, fireworks can start any vegetation on fire even in the backyard. >> reporter: a nine acre fire charred two homes and destroyed two more with police investigating possible arson. this man barically escaped the flames after he heard his dog barking. >> the flames were beating up against the gloss and the dog was freak out. the dog ran out. we can't find her. >> reporter: firefighters tested in a season that's just beginning. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> in vallejo, firefighters put out a grass fire that threatened structures. the flames broke out just north of the bridge. there was no one injured or structured damaged. >>> no arrest in the stabbing of a teenager in mountainview. the attack happened just before 10:00 at a park in mountain view. when the police got to the scene no suspects in the area. the suspect is in the hospital. >>> a search is on tonight for a suspect who police say rap