scott budman joins us with the story. scott? >> reporter: some controversy here. neighbors in this neighborhood in the valley do at mit they've seen stakes from time to time but when the postman saw one mail delivery here stopped. >> the letter carrier pulls up here, gets out, walks up the stairs -- >> reporter: david long has lived here in the valley for decades. but for the first time he's not getting the mail delivered to his house. instead he and his neighbors along montego court and montego got this letter saying because of rattlesnakes in the area they will no longer get mail. >> i've lived here since 1988. i have seen one rattlesnake. one time. that's not a huge danger. i don't even have sho o kids play outside without worry. >> it is just one person that is complaining about that. and then having all of this consequences for all of the people in the neighborhood that they will not get their mail delivered. >> reporter: the postal service tells nbc bay area it is hoping for a solution soon. but stresses that carrier safety is extremely important and that th

scott budman is there to explain the potential changes. he joins us live. scott? >> reporter: well, good evening, janelle. captain sullenberger says he supports a new bill put forward today because he says it mixes new technology with old-fashioned human intuition to improve passenger safety. you can see in this surveillance video an air canada plane barely pulling up before striking a plane with four passengers. the pilot thought it was a runway. 759 came within 59 feet of causing a major disaster at sfo in july of 2017. >> it could easily have been one of the worse catastrophes in the entire history of aviation. >> reporter: captain sulley sullenberger who knows first hand about heroic rescues talked about the legislation that would provide new technology to alert pilots and controllers if a plane is not properly aligned to land on a runway. >> there's a desire to make sure we have the best technology so what happened over two years ago here, that the pilots are better informed and air traffic controllers are better informed. >> reporter: it also presents a task

scott budman, nbc bay area news. rivers, good-byexd potholes.ortation and city leaders announced the launch of a new paving plan called the great pave. negled over the years. >> this is not just filling the potholes. this is actually replacing the streets, so we don't see potholes. >>Ñi crews have alreadyçó start repaving herald ç>> theçó roadçó to the white h is coming through san francisco. the political heavyweights are arriving in town. 13 presidential candidates will attend the democratic national committee's summer meeting this weekend, among them, senator kamala harris and tomñr steyer. joe biden is not coming to town. he's campaigning in new hampshire instead. a video had candidates not debate on climate change. >> it's something we can't run away from. it's incumbent upon responsible results to make sure our kids have a better future and cleaner environment to live in than we do. >> calls for climate change debate are expected to co

scott budman is live in mountain view with more on that for us. >> reporter: good evening, jessica. indeed astronauts and ceo and speaker of the house nancy pelosi came here to nasa today to encourage and celebrate women. it was an afternoon of women supporting women. >> as far as having a woman step foot on the moon, we are -- our hopes are riding on you. >> reporter: nancy pelosi celebrating at nasa, a future where women will lead the space program forward. >> it is so important for women to have the confidence, to have the courage to go out there and just jump into the arena. because there is nobody like you. >> i like to think everyone wants to go to the moon given the opportunity. what an adventure. >> reporter: that is astronaut megan mcarthur, a native of mountain view hearing support from the head of nasa. >> and maybe just maybe the first person who ever walks on mars will be a woman. >> reporter: something mcarthur and the crowd is ready to see. >> there is women at every level in my organization making decisions, making the strategic decisions, making the day-to-day opera

scott budman joins us live. keep burglars out of your car. >> reporter: this is milpitas square, one of the hotspots for car break ins. you can expect to see more of these signs throughout the bay area. it was once considered a san francisco problem, but those days, car break ins are on the rise in the south bay, too. 14% in san jose, 27% in fremont. more than doubling in santa clara since last year, where joseph chen got hit. >> i left my guitar in the car, like a very visible, prime target. the guy broke in, took my guitar, my backpack. my backpack has my corporate laptop and checkbook. >> we are identifying what the trends are, the hours of the day, the days of the week. >> reporter: now all those cities are fighting back, thanks to a $3.75 million infusion from assemblyman chu. each city gets $750,000 to curb the crime. >> we're going to invest a little bit more in detection equipment, like cameras. lpr cameras. education campaigns with our community. and then finally, we have to go out and arrest these folk

our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us what apple was doing and why they now promise to make changes. >> hey siri, what is the weather. >> reporter: iphone owners probably took siri for granted. she's always there with answers. but apple now admits your conversations with the voice assistant were not always private. outside contractors were allowed to listen to them and now apple is facing a privacy problem similar to what amazon faced when it disclosed that people could listen to your talks with alexa. >> it is a little bit concerning. i have alexa at home, a couple of them and obviously i have an iphone. >> nothing should be done with our data without our permission. >> reporter: cybersecurity professor said apple got caught. >> absolutely. they got caught with the phone and this shouldn't be the case given that apple is holding the flag for privacy for the other tech companies. >> reporter: apple released a statement promising change saying, quote, we realize we haven't fully been living up to our high ideals and for that we apologize. >> when i go shopping it will te

nbc bay area's scott budman joins us in -- in san jose city hall with the details. >> reporter: the mayor said his plan is all about protecting the community. it is a rather complex proposal that experts tell us is legal. two of the victims of the gilroy shooting were from san jose and san jose mayor sam lack ardo wants to do something to protect his community from future gun violence. >> with the guns that are already out there, how could we make people safer. >> reporter: the mayor's way, make people ensure guns. proposal would mandate that san jose gun owners buy liability insurance for their firearms. it would cover accidental discharge of the gun and any damage done by someone if the gun was stolen. it would not cover the gun owner's personal conduct. >> this is not simply about stopping gun violence tomorrow, but it is about ensuring public no longer pays for the cost of gun violence. >> reporter: it is a plan certain to face heavy opposition from gun rights groups but experts say it is legal as long as it doesn't attempt to stop people from owning firearms. >> as long as one can ex

in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> okay. you want some more comic con coverage?ead to our website. we just posted an entire gallery showing some of the best costumes people are wearing. i want lou no's costume because he looks the same. so i want to know what the secret is to his youth becau he literally must be saying you like when i'm angry. >> i want to know what he's eating, right? still big and just everything looking good. >> no wrinkles at all. >>> weather forecast going to be good for your body, for your health as we move through this weekend after all that heat it was really draining the past four days with our heat wave. but we are seeing some changes. i can't show this san francisco skycam area enough tonight. we've seen this a lot, but just check it out one more time with me. and you can see that fog moving into sf. that is what is helping to drop our temperatures. but the reason why we are getting this fog is from a system that's dropping down just to the north oftha cooler ocean back that has now pushed down temperatures compared to this time last n

i'm scott budman in for kira klapper alongside vianey arana. she's going to start us off with a look at the microclimate forecast. good morning. >> it's going to be a good one. good morning. you're joining us on sunday, nice and early. 58 degrees in san francisco. we have a mix of sun and clouds, and wind speeds right now not really a big factor, about 7 miles per hour, but you got to remember we're tracking that onshore breeze and that's going to kick up the winds into the afternoon. let me give you a quick look at how you're looking throughout the entire bay area. pacifica along the coastline expect to keep the cloud cover all day long. it will linger, it might be too cold for the coastline this afternoon, and if you're looking for maybe just a little bit of a warmer spot, go check out the south bay, because in san jose, temperatures will top out comfortably in the upper 70s, low 80s. san jose expected to get a bit of a breeze but notice in the icons a lot less cloud cover by the afternoon, talking clearing skies and typically one of our hott

nbc bay area's scott budman is live near willow glen with a look at biggest paving plan the city has ever seen. scott? >> yeah, hey, janell, this area of byrd avenue in san jose is a very small part of 280 miles that will be paved over, paid for with millions of dollars in voter-approved money. >> this one road in east san jose is looking smooth and neighbors are pleased. >> this is great, you know what i mean. it really is. >> it's a single sliver of what san jose has planned for the next nine years, spending $87 million a year to pave hundreds of miles of city streets. >> we've got the crews out there now to pay 280 miles. >> promising to fix what has become known as some of the nation's roughest roads. >> based on what we know it currently costs to repave roads, we're confident we can get to every road. >> we've seen that when -- when our infrastructure is lacking, families are having to invest a greater amount in maintenance in their cart. >> helping families, even local tech companies, which have also complained about the road their employees drive. >> it's the employees stuck in

i'm scott budman in for kira klapper alongside vianey arana.forecast. good morning. >> it's going to be a good one. good morning. you're joining us on sunday, nice and early. 58 degrees in san francisco. we have a mix of sun and clouds, and wind speeds right now not really a big factor, about 7 miles per hour, but you got to remember we're tracking that onshore breeze and that's going to kick up the winds into the afternoon. let me give you a

scott budman joins us live from sfo and sully had a lot to say. >> reporter: he really did. it was indeed an honor to meet him. sully telling us he believes new technology and old-fashioned innovation will help keep passengers safe in the future. air canada flight 759 came within 59 feet of crashing into four planes loaded with passengers. you can see in this surveillance video the plane avoiding the other planes as they sat on the taxiway. the pilot thought it was a runway. >> it could easily have been one of the worse catastrophes in the entire history of aviation. >> reporter: that's why captain sully sullenberger and congressman mark desaun yay proposed the legislation that would provide new technology to alert pilots and air traffic controllers if a plane is not properly aligned to land on a runway. sullenberger says a better mix of technology and human instinct is needed. >> those are two sides of the same coin, and that we need to have a deep understanding of the abilities and limitations of each component. >> reporter: cost, an estimated $20 million, should the bill

nbc bay area's scott budman is in mountain view to tell us more about what happened. >> reporter: yes, jessica, this happened around 8:00 last night. while we won't you show you which house out of the family's privacy, it happened here in mountain view where police say a rental dispute turned violent. take a look at the family's front door. you can see where someone was kicking and hitting it to break it down and get inside monday night. extra frightening, because just before the pounding and kicking started, the power suddenly went how fast. >> when they arrived there, one individual turned off the electricity in the home in an attempt to scare them out. a second individual actually used a knife to try to break through the front door. >> reporter: mountain view police arrested these five people including the landlord herself, for, among other charges, breaking and entering and assault with a deadly weapon. a neighbor said he heard it happen. >> i was cooking dinner, and i heard the commotion. i saw the -- i mean, i'm hearing banging. i varisaid, hey, knock that off. >> police say the

our business and tech reporter, scott budman, has been tracking this group and joins us on campus at ose state. scott? >> reporter: well, raj, this is a group that normally recruits online via social media, but they also like to post flyers near college campuses, some of which were just found here at san jose state. it was an unwelcome sight for students showing up to start the new year at san jose state. >> people are more open with, i guess, hate speech. >> reporter: flyers raiding diversity destroys nations and nationalism and not globalism, put out by a group called the american identity movement, spreading a message of white nationalism. >> we denounce bigotry and hated. >> reporter: kathleen is the diversity officer at showed stasan jose state. >> equity, participating in a diverse democracy and making sure people understand that although we have free speech we also have the ability to denounce these hateful messages. >> reporter: barely a mile away, san jose city and santa clara county officials introduced a plan to start a regional hate crimes task force, focussing on protecti

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live in lafayette, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> well, steer clear of san jose. the cattle invasion is now over in the upscale silver creek neighborhood. on monday you might recall we broke the story about those rogue cows creating big problems. daytime, nighttime they were all over the place grazing on lawns, breaking sprinklers and of course leaving cow chips behind. after our report animal services got involved. last night three rangers rounded up all the cows and took them back to their home. >>> it is official the world famous surf contest maverick is shutting down. but this morning the world sea surf league confirmed the event is canceled. the competition used to take place at mavericks. the reason for the shutdown, the league says it's too expensive to put on and it can't find a sponsor. >>> will president trump back down? this sunday is the next round of the tariffs on chinese imports. we'll see higher prices on every day items. the 15% tariffs will affect more than $100 billion worth of chinese imports ranging from clothing to diapers to contact lenses.

what's going on let's bring in business and tech reporter scott budman to make sense of it. >> we are in a good spot overall but here is why so many people suddenly got worried today and rapidly sold stock. coming from place we don't pay a lot of attention. the bond market. the return or yield on the ten-ier treasury bond fell below the yield of 2-year. again somewhat niche economics but that hasn't happened in ten years. the last time it happened our economy declined and went into recession. that plus a tariff war hitting bay area tech especially hard is making people nervous. >> behind all of that is the increasing acrimony between the u.s. and china and the trade war the president was said was going to be short but now almost a year and a half in. >> you start telling people the next iphone will be more expensive maybe $100 more expensive and the bay area chip and chip equipment companies will be hit in the wallet by tariffs and they get nervous about the economy and uncertainty is the enemy of the dow. and we are going to show you what uncertainty looks like. first the one month c

reporting live, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> the side shows continue in the east bay. they responded to three separate side shows in one day. it happened about a week ago, but just about an hour ago the chp released this video captured by its aircraft. officers made multiple arrests but they say crowds of spectators prevented them from moving in at the side show. the chp aircraft was able to get footage of the cars. video will serve as great evidence in court. that's row day owe where that side show was. >>> what started out as a simple theft case turned out into a big bust. they arrested a man for trying to steal a catalytic converter. they linked his car to suspicious activity. they found counterfeit money, drugs, gun. in the end four people went to jail. >>> after several high profile police shootings, california changed the deadly force policy. before police were allowed to use deadly force when it was, quote, reasonable. that was the case when oscar grant was killed in 2009 and last year when stefan clark was killed. today governor newsom changed that from reasona

live at nasa, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> come up, it was supposed to be a simple fishing trip. how one man says his dog ended up rescuing him. >>> plus, nascar legend and his family walk away from this fiery plane crash. what happened right before the plane burst into flames. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. a scorching 104 in walnut creek right now. we all know it's hot pretty much everywhere. we'll focus on the cooling trend coming up in about ten minutes. >>> a frightening afternoon for racing legend dale earnhardt jr. and his family. his private plane ran often a runway at a tennessee airport and burst into flames. earnhardt, his wife and 1-year-old daughter all got out safely, so did the two pilots on board. other than cuts and bruises, no one suffered any serious injuries. they were taken to the hospital just to be checked out. earnhardt is a nascar analyst for sports. he was flying in to call the race in bristol. >>> the first day of school is always special but there was extra emotion in paradise. students started a new school year less than one year after the

let's bring in nbc bay area scott budman with the details. two teenagers here. did they get a selfie with the bear? >> not a very still selfie, but a running selfie. this is a story, raj, that played out right on the family's nest camera. the teens admitted they left the door unlocked, which in bear country is like an invitation. >> this was the scariest moment of both of our lives. >> reporter: both 15, friends from san francisco, vacationing in truckee. >> we went inside forgetting to close the garage. >> reporter: which is how this 250-pound black bear got into the house and started making itself at home. >> and then i had this instinct, i said, bobby, there is a bear in our house. >> reporter: a bear that got into the refrigerator, ate and then went exploring. >> the bear actually came over and banged on the door that we were holding. >> reporter: while they held it off, hayes called 911 on his watch. >> i'm whispering to 911. >> through your apple watch. >> yeah, through my apple watch. >> reporter: the call worked. the deputy sheriff came in and the bear w

our scott budman talked with the family today. he'll join us at 6:00 with what they told him about this bizarre incident. >>> a teacher art richmond high school is in jail tonight accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15 yearly student. richmond police arrested the teacher on campus yesterday. they're not releasing that teacher's name or gender. investigators say the student told a school resource officer about the relationship. the student said it started last spring and continued through last week. the teacher faces 15 counts of lewd acts on a child. the student said all of the alleged acts happened off campus. >> the student made the officer aware yesterday of the allegations. the school resource officer followed up on those allegations and determined that an arrest needed to be made. >> the school district notified parents about the arrest this morning. parents say they are angry and disappointed. >>> obviouslkay. it was like a game of bumper cars in the middle of the interstate. chp officers chased her until

this is an image of one that scott budman posted from the twitter account and the flier reads diversity destroys nation. not clear if they also posted these kind of flyers at sjsu but this group does target campuses and tries to recu -- recruit yog people. but the university president posted online, sjsu and other campuses nationwide recently discovered fliers with racist and anti-immigrant content and the items were removed immediately because they violated our time and place and manner regulation. he wrote these are troubling times given the number of hate crimes and shootings and they denounce the nationalist hate groups and prides itself on being one of the most diverse campuses in america. >> it is difficult times. people should be more better. >> with the environment we have lately it feels more welcoming -- people are more opening with hate speech. and to see it here, i'm not that surprised considerk the shooting in gilroy but i'm not surprised, i'm just disappointed. >> [ inaudible ] but i think it is good that they talked about it and not -- i don't know how to phrase it. not s

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. our tech reporter scott mcgrew has been hard on his podcast. last we checked in it was supposed to be about venture capital in silicon valley. this week it's about chickens, scott. >> indeed i do interview capitalists at their office in he podcast gets its name. for those of you who don't want to hear about high finance, it's really about people and not money. this week i talked to rebecca lynn about the proper number of pet chickens you should have. >> and i said if we get a third dog, i'm going to get a chicken. >> just one? >> well, that i didn't know. >> you can't just have one. >> little did i know when i showed up at the hardware store where they sill little baby clicks you can't have one. they're social. >> sandhill road is available on google play, apple, wherever you get your podcasts. give it a try. >> who wants to have one chicken. >> you need a coop. you have to have more than one chicken. >> we have people here that flown the coop. >> they have the sweet assignment of the

scott budman joins us with possible solutions. and how's traffic looking right now? you're used to big-time slowdowns. here, here, time to everything i do hour to s, things have gotten worse. a new study out of texas a and m ranked us number two for worst traffic in the country behind only los angeles. according to the data, we each lose 103 hours a year sitting in traffic. our economy loses almost $2.5 billion while we sit, and we burn more than 3 billion gallons of fuel annually. >> traffic is bad. i have to drive like two hours. >> we have to fix it. >> reporter: carl gardino says all of this is affecting our position as a technology and business leader. the solution? more public transportation funded by voter-approved taxes. >> expand and improve b.a.r.t., cal train, the smart train in the north coast. vta light rail. sf muni. >>> something drivers tell us they'd love to see. ? there's >> there's a lot more options in terms of the way people get to work and wherever they need to go. >> reporter: and the silicon leadership says they hope to see an increase in tran

scott budman has the story. >> reporter: experts tell us changes in the weather have led to more yellow jackets flying around. something to think about if you're heading outdoors. ask anyone about an otherwise lovely summer and they'll tell you this. >> like they just appear in our backyard or the pool. >> reporter: she's speaking about yellowjackets. they are here and dangerous to those who stumble upon them. >> they may be working in the yard and they are digging with a shovel and hit a nest and yellowjackets come out of the ground and they can bite and sting respectedly. >> reporter: which is why vector control crew say they have been suiting up and finding loets i nests. these discoveries are up 21% this time of year. more yellowjackets because of a mild winter that left more queens to birth more yellowjackets. >> then we had a lot of rain. there was a bountiful supply of them. >> reporter: residents say they have been setting traps too. >> my parents put out yellowjacket traps around our yard pretty early in the year. >> reporter: vector control if yellowjacket nest in your yard. b

live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> you can breathe again. u.s. markets recovered from their worst day of the year. applause today. stocks closing higher. wall street regained its foo th average more than 300 points higher and snapped a six-day losing streak. the s&p 500 recouped a little more than a third of its losses. >>> disney announcing new details of its disney plus service. it will be offered in a bundle along with espn plus and hulu. it launches in november. >>> up next, still no verdict in the ghost ship trial. the defense attorneys tell us and explain why this is good for their case. >>> we are tracking this system right here. we will talk about cooler temperatures and the possibility of rain. that's in about seven minutes. ♪ ♪ for a heart breaking limited time only at panda express. >>> late today, the jury wrapped up its second full day of deliberations in the ghost ship warehouse trial. no verdict yet. a lot of people wait for this outcome. speculation grows about who benefits from a prolonged deliberation. is it the defense or ecuto

nbc bay area's scott budman joins us live. you're hearing this is how this hate group recruits people? >> reporter: well, janelle, this is a hate group that normally recruits online via social media, but every once in a while they'll go to campus and post flyers, that's what happened here. but this campus and the city is saying they are not having it. it's not the message students expected to see as they arrived san jose state to begin classes. >> i'm not surprised, just disappointed. >> reporter: but the american identity movement got here first putting flyers up with nationalism not globalism and diverse its destroys nations. the group formerly known as identity europa preaches a message of white nationalism. kathleen wong lou says the school is unwavering in its commitment to diversity. >> inclusion, equity of participating in a diverse democracy and making sure that people understand that all three we have free speech we also have the ability to denounce these hateful messages. >> you know, i think people feel unsafe. >> r

reporting live from the the berryessa station, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> two teenagers are accused of kicking and punching a pizza hut employee and then robbing the restaurant. it happened earlier this week at the pizza hut in pinole. this was the surveillance video. the employees said they pointed a gun at her, kicked and punched her and then stole money from the cash register. now, officers were able to spot the get away car and catch up to the teenagers once they left the pizza hut. they threw a handgun out of the window before pulling overment police say they recovered stolen cash and other evidence in the car. >>> a new judge appointed today in a high profile case involving a homeless man accused of attacking a woman outside her apartment complex. the case delayed until tomorrow due to scheduling conflicts. the judge ordering that we not show his face. the d a's office dropped the separate assault charge, turns out he wasn't even in the bay area back in february. >> this is an example of how misidentification occurs often from eyewitnesss and at the end of the day, he

cial media, check out this ys on photo, this is scott budman, he shared it on twit he, he volunteered to help serve food at a homeless shelter. follow scott on facebook, instagram and twitter for all updates. follow us @nbcbayarea. >>> a product arrives addressed to you, but you never ordered it. so do you have to pay for it? the federal trade comission says no. federal laws prohibit mailing unordered merchandise to consumers and then demanding payment. as for the product? the ftc says it's yours. you have a legal right to keep it as a free gift. if you have a consumer complaint, let us know. the number is 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >>> welcome back, everyone. it's 6:23. south bay housing organizations and advocates are teaming up to provide free groceries to residents living in affordable housing. the food will be offered twice a month at several housing locations in san jose. >>> ongoing overnight closures on highway 4 will not be an issue in the holiday weekend arriving. last friday cal trans began two weeks of closures for work on interstate 680. detours ar

nbc bay area scott budman is here with the story. >> reporter: it starts at a vacation house in trucky. the teens left the door unlocked and the bear thought that was an invitation to come in and make himself at home. >> then i had this instinct, i said bobby, there is a bear in our house. >> reporter: hey, sherman and bobby harden, both 15, both from san francisco, on a family trip to trucky when a 250 pound black bear walked into the house and announced its presence with authority. >> we are watching netflix in the tv room and i hear tupperware being opened very loudly and aggressively. >> reporter: then from the kitchen the bear headed to the tv room and tried to join the teens. >> we actually were holding the door. the bear actually came over and banged on the door that we were holding. >> this was the scariest moment of both of our lives. >> reporter: nonetheless hayes hs present of mind to call 911. he left his phone in the other room so he used his smart watch. >> i'm whispering to 911. >> through your apple watch? >> yeah, through my apple watch. >> reporter: minutes later depu