sergio quintana is at yosemite national park tracking all of the developments. you can follow this story on air and online. >>> terrifying moments on the peninsula, a warning to parents in san mateo. be careful where your child walks to school. this after a student was almost abducted. happened yesterday morning on peninsula avenue near the railroad tracks. a 14-year-old was on her way to school when a man got out of a van and grabbed her. she was able to fight him off and escape. the incident, however, is rattling nerves. >> i'm a -- i'm frightened right now. sometimes i walk at night like here is the train. >> police are investigating a similar incident that happened in that area last week. the suspect is described as a middle eastern man in his 60s. bob redell is working this story he will join us with a live report in an hour. >>> lawyers for sierra lamar's convicted killer goes back to court. they will argue for a retrial. attorneys for antolin garcia torres have moved to disqualify the judge in the case. they say he failed to disclose a potential conflict

i am sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> dealing with that aftermath that sergio is talking about, will require a lot of man power. some of which will come from the california air national guard. >> that is the 129th crew wing of the guard. the unit is going to go just got back from texas and now it was helping with harvey, and now headed to run similar crews from irma. >> we responded to ike, katrina, et cetera. it is the ready that we bring to the table. >> the main job is to fly crew choppers into the flood zone to pull people out of safety. we are going to continue to monitor the weekends, this is a tweet that was sent out hours ago. she is going to have updates throughout the day and the weekend. her handle on twitter is @nbc bay area viane wachlt arana. >> we have since learned fiech eight people died so far and digging through the rubble the 8.1 magnitude struck off the coast of mexico. hundreds of buildings, you can see here collapsed and nearly 2 million people lost power. at least, 62 after shocks. we do say this often, and it is worth repeating, be prepared because the b

nbc bay area sergio quintana at sfo. what is their reaction? i am assuming they are just happy to get out. >> reporter: quite a few flights that have arrived here. planes that are packed full of people happy to be here in the bay area. one woman who i contacted who is right now in puerto rico. she is trying to get back home to the bay area. as you can see in this video, power is out for the large portion of the island. san jose resident talked to me by smartphone. she can't wait to get home. >> i am in the rental car cha l charging my battery. >> reporter: she was supposed to leave thursday but won't get to the bay area until friday night. lots of people are happy to be here. >> if we don't get a flight, we have to stay at a shelter and we don't know where a shelter is and how to get there. >> reporter: he and his german traveler's lucked out getting a flight. >> i found this ticket for 200 plus dollars and i was like oh my god, i am going to get it now. >> reporter: she says her father is 98-years old and worried about a lack of skpapower and

nbc bay area's sergio quintana live at the airport where the team members just arrived. this was the same team that i was there to welcome back when they came back after hurricane harvey. >> reporter: some left, came back and went again, some only supposed to be deployed for two weeks but because of those pair of hurricanes that hit they were actually deployed for 22 days in texas and then in florida. about half an hour ago, 50 members of task force 4 arrive to an emotional hero's welcome. there was plenty of cheers from family and co-workers, spending the last four days in the florida keys. they are among the first rescue teams who stayed behind to ride out the storm. this has been a grueling pair of assignments but that is exactly what they signed up for. >> everybody is really, really proud and happy not only to have gone but to be home and share our stories and to be able to learn from the experience after having been down there so we're even better able to protect our communities here. >> reporter: many of the task force members were initially sent to texas where hu

sergio quintana has that part of the story. >> reporter: the option to get out of the state of florida has expired. most of the airports actually -- actually all the airports in southern florida and central florida have basically shut down their operations so they can batten down for the storm. it has been a stressful 48 hours for a lot of people trying to get out of the path of the storm. >> looking. >> reporter: at gustavo's home in oakland they are celebrating his and his wife's safe arrival. since last night he has been watching storm coverage on tv and keeping track of friends. >> i'm following friends who decided to stay in miami at home in the areas where the evacuation was not mandatory. they are showing videos and it's a windy time there. >> reporter: this is video shot of the heavy rains in miami as irma approaches. my colleague talked with him last night as he was waiting for a flight in chicago. he had been trying to get out of miami since thursday. this is video he shot when passengers were asked to deplane because of delays. >> a lot of people sleeping the gates because t

sergio quintana. >> a lot more to come tomorrow morning. we have been following this story beyond a news cast. this is a tweet that was out. >>> tonight the search is on for the suspects. the search is on for two african men. they were driving a black mercedes van. no word if a gun was used. the man did get away with the cash. >>> politics and sports collide. off the field players and even team owners united against president trump. in his recent comment blasting those who take a knee during the national anthem. marianne favro is live. today a lot of players joined in. >> reporter: it is live parade and ha started as a protest last year by collin kaepernick. some remain seated and others stood. sports fan voiced mixed reaction for what they saw. this veteran felt compelled to stand up. >> i think it is disrespectful and dividing us. >> i think it is players standing up for a social issue. i appreciate that someone takes their platform to stand up and say something like that. >> reporter: today players across the nfl landscape took a stand b

sergio quintana was there.nders and eye witnesses. >> it's eerie to see that individual. >> before we leave we'll give it w go into the weekend and friday morning. >> a lot more comfortable on the extended forecast. you'll be able to see temperatures in the low 80s up through the upcoming weekend then 70s monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> feels good. >> yes. >> good night qtthanks. >> see you at 11:00. at stanford health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. imagine what we can do for the conby living off the grid.all. completely. or... set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. energy upgrade california. >>>

=boxes= nbc bay area )s sergio quintana was on the valley floor when it happened and joins us w/ the very latest. sergio? =raj/anim= we wanna follow up on yesterday )s rockslide. two this one was much bigger. >> it's huge, it's enormous. >> there's now a massive gash on the face of el capitan. >> now it's going to take cruise abo crews a day to clear out north side drive so they can expect that to be closed down at least until tomorrow. iddlt is a living, breathing old onal park and these things do happen. we want to follow up on yesterday's rock slides. two british tourists were in the middle of that one. the man was 32 andrew foster from whales. is wife was injured and remains in the hospital. the couple was in yosemite to t ck climb but was not climbing at the time of the slide. there is video showing the power of these slides. ing tan show us your videos at ic or connect with us on twitter or facebook. >>> breaking news out of oakland, a man died after being taken into custody. bou details are few. this is what we know, the corner has confirmed the death. at this point, the police

gesture behind reporter sergio quintana. we apologize for the inciden >>> earlier in the newscast someone made an inappropriate gesture behind our reporter and we apologize for that incident. >>> a pledge from north korea's leader kim jong-un, he's vowing to complete his country's weapons program despite sanctions. the news agency just aired those comments along with these photos you're seeing here, yesterday's missile test flew over japan before landing in the pacific. >>> a mystery in the south bay the search is on for a 31-year-old. she hantd been seen since leaving on a camping trump a month ago. she's been known to camp and hike in the santa cruz mountains. police say there's no sign of foul play and they've gotten no help from her cell phone or credit card records. >>> u.s. immigration agents confirm they did have a gps monitoring device on one of the men accused of carrying out a murder in san francisco. the murder weapon was a gun stolen from a san francisco police officer. we have more inside information. >> reporte

we are going to stay on top of this story throughout the day, sergio quintana is at yosemite national park tracking all of the developments. you can follow us both on air and online, our twitter handle is @nbc bay area. >>> i want to take you live to washington, d.c. this morning where republicans are promising a simpler cheaper way to pay your taxes but the rollout was short on details including how to pay for it. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning to explain more to us. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. now republicans have to fill in the blanks, house speaker paul ryan saying this morning he feels confident they can get it done. the president has called this the biggest tax cut in history but while individuals may keep more money in their pockets some lawmakers are already wondering without that money coming to washington how are they going to pay for things like the military and oeds and bridges and healthcare. >> taxes you can pay with a postcard, that's the promise from republicans. >> a middle class miracle. this is a revolutionar

reporting live, sergio quintana, nbc bay area. >> the heat changing things in the city as we saw. and it's changing things in the east bay too. nbc bay area christie smith is in clayton where the heat is ruining some plans. christie. >> well, police told us it was cancelled a post on facebook. we saw the signs saying the concert wasn't happening due to heat. in this area we have seen people helping neighbors and staying indoors. >> it was hot out. >> by late morning the family here wrapped up a kwik trip to enjoy the new kayaks. we did figure we should come early. >> trying to beat the triple digits they had plenty of company and a plan for the rest of the day. >> stay inside. getting in a/c flou. >> it was 104 here. but the temperatures soared above 100 degrees in the tri valley before noon. that made the indoor movie theaters popular. >> the theater will be cool because it's always cool. out here it's like really burning hot. it's early in the morning it shouldn't be like this. >> just trying to help the community. >> harmony with livermore taxi says his girlfriend came up with

sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> thank you sergio. >>> just like yesterday videos of the rock lied as you can see is circulating. peter posted this video and instagram showing the frightening view from above from climbers, the moment the large piece of lack broke off this afternoon. you can help us cover breaking news just by sending the photos and videos to ic @nbc bay area.com. >> we mentioned a minute from sergio, a producer was near the base of the rock slide. chris young joyce us on the telephone. we're glad you're okay. what did you see and hear. >> >> we were driving past camp four which is a famous camp and heard what sounded like a large clap much thunder. within seconds we were covered in fine white dust. visibility limited. cars behind with visibility off the behind so bad they went off the road. the ranger here said it was a larger slide than yesterday. right now there is one seriously hurt and air lifted out. >> we are seeing the footage and it looks massive. exactly where you are. were you injured did you see know climbers in the rubble anyone else injured >> no none

sergio quintana followed the firefighters. he is downtown live with that story. sergio. >> well terry most people spent the day trying to get away from the heat. when you are a firefighter your job is to go towards the heat. there are lots of local fire departments across the bay area making adjustments as this heat wave continues. this apartment fire quickly went to two alarms. the extra crews needed to knock down flames and to help manage firefighters exposure to the heat. >> because of the heat today one of the things we do is we'll try to bring a lot of people to the fire because we need to rotate bodies. >> when the fire was under control paramedics distributed cooling packs and the fire crew got out of heavy gear as soon as possible. >> if you can imagine on a day like today putting on heavy winter jackets and pants as if skiing. >> as a additional precaution the keefe brought in a fire support unit run by the santa clara. they set up a phone bill cooling station. >> we have mister fans where we can cool the guys down. >> the heat wave is expected to last a

l-g-b-t community, and just hours ago a vigil was held in torres ) ==boxes== nbc bay area )s sergio quintanais live in san francisco... six hours ago a vigil was heltd in torres' honor. >> reporter: b.j. bubbles was best known for playing music in the street on a mobile turn table. you can see there are a whole lot of his friends still here for this vigil. a lot of the people here only found out about the murder a few hours ago. at sunset friends started playing one of b.j. bubbles' favorite donna somers song. >> he loved house music, making art. he loved all different people. he lived in the tenderloin. >> reporter: otherwise known as anthony tor eswas shot here saturday morning. this is his friend and attorney. >> was holding a gun, got into some type of alteration and gunned down bubbles. this is a disgrace, it's a hate crime and it will not stand. >> reporter: anthony torres is transgender. but they're not calling it a hate crime. police in the neighborhood say bubbles would often play music in the street and give away snow cones and cotton candy. >> very funny. whoever did this, please

reporting live in san francisco, i'm sergio quintana. >> a deadly stabbing. two people were stabbed about 2:00 this morning. one of them died. happened near a parking garage near the 100 block of kentucky street. no other details about the victims or suspects have been released. >>> an amtrak train hit and killed a woman in the east bay. a woman hit at the ferry street crossing in martinez. investigators say the woman is about 50 years old. they're still trying to identify here. police are asking for any witnesses to come forward. >>> flags at half staff tonight after the death of a battalion chief. he died this morning in his office. he'd just come back from a fire call and he'd been found unresponsive. he'd been with the department since 1991. a statement from the mayor ed lee, not only was terry a committed professional but he was a family man and beloved by all those who knew him. we are grateful for his public service and the itis ea forever indebted to his family. >>> new tonight, video of a uc berkeley police officer issuing a ticket to a hot dog vendo

sergio quintana is at yosemite national park tracking all of the developments. you can follow us on hair and on line our twitter handle is at nbc bay area. >>> happening now a toddler is in critical condition this morning after a hit and run crash in richmond. these are pictures of the three-year-old just into our newsroom or at least that's the car there just into our newsroom. these surveillance pictures of that car suspect what appears to be a smart car. that is the little child right there. it happened on mcdonald avenue right near gold park around 11:30 this morning. investigators say the child darted into the street as the mom was trying to put him in a car street and was struck. now police are looking for the driver. >>> we have new details this morning in a major change at palo alto schools. we have confirmed reports that superintendent max mcgee has resigned. also this morning the palo alto online reports the school board has agreed to go i have him six months severance pay and health benefits. mcgee has been at the center of multiple controversies rega