our own terry mcsweeney was at the scene. you can see the huge flames between the brush. even electrical lines in the dry creekbed next to muni golf course. firefighters say it had been a homeless encampment in the last. there were loud popping sounds like gas containers exploding. firefighters in the east bay remain on eye alert this morning, this fire burned yesterday near benicia and quickly spread. fire crews are ramping up staffing. "today in the bay's" marianne favro continues our coverage. >> reporter: a hot 91 in could be cord, add dry conditions-to-humidity pluckitying to plummeting to 7%, high winds and the last time a red flag warning was issued this early in the season was in 2013. that concerns richard mather of concord. >> it is try. we haven't had the rains, the hot air and just drying out everything. it's combustible, almost implosive. >> reporter: a few hours earlier a grass fire interstate 680 north of benicia burned 45 acres, a reminder how quickly flames can spread. rhodenburg rodriguez was using a lawnmower in the area and believes he knows how it may

terry mcsweeney. >> reporter: here at valley medical center tonight, survivor is fighting for his life. family would not go on camera but shared heartbreak and rage with our scott budman. >> woman shouted i saw you on the news, my son is in there. >> all trains hold. >> reporter: may never exactly know what went on this morning, maybe the closest is information from people like michael hawkins on his phone with his mother who was at the yard. >> she gave me a call saying that stuff was going down and somebody was shooting. she dropped her phone and came by to see if anybody was injured, see if i can pick up my mother. >> reporter: mother escaped unharmed. all the victims worked for the agency, and president hendrikz was clearly shaken. >> the family has been impacted and going to take a while to process what occurred. >> reporter: all the light rail service is suspended to give the family members chance to grieve. public aasked to do their part. >> say hello to the bus driver, that can go a long way. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> it will be a few days before vta i

. >> terry mcsweeney has the problem and some possible solutions. >> reporter: the 2018 campfire, thedliest and most destructive in california history at its peak 6,000 were deployed. one led a 22-member crew. san francisco fire department battalion chief matt alba. >> it was like a war zone. >> reporter: when the fight was over, alba and the board of the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation and his crew, were tested. it shows increased levels of toxins including heavy metals. >> i remember him saying how eerie it was. it was different in that way. >> reporter: fast forward to today and alba is recovering from brain cancer. sometimes his wife, sarah, works with him to communicate. no one can say for certain the toxic smoke he breathed at the campfire three years ago caused the cancer but he has found circumstantial evidence. >> the neurosurgeon, when asked when did the tumor start growing, he put it at three years. >> reporter: it's long been documented that firefighters have higher rates of cancer than the general public and scientists say that's likely to get wors

in marin county, terry mcsweeney. >>> have you looked outside tonight? that is real. super blood moon. this is a look from san francisco. it looks fake. >> we are just hours away from the lunar eclipse, and it's jeff's job to get up and look at it. >> i was kidding. i'm normally still up yeah, ju. we are tracking the superblood moon and the lunar eclipses beginning at 2:45 in the morning. i will tell you the best time to see it the eclipse. >>> and flight attendant attacked. >>> and a mess in your bathroom, rising seas could send raw sewage in your home. we are back in 60 seconds. >>> our climate in crisis. there are many layers to this. and flushing your toilet can be a challenge in sea levels rise. what goes down could come right back up. 30 out of 39 bay area sewage treatment plants are under threats of flooding. >> government regulators told the sewer managers to turn in plans telling how they combat the rising sea levels. san francisco didn't have any plans to share. >> rising sea levels create several problems for manager jason warner at the sewage treatment pla

in livermore, terry mcsweeney, "nbc bay area news." >>> happening today, conservative businessman john is launching his campaign tour with the idea of replacing governor gavin newsom. cox is one of three people including kevin faulkner and caitlyn jennerer hoping to replace newsom in the recall election. one of the stops includes wine write where he plans to speak at the laundry. newsom is getting support from democrats. >>> in san francisco the city could move into the less restrictive yellow tier. a decision today is expected and restrictions would loosen by friday. the biggest change bars that don't serve food can open indoors at 25% capacity. indoor gyms, wine he weries, tasting rooms that he can also open at 50% capacity and outdoor live events are allowed at 67% capacity. marin county also meets the criteria to move into the yellow tier but health leaders say they're not predicting anything and they're going to wait for the state to make that final call. >>> getting more people vaccinated is the key to reaching that coveted herd immunity of 80%, but health leaders now say that nu

as "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney reports, this is just the latest sign of a significant spike in crimes targeting asian people. >> reporter: about 4:00 saturday afternoon two hooded masked young males knock an 80-year-old asian man to the ground on acapulco road in san leandro. a third member comes up but does not get involved. there's a struggle and finally all three get back into a dark sedan and drive off. a neighbor who does not want to be identified came out when he heard the commotion. >> he said he was robbed for his watch and they tried to take his wallet but luckily he wasn't seriously injured. >> reporter: the crooks took his fitbit. this neighbor heard him tell police his thoughts on a motive in addition to robbery. as the thieves are leaving, you could hear the sound of their laughter. [ laughter ] >> he noticed it's been going on a lot in the bay area, and he said he did feel like he was targeted due to being asian as well. >> reporter: the robago family said they've stolen this family's peace of mind. >> pay attention to the surroundings. normally that wasn't the

terry mcsweeney has the latest. >> reporter: this is what's causing the shock and outrage, pictures of this asian-american woman her face bruised and swollen, the victim whose name has not been made public was riding b.a.r.t. toward the 16th and mission station when a man approached her. >> what i heard from her directly was that somebody walked past her and said "give your phone" expletive, and proceeded to pummel her face and her head and grabbed her phone and her belongings and the atta robbery as an anti asianletive was not a racial slur. still the attacks with asian victims keep piling up nationwide and in the bay area. >> my first reaction is, not again, and we need to do something about this immediately. >> reporter: cynthia che is with chinese for affirmative action and wants victims like this woman to know they're not alone and help's available. >> let's make sure people who are victimized, who are survivors of violence get that full range of support and that we remove any barriers associated with that. >> reporter: we are told the victim was taken to the hospital, treated and

here's your next project. >> reporter: in san francisco terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> if youant to watch this story again or any of the others we've done in our climate in crisis series log on to nbcbayarea.com just click on climate in crisis. >> our fire season expected to start earlier and get more intense. jaef ranieri. >> a lot of fire danger coming our way over the next week with increased temperatures and on and off wind. the particulate matter we're talking about with the moek, it's smaller than a human hair and that's why it's able to get into our body, into our bloodstream and do all of that damage. really great reporting there from terry and of course more in our climate coverage at nbcbayarea.com as we talked about. so yes, cooler temperatures after those record-setting highs in the 80s to 90s. already starting to move in. you can see the fog on the cameras right there. the fog right here. temperatures dropping anywhere from 3 to 11 degrees right now from that fog. but tomorrow we're going to add on top of that a system sweeping across the west. now, still no rainf

. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area nuggets. >>> caitlyn jenning is speaking out on cnn, acknowledginghat president bider is the winner of our 2020 election. >> he is our president. i respect that. i realize there's eye lot of talk about the e lerks. >> she was a supporter of president biden in 2016. she is one of the challengers for governor newsom in the up coming election. >>> we are back in 60 seconds with a plan to send more stimulus check to millions of californians. is it a power play to avoid a recall. >>> a wild ending in san francisco. we will show you what steph did to help get the warriors in the playoffs. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million low-income americans with the tools and resources they need to be ready for anything. i hope yo

i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm anoushah rasta. they didn't get a prom last year, but tonight they're getting a senior ball of sorts. >> marianne favro, live in pleasanton. the fun is under way. >> reporter: it certainly is, terry. this is called senior night on main street. if you take a look here, you can see all these high school seniors here in their beautiful gowns, their suits and tuxes. they're taking lots of pictures in front of the pleasanton sign. they're roaming through downtown and celebrating that they are high school graduates. this event was organized by parents who really wanted the seniors to feel special about this milestone. 600 high school seniors from foothill, amador and village high schools in pleasanton are attending tonight's event. >> yeah, it's definitely a nice thing, seeing everyone again and seeing everybody from the different schools and how pretty everything looks and all dressed up. >> reporter: students are arriving at different times. they have color-coded wrist bands and must have their masks on.

terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: 500,000 chinook salmon that started the day in the state hatchery are released. >> basically, to get the fish as close to the golden gate bridge as we can get them so they can go out in their natural habitat and come back as 20 and 30 pounders for the commercial and sports anglers. >> reporter: they could be 20 inches for next year, the golden state salmon association has been pushing for the release. they were never going to make it to the bay themselves. >> thatry lousy swimmers. they don't swim out to the central valley. they are carried by the river that functions as a conveyer belt. >> it's broken by a longer term problem. climate change. >> we had to do a management plan. adapt to the climate, and it seems to be changing so that the fish can make it out and we can sustain a fishery. >> tonight's delivery, part of a larger effort that will bring 17 million salmon to the bay, using 150 round trips, traveling more than 30,000 miles. after the 17 million salmon released in the bay, a fish and wild life person said they would be half if half a mill

terry mcsweeney has coverage in san francisco. >> reporter: this is what is causing the shock and outrageight. pictures of the asian american woman, her face bruised and volumen. the swim was riding bart towards the 16th and mission statement at 8:00 this morning when a man approached her. >> what i heard is that somebody walked past her and said, give me your phone, expletive, and then proceeded to pummel her face and head and grabbed her phone and belongs and ran off. the attacks on asian victims here in the bay area. >> my first reaction is, not again, and we need do something about this immediately. >> reporter: cynthia che is for chinese for affirmative action, and she wants her to know she's not alone. >> let les 's let them know they have a full range of support and we remove any barriers asoesh yalted that. >> with retold the victim was taken to the hospital and is resting at home. >> with all the victims, they've innocent. nobody deserves this. >>> a party bus in oakland hit by round a gun fire. in young woman killed in that attack. two teens died in a birthday celebration. as po

. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. hundreds of people macedonia through downtown san jose as may day rallies stretched through the south bay as well. that's where we join nbc bay area's marianne favro. >> reporter: many people who marched here say they're fighting for two things, housing and workers rights. and they say those two products have grown even worse during the pandemic. the demonstrators marched to city hall. the may day coalition is just one of more than a dozen groups that organized today's rally. >> may day being international day of the worker uplifts the struggles, not just of working people as working people, but also as immigrants, as women, as working class people who right now are struggling so hard to maintain their housing. >> reporter: she says one problem is that during the pandemic many essential workers had no choice but to work in conditions that put their health at risk. she also says more needs to be done so they don't have to make such big sacrifices just to provide for their families. now

i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm anoushah rasta. the red flag warning has been extended for parts of the bay area. >> one big concern are the wind gusts, and those wind gusts can spread flames. >> let's get straight to rob mayeda, who is tracking all of these changes for us. >> the return at least for now temporarily of a sea breeze, which is starting to

terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> the a's want a decision from the city of oakland soon. the least city cohn till meeting before summer recess is july 20th. and mayor schaaf wants to build the ballpark. the a's do now have the backing of major league baseball, which said it could help facilitate that move out of the bay area. >>> new at 11:00, a warning from the cdc, wildfire smoke with make you more prone to covid. that caught our attention. with another potentially devastating fire season upon us, the smoke with irritate your lungs, and it search suggests it can worsen the symptoms and outcomes. >>> joining us now, dr. hahn. we are ready for a busy fire season, a lot of smoke in the bay area, and we're nort done with covid. what does it mean? >> what it means, raj, is that there's an increase of susceptibility to covid when there is wildfires. in particular, what we're worried about is the very, very small particles that are ear tate the lungs. you can have more inflammation there, and it increasing the chance to get covid. and people with covid with spread it more easi

i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm anoushah rasta. but tonight they're getting a senior ball of sorts. >> marianne favro, live in pleasanton. the fun is under way. >> reporter: it certainly is, terry. this is called senior night on

terry mcsweeney takes a closer look. >> still concerning, still very concerning, you know, you try to stay apart from everybody and follow the protocols. >> reporter: warriors fans say even if they could they're not sure they're ready to take off their masks in many public situations. >> hard to push our luck with the pandemic still going on. >> reporter: response across the country remains a mixed bag after cdc guidance that fully vaccinated americans can safely remove their masks, outdoors and indoors, not including public transportation. >> there's no need for everybody to start ripping off their masks. now this is safe, work at your own speed and own family and businesses to remove them when necessary. >> reporter: the decision was driven by science and the basis for future guidance. >> cdc is hard at work saying what does this mean for schools, for travel, for camps, for businesses? >> reporter: nationwide just 37% of americans are fully vaccinated, even as health experts continue to tout the benefits. >> you become a dead end to the virus and when there are a lot of dead ends ar

i am terry mcsweeney. >> i am anousha rasta. families enjoying water slides and pools at six flags/hurricane harbor in concord. sergio quintana is live. >> reporter: there is quite a bit of people today. it was not able to reopen last year because of the pandemic. it is a big deal today for all the employees to come back to the work and all the customers who really missed having fun at a water park. >> for those who turned out for opening day, there are a few differences of six flags/hurricane harbor. the water park is allowed to open at 25% capacity and they were booked the whole day. the other differences is masks. since this is a water park, guests are allowed to keep them off while on the rise and while they are eating. being back at an amusement park and not having to wear masks everywhere is still an adjustment for some. >> it feels okay but it is weird without it but it is fun. >> to me, today it signals a return to some normalcy for a lot of people. not just for our guests but for our employees as well. >> reporter: a fe

i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm a nowsch shah rasta. fires all across california. >> the lopes fire off of 680 near venetia. that fire started about 11 this morning. crews are plenty busy. >> we have team coverage tonight. let's go to christi smith live in solano county on how that fire may have sparked. let's start with meteorologist rob mayetta. >> reporter: you have the record dry fuel, you have the gusty wind and summer like heat setting up around the bay area. you're seeing a little bit of all three right there near walnut creek. 91 degrees. humidity 10%. there is the driving factor, that very dry north wind at 15 miles per hour. our temperatures from napa temperatures in the 90s. humidity levels that are desert dry. 5% in livermore. numbers 10% in concord and towards fairfield. given how dry the conditions are around the bay area, any fire that gets started it's pushed along by the north winds. at times around 30 miles an hour. the hill tops, mount diablo. the same areas in the red flag warnings for another 24 hours. inlet east ba

thanks for joining us, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm jessica aguirre. doubling down. governor newsom wants to spend a double amount of money to fight firefighters. he says $2 billion will pay for more equipment and forest management as we learn the deepening drought is killing off scores of trees, which could create wildfires like nothing we've seen before. tell us more. >> reporter: it's a really big problem. and the east bay

i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm anoushah rasta. the red flag warning has been extended for parts of the bay area. >> one big concern are the wind gusts, and those wind gusts can spread flames. >> let's get straight to rob mayeda, who is tracking all of these changes for us. >> the return at least for now temporarily of a sea breeze, which is starting to cool things off down to 83 degrees in walnut creek. and you can see as you head farther inland, we had temperatures in the 90s. this is a temporary boost of humidity, but this is going to change by 9:00 tonight. from better humidity numbers to things trending in the opposite direction tomorrow. more dry north wind tomorrow, red flag warning has been extended by 36 more hours to 6:00 on tuesday. we'll take a closer look at tomorrow's hottest temperatures around the bay area, and when to expect these north winds to back off in our forecast in ten minutes. >>> update right now on a south bay fire we brought to you as breaking news last night. it broke out about 8:00 at the san jose mun

good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm anoushah rasta. the sikh community in san jose mourning the loss of their brother and hero. taptejdeep singh is one of the nine victims who lost his life in the shooting at the vta rail yard thursday. >>> here is nbc bay area. >> reporter: taptejdeep singh's brother says the pain runs deep, and hasn't gotten any easier as the days go by. but he is proud of how his brother lived out his last moments. >> i wish i did. but his focus was saving other people. he never called his family, between those moments. he -- nobody received a message from him. >> reporter: carmen is also comforted by his faith community like the one that gathered outside the sikh temple in san jose. the temple opened its doors for a memorial, and welcomed victims' families, friends, and those united in grief. janelle, sister of victim, says the reality of their loss has not sunk in. >> never, in my wildest dreams, what happened, i -- i would never think this would happen to anybody here in san jose. or anywhere. it shouldn't happen

good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm anoushah rasta. the calls for change have always been there but on this may day during the pandemic, stakes have never been higher for workers around the world. >> right now, they ever they have taken their fights, in san francisco, hundreds of people marching on the streets. calling on state leaders to pass laws for stronger protections. we begin our team coverage with nbc bay area's sergio can that that in oakland. >> in years past, may day protests here in oakland have been pretty substantial, even ittle more pared down, but still, pretty significant. dozens of bikes and vehicles pulled out of the parking lot from the bart station in oakland to begin a caravan protest that zigzags across downtown. this is a more subdued event that, in years past, which often included a work stoppage by the port of oakland employees in solidarity with protestors but the issues being rally behind in this year's event are, still, substantial. especially, after so many have been struggling through terrible issues like

our own terry mcsweeney was at the scene. you can see the huge flames between the brush. >>> and this was off oakland road up next to muni golf course, firefighters say the fire grew to a couple acres in size, burning trees, brush and electrical lines in that dry creekbed. they say it has been a homeless encampment, thankfully no homes were threatened. you can keep track of the wind, the fire danger this weekend by downloading our nbc bay area app. it's free and you can customize it to your neighborhood. >>> this morning, we're learning more details about a special city council meeting in alameda to address the all-out in of mario gonzalez's death. the 26-year-old man died after being detained and restrained b apparently intoxicated in a park in alameda. the gonzalez family and activists say the officers escalated the situation and used excessive force. the city council took action to quickly implement police reform measures. one of the main recommendations is to shift 911 calls away from police. some members of the public we

thanks for joining us, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm jessica aguirre. doubling down. governor newsom wants to spend a double amount of money to fight firefighters. he says $2 billion will pay for more equipment and forest management as we learn the deepening drought is killing off scores of trees, which could create wildfires like nothing we've seen before. tell us more. >> reporter: it's a really big problem. and the east bay regional park district started noticing the prevalence of the dying trees. we are just off i-80 here in albany. i want to show you, these are the dying eucalyptus trees that a plant pathologist from the forest service is really worried about. >> if tree mortality issue is really bigger than the park district. it's potentially a state issue. >> reporter: the drought is killing many of our trees. multiple species of trees, including the pine tree, are drying out at a faster pace than ever. >> the real cause of this can be linked back to drought and just climate change. >> reporter: she says in the event of a wildfire, these trees are ready to igni

let's bring in nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney who joins us in the city on the ground level with the very latest. terry? >> reporter: we're here in the heart of the financial district. this is montgomery street between sacramento and california, and for the past two hours straight and very strong, the speeches have been coming. the name of the rally is "free palestine." i would say there is about a thousand people down there. you can see the signs, the signs saying stop the israeli war on gaza, free palestine, save gaza, save palestine. the speakers have been very strong, very well-spoken, very strong against israel, but that's not all they have talked about. they have talked about the 200 people who have died in the gaza strip. they say the result of israeli bombing has been going on for several days now. as far as israel's side of this, they would say it all began with hamas, the terror organization which controls gaza strip starting the hostilities. there have been a number of other causes mentioned as well here today, not just the free palestine and pro-palestinian anti-israeli messag