in the richmond district. secondly, i have lived overseas in a lot of countries and cities where they have fantastic transportation systems. i think that is an area where i can add some value to the brt program. and thirdly, i do have some experience with the public transportation and the city traffic engineering. when i was at grad school i worked for the city traffic engineer and provided a lot of help to the staff there and coordinating meetings and working with the community and it is something that i enjoyed and i would enjoy getting back into. and i believe those are all of the reasons. i understand that there are two positions. one for the richmond and one for at large. i would prefer the richmond if i do get appointed because that is where i live. but the at large position would be fine as well. that is all that i have to add here, i hope that you will consider me for this position, thank you. >> thank you very much >> good morning, my name is stanford kingly and i am a native san franciscan and a life

in the richmond district. secondly, i have lived overseas in a lot of countries and cities where they have fantastic transportation systems. i think that is an area where i can add some value to the brt program. and thirdly, i do have some experience with the public transportation and the city traffic engineering. when i was at grad school i worked for the city traffic engineer and provided a lot of help to the staff there and coordinating meetings and working with the community and it is something that i enjoyed and i would enjoy getting back into. and i believe those are all of the reasons. i understand that there are two positions. one for the richmond and one for at large. i would prefer the richmond if i do get appointed because that is where i live. but the at large position would be fine as well. that is all that i have to add here, i hope that you will consider me for this position, thank you. >> thank you very much >> good morning, my name is stanford kingly and i am a native san franciscan and a life

back when i worked with folks at the university of richmond, we built a 3-d model of the city of richmond. right here is a structure that is commonly known as lumpkin's jail. robert lumpkin was a slave trader. one of the large slave traders. farther north than others he , likely stayed here in an area very much like this in the main district, where it -- where you would have a combination of brokers, auctioneers, clothiers, you need special clothiers to support the slave trade because they would dress slave people up in nice clothes to sell them. his jail was a piece of this. now, robert lumpkin is interesting because he had a common-law wife who was a free person of color. she upon the end of the war, lumpkin put a number of enslaved people on a train. he took off with them and try to -- tried to get out of richmond along with the confederates. and actually eventually met his end. what happened in 1865 was his wife took his slave jail and turned into a school. so this became one of the first places of the education of african-americans in the city of richmond. there was this saying that

i live in the richmond district, where the rates of eviction is going up, and have investigated this,and i want to thank the legislative analysis that verified for me that the rates of reduction has been correlated about were corresponding, to the listing of air b&b in our neighborhood. so, i feel that with 82% of these listings not following the law, not being registered, is really important in terms of leveling the playing field. but this is very personal for me because my possessions in my parents garage of two-my friends so possessions are there. being stored because they been pushed out. they used to live in rooms that they could rent because they had previously been pushed out by gentrification. the air b&b trends, they were pushed out of those rental units. one now is living with her mother out of state. the other person is still looking for a place, but this is real stories. did the bill just go off? okay. for me, this is -okay. i'm in favor of the legislation and let everybody played by the law in him here to fight to protect rental units. >>[applause] >> supervisor peskin: n

back when i worked with folks at the university of richmond, we built a 3-d model of the city of richmond. that ise is a structure commonly known as lumpkin's jail. he was a slave trader. traders.e large slave in an areatayed here very much like this in the main slave trading district for you would have some combination of brokers, auctioneers, clothiers, you need special clothiers to support the slave trade because they would dress slave people up in nice clothes to sell them. jail was a piece of this. wasad a common-law wife who a free person of color. she upon the end of the war, lumpkin put a number of enslave people on a train. he took off with them and try to get out of richmond along with the confederates. end.t his was hispened in 1865 and took his slave jail turned into a school. this was one of the first places of the education of african-americans in the city of richmond. that the this saying devil's half-acre became god's half-acre. now, in this repurpose the of public space, the spaces of the slave trade, african-americans are trying to walk a fine line and schadenfreude, rej

so we have opened an internal investigation into the matter. >> no richmond officer, however, have been placed on leave just yet. sources say the girl had already turned 18 when she had sex with a number of officers including those from richmond and alameda. so long as no money was exchanged, it's not a crime, though. in a recent text message the woman wrote me, it breaks my heart that this happened the way it d. i feel guilty. it was harmless. >> so henry, this woman is the daughter, correct me if i'm wrong of a dispatcher for the oakland police department. >> that's right. >> and you've been in touch with her. did she say anything else? >> she seems to have no qualms about talking about all the sexual relationships she's had with officers off duty throughout the east bay, throughout the bay area. and it's clear to me she had no idea the ramifications of what these interactions could have. now we have a suicide of an officer, multiple officers on leave, and everyone looking at bay area departments. >> if it's just her, she's the one young woman at the center of this how do we know ther

a look at the richmond center toll bridge plaza. if you need to use 580 west, a good ride heading into the north bay. a traffic check coming up after the break. stay with us. >>> good morning. coming up on 5:15 a.m. the latest on the forecast today with dave. looking for another warm day today. >> all week, it will be on the warm side. >> we will really spike in the next week. looking at current numbers -- numbers, mid to upper 50s, depending on your location. cool in the north bay. santa rosa, 49. san jose, 58. and livermore, the same. a little bit of fog as we go forward to the period -- forecasting into thursday. may pick up a little happening in the morning hours. we don't see a lot of visibility however. pretty much over the 10-mile visibility elsewhere in the outlying areas. there is no major change on that. watching temperatures climb today -- to the east bay. and the north bay too -- a lot of good coverage from fairfield and santa rosa, pretty toasty. a little bit of the morrow -- marine layer affect. and along the east bay s

both the richmond and oakland police will look into officers interaction with an 18-year-old admitted worker and if those sexual encounters happened when she was underage. the woman goes by the alias, celeste guap, and is the daughter of an oakland police dispatcher. she is an admitted sex worker who claims to have had sex with numerous officers from oakland, richmond, livermore, stockton and the alameda county sheriff's office. she said police tipped her off about prosecution sting operations. oakland's new interim chief out to monitor all new developments in the scandal. >> i can tell you that chief faro is good at providing notifications when necessary. whenever something comes to my attention notifications need to be made, i will do so. and have done so. >> reporter: on monday, contra costa county sheriffs office said one deputy was placed on administrative leave. following allegations that he too had sex with a teen sex worker. five oakland police officers tied to the scandal have them placed on leave. two of this officers have resigned. the scandal broke after an oakland police

monitoring the speech am richmo richmond, virginia. the crowd is not as large which is something to talk about. let's start, to me this was the hunter thing and the purdue thing, it's easy to stoke up outrage over things politicians say and i don't necessarily want to do that. what i want to do is focus on the fact that this idea of, where did donald trump come from? that has bewildered republicans? >> who begat him? >> right. >> mitt romney today, i think what mitt romney said is correct, this is an underrated reason that donald trump is bad, that it's sort of a coarsening of our public discourse, if people are so crude all the time that's going to be bad for the country in the long run, if the president says racist things other people will too. the thing is mitt romney went to donald trump's hotel in las vegas four years ago to accept his endorsement for president. he said it was a delight to be there with donald trump. he said donald trump had been more successful in business than him. this is after trump had spent months running aro

. >> reporter: adam lee is the special agent in charge of the fbi's richmond division. ays julie and lolly's murders still considered an active investigation. >> we will stop at nothing to find justice in the case and until we have exhausted every means. i know it's been 20 years, but we continue toh to exploit the existing evidence and try and obtain new evidence. julie and lolly are not forgotten in the richmond division of the fbi. >> reporter: that comes as welcome news to tom williams, julie's dad. hopes have been raised and then dashed many times for the v victi victims' families. one man was charnged with their murders. it was classified as a hate crime, using rights of targeting the women because they were lesbians. two years later, when evidence at the murder scene failed to match rice, the charges were dropped. so is rice still a person of interest? >> though i can't talk about any individual in the case, i can tell you that nobody has been exonerated in the case. >> reporter: and advances in dna technology could now provide new information. >> the ability to i

now, she is the victim of a home invasion in richmond. all she wants is to get back her presidential coin. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am natasha zouves. a man viciously attacked her on monday morning. he punk her in the face and got away with several valuable possesses. elissa is in richmond. >> the intruder took something that is truly priceless, a special coin given to her by president obama. she is traumaized physically and emotionally. >> 94-year-old betty reid soskin is the onliest park ranger in the united states. she was honored for her work by president obama and awarded this special coin last december. now, she is recovering from a terrifying home invasion that last her with black areas and a split lip. police say the intruder stole julie, electronics and the presidential coin. >> that was her most cherished item and it is priceless. we want that back. >> lieutenant with the richmond police department said show was asleep at midnight someone break into her town home. the suspect forced entry through a sliding glass door. betty reid

>>haaziq madyun: this is the 18 year-old woman being exported, she is. richmondprofessional standards to be interviewed regarding the alleged sexual contact with the rich and police officers. several now under investigation in the case that. started in that >>haaziq madyun: started in oakland, it involves finding out exactly when oakland police on about the alleged misconduct of five oakland police officers. >>haaziq madyun: they're taking direct aim at the mayor administration. >>: we were not informed until after it broke in to the press. >>haaziq madyun: she was ready to address the issue is part of her support for proposed oakland police commission. >>: that only strengthened me a division of why we need independent oversight. >>haaziq madyun: that had sex with an underage girl. >>mark: the scandal involves five agencies in 20 different police officers that they learned the contra costa county sheriff's have in place on an stridently if--administrative leave. >>mark: south african oblivion and is back in court for a third day this week a hearing is underway t

the audit recommends the richmond agency repay the u.s.$2 million and face other penalties. a housing development in east oakland is closer to being finished. 94th avenue and international boulevard, the mixed use complex will provide housing to low income families. the development is a private partnership between the city of oakland and related california. it specializes in building affordable housing. the land was provided by -- gospel church and the senior pastor is hoping it will revitalize the community. >> this development is going to raise the hope of a lot of people who live in the east oakland area. we feel like we've been forgotten by the other people downtown and what not. there seems to be a lot of development and a lot of things going on. there's not that much going on down here. >> the project is expected to be finished by earlier next year. this is just the first of many affordable housing developments that will go up along the international boulevard corridor corridor. stocks dropping a bit on this thursday. looking at the

>>robin winston: a live look a the richmond san rafael bridge nice and smooth in both directions less than 20 minutes for the southbound ride. >>james: investigation began when a 40 your verbal drive up the stream (l.a. offices to a house on the corner of 16th and herds of st. you can see police on the scene this is when they rescued a 14 year-old along with two of the team this year of after a standoff at a house the man and the to your wall and were arrested at the scene the names of not yet been released. >>james: a coach is under arrest accused of having an for privilege of a 14 year-old. >>phillipe djegal: >>charles clifford: it arrested 34 year-old mark and his ascent was a precedent the wrestling coach and independence high school in san jose he's the coach for the summer wrestling club he is facing two felony counts of lewd acts with a minor bills apparently occurred this past may the victim is described as a girl and of the time and may she was 14 years old as of thursday evening we do not have any details we do know the suspect was booked into santa clara county main jail we

there is slow traffic on the richmond bridge apart to the richmond bridge toll plot on 580 westbound. >>> we do have some sun your. we have some clouds to the north and clouds to the south. some patchy fog in the city. there is more sun in san francisco than it had most of the week. we are waiting on a system that is in mendocino and lake county. jamie sent us this pretty picture. mount diablo on the right. lucas valley below. how about that. >> way off on the right. >> thank you, jamie. mostly clear skies although higher clouds are getting closer, coming down from the north. this is associated with a system. gusts at 26. breeze is all over the place. is either west, northwest or southeast. 50 in santa rosa. a lot of 50s. berkeley at 52. on the peninsula, 48 in woodside. stanford at 49. 51 and los altos. 55 in reno and truckee. and ukiah. 50s up and down the coast. more fog to the south. sierra nevada temps -- 50s. 51 at incline village. if you're heading to the mountains, there is a possibility that above 9500 feet they could get isolated snow showers over the weekend. be advised. th

those are the oakland, richmond and san francisco police departments as well as the con ta contra costa sheriff's department. recording live in richmond, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> we're following some breaking news in san jose. a motorcycle officer hurt after a crash with another vehicle. you're looking live at the scene. we'll let you know how that officer's doing in a moment. >>> i'm robert handa. the santa clara county jail system is once again the target of a lawsuit. we'll tell you what a former inmate claims happened to him. >>> the money i spent out of my savings has a zero balance now was worth it. >> that mother fighting to start a new international sport so her daughter has a shot at doing something she loves. >>> and good afternoon. we're tracking major changes that includes the possibility of rain. my forecast in just a few minutes. ♪ this goes out to every backyard hero. for all the effort you put into making the perfect barbecue, there's only one grill that's engineered and designed with the same kind of passion, weber. available at the home depot. target of a

bay into foster sitting so far you're doing alright the headlights on the right final stop for the richmond san rafael bridge were with about 580 ahead lies sitting toward the camera and for the toll plaza. >>james: number of the problems being a reporter around the bay this morning. >>: we did our job 12 home games there was always a long way to go. >>james: police there off and a great star golden state warriors beating the broad range and the cleveland cavaliers in game 2 of the nba finals they're not just two games away from back-to-back championships they beat the 110 to 7 1/7 mechanist a seventh when this season time the 96 rubble by the way for most games in a single season the golden state warriors looking shark they block the cavaliers leading the by more than 30 points in a the first time he has ever lost seven straight games to the same opponent last night it was all about remind green--tremont green draymond gremn. >>: the shock to come in the way and i was able to knock a few of them down. >>phillipe djegal: you better believe the fans left here at the especially after they wit

>>robin winston: it is looking good number of what the richmond san rafael bridge 580 west bomb into past and start tobacco if this is a commitment in this will sail across the bridge into the north and a quick update if you're no. 85 commuter their unstoppable traffic when we come of cupertino. >>darya: police out with a sketch of a man wanted for two provinces on the stanford university campus. >>reporter: to women and stanford campus said they will love to fish stranger standing over them and police have not been able to find him but they are listened a skeptical look up the photo he is described as a hispanic man between the ages of 18 and 30 years old he is about 59 with a stocky build short brown hair and brown lines at the time both incidents he does when a great teacher and--grey tshirt. >>reporter: the woman chased him out of her home asking who he was the symbol for at stanford have not begun yet the students on campuses via taking action steps to keep themselves safe. >>reporter: police asking people to keep an eye and for the ninth problem attack and the fact that sketch g

update on the officer's condition. >>> first oakland, now a police department sex scandal expanding to other bay law enforcement agencies. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from richmond. an investigator spoke to the victim who was potentially under age at the time and may have taken money from the police officers. >> a lot of questions, jessica. investigators have been questioning her for nearly two hours. we have confirmed at least four law enforcement agencies have launched investigations surrounding the sex scandal. >> reporter: the 18 is being questioned by richmond's office of professional accountability after she claimed she had sex with several richmond police officers. >> we do know there's a connection. so based on learning that there's a connection and who the folks are that work for us, we're starting an administrative investigation to sort of figuring out what we have. >> reporter: she spent the entire day being interviewed by three different law enforcement agencies. she tells nbc bay area she had sex with 28 officers in the bay area. she said some gave her money, others information about prostitution stings. she supplied text messages she said are from

officials say that the free way is closed two to the three days at at least. >>> richmond police are king for your help. he stole a world war one cannon and then stole it. there's a warrant out for the arrest and investigators say that the cannon was stolen from the veteran memorial parking lot and found two weeks later of a man that bought it found out that it was missing. it was return ared to hed to th. >>> drivers driving erratically and you can see the oncoming traffic in the wrong lane there. that was in san francisco and we showed police the video last night and they say that there's nothing much to that they can do to stop the drivers. >> they're going to get out at a high rate of sfeed and put the lives of other people that are driving, walking in jeep were de as well. >> police say that videos can can help to build the case. if they're caught, it may give them a make and model to go off of. >> launching a new feature and the site allows people to constant the company and then that's excessive noise and criminal activity and then it's the guests and hosts seriously. >>> today

the contra costa sheriff's office placed a deputy under investigation and on leave. richmondnced yesterday that it opens an internal probe into several of its officers with their involvement with a teen named celeste wop. >> we may have several who may be connected to the lady in the oakland police department investigation >> reporter: richmond police did not say how many are being investigated. celeste guap is the daughter of a police dispatcher and is claiming to have had sex with officers have several departments even while she was underage. she was tipped by some officers ahead of prostitution sting operations, she says. and law enforcement is looking into criminal misconduct by police and also if they violated any police policies. >> thank you. >>> time is now 8:35. turning now to the mass shooting in orlando. this is another live look. we are live in orlando at the orlando regional medical center. these are the head doctors at that hospital had have been treating those who were wounded, those who were shot the weekend. at first, the hospital took in 44 gunshot victims a

>> no, hari, we have not seen it this bad. 1994 was the record flood here at the richmond gauge, the ty of richmond is the center part of the county and there's a gauge there that everybody bases their flood finding on. the record was 50.3 at that gauge. we're going to be somewhere about 4 feet or a little over 4 feet higher than the water's ever been seen in the county in the last 25 years. >> sreenivasan: we see aerial pictures of horses being pulled off the farm on to porches of homes. we see huge swaths of rural area that look like large lakes. how long till those drain? >> it's a major concern for us. the water that enters into the city of simonton, which is the first town in fort bend county hat has the brazos river, there are probably over 300 homes that have water in them there. today, we also have the texas animal health commission going out to work with some of the ranchers out there because they have cattle that are in compromised positions. the water is flowing down the river, not only in rural areas, but into some of our denser populated areas in the rosenburg-richmond ar

the heat. sounds like a sports term or something. is that there somewhere? 62 in richmond hour. 66 for oakland, already 67 hayward and 73 out to fairfield. your warmest number on the board. 61 in santa rosa. we may get spried by some high clouds i mentioned approaching the noon hour a little bit but not a major impact on the weather at all. make no mistake. plenty warm today. a technicality may shave a couple degrees off in it stickings around in spots. tahoe is one place to go. a few thundershowers tomorrow happening and maybe in the sunday. 5 to 7 feet of elevation. those numbers will be kicking up there. the beach forecast shows you 76i stinson beach and ocean beach. a lot of people try to sneak out of the office early today. we don't have the issues with the rip current they were talking about earlier. that's good news. there you see the coverage area, the blood red you can see in the north bay, far east bay and south bay too. this is going to repeat itself too but not quite as aggressive as today. the high pressure is repositioning itself, temperatures will tumble com

he will be at marsh elementary school at 2:00 and then the richmond arts center. last, a rally at a recreation center in san francisco at 5:30. >> more controversy around donald trump this morning. he defended his claim that the judge of mexican descent is unfit to preside over a case against trump university because, donald trump said of "bias." he said a muslim judge would probably be unfair, too. volunteers left flyers behind in a neighborhood. >> the alameda county registrar of voters was busy on sunday with 18 million people regular materials to vote the highest total ever leading into a primary. >> you can stay on top of the race for the white house with the app by enabling push alert. >> now the warriors, to more wins, that is how close the wears are to repeating as champions. >> this is one of the stretches you talk about with the steal, the brazilian player, 27-point game. >> as you know the dubs blew out the cavaliers last night 110-77. they crushed the cavaliers by 48 points in game one and two the largest in finals history. golden state heeds the best o

your fresh eyes on the city of richmond. ll me what you see happening in that city right now. >> one of the biggest things that i see is untapped potential. there is no doubt that many soft most creative minds in the world have come from richmond in art and music. i feel this is a community that has a lot to offer the woild and i'm ecstatic to have a platform that i can provide more, greater access to the community for those folks that are talented and need the work. >> how did you come to choose richmond. >> i live in richmond. i love richmond. there is a lot of talent there that's an up and coming city. the more we can do to support local free leansers and entrepreneurs, the more we can attract business, the more we'll explode and hopefully create more economic situations for everybody. >> what about the concept. was there a concept where something like this happened and you say, i want to do this. this is my direction, this is my goal? >> i think it might start back when i was six years old and had my first lemonade stand.

>>robin winston: pretty quiet no major crashes that is always a great star of live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. >>james: we want to head to the eastern end of the two of the story the sex scandal or on the oakland police department spread to other law enforcement agencies. >>reporter: several now under investigation in the case that started in oakland the timeline that oakland city council is refering to involves finding out exactly when (is learned about the alleged misconduct which tried to reach the mayor for response was she was not available we need to build police department and a second of all that might be an insult because fraternities have been disbanded and have them taken away from them for engaging conduct like this. >>james: in the wake of that nightclub massacre of political fire before the present candidates and now president obama is weighing in the president pushing back against criticism after meeting with the national security council also accuse republicans of fostering resentment among muslim that could generate for the attacks. >>: he was more angry at

the rail will be designed and manufactured in richmond creating hundreds of jobs. e city council will discuss the proposal at 6:00 people tonight. >> looks cool. this is old fashioned but get between bay area and the central valley is easier this morning: amtrak has assisted dying new trip between oakland's station and bakersfield so seven total round trips each day between the two cities with the new train leaving bakersfield at 4:25 and arrives in oakland around 10:30 in the morning. the return route leaves oakland at 2:30 and is in bakersfield between 9:00 p.m. >> may want to check the freezer the national frozen food corporation has a recall because of listeria contamination that of listeria contamination that covers frozen parkways there are no reports of sickness related to the recalled items. they can be returned for a full refund. >> ared ready for the story of the day? feel free, great tasting chocolate, that is guilt free. this is a reality. scientists at temple university say the secret ingredient is is...electricity. >> what? explain. >> by running liqui

needed to the richmond center fell bridge is >> james:. the back upstart's of the richmond parkway for the page and picks up on the bridge is. it will be stopping go across as you go. you have no problems getting into the north bay. as a lot have a traffic on highway 4 for those of you directly to antioch and pittsburgh and the point. the jam goes all the way up to the 420 split because of earlier crashes. to 42 is not so bad right after the split in the office 680 that it will be stopped believing concord often non heading into alamo. our earlier hotspot on the small is not to back. >> mark: the massacre at the gay nightclub in orlando is still fresh in the mind of the people in florida. an estimated 50,000 people held candles and like around downtown orlando. they read the names of those were killed in the club. or chanting that they remembered them. >> james: in the wake of the mass shooting the senate it is up for taking several gun control measures. democrats filibustered force issue to bring it to a vote. the senate will consider the

that, which we will be the final off-season get together before training camp begins at the end of july in richmond. this week, the redskins winding up three weeks of voluntary organized team activities. jay gruden, the head coach had his team out there. voluntary workouts and desean taking advantage. he was not in attendance but cousins and crew getting their work in and some may say the sessions don't do much for veteran players but this team knows how importnt different from years past years how these workouts have been. >> more of a tempo this year at practice, a sense of confidence from guys and unfinished business. >> better and better on both sides of the ball. we are starting to communicate better. offense and defense is doing a lot better. we come out and compete and make each other better. >> when you have an ota like that you want to keep that. we have a five, six-week break. coaches worry but i don't believe you have to worry abo mediterranean collection.r it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel bett

the attack. hillary clinton and donald trump were in this district. supporters in richmond. hris lawrence is at the live desk with details. >> trump just wrapped up the rally a couple of hours ago and made it clear the state is very important to his chances of occupying the white house. >> got to win. we have to win the state of virginia. over the next five months i will be here a lot. >> clinton didn't draw a huge crowd at the richmond coliseum compared to the massive turn out at his rally. he stuck to the issues like repealing obamacare, nominating conservative justices to to the supreme court and protecting the rights of gun owners but took a couple of swipes at hillary clinton saying her connections in government are protecting her from prosecution. >> she is petrified because she doesn't want to go to jail. she doesn't want to go to jail. the system is rigged. bernie found it out. i would have found out out except for the fact by such big landslides. if you win by big landslide they can't rig the system, right. >> trump promised to deliver a speech focused on clinton nex

the forecast. as you noted that i am i am richmond. this is normally a street but now it has turned into a flood zone. not too far from here, the community that you mentioned at the top of the hour here is where the authorities are currently evacuating one of the state's prison. 1700 inmates being evacuated. because of the water appears to be rising in certain areas, it is a smartest thing to do. of course, the real problem is some of those inmates there are from the security style pris prisoners are in their serving time for rape and murder. in richmond, community is trying to deal with this. we have two residents who live here, i am curious first of all, you have been out of your home for how long now? >> since tuesday night. >> reporter: you have like a regular harden structure down there. have you had a chance to get in there and see? >> yes, i went in there by boat yesterday and it is about half way up my front door. >> reporter: so your content are? >> my content are under. i didn't go in. i cannot get in because my house is a lit

the audit recommends the richmond agency repay the u.s.ury more than $2 million and face other penalties. >>> wall street ended the day in positive territory. the dow added 66 points to close above 18,000. nasdaq gained 12 points and s&p rose seven. >>> tough new smoking rules go into effect tomorrow. the new laws affecting who can buy tobacco products and where they can be used. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin is looking ahead to the weekend forecast. >>> a new state law requiring customers be 21 old -- 21 years old to buy tobacco products goes into effect tomorrow. following hawaii's lead to raise the age from 18 to 21. the law also bars people from smoking or vaping e-cigarettes in public places. some smoke in -- shops said sales are going to suffer but supporters say the point is to prevent teenagers from smoking. >>> high temperatures today were below the average as they were yesterday, and as they will be tomorrow. more of the same, more cool weather, fire danger, not extremely high obviously very low for this time of year. air q

the richmond times dispatch says plans are in the works for him to rally in the richmond come see coliseumriday. we'll fill you in on details as we get them. >>> it is 62 degrees this morning. it is cold! >> cold in june is a good thing. it's like being warm in january. any time we are in the 70s for afternoon highs that's a pretty darn good day. if you get it in the winter, you love it. in the summer, it's a rare treat. what should you be expecting for the day ahead? cooler air moving in. it will be a breezy day today. northwest winds, 15 per hour. perfect kite flying weather later today but on the breezy side. not zero but very low. outside for the next couple of days, nice and breezy. on the whole, sunny and nice for today, tomorrow and friday. as we get into saturday, there will be a 30% to 40% chance of some late-day showers or thunderstorms. we'll keep an eye on that for you. but as of now, most of your saturday morning and afternoon plans will be dry. right now your wednesday morning is off to a cool start. 55 in la ray and culpeper. 63 in manassas and manassas park. the hour-by-hou

. >>> the richmond housing authority is under fire after an audit shows funds were misspent. agency has repeatedly broken rules. it found it lied and misrepresented itself in reports and has weak internal controls. last year a contra costa grand jury accused the agency of mismanagement and lack of oversight. they'll-- the state assembly is expected to consider a bill to modern size the bankruptcy laws. the bill would help people to pay off debts if they are facing the forced sale of their home. right now the amount of equity effect protected is $75,000 to $175,000. the bill would update that to a range of $100,000 to $300,000. it would better reflect the housing market in current home values. >>> and the bart board of directors is considering a bond measure. if approved the measure would be on the november ballot and said capital funds to improve the aging infrastructure. repairs would focus on rails, deteriorated power transmission systems, leaking items, and faulty track circuits. an audit committee would also publish reports on how the money is being spent. >>> the city of

that will encroach on the richmond metro area tonight. some of the northern end of the showers and the storms will come in the metro area. part of it at 10:00, 11:00 midnight. so several batches of storms that pushed along by a weak cold front. that front will increase chances of the chae thunderstorms through the area tomorrow. take it to the future cast. through the mid-afternoon and evening more showers and the isolated thunderstorms in the area. most of saturday is muggy. then 30% chance of shower and storms by sunday. much higher probability of the showers and the storms. cold front coming in. potential for the heavy and the severe thunderstorms as a possibility with damaging winds. late sunday afternoon and everything. clearing and cooler weather. look at that. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. cool, dry, sunny. i'll take it. a big night in basketball. erin: that is right, doug. the nba finals begin tonight. john wall will help recruit kevin durant to d.c. we talk to him today. plus, curry's key to winning tonight's g final. s