Golf course, and this is peak season. So this will impact a lot of families on vacation and some of the homeowners who live there full time. Well continue to stay on the story throughout the evening. Were also the first to send out a breaking news alert about this fire and the subsequent evacuations. You can sign up for these breaking news alerts through our free nbc bay area app. Its a great resource. It will show up right there on your phone. Our other top story, new details from Law Enforcement that the gilroy gunman may have had a plan to escape. Investigators searched the gunmans home and car. We just obtained the search warn warrant that details what they found inside the car and the family home. The shooter shot and killed himself, but details left behind showed what he thought he could hide out in the wilderness. We just obtaned documents from the Gilroy Police department which reveal a bizarre list of items found in the gunmans car parked about a halfmile away from the gilroy garlic festival. Inside, officers found a passport and banking documents. Five masks, including a clown mask, two threaded pipes which are materials that could be used to make a bomb. A set of california license plates registered to his mother, a shotgun was also found inside the car, as well as a tend ant wilderness training manual. After searching the home in gilroy where he lived with his father, police found a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition packed in the same bag. It was nearly two weeks ago of course when the gunman killed three people and injured at least 16 others at the festival. Once Police Arrived he took his own life, shooting himself in the hid. But today ra la Law Enforcement official tells us the items found tells us he may have thought he could have escaped in his car, and also found was trail mix and an open bottle of jack daniels. One of the three People Killed at the gilroy festival was laid to rest today. Pa p p pall bearers were dressed in the jersey of his favorite time. I think of his fun nature and the way he wa with people. What do you think trevor would have said if he saw everyone today. He would have said why you cryin . Lets go hang out. Lets do something fun. He graduated from college in 2017 where he majored in biology and was a multisport athlete. It has been nearly two weeks since the garlic festival shooting. And some cars still left behind by those who ran from the gunfire, they say if you havent picked up your car yet you can now. You are told to go directly to Christmas Hill park to get it. Officers escorted people while the fbi was still gathering evidence. That part is done. So the remaining cars can be picked up. It will still be several weeks before the park is reopened to the public. What happened in gilroy has an impact across the bay area, and he is not waiting for the government to act. The police chief in san jose says hes putting officers on the street every day to deal solely with active shooter scenarios, calling it the guardian program. Damian trujillo joins us with a closer look. Reporter classes begin on tuesday here at james licken, and teachers are getting their classrooms ready. Police will be ready, too. He saw the images from dayton, ohio and the police chief said he had to act. I cant wait for legislation to occur to help this situation. I cant wait for that. And my community doesnt expect me to wait for that. They want to know what were doing. Reporter in response, the chief just started the guardian program. The city will be divided into nine zones. Each zone will consist of two officers in a patrol car, specifically assigned to active shooter scenarios in schools or other Violent Crimes on campus if Something Like this occurs, you know, my job is to place my officers in the best position for them to saveqck red paso prevented those incidents from becoming bigger tragedies. I think its critical to have all hands and eyes on deck. Reporter the superintendent of the east Side Union High School District says his schools are required to undergo annual active shooter drills and welcomes the added layer of security. When you look at the situation now now, ideally as a former high school principal, i love to have a Police Officer on campus. Reporter and because they are using their own overtime budget, the program can start now. The same program will be under way in this weeks jazz festival and sharks games and earthquakes games. Active shooter patrols will be on hand. Nbc bay area news. Thank you, damian. A break in the case. Police say they have arrested a man and woman in a string of catalytic converter thefts. But they are still looking for more suspects. They are stealing them from electric cars. They can get up to 200 for melting down converts which contain a large a precious metals. Since july0t at least 14 have been taken. The two people were arrested yesterday. This is a picture of a saw they found in their car. They believe there are more suspects involved in these thefts. Police say Michael Fields was looking inside windows of an apartment complex on los robles. A close call at San Francisco airport. A little more two years ago, it was a near disaster. Now it has spurred a new bill and technology. Longtime pilot Chesley Sullenberger spoke about the importance of safety at the bay areas largest airport. 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 oldfashioned 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. Theres 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 force. A better mix, captain sullenberger says of tech and instinct. 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 the cost, an estimated 20 million, should the bill pass. Something most passengers we spoke to say theyd support. Once its verified and tested all over we should definitely be using it. Reporter now, for else part, the faa says it doesnt comment on specific bills but did say runway security is a priority and that it expects to pay money to get new technology as well. Live at sfo, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Today President Trump largely silent on the issue of gun control, but a chorus of American Mayors are raising their voices about this issue. 200 mayors from across the country are urging congress to do something to prevent gun violence. In a letter, the mayors called on Senate Members to cut short their summer recess and come back to washington, d. C. To deal with gun safety legislation. Among those mayors taking action, the mayor of dayton, ohio. My focus is getting something done around gun control so this terrible, tragic incident in dayton may not have to happen in other places. President trump previously pledged his support for background checks, but that could put him at odds with the nra. The Washington Post reporting the Top Executive warned that background checks would not be popular among trump supporters. Flags across the country are at halfstaff to honor the victims of these shootings. The mayor of san rafael says the flags will stay at halfstaff until Congress Takes action. President trump ordered the flags to remain at halfstaff throughout this week. The mayor says the president s order doesnt go far enough. He will not raise the flags in his city until Congress Makes significant progress on gun control. I think its way pastime for them to get off their dime and do something about this matter. Phillips says if congress hasnt taken action by mid september hell ask the city council to weigh in. A festival kicks off tomorrow and security at gate park is heightened in light of the Mass Shootings. The mayor spoke about the issue hoping people will have fun and stay safe. There will be more perimeter fencing, more police and security guards. Our deployment is going to be increased from last year. Youre going to see more cops than you did last year. Youre also going to see, youre going to see some officers that will be in tactical gear. And for the first time, cannabis sales and consumption will be allowed at grasslands, a section for those 21 and over. If youre driving along 880, you can see it first hand, big changes at the arena, the warriors are gone. Theyve moved out of oracle. Now oracle moved out of the arena. The name is taken off. Once the team officially exited the building on june 30th, the oracle name left as well. The coliseum authorityant to buy the naming rights for the arena. So far, no luck. The search still to come, a close call in Contra Costa County. Whats being credited with stopping a back yard fire from becoming a fullblown brush fire. Also a local artist. We talk to him and the meaning behind his design. Rain still in my forecast as we head into the next couple of days. Well have the updated timeline on this, plus another check on the fire happening in lake county in about six minutes. A close call in Contra Costa County. A back yard fire flares up and almost takes out a home iny, al called for help. We are live where people are breathing a sigh of relief. Reporter thats right. Another close call here in Contra Costa County. A neighborhood felt the heat today as fire broke out. Now fortunately, as you said, firefighters attacked it and put it out just in time. Feel shake and little bit, just for seeing the flames going up so high and going so fast. Reporter glaoria ochoa says she spotted smoke when she showed up to visit her aunt. She looked in the back yard and saw the neighbors yard entirely on fire. Ochoa called11 and got her aunt and the neighbor out of their houses. I never see a fire in my life. Never. There was a scary. Reporter firefighters worked quickly to put it out, but it burned right up to the neighbors back door and came close to ochoas aunts house, too. I was close to lose the house. Very lucky the Fire Department coming fast. Reporter this is the third fire thats put homes at risk in Contra Costa County this week. Fires in oakley left entire neighborhoods on edge. All it takes is a little bit of wind and a spark. Reporter the back yard was full of tall, dry weeds that fueled the flames. People got lucky once again that it didnt turn no a major disaster. Just because of tall, dry grass, and they figure its in the back yard, nobody will see it, but the our life for something simple, oh, as a family, as a team, we go, keep reporter firefighters say they cant stress enough how important it is to create that Defensible Space around your house. So far they have not lost a single house since fire season in Contra Costa County, and they want to keep it that way. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, jodi. Its just one word, but its a powerful message. Enough, that is the word on the cover of time magazines latest issue. 253 places where Mass Shootings have occurred this year. That list compiled by the gun violence archives. The man who created this cover is john marujis in San Francisco. A couple times during the process you have to stop and take a break and walk away from it. You start thinking about all the people involved, not only the people who are directly affected but also friends and relatives. He is talented. This isnt his firsttime cover. You may remember this awardwinning portrayed of Christine Blasey ford of palo alto. How we visited him at his studio to talk about this cover and some of his other work. As the weekend approaches, youve got more options for the doityourself crowd. Ace hardware announcing it will open two new locations, it will open at locations that were once home to Orchard Supply hardware. It closed all of its stores last year. Among the two new ace hardware locations, one in panoll and the other in mountain view. The best doityourselfer . Me no. Its jeff. Jeff. We will have a little battle, a little competition. We can have a diyoffeenhous something . He was building a wing. I dont want to go there, i dont want to brag. Lets talk about the green on the radar. That is nutso. If you have home projects, well get you ready for that and let you know the best time for when its going to be good outside and good to be inside for projects. We are tracking showers just offshore. Well have more on that coming up, but i do want to get you the latest on our breaking news we were following at the top of the hour, at least ten acres south of buckingham park, right near rivera west is where evacuations are in place. Gusts up to 30 tonight, gusts up to 20 tomorrow. Shelters set up at kelseyville high school. And youre probably noticing this smoke over to clear lake where a lot of that is blowing right now. So a more zoomedin version here of those evacuations right here on rivera west drive, broad view drive and harbor view drive. Now right back across the bay area, i think tomorrow morning we have lots of sunshine for the inland valley. Closer to the coast, closer to the bay, you have areas of fog in the peninsula and 60. Cool 50s for the north bay, San Francisco and also the east bay. That fog clears out of here as we move through the afternoon tomorrow, and i think its setting us up with a nice friday forecast again. 79 in cupertino. Over to the east bay, 84 in concord, 83 livermore, back by the bay, lookin good here in hayward at 75. The peninsula, 77 in redwood city, right up to daley city, 67, San Francisco, 60s across the board and more off to the north, i have plenty of 70s for mill valley, novato and sonoma. Weve been talking about this chance here of some showers. Still, i think at this point well be dry on friday, but saturday would be the best bet as this storm system moves across. Now its not a big storm, but the new update today now has increasing rainfall amounts to the north of us. Check this out. Redding on saturday could see close to a half inch, same thing for eureka, bay area. Trace amounts to. 01 of an inch. Friday, we warm it up with so sosom some 70s. 92 on sunday and a hot 96 by mondays forecast. So all the diy, doityourselfers, i think saturdays maybe the painting inside. Hes bragging right now. Sunday maybe some woodworking outside. A guest bath and remodel. Can you help me on that . Yeah. I need to put together a childs playhouse. Id be more than happy to help. Ive been working on it for six weeks, jeff. I got your back. Up next, drinkable weed, yep, its a real thing and the topic of an instagram show. Have you seen our show on instagram . Abby fernandez is the host of synched in. If youre looking to quickly catch up on whats happening in the bay area, this shows definitely for you. Heres a sneak peak at the latest synched in. Cannabis and drinks . Yeah, its happening. Jonathan bloom went to the firstever cannabis drinks expo and has the scoop on what could be the industrys next big thing. Watch the full video or check it out on our youtube channel. As you saw, the full storys on our youtube channel. 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