Liquid smoke. The smell overwhelmed the whole house quickly and i overwhelmed it thinking my neighbors house might be on fire. Smoke billowing everywhere. The latest fires took place in and around the Roosevelt Park and nagele park neighborhoods. As you see all close together and five ignited within half an hour of each other. Its adding to homeowners anxiety and crime mapping. Com shows before this weekend there were already 36 fires around here in the past six months, and as we showed last week a Home Security camera caught a man actually setting fire to a pile of wood and brush at a home. Could it be arson . Could it be homeless encampments or sparked by fireworks . Could it be random . And the fear is the danger of the dryness, the lateness in the season and the winds. Its very scary. You dont know who is setting these and what the motive is and were all these thunderstorms are all in close proximity of each other and thats very worrying that a structure is going to be next and heaven forbid a person. Now the Fire Department told us it is looking into these incidents, but so far no update. Live in san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. Thanks, robert. Theres a fire in the north bay right now and were calling breaking news out of santa rosa where a junkyard fire has triggered a shelter in place. Its among things burning and a charter bus uses his yard and doing Maintenance Work on the buses when the fire broke out. This is in southwest santa rosa near the Railroad Track by scenic avenue. Right now the city is asking living anyone within a mile to stay inside and close the windows and vents. The good news, the fire is contained, and firefighters say the wind is also carrying the smoke away relatively quickly. Well continue to monitor the fire and bring you any updates on air number it comes into the newsroom. A stunning turn of events in the ghost ship trial. Late this afternoon the judge announcing she wi announcing she replaced three jurors. The jury has to start deliberations all over again. Lets begin with melissa colorado in the courthouse when the announcement was made. Melissa . Reporter well, its unlikely that were going to hear an announcement of the verdict coming down any time soon and heres why. The three new members, the three new individuals, they have to play catchup. They have to go over three months worth of testimony and more than 100 exhibits. They have to refresh their memories. Its a lot of information and this morning we watched as former family members were watched one by one into the courtroom. They reached out to victim family members and told them to come to the courthouse for an announcement. Judge thompson did not explicitly say why the three women were dismissed but she stressed the new jury members do not talk to the media, do not search for any information related to this case. Now here is the makeup of the new jury. Seven women and five men will decide whether or not Master Tenant and his associate should be found guilty of 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Theres only one alternate left. Now you might be wondering which side has more to lose from this new jury profile. Nbc bay areas legal analyst steven clark thinks prosecutors should worried. For the d. A. s office they are likely very concerned losing this many jurors all at once because once you run out of alternates, the deliberation process will be over, and there will be a mistrial, so i think the d. A. s office is much more concerned about this development than the defense potentially. Okay. Melissa live at the courthouse, did you get a look at some of the original jury members, nine original members. How are they feeling about starting all over again. I couldnt help but notice there was one woman and one man and they had identical reactions. They had their hands over their face. I mean, thats a universal sign for disappointment because youve got to imagine fatigue has got to be setting in. These 12 people have been in this courthouse since april. Were now in august, and the next couple of days youve got to imagine its all about getting these three new jury members caught up and youve got to imagine these three individuals might have questions of their open are might also be requesting read back of testimony so the waiting game continues. Thanks so much, melissa. Now here is a reminder of the Key Developments in the ghost ship fire that broke out in december of 2016 killing 36 people inside. Two were arrested for involuntary manslaughter. Seven months later the trial began and deliberationed started at the end of last month. Todays shakeup impacts the family members and friends of the victims and the defendants. The jury has to restart its deliberations which could extend the trial for weeks or months. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez is with us with that part of the story. Reporter this has been a very stressful day for people close to the case. Family members were told there was an issue with the jurors so they raced here to the courthouse this afternoon fearing the worst. A lot of anxiety. The a lot of not knowing. No one knows. Reporter thats how friends and familiar lift ghost ship fire victims and the suspects are feeling after jury deliberations hit a snag. The judge removed three jurors today, replacing them with alternates. I hope that the new jury does a good job. This has been a tough waiting period. We didnt expect that deliberations would, you know, restart, but i think, you know, i still like me and my people still have really high hopes that this is going to get resolved. Reporter Danielle Silva hasnt missed a single day of the trial. She befriended max harris after his arrest. I still have confidence that the jury is going to do the right thing and get a not guilty verdict for both max and derek. Reporter for everyone involved, a new jury will require more patience. Lisa lost her best friend, 35yearold Jennifer Mendiola in the fire. She wants justice. Derek guilty, max im not so concerned with but definitely derek, 39 years, definitely. Reporter family members and friends didnt want to say a lot today because of the gag order. Many of them who have been quite talkative throughout this process declined to say anything with just one alternate left. They dont want to say anything thats going to jeopardize this case. Reporting live in oakland, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Jodi, thank you. As weve seen today things can change on a minutes notice. Now were sending out updates on this trial through our app. We sent out this alert right after we learned three jurors had been replaced. You can get the alerts on these phones by downloading our free nbc bay area app. The homeless man accused of attacking a woman trying to get into her condo near the embarcadero is in jail tonight. Austin vincent turned himself into police today for a different assault. The new developments have intensified and the debate over a new Homeless Center being built along the embarcadero in San Francisco. Nbc bay areas ally wolf is outside the building where one attack was caught on camera. Ali. Reporter after that suspect, austin vincents photo was released following the attack near the embarcadero. Police say more victims started to come forward including a woman who says that the suspect came at her and her friends with a knife, and thats ultimately what landed him back in jail today. Wearing a suit and tie and a seer crouse look on his face, Austin James Vincent walked into San Franciscos superior court, but instead of appearing before a judge for a scheduled hearing, he turned himself into police on a 100,000 arrest warrant related to a separate crime. He has been arrested and taken into custody. Reporter last week judge van aiken released vincent with an ankle monitor while he awaited trial for this attack on a woman entering her condo near the embark droe. Over the Weekend Police say they learned about a different attack from february on fourth and brannon streets. Reporter they were attacked by mr. Vincent with a knife. Those individuals had called for an uber ride, and the uber ride arrived, and they were able to get into the uber and leave the scene. Reporter investigators say vincent threatened to kill them. Police are also looking into whether he may be linked to two additional crimes. Police say the victims came forward after seeing vincents picture in the news. His Attorney Says hes in treatment and trying to get better. He takes the situation very serious but hes also taking the treatment very seer crouse. Reporter its unfortunate that it took multiple people coming forward reporting assaults by this apparently crazed individual. This case has intenseified efforts to stop the construction of a Navigation Center steps away from last weekends attack. You know its going to be more problems than ever before. Reporter a spokesperson for mayor london breed defends the navigationer in the saying the data shows theres no link between the creation of a Navigation Center and an increase in crime in a surrounding area. Vincent never actually appeared before a judge today. Thats because hes being booked on separate charges into jail. Hes going to be back in Court Tomorrow afternoon at 1 30. Meantime hes being held on 100,000 bail. Reporting live in San Francisco. Ali wolf, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Pg e stock plummeted today after a judge ruled late friday that a jury can decide whether the utility is responsible for starting the tubbs fire in santa rosa. Shares of pg e dropped as much as 30 before rebounding just a bit to close down 25 . Its the worst day on wall street for pg e since it announced it was filing for bankruptcy back in january. Now the tubbs fire killed 22 people and destroyeded more than 5,000 buildings in santa rosa Building Back in 2018. If peegy is found responsible for that fire it could be ordered to pay up to 18 billion in damages to wildfire victims. Up next, some of the bumpiest roads in the bay area are now in line for a makeover. Where san jose is getting the money to repave these streets. Also brazen thieves hit a luxury store in Union Stations square. Who police are on the lookout for. And we are ear watching a cooldown that continues with low cloud and misty skies and the weather headlines being returned by the 90s and hotter temperatures ahead for the week. A closer look at time line when we come right back. Ful. If you live in the south bay, this is a pretty common sight. A pothole getting a temporary fix. Now san jose is promising a more permanent solution for nearly 300 miles of the citys worst roadways. Nbc bay areas scott budman is live near willow glen with a look at biggest paving plan the city has ever seen. Scott . Yeah, hey, janell, this area of byrd avenue in san jose is a very small part of 280 miles that will be paved over, paid for with millions of dollars in voterapproved money. This one road in East San Jose is looking smooth and neighbors are pleased. This is great, you know what i mean. It really is. Its a single sliver of what san jose has planned for the next nine years, spending 87 million a year to pave hundreds of miles of city streets. Weve got the crews out there now to pay 280 miles. Promising to fix what has become known as some of the nations roughest roads. Based on what we know it currently costs to repave roads, were confident we can get to every road. Weve seen that when when our infrastructure is lacking, families are having to invest a greater amount in maintenance in their cart. Helping families, even local tech companies, which have also complained about the road their employees drive. Its the employees stuck in traffic. They are stuck in 85 and they are stuck in 101. They are driving along the bumpy roads. San jose promises to make them smooth again but say drivers will have to be patient. Patient for two reasons. One, theres a nineyear time line for all of this cleanup, and, two, when the paving truck does come to your neighborhood it might slow things down a little bit. Reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scot an overnight shooting in san jose leaves one man dead and another injured and Police Looking for the killer. It happened near Williamsburg Drive and winchester boulevard north of campbell. Both men were shot and the survivor was only grazed by a bullet. No motive for the shooting yet and no arrests. A notable decision in the deadly stabbing at a b. A. R. T. Station. Today a man accused of killing a young woman will not face the death penalty. Prosecutors announced they will seek a life sentence for john cowell. Hes accused of stabbing mia wilson at the mcarthur b. A. R. T. Station in july of last year. Wilsons father tells us he is satisfied with the d. A. s decision and just wants the trial to get started. Yes, its pretty frustrating to see what they are trying to do as far as keep delaying this, you know. If hes been found competent to stand trial, lets move on forward with this hand get it over with so we can have closure. Difficult for that family. He argued his client was not mentally fit to stand trial. The client is now scheduled to start in january. A call for action in San Francisco today. The Columbia University justice lab is urging authorities to change the probation and parole system. It says it needs to shift from punishing failure to promoting success. They want to give the 2 of americans on probation and parole more support to get their lives back on track. But theres 4 Million People who are caught up on probation and parole, 4 Million People who if we change the way we get with them we can change everything. Thats van jones who announced the new initiative called exit of what is a revolving door of incarceration throughout the country. A highend store got hit by thieves in San Franciscos union square before noon. Two women and a man grabbed several items at the popular mcm store and took off into a waiting car, a hand bag and luggage store. A number of items were taken valued at thousands of dollars. Finally, the famous blimp hangar hangar one has a cleanup schedule. The land hark has been a giant schedule after its metal cladding was removed but before i get a new skin it has to rid the frame of thousands of tons of hazardous waste. A google subsidiary holds the lease for the structure. It will pay 450 million to blast the frame to remove the lead and asbestos and other toxic materials that coat the frame. Going to be cool. Going to be slick. Rob meada is here and a whole new wave of kids go back to school. And they go back to school and we head towards the myle part of the week and this time the heat will be sticking around beyond the sevenday forecast. Comfortably cool and at times. 77 degrees and gorgeous conditions and good air quality along palo alto. Take you around san jose and mostly clear skies and 73 degrees. A high of 78 and easily the coolest day well see this week and possibly for the next few weeks. Walnut creek is 76 degrees and clear skies and now the low clouds returning to San Francisco at 65 degrees. So for the morning well once again see low clouds all the way inland to livermore, fairfield and concord through the morning. Numbers starting off in the 50s and highs though for the valleys trending a little bit warmer. Youll begin to see the return of some mid80s inland and out towards the inland east bay valleys and towards santa rosa and down towards morgan hill and the same weather pattern will be in place. Sea breeze running strong and a marine layer thats about 3,000 feet thick and all of this changes though once they get into wednesday. Marine layer gets squished down which keeps the cooling effect to the coast and inner bay and wednesday afternoon temperatures, areas in red are making a run at 90s and thats a sign of things to come and notice San Francisco starting to rise into the 70s. Well get there on wednesday and stay there through the end of the week. Trending a little bit warmer thursday and likely warmer towards the end of next week. Look at the weekend forecast in San Francisco. Mid70s and trending hotter thursday and then as we head through the weekend sunday into monday, numbers staying in the 90s and trending hotter, and you might be surprised by just how long these mid90s could be sticking around in the forecast. Tonight well take a closer look if the 90s may follow us all the way into september. Look at that long range twoweek outlook coming up. Its hot and were ready for it. Up next at 6 00, getting disconnected. The Peninsula High School looking up students cell phones in hopes of making them more social. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. For almost everyone, school is back in session and school is a big issue. How do you get kids off of their cell phones . I dont think thats possible. Its hard, especially on campus at school. San mateo high has a new idea. Its a strict new rule, a cell phone rule and many students dont like it. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro has more. Reporter free at last. After going more than seven hours without their cell phones, these students are finally reuniting with their screen. San matteo high schoolcism mentink a new program this year to prevent students from using their cell phones the entire school day. It was launched after administrators saw a paetsch of phones disrupting learning. We could walk into a variety of class roms and students could be on their phone anywhere from five seconds to checking what time it is or a simple text to