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KNTV Today In The Bay June 11, 2016

Seat. Fans we spoke with said they wanted to take advantage of the affordable seats for once and be a part of history. They are 600 during the finals, yes, its good. 20 bucks, you cant beat it. The atmosphere is a lot of fun. Everybody is really excited happy to be here. Its intense. Go warriors whooo its an away game but were still at home, enjoying it, loving it. Its amazing. The fans watched the game for free at civic send in San Francisco. The warriors have the chance to close out the series at oracle on monday night. You might remember last year golden state clenched the naush title during game six in cleveland. Well have full highlights and hear from the players in about 35 minutes from now. Stay tuned for that. Now to federal authorities, busting an illegal drug operation in San Francisco. Three suspects are now under arrest for running a pill operation out of an apartment in the sunset district. They found counterfeit oxcycodone pills that were laced with fentanyl, 100 times stronger than morphine. Officials say fentanyl is responsible for 14 Overdose Deaths in the bay area and the sacramento area. New details about a Star High School Football Player who is now paralyzed following an end of the year school celebration. It was an emotional Graduation Day for the San Ramon Valley High School Class of 2016 yesterday. The day before, jake javier broke his neck diving into a swimming pool. A go fund me page says that javier is now paralyzed from the chest down. His best friend accepted his high honors diploma with javiers Football Jersey in hand. Classmates and football coaches are hoping for the best. Hes a bright kid to begin with. Hes going to figure out what to do and well help him and support him and love him. Hes strong right now. He believes that god has a plan for him. And hes just going to stay strong. Javier was planning to play football and study engineering at cal poly. Now hes focused on his recovery. The Danville Police department is investigating the accident that caused his injury. There is new evidence adding to the public outrage against brock turner convicted of Sexual Assault at stanford and his light sixmonth sentence. The entire case file has now been released and today in the bays ian cole has the latest details. Reporter the Lengthy Court file has pictures of brock turner smoking marijuana. Investigators found Text Messages where he used the n word on several occasions and referred to using drugs. On the night he was arrested, turner received a Group Message referring to a picture of a naked woman. Based on time stamps, prosecutors speculated he may have photographed his victim during the assault but they were unable to find the photo which was sent through an app called group me. New information fueling more outraged activists for a group called ultraviolet delivering what they claim are 1 million signatures to the state Judicial Commission asking it remove judge aaron persky. He w turner was sentenced for assaulting ac young woman behi a dumpster on campus. The commission has the power to remove persky but had no comment. There is also a recall effort led by stanford law professor michelle dawber. The judges sentence was unreasonably lenient. Reporter legal analyst steven clark says it will be tough to oust the judge but lawmakers might use the public outcry to make new laws increasing sentencing for Sexual Assault cases. The judge gave a legal sentence and i dont think its going to be enough to have him removed unless this recall petition goes through. Reporter ian cole, nbc bay area news. A disturbing attack in San Francisco. A construction worker killed in soma in an area with a sizable homeless population. Police say a man and a woman stabbed her to death following an argument. Both of them took off but her coworkers followed them and Police Arrested the couple just minutes later. Mayor ed lee issued that statement, quote, the horrific act is being thoroughly investigated by sfpd and those responsible will be held accountable. Police are working to determine if the construction worker and suspect knew each other. A teenaged boy and the puppy who was ripped from his arms at gun point are reunited. Back on monday, two men pointed a gun at the 14yearold and stole his 3monthold german shepherd. San Leandro Police credit an alert citizen for the puppys safe return. Muhammad alis public memorial as a spectacle just as he envisioned when he planned it. They chanted his name in his hometown of louisville. But it was heard and seen around the world. More than 100,000 people in his hometown lined the streets as a hearse carrying his casket drove past. As ali had planned before he died, every day people were joined by politicians, dignitaries and sports heroes to eulogize the champ. We should honor him by letting our know among the world like he did. God bless you. He was funny, beautiful, the most perfect athlete you ever saw and those were his own words. A nice touch of humor there. Ali designed the Memorial Service in great detail years before his death last week. Our coverage continues at nbcbayarea. Com. We posted raw video from yesterdays funeral procession along with a slide show of some of alis greatest moments. It is 7 07 right now. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, a former contestant on nbcs the voice murdered after her concert last night. What happened to the gunman. Plus, mixed messages after oaklands police chief suddenly resigns. Why people are criticizing the words of oaklands mayor. Youre watching today in the bay. It is 7 09 on your saturday morning. It looks like sun is shining over downtown san jose. Caesar chavez plaza ahead of a very warm saturday. Some of the bay area will be seeing temperatures in the 80s. A developing story out of florida. A singer who once competed on nbcs the voice has been shot and killed following her performance in orlando. This is video of Christina Grimmie at last nights show. The 22yearold was signing autographs when a man walked up and shot her. Grimmies brother tackled the shooter. The shooter killed himself. This is very tragic event. This should have been something that was fun and exciting and for Something Like this to happen is just a tragedy. Christina grimmie finished third on the voice in 2014. Shes a youtube star. Orlando police say they dont know the shooters motive or whether he knew the singer. No one else was hurt. Almost two days later and still no clear answer, did oaklands police chief resign or was he forced out amid controversy . It depends who you ask. Yesterday mayor libby shaft showed the Resignation Letter which was time stamped 9 17 thursday night. Longtime city councilman larry reed says he spoke with him and said the former chief was upset and perhaps forced out. He wasnt ready to leave. This is a man that takes great pride in serving the people of oakland and certainly being the head of our Police Department. The oakland Police Department has come under fire for how its handled several high profile controversies, including alleged Sexual Misconduct of Police Officers with the underage daughter of a department employee. The interim chief is ben farrow, on loan from b. A. R. T. For the next six months. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, going for olympic gold. A bay area diver is staging a comeback right before the summer games in rio. Good morning, im meteorologist anthony slaughter, waking up to sunshine on this weekend. Well talk about the forecast coming up after the break. Plus, a red flag fire warning for the north bay. Stay tuned. Youre watching today in the bay. Its just shy of 7 14 on your saturday morning. The sun is shining in san jose. Most of the bay area seeing this. Oddly in San Francisco, no fog this morning. That means it will be a very warm saturday across the bay area. The road to rio is coming more into focus. A bay area athlete has accomplished something no other u. S. Diver has done in a decade. Christian ipson from clayton won a world cup bronze in the mens 3 meter springboard competition and now he may be on his way to another olympic games. Today in the bays lili tan talks to him. Reporter his quest starts next week at trials. This week at this aquatics center, he told me he almost quit. So, what changed his mind . For me personally i never had really taken a break from the sport. I never knew completely what i was missing. Less than a year after olympic bronze medalist christian ipson quit diving, he came back and won five national titles. Now hes poised for an olympic comeback. Id love to take it all the way. Reporter santa cruzs Ariel Rittenhouse has her eyes set on gold after just missing a medal in the 2008 games. Its exciting to be fourth but at the same time it was so close to a medal that i couldnt help but be disappointed. We were five points away, which is really close. Reporter then there are the newcomers, San Francisco native ted mccloud got his start as an acrobat in the circus. Id get on the flying end and had to do a back flip on to a couple peoples shoulders standing up. Reporter she says despite being afraid of heights she competes in the highest event, the 10 meter platform. Making the team would just be everything, so awesome. Reporter for ipson, he already knows the feeling. After he won bronze in london, calls to his parents pizzeria came flooding in. And tons of people called the restaurant. You need to name a pizza after christian. My dad never did. Reporter maybe hell get that pizza after rio. First he has to make it. Watch christian and the other olympic hopefuls on nbc as they compete for spots on the olympic teams. In stanford, lili tan, bay area news. We are 55 days away from the olympics. Our own Jessica Aguirre is heading to rio. Now to our resident swimmer and diver who never made it to his olympic prospect. As we were just talking about. Yes. You have a dream as a kid, see these folks doing so well. You hear about folks doing it all the time. Youre making your other dreams come true. Yes, being a weatherman extraordinaire. Yes. Waking up here on this saturday morning, a few clouds across San Francisco. But no fog this morning. Heres another shot from the golden gate bridge. You can see the high, thin clouds drifting on by. The high, thin clouds are in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Were not going to see a whole lot in terms of clouds cover today, just the high, thin clouds which is enough to let the sunshine through. San francisco, comfortable, 71 degrees, warm across the inland valleys. The north bay, the trivalley and south bay all expecting temperatures in the upper 80s. Ten degrees warmer in some spots from where it was yesterday. We have a red flag fire warning in place this morning. It goes into effect today and stays in effect through today, tomorrow till noon. This is for the north bay and the delta. Over near fairfield, up towards napa, even the mountains across santa rosa. Keep in mind, thats where we have the highest fire danger. This is the time of year where we start to see those fires. Temperatures will warm quickly. We have offshore wind which creates rapid warming. 86 87 and gilroy, 88 degrees. 79 degrees today for santa cruz. As we put the maps into motion, youll notice things cool off tomorrow just a little bit. At the coastline we still see the 60s and 70s. Look at the north bay tomorrow. More 70s and same bill for monday. Over the next couple of days, temperatures will cool off, even for places like the south bay and the trivalley where well be out of the 80s back into the 70s as we start off the workweek. It will be hot this weekend with temperatures again in the 80s for most of our inland valley. Staying cool at the coast lien. Heres cloud cover trailing in. We had a trough move through yesterday. Thats why it was chilly outside yesterday and the day before actually. Mountain thunderstorms popping up across the sierra. Keep that in mind. That will be the general trend. The sea breeze kicks in for monday. That will cool us off as we start off the workweek. Were not expecting 80s and 90s at least for monday and tuesday. It gets cool for wednesday and thursday because the system offshore will develop and this could bring some rain to the north bay which would be welcome news. Well continue to track this, still a few days away. Its really unusual to see the storm track this low this time of year. We could be talking about rain as we move towards the end of this week. And definitely, the temperatures will reflect that. Were looking at temperatures this weekend and the trivalley, upper 80s, back to 80 on monday and the low average as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. Thats again for the trivalley. Youll notice a 10 to 15 degree drop in those temperatures once we get towards wednesday. Same deal but not as dramatic. Well see temperatures cooling, 71 for San Francisco today. Look at this, by tuesday and wednesday, we are going to see below average talking low 60s for highs in San Francisco but of course, nothing unusual for folks who live here. Thats what we call summer in the bay, right . Were approaching summer. It makes sense that it would get cold and foggy and rainy. Thats right. Anthony, thanks. Much more ahead on today in the bay, coming up. Kind of our goal, not my goal. A promise to hike every trail in the east bay unexpectedly put on hold. We have the story of 20 years of friendship and loyalty. It will make you bay area proud. Every wonder what Nature Valley is made of . Thats what were made of. No artificial colors. No artificial flavors. No artificial sweeteners. Nature valley granola bars. And now introducing delicious biscuits with Almond Butter or peanut butter. Youre watching today in the bay. As anthony pointed out before the break, its a great weekend to take take hike. The weather will be beautiful. And two local folks have quite the impressive track record hiking in the east bay. Today in the bays Garvin Thomas complains their story, determination and friendship in this mornings bay area proud. Reporter Wendy Wheeler and thomas page have a lot in common, one isc they both love hiking. Another is that each of their spouses zndoesnt. Its why these two friends find themselves on the trail together, eventually on a journey thats led right to our bay area proud. The great thing about a good friend is that knowing all your quirks, they still want to spend time with you. Thomas paige, for example, can tell you all about Wendy Wheelers obsessive need to highlight and catalog the trails these two longtime hiking buddies have covered together over the years. Shes like wanting to highlight things during the trail. Thats your favorite. Reporter in wendys defense if she hadnt kept such good track, the pair might never have realized an ambitious goal was within their reach. Something that sound like a cool idea. Reporter the idea . Hike every mile of every trail in every park in the east bay Regional Park district. More than 1,200 miles in all. That because of spurs, out and backs and dead ends would take the pair more than 3,000 miles of hiking to complete. I dont know if we said it. We should just try to do all of them. Reporter wendy and thomas worked on their goal for more than a decade to the point they were one 30mile hike away from finishing. But two years later, they still havent. Thomas, you see, has been beset by medical issues, blood clots mainly that have limited what he can tackle. And wendy, though she could have completed this goal ten times over since then, flat out refuses to hike those last miles alone. Its our goal, not my goal. Its something weve been doing. And, you know, who cares if we finish in six months or a year. Doesnt really matter. Its whatever you personally want to do, right . Id rather finish it with him. Reporter thomas swears if the hiking boot were on the other foot, he would do exactly the same. Its going to be together. You know, it cant you know, we cant do it any other way, really. Reporter it is apparently just another great thing about a good friend. They would go to the ends of the earth for you just not the end of a journey without you. As you can see, within did i and thomas are back on the trail together but the last 30 miles to reach their goal i in the aloneny wilderness. Its rugged hiking. Everyone wants to make sure thomas is up for that. Well let you know when they do finish. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. If you know of someone doing something nice for others, as always, garvin would love to hear from you. Go to nbcbayarea. Com and search bay area proud. Its 7 25. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, frightening moments on death row at san quentin. How an inmate was able to use handcuffs to attack a correctional officer. Plus you worry about your child every day. Only on nbc, the mother of a murder victim in the east bay reveals new details about the suspect and the investigation. Take a live look outside. San francisco from emeryville from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. It is 7 28 on your saturday morning. Were looking at San Francisco from emeryville, the sun is shining and it will be a gorgeous saturday. Good morning to you, thanks for joining us, im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at the microclimate forecast. It was a little cold as i stepped out this morning. That was before the sun was up. That was about 3 00 this morning. Yes. It will be nice. Temperatures close to 60 degrees because the sun will warm us so quickly today, we want to make sure youre aware, we have a red flag fire warning for the north bay and through the

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