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KNTV Today In The Bay July 24, 2016

Yesterday, 57 degrees at the coast. Its going to fade away. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s in the bay. Look at the trivalley, 100 degrees this afternoon. Similar to yesterday. 76 for San Francisco. 93 for the north bay. Again, 80s and 90s for the peninsula, south bay and the rest of the inner bay. Its going to be warm. Remember your water and the spf. Critical once we get to 10 00 this morning. Its already going to be in the 80s for most of us. Take it easy out there fur a construction worker, if you work outside on roofs, take breaks every 30 minutes or so. Good advice. Thanks. We want to begin with a developing story this morning. A female Police Officer is recovering after she was shot at in oakland. It happened just before 9 30 last night near the intersection of 76rd avenue and international boulevard. Police are actively searching for the shooter. The officer was responding to a call and was involved in a car crash. After that crash, a man approached her car and fired multiple rounds. Were told the officer was not hit by gunfire but she was injured and is now in the hospital. Were on high alert across the country. We are aware and vigilant every day we come out here to the job. This evening, we did have an incident occur where one of our officers was shot at. Were very aggressively and actively following up with an investigation. Many departments across the country, including the Oakland Police department, have given officers the choice to ride with a partner following the recent rash of Police Shootings. Because of staffing last night, this officer had been on patrol alone. An uber driver is under arrest this morning accused of sexually assaulting a passenger. Police say it happened in downtown palo alto friday night. The Victim Told Police she had been out with friends when she called an uber pool to take her home. Whether the drive e when the driver picked her up, he told her to sit in the front to make room for the other passengers who would be joining the car. He then called the other passengers to cancel their rides. The Victim Told Police he drove her to her East Palo Alto home, locked her in the car and forced himself on her, touching her legs, kissing her, even though she demanded he stop. Possibly other victims out there. Because how many people take uber cars . How many people ride in the front seat . Who knows how many other victims are out there. Police arrested a 59yearold man of redwood city after they were able to contact him through the uber app. Police are not releasing his photo because as you heard they are hoping other victims step forward and identify him. They do say he drove a marioon colored optima. Big sur is one of the most majestic sports. Hundreds of people are out of their homes there because of a wildfire. The soberanes fire. It ignited friday night. Here are the latest numbers. The fire is threatening more than 1,500 homes and structures. Several neighborhoods have been evacuated. It has burned 6,500 acres. Right now, its just 5 contained. Residents tell us they are relieved to hear so far no buildings have burned. They are worried about what they left behind in their homes. There might not be anything there when we go back. The first thing you think is, whats important . What should you take . What cant you ever live without . I grabbed all the pictures of the kids and that kind of thing and stuck them into a basket. The red cot set up a shelter at carmel middle school. Take a look at this new image of the fire tweeted by cal fire last night. You can see just how much smoke it is emitting. Bay area fire crews mobilized yesterday and headed down to Monterey County to help. This is video from the ill mee da county fire department. Additional crews include teams from San Francisco and santa clara counties. When we send our crews down there, they are for structure protection. They will go into the urban interface where we have homes that are built into the hillsides amongst trees. There are now nearly 800 firefighters battling this wildfire. Several other wildfires are burning across california. That includes the sand fire north of los angeles. We have learned this morning at least one person has been killed. Sheriffs deputies are confirming they found a mans body in a burned car which was still in an area that had been evacuated. The smoke there is so thick it has cast an orange haze over the l. A. Basin. Flames broke out friday. Heat and winds pushed the fire from 11,000 acres yesterday to 20,000 in just one day. It is 10 contained this morning. It is scary. Theyve put that red stuff. They have been ever so good. At least 1,500 homes are threatened. The cause of that sand fire is under investigation. Turning now to decision 2016. Hillary clinton and tim kaine made their debut yesterday in the battleground state of florida. He is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one. [ speaking spanish ] the virginia senator and former mayor and former governor appealing to voters in miami. He learned spanish while living in honduras in 1980 when he took a year off from law school to work with missionaries. He is married with three children and has a son in the military. The new running mates make their debut ahead of tomorrows National Convention in philadelphia. Crews continue prep work this weekend. Theres a heavy Police Presence in downtown philadelphia. Up to 50,000 protesters are expected each day. Barricades are up. And inside, crews are putting the finishing touches on the stage. Today, local delegates are on their way. That includes the youngest delegate from the south bay. A lot of why i ran was because i really would like to see more young people involved. And have a more diverse party, which the Democratic Party has been doing a great job of. I think we need to keep moving in that direction. Lopez is a student at yale. He had to take his final exams early and fly back here to san jose to campaign. He raised about 3,600 for his flight and hotel at the dnc. Donald trump took to twitter to try to undercut Hillary Clintons choice of a running made. He pointed to the Transpacific Partnership trade deal in the tweet. He says senator tim kaine approved the agreement among 12 countries, including the u. S. And canada. Trump claims the agreement is a job killer and that, quote, kaine is owned by the banks. Trump didnt make any public appearances yesterday. Its 7 08. More ahead on today in the bay. Its a hot spot for crime and now theres an effort to turn it into a party zone. We will tell you about the out of the box idea to clean up crime in one south bay neighborhood. We are clearing the shelters. The eyeopening number of pets who have new homes this morning. Its all thanks to you. A live look outside for you from communication hill. You can see some haziness there ahead of a very warm sunday. If you thought yesterday was warm, anthony slaughter says everyone will be a few degrees warmer today. Theres an effort under way in the south bay to turn around crime ridden neighborhoods. Yesterday, a socalled sketchy alley was transformed into this lively party zone. The makeover was a concerted effort by residents, police, the District Attorneys Office and some local nonprofit organizations. The purpose of this was to take this space back. The back alley of business circle has been problematic. It has been a source of crime and blight in recent years. We heard from neighbors that they wanted this space to feel safe again. New trees will be planted there as well. The overhaul is almost done. Organizers hope yesterdays event will inspire other neighbors to come together and turn around their neighborhoods as well. Enough sewage to fill 50 swimming pools. Thats how much Officials Say accidentally spilled into the San Francisco bay. According to the mercury news, an employee accidentally turned the wrong valve at the san jose waste water plant and it send 902,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into the bay. Plant Officials Say it will not cause any harm to the environment because most of the impurities had already been removed. At 7 12 right now, we have more ahead. Coming up, the numbers continue to roll in thanks to your support. Clear the shelters is a bigger success than last year. Plus, a fight continues over the names of famous yosemite landmarks. Is a resolution on the horizon . No fog on the horizon. Clear skies. We will show you where the fog is and how warm our temperatures will go. You are watching today in the bay. Welcome back to you. Were taking a live look outside. Sunny skies over San Francisco. Rare the bay isnt covered in fog. Anthony slaughter has a warmer sunday ahead and a heat wave this coming week. The battle over historic names at yosemite might be coming to a close. You might remember two years ago the National Park service cut ties with yosemites long time concessionaire and was forced to rename the hotel, village and other famous landmarks. The Company Delaware north claimed it owned the copy rights to the names and prevented the National Park service from using them. Now a judge has stepped in and a mediator is being used to bring the two sides together. It is official. The 2016 u. S. Olympic team is set and ready for rio. Final names were announced during a ceremony in venice beach. Janet evans confirmed the roster of more than 550 american athletes. Its the first time the u. S. Has held that distension of having the most since back in 2004. Kerry walshjennings was there as she seeks her fourth straight gold medal in beach volleyball. We are less than two weeks away from the olympics. Nbc bay area is your headquarters for the games. Its the only place you can watch the competitions. We will be reporting live every night. Thanks to you, thousands of pets in the bay area have new homes. Bay area is teaming up to help clear the shelters. Adoption fees are reduced order completely waived at shelters. 3,400 pets adopted in the bay area here alone. 45,000 pets nationwide. Thats more than double the nationwide total from last year. Today in the bays pete seratos has a look at some of the new connections made. We wanted to get dexter a playmate. Reporter this woman is talking about her dog dexter. The chihuahua you see here. During the clear the shelters event at the human society, they found dexter a new playmate. A beagle named jim. Its very cool. He will be very happy. Right now he is losing his golden retriever friend. Reporter for many of the pets, its a welldeserved second chance. Its really important for families to think about adopting first so that we can find these animals homes. A dog that either went from a bad situation or had to be given up because the family was going through a bad situation. Thats the most important thing. Reporter your favorite personalities fanned out across the bay area, including berkeley and San Francisco to chip in. Last nearly 20,000 pets found their forever homes. This year, an even larger outpouring of support and generosity as people in the bay area and acr opened their doors and their arms to some new friends. There are plenty of opportunities to adopt pets around the bay area. We have that information on our website. There are more than 45 shelters in the bay area either reducing or completely waiving the adoption fees this weekend. Find the shelter closest to you by going to nbcbayarea. Com. We put together this map to help you find your new pet. Lets check in with anthony slaughter with a look at our forecast. A good time to go out, take the dog to the beach. Your cat. Its cool to see folks walking their cat or lizard. Things it you dont see every day. A duck. There are birds and lizards and all sorts of things for adoption. You saw it all. Folks had birds on their shoulders. The bay area is very diverse. Lets take a look outside. We are looking at clear skies. Whatever your fancy is for your pet, dog, lizard, whatever it is, its going to be a nice day. Take them out and get fresh air. You can see from San Francisco we are waking up to clear skies. No fog this morning. 76 is where we are heading this afternoon. Over the week, temperatures are going to stay where they are at. Little to no fog today. That means 70s across the coastline. The week ahead in San Francisco, well, it keeps a shallow marine layer in place. We are not going to see much fog. Temperatures in the 70s. By next weekend, we see the fog return. Temperatures do cool off just a little bit. Theres the fog right now at ocean beach. We have clear skies, a shallow marine later. Only up to 1,000 feet. It doesnt make its way over the coastal mountains. You can seat marine layer squish down less than 2,000 feet. It got to build above 2,000 feet to move over some of the mountains. Thats why we dont have fog inland today. Its isolated at the coastline. 61 in san jose. Same for livermore and concord. Later this afternoon, the inland valleys will sizzle. We are talking triple digit heat for fairfield, concord, even livermore. If you are headed to six flags, keep in mind, you will look at triple digit heat. Remember the spf and remember the water. Oakland, maybe you are headed to the zoo, 80. 76 in San Francisco today. If you are headed to the beach, its going to be nice from Half Moon Bay to santa cruz. 92 for san jose. Nice pool day there. The forecast for the fog does keep it at the coastline over the next couple of days. We will see a little fog inch in towards the inner bay tonight. Places like oakland, down towards heyward and the trivalley, you make wake up to fog. Thats indicative of a cooler day coming our way. Its going to be in the 90s coming out of the triple digits. Tuesday, the fog builds here. After that, we will get rid of it. This is how we tell where the fog will be at. When we have offshore winds, that drives warm air in place. You will notice tonight, winds shift back onshore. Thats whats going to bring in a cooler day tomorrow. Then seasons they cool off, tuesday night, they will shift and we will actually see offshore winds develop. Monday is our only cool day. When im talking cool, were talking temperatures like close to 100 today, back to 90 tomorrow. Then we go right back up to 100 degrees by tuesday. Over the course of the next seven days, its going to be hot. I want to talk about the pacific. Hawaii still dealing with a tropical storm. Its a weak one but its going to brush through the rest of the islands as we head through the next couple of days. If you are traveling, heads up. Tropical weather is on tap there. A look at the sevenday forecast. Temperatures are hot in the inland valleys. Cooling at the coastline. Tomorrow will be a cooler day, 70 for San Francisco. Then back into the 60s as we next week. Good to have the relief in the forecast. Thanks. More ahead on today in the b bay. He set out to help one child. Now he is helping hundreds. A local mans local journey that will make you proud. Enough to have Close Relationships with their grandparents. It can be the source of wonderful memories. For those fortunate enough to have Close Relationships with their grandparents its great. But for one young man its an inspiration to help hundreds of needy folks. Reporter no one begins the journey to the next chapter in their life with an empty suitcase. Theres always a lifetime worth of experiences already packed away. Gotta get my warrior shirt in. Reporter this man heads off to medical school in washington, d. C. , one experience still looms larger than all the others. The sudden death of his father from leukemia when he was just 17 months old. He didnt really show any sick sickness. He just kind of was diagnosed, three weeks later he is gone. Reporter his mother made the decision to send him to live with his grandparents in india for the next three years. To this day, he still remembers the lesson his grandmother in particular taught him. She was always involved in the community. She was always involved in especially the underserved areas. Reporter she was the reason why just a few years ago he decided to travel back to india. This time as a volunteer for a medical group. One child in particular touched him so much he decided to raise money for a life changing surgery. Life changing it turned out to be, not just for the child but for him. A kid from california can have an impact in india on somebodys life. And i think that really is what drove me to continue. One of our volunteer positions reporter he used money left over to start indorelief. Helping poor communities with whatever they say they need. In just over one year, they have opened clinics, shelters and most recently an orphanage for former child laborers. He says it is all due to the hard work of the indorelief team, the inspiration though is all grandmother. What she did for me when i was barely 2 years old has transformed me entire life. Reporter the next chapter in his life will be a busy one, for sure. It is medical school, after all. But he says he will keep on with indorelief. Its work too important, he believes, not to. If you know of someone doing something nice for others, we would love to hear from you. Go to our website nbcbayarea. Com and search bay area proud. We have more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, a teachcontroversy i wnba. Players are fined for taking a stand. Also, its being called the work of a deeply disturbed individual. We have new details on the obsessions of the lone gunman behind a shooting rampage at a mall in germany. Honey nut cheerios. Get their delicious taste from real, honest ingredients. Real oats. Thats a big bowl real honey. Yeah, honey. And real patience. Hurry up i like that bee. San jose comm hill adlib welcome back to you. We appreciate you joining us. Its 7 30 sunday morning. A look at the sun shining on the flowers from communications hill. It will be warmer today than it was yesterday. We are grateful you are joining us. Hopefully in a cool home right now. Anthony slaughter has a look at our forecast. Open the windows. Get it while you can. Later on by 10 00, its going to be in the 80s. He would will warm rapidly. We are looking at temperatures in the 50s and 60s. A little cooler in the north bay. Overall, sunshine, limited fog. Its going

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