Brazen robbery of two tell mission news cameras. It happened on july 2nd. Whsh the shooting of katestein steinly was being covered. The suspect was in court this morning, mark. Reporter his name is michael a. Jones. He is 23 years old. He lives in visitation valley. And police say he is affiliated with a local gang wellknown for robberies and car burglaries in San Francisco. This is a picture of one of the suspects involved in the attack on july 2nd. The photo snapped with a cell phone during the robbery near pier 14. His face obscured by a mask. One of three men who drove up in a black bmw. Suspects got out, cameras were taken from both crews and the nbc 11 cameraman was actually struck with a pistol. Beaten with a pistol. Reporter you can see the gun in this picture, also taken during the robbery, our videographer was bleeding from his ear but has recovered. They identified the get away car and the first spectacular. Michael a. Jones. The cars registered owner. He was charged on july 27th with robbery, aggravated assault, theft and conspiracy. Reporter police chief says investigators have leads on the other two suspects who were with jones. Over the past several years, Television Camera crews were targeted by thieves in the bay area, mostly in oakland and Oakland Police are looking for links to this San Francisco crime. Weve had multiple news camera crews, meaning over five, in the last year or so. Its alarming and concerning to us. Reporter Michael Jones was supposed to have a preliminary hearing date set today in court. That was postponed. He is due back in court on friday on charges unrelated to the july 2nd robbery. Thats part of the reason why we cannot show you his picture. Police are withholding it because they want to use it in a photo lineup with witnesses. Reporting live, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. An arsonist on the loose in the east bay. A massive fire that destroyed a Grocery Store and damaged four other businesses was intentionally set. It happened early monday morning at a strip mall not far from the oakland airport. Investigators say the ex ten of the damage and how quickly the fire spread clearly means the fire was deliberately set. A developing story were following tonight. Former president jimmy carter revealing that he has cancer. In a statement, 90yearold carter will be undergoing treatment at an atlanta hospital. Earlier this month, he had surgery to remove a mass on his liver. That procedure revealed cancer has spread to other parts of his body. Carter says he will reveal more about his condition next week. Wearing a baseball cap and also running a table saw, the 39th president most recent visit here to the bay area was in 2013. He marked the 30th anniversary of his work for habitat for humanity by helping to build lowincome apartments in oakland. Carter gets regular checkups for pancreatic cancer because it killed his father, brother and two sisters. Hes not revealed the type of cancer that his doctors found. Our coverage will continue on nbc nightly news. The latest on carters diagnosis and what president obama is saying about the unfortunate revelations. Nightly news with lester holt begins at 5 30. More crews digging out the old and installing the new. This morning, a water main, more than 80 years old burst in the east Bay Community of alamo. It damaged several homes in the area of danville boulevard and hemme avenue. This is a picture of the broken pipe. Police dug out this cast iron one and will replace it with a new one. Were live in alamo at the flooding location. Chuck, how is the cleanup going . Reporter its going very well, janelle. Right now, traffic and Water Service flowing smoothly along danville boulevard behind me. It was a mess this morning as you can imagine when a water main from 1931 burst, a legacy from when the small town of Contra Costa County were knitted together by a new Water District that began in the 1920s. East bay mud. The 84yearold cast iron water main, 10 inches in diameter, burst short by before 7 00 a. M. Water gushed into several yards and homes in alamo near danville boulevard and hemiavenue. There was a flood and river of water coming down our lane. We saw a stream of water 4 feet deep on the righthand side of the house. Reporter an estimated 13,000 gallons was lost. Thats about as much as families in 50 east bay homes would use in a day. East bay mud work crews say the combination of age, corrosion and seismic activities shifting the ground probably contributed to the pipe bursting. The pipe hadnt seen daylight since Herbert Hoover was president. Its kind of a time capsule. East bay might have taken over from different water companies. We inherited stuff they put in. Reporter about 50 homes had their Water Service restored this afternoon. East bay mud is in the process of trying to replace miles of cast iron pipe. But its a very slow process. Less than 1 is replaced each other. Live in alamo, chuck coppola. Developing news out of china after a series of massive explosions. Look at the pictures that show the fiery scene that lit up the sky. This is at a busy port this morning local time. About 13 people are dead. Hundreds more injured. Investigators say the explosion came from a warehouse that stores dangerous materials that did not give any further details. The warehouse is right by about 90 miles southeast of beijing. Right now, emergency crews are facing a devastating scene with doors and windows of nearby buildings blown out. Theyre estimating that up to 400 people are hurt. It is not slowing down. The jerusalem fire is spreading into another county. The fire in lake county has moved into napa county, burning through more timber and more brush. It has charged 16,500 acres since sunday. Cal fire issued new evacuation orders overnight for at least 150 homes. The fire is 6 contained now. Take a look at this new map. The flames reached the perimeter of the larger rocky fire, but Authorities Say theyve not merged. The charred brush is acting as a containment line. A burglary suspect in the south bay is in custody after a 12hoyer standoff in morgan hill. He was arrested this morning at his home. He locked himself inside when a tip led police to that neighborhood. Officers evacuated surrounding homes as a precaution. Test authorities, including the s. W. A. T. At bay for about 12 hours before finally giving up. Hes accused of at least two recent home burglaries in the area. Now to san leandro or our chopper captured video of a standoff and arrest there. He locked himself in a home in kenilworth avenue and threatened people with a knife. Everyone made it out safely. The man barricaded himself inside. After two hours, he gave up and surrendered to police. Boston is out and it appears l. A. Is win. The u. S. Olympic committee is optimistic that l. A. Will be the viable option to compete to host the 2024 summer games. The news comes two weeks after the u. S. Os dropped bostons bid because it didnt have enough support. A joint bid from l. A. And San Francisco is being talked about. San Francisco Mayor ed lee decided to defer to l. A. Public policy group known as the bay area council, says it welcomes any opportunity to work with l. A. In support of a bid. Once a u. S. City is picked, it will compete with international cities, including rome and paris to host the 2024 summer games. Pretty cool. Get your wishes ready. The shooting star spectacular that is expected to light up the night sky. And the weather is going to agree. Its right on the money. Thats right, peggy. Were tracking the conditions on doppler radar. Ill have details when is the best time to view the meteor shower and how the moon could be helping. Plus your micro climate forecast. Reporter im scott budman, it could be the next job boom in silicon valley. Coming up, why it could bring more diversity to the tech industry. Reporter were near the bay bridge where a woman may have fallen or jumped into the water after a traffic accident. Coming up, why investigators think she likely survived and why they want to talk with her. At 6 00, a man dragged down owe. At one point he tried to grab a child. Police fear the attempted kidnapping case wont stick. Thats our plea. Thats new at 6 00. Started in the rk afr a car crash on thbay bridge and eed urs later whe. Certificate that much started in the dark after a car crash on the bay bridge. It ended hours later when the sun was up. Officers never caught the mystery woman who they say climbed over the bridge rail and dropped down into the bay. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is at the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland. Christie, says they have evidence that the woman actually made it to the shore. Reporter thats right. I spoke with the chp and they are still working on this case of the woman they believe went 70 feet down into the water. Theyre thinking that its very likely that she made it out, may have flagged down a ride. They want to make sure and make sure shes okay. it all started when a stolen nissan spun out and crashed on the decline of the bay bridge early this morning. When chp officers arrived, they say a woman wearing a black dress and no shoes raced from the car to the bridges bike path. As they approached, she climbed the rail. She went into the water. We dont know if she fell in, jumped in. Cant say for sure. We knew she went into the water. Approximately a 70foot drop into the water. They believe she floeted under the bridge. The chp, helicopters searched for hours but found nothing. In the middle of the search, they got reports of calls of a woman trying to flag down drivers north of the toll plaza. Later on, we found out that she was picked up by a dump truck that was going by. Picked her up, gave her a ride to a safe location. Im not sure where he dropped her off. Searchers found an i. D. Near the scene meaning they know who theyre looking for. The two other women in the car were questioned and released. Both said they knew the woman but not well. The story of a woman in black was more than a mystery. I usually leave home at 7 18. Usually the carpool lane isnt clogged at all. It was clogged from hercules all the way to oakland. Reporter now, i asked the chp this evening about the i. D. They found. They said they were able to check that address. But still theyve not been able to locate the woman. So still a mystery this evening. Reporting live near the bay bridge toll plaza, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Theyre the team that seized more than a billion dollars of cocaine after the coast. Tonight theyre back home. The coast guard crew spent four months working alongside other agencies intercepting boats run by drug cartels. They took 66,000 pounds of cocaine. That includes a big bust a few weeks ago where the team found 181 million worth of drugs hiding in a semi submersible. Similar to a submarine. Its great to be home. Weve been gone quite a while this summer and the crew is happy to be home with their families. The team arrived in al made a earlier today. It made for happy reunions. The latest bay area hiring spree could be just around the corner. Thanks in part to a number of incentives the city is offering Tech Companies. Our tech reporter scott budman is live downtown to show us where the jobs are at. Scott. Reporter san jose is offering tax incentives, even land in exchange for opening manufacturing jobs, which could bring more diversity to the tech industry. Even in a boom time economy, this could be the new wave of job growth. Manufacturing with south bay Tech Companies aiming to lead the way. We are a california manufacturer. Were very proud of that. We have a large number of employees here in santa clara county. We expect that to grow. Youre doing some hiring . Absolutely. From robots to solar panels to car parts, more things are being built here than weve seen in years. The city says it wants to encourage the kind of job diversity that comes from manufacturing. Theres clear potential for manufacturing to create a wide variety of jobs, including really good skilled jobs with mobility potential. Reporter it will offer economic incentive toss companies promising to keep jobs here. You lose touch when things go overseas. Working with the innovation and design and manufacturing and time all together. Its personally rewarding when you see jobs created here. Reporter more rewarding for companies, more opportunities for job seekers. I spoke to a job Training Company this afternoon. They say it will take some time, but they expect to get more requests for jobs in the Manufacturing Sector within a few weeks. Reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Very good news, scott. Thank you so much. An unusual warning for local pet owners after a pretty scary encounter on the peninsula. A pacifica man was walking his dog early yesterday when they were charged by a coyote. This happened a block from the ocean. He was able to scare off the animal and he and his dog were not hurt. With so many green belt areas surrounding pacifica, wildlife encounters are not unusual but police say theyre increasing, possibly because of the drought. Tonight is the night. Youre looking live over san jose. We can see clear skies. Perfect for celestial light show. The oldest meteor shower known to earth. The per seed shower. Jeff ranieri is tracking the conditions for the meteor show. It will be the best location to get a view of the annual meteor shower. Mainly clear skies. At the peak of it, we should be able to see 100 meteors per hours. You want to get outside, between 15k p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Heres the other cool thing. The moon is only 3 full. So its a darker sky, it should also enable a little bit more viewing than wed normally be able to see than if you had a full moon. Lets get you into the sky camera network. Currently averaging 84. Hotter in the east bay with low to mid80s through today. Check it out right now. No thick fog. 75 degrees. Bril ant blue skies from the Castro Camera looking back towards downtown. Even though its clear now, we expect areas of fog to come back. Its not going to be a totally cloudy start. Lets get a look at the morning forecast. Down towards the south bay, we should have sunny skies and 59 degrees for the east bay 58 and a chill in the air up into the north bay with 52 degrees. Lets get a look at the forecast. It was all about this trough of low pressure the past four days. Thats the main reason why we didnt see temperatures move up into the 90s. Its only 360 miles away. But its been stationary. Losing steam right now and any rainfall with it again is pushing off to the north. Well see a key change in the next 48 hours. Lets get a look at the forecast. Primarily what well see happen is this trough of low pressure lift off to the north. Thats going to make way for this area of hot, High Pressure to build in from the desert southwest. I mean Copious Amounts much warm air that could jump our temperatures 10 to 20 degrees by this upcoming weekend. Tomorrow, it will be minimal effects. We think slight warming in the forecast and the sunny skies. By this weekend, thats when the area of High Pressure builds in and we definitely think the 100s will come back into the mix. Lets get you into the micro climate forecast. I said it would be comfortable. 86 degrees and sunny skies in san jose. But the peninsula, 82. Palo alto, back to pacifica warming up the coastline to 69 degrees. Hang on to cloud cover, but very comfortable and San Francisco mainly 70s from the financial district back into the mission. The marina, a slight wind keeping temperatures around 68 degrees. The north bay, east bay and trivalley to wine country tomorrow, 87 degrees and sunny skies for the east bay, Beautiful Day in oakland. 74. Then over towards walnut creek, 88. For the trivalley, well get close to 90. But i still think well stay out of 90s. Danville the warmest at 89. Well see similar temperatures throughout alamo. The hot weather continues to rise. The hottest temperatures on saturday and also on sunday. Check this out. Trivalley, 101 degrees on saturday. Ive now ratcheted it up to 102 on sunday in the trivalley. It in the peninsula 29 in the peninsula. Now, even though that hot weather is coming our way, i want to finish is out with our event were doing. Clear the shelters. Were going to be out there and looking for homes for the cute pups and the kittens. Ladies . Thanks so much. Still ahead, not just your luggage. The airline is going to start weighing its passengers too. Thats a horrifying thought. Gone in the blink of an eye. 16,000 in iphones from a local apple store. They did it in broad daylight. They call it librarygate. Why an activist group is accusing the library of krill and ethical crimes. They say so my books he beenelia activists in berkeley are calling is a scandal. They say so many books have been eliminated from the local library system, it should be called librarygate. Two titles by kenneth brouwer, gone. Authors, Community Members and retired librarians say this tossing out of book titles was symbolic of the works the library has now deleted. They claim the library sis stem hiding the total number of deleted titles. On the website, he said he made an honest mistake when underreporting the number of books and the library is not cutting more titles than usual. A bold robbery at the Palo Alto Apple store has Police Looking for thieves. Four men walked into the Downtown Apple store on university avenue, quickly snatched up 22 iphones. Police call it a grab and go. The phones are valued at 16,000 in all. This happened yesterday about 4 00 p. M. The suspects were last seen running east on university avenue. Tesla is willing to pay you 10,000 to hack into its cars. For years, the electric car Company Offered up to 1,000 if hackers uncovered any flaws in its i. T. System for its vehicles. Now that amount is shooting up to 10,000 after two hackers reported breaking into the system last week. The hackers not only managed to take control of tesla model ss but also shut it down. Tesla says it closed that security gap. A trip on airways is on your travel plans. Brace yourself for an invasion of privacy. The airline says getting on a scale will be part of the preboarding process. The Company Wants to know what its passengers weigh for research purposes. Each passengers weight will remain anonymous, but the airline will categorize it by gender and age. That is surprising. Like they guess your weight within five pound. Then you get a prize. Or discount. Toyota is giving its users more freedom with a change it just made. Coming up next p. 15 years on t run. A tcher with bay areaiewanted bfbi. The tonight at 6 00, 15 years on the run, a teacher with bay area ties wanted by the fbi. The mistake he made that allowed agent toss arrest him. Also feel free to cheel chattier on twitter. It removed the 140character limit. There is a catch. This change only applies to direct messages. When users chun indicate privately with each other. So you still can go crazy here if you want to do a private message, up to 10,000 characters. What . Thats too long. It is. There is still that limit for public tweets. 140 characters or less. Okay. Thats what makes twitter fun. Can always find onne at nbcbayn breaking news tonight. Former president jimmy carter reveals he has cancer that has spread through his body. Well have late details coming in on his diagnosis. Top secret. The fbi takes possession of Hillary Clintons private email server. New revelations it contains messages with the highest level of government secrecy. A massive explosion. A rising death toll. Hundreds injured. Hospitals overrun as a shipment of explosives blows without warning. A sudden spike in gas prices in a big part of this country, up to a dollar a gallon in a week, even as the price of oil plummets. Whats behind it . And a jawdropping Close Encounter with the biggest great white shark ever caught on camera. Nightly news begins right now