Effort. This is missing persons area o over here. Families are showing up with pictures of loved ones. This is the area that they come and make sure that they register those folks. We did meet a lot of volunteers. They did show up and they wanted to help. Everything is gone now rrl this is what people in the city of cypress park woke up today. I just dont know what is going to happen. Everything is at the house. You all want to go to the shelters, hop on. I just dont know what is going to happen. Reporter the blank stares, the hugs and the tears there is an emerging of armada and angels. Volunteers who showed up with boats. This family allows our cameras to ride with them. Trip after trip. Just paying it over. It feels good to help. Reporter this scene repeated itself all days after several levees were breached. Jo Jonathan Bennett said he rescued others with his cannu. The damage is extensive. I cant believe it. Now it is happening to us. Reporter this is texas and their flag still flaps proudly in the wind. With all the help and support, the Lone Star State is not alone tonight. And then there are the first responders. You mentioned at the top of the show how the Police Officer lost his life. The Police Officers have been here throughout the event since friday. 200 of them lost their homes or homes severely damaged but they have a job to do. And that is what they are doing here in houston. I am Damian Trujillo nbc bay area. Damian has been tweeting videos and stories. If you are interested, you should follow him on twitter news damian. The Oakland Fire Department tweeting out this photo of its team. Task force three a group of firefighters. Saving people and saving pets. A Bay Area Group called wings of rescue is organizing the transfer from texas to animal shelters in southern california. This flight arriving in el cajon outside of san diego. Most of these dogs and cats will be made available for adoption. Cedar bayou has recorded more than 52 inches of rain. Jeff, how much more does the storm have in it . Thankfully on the last leg of the system. A couple of more inches expected for houston. The center of harvey is just offshore. And the bulk of the heaviest rainfall is off to the east and even the north. Now in terms of the storm itself, winds at 50 miles per hour. Central pressure rising, sign of the storm weakening. Eventually into arkansas once we hit 1 00 p. M. On wednesday. Winds at 35 miles per hour. Rainfall totals, one to maybe 3 inches still left. Two more bulls eyes as the storm moves off to the north. As we have been mentioning, houston harvey total remains on average from 30 to 50 inches. The worst over. Flood waters could take weeks to al actually go down. We continue to follow our breaking news near Lake Oroville. These are live pictures from our helicopter from our sister station. The fire has jumped to 600 acres. The early reports were 80 acres. Again, 600 acres, moving fast in the last 60 minutes. You are looking at video a short while ago. This is near yuba city. No word yet on what sparked the fire. We will continue to follow the story. A bizarre death involving this chinese woman. She was the executive director of the chinese performing arts of america. Nbc bay area Marianne Favro is in san jose at that arts center. What happened . Reporter well i talked to her husband john, and he told me he just wants to know what happened to his wife. He wants to know the truth. He says she came here for a meeting and was found in the plaza serious injured. This sign asks witnesses to come forward to give details about what happened to 75yearold an woo. She met with four other women here at her office. That is when ann and another woman started arguing. A few seconds later she was lying on the ground unconscious. Reporter her husband believes the other woman pushed ann to the ground. She suffered Severe Damage to the brain, bleeding and all of that. So it was not just a very slight pushing. Reporter Police interviewed the other woman at the scene and she took off. A few weeks later ann died. Her brother said she worked tirelessly to keep the arts alive in the community. Her goal was to keep alive her heritage and her culture. Reporter she also embraced other cultures. She welcomed arts groups from spain, india and korea. She loved music, dance, life, and she loved to laugh. And im going to miss her, a lot. Reporter an autopsy is pending so far. Police have made no arrest in this case. Reporting live in san jose. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. New at 6 00 tonight, a bank robber who led police on a wild chase now knows the price he will pay for his crime. Vargas robbed a bank back in january. He led a chase. He is said to be sentences in october and faces 11 years in state prison. Hayward police along with agents with Homeland Security and i. C. E. Were loading boxes of evidence into unmarked trucks. They also rescued undocumented workers who were fwoeorced to l in a warehouse and was locked at night. Some tense moments in novato today. The tesla sailing right through the home. The woman lost control of the suv and it went through the living room window. The family was inside the home at the time but thankfully no one was hurt. The renewed push today at the state capitol. Also their day in court. Protesters arrested over the weekend in berkeley faces the judge today. I will let you know when the new heat wave ramps up. And a long look at the forecast at 6 20 tonight. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Apart an east bay school its been going on about an hour now the debate over breaking apart an east bay bay School District. We created the map to show you what is going on. The plan would split the mt. Diablo into two parts here. Sam brock has been at the site of the meeting. And this has been going on for months. This is a sensitive topic in the community. Reporter touchs on things like race and privilege. Whatever they decide here tonight that is not going to be the final decision. Either way, this is going to the state board of education. Community concern over the fate of five schools in walnut creek has reached fever pitch. We have a district here that is getting broadsided by a movement to secede. Reporter he says his high school will lose critical funding. He says they have done the projections. I disagree. Reporter what are you basing that off of . The report that was commissioned by the county. Reporter chief petitioner for north gate caps. She and her fellow petitioners have been trying to create a new district for years. They have a 48 million deficit right now in their budget and they havent told the community. Reporter in the meantime, teachers are concerned the School District benefits. If the district shrinks so too could critical services. For the programs that exist in the north gate schools. Programs that special education families depend on, those programs will no longer exist. Reporter north gate caps says that is simply untrue. They say funding applies equally to all School Districts. The teacher we have heard from says she is dedicated to the m diablo district. That is the latest here from pleasant hill. First protesters charged today following sundays. The question tonight is will prosecutors charge any of the other 12 arrested. Nbc bay area Jodi Hernandez has been at the alameda courthouse today. What is the status of where things stand. Reporter the Bay Area College student was charged here. Her supporters say standing up to hate is not easy. Tonight the National Lawyers guild say they are prepared to fight on her behalf. This is the scene that has led to criminal charges for 22yearold yesenia mendez. She was among 13 people arrested. But so far the only one charged. They did charge one of the protesters of the Berkeley Rally against hate. She is charged with battery on an officer. Reporter she dabbed away tears as she pled not guilty to battery and resisting arrest. Police say she used an apple at them and used her German Shepherd dog. It takes courage and it is necessary at this point. The white supremacist in our communities, they are not going away by themselves. Reporter again, that attorney is with the National Lawyers guild. He is volunteering his time to defend counterprotester to stand up against hate groups. In addition to throwing the apple and evadings, mendez also managed to get out of her handcuffs. I am Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Uc berkeley renewing its pledge to allow controversial speakers on campus. I dont think the campus should allow milo to come. In response to free speech week which scheduled next month. Milo yiannopoulos was supposed to peak on campus earlier this year but that event was campus. We quote, we have neither the legal right or the ability to interfere with or cancel their invitations based on the perspectives and believes a former track star died. He was 31years old and was found unconscious in a swimming pool. He went for a swim and as of now police are treating the death as a drowning. He is a a reward. She was found on the side of the road in byron last monday. Workers found her body. She told her friends she had planned to travel to alameda county. California trying to make it easier for teenagers to vote. Some teens on hand at the state capital today. It would extend the right to vote. Dropping the age to 17 instead of 18. In our civics engagement we can see propositions being debated in the classroom. In the United States voting is a privilege and a responsibility. We trust 16 and 17yearolds to drive car, we should trust them to vote as well. The bill needs super majority approval to put it on the ballot. We are rejecting this. A thumbs down. 108 in the forecast. As you get a look right now, i want to take you into tomorrow morning. We are going to push right into wednesdays forecast. I think there is going to be fog back in the immediate coastline and possibly some drizzle. By the after, we even clear out to sunshine in San Francisco with some of that fog left in half moon bay. We have 68 expected in San Francisco. Still a warm 95 in concord. But again, that is going to feel not too bad compared to what is ahead. 90 in livermore and 83 in san jose. Lets get a look at the sevenday forecast. Ramps up on thursday to 103 degrees. First day of the heat wave. Hottest day comes on friday. 108 degrees. Saturday 106 and stay with low 100s all through next week. Nothing i am seeing that says this is going to be changing at this point. And if you have been sick and tired of the heat, you are right on track. Already we have had 12 days at 100 or hotter. Warmest this year is 107 degrees. This past sunday. Average summer high this time of the year is 89 degrees for hottest interior valleys. More looks of this in about 25 minutes. All right, jeff, we will see you shortly. Next, what we are learning tonight about a crash involving ubers selfdriving car. Many of you have asked how you can help the victims of hurricane harvey. Happening now, many have asked how you can help the victim of harvey. Nbc universal and Parent Company comcast working to help the american red cross. Animal injured its leg near krokt and now in the care of the lindsey wildlife. Back with more. Repairs on the oroville dam spillway are progressing slowly but surely. This video is from the department of Water Repairs on the oroville dam spillways are progressing slowly but surely. It shows crews laying down concrete. Reconstruction of the major spillways on track to be completed by november 1st. The spillways crumbled during the extremely wet winter we had. And forced evacuations. We are getting the details, but it happened a couple of weeks ago. August 11th in San Francisco richmond district. The dmv report that we requested showed that the uber was stopped and waiting to make a turn while it was rearended. No major damage or injuries. Dominos and ford teaming up to bring you pizza without the driver. Will soon begin testing driverless pizza delivery. The technology was perfected here in the bay area. The Autonomous Car will be manually driven by a safety engineer. Once it arrives you receive a code to unlock a heating compartment to unlock. And you can grab your pizza. Live to houston for an update on Tropical Storm harvey. con trump and the first lady in texas t right now at 6 30, the struggle continues. President trump and the first lady in texas today as thousands of lives impacted. 13,000 people have been rescued in this region in the past few days. And thousands of others have been displaced. And the rain is not letting up for, at least, another day. Jay gray is live. What can we expect in the next few days. Reporter more arescues toda. We are thankfully getting a break from the rain. More is on the way however. Officials as well as forecasters warning us the storm is not over yet. Five Straight Days of driving rain and rescues in southeast texas. A massive operation at this point. Reporter and growing. Terrified to see these waters rising and not knowing what to do. Reporter as he was trying to evacuate with his parents and four children, the water swept away their van. You can hear the kids screaming and crying, trying to get out of the van. And the van not making it. Reporter todays police chief emotional as he learns they lost one of their own. Everyone is focused first on saving every life that we can. Reporter rescue teams pouring into the area from across the country joined by a volunteer navy using whatever they can to carry survivors to higher ground. Unbelievable the number of people showing up. Reporter also President Trump traveling to Corpus Christi as consoler and chief and promising federal help through the long and difficult recovery. It is epic. It happened. And it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. Reporter harvey continues to test the lone star strength and resolve. 17,000 more people in area shelters right now. Thousands more have been flown to dallas for shelter there. The mayor of houston told us that he expected, at least, 10,000 more before this is over for those to need a place to sleep. The scope is huge. Thank you. Social media has made a huge difference. It is also spreading some misinformation. Scott budman has been tracking social media throughout this whole ordeal. This is one of the rescues life streamed on facebook earlier today. Showing people via social media a real time look at where they were and what they were doing all while asking others on their devices to let them know if they needed help. Social media was literally a life saver in texas. This is the Texas Army National guard streaming their rescue efforts on Facebook Live to let trapp trapped residents know where they were. A way to open up communication between rescuers and those trapped. As humans we reach out. Reporter this woman did reach out on twitter. And her tweets were answered. I went to the door and he was holding up his phone and on his phone was my picture and my tweet. Reporter social media was used to let people know where shelters were on the map. They are all crediting and citing social media as legitimate resources. Reporter not all social media is legitimate. Lots of sharks seen circling online but none actually in the flood waters. Social media also a launching point for several fundraisers over the last couple of days. Individual celebrities reaching out to their followers to raise money. We have updates of what you are looking at is live updates. This is near Lake Oroville near yuba city. We just learned this fire has destroyed many homes. Now you can see the flames from just a short while ago. This fire has jumped from initially 80 acres in our 5 00 news cast, to now, 90 minutes later, more than 600 acres. The fire broke out at 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Going to continue to follow the story here in yuba city. A warning shot as escalated the tension between u. S. And north korea. Called an emergency meeting and u. S. Leaders are calling for action. Nikki haley says there must be a response. In a statement this morning President Trump said quote, all options are on the table. A former Ambassador Says the only thing that will get north korea anxious is military action. I am talking about you sink a north korean ship. Or you strike the launch pad. President trump did speak by phone with japans prime minister. The white house says both are committed to committing more pressure on the north. Democrats are promoting what they call a better deal. Leader pelosi and San Francisco mayor toured city college today. Teaching Skills Including carpentry and wire, and Aircraft Maintenance as well. Leader pelosi promised to protect funding. She added that education spending increases employment and return more money to the treasury than any other government expenditure. County board of supervisors met today with representatives from local Law Enforcement to discuss Human Trafficking task force. Officials say that now, more than ever, commissions like this are important. It is easier to exploit children using social media. I dont know if it is increased or more attention to it. But our county is spot on by having a holistic approach of having everybody at the table. A sefarch for a new fire chief is underway. Honori honoring fremont fire chief who is retiring. The city will have an interim chief. Marijuana growing equipment may be behind a house fire in the east bay. It started just before 3 am in the basement of a house on marijuana grow equipment may be behind a house fire in east bay. This is in pinole. Families made it out quickly. Firefighters did say they found Electrical Equipment used to grow pot illegally. Car was firmly wedge sbood an apartment building. You can see it here. So officers took him into custody. He actually shot at officers from his car. He led officers on a very short chase. He got barely a block down winchester boulevard when he hit the building that we showed you and parked cars. A hit and run we brought you on our Early Morning news cast. A driver and his passenger got out of his van to deliver something and another driver hit one of the men and took off. The man who was hit is in Critical Condition this evening and Police Still Searching for that suspect. Work is about to begin for suicide fencing on the bridge. Aimed at protecting workers below when they start the project. Crews will be installing a steel net along the bridge. It will cost 200 million and take over 300 years to complete. Jeff ranieri is with us and prepping us for ha wha is going to be the hottest day in the summer. Enjoy right now, 79 in livermore. We will tell you when the hottest of the new heat wave arrives. Plus, what it is going to mean for the coastline in San Francisco. Looking for the Rightful Owner of an historic photo album. The plea from police on the peninsula. Well explain. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. 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Keeping that incentives to buy zero emissions vehicles. Current rebates would increase from 2500 to 10,000 a car. California has already given out 450 million in rebates. And we look deeper into just how fast the electric car market is growing here in california. Nearly 22,000 electric cars were registered in 2013 and last year more than 40,000 electric cars registered in the state. It is an amazing snapshot into history. Mountain view police trying to get a world war ii photo album back to its Rightful Owner. Wait until you look inside. Some amazing pictures. Police are hoping that someone will recognize this and come forward. The album has photos dating back 70 years. Lying on the ground. Nothing like that. And our officer realized quickly this was something that was of value to a family. It has been a history book ultimate Treasure Hunt ever since in terms of finding out this family. It belongs to n a museum. But it does belong to someone. If you know who it belongs to someone, reach out to the police. This shows a deer beautifully lit on the bridge. She said she usually pay it is but today she was a buck short. Lots of people liked the photo and responded. And one person noticed that there are antlers on the animal and tweeted it is not a buck short, but a short buck. It looks like a harry potter movie. It looks fake. But very real. Jeff, take it away. Possibly up to 110 degrees in the extended forecast. You can see the clear blue skies in downtown san jose. Currently 72 degrees. Relative humid at 61 . Dropping to the 60s once we hit the 80 00hour. Every single bit of cooling today. That is continuing that ocean breeze back here in concord. And also down ten in san jose. For tomorrows forecast starting off real nice. From here on out, after tomorrow morning, we are going to be seeing things kick up here in terms of temps. Fog at the coast in 62. Looking comfortable in trivalley. San francisco as that fog stays in place. South bay tomorrow temperatures still look very nice. Down here across downtown san jose, 83 degrees. Los gatos 88 and still a 92 in gilroy. No 100s, still warm at 95 degrees in concord. 91 in pleasanton. Cool weather here in hayward at 75. 79 in redwood city. Cool 64 in daly city. 63 in the embarcadero. 86 in sonoma. We will talk more about this heat wave in just a minute. I want to bring you over to Tropical Storm harvey. Louisiana early tomorrow morning and up here to ark accuracy once we hit wednesday afternoon. Rain left for houston anywhere from one to 3 inches. Back here across home, it is nothing in terms of rainfall. It is hot High Pressure that could stay parked here. Not just for a couple of days but a sixday heat wave on the way. For San Francisco it means temperatures will warm up. No 90s. Then by early part of next week, temps in the 70s. Inland valleys, i know all of you are sick of it. So many complaints about the hot summer weather. One have 103 on thursday. 108 on friday. Hottest temperature of the week. Labor day, up to 102. I know it seems like common sense, but have to remember these tips. Stay hydrated. Take a lot of breaks. Dont leave anyone inside a car parked for anyone reason. The temperatures could go 30 degrees hotter. That includes pets. And also the elderly. It is going to catch up with you too fast. Serious heat. Some of the most colorful characters in wine country. The 49ers open the season at levi s stadiu, september 10h okay. You led ready for some football. The in our 49ers. They traded mcdonald today to the steelers. He played 11 games last season before a shoulder injury. They are hoping today they have more weather like they saw. Here is nbc bay areas colin resch in napa. Reporter silverado resort. The headliner once again Phil Mickelson committed to play all five years. We had rory come here and other top players come, but to have phil, he is going to be a headliner. Reporter john daly has accepted an invitation. This tournament, so much more than gulf. You know our four pillars are food, wine, music, and golf. For 30 you can get in and you dont have to pay another dime, you can go into any tent or whatever. It is a happening. Reporter gavin mcgraw, wheezer and the go go dolls. Thank you so much for everything you do for us. Reporter this tournament is near and dear to his heart. For me this tournament is about community. It brings our community together. Certainly the charities that we benefit, but just the spirit of having an extraordinary tournament here that is recognized around the world. In napa, colin resch, nbc bay area. Warrior star ken durant is certainly a winner on the court. Rubric represents businesses with nonprofit organizations with data protection. This isnt the First Venture for the vip. 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