Morning. The first thing i do want to get out, though is after all the pictures and the video have been coming in for mondays event, which was certainly unprecedented here across the bay area, we are not looking at an event that would be as strong for tomorrow morning. I wanted to get that out of the way. Its all coming from this storm system offshore. As this moves in well see the chance pick up. Nothing developing off towards the south, but forecast modeling continues to show the possibility of a little bit of activity around 2 30 in the morning near morgan hill. I do think well see something. The big question for tomorrow is how close will these storms get . It really looks like a southern bay area event. Slight chances in san jose. Better chance in morgan hill and gilroy right around 5 00 in the morning. Here you can see at 7 00 in the morning, most of it again stays well to the south and over the senate cr santa cruz mountains. 4 00 to 9 00 a. M. Best chance to get thunderstorms. It could hold some wind, hail, and also lightning. Theres another chance of a storm system getting close by in my sevenday forecast. Thats at 11 20 tonight. Well, spectacular and dangerous and were still paying the price at this hour. Terry mcsweeney is in woodside where the crews are still dealing with that lightningsparked fire. Terry . Reporter crews still on the scene up here. We are above woodside near skyline boulevard and bear gulch road. This is one of seven wildfires caused by lightning in santa cruz and san mateo counties alone. And the lightning that started this fire caused problems across the bay area. [ screaming ] mom, mom, it blew up. Reporter theresas daughter took this photo of a transformer catching fire near her San Francisco home. It was lightning, thunder and all the live wires came off the pole. Reporter part of the transformer ended up in this mans car. Theres a piece of the transformer in the van. Reporter pg e watches for the power outage aftermath of Lightning Strikes from its own weather center. A spokeswoman tells me additional crews are on stand by tonight. The pilot on mike lyons flight announced his surprise. This is really rare. Its never happened to me before. The passengers on the flight from chicago waited for weather to improve to fly the final 40 miles to San Francisco. We were on the tarmac for about as long as the flight, which is four hours. We can sio semty. Reporter volunteer firefighters scan for flames from a tower on mount copernicus east of san jose. They had to evacuate the tower twice to the safety of their vehicles down at the bottom of the mountain, only to come back up again once the cell passed through. Reporter a difficult fire in an area steep and remote. Tonight they have the upper hand and barring more Lightning Strikes, expect that to continue. A cal fire spokesman tells me this fire is now 10 contarned and it is one of 22 lightningcaused fires in northern california. Terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Were continuing to get new photos of last nights lightning storm. This was from San Francisco. If you see anything like this or anything catches your eye tonight, send it to us. You can find us on facebook, instagram or twitter. On the subject of twitter, when we are in a microclimate weather alert, its a great resource. Jeff tweets updates on the activity seen on his radar. Were following some developing news in alameda. Contaminated water. Officials are handing out bottled water in one neighborhood with a message. Dont drink your tap water for the next 48 hours. Also dont use the water from the faucet to brush your teeth, to shower, wash dishes, cook, or give to your animals. This only impacts the area of alameda point, which affects about 60 businesses and 500 people. Its unknown whats wrong with that water. Free speech to be tested again at berkeley come thursday. Conservative commentators ben shapiro will speak at cal. The first in a slew of conservative commentators headlining free speech week. Among the big names, former white house strategist steve bannon, which is renewing fears of unrest. Police have something new at their disposal now, cheryl. Reporter thats right, jessica. This vote tonight was a little confusing because Berkeley Police can already use pepper spray, but this 63 vote tonight now allows Berkeley Police to be able to use it to break up a crowd. Motion carries. Is there a motion to adjourn . [ applause ] reporter a packed Berkeley City Council meeting. Many angry over a decision to let Police Use Pepper Spray to break up a crowd that gets violent. So im very disappointed in what is essentially just part of actually moves to conciliate with the rise of fascism. Reporter chief Andrew Greenwood made the request to he are vi revise the policy on pepper spray use. They understand we are asking them for this tool for a very specific set of circumstances where were having to deal with a very specific kind of threat to our police line. And the potential for folks who are willing to use violence to actually come up against and try and break through a police line. Reporter police have battled with protesters on recent occasions at Civic Center Park and on uc berkeleys campus all in the name of free speech. When you have groups of people who are storming in, violently attacking people, the police have the absolute right to pepper spray them. Reporter with conservative commentator ben shapiro visiting campus on thursday, the officers need the Industry Standard tool to help keep things safe. Today, Milo Yiannopoulos made a statement on his youtube page saying that former strategist steve bannon will be joining him during free speech week starting on september 24th. Reporting live in berkeley, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Not far from where you are, late tonight some big news for oakland. The as have announced their future home, and it could transform the entire city. Unlike the raiders and warriors, the as want to stay in oakland. Heres what we know. The as are considering sites to build a new ballpark and theyve picked one about four miles away from the coliseum. According to the chronicle, the new site is at the Peralta CommunityCollege District building right next to Laney College and along the shores of lake merit just a couple blocks away. A privately financed, 500 million boutique ballpark. Take a look at the map. Its right off 880 and walking distance to the lake merit bart station. Tomorrow the as are expected to announce their intent to build. They want to move it by 2023. A tribute this evening to the victims of hurricane irma. The Empire State Building in new york dark tonight as the death toll climbs. It now stands at 54 people across the caribbean and the u. S. Now, florida is barely getting up and running tonight after being battered by irma. No power, no gas, no food, no water for millions of people still. Now, the damage to homes and property in the billions, and the pain and loss and suffering, immeasurable and really incomprehensible to most of us. Vienna arana is on the ground as Business Leaders and neighbors struggle to clean up. Reporter the efforts to restore power and water continue. Here in miami beach, they know they got lucky. But if you notice right behind me, this intersection is still off, and right across the way were seeing one building with lights on. But just across the street, some folks are still in the dark. Watermelons, thats all gone back. Reporter millions across the strike zone are still without power. More than a half a million in Miamidade County alone. Shamarry clark is still trying to get by in the dark. Im sweaty. Im hungry. Im Walking Around my house like a caveman, using this very light that im using to shine on my face just to see. Reporter in the hardest hit areas, it could be ten days or more before its restored. In the keys, the devastation is overwhelming. Mobile homes tossed over fences. Fema says 90 of the homes here were either damaged or destroyed. Irmas impacts are still crippling much of the southeast. In jacksonville, it could be days before the floodwaters recede. Getting people back to a normal life as fast as possible. So weve got a lot of work to do. Reporter from the keys to downtown miami, music and dance filled the air. People working to bring back paradise to the sunshine state. In miami beach, vee eneny arana. Not just florida. This is new video from spaulding county, georgia. Irma blew in there yesterday knocking down trees. This dash cam video shows someone driving right into the path of one of those trees thats falling. It fell right in front of their car. The driver, just stunned, stopped the car. Okay. But, really, really, a little shaken. A live look at the nations capital. The next big hurdle for President Trump is tax reform. Tonight the president invited six senators from both parties to the white house for dinner, trying to generate some bipartisan support. The white house also announcing today that President Trump will visit florida on thursday to check in on the recovery after hurricane irma. Hillary clinton is back in the headlines. Tomorrow morning her first live tv interview since losing the election. Her new book hit shelves today. Hundreds of people packing this new york city bookstore hoping to get an autographed copy. You can watch the interview with mrs. Clinton right here on nbc bay area on the today show beginning at 7 00 a. M. Fallout from the smoke. The bay area air Quality Management district has issued a violation to the new defunct russian consulate in San Francisco. Officials say the violation is for consulate staff burning garbage. You may remember black smoke could be seen coming from the buildings chimney. Firefighters responded to the consulates smoke alarm only to determine that it was a false alarm. The Trump Administration ordered the russian consulate closed and for members to leave down all operations. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Were tracking the chance of isolated thunderstorms tomorrow morning. Who has the best chance and when another system could get close by in my sevenday forecast. Also a mother says a teacher hit her special needs child. Tonight how the School District is responding. And the big reveal. A look inside the companys new spaceship headquarters. Because everyone likes easy. Sure do. Because everyone is on the go. Because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. Reaching up. Ssssh because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. Introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. E is for everyone. Troubling allegations in the south b i hope that justice my son gets justice. Troubling allegations in the south bay. This woman says that her 4yearold son with special needs was hit by his preschool teacher. Tonight the franklinmckinley School District is responding to those allegations. Ian cull joins us live in san jose with a story youll see only on nbc bay area. Reporter the School District says an investigation is under way, and as that happens, the mother of the boy says she has pulled both of her children out of the school. I want the best for him. Like i dont want him to be reporter she says her 4yearold sop was nervous to go to school this year. He has autism and was placed in a special needs preschool class at stonegate elementary in san jose. When she picked him up last friday, she noticed his face was red and swollen. I go, baby, what happened to you . He goes, mommy, teacher hit. No school, no school. Reporter so she complained to the principal and district and filed a police report. I want my son to get an education. Like i didnt send him to school so he could be getting hit by the teacher, you know . Now hes scared to go to school. Our number one priority is to ensure the safety and well being of all of our students. Reporter the franklinmckinley School District says its investigating the allegations. Gather information, gather facts so that were able to take necessary action to support our students. Reporter its unclear if the teacher is still working at the school or what action the teacher could face if the claims prove true. But tonight the mother worries her son may never want to go back into a classroom. Its inhumane to hit any child, you know . Especially a special needs child. Like i dont think its okay. Reporter she also plans to home school her two children, she says, until at the very least this School District finishes its investigation. Reporting live in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. They say it could have been prevented. Thats why the families of the two ups shooting victims are now suing the company. The families of benson lewis and mike lefiti have filed a lawsuit against ups, allied security, and the buildings owner there in San Francisco. Attorneys say metal detectors and security guards failed to stop ups driver jimmy lamb from entering the building on june 14th. He was armed with a submachine gun and a pistol. Lam killed three drivers seen here and hurt two others before committing suicide. An update now on a story our Investigative Unit broke earlier this year. An International Team of doctors will release new guidelines tomorrow expected to dramatically change medical care for transgender children. One major change being considered would allow kids to start taking hormones at an earlier age so that they can physically transform their bodies. Right now that kind of treatment is largely reserved for children 16 and older. Our Investigative Reporter has been tracking that story and will have the latest once that official guideline is released. Until then you can catch up on the story by watching the original investigation. You can find it at nbcbayarea. Com we investigate. Contra costa county has a new district attorney. The board of supervisors appointed retired judge diana becton today. Shes the first woman and first africanamerican to hold the job. She replaces former d. A. Mark peterson, who resigned in june after pleading no contest to perjury charges. Prosecutors say he misspent Campaign Funds and then lied about it. All eyes on the tech world all eyes of the tech world on cupertino today. The question now, will you spend that 1,000 bucks for the top of the line iphone 10. Faster processor, increased security thanks to facial recognition. You just look at it, and it unlocks. The unveiling took place at apples new spaceship headquarters. Ceo tim cook saluted the late cofounder on the tenth anniversary of the iphone. He thought deeply about our workplace and its surroundings, and he believed that they should inspire talented people to do their best work. All excited about the new facility, the spaceship and the theater that youre looking at right there. Cant afford the iphone 10 for the 1,000 . And the facial recognition. And the facial recognition. Try the iphone 8 for about 700 or just keep your iphone what do we have . A five or a four . Six. Youre holding out there, raj. Were going retro here at nbc. It will come back in style. Totally. I got to wait my contract out for a little bit. Hes going to get it first. It sounds so futuristic. Kind of crazy, yeah. Better not have a bad face day. Our apps going to look pretty good on that. As i mentioned last night, you guys got to check that out especially with some thunderstorms rolling on in. What youre going to be able to see is the storm system were tracking, the area of low pressure is a little bit behind schedule for moving in. Thats why we havent seen anything develop right now. Its not going to compare to the storm systems that we had pushing in on monday night with that wild lightning show, but we still may get a little bit popping here as we head into tomorrow morning. You can see the Doppler Radar on satellite. Were dry from santa rosa down towards san jose. Future cast, we can show you how things are continuing to play out and the forecast models are continuing to refine. Overru a lot of the activity looks like its going to continue to stay more off towards the south. If youre in san jose, morgan hill and gilroy, you have the better chance of possible lip getting an isolated thunderstorm. 2 30 in the morning, potentially near morgan hill. You can see by 5 00 in the morning, its mainly from the southern Santa Clara Valley down south across the santa cruz mountains, possibly over dpgilr. 7 00, 7 30 in the morning, its mainly the santa cruz mountains. Not as wild as monday, but a little bit is possible. As we head into 11 30 in the morning, well start to see things clearing out for some sunshine by the afternoon. Lets take you into the morning forecast. The chance of some isolated thunderstorms for the south bay, maybe up towards the peninsula and a stray Lightning Strike still potential here for the trivalley and 68 degrees. San francisco starts off with the fog and 62. Lets bring you through the forecast as we head throughout tomorrow. Not quite as humid and temperatures will be cooling off by the afternoon. Looking at a good day once we get over that chance in the morning. 83 expected in downtown san jose. For the east bay, no more 90s. Were back down to 85 in concord. 86 in danville. Over to oakland, 74 degrees. For the peninsula, 67 in half moon bay. Redwood city coming in at 82. San francisco out of the 70s back down to 66 for the embarcadero. Little bit of a chill here. 67 for the outer sunset. For the north bay, 74 mill valley. On the extended forecast, we will have another chance of storm system getting close by. By next tuesdays forecast, we do have a cold front moving in, and that will bring some showers off to the north. Were going to closely watch that for the bay area. Also notice for the inland valleys, no 90s, no 100s the next seven days. We go down to 79 on thursday. Thats going to feel really comfortable to us and were back up to 86 on saturday. Then well see another system move close by on next tuesday. So a little bit of something possible in the south bay tomorrow. Carrie hall is going to be here at 4 30 in the morning tracking that Doppler Radar. Thanks, jeff. Up next, fined for setting off fireworks that they say they didnt set off. 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The city council is considering changes to fireworks enforcement. The council asked staff to come back in november with a detailed ordinance that will improve the way people report illegal fireworks. San jose a fire chief says improving online reporting to try and get better evidence is among the changes discussed. Okay. Up next were going to tell you what the giants did against the dodgers and that new look for the warriors. Stay with us. Oh, you brought butch. Yeah butch growls at man hes looking at me right now, isnt he . Yup. butch barks at man butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. laughs vo you can never have too many faithful companions. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. Last nights game didn t end until just after 2 00 am. Rajsh okay. Technically the giants and the dodgers played two games at at t park today. Last nights game actually didnt end until after 2 00 a. M. , so that was still today. I stayed up and watched. It was a great game. Tonight, no lightning but plenty of drama. It was like 2 15 last night. Guess who . Joe montana throwing out the first pitch to giant pitcher jeff samardzija. Both former notre dame football players. Eighth inning, Justin Turner for l. A. With an rbi double. The dodgers hold on to win this thing all the way to the yahoo sign, 53, breaking their 11game losing streak. So the dodgers finally get a win. We mentioned earlier in this newscast about the as new ballpark location they want to build near Laney College in oakland. Tomorrow will be the formal announcement. Tonight they were in boston trying to extend their fivegame win streak. Jed lowrie with the double. Then the wheels came off. The red sox go on to win 111. Have you seen it . You had to focus, but the warriors have a new look. Draymond green showing off the new uniform. Theres a patch because the warriors signed a sponsorship deal with a japanese Internet Service company. The Company Reportedly paid 15 Million Dollars a year for that tiny little patch. More lightning on the way. Well have an update on this microclimate weather alert. Stay with us. Hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. At Stanford Health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. And if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. If we can use patients genes to predict Heart Disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. Imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Remembering an icon with a special honor. San francisco wants to rename. Remembering an icon with a special honor. San francisco wants to rename Golden Gate Park sharon meadow after this man, robin williams. Mayor ed lee as praised the support that the comedian and bay area man had on the world and where we live. The citys park and Rec Commission has to sign off on the new name before it becomes official. Hopefully that happens. That will be very nice. Before we go, jeff ranieri is going to talk about our microclimate weather alert that were in right now. We do have the chance here of an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow morning, 4 00 to 9 00 a. M. Best possibility. South sap jose to gilroy. After that well clear out with sunshine tomorrow afternoon. Little bit less humid. Down to 86. 79 on thursday. It doesnt get better than that after the hot weather weve had this summer. By next tuesday, a storm system is off to the north. Were be closely monitoring that authorize possib for possible showers. Have a great day tomorrow. Byebye. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests jennifer lawrence