Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20170923

I mean, it feels like fall. Yeah. We got 40s and 50s outside, but sevenday forecast not much longer . Its different for you. 44 in santa rosa, clear skies, beautiful view looking to San Francisco, 56, one of the warmer temperatures were seeing and clear into san jose, 51, theres the day park forecast. Lunch time temperatures, bayside, low 70s, by 3 00, mid to upper 70s in the bay, and 80s inland today, warm in the trivalley areas, south of san jose in the 80s. As things warm up, north winds pick up. Watch out for a red flag warning in the north bay hill tops with dry conditions issue and evanday forecast, it takes us back to summerlike temperatures. A look at that in 12 minutes. I thought we were done. I thought we were. Not so lucky, rob, thanks. The uc Berkley Community is preparing for the worse ahead of free speech week and today could be a test just how tense things may get, the conservative speaker is scheduled to speak on treasure island, the headliner at free speech week that begins at berkley tomorrow. His last speech at berkley earlier this year turned into a violent riot. The Student Group organizing this week says despite reports that free speech week was cancelled, it will happen. Originally, we had indoor venues, but now were outside, a hazard to the students and speakers. Some professors cancelled their classes and are urging students to stay away from campus during free speech week. The University Says they reserves they are tapping into in anticipation of high security costs. This morning, a powerful 6 partnership 6. 2 earthquake in mexico, this as the search for survivors continues in mexico city. The death toll there now at 300. Frustration is still rising. Volunteers joining to the because they say mexican officials are not prepared for this rescue. Today, we are spearheading coverage in mexico city where it is extremely chaotic. Reporter rescue teams continue the difficult task of sifting through the rubble, brick by brick, this was a sevenstory building in mexico city, somewhere in the rubble is siad, his family is angry. This lady says she cant talk about her pain of not knowing if her nephew is still alive. This family, like many, holding vigils on site, hoping for the best, but angry at the government. Saying the government doesnt care about the families. This operation is being run by volunteers who are begging for basic rescue necessities like gloves, hard hats, and knee pads. The government has gone awol on us. They sent in the ma reaps, but they didnt send them with equipment. Reporter meanwhile, families embrace knowing things are grim with each passing hour. Child on the sidewalk too young to realize the magnitude of this image and the impage of people praying for the best. Nbc bay area news. Well continue updates throughout the weekend, follow him on twitter as well. Following developing news out of porico that 70,000 peopl are downstream of the dam that could fail any minute. After being hit hard by Hurricane Maria on wednesday, the area around the dam, some more than 15 inches of rain. On top of everything else, the authorities are now scrambling to get people out of danger. Meanwhile, shelters, residents, and First Responders are overwhelmed. We need gas, food, i dont know. Someone to help us. You worked many hurricanes before, but never this . Never seen it. Power is out. The entire island and 95 of cell service is down. The government has now hired more than 50 small contractors to help get things up and running. Back here in the bay area, the National Health care debate took center stage here yesterda energized crowds about his plan, the medicare for all plan. He did not waste time going after the republicanled grahamcassidy bill in his speech in a nursing convention, urging everyone to burn up the phone lines and twitter feeds of the republican lawmakers demanding they vote no. We have also got to understand that in terms of health care, maintaining the status quo is just not good enough. Sanders thanked senator mccain for voting no on the bill and called mccains decision, quote, terrible and sad. Search for a 13yearold bay area girl who van herbed on the way to school, mckayla, never made it to Hoover Middle School in san jose thursday. Last night, the family passed out fliers asking anyone with information to call them or police. They retraced her steps and scoured neighbors videos. We want her to come home safe. Shes loved. Shes missed. We want her to come home as soon as possible. The family has questioned her friends, but so much no luck. San jose police say they are not ready to say that shes missing. The allegations are troubling. Two men accused ed of using a disabled boy to rob asian women in the south bay. They arrested dominque and juan earlier this month in connection to at least four robberies. They directed a third suspect, a 17yearold disabled boy to steal jewelry off of the women. Now to the giants, they were on the road at dodger stadium, but back at home at at t park, changes were made. New safety netting to protect the fans. The giants confirmed to us they will add more netting next season to the field level seats at at t park. This is all to protect fans from foul balls and loose bats. Threeteams pledged a similar move. This comes two days after a line drive foul ball hit a 4yearold girl. She was seriously injured and remains in a new york hospital. It is 7 08 with much more ahead on today in the bay, coming up, President Trump has a message loud and clear on twitter for the warriors, and seth curry this morning. What the president says about the teams invitation to the white house. Plus . Hes fired. Fired calling out kaepernick, President Trumps rant about the nfl thats making headlines. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. Get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only 34. 90 more per month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Welcome back. Its 7 10, a live look outside as the sun shines over the golden gate bridge, clear skies because its a cool morning. The first weekend of fall, but enjoy it while it lasts. Meteorologist rob mayeda said summerlike temperatures are on their way back to the bay. Will the golden state ware yours go to the white house . Its been a tradition for a Championship Team to be honored and invited, but it appears this morning that the team has been uninvited. President trump tweeted about an hour ago, quote, going to the white house is considered a great honor for a Championship Team. Stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. What hes referring to is what curry told reporters yesterday as warriors headed back to team he headquarters for media day and training camp. Curry said many on the team does not stand for what the president said, and by not going to the white house will hopefully inspire change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country, his words. Respect the opportunity that we have to represent not only ourselves, our own believes, but our organization. We are in this position because we won a championship, did Something Special together, and so for us to just really take the time to understand the magnitude of the decision and the right thing to do and the right way to go about it. The president usually calls the team or coach owner to initiate a white house visit. According to espn, the Trump Administration had not contacted the warriors. And from basketball to football, the president says nfl owners should fire players who kneel during the National Anthem and encouraging spectators to walk out in protest. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say, get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. Out. Hes fired. Hes fired the president made these comments at a rally in alabama in support of senator luther strange. It is 7 12 with much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, waiting for the newest release from apple, the surprise customers got at apples palo alto store. And the cold temperatures might surprise you this morning, 43 right now, a nice recovery if you are going to sonoma and napa today. 80s in the forecast and 90s coming. Well be right back. 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. Welcome back, it is 7 15, a live look outside as the sun shines over the transamerica pyramid, a beautiful fall morning, cooler temperatures, and our meteorologist says enjoy the weekend while it lasts because 90s are back on the way. In San Francisco, a special monument unveiled eed dedicate comfort women. Thats the term used for hundreds of thousands of women forced into sex slavery by the Japanese Army during world war irgs. The bronze statue of four women unveiled yesterday at st. Marys square park near San Franciscos chinatown in fromtd of hundreds of people. The creator of the monument said it was heart breaking to work on. We do monuments for soldiers and monuments of First Responders, but to take on a subject that is so emotional, just telling people what youre doing as they come into the studio, it just it is shocking to think of what these girls suffered through. Organizers say San Francisco is the first major city to have a memorial highlighting this global issue. A routine trip to the gas station may have put east bay drivers at risk of fraud. Six credit card skimmers were found on a set of gas stations in antioch on summerville road on highway 4. Skimmers found on thursday, but its unclear how long theyd been there. Check your Bank Accounts and report any evidence of fraud. Layoffs are looming at bay area base Hp Enterprise learning the Company Plans to slash 10 of the staff, thats about 5,000 workers. Its part of a map by the ceo, meg whitman, to cut costs. One of several businesses spun from hp, Hp Enterprise offers cyber security, wifi, and other corporate technologies. The iphone8 hit shelves yesterday, but it was not the star of the show at apples palo alto store. [ cheers and applause ] ceo tim cook was there to greet the relatively small crowd when the doors opened. This is the University Avenue location, by the way, which the late Steve Jobs Used to visit. Apples latest phone has a new design and features including wireless charging. The iphone8 starts at about 700. It would appear most are waiting for the 10. They didnt get the turnout they thought theyd get. Rob mayeda has a look at the forecast and feels like fall. Especially as you step outside, you see the low 40s in the bay area. Yeah. Clear skies, no fog in the view for most of the camera views, this is from san bruno mountain, San Francisco there off to the east bay, mostly clear skies, 56. Warm as it gets right now in the bay area. You can see oakland 49 degrees, and over to dublin, 40s, clear skies, and san jose, temperatures in the low 50s right now, 51 degrees. We got the clear skies here, and notice the temperatures in the s irgs ierra had snow. Highs today, going to lake tahoe . Chilly, in the low 50s and climbing towards the 60s approaching monday as we begin to see warming temperatures in the sierra, theres warming temperatures here as well, especially through the sevenday forecast. Cal hosts usc at 12 30 today. Temperatures mid70s, and san jose state hosts utah state at 4 30. Temperatures close to 80 in the early afternoon and dropping to the low 70s at game time, and stanford hosts the other l. A. Team, broou bruins in town. Temperatures in the low 60s. Not much wind outside right now, but the wind speeds will begin to accelerate, especially in the north bay hills, the reason why we have red flag warning upstarting mid afternoon today through tuesday. Winds 1525 miles per hour. Dry north winds, elevations above 1,000 feet, enhanced fire danger. Highs today close to 80, low 80s, possible south of downtown, comfortab comfortable, and really a nice temperature recovery in some cases, 40 degrees of warming from the low to mid 40s outside right now. Low 80s in the trivalley, mid to upper 70s in oakland, peninsula temperatures great, highs in the mid70s, breezy in the afternoon. We should see 70s in San Francisco today, and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. The reason why we go from the taste of winter where we have the cold area of low pressure, dropping snow at times, thats moving east. We got High Pressure building in, transitional day tomorrow, temperatures climb three to five degrees. Heading into monday and tuesday, watch what happens here, north winds turning somewhat offshore, which means the coast clears out. Bayside temperatures rise into the 80s, and we think for the valleys, that means especially wednesday and thursday, temperatures are going to go back from fall to summerlike mode. Breezy, we have to watch for the hill tops, especially north of the golden gate, and San Francisco temperatures have a chance to get into the 80s tuesday through thursday, cooling approaching friday, but valleys here seeing temperatures really starting to climb by wednesday. The weekend looks fine other than the dry and breezy conditions seen in the hills. Cooler today and tomorrow, and tuesday, wednesday, thursday, if youre sad to see summer go away, theres only a few of you, but there you go. Mid90s make a comeback there thursday, and trending cooler towards next weekend, back to you. I just have no words, rob. Okay. Thank you. We have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. What would you do if you only had one year to live . Well introduce you to a facebook engineer and violinist faced with that question in this mornings bay area proud. The statement is so true for the man we re about to meet. He s a facebook employee and a iol music is life, that statement is so true for the man were about to meet, a facebook employee, and a vie lippist, but theres so much more to his story. Todays in the bays Garvin Thomas has this mornings bay area proud. Reporter fiddler on the roof is a staple for more than 50 years, but this four week run is destined to be one of a kind. You see, this is violinists first performance with them. It will also be his last. I was diagnosed with the most lethal and terrible form of brain cancer. Reporter that diagnosis came one year ago with a prognosis to match. Eric, an engineering manager at facebook, took a long hard look how he wanted to spend that time. My wife, karen and i, started thinking about, okay, what are the things that i want to leave behind . What are the things i want to be remembered for . Reporter bringing people together rg together, Building Community was the answer, and music was to be the means. Eric had played violin since he was a young boy, but lifes responsibilities had pushed that pleasure down the list of priorities. So eric set about spending hours upon hours resurrecting his talent. When he learned of the fiddler performance, there was an idea, for eric to perform a particularly difficult solo. The violin, and the musical director had only to be asked once. When i was sold, i said, youre going to make it. Im going to help you make it there. Im going to help you make it. Learn this part. Reporter others in erics shoes might have chosen selfish pursui pursuits, and no one would have blame them, but eric spent months perfecting what was to be a gift he didnt want to get, but give. My violin playing is how i build community, how i bring people together, how i show my appreciation for everything that people have done for me. Reporter so for eight minutes in the middle of each performance, eric steps to the center of the stage. He, the audience, and the cast are then bonded by the beauty of music and the fragility of life. A shared experience that teaches all of us to do what brings you joy because none of us know when our song will end. [ cheers and applause ] that was Garvin Thomas for us this morning. Much more ahead on today in the bay, coming up, searching through the rubble, back to mexico city as rescue efforts continue this weekend. Also, things could have ended very differently. The story of two dogs narrowly escaping death while driving down a bay area freeway. Ah the moon belongs to everyone the best things in life theyre free stars belong to everyone they cling there for you and for me flowers in spring the robins that sing the sunbeams that shine theyre yours and their mine love can come to everyone the best things in life theyre free good saturday morning. It is 7 29. Thank you so much for joining us. This is a live look towards San Francisco in the eastern span of the bay bridge where the sun is shining. 70s expected today as we head into this first weekend of fall. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us. Im kera klapper, and rob mayeda is in, you have a look at the microclimate forecast, and i dont want to give anything away, but enjoy the Cool Temperatures while we have them. Sevenday forecast is rude. Really is. Thats the perfect way to describe it. The weekend weather, though, is great, falllike temperatures, 40s and 50s, clear skies in the bay area, 56 is warm as it gets. San francisco, view of the mountains, clear skies, nice air quality too, the system that brought snow to the sierra cleared out smoke in the area. 51 in dublin, 70s San Francisco to oak Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerych Wyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch oakland. Tomorrow, dry north winds means fire danger, and High Pressure builds, dry north winds increase. Watch out for the red flag warnings into early next week and sevenday forecast brings 90s back. Were going to have to see them. Well let you know how hot coming up. I hope an shows up at my door. I cant do this. A limit heat coming back.  all right, rob, thanks for the warning. Well check back in a bit. A live look now outside at uc berkley sproul plaza, they are gearing up for free speech week by cancelling classes and preparing for expensive security measures. This is a live look at sproul plaza because tomorrow, here, its expected to get heated. Today could be a test of just how tense things may get, conservative speaker is scheduled to speak on treasure island, and hes the headliner at free speech week that begins at berkley tomorrow. The Student Group organizing the week says despite recent reports free speech week is cancelled, its going on as planned. We were to have indoor ven s venues, but now were forced outside, a huge hazard to not only the students, but the speakers. Professors have cancelled classes and urged students to stay away from campus during free speech week. As for high security costs, the University Says it has reserves it can tap into. In mexico, time is running out for search and rescue efforts. Its. Four days since the magnitude 7. 1 earthquake that rattled the country. Those trapped beneath the rubble fight for survival as help arrives from around the world. Nbc is with the search team. Reporter tonight, desperation and determination. This is the frantic race to bring life. This happens again and again, more than 100 rescued, many still missing. We need information, any type of information, but we need real information. Reporter Maria Mendoza is looking for one buried under six stories of steel, concrete, and rebar. Hes 27 years old. Reporter at the Elementary School where the search gripped a nation, authorities apologized for earlier reports that a girl was trapped, but say they still believe there could be a survivor in the rubble. Its all hands on deck including freda, the lab working with the mexican navy sniffing for the missing. Then theres the search and rescue crew, Hector Mendez formed this team after the 1985 quake, now needed more than ever before. People with their hearts to support in these situations. Reporter at the largest rescue site in mexico, this is a scramble, hundreds working around the clock, and they wont give up hope. Many who survive have little left. Christian and Wendy Alvarez live in a billing that no longer stands. Our Worst Nightmare came true, she said. Tonight, this broken country fighting to get back on its feet. The search for the missing, only pauses for the National Anthem. A country thats lost so much working around the clock to save what matters most. Nbc news, mexico city. We are also in mexico city, continuing to provide updates throughout the weekend. Make sure to follow him on twitter as well. Were following developing news from puerto rico where as many as 70,000 people are downstream of the dam that could fail any minute. Ev ev ev evacuations are underway. The area around the guajataca dam saw 15 inches of rain. On top of everything else, authorities are scrambling to get people down stream out of danger. Meanwhile, she wanters, residents, and First Responders are all overwhelmed. Its important to let city hall know that we are here. Were not going anywhere. Sorry about that, that was the the wrong sound bite there. Power is still out to the entire island of puerto rico, and 95 of krechb service is down. The government has hooired more than 50 small contractors to help get it up and running. They dont know what led to the brawl that shut down one office in the south bay happening before noon yesterday at a moving company on south 10th street in san jose. Officers arrived finding three men suffering from stab wounds. The injured men and two others taken in custody. Its unclear what started the fight, it was between a group of employees and contractors. No weapons were found at the scene. And as the saying goes, every dog has its day, and it was quite a lucky day for these dogs. This photo was posted after a driver spilled Construction Materials on highway 880. As you can see, one of the items peers through the front window of the mercedes through the headre headrest, narrowly missing the dogs in the backseat. The dogs and owner walked away from the accident unharmed. The chp is using this opportunity to warn drivers to secure anything to the car and keep roadways safe. President trump continued his verbal attack on a rally in alabama. Yesterday on twitter, trump called the north Korean Leader a, quote, madman. Were also learning that senior aids to the president repeatedly warned him not to deliver a personal attack on kim jong un. Leaders in washington are now worried that they were right. Leaves us no offramp from this tough talk. China called on all sides to stop irritating one another. The tensions are placing a growing threat on the Winter Olympics in south korea. France has since become the first country to say it stays home if security in south korea cannot be guaranteed. This weekend on our Emmy Award Winning documentary series, bay area revelations, a look back how the bay area became one of the greatest war machines in history. The bay area had more than 400 military installlations, big and small, by the end of world war ii. Back then, San Francisco was the main hub for the u. S. Military. What it provided was all of the support system that were needed in order to be able to deploy to the pacific world war ii. War, protest, and prosperity airs tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. After the raiders game. 7 37. Much more ahead on today in the bay, and coming up, can you believe it . Summer vacation already is over for the warriors. They are back to Team Headquarters with a lot to say. Quiet this morning. Welcome back, 7 40, a live look outside over oracle arena, quiet this morning, but its about to come back to life. The warriors 201718 season is around the corner, and at media day yesterday, there was excitement from the players who were set to begin their quest for backtoback titles. Heres colin rush from oakland. I mean, its a great thing if theres this many medimmediatme. Means were doing Something Special. Reporter its part entertainment. Glad to be at work. Boring offseason. Reporter sarcasm, thick. We know hes had off the court issues in recent years, which is partly why he relished the opportunity to take a few public jabs at durant for his twitter snafu calling out the former teammate and coach. I texted him the day of, and then i saw him in person and laughed in face. Yeah, he laughs at everything. This is how far the franchise came when the topics are related to social media. Also, Clay Thompson in china. I was just having a great time, i forgot the internet existed, now. If i could do it again, i would be clay. I mean, that. I want to be clay. Hes got it figured out. Reporter the other issue . Shoes. Kd and nike and steph and underarian mother. Lets just play in socks and call it a day. That ensures no drama when practice starts, you know what im saying . Reporter nick young does with a sense of humor. Who, in your opinion is the best shooter on the team . Oh, you know, probably have to go with curry. Reporter as i said, the sarcasm thick. You can be that way when youre the champs. In oakland, nbc bay area. Now to the giants. Three world series titles in the past seven years so plenty to celebrate here, but last night, it was the dodgers turn to celebrate. The giants here on nbc bay area down at dodger stadium, giants pa announcer there celebrating her birthday. Into the ninth, sandoval with a beautiful home run, beautiful, but that was it. They called strike three, and giants lost 42, and the dodgers won the division, and are headed to the playoffs. Meanwhile over at the coliseum, very quietly the young swinging as are on a hot streak. Might sound familiar. Matt olson with a home run, 24 in just 57 games. As beat rangers 41, their fifth win in a row. Much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. Well show you new emails revealed by pgne about back channel dealings with state regulators following the san bruno parttimeline explosion. Clear skies, Cool Temperatures starting off saturday morning, but were watching north winds later this afternoon for fire danger and a surprising warmup ahead in the seven day forecast. A look at that when we come back. Well, if you dont believe its fall, just step outside this morning. 44 degrees right now, clear skies, and a strong temperature recovery towards the afternoon, sonoma and napa, high temperatures approaching the low 80s, and San Francisco, 56 degrees, clear skies there. Oakland about 49 dregs, and coming up this evening, we got as baseball. Temperatures dropping to the low 60s at the rangers in town, first pitch at 6 05, and san jose, 51 degrees, and you can see the most clear skies from the santa clara valley, and above the valley, mt. Hamilton, a view and temperature in the 50s. Watching the snow slides this weekend, and High Pressure builds in. We see winds pick up and specifically for the north bay and the rest of the bay area for the afternoon, youll see the wind speeds picking up from 1020 miles per hour, but specifically for the elevations above 1,000 feet, to wrap up the weekend, north bay hills into Solano County as well, a a red flag warning and dry conditions, breezy at times and even overnight with the winds out of the north, well continue to see dry conditions at around the north bay. Highs today in san jose, cool start to the morning, low 80s for now, nice and comfortable for saturday plans, again, 81 in san jose, low 80s, south of downtown. Same in concord and fairfield, oakland to hayward, mid to upper 70s, and to the coast, we got sunshine today. Sevenths at half moon bay, downtown San Francisco, highs in the low 70s for now. Set to sore coming up in the sevenday forecast as High Pressure continues to build for the north bay today, highs in the low to mid 80s possible, and up towards santa rosa and 78 degrees in napa. The park forecast, 3 00 in the afternoon, 70s bay side, low 80s inland, but tomorrow, we begin to see the temperatures climb to upper 70s bay side by 3 00 in the afternoon, and to some mid to upper 80s inland. We just had sierra snow, we are having 40s this morning thanks to the dip in the jet stream, the cool air brought down from the gulf of alaska and canada. Sinking warm dry air aloft, boosten temperatures sunday and monday. By wednesday, the familiar sight of relatively strong High Pressure to the north, meaning bay temperatures will be running back into 80s and 90s inland. Weekend weather is great. Watch for breeze ayen dry conditions in the hills. San francisco straight through the weekend, interesting facts, tomorrow on an average year typically is the warmest day in San Francisco due to dry offshore winds, so that is typical. Mid80s midweek not so much. See the valleys climbing out of the 80s to mid90s wednesday and thursday. Kira, back to you. Rob, thanks. We have much more ahead on today in the, coming up, the new revelation about communications between pge and agency regulating them after the pipeline explosion. After a winter washout we examine the effort to prepare your roads. Marcus and define lifetime. One man tells our consumer investigator he thought his vehicle was under warranty. He thought wrong. Laura the lesson we all can learn. Gfx emails showing backchannel dealings with state regulators following the 2010 san bruno pipeline releasing emails showing back channel dealers with state regulators following the pipeline explosion. The utility assured the courts and public three years ago that there were no more emails, but there are. It provides new evidence of the cozy relationship at the time between pge and agency supposed to be regulating it. Heres investigator reporter. Well, the content of the emails is truly alarming. Reporter the city manager of san bruno is talking about emails that pge just released long after assuring the city they disclosed any improper contacts with state regulators. These date back to january 2013. At the time they were in secret talks with san bruno officials over the gas explosion in that city that left eight people dead. One redacted email accounts advise pge reportedly got from then commissioner sandoval, now a professor at santa clara law school, she did not get back to us for comment, but according to the account in the email, she boasted about knowing positions of both sides and urged pge to tell san bruno to, quote, take a hike, because no one is going to blank without convincing evidence by the other side. In another mail, pge consultants, susan kennedy, recounts how the Commission President , peevy, hoped the new safety chief could, quote, bring something home but that the crazies are so far out there, it may not be possible. Blame the craziness on locals in san bruno and personal prosecute, jerry hill. In the end, pge paid 1. 6 billion in fines and penalties. These are damming and damaging. Reporter they are concerned with the threeyear delay in the emails being released. When this happens you dont know can you trust them . If they show this they just found, what else is out there . That begs to question. What are they not showing us still. Reporter emails come as the utilities agreed to a nearly 100 million settlement with g regulators over a five year period. Others are similar to ones punished for, and they were only discovered recently in an unrelated search. At some point, theres there has to be a conclusion in this California Public Utilities Commission has to make sure that the rules are clear, enforced, and this does not happen again. Nbc, bay area news. At 7 54, much more ahead on today in the bay coming up, the clear the shelters segment feoffing friends from pets in need. Introducing you to ziggy next. This morning some special guests from pets in need. Kira 2shot welcome back this morning. Our special guest from pets in need, alexander and marsha are here with ziggy. How cute is this dog . Hes, like, a stuffed animal. Hes up for adoption. Just the cutest little thing, very wellbehaved. What kind of dog is he . What home is good for him . We think hes a mix, possibly hyperallergenic. Hes what we describe as a velcro dog, loves to be around people all the time. Someone who is home all the time or someone who could be around a lot, yeah. Hed prefer to be around people. He loves them. A good come pan. Yeah. So calm sitting in marshas lap, just a little human with a fur coat on. He is perfect. Yes. Perfect way to describe him. We do want to mention he has something on his leg, a mass, leek, a noncancerous mass. Noncancerous, but we are doing ct scan to ensure its not going in the muscle or bone to affect how he walks. We are doing a fundraiser for him on the website. He needs a ct and possibly surgery that is 5,000. Youd cover that if someone adopts him . They wouldnt have to pay for that . Right. You have an interesting way for paying for pets like ziggy. Tell me about that. We have a Corporate Program. We bring animals out to your businesses and have the tails protect walk. The employees get together, spend some together and team build and walk our dogs. We have yappy hour bringing animals in, and they are able to spend time and socialize with the animals. It gets the dogs out for the day. Yeah. And it gives the employees the opportunity to team bill. Essentially companies who want to give employees the opportunity to get out for the lunch hour, you walk the dog, and you donate to the company. Right. Donations go towards animals that need special care. Well be sure to send people to petsinneed. Org to learn more about the Corporate Program and learn more about ziggy. Thank you for being a part of the morning and thanks to you, we appreciate it. More local news tonight at 5 00, 6 00, and 11 00, and all die on nbcbayarea. Com. Symbol you know youre watching television thats educational and informational. The more you know on nbc. Josh today on the voyager, i suit up for an ancient roman sport. Im a gladiator . 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