Another fare gate design at the fruit vale station tomorrow. They are losing about 15 to 25 million a year from barts fare evasion and they need to figure out some sort of solution. Reporting live in richmond, jodi hernandez. Thank you. We have an update on the International Mystery with local ties. The death of an oakland scientist is declared a criminal act. This was no mistake. We have been following the story throughout the week when oakland native Suzanne Eaton went missing on the greek island of crete. Police found the body of a woman in a cave where she was last seen. The Coroners Office confirmed the body was doctor eatons. The biologist living in germany is survived by her husband and two sons. A tourist run down on purpose after karcatching two men break into his car. The tourist fighting for his life and the safety of San Franciscos Tourist Attractions in question tonight. Sam brock is talking to visitors and businesses. Sam . Police emphasized that its very rare for a car break in to turn violent and burglaries are down in San Francisco, but people who visit and live in the city and work here worry that property crime is eating into San Franciscos once sterling image. At the legion of honor, people come from all over the world to appreciate classic pieces of art. Today they find pieces of shattered glass in the parking lot. I am surprised because from going to a museum, its a fancy place and you wouldnt expect Something Like that to happen. Almost exactly 24 hours ago, a man from out of state carried on to a stretcher after two men ran him over. Police say the victims condition is lifethreatening as San Francisco lifers wonder aloud whats happening to their city. Things have changed. People are much more cautious. People trying to be more forgiving get more worried and it will affect tourism. Word gets around. The evidence is here. There is shattered glass here, there, there, some in that spots, more in that spot. Some in a spot beyond that. Seven or eight different spots and this is just this side of the parking lot. Car breakins may be down, but smash and grabs are popping up constantly. How many stores have had issues . Four. Next door gets hit all the time window taken out. District has taken measures, adding surveillance and they are putting more patrols in target areas like union square, but property crime remains a challenge for the city. San francisco, sam brock. This is an issue we have been exposing for the past few years. We have been crunching the numbers to give perspective on how often the car breakins are happening throughout San Francisco. Bigad joins us now. They had a Record Number of smash and grabs, more than 31,000. So far this year reported breakins have dropped about 18 , but that still means on any given day, about 70 of us will have cars broken into in San Francisco. Another 13 people a day have their cars actually stolen in the city. This is just based off of whats reported to the police. The actual number of car breakins could be higher. Many of you might assume there is no point in reporting it, but if nothing else, it keeps track of the problem and that puts pressure on the police. Especially something that just takes seconds. You have been covering this for a while. Over to the east bay in the ghost ship trial, the jury saw a combative side of the defendant. He and his right hand man are to blame for the warehouse fire that killed 36 people. He admitted today he never got the proper permits for changes he made to the building including a staircase and exit door and electrical system. He didnt know he had to get the permits and thought it was up to the owners. He didnt set up a Sprinkler System or install smoke detectors. A woman who lost her 29yearold daughter said she didnt believe him at all. He wont take credibility for anything he has done. From the day he took it, when he signed a lease until the day that fire happened. Hes up there fighting for his life. His crossexamination continues tomorrow, his fourth day on the stand. You might have receive an amber alert this afternoon. The 1yearold was found safe. The mother kidnapped him in paso robles and two hours ago, they spotted the car near calabasas. The little boy and his mother were inside and the mother is in custody. A breaking news alert after we learned the boy was missing and when he was found. You can sign up for these phone. Nbc bay area app. Pg e knew about the fire threat from the high voltage fire lines and failed to act. The wall street journal obt n obtained documents and journal said they knew hundreds of miles of high voltage lines could fail and spark fires and never upgraded them. Our unit previously reported some electrical towers are more than 100 years old. Today the federal judge seized on the wall street journal report ordering pg e to respond to those claims paragraph by paragraph. Recovery will take time. That is the message to the people of trona that volted Southern California last week. It was a packed house at a town hall meeting today. Officials were there to answer questions. A big issue is water. Many without it since the quake hit on friday. Good news on that front and officials hoped to get the water flowing and despite the struggles, neighbors have spend long hours helping each other. In the beginning, we didnt know how many people were working for us and stuff like that. We were left in the dark a little bit. Lately we have been helping out and trying to get everyone the water and the lunches. Its nice to have them here and recognize us and want to help us. The town Officials Say the crews are out assessing the damage. The good news is nothing substantial. Mike pence tweeting this from air force two on the way to fresno for a reelection fundraiser for President Trump. His caption is President Trump and the administration thank the First Responders for a job well done. The man who runs the u. S. Labor department is trying to save his own job. Alexandria acosta is urged to face reporters. He is criticized for his 2008 prosecution of financeur, Jeffrey Epstein, under the plea deal he brokered. He served a year in jail with no mention of the sex trafficking charges he now faces. We did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. He needed to go to jail. New accuser has come forward, jennifer arose. She is a woman who was recruited outside her high school to provide massages for epstein. She told Savannah Guthrie she was 15 when a massage turned bo rain. Very forcefully. Brought me over to the table and just did what he told me. I was scared. I didnt necessarily think he was going to rain me. To see more of this interview, it will be shown on nightly news in about 20 minutes. A massive new residential project has been claired by the city of santa clara. Its slated to go up to the caltrain station. Its 1500 Housing Units and 45,000 square feet from Retail Stores that features a hotel and park. Neighbors worry it will make traffic and congestion worse in that area. Up next here at 5 00, overrun by rats, a decision on the plan to poison rodents on the islands. Between seismologists and nasa happening here. Im jeff ranieri. Eta hotter. We will let you know how much warmer into the weekend coming up in about eight minutes. This is fred. Hes dancing like nobodys watching. And because all of the devices on freds wifi network are protected with xfinity xfi, literally, nobodys watching. Wait, millions of people are watching . If its connected, its protected with xfinity xfi. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity delivers the best inhome wifi experience. Plus, add xfi advantage for enhanced network security. Click, call or visit a store today to learn more. Itits crepe day. Day for our family at dennys. A Family Tradition we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with dennys delivery. See you at dennys or dennys. Com on the heels of the two big earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks, the scientists who track the quakes are making a big move of their own. The Geological Survey is packing up and moving in with nasa. Scott budman joins us in Mountain View with the details and the impact with this move. Scott . Reporter hey, raj. From drones to super computers, usgs said moving here to nasa will both add technology and cut down on cost. The u. S. Geological survey opened the doors of their new home. They added wings in the 1950s. Gaining space and saving a lot of rent by moving from menlo park to the nasa aames Research Center in Mountain View. Nasa and usgs worked together for over 50 years from the earth to the moon. The agency best known for monitoring earthquakes will be side by side with the agency best known for exploring space. This move brings together scientists and engineers from two of our nations top research agencies. Working together to track what has been a very bus earthquake season with 400 people making the move while usgs officials said they are ready to hire, too. We are always looking to bring in new staff. They will bring in new technology and new ways of doing things. Reporter uusgs said people will move in august, but for all the machinery, it has been transferred over. Nbbrc b brkbc bay area news. Menlo park firefighters wont be slowed in a serious quake. The system alerts firefighters when an earthquake is happening. It automatically opens the stations doors so the trucks can get on the road and not be stuck in a power outage. It automatically shuts down gas applian appliances. The plan to get rid of a mouse problem is suspended. Theslands third miles off San Franciscos coast are rich in native species from plants to birds to sea species. They infested the islands after hitching a ride with sailors and killing a rare bird species. They persuaded the Coastal Commission to reconsider using rat poison out of concern it will harm other animals on the islands. They are considering other options. The San Francisco vaping company, juul, spent a Million Dollars to fight a smoking measure that would overturn the recently passed legislation banning the sale of ecigs. It would allow them to continue selling their vaping devices and nicotine cartridges in San Francisco. No surprise here, bay area cities are all over the list of worst places for first time home buyers. They looked at 300 cities and berkeley tops the list with small cities. For larger cities, oakland, San Francisco, and san jose is 12th. The biggest problem for first time home buyers, its all about money, not necessarily location. The best advice is to shop in less popular places to live. The navy is giving away the old naval weapons station. It will be part of the Regional Park district. It will have a Visitors Center and trails for hiking and biging. A public celebration will be held on saturday. Love more, hate less is the message from the soccer captain and world cup champion, megan rapinoe. A victory pread farade for the team in u. S. City amount fired up rapinoe addressed the huge crowds. This is my charge to everyone. We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We gotta listen more and talk less. The players using the win to push for equal pay for female athletes and the team go on a fivestop victory tour in pasadena. That was so fun to watch. Everyone was smiling. Its our team. That was in new york. This was a parade for everyone. So cool. We are comfortable outside. Temperatures warmed up and it was not hot, at least for a lot of the bay area. Normally we can be in the 90s and the 100s. Lots of 70s in san jose. Plenty of blue sky. Currently at 77. We keep the mostly clear skies and temperatures down to the 60s at 8 00 and 9 00. We have another cooler system developing right now that has been what has kept our temperatures so comfortable the past several weeks. The thing thats different right now is its not setting up in the right spot to bring us cooler than average temperatures as we head throughout the next several days. Its well out here in the pacific. Its going to allow warmer air from the south and boost our temperatures up as we head into this upcoming weekend and give us morning fog. As we push into tomorrow mornings forecast, low clouds and temperatures in the 50s. South bay at 58. More 50s here for the north bay and San Francisco and the east bay. We begin with the low clouds tomorrow, everybody away from the coastline getting in on that sunshine. If you h beaches, you get the fog staying put. Numbers are warming up tomorrow and still remain in the 80s across the south bay. We are not crossing over into the 90s yet. Again, remaining comfortable across the bay. 82 in los gatos. Garmentest is gilroy at 87. We are close to the 90s in concord and pittsburgh and antioch back to hayward with the bay breeze. Down to 79. Over to the peninsula, 80 in palo alto and up to san mateo. We have our normal chill in San Francisco with 60s. The best spot is the mission at 67 or the embarcadero at 66. Winds out of the west at 20. For napa and santa rosa and sonoma, mid 80s. The extended forecast has numbers heating up a little. Upper 60s and less in the way of fog and increased sunshine and dropping down into early next week. Inland at that warmer 87 tomorrow. Go to the low 90s this weekend. This wont last long as we will be back down to low 80s as you move into tuesday and wednesday. Very enjoyable sevenday forecast moving in. If you are traveling, it might not be enjoyable. We are watching the gulf for a possible tropical system. We could see upwards of seven inches of rain in louisiana. That could snarl air traffic across the country. We will let you know if it develops further. As you forecast it, it seems like winter. There was so much fog. A good rebound. Thanks, jeff. Up next here, an old tombstone abandoned on the side of the road and it belongs in the bay area. The journey one man went on to find its rightful home. Just when you thought you were done painting. You discover paint bleed under your tape. Not with frogtape frogtape is the only painters tape treated with patented paintblock technology. Paintblock reacts with the water in latex paint to form a microbarrier against paint bleed, giving you the sharpest lines possible. 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Its the marker for the grave of a physician who died in the 1800s and belongs in an oakland cemetery. No word on how the tomb stone ended up 40 miles away. He plans to return it on friday. Tomorrow marks one year sinc. She pledged to clear out the homeless encampments. It shows the number of tents is down 33 since the mayor took office. That leaves 380 tents across town. We spoke with our investigative reporter. The number of homeless tents is down, but the amount of Homeless People is up. Is the city really making progress in. Getting almost 1500 people who were on the streets off the streets is real progress. Over the past two years, the number of homeless spiked nearly 20 to nearly 8,000 people. Tonight we will hear more from the mayor and what she accomplish and what she hasnt biggest challenge facing San Francisco. Space. Show me the crown. Show me homecoming. Baby sloth videos on youtube. Amy, do you uh mind giving someone else a turn . Oh. 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They will hold the first launch later this year. The rockets will be used to put satellites into orbit around earth. There was no one on the way to new york. They just dropped it off for this flight. Yeah. Precious cargo. Pretty fascinating. Are we going to see crazy morning weather again . Low clouds and a little bit of fog bite afternoon. Sunshine returns and 87 degrees. Its warming up not too hot. Low 90s this weekend and drops back down next week. No cause for alarm on the temperatures. We are good for july. Midsummer forecast. Thanks for joining us. Lester holt is next with nightly news. We will be back at 6 00. Tonight, breaking news a hurricane threat as severe flooding triggers a state of emergency in louisiana. Downtown new orleans flooded from almost ten inches of rain and it could get a whole lot worse in the region as the threat of a tropical storm, even a hurricane, increases in the days ahead. Will the levies be able to hold the water back high anxiety tonight in the big easy and beyond nbc news exclusive. A new accuser says billionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 15 did Jeffrey Epstein rape you yeah, he raped me forcefully raped me. And President Trumps labor secretary defends his involvement as a federal prosecutor
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