That door is left open. The closer you are to the High Pressure the more youre going to feel that heat. As we take a look at the heat advisory, you can see the areas impacted, the eastern half of the bay area from concord down to dpel rgilroy. Youre under this heat warning. Drink lots of water, check on the elderly, find some sort of air conditioning, maybe dinner out, possibly the movies. Dont forget the pets and the hot car danger. A car with the windows rolled pm and and turned off can be 30 degrees hotter. 101 danville. Well have a full update in about 15 minutes. Our fair danger is elevated. Today a brush fire in vallejo, this is hens park right off 80 and redwood parkway exit. Firefighters were busy in the venetia area. This happened off 680 and marsh view road, the same area of another brush fire earlier this week. No damages or injuries have been reported. It is heating up at the gilroy garlic festival. Tens of thousands of people expected to show up for the threeday event which started today. Of course heat, this extreme heat advisory as well a big concern for the visitors. Quee were joined live from gilroy with what people are trying to do to keep cool. Reporter people here in gilroy take their garlic very seriously, and this weekend theyre tarekin the heat very seriously. Organizers say this is nothing new for the festival and they will be well prepared. Garlic and gilroy come hand in hand. Get excessive heat in the mix and things can get dicey. While you normally find festival goers hitting the booths, todays hottest spot seems t i. Its extra, extra hot, but our teams getting used to it. Reporter his team is ready. We have water stations available for people to fill up water bottles. Were handing out waters. And were also doing courtesy transports. Reporter first aid stations are set up for people in need. Emts are roaming the park and ambulances are on hand. So far no reports of any serious heatrelated lnave been overcomy the heat and had to take a break. Fire in the hole reporter for the most part, festival goers are finding tasty ways to stay cool. Garlic crunch. A lot of bud light. Reporter you have a hot piece of chicken and a cool beer. A cold beer, it all works its way out, its all equal. Reporter tomorrow the festival will stay open one hour later than usual so people will be able to enjoy the cooler nighttime hours. The festival runs through sunday. Reporting live from gilroy, laura sambol. Were going to continue to follow the heat all weekend long and on air. Jeff ranieris twitter feed is such a great resource. He just tweeted the latestor an rights activists who were arrested at a petaluma duck farm. Hundreds of activists showed up to protest what they say was animal abuse. Three of the protesters are already facing charges for Unlawful Assembly and misdemeanor trespassing. Now the Sonoma County da says they stole ducks from a barn and chained themselves to a fence right there on the farm. All three pleaded not guilty. Was it an accident or arson . That is a big question federal investigators are trying to answer after this fire at an apartment complex that was under construction. The owner believes it was no accident, and a string of fires over the past five years might back that up. We are joined from oakland with where the investigation stands. Reporter we just got some new information from the batlio they know where it started and it started right there on the first floor near the front of this building. Still no word if arson is to blame. Im 90 sure it was intentional. It wasnt spontaneous combustion. Reporter tony wilson hasnt slept a peep since 10 00 last night when one of his Development Projects went up in smoke. Makes me very sad. Reporter wilson and his siblings are the group behind some popular properties, including market hall in rock ridge. He plans to turn this former print shop into seven livein Studio Spaces for artists. No doubt visible to people who are annoyed by development or whatever. Reporter he suspects someone set his vacant building on fire yesterday while his construction crew was packing up a possible person of interest walked up to them. One of them came up and asked for a cigarette. Reporter you cant blame wilson for thinking this is a case of arson. Authorities say arson has set fire to at least three residential buildings under construction in emeryville and oakland between 2016 and 2018. Why would someone do that . They have bigger fish to fry, i would think. Reporter as you can see right here, tony wilson has put in place this fence to protect whats left of his property, but hes going to have to decide whether or not he pumps more money into this project and moves forward or if hes going to abandon this project all together. A federal crime unfolds in contra costa county. Th that thief casually breaking into a wall of mailboxes in concord. A u. S. Postal inspector tells us this is a countywide problem. Tom jensen joins us. How widespread is this problem . Reporter it is widespread according to the postal inspector. You saw how easily he got into those mailboxes. Its not happening just here in concord. Its happening across contra costa county, and federal investigators are beiworking wi local police. Many are seeing the video for the first time. I think thats where my mailbox is. Reporter watch as this man opens an entire wall of mailboxes and helps himself to the contents. It happened late tuesday night. And one tenant tells us it helps explain their recent lack of mail. Youre wondering why am i not getting any mail . Yeah. Reporter another man wonders if this is the same person who ransacked mailboxes in his building. Even my mailbox once it was opened, and i dont know if something is, like lost, i lost something or not. Reporter a postal inspector told nbc bay area, this is not an isolated case by a long shot. We do have postal inspectors assigned to our team that cover this area that are doing investigations in the area, and we are working with the police department. Reporter people have recently reported Numerous Group mailbox breakins across the county. And agents in his office are doing their best to find the thieves. There is a potential, if its a counter fit postal key. Reporter they could face on t this building right now. The postal inspector tells us the best thing you can do do protect yourself is get your mail as soon as you can after its delivered, especially, dont let it accumulate over several days. Thats what the thieves really like to see, thats when they make their big hauls. Tom jenson. The city of berkley is getting ready for a wildfire. Take a look at this neighborhood where the drills will take place. City leaders, firefighters, volunteers are going to run these drills. The goal is for people to practice routes theyll take to get out of their neighborhoods. They want people to have go bags ready for every person in their home. If you want to register, go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. President trump is joining forces with guatemala. He says an agreement he just signed with that country will put coyotes and smugglers out of business. Salvadoreans and hon nts, durans to apply for asylum in guatemala instead of the u. S. Border. President trumps that threatened tariffs on guatemala if no deal was reached. The president has a new target, its apple. He says apple will not be given a tariff waiver or relief for parts made in china. He added make them in the usa. He gave companies a way to ask for kpemgss. Apple did file requests last week saying there are no alternate sources for the materials. The hayes mansion is getting a new chapter. The inside is due for a Major Overhaul and the hotel ales name is likely changing. While it will still be called the hayes mansion, whatever hotel it affiliates with will have that title. It was opened in 1905 but fell into disrepair. The company that owns it believes the mansion could have a Bright Future as ass mtings a events. Up next here at 5 00, a missing tortoise. Why an east bay owner thinks someone stole her beloved pet. As temperatures rise, that air is going to become unhealthy for the east bay and south bay. Well talk more about the heat this weekend, coming up in about seven minutes. Okay. Who took the tortoise . This owner believes it was snatched from her fremont home in the middle of the day. Shes hoping Surveillance Video and a little help will crack the case. Shes worried that the person who stole the tortoise will try to sell him. Reporter when she first brought them home, cassie says they fit right in the palm of her hands. They are brothers, theyre 13 years old. Reporter 13 years later and her tortoises from africa have become much more than pets. These tortoises are family. Ive had them a long team. I just want them to come home. Reporter yesterday at about 3 30 in the afternoon, cassie says the side gate at her home blew open and both tortoises, jack and sam, walked right out of the back yard. In fact, you see them right there in cassies Home Security video. Sham is the one in front and make it is down to the street. A truck comes by, and he stops for a very long team, just out of view of the camera. Can you tell all the cars are backed up behind him. No one was going anywhere, then he turned around and went back the other direction. And no more tortoise. Reporter you dont actually see anyone take sham on video, but she believes the white truck is involved in it. You would have to have a truck to take him. Hes huge. Reporter a Good Samaritan came to the door to let her know jack was in front of the house. Both tortoises have dog tags and micro chic microchips with all their information. Shes hoping someone will call police if they find him or see them for sale on craigslist or ebay. She wants to check with neighbors to see if they saw anything else before calling the authorities. Anousha rasta, nbc bay area news. A disturbing new study is giving us a better idea of how many california homes are at high risk for wildfires and where theyre located. Riverside county is the most vulnerable, followed by metropolitan areas of sacramento, san diego and los angeles. The high cost of housing and the high demand for it have pushed developers closer to californias highrisk wooded areas. That increases the chance of those homes with a value nearly 300 billion will end up in the path of a fire. A lot happening this weekend. We talked about the gilroy garlic festival. Its also off to the races in San Francisco. Thousands of people will run or just kwawatch the San Francisco mayor sho marathon on sunday. Heres a look at the route. Keep in mind. Many muni lines are impacted. We put everything you need to know on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. The Campbell Police department has an eager new officer, meet k9 officer lucas. As you can see, hes very happy to be the newest member on the force. They shared this photo introducing the new k9 using the paw enforcement. His first day will be this monday. Watch out. I like that picture. So happy. Thats a great photo. Congratulations, lucas. Hey, im here, guys. The weekend is here. If you want to get hot, go to gilroy, if you want to stay cool, stay on the coast. Thats right. Were not expecting triple digits there. But we are under the micro climate weather alers of the bay area. I know youre saying, jeff, we know all stuff. Remember to drink plenty of breaks. Morrow. Put a cool towel on the back of your neck. That can help to drop your entire body temperature. Dont forget the hot car danger. A hot car, windows up can be some 3050 degrees hotter inside. And though the pets. Got to remember those as well. Theres no other better way to describe the heat well be dealing with, and the function of it than its like the oven door is left open, and it is on broil. Thats what were getting from this area of hot, High Pressure. Just like an oven, the closer you get do it, the more heat youre going to feel and the hotter its going to get. With this moving from the east to the west, its our east bay counties that will certainly be the hottest, in the 100s. You can see all these counties in orange. 95105 degree heat. Lets focus more in on the temperatures well experience tomorrow. I think as we start off the a wide range here. Well have a mild 70 in the tri valley, but fog at the coast,le youll be at a cooler 64. Anywhere from 60 to 70 degrees. If youre closer to the bay, closer to 60, if youre out nea the 70s. The north bay starting off with clouds and 63. Once we hit the noon hour right through the afternoon, sunshine away from the coast, and temperatures are going to skyrocket. 1015 degree warmup from today. Thats going to be enough to put us at 94 in downtown, down to gilroy, 103. If youre headed there, remember to drink water. That heats going to start early on, 83 at 11 00 a. M. By the afternoon, low 100s. Have a good time but remember to stay hydrated. Hottest widespread temperatures, alameda county, 103 livermore, 103 livermore. Notice in San Francisco, we still get the cooler breeze, 60s another the coast, but youre at 79 in the mission. Still some isolated 80s could be possible near downtown as well. And further to the north, 94 in santa rosa. 97 inapa. My extended forecast has things cooling off, thankfully, next week. 60 returning to sf. Inland valleys, dangerous heat the next few days. When you head back to work it will make it a lot easier for you on monday morning if you dont have ac to get up and get going. Thats if we come back to work monday. Until you win the lottery, then you better call me, too. Youre coming with me. Summer vacation is almost over. Actually, we have a few weeks left. Hey, raj. All those backpacks and pencils add up. Well tell you how you can donate, next. 1111 its a story youll see only on nbc bay area. A local deputy saved a tiny life nearly a decade ago. Today that child came back to say thanks. Youre looking at the reunion between rick shayas and isis. Isis, who was a baby wasnt breathing, so the deputy gave her cpr and saved her life. Since that day, the little girl and the deputy she call uncle rick get together every year to celebrate her life. Uncle rick,el dsnt like chi. But he does really well with them. She giggles. Oh, well tonight at 6 00, Damian Trujillo will have more from isis and deputy rick about their special bond. Wray to go uncle rick. I know. We used to dread august, because that means Summer Vacation is soon to end. Quee were making sure kids start off with all the supplies they need. Our supporting our schools backpack drive is going strong. Go, chris. Reporter weve clefollected couple hundred of these backpacks. She is pitching in. You can come down and donate 25 and donate a backpack to a kid in need. How important is one of these backpacks for a kid and their family . This very difficult for them to backs. For a lot of our families its supplies that they need to have a Successful School year, so they are very grateful and grateful to have these. Reporter you can pitch in, too outside the jamba juice. If you come down before 7 00, well give you a free slice of pizza from pizza my heart and a free juice from jamba juice. 41,000 pack pacbackpacks is the. Do try to pitch in if you can. I stuffed about 15 backpacks today. I got a jamba juice and a slice of pizza. Good job, you deserve that after all your hard work. Thank you, chris. If you cant make it to mountain view, no worry, you can build your own virtual backpack online. The kids need our help, were back in a moment. Show me the crown. Show me homecoming. Baby sloth videos on youtube. Amy, do you uh mind giving someone else a turn . Oh. Yeah i made myself a little comfortable here. I got a pizza for amy yes, thats me xfinity lets you search netflix, prime video, and youtube with the sound of your voice. And i dont have my wallet, so. Thats simple. Easy. Awesome. Experience the entertainment you love on x1. Access netflix, prime video, youtube and more. All with the sound of your voice. Click, call or visit a store today. Tonight at 6 00, its the first study of its kind examining the impact of smoke that drifted into the bay area. Check this out, remember this last year . It was from the camp fire, choked the bay area for nearly two weeks. Uc davis has studied the impact, an6 00 newscast. 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