Evacuate after smoke was detected. Just into the newsroom, the photos show smoke inside the cabin of the plane. It went from the cargo area to the cabin of the plane. You can see how thick that smoke was. And more breaking news now. If youre headed into San Francisco from the east bay, as we give through live look at the bridge, youre going to want to void it. Police activity has things backed up even more than normal tonight. The chp has shut down at least one westbound lane. This is the upper deck, west of treasure island. No estimated time for the closure, and were already seeing slowdowns as far away as richmond and hayward. Growing fears of an arsonist in western contra kwos at that county. A series of fires are rattling nerves in rich moppmond and el cerrito. These fires could spark and easily spread. Jodi hernandez joins us with thr latest. What do we know . Reporter el cerrito investigators have released a photo of a person of interest. A man they want to talk to in connection to at least one of those fires. Tonight theyre asking for the publics help. Its to wake up, to have the car engulfed in flames was pretty frightening. Reporter but thats exactly what police say a woman sleeping in her car yesterday morning woke up to. They say she suffered serious burns from an arson fire. The woman had been asleep in her car when somebody lit the car on fire. She was able to break a window and escape and run down to starbucks to get help. Reporter police say its just one of a slough of arsonni fires that havic at thattenni few days. ninrconr ninki four avenue yesterday morningnr alon. Very concerning to us. Reporter dave gibson says theyre teaming up with richmond investigators to get to the bottom of it. As temperatures climb, he says it doesnt take much for a small fire to take off. These fires are deadly, and we cant let fires get loose in any part of our communities. Reporter latenr today polic released this photo of a person of interest in the car fire. They hope to identify and question him. People who live in the area say they need whoevers setting the fires to stop. Theyre sick people out there. And hopefully, hopefully somebody will stop him before he does it again. Reporter and were back here live at the el cerrito fire department. Again, investigators want everyone in the community to be on alert, to be aware. If you siee anything suspicious definitely call it in. If you recognize the man in the photo, please, youre asked to department. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. The Investigation Continues in the south bay, after a deadly hitandrun. This happened about 3 00 this morning near the san jose state campus. The man was hit and killed at 4th and san fernando. Its not clear what led up to the crash. San fernando was closed for about four hours. So far, no arrests have been made. A new chapter in the debate over safety in the embarcadero. Another attack caught on tape. This time a man was hit in the face. Want to show you video showing you this very new incident. It happened outside the same condominium where a woman was attacked last week. A group who is against the new Homeless Navigation Center once again renewing calls to stop its construction. Christie smith joins us now. You spoke with the latest victim . Reporter yeah, thats right. We did speak with that man, and he says when this happened he was in shock. He had gotten out of a car and was standing about here when a man ran by and hit himni in the face. He doesnt know why or who did it, but now a Navigation Center thats going in just at the end of the block is back in the spotlight. I feel this unsafe right now. Really feel unsafe walking around. Reporter he doesnt want to show his face, but this 40 year old San Francisco man shows video captured an attack on him. He took a uber to his place on beale street. Somebody came from behind ano punched me inconico the face an away. Reporter he lives in the watermark building where on august 11th a man fought off an attacker in the doorway. The man was arrested, the incident getting widespread attention. I dont live in the best neighborhood, but i feel safer over there than i do here. Reporter the mayor said she had not seen the video from tuesday but said Mental Health and conservatorship need to be addressed, not just in San Francisco. In the meantime, we added more officers to the embarcadero area but also in places where we knowninr there have been challe. Reportenr 4 q the Mayors Office points out that crime nr city. The group safe embarcadero for all released the new video to call attention to incidents they say are happening near a Homeless Navigation Center going in. Theyre opposed to it. We ask that the city put a halt to the embarcadero the Navigation Center temporarily while litigation is heard by the courts. I think just theres this gut reaction of fear. People are using incidence of violence and crime to advocate against Homeless Services in their neighborhood. Reporter now opponents said today they think Navigation Centers are a good solution overall but dont agree with this location and question how the city runs them. The mayor, though, stressed that Navigation Centers are really about getting people off the street and into a safe location, which is a 2k3w5good solution. I checked in with the supervisor. He says hes pushing for change, including increased patrols and the Navigation Center. Christie smith, nbc bay area news. We saw that traffic mess on the bay bridge. Another hot spot usually the san mateo bridge. Heres a live look, looking pretty smooth this evening commute, but its no secret, our traffic is getting even worse and costing more than 2 billion a year forco taxpayers. Our which is and techni reporte scott budman joins us on 101 in san jose which also backs up on a nightly basis. Reporter these numbers are risky for the south bay and bay area in general. Not only because they show were year because of sitting in traffic, were also at risk ofq losing our status as a business leader. If you commute, you know weve got it bad. Traffic is bad. I have to drive like two hours. It is. I think that its progressively just gotten worse, and it doesnt really matter what time of day it is. The streets are just super congested. Reporter now, thanks to a study out of texas a m, we know how bad. The bay area now has the second worst traffic in the country, behind only los angeles. Wexd each lose 103 hours a year sitting in traffic. Our economy loses almost 2. 5 billion while we sit, and we burn more than 3 billion gallons of fuel here, cogxjnaqa here. We have to fix it. We know that. Reporter carl gar dino says money is being spent to push more public transportation, which he says we need to keep the tech economy from leaving. And what were finding, more and more, is were losing that talent completely who want to move to regions where they can get around and they can afford a home closer to work. Reporter placesnraaq new residents arent in for the shgc dijt our slow down. I just moved here likentr si months ago, so this is like a whole new world. Reporter of traffic. nryes. Reporter the Leadership Group says it hopes taxpayer dollars will soon help expand and improve b. A. R. T. , transit, all ways to get drivers out of their car. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Rivers, goodbyexd potholes. Today the Oakland Department of transportation and city leaders announced the launch of a new paving plan called the great pave. Negled over the years. This is not just filling the potholes. This is actually replacing the streets, so we dont see potholes. ni crews have alreadyco start repaving herald C Kamala Harris and tomnr steyer. Joe biden is not coming to town. Hes campaigning in New Hampshire instead. A video had candidates not debate on Climate Change. Its something we cant run away from. Its incumbent upon responsible results to make sure our kids have a Better Future and cleaner environment to live in than we do. Calls for Climate Change debate are expected to continue saturday during the general session. Were fighting for the future of the planet. I mean, this is a unique moment in global history. You can see him and hear him right there. Senator Bernie Sanders will be here in the bay area. But today he was north of us in butte county in paradise. He paired the wildfire devastation to global warming. He discussed a 16 trillion plan to reverse Climate Change. Let paradise, california be the wakeup call for our entire nation. [ applause ] now senator sanders says hex agrees with criticism that hisn Climate Change plan isco expensive, 16 trilliont but doing less would be more costly. Well tell you how a new program works. And a rare whale washes ashore on a bay area beach the crucial information scientists are hoping to learn because of this discovery. Get ready for mild morning tomorrow, plenty of 70s throughout the inland valleys. Well get you ready for the weekend forecast, plus an update on the fire near shasta lake in about eight minutes. San jose and two ofwtx amnicas biggestxd businesses e jf and wells fargo bh safqinicm u zondqr victim of a hate crime can walk into anyni1 d÷ starbucksc63co1e and find an employee especiallyiclki traine helpco them and a wait for police it sends ani message to thos throughnrxdnr hatenicu ras ng to be tolerated. 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Reporter but on this day, Something Different caught her eye. It was old and looked interesting, so i pulled it out. So rusty and old. Reporter a suitcase. At first, kaya dreamed thereo[s money inside. When i opened it up, i was is not money. Its worth more than money. Reporter what it contained was life story. He saved some crazy stuff. Reporter the life of a world war ii soldier named richard. Kaya pored through the pictures, newspaper clippings and letters. So many letters. It was like 1943 and 1944 and 1945. So he actually had them organized by year. Reporter kaya, a criminal justice major now had a mystery to solve. Why was it thrown away . Turns out he died in 2011. How it ended up here in 2019 is a better question. n7n newspaper columnist joined her search that they heard fromnr richards relatives. Wnx out. They didnt say they wanted it back. Thats not something i would ever get rid of. I would kill to have Something Like that from my grandpa. Reporter so kaya now has a new mission. Find richards belongings a home. A museum or archive that thinks his story is as important asxd kaya does. nqg r t hahp hc life. r t hahp hc imean, he saved all of these things. You might as well show them. I till you, that suitcase couldnt have fallen into better hands than kaya. Now i do want to say one thing. You notice in the story we dont use the soldiers last name. Kaya knows that obviously, they found theil chance think it was fair to go into to talk with them to heare so i great depths there. The thing is, kaya has it. They didnt want it back. So shes like somebody, a museum, archive, this deserves to be preserved. Keep us posted where it goes. I will. Very much so. If youre on the go this evening perhaps past the bay bridge, the good news is that the upper deck span is now open. They had traffic backed up with Police Activity earlier. But. Ooh. A beautiful shot. That is good news indeed. Humidity in there . I thought i was in miami. We have to say hello to laura. Jeff and i are here all the time. Its 5 00 p. M. Laura is normally on at 5 00 a. M. I was this morning. Its 5 00 a. M. p. M. I always see you on the promos, but in person, right . Im a lot taller. You are very tall, approaching six feet. As laura mentioned, theres a touch of humidity in the atmosphere, and well explain why were seeing that, but i do want to start off with a look at the fire near shasta lake. This is at least 600 acres. Heres redding off to the south. This is the north and east of redding near shasta lake. The way the wind is blowing right now its pushing the smoke off to the south. Anyone in redding definitely could be smelling that tonight. The biggest problem the way im seeing it right now is heat and humidity. 100 degrees, 12 humidity. Tomorrow, wind gusts of about 12 miles per hour. I dont see a major wind event over the next two to three days. Th news for the firefighters. And facebook and throughout the next several days. Lets take you to the weather pattern. It is complicated. We have High Pressure helping to bring the heat offshore. And then we have this weak little system passing off to our east, circulation around is helping to pull up that ales whe thats where were getting that from. Then we have fog down near the coastline. I think the main thing to focus in on as we move through tomorrow morning is a lot of us will start off with sunny conditions and some mild temperatures. Plenty of 70s for the tri valley. Little bit of patchy fog for the peninsula and 67 for the south bay, mostly sunny, 69. East bay, another morning where well have widespread conditions. 66 closer to the bay and inland valley the near concord, brentwood, antioch, pittsxdburg mild 70s. Im keeping us out of the 100s. A little bit of relief for you. Youll see over towards east san jose, 93. 91 in gilroy and los gatos, 91. Some of the hottest weather right here to antioch, pittsburg, concord. Acs flipping back on. 82 in hayward. Peninsula anywhere from 87 in palo alto to 68 in daley city. San francisco, head closer to the coast, 60s in the marina, mission mild at 74 and the north bay up to 88. Novato, 97 in clear lake. I want to show you something im watching as we head through the next couple a tropical low to our south. By next tuesday and wednesday we could see remnants of this close to the bay area. That wouldni bring us warm weatr and a touch ofxdvv f humidity. Right now, no rainfall, but once again, next tuesday and wednesday a little more humidity and 70s in San Francisco. Inland covalleys, 90 on saturda 96 sunday and more 90s as we move through next week. So, its august. The heats with itus. Its good to go. Summersog r hanging on. Up next, the new warning from the tsa about your i. D. Be prepared. Were all going to need new id cards so that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Its never too soon to start warning flyers. Today at airports nationwide, the tsa began reminding travelers theyll soon need either a real id or passport to get on a domestic flight. Starting in october 2020, you wont be able to fly with just a standard license. If youre not sure if your california license or id card is a real id, look for a star and golden bear in the top corner. If youre still not clear on what a real id is and you need to get one, we can help. Our digital correspondent7inxd jonathan blume put together a video with everything you need to know. Check it out on our youtube channel. Today 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies agreed on a plan to combat robocalls. At t, sprint and verizon are among the Companies Taking part. Theyll give customers more options to block the calls. Thats the key thing there. Theyll also work with Law Enforcement to investigate robocalls. No kidding. I just got a new land3lvf, liny house. Has a little button that says block the robocalls. Does it work . Ill tell you tomorrow. Dianne feinstein heading to hollywood, sort of. We are here to discuss jessies online time. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . Objection overruled. One hour. Sweeten the deal by doing the dishes and ill consider it. I wouldnt do it. I hate the dishes. One hour with the tablet, you walk the dog and do the dishes. If you insist. Congratulations. Only xfinity xfi lets you take control of your familys online time. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. Manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. A quick update on earlier breaking news we brought you, earlier telling you about Police Activity on the bay bridge. Its open now, but the coast guard got a call about someone underneath the bridge so lanes were shut down so the coast guard and chp could get to them. They did. Its unclear how the man got under the bridge. Coming to a theater near you, senator dianne feinstein. Good morning, dan. Good morning, senator. Have you seen the story in the New York Times . Thats Annette Benning playing feinstein in a movie called the report. It involves the use of torture after the 9 11 attacks. Lester holt is next. Massive bust by the fbi taking down one of the Largest Online scam rings in u. S. History. 80 suspects charged, six still on the loose accused of luring victims stealing millions of dollars. Declaring war on robeo calls. The nations biggest mobile carrier is joining forces with every state attorney general. The crack down on the billions of calls that flood our phones. 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