According to this latest engineering report, there are 68 different buildings owned by uc berkeley that engineers now find problematic. Its an issue that is so serious cal berkeley officials this afternoon sent out this faculty and staff, sometudents, 50,000 people in all, detailing these latest findings. When students moved into their dorms last week, they likely had no idea that dozens of buildings on berkeleys campus now are considered by experts to pose a serious danger of collapse in the event of an problematic, the very dorms these students were moving into. Jack meile is professor of Structural Engineering at cal berkeley, an expert at making buildings able to withstand earthquakes. Weve learned more about what earthcake ground motion close to a fault could be like. Were now incorporating that new knowledge into the assessment of these buildings. And as that new knowledge comes into play many buildings that were deemed safe in the past now have some open questions. Reporter look at a map of uc berkeley and the problematic buildings pop up all over the place. Classrooms, dorms, libraries, research labs. Even the old sather bell tower. 68 buildings and structures owned by uc berkeley are now considered at serious risk. Is there concern by some faculty that enough hasnt been done here . There is some concern. I personally have concerns about that. Reporter independent engineering firms hired by the different universities rate each building from 1 through 7. A building with a 1, 2, or 3 is deemed good with a negligible to slight risk of failing during an earthquake. A 4 rating is considered fair. A 5 is equivalent to poor, with a serious risk of injury or life to people inside. A 6 rating is considered very poor. A 7 is the most problematic, with a 100 chance of collapsing during a major quake. According to this new assessment, 61 of uc berkeleys buildings are now in category 5, meaning theyre seismically poor, and seven buildings have a 6 rating or there are no buildings listed in category 7. At uc berkeley weve been engaged in improving the seismic strength of our buildings since the 1970s. Reporter dan mogolov serves as assistant vice chancellor for Public Affairs at uc berkeley. Of e schools 600sity has only buildings and they expect to find even more problems once their review is complete. As for the cost to retrofit all these buildings our rough estimate right now is on the Berkeley Campus alone were looking at a bill in excess of 1 billion. Reporter mogolov took us on a tour of campus, showing us buildings that had already been deemed unsafe in previous seismic assessments, one of which, tollman hall, was vacated and is now being torn down. Another, giannini hall, is currently being retrofitted. This is a matter of public concern and public interest. So what i would expect to see in the days and weeks and months d iea a public dialogue and discussion. Reporter mogulof says all these buildings are up to code and the University System is upgrading them voluntarily. What can you tell mom and dad at home who might be worried about jill or mary or pete or steven who just moved here . Are they safe . Are they at risk . It is obvious to us that as this word comes out there are going to be concerns. The facts are that the buildings on this campus are similar to buildings throughout the state. Some are safe. Some are less safe. Were moving as fast as we can. This is an inherent part of living in california. All we can do is mitigate those risks to the extent we can with the resources that we have available. Reporter and again, we got these reports several weeks ago and began digging through them. As we learned more, the university decided to formally notify the public and its faculty and staff and students about these latest findings late this afternoon in this email. Now comes the hard work. Convincing the legislature and california voters of the need to approve billions of dollars more to help fix these problematic buildings. We will stay on this story. All right. Thank you so much, stepheenligh. If you have a story for stephen or anyone in the investigative unit, call 888996tips or you can visit their website, nbcbayarea. Com investigations. Tonight 21 people forced from their homes following this. This fire in east Contra Costa County. It started around 5 30 this evening at a large farm in unincorporated brentwood. You can see the flames and smoke. This was along byron highway near marsh creek destroyed a me and two barns. It also knocked down power lines and created that plume of smoke. When i saw some smoke risin as i got closer, i realized theres crackling. And thats when i called 911. It got serious. Several families live on this property. Some people were able to grab what they could and escape the flames. No word on what started this fire. The estranged son of former Union City Police chief darryl mccallister is being charged with murder. Tyrone mccallister, seen on the left, along with dennis evans are both accused of shooting and killing a man in oakland last week. Prosecutors believe mccallister was the gunman. Mccallister was also convicted last year of attacking a 71yearoldm manteca. Demanding safety. The fight over a homeless shelter on the embarcadero is shifting gears. Now that construction is under way neighbors want to make sure that promises made about Public Safety are kept. Nbc bay areas jean elle is live in San Francisco, and jean, this is a sore subject for a lot of people. Reporter a lot of people are still not happy but theres no stopping it. Take a look. The navigate center is taking shape here along the embarcadero. Tonight concerned neighbors told an Advisory Group safety is still their top concern. I know that everyone here seems very committed to the idea that youre going to help establish a safe and sane Navigation Center. As you see, none of us believe you. Reporter skeptical neighbors of theced concerns at the unde construction. Lately im afraid to walk. Reporter d. J. The watermark and an uptick in homeless in the area have her more resources fpd says its ag out here to put the community at ease a little bit. And to try to address some of the problems preemptively. Reporter captain laura knight says once the shelter opens two officers will work tenhour daytime shifts in a designated safe zone, working to enforce a Good Neighbor policy. The same policy other centers have failed to live up to. Tents outside, encampments nearby, chop shops right beside them. Reporter while some neighbors raised concerns, others support it. I think that this city has always stood for progressive values and for valuing the dignity of all people. And i think that the least we et a way to do that. Is offer reporter this Navigation Center is expected to be open in late december or early january. Reporting live, nbc bay area, jean elle. A transient accused of attack a woman right in that area where jean is in the city outside of her condo complex could get out of jail as soon as tomorrow. A new judge was appointed to the case of austin vincent. His lawyer says hell ask the judge to release vincent and allow him to wear an ankle monitor until his trial starts. This was in court today. The judge did not want any tv cameras to show his face. Now, this week the d. A. s Office Dropped a separate assault charge against vincent that tied him to a violent attack in february. Imagine waking up and seeing a s. W. A. T. Team and a cloud of tear gas outside of your home. Thats exactly what happened to some people in fairfield. It all started when the u. S. Secret service went to serve a search warrant this morning as part of a fraud investigation. When they got to the home, people barricaded themselves inside. The s. W. A. T. Team tried for hours to coax the occupants out of the home. Six people came out with their hands up. It has been a month since shooting. And tonight a celebration of life for 12yearold keyla salazar, one of three victims killed in that attack. It was held at our lady of guadalupe in san jose. The family tells us keylas mother hasnt even been able to go back to gilroy since the shooting. Its hard. You try to hold on to the sadness, the pain, the heartache. Its really hard when you try to let it out and you have no one to talk to. It is so tragic. The family plans to continue keylas celebration of life next year on the anniversary of her funeral. Gang violence is a growing concern in san jose. This evening officers met with community members. It happened at rosemy on thean Jose Campbell border. Just feet from a recent homicide. A San Jose Police chief eddie garcia explained how his officers are working to get illegal guns off the streets. He said so far this year theyve taken more than 50 guns off suspects during investigative stops. Every time we tack a gun off the streets, thats one less person in the hospital. Thats two less people grieving because the child was injured. Or worse. The chief added for police to properly do their jobs they need more people to call and report suspicious activity. But hes also very aware that a lot of people dont report crimes due to their immigration status. So should they stay or should they be killed . New plans up for debate over the future of Point Reyes National seashore and specifically what to do with the parks tule elk. Some people want the animals gone. Others say they should be allowed to stay. Terry mcsweeney live in sausalito where plans were discussed tonight. And terry, some people actually say its the ranchers who need to go, not the elk. Reporter yeah. The National Park service has put together six plans for the public to weigh in on. If youre interested in weighing in, go to the National Park service website. Theyre all right there. Some of these plans phase out the ranchers. Some of these plans begin to phase out the elk. The preferred Park Service Plan is a compromise. At a crowded bay model in sausalito tonight the fate of 28,000 acres of National Seashore and the fate of many tule elk were up for debate. What were trying to do in this plan is kind of walk that middle road. Ranching is a very important part of Point Reyes National seashore and golden gate and tule elk which are native to california are also very important. Reporter the Park Services preferred plan known as alternative b limits the tule elk herd at drakes beach to 120, meaning about a dozen would be removedad or alive. It seems the bottom line is more income. Its not about necessarily ce o protecting the tule elk. Reporter a point reyes dairy ranc cameolf elk. We just want effective separation between cattle and the elk. Mason favors alternative f which phases out ranching over five years and leaves the elk alone. Its the choice that john muir would have picked. Its the choice that protects water, it protects the land, it protects the wild nature and it protects the tule elk. Reporter in sausalito terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Go down the street just a little ways and you know, i would love to have a burger. Back in 60 seconds. Ahead a proposed new Innout Burger causing some issues. And its not even built yet. The fight to keep it out of one south bay neighborhood. And the future of mavericks. A different kind of wave could be crashing on the highprofile world famous surf competition. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Teler through tomorrow. For as well. And the big thing to watch out plus the latest path on Hurricane Dorian coming up in about six minutes. Tt 17 and hamilton in campbell is a headache. So what about adding an Innout Burger . Some say this proeped site is a terrible idea. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us in campbell with the details. What have you got, ian . Reporter yeah, raj, as you know, this intersection right here is usually very busy up until about 8 00 already. Some worry what would happen if the innout goes right here right by the exit. It could add to the congestion. Dinner time at innout. The pop is known for doubledoubles and customers say long lines. For people in West San Jose and campbell this is the closest innout to them. Its near the airport five away. Traffic and all that, it adds time. Its a good time to have one. Innout is trying to open a new restaurant in campbell. Just off the 17 southbound exit on hamilton. An area residents remind is known for traffic backup. I love Innout Burger. But this is the i dont want them in my neighborhood. Nothing personal. Its just so crowded. Reporter the citys traffic analysis of the site suggests thes exiti7 buraround 4 . Theres a plan to expand the exit to ease congestion but planners say this intersection would still receive an s rating for time spent waiting for the light. Youve got that connection to campbell. Then theyll throw an Innout Burger here. I just dont see how it works. Reporter for some the closer to animal style burgers the better. Others need convincing to sink their teeth into the new location. Go down the street just a little ways and i would love to have a burger. I know some people are happy about it but i think once its in here people will be like you know what . New place to eat. I dont have to go far. Reporter if approved innout would have to chip in about 80 ground toward that road improvement project. The Planning Commission will make its final decision on september 10th. Were live in campbell, ian cull, nbc bay area news. Thank you, ian. Bart for the south bay gets a major boost under a new federal program. Phase 2 of th 125 million bucks in fast track funding. With the berryessa station already in place phase 2 of the project will include building bart stations in east san jose, downtown san jose and near santa clara university. The sixmile path will run primarily underground. Vta is the first agency to benefit from this federal pilot program. It is the hottest bay area surfing competition, but this year the mavericks surf contest may not happen. Again. The world surf league, owsl, took ove t previous organizers went bankrupt. Even though wsl has the contest permit, he hasnt applied for all the other permits needed. Thats usually a process that takes about six months. And mavericks is supposed to be this november. Big deal for surfers, especially female surfers, because the wsl offered equal pay for female competitors. Each time we think were going to get the opportunity something happens. So fingers crossed that everything lines up and we have the best event ever. Now, we did reach out to the wsl, and so far we have not heard back from them. Hurricane dorian is now making its way through the caribbean and toward florida. Its forcing forceful winds and torrential rain in its path as it hits island after island. Today dorian surprised puerto rico with the sudden turn and Puerto Ricans did their best to react quickly. Many rushed to tie down their boats and secure their homes. We t the generators. Were set. Now concern is stretching to the florida coast. Crews are putting down sandbags while residents are scrambling to stock up on surprise. I know both you, jeff and jesscar, have family there. Whats happening with them . This is always the worst week. Andrew was right around same week as well. When school starts. Exactly. A lot of families youve always got the supplies hopefully ready, but right now its a watch, wait and see moment to find out exactly where that path is going to go. Ill have the timeline here coming up in just a bit. Well focus on the bay area first. The change you probably felt today, that was welcome to a lot of us after those upper 90s lately is a system developing in the pacific. Its good enough to continue to keep this westerly windt of ignited that fog and that is the big thing. I want you to be aware of tomorrow. Areas you see i out at through the north bay, east bay, even some fog for the south bay and peninsula and some drizzle at the immediate coastline. So do expect the low clouds for the morning. Then once we hit the afternoon we get our sunshine returning and looks look a really beautiful day. As that fog is right at the coastline its going to help temperatures to start off cool. Look at this. After 70s when you left the door earlier this week to start off youre going to be down to 60 tomorrow morning. Nice chill in the area. Peninsula 58. South bay at 59. 56 in San Francisco with some spotty drizzle. That cool in the north bay 57. Temperature, theyre just not going to be able to warm up a whole lot. That will leave us down here in the south bay with 79 in ew isolated low 90 or low 74 in oakland, 76 right over a in hayward. The peninsula not bad. 78 in palo alto. 74 in san mateo. San francisco is going to be chilly. 60s from the embarcadero to the outer sunset. Winds out of the west at 18. When they kick up, especially if youre in the marina, it will feel like the 50s. And the north bay looks great as well. 79 in novato. 78 in sonoma. 77 in santa rosa. Extended forecast keeps morning fog, afternoon sunshine in San Francisco. A little bit warmer this weekend with some low 70s returning. Overall a nice labor day moving on in. Inland valleys i think we have two days of very comfortable weather then this weekend we go up a few more degrees to some low 90s. But not too hot. I have 90 there on labor day with sunny skies. Wel d of september. Hurricane dorian right now its leaving puerto rico. L ben a trook florida by sunday and none. Current path has it more toward central florida. Maybe winds of about 115 Miles Per Hour by sunday night into monday. But heres the thing. Anyone from miami to jacksonville, basically the whole eastern coast needs to be on high alert because we will see more intensity and timing changes. Il we hit may not know that saturday. Dhaz always tthats always t your family, for my family, People Living there, is you really dont know until those last pivotal days its going to be coming toward you and even at the end sometimes it skirts by you and sometimes it hits you. Youve just got to stay prepared. Its a big stretch of land. All of florida there. Thank you, jeff. Up next tracking sharks to protect the beaches and you. What scientists are now doing. And we have jimmy. Hey, guys. Common isnigh m hes here to talk, freestyle, and can perform with swizz beats. Plus we have an 80swi kate upt. Stay and happening now, a new tesla factory may be in shanghai. Ceo elon musk spoke at an Artificial Intelligence conference in shanghai tonight. Its rumored musk will unveil teslas first chinamade model 3. A tesla giga factory is already under construction in shanghai. Were back in a moment. Tracking sharks to protect beaches. Thats what one group is doing in nantucket. The Shark Research group tags that are spotted alodge the coast. The group says its going to help the Community Get information about where the sharks are going, how many sharks are in the water. The researchers say theyre also collecting bacteria from the sharks mouth to help the island doctors treat potential bites. Be careful what you say to siri. An admission and an apology from apple. Your iphone conversations with siri werent as private as you probably thought. Outside contractors were allowed to listen in on conversations. In a Statement Apple says it has not been living up to its own high ideals of privacy and vows to do better. From now on the company says only apple employees will be able to hear snippets from your interactions with siri, not thirdparty contractors. Also users will have to opt in to have their conversations heard. Call it a sign of the times. For decades a classic example of neon art directed diners to wings restaurant in san joses japan town. After 94 years wings shut its doors earlier this year. The owner had to move the sign from the old jackson street location. The people at history san jose now have the sign, keeping it safe for a while. The owner of wings wants to reopen her kitchen for catering and hopes to put the sign back up once she gets the new location. Almost the e ahead tomorrow and whae well well well, what have we here . A magical place. Thats lookin to get scared with bats. And ghouls. And cars in disguise. Ive cast quite a spell now. You wont believe your eyes the spell is cast. Halloween time is back with spooktacular experiences in disneyland and disney california Adventure Parks . Sleep number 360 smart bed. St sale of the year on a can it help keep us asleep . Yes, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Its the last chance to save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 36months. Ends labor day. Hard to believe but preseason football almost over. Tomorrow night the 49ers against the chargers at levis stadium and the raiders are in seattle raiders on monday night on september 9th. Okay. Baseball tonight. The as i k. Sa of the game and semien goes deep 37 his 24th home run of the season. This guys been red hot. Batters later, though, ooh, scary moment. Allstar third baseman matt chapman hid in the head. Take a look again. He would initially stay in the game but would eventually leave for precautionary reasons. The good news here, no concussions. At least no symptoms of a concussion at this point. The as lose this game 64. However, they remain in that second wild card spot. All right. Next month some of the biggest names in golf will be in napa for the safeway open and its all for a good cause. This is one of the best events we have. Today crews getting things ready at the silverado country club. A its described as past wine tasting, part rock festival and oh, yeah, an official pga event. Pros like Phil Mickelson and former pro athletes like tony romo will be part of the competition. Obviously a chance to compete against the best players in the world. Its fun to get out there and every time youre on. Ut also to the tournament raises more than 2 million bucks each year. Last year a lot of the funds were donated to fire relief efforts. This year the money is going to High School Students who cant pay for college. Thats a fun tournament. Yeah, that looks fun. Were back with more in a moment. Heres one you guys will like. Show me making it. Oh i got one. The best of amy poehler. Amy, maybe we could use the voice remote to search for something that youre not in. Show me parks and rec. From netflix to prime video to live tv, xfinity lets you find your favorites with the Emmy Awardwinning x1 voice remote. Show me the best of amy poehler, again. This time around. Now 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. Has been excellent. They really appreciate the military family and it really shows. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. 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So be ready for that. I dont think anybodys going to be complaining about the cool start in the morning with plenty of 50s and 60s. Warming up a little bit this weekend. Not too bad. Great barbecue weather. Hey, its the labor day weekend. Yeah. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Have a great thursday. Byebye. [ rs its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. And now, here he is,
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