Right now at 11 00, a curfew in effect in lahaina. Residents are no longer able to go back to that fire ravaged town. The situation in maui is chaotic. People are angry after sitting in traffic for hours only to be told that they had to turn around. Those people now desperate to see whats left of their homes. Emotions understandably high. Just days after the deadliest wild fire, one of, in history. Yeah. That death toll right now stands at 67. And its a number that could climb as search teams comb through the rubble in maui. Officials have acknowledged they dont know what they are going to find as soon as they start entering buildings and searching from home to home. People are lying dead in the streets. I dont know what is on the news what they are saying. Its devastating. Its horrible. They had no warnings. It happened so fast. Tonight, we are learning more about what happened and what didnt when the flames broke out emergency officials confirmed mauis warning sirens were not activated as the fire approached lahaina. Everything happened so quickly. I cant comment on whether or not the sirens sounded or not. But i know that the fires came up so quickly and they spread so fast. With no warning sirens, residents had to rely on alerts sent to their phones and a local tv station. There are three big fires still burning on maui. Progress is being made. The west maui fire in lahaina is now 85 contained but Health Officials are warning people that the burn areas are highly toxic. It is all a dire and desperate situation. Stephanie joins us now. You are get ago glimpse at what a family lost. Reporter and there are so many like them. Pleas all over social media as families on the other hand the island begin returning home. Residents are reconnecting with friends or parents who lost everything. They are walking through tragedy. Searching for the missing and the dead. The National Guard is on the ground doing a sweep of whats left of maui. So many people desperate for answers and information. Kirkman finally made it home. But all he found was heartbreak. Oh my god. Reporter thousands of others have been waiting op the side of the road or inside shelter since the fire broke out on tuesday. Kirkman coldnt hold his tears as he spoke about his neighbors. They raised my girls with me. Reporter across the ocean to the bay area, friends anted family are starting to connect with loved ones who ran from the flames to the other side of the island. I cant count how many people i know that have lost everything. Reporter among those people are his mother, he was born and raised in maui, his home in puamononui. The only identifying feature of our property is the driveway at this point. Everything else is gone. Reporter it is a sight many are returning home to. These are social media stories kialani has been looking at. Friends who went to high school. Neighbors stands over ashes. Every time i look, there is a family i know who lost everything. Reporter she has been asking about their immediate needs and collecting funds. Im worried for the local people and the native hawaiian families who have already been facing housing crisis and displacement before this happened. Reporter families across the islands are mobilizing with food and supplies. Information is also hard to come by. Tens of thousands are still without power and phone service. Local radio stations are trying to keep people connected. We hear them try t their desperate pleas. Its real. Its very real. Oh [bleep]. Reporter those i spoke with today said their friends and family and locals need help in the next few weeks. It is a long recovery process. One that could take months or even years. A process they dont know how to start. Thank you stephanie. A process we know well here in california. As the National Guard searching on land, the coast guard is looking for survivors in the water. This new video shows people literally jumping into the ocean to get away from the flames that are raging on shore. Swimmers clinging to rocks as they are hit by waves. Coast guard says they did pull 17 people from the water on tuesday. All of them are recovering. During a News Conference today, officials talked about the action the coast guard members were taking to save lives. A surface swimmer deployed into the water to save five people including two children from the water. A coast guard member who was on leave from mainland to maui volunteered to support our boat crews and our members have deployed here from across the country. And they will continue to do so to respond to this incident. Now the coast guard sadly says it has not pulled anyone from water since wednesday. Also, still in maui tonight, one of our colleagues, willy. He has been just north of lahaina but had to leave his hotel because its generator stopped working and the staff said there would not be power any time soon. He saw this. Home after home, business after business gone. And this was just in the north part of hlahaina. They passed a lodge line of cars waiting to get into the burn area. You have to have a hawaii id to get past certain check points. Yesterday it got real for us. Because we didnt realize how close the fire was to our resort. As we were leaving the resort, we went south toward lahaina. We got a mile up the road. That is when we started seeing all the burnt houses on both sides of the road. We got up to a certain point before they set it off and you couldnt go any further. So we turned around and came back and it was devastating. It was like watching the fires you go up and you see homes that are burnt. But there is one house that is still survived. He tells us he also walked to a store three miles from his hotel and had to wait 45 minutes just to get supplies. While a Real Estate Company in the bay area is mobilizing agents nationwide to raise millions of dollars for fire victims in hawaii. One of its agents Alan Constantino is missing. Hilda ramirez, head of the san jose office, spent hours on the phone. She is asking agents who can donate money to do so. I just received one of my commissions checks yesterday. And i called hilda, my ceo. And i wanted to give it back. Someone needs this money more than i do. Now ramirez says she heard several responses from other colleagues. She is not surprised. Six years ago, she witnessed thousands of kw volunteers mobilizing in texas during hurricane harvey. The aloha festival goes on tomorrow in san mateo from 10 00 to 5 00 at the san mateo event center. There will be a moment of silence for the victims of the fires and ways for people to donate. We have posted a list offerer fewed organizations that are collecting donations on our website. Check them out. Nbcbayarea. Com. Breaking news in the south bay, an investigation is underway into a deadly crash in san jose. It happened in berryessa and sable in the berryessa neighborhood just after 5 00 this evening. Paramedics rushed the cars of both fires to the hospital. We are working to learn the condition of the other driver. This is the 29th deadly collision of the year in san jose. In San Francisco, a hit and run crash on 18th and castro. A car crashed right into another in front of a pet groomer. No one was hurt. Day one of the outside lands Music Festival had organizers scrambling after being forced to close one of the packed venues when part of the stage broke. Luckily nobody was hurt. But it is a hitch that tens of thousand of festival go ors at Golden Gate Park were not expecting. Reporter this was the scene just before 5 00 this evening after a stage partially collapsed. Outside lands posted on social media for the safety of our festival audience, we are closing soma tent for the remainder of the day. We apologize for any inconvenience and will provide updates when available. There were no reported injuries and festival goers we talked to said they didnt notice the disturbance. Outside lands isnt sure if the stage will be reopened tomorrow. No, but i saw they shut it down. But we werent there. Reporter these friends from denver and houston met at outside lands for two acts in particular. Lana and the 1975. The only reason we came. Everybody else is a plus. Reporter after traveling, and fighting through an opening day crowd of an estimated 75,000 people, its time for rest. These two transplants from the east coast now living in San Francisco said they enjoyed the energy of that crowd, though. And had no trouble moving from venue to venue. Theres a lot of people. Its well run. Its efficient. Reporter and they are enjoying some new music. Not just the headliners playing later this weekend. Like kendrick lamar. Lana del ray. We dont know all these people. But they go on stage and we are like man, okay, this is cool. Reporter well have to keep an eye on what happened the rest of this weekend because the crowds are only supposed to get larger. More than 225,000 people expected this weekend. In San Francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. The disgraced founder of ftx is in jail. Bankmanfried has been on house arrest until his trial. Living with his parents in palo alto. The federal prosecutors made a request to revoke that bail. They said bankmanfried has been trying to tamper with witnesses. Today a judge agreed. Unless his appeal against this decision is successful, bankman fried will remain in custody in a new york jail until his trial in october. A south bay doctor facing felony charges for illegally prescribing opioids to patients. Today the state attorney General Office announced the arrest of dr. Arash padatar. He conspired to write illegal prescriptions and in some cases forged another doctors signature to get thousands of opioid painkillers. He is a radiologist with minimally invasive surgical solutions. Thats a practice in san jose. The practice works with a lot of hospitals. We did reach out. But we havent heard back from them. He was charged with seven drug related felonies. We are back in 60 seconds. Just ahead, what are they pumping into the air and should you be concerned . The red flag being raised about a bay area refinery and the immediate steps the refinery is being ordered to take because of it. Plus a lot on the line. A lot of people watching from contra costa county. The big night for a local Little League team. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. We have fog back in San Francisco. How much for tomorrow morning . How much for tomorrow morning . 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Reporter they have been ordered install uipm mediately. Thors cant avoid smelling it. The other day i smela strong smell wa sleeping and i thought maybe something warning. Turns out, itwas the refinery. But it doesnt happen very often. Reporter this father of two worries about the impact it may have on his familys health. I would love some independent air quality testing done in the city to make sure that we are all safe. And Water Testing as well. Reporter valero corrected a number of safety violations. The amount of financial penalties valero will face is still being determined by regulators. We are being told the fines will be significant. In the news room, gia vang, nbc bay area news. Robo taxis have the green light to expand their services in San Francisco. But it is unclear when that will happen. Crews and waymo robo taxis can operate 2 h hours a day in the city. And part of san mateo county. That comes after the teamsters joined bus drivers in opposition of the new services during a new meeting at the cpuc. Teamsters are disappointed that the puc shows greedy tech corporations and their profits and robots over human beings. Workers, drivers, our jobs, our safety, our communities. So far, only people with a specific invite can hail a robo taxi. We reached out to both companies to find out when that wider rollout is going to happen. But neither responded. If you saw smoke in the east bay today, there was no need to be concerned. It was part of some extra training for firefighters. The you can see from our nbc bay area sky range, organizers burned 150 acres of grassland. Wildland firefighters from 15 other agencies from all over the bay area participated in the training. Dozens of people gathered in san ramon to cheer on the Bollinger CanyonLittle League team. They faced off against el segundo fighting for a spot in the Little League world series. Families gathered at the lot for a special watch party to celebrate a winning season. Even though el segundo took home the win, they are all excited they had a shot at the world series. So lets talk about it. It is friday. Saturday. Tell me something good. Like the song says. We will come in with summertime heat. Not too hot. Just a nice way to spend our weekend outside. Another system off to the south. New information shows what im seeing tonight here. This system could actually linger in the same spot through all of next week. It will give us on and off humidity. Thunderstorms here in california. Also that fog back in the coastline. Lets show you that forecast. Here is your role for the weekend. And the micro climate weather and we will start it off with tomorrow morning at 7 00. We have that fog rolling in right here through the bay area with some spotty drizzle. Then we see that back here through 2 00. Then through tomorrow afternoon and evening, we have thunderstorms over the sierra. Well be tracking. Looks pretty numerous here. Right now, our chances remain minimal. But weal have a close watch on the radar if any rogue thunderstorms were to come our way. Right now, totals into monday. Look to be a half to three quarters of an inch over the sierra. Otherwise, as we head through tomorrow mornings forecast with that fog to start, temperatures begin with some upper 50s and low 60s. In the peninsula to the east bay. You start off with the upper 50s as well. San francisco, 57. North bay, 58. So not too many changes here across the bay area through tomorrow morning across the micro climates. Daytime highs warm up. That will still put us in a nice spot for summer here in august. 88 in san jose. Los gatos, 90. Take it to the east bay. Down to fremont. 89. Head over the east bay hills down to concord. 93. Afternoon sun along the peninsula. Spot to be is redwood city at 85. San mateo, 76. San francisco, still got the ocean breeze so 60s across the board. If you are headed to outside lands, take your jacket. We will see on again off again fog. Temperatures in the low 60s at 3 00 p. M. Maybe its not outside land. But it is wine country. Hey, its the weekend after all. Up here to sonoma, 88. Napa, 86. All right. Lets get it into that seven day forecast here in San Francisco. We are warm enough to some 70s , mopped, tuesday, and wednesday. While well get 70s in San Francisco. It will get hotter in the inland valleys. Not expected to be a heat wave. We should drop this off pretty quickly by thursday and friday. All in all, we are coming in strong for saturday tomorrow. Sounds good. Yeah. Exciting. Im on board. Yeah. Thank you very much. Up next, an important and unusual discovery in the sierra nevada. The animals that were spotted and why wildlife you ready for gladiator moves . It is a go and it will happen in italy. Elon musk and Mark Zuckerberg going to battle in italy. They agreed on an epic location. At the backdrop will be ancient rome and the proceeds of the fight will go to veterans. No dates for the fight have been set yet. We dont know if he is going to the doctor or getting a surgery. Then he said his mother didnt want him to do it. In any case, it will be live streamed on x and one of the meta platforms. It appears someone in the bay area is rooting for elon. A plane with a sign that reads zuck sucks, elon will win was spotted over meta headquarters in menlo park. No word on who paid for the sign. We shall see what happens. A new wolf pack has been found in the southern sierra nevada. The California Department of wildlife says they are the only pack to live in the southern part of the state. They responded back in july in is Sequoia National forest. Gray wolves are native to california but eradicated from the state in the 1920s. What do you get when you combine two stanford lacrosse players who happen to be Product Design majors . A San Francisco startup and are you ready . A better tampon. Greta and amanda were teammates and along with better female players dressed in white uniforms always worried about whether the tampon would be up to the challenge of game day. They decided to figure Something Else out. After interviewing a lot of women, they came up with a new design. Spiral shaped tampon. And it just got fda approval. The intent design is that those grooves are designed to make that flow path longer and therefore make it absorb more evenly. Now the original tampon was in 1931 and designers say it really hasnt changed much so this is a new design. And their intent is to increase comfort and make not only athletes but all women feel more comfortable. The Berkeley Humane Society says they are quote dino mite. This pair of bonded kitties. They are playful, lovable. Cuddly and they are up for adoption. All month long, we are working to clear the shelters. You can find all the details on our website on nbcbayarea. Com clear theshelter. It is easier to call them dino and mark. Familiar faces well, an old cowboy showed up at oracle park and people were delighted. Yes they were. Former giants manager bruce bochy made his first appearance this season as manager of the texas rangers. He waved to the fans and they gave him a long, well deserved standing ovation. You may remember he was the skipper of the giants when the franchise won three world series championships. As for the game, it was no score in the top of the sixth inning when the rangers Nathaniel Lowe launched one into mccovey cove. Then mitch carver into the bleachers. Rangers go onto win 21. As for the as , they were in washington dc to take on the nationals. Things were looking up in the first inning as oaklands jordan diaz brings home two runs. He is up 20. But, as it has been so many times this season, the as could not hold the lead. The nationals came backto win. Finally tonight, an sfsu student is all settled in a dorm room thanks to the San Francisco fire department. She was on her way to school with her grandparents when her grandparents rolled their car. They were rushed to the hospital only with minor injuries but they were worried their granddaughter wouldnt get to campus. So they loaded up the truck and unloaded on campus. So talk about making an entrance. Wow. Thats like vip. That is total vip. I wonder if the firefighters cried as they left her behind. They gave her the full experience. Oh wow. That will do it. The weekend is here. Jeff, thank your for the nice weather. Bye bye. Tonight, the desperate search for survivors in hawaii as the death toll rises from the catastrophic wildfires. New images of the devastation on maui. People returning home for the first time to find entire neighborhoods burned the governor saying, it looks like a bomb went off. Now, the frantic search more than a thousand unaccounted for, and growing questions, why werent mauis warning sirens activated as the flames approached . Our team in the disaster zone. Also tonight rney general merrgarl gran special counsel status to the u. S. Prosecutor overseeing the hunter biden investigation. Why now after a fiveyearlong probe and after de apart is judge in nald trump elec conspirac case ling what he can share y out the governments evce whhe warned the former president not sam bankfried, the onetime crypto l, thrown in jail ahead of his fraud trial. Why the judge revoked his bail new photos inside the home of the suspected gilgo beach serial killer. Why his family is threatening to sue police and also revealed his wifes health battle. And amid the destruction on maui, the beloved landmark still standing