Sacramento hospital tuesday, fearing they may have been exposed to the potentially deadly virus during a trip to west africa. The results, negative, are a relief to family and community members. And Health Officials are touting the response as an example that the infection controls put in place are working. Just ahead, youll hear from one of two americans who survived the ebola virus. And just today, was discharged from the hospital in atlanta. Thats coming up in about 12 minutes. Conserve water, get a fine. Thats the predicament that a san ramon homeowner found yourself in, after she put in droughtresistant landscaping, without approval of the Homeowners Association. Now, its raising questions about neighborhood priorities. Cheryl hurd is live in san ramon. Are you going to show us the yard . Reporter thats right, jessica. The plants and mulch that you see here, not causing the problem. Its the plants that you cant see back there in the dark, thats causing all the fuss for the Homeowners Association, here in san ramon. It looks bad, so the entire area is green. Reporter the plants you see here, dont need this. And fran is being punished for it. Its just plain wrong this had to be lawn. Reporter she recently spend thousands of dollars transforming her front lawn to a water conservation. She replaced her grass with landscaping. She presented her plan device and not denied. But she went ahead with it anyway because she wanted to save water. The only real reason they gave me for denying the ground cover against lawn, was that it would look better. Reporter in the final letter from the association, she was told she will be fined 50 a month until she replaces part of her front yard with grass. For all practical purposes, i think they should have applauded her. Reporter frank is on the board of directors. She should have followed the rules. But if she had done something really ugly, i think i could maybe understand it a little bit. But i dont understand this. The majority of her neighbors agree. Im disappointed in the Homeowners Association. But this doesnt make any sense. Reporter east bay mud is giving paxton a rebate for taking out her lawn. But she says, thats not why she made the move. I feel it is the right thing to do, given the fact that we were in the drought. Reporter we reached out to members of the Homeowners Association and got no response. But paxton has been getting a lot of calls. Including one call from a state legislator out of san diego. She authored a bill that would protect people like paxton from associations when they want to conserve water. Reporting live in san ramon, im cheryl hurd. Thank you. Lets take you outside now. A live look at the 49ers new billiondollar stadium. Sparkling, looking nice from the outside. But theres a major problem inside. We have video to share with you tonight. This is how the stadium looks this evening. Most of the grass, if you look carefully, is gone. They dug it up today. It cost more than 1 million bucks to install it. And now, the team will spend more money for a redo. Whats the problem . Large chunks offed so were coming up during last weeks preseason game and yesterdays practice. Thats a risk for the players. Earlier today, you can see the field crew there, hard at work. A source within the city of santa clara tells us tonight, the grass isnt the problem. Its the sand underneath. Whatever the case, the clock is ticking. The 49ers are scheduled to host the chargers this sunday afternoon in another preseason game. 49ers had no comment today. But they did have plenty of comments when they first installed this turf back in april. The head groundskeeper was touting this special sod. We found that it has the ability to recover a little bit quicker. It keeps its color longer into the season. And its lateral growth, so the rise that make their network, it really holds up nicely throughout wear and traffic. It did not hold up the cleat plants. The new sod will be planted as early as tomorrow. But they might redo it a third time next week. Keep in mind, the big event, the regular season kickoff, is september 14th. For more coverage on the turf repairs, along with in depth coverage on the 49ers, go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. New details tonight on a deadly beating in San Franciscos castro district. Police are hoping that Surveillance Video can help them track down a killer. Want to show you some video from a taxi dash coam. Police are calling the man you see right there a person of interest. Brian higgins was found beaten and left for dead nearly two weeks ago. The new video shows the person chasing higgins in the morning he was found unconscious. Higgins was taken off life support last wednesday. He was a prominent member of San Franciscos radical ferry community. Police are not commenting on whether there could be a connection in the killing. Theres been homicide in mill valley. Two men found dead in two different homes. It appears there may be a connection between the deaths. Sheriffs stopped short of calling it a murder suicide. They said an investigation is ongoing. It happened in the Strawberry Manor neighborhood. Neighbors say they heard shots. But didnt think it was gunfire. I thought, it couldnt be happening in this neighborhood. Its a really safe neighborhood. I never lock my door. I shouldnt say that. And it was probably something else. I dont recall any kind of major crime at all. Now, the last time a murder happened in mill valley was 2002. Tonight, a local family is deeply divided over the death of a 2yearold girl. Was it a horrible accident . Or the fault of an irresponsible Family Member . She pleaded not guilty to child endangerment. She was caring for her 2yearold niece. After seeing a movie, the children began crossing the street against the red light. But the little girls twin brother stayed behind. Garage left the little girl standing in the middle of the crosssidewa crosswalk. Thats when she left the little boy. A white sedan hit the little boy and sped off. Amandas mother and one side of her family supports gauge. Her father and other relatives want the legal system to punish her. She committed a horrible tragedy. She caused a horrible tragedy. So, why should she suffer why should she not suffer . The driver that hit the little girl remains on the run tonight. Theres been a notable development in a san jose hit and run. Sjpd arrested this man. The crash happened last sunday in south san jose. According to police, sun winn was riding his bike near center road and ballford drive, when he was hit by a car. He later died at the hospital. Now, to continuing coverage on the mounting danger in the middle east involving i. S. I. S. The group has made it clear it is capable of barbaric acts. But the execution of american journalist, james foley, and the threat of more murders. Top military officials are warning that i. S. I. S. Is a serious threat to American Assets all around the world. Jean elle is live with more on the threat and what it will take to defeat this growing organization. Jean . Reporter pentagon Officials Say i. S. I. S. Is a wellfunded terrorist organization, like no other. But one retired green beret says increased air drop is not the correct strategy. He says a different strategy will be required to defeat assist. Isil is a sophisticated and wellfunded, as any group that we have seen. Theyre beyond just a terrorist group. Reporter chuck hagel says the Extremist Group called isil or i. S. I. S. , operating in iraq and syria, is a serious threat to americans. Yes, they are an imminent threat to every interest we have. Reporter i. S. I. S. Delivered a terrifying message with the video of the execution of american journalist james foley. Pentagon officials revealed today that the military tried to rescue foley and other hostages and failed. Since his killing, the u. S. Has increased air strikes on i. S. I. S. Targets. This is not going to go away. Reporter scott mann is a retired green beret in the bay area tonight. He served in iraq and afghanistan and founded the stability institute. Mann is relieved the white house is taking the i. S. I. S. Threat seriously. But believes the air strikes will strengthen the enemy. The drone strikes and midnight raids. Some of those are necessary. But for the most part, as a matter of strategy, theyre ineffective. And it garners a level of revenge that we dont really understand yet. Reporter mann says eliminating i. S. I. S. Will require more special forces. Forces that are focused on building alliances, so the local people will reject the militants. Working with the Iraqi Security forces. Working with the sunni tribes out in the rural areas, as well as the urban areas, over the long haul, is a better approach. Reporter a strategy that would require more boots on the ground in iraq. Most americans do not support more military action in iraq. As events continue to unfold, the pressure is mounting for the president to act. Thank you, jean. Tomorrow on the today show, an exclusive interview with the parents of james foley. That will take place tomorrow on today, which begins at 7 00 in the morning. He survived the ebola virus. Next at 11 00, an american doctor tells his story to the world for the first time. And an ice bucket challenge that takes a dangerous turn. And how about a reset of video game stereotypes. Forget teenage boys. Women are now playing more video games than everyone else. Well explain why. And good evening. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Fog across San Francisco and in oakland. Well talk more about the impact the fog will have in your morning forecast, coming up. Plus, details on two tropical systems and the impact it will have on our coastline in a few minutes. They are thrilled to be alive. A heartfelt response from one of the american missionaries who was infected with ebola. Tonight, both patients are free of the virus and are at home with their families. Dr. Kent brantly was released today from Emory University hospital in atlanta. He was placed in an Isolation Unit three weeks ago. He contracted ebola while treating patients in liberia. Brantly and Nancy Writebol was treated with an experimental drug called zmapp. The doctors say they pose no health risk to the public. I did not know then but have learned since, that there were thousands, maybe even millions of people around the world praying for me throughout that week. And even still today. I cannot thank you enough for your prayers and your support. Thats dr. Brantly. As for writebol, she was quietly discharged on tuesday. Nancy riwritebols two sons wil be on the today show tomorrow morning. Community colleges in california are a step closer to offering fouryear degrees. The new measure is heading to governor jerry browns desk, that would allow 15 Community College districts to offer bachelor degrees. The programs may start next year. According to lawmakers, theres a major skills gap in the workforce. And this fouryear degree would help fill that gap. Many states have similar programs. California employers have workers use their own smart devices. A new decision is transforming the bring your own device culture. It calls for businesses to reimburse employees who use personal devices to get their work done. People talk about byod like its a problem. But the truth is, byod is a terrific thing for businesses. And in fact, its usually the most productive people in the company that are the ones in a are bringing in their own devices first. It is not yet clear what the court means by reimburse. According to the ruling, it has to be a, quote, reasonable percentage of the cell phone bill. It is set to take effect in about four weeks. Old perceptions die hard. Video games arent just for boys and men. A new report shows that women make up nearly half of all gamers. Heres ian cole. Reporter blowing off steam comes in all forms. For adrian and kerry, its not tv, the bar or the gym. Its gaming. Their choice, league of legends, an online role player game where you and four others try to destroy another teams base. These two sometimes play the game for hours a day. Its not like i was nerdy to play the game. Reporter if you think its rare for women to play video games like this, think again. A new report from the Entertainment SoftwareAssociation States women now make up 48 of all gamers. Now that anyone can play it, theres more girls playing it. Reporter the game creators at ubisoft is looking at women. They developed assassins creed. But they created just dance, a familyfriendly hit. It was the number two selling game at christmas for the last three years in a row. And the user is primarily female. Reporter tony is the Senior Vice President of sales and marketing at ubisoft. It says more lead characters in games are women. I think thats helping bring more women into the space. Reporter adrian and kerry agree. Theres more indy games, yeah. Youre not just a guy racing cars or killing. Yeah. Its not just firstperson shooter anymore. Theres story lines. Reporter these two stepped it up a notch and streamed the games they play online so others can watch their strategies. We get a lot of international people. Reporter followers can talk with them as they play, and donate money for their time. You can make money for playing games, you parents cant get on your back. Reporter the changing face of a changing industry, both on and off the screen. Interesting, huh . So, there. You hear this, jeff . Hi, jeff. Hey. All right. There with your iphones, do have you have your game out, jessica . A little cloud cover up above. But not fogged in. 67 degrees. Thats the biggest impact at this hour, compared to 24 hours ago. We had so much fog across the bay area. A lot of cold wind. You can see right now, what were dealing with. Mainly a little bit of cloud cover here throughout parts of the south bay. And also for San Francisco. Now, as we head throughout tomorrow morning, heres the thing. We are going to start off with overcast and some gray. But its not going to be socked in. The south bay starting with 59 degrees. Well get some cool weather there for the east bay at 57, with some haze. San francisco, 58, with areas of morning fog. And some of the coldest weather in the north bay and 55 degrees. Taking a look at the forecast. Whats the biggest thing thats been moderating our weather pattern is an upper level of low pressure. Pretty much moving nowhere. But were starting to see that move to the north and the east. Thats taking the colder air and moving that out. Weve got High Pressure moving in. Thats going to give us sunnier and some drier and slightly hotter temperatures, friday, saturday and for sunday. But the one thing were not, no way, no how, going to be able to shake out of the forecast the next couple days is the fog. We zoom into the areas impacted the most. Marin, sonoma counties, with the gray. Overcast towards oakland, and San Francisco to palo alto, late bit of crowd cover. Well get the sunny skies back from santa rosa, all the way down towards the santa clara valley. Ahead of the coastline, check it out. All of the gray will be staying at the immediate coast from point rays down to santa cruz. Expect that cooler weather there. We take you to the microclimate forecast. One to three degrees higher. A lot of blue sky for the south bay. San jose, 87. Cooler in pacifica, at 66. Palo alto, 85. And San Francisco, mainly 60s. Youre traveling to downtown, were going to pop over 70 and sunny guys. A nice day in the financial district. In the mort bay, east bay and the trivalley, the hottest weather is for the trivalley. Sunny skies. 89 in danville. 87 in pleasanton. If you are heading to the coastline, two tropical systems. Hurricane lowell, Tropical Storm karina. The storms not going to have a west coast landfall. But its stirring up the pacific, that well look for rough seas friday, saturday and sunday. Be careful if youre headed to the coastline. And nbcbayarea. Com has your full weekend forecast. Throwing cold water on the ice bucket challenge. Well tell you who is not allowed to participate. And we also have jimmy. Raj, jessica, and everyone in the bay area, josh brolin is my guest tonight. You have to watch. Were on next. The ice bucket challenge has raised more than 41 million for a. L. S. And lou gehrigs disease. There were serious consequences today in kentucky. Firefighters sprayed cold matter on the Campbellsville University marching band. They were lowering the fire ladder near power lines when they were shocked by the electricity. Four people were injured. Two of them seriously. The students got out of the way just in time. But power was knocked out for about an hour. Seems like everyones doing it. Celebrities, tech moguls and former president s are cleared for the ice bucket challenge. But not u. S. Diplomats. The state department is throwing cold water on the idea. Officials say the ice bucket challenge violates ethics rules that bars officials from using Public Office for private gain. It doesnt matter how worthy a cause. If you havent done it yet, heres some advice. Keep a towel and maybe a bathrobe nearby. Vicky nguyen was challenged by her cousin. And shes making a donation in honor of her uncle who passed away from a. L. S. [ screaming ] okay. I challenge raj mathai, jessica aguirre, and wang to make a donation and get wet. I believe the game is on. I think theyre going to douse me on set during the 11 00 news. I would get so much satisfaction out of that. She really was. Good evening. Geraud moncure here. Gmen getting to pick up two tuesday games in the bottom of the fifth, trailing 20. It only made sense. The conclusion of tuesdays game started in a rain delay on thursday. Eventually, we get to the top six. Joe panik continuing to play well. Chasing home adam duvall. On to the ninth, same score. Two on, two out. Angel pagan. Hot shot back at the pitcher. Giants lose, 21. Game two of the doubleheader. Gmen with a second shot at a positive end. This guy, he can take it either way. Game tied at 33. Buster posey, busten travis wood for a nodoubter to left. A 44 night at the plate. Madison bumgarner, recovered well after allowing two early home runs. Strikes out the side in the sixth. Finishing with 12 ks on the night. In the seventh, madbum in a little trouble. Tied in the second. Giants go on to win, 53. Palo alto native and l. A. Laker, jeremy lin, looking at himself in the mirror today, almost. He made a trip to Madame Tussauds at fishermans warf. It takes more than just wearing a team usa to become a splash brother, as Demarcus Cousins showed us today. The third splash brother. Hope you didnt get that on camera. Ill get this right. The third splash brother. Still taking applications. Dont worry. Not sure cousins has what it takes to join curry and clay. He may be on team usa. But he has a lot of work to do from downtown, before the duo becomes a trio. Theres a reason mark jackson called curry and thompson the best shooting backcourt in the history of the nba. Jess says we cant go anywhere with them. How about we walk to school or drive to work morning . It will be cool out there. A jacket if youre getting up at 6 00 and 7 00 in the morning. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Ooh. Well find the cloudiest conditions in San Francisco and the north bay. But in the afternoon, sunny skies in the trivalley. You have to head out there. 90 degrees. 88 in the south bay. And plenty of sun expected by lunchtime. A comment on everything he said. Have a great day tomorrow. Well see you back here. Goodbye. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests josh brolin, artie lange, giada de laurentiis,