Record of 9 thank you, rob. Thousands of people in the bay area were without power because of a series of power outages. Nbc bay area live in san mateo tonight where it looks power is restored based on what im seeing behind you there. Reporter it does. The power was restored here at 8 00 this evening, but at certain points of the day across the bay area, there were about 43,000 customers that did not have electricity, and right now as i smeek, there are tens of thousands of customers who are still in the dark in certain parts of the bay area. On a day when temperatures swelled into the triple digits in some places, san mateo was cooler, but having no power was still fun. Went to the lakes, got some sunburns going on so we didnt have the fan. Family out on fathers day, and according to the Power Company, 7400 customers were affected. In livermore, more than 4 it200 in the dark. Businesses downtown closed because of the outage. Across the bay, people went to beaches to escape the heat. This is robert crown beach. Fans did their best to cheer on the as in the matchup against the new york yankees. I was in the shade, so i was okay, but not for the poor people in the sun. Reporter innings into the game, a lot of people left early because it was just too hot. Why are you leaving early . Too hot. Way too hot. Reporter how bad . Really bad. We were in the upper deck. Eight out of ten being the hottest in the desert, its a 28. It was hot, hot, hot like the desert. Do really, really hot. Reporter i just got some figures from the Power Company now with a tally of 19,500 customers throughout the bay area still without power at this hour. Most are in the east bay, about 8,000, and in the south bay in san jose and beyond there, 8,000 there as well. Reporting live, nbc bay area news. Boy, so tough, no ac, no fans, thank you so much. A lot of people braving the soaring temperatures outdoors in the east bay today. Walnut creek, families gathered to barbecue. They reserved spots months in advance for fathers day and brought their own shade, and nearby, the pool packed. Life guards even jumped in. At the fair in pleasantton, only a few were treat the for heatrelated illnesses. Proactively helping people, need time to cool off and time to recover, helping get themselves on their feet before its a medical issue. Reporter what are you doing to be cool . Going inside the exhibits r and ice cream, of course. Ice cream always a good solution there. Indeed. Reminder to be hydrated, visit the misting areas, and if not, head indoors to the buildings with airconditioning. Temperatures are sending people scrambling to the Hardware Stores for fans, anything they can do to cool off, and with more hot days ahead, demand is expected to grow. We are joined now in los gatos. Ive been one of those people before. Reporter haha, i bet you have, peggy. Well, this ace hardware store, they sold 70 fans this weekend, and the general manager tells me he has not seen a demand for fans this high in ten years. It is suffocating. Really hot. Reporter seeking relief for 105 degree temperatures, david purchased two fans today since he doesnt have ac at home and hoping the fans help keep his three week old twins comfortable. Hard to get them to sleep period so when its hot, its more difficult, so we have to do our best to keep them cool. Reporter hes not alone. Today, fans were flying offer the shelves at ace hardware. A lot of fans are moving right now. We are doing 60 to 70 over the weekend soo far. People are getting portable ac units. Reporter umbrellas were a hot ticket for the hot weather and sold nearly 20 kid pools and they plan to use them to cool their pets. Here in walgreens, they sold so many fans today, they had to restock, and in mill valley, people were fanning out to buy fans. At goodmans building supply, employees say 85 of the customers who came in today bought fans. Consider it a good investment with several more days of record breaking temperatures ahead this week. Other stores we talked to said they sold a lot of the neck coolers. Right now its 82 degrees, they might come in handy tonight. Live in los gatos, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Our free nbc bay area app is a great way to track the record breaking heat, track the temperatures in your city and in your neighborhood. We are following developing news from london with the mayor of london calling a terrorist attack, one dead, ten injured after a driver plowed into civilians. The attack happened outside the park mosque. Worshippers were leaving prayers and witnesses say a van knocked ten people down and there were three people in the van. Only one in custody. We just got on to the mosque, and we come here and see the police and see ambulance, many Police Officer and everything. I see some of them ambulance taking the people. This comes two weeks after terrorists drove a van into pedestrians in the London Bridge and continue their attack on foot. Well bring you the latest on the developing story as we learn more. Firefighters scaled the roof of a home this evening to battle a blaze on center street. The twoalarm fire. The smoke billowing there. Firefighters on the roof of the home hacking in to get the fire out. They battled the flames, smoke and intense heat between two homes there. Everyone made it out safely. Unfortunately, though, that was not the case after a woman died after a fire ripped through her mobile home in santa rosa at 1 00 this afternoon. Firefighter say when they got there, it was simply fully engulfed. There was nothing they could do. The womans husband and son were able to get out of the home. I heard her scream. When it went up, black smoke and the fire came out, and all you heard was that woman screaming in there. Reporter god, how terrible. It was awful. I see things on tv, never in a million years, would i imagine. Terrible situation there. Fire Officials Say it could take 20 minutes for an entire mobile home to be destroyed by fire. A 12yearold girl found safe after being alope in the santa cruz mountains. She was separated from the adults she was hiking with. All afternoon into the night, crews searched for her. 50 personnel were ready this morning, and 8 30, a resident found her safe and sound. A lot of traffic this morning after a eastbound traffic was halted for hours. Officers were at the scene of the crash. A red car drove around the traffic and towards an officer. The driver did not follow demands to stop. One officer opened fire at t driver. The suspect was taken to Highland Hospital with injuries, but its not clear how badly he was wounded, and passengers in the car were not hurt. Eastbound traffic was at a complete standstill for five hours, a traffic nightmare. Some people were stuck on the bridge for as long as three hours before they were turned around. Grim discovery in daly city. There was a body in daly city near the High School Union district headquarters. They found the body of a man. Homicide investigators were called in as they are for all suspicious deaths, but no information is released right now. Another fire to talk about. This one in san jose. We brought you this story on the 6 00 newscast. Before 4 00 this afternoon, firefighters were called to an apartment complex on stoke street. Crews arrived, two rooms engulfed. Todays high temperatures, the decision was made to make it a threealarm fire so more helped battle the blaze. When we are in the heavy gear on a normal day, its warm enough, doing all the work on a day like today, just makes the amount of time you work so much shorter. We bring in extra personnel to rotate people quickly so we dont wipe out our own people. Took a half hour before they gained control of the fire. No one injured, but at least ten people displaced. Right now, temperatures finally dropping into the 60s in San Francisco and oakland, but inland, san jose, livermore, concord in the 80s here after 11 00. Under a heat advisory tomorrow, and how much longer will that heat advisory last, and when more 100 degree temperatures are on the way. A country in mourning. Portugal dealing with tragedy, dozens of people there killed by a raging wildfire. Clearing up confusion. Is President Trump under investigation . Tell you what the president says and what his lawyer says. We re following reports that an american f18 fighter jet has shot down a syrian plane. Now at 11 00, following reports that an american f18 fighter jet has shot down a syria plane. The Officials Say the action came after the syria plane dropped bombs near local Ground Forces supported by the united states. Its the first time the American Military has taken out a syria aircraft since the start of the civil war in syria in 2011. We continue to follow a developing story from portugal where raging wildfires killed 60 people. The president declared the countrys pain knows no end. Heres the latest. Reporter this is called the greatest wildfire tragedy in recent years, certainly one of the deadliest with several fires still blazing. The deadliest one, Police Believe the fire began saturday night, when light ning struck a tree in a dry thunderstorm about 120 miles north of lisbon, it surrounded the nearby town. Appears many victims, 30 of them, burned to death in cars as they tried to flee. Vehicles engulfed in flames on a road in a mountainous dry region. Firefighters struggling to cope. The fire described as violent in at least two of the four fronts. The portuguese Prime Minister said they had difficulty accessing the area because the fire was to intense and employed 360 soldiers to help the 700 firefighters battling the blaze. Translator i dont want to talk yet about the cause of the fire because we are facing the greatest tragedy of human lives. So what we must do now is calmly provide all resources to fight the fires. Reporter its an ongoing situation. The European Commission is involved working with eu states to bring in outside help. Portugal declared three days of National Morning for the victims in the blaze. Nbc news, london. Well, tonight, we are getting a first look at video of the highrise Apartment Building in london devastated by a deadly fire last week. At least 58 people were killed in the building. The Police Released video and photos showing the charred ruins. Experts believe the materials used to construct the building may have helped to spread the flames. The cabinet minister said today the materials used in a renovation may have been banned under british building regulations. Attack carried out by suspected jihadists in mali killed two people. Armed attackers took hostages at a luxury hotel popular with westerners. Flames were seen rising from the resort. They rescued 32 guests trapped inside the hotel, and one of the two People Killed was a citizen of france and gabon. 2015, 20 people were killed in another attack in a mali hotel. Seven sailors confirmed dead after a u. S. Navy ship they were on was severely damaged in a collision. The uss fitzgerald was towed back to japan after colliding with a cargo ship. It was hit where over 100 sailors were sleeping at the time of the accident. That led to a frantic situation where the entire crew scrambled to save the ship from sinking. There are several investigations now trying to determine exactly why and how this collision happened. As to how much warning they had, i dont know. Thats going to be found out in the investigation, but it was a Significant Impact that the crew had to fight hard to keep the ship say float. Took 16 hours to tow the damaged ship back to port. President trump is back at the white house tonight after his first weekend visit to camp david. His lawyers insist hes not under investigation for obstructing the Russian Investigation just days after the president apparently said on twitter he is under investigation. We are following audiotape the days developments from washington. Reporter on this fathers day, the trumps returning from their first visit to camp david. Did you enjoy camp david . Really nice. Reporter and back to the heat. The political fever over the russia investigation. Hes not afraid of the investigation. There is no investigation. I want to be clear here. Reporter sunday morning tv screens, one of the president s personal lawyers, going on offense. Theres not an investigation of the president of the united states. Period. Reporter what contradicted the president s own social media admission made friday. I am being investigated for firing the fbi director. Notably, the president did not repeat that today in a trio of tweets where he denounced the distraction of the witch hunt. The president s apparent omission dismissed by the lawyer and tripped a response to news story, but the discrepancy set off sparks. You dont know that hes notunderpnot under investigation, do you . No one notified us he is. I know that. Reporter hes expected to be the public face of the trump defense, a team led by the president s long time real estate lawyer and his partner, and bringing the heft of criminal defense experience, criminal defense attorney, john doud. This is the Washington Headquarters governments team, led by mueller, and a dozen senior level lawyers hired so far with experience with the fbi, white collar, corruption, and crime cases. Meanwhile, the separate inquiries on capitol hill are progressing slowly. First, i can say categorically that the collusion of cooperation as pekt to the investigation is not over. As far as that goes, i say were 20 into it. That was nbcs Kelly Odonald reporting. Firefighters gaining ground on two brush fires in california. This is up north of los angeles, so far burning about 1,000 acres there. You see all the smoke coming from the fire. Its also destroyed two out buildings. It is now 10 contained and all hundreds of firefighters are there working to put it out. A smaller fire in the wrightwood area, now 50 contained. There, 11 acres have burned. Now the microclimate weather certified most accurate by weatherrate. Talking about the hot weather today. Yes. We have not seen anything yet . Well, thursday could be the repeat. Seeing hottest from hotter and hot. Few days, that the way its going. San jose now 22 degrees cooler than the high today. Problem is, that means we drop only to 81 degrees. It was 103 today at the airport. 83 in livermore and concord, but this is encouraging for change. Look at 2 h4hour temperature change. This hour, 15 degrees hotter than the day before, temperatures are ten degrees cooler. Cooling in napa, winds from the south cooling there. Not much change in oakland and livermore, hotter than yesterday, but san martine with a south breeze so positive signs out there with the southwest wind up to 14 Miles Per Hour in fairfield. Thats a sign of an onshore breeze trying to get its act together. Once its met by low clouds on the coast of the inner bay heading into tomorrow morning, fog possible on the coastline, but thats part of the ocean making a comeback. Should allow some temperatures tomorrow to run about five to eight degrees cooler. Fairfax at 66 degrees now. Napa, highs today 105, mid afternoon, low to mid90s is the trend for monday afternoon. San francisco, 65, patchy fog across the golden gate bridge, and highs tomorrow, rather than 88 like we saw today, mid70s by 3 00 in the afternoon. San jose, as we mentioned, 103 degrees earlier, and the trend for tomorrow, at least around the airport in downtown, in the mid90s, so 95105 is hot, but not as bad as today. Watching whats left of thunderstorms moving away from the sierra, some showers are dropping in the Central Valley. Futurecast model, looking closely here, its most off to the east of livermore and antioch, but possible in mount hamilton, Central Valley may have showers passing by early in the morning, and partly cloudy skies, but heres the thing we wanted to reform, the low clouds on the coast, coupled with the winds, should take an edge off the worst of the heat for a day or two. 60s tomorrow morning. Hill tops, keep in mind, starting in the 70s. Mid90s and upper 90s for possible south of san jose. Likely to find a few hundred degree temperatures in Solano County and tri valley, into San Francisco, as you saw, onshore winds, patchy low clouds provide cooler and north bay winds out of the south into the 90s. The high reached intensity today. It may rebuild itself as we head to thursday. Thats the reason why the sevenday forecast, and by friday and saturday, we begin to see the highs weakening. We go from the stretch of hot weather through thursday to some cooling into the weekend, but its all relative. 100105 thursday and low to mid90s will be your cooling for next weekend. Heat advise reexpires thursday or friday, we hope. When cooling numbers are in the 90s, were in summer. Coming up, a whale of a tale underneath the golden gate bridge. A great sight caught on camera. Spring. Is just now heating up. Peggy 2shot wedding season was kicked off earlier this spring. Just now heating up with the june brides out there. A lot of that going on right now, thats right, but a trend on weddings catching on everywhere. Heres the details. Reporter there are indications destination weddings will be more popular this wedding season than ever before affecting the rest of us by how much we spend on a gift for the newlyweds. The average right now on wedding gift spending is 140. Reporter thats what the wedding survey found, but 140 for a gift for a traditional wedding not too far away that you get to by car. If you plan on attending a destination wedding, i think the gift giving and how much you spend goes down a little bit because you spend so much to get there. Reporter on average with air fare, hotel, and rental car, its 350 to get there, she says is enough of a gift, but still suggests a less expensive gift for the the honeymoon. A couple drinks on the flight to the honeymoon or pay for a dinner or a scuba or snorkeling activity while they are in hawaii honeymooning. Reporter couples are more interested in experiences than gifts for the wedding. Nbc news. Golden gate bridge, live picture right here, great views of the bridge, but talking about hump back whales. The video for you. One of the viewers captured this last night. There she blows. Thats what they said in the old movi movies, peggy. Chasing food, hump backs on the annual migration north to alaska for the summer, and now heres the rest of the preview coming up in sports. Coming up in sports, if youre a a sports fan, you have yourself a darn good week. More on that straight ahead. Plus, both bay area baseball teams were in action on this fathers day, and depending on which team you root for, some dads left happy, others did not. Highlights next in sports. Happy fathers day to the awesome dads out there. My pops, leonard, youre my hero, i love you. What a weekend it was for sports teams in oakland. Warriors crowned nba champions monday night. The parade was lit on thursday. The as are on a roll, and andre ward is still the light heavy weight champion. Oh, yeah. After a controversial win back in november, he left no doubt to the critics this time. The boxer shut down serge in the eighth round, and competitive fight until there. There was a ferocious right hand to the chin and landed a flurry of body shots before the bout was called off by tko two minutes and 29 seconds into the eighth round. The record unblemished, and he gave shoutouts to the bay. Hey man, theres a lot of people from the bay tonight that came through, marcus peters, marshawn lynch, mr. Fab, just people im close to that i know. Coming through at the weighin yesterday, the warriors, like, greene, just, man, so many people here, just to see their face, than, meant the world to me. Well, as andre referenced, the bay was wellrepresented in vegas. In the house, mr. Fab and marshawn lynch, and in attendance, Sacramento Kings big man, and nba finals mvp, kevin durant, a special moment after the fight as well. He got to go ringside and congratulate the undisputed champs. Cool moment there. To baseball. Giants, rockies, giants gain a win on fathers day. 32 rockies. First career home run. Giants score one more before the inning was over to make it 53. Uhoh. Here comes colorado. Bottom of the 9th, whos your daddy . Walkoff threerun homer. Hitting the cycle with the bomb, sweeping the series, 75 the fin final, and losing five straight. Happy fathers day, and, yes, yao on tv. 20 until this. Right center field. Two runs would score just like that. Tieing the game at two. Later in the inning, chris davis at the plate. See ya later. Tworun homer to right or center. Oakland up 42 after that. That was the 18th home run of the season and as go on to win 43. To the links in wisconsin. Just one pga tour victory into this weeks u. S. Open, but what about this . Walking away with the second career win, and his first career major win. The 27yearold had a final round sunday of 5 under, 16 under for the tournament tieing mcilroy for the best score ever at a u. S. Open. Congratulations. Look at the golf cap. Anyway, more sports after the break. vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Peggy 2 shot nbc bay area responds to car complaints almost every day of the week. We hear a lot of them for sure. Consumer investigator christopher opens up two cases where the drivers were so fed up with the car, they wanted the car company to buy it back and give them new cars. Their cases ended differently. We want to show you how. We want you to hear from an expert who says you should never just settle when a brand new car has a persistent problem. We love it. It drives great. 2016 kia sedona being towed to their home. The engine runs, but she and her partner are afraid to drive it. I pappiced. They say the Steering Wheel has twice locked up on the road during left turns. It wont turn back to the right. Its totally stuck. It gets stuck in this position. In the turning left position. Reporter ryan in san jose first time buying a new car. Reporter he says when he accelerates, the turbo charger in the now 2016 chevy malibu rattles. Its like a grinding. Reporter he heard it from the start. Maybe itll go away, its the engine breaking in. I was trying to find stuff on the web about it. Reporter gm issue that serviced the rattle, but no solution so he decided it was time to wash his hands of the malibu. Reached out to you guys to invest gait. Reporter both ryan and lisa asked us for help getting the manufacturer to buy back their vehicle. Only one was successful. Which one . The kia with the stuck Steering Wheel or chevy with the rattle . They overed him a 22,000 buyback deal that he took. Appreciate you helping out with this. Reporter gm said it was the best course of action for everyone, even though we dont believe there was a defect in the engine that impacted its performance, safety, or durability. Hes now in a new chevy impala, and lisa still has the sedona. I wont drive the car because knowing that its not safe, if i hurt somebody, it would be my fault. Reporter we searched the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration data base and found other kia owners reported similar issues with steering weals that lock. They acknowledged the report but cannot duplicate lisas problem. Despite the proactive effort of the team, no physical evidence of anything out of the ordinary has been found. He went on to say they cannot rectify a problem thats not identified. Just because they cant duplicate the problem doesnt mean theres not a problem. Reporter they say they cant ethically sell the van to another family so they are stuck making payments on a van that will sit. Its going to be here. Its not going to be driven. Reporter their next step might be hiring an attorney like scott whose sole practice holds Car Companies accountable. We dont advertise, and the phone never stops ringing. Reporter they are reduck lant to buy cars because they lose money. They just want you to trade it in, give it to somebody else. They dont want to buy it back. Reporter manufacturers are supposed to make a buyback offer when you repeatedly bring in a car for service with the same problem under warranty. They have to buy it back without asking. Reporter a 1995 california case concluded that Car Companies have a duty to provide you a refund or replacement when repeated repairs dont work. Even if you dont ask for it. Thats the law in california. Reporter how often does it happen . Never. Reporter consumers must fight. Heres the keys to demand a car buyback. Communicate everything in writer, require the shop document what you say on its work order so no one down plays the problem. Be persistent. State law requires multiple attempts to fix whats wrong. Take it in again and again and again. Dont wait. Every mile you drive might reduce your buyback over. Bring it in, go to chicago. Reporter how often do manufacturers buyback new cars . They estimate its thousands every year. If you have a consumer question, let us know, 888996tips or nbcbayarea. Com respond. Amazing the one with the wheel stuck going left. Yeah. May she win. I hope so. Around the country. It a new fathers day tradition growing in popularity around the country. Its all about dads celebrating just before the big fathers day. Joe has the story tonight from st. Paul, minnesota. Reporter minnesota dad, the garage is more than an oversized shed. Double vice bench, which is kind of nice. Reporter for john francis its a play room when we need it. Reporter its a place for the guys to hang out. Like the sign says, what happens in the garage, stays in the garage. Reporter francis spends every fathers day with his two daughters, he spends the night before with fellow dads. The tradition created inside that garage five years ago when he invited friends over for beers and pizza and fathers eve was born. Connect, we share, we celebrate being dads. Reporter each year, it got bigger. Thank you for coming. Reporter so much so, the party had to outgrow the garage and move to the restaurant. Last night, dozens of dads converged with a mission. To really recognize fathers for their contribution and, you know, their willingness to go the extra mile for their kids. c reporter they grill, they share stories, and they play crazy games like hammer, driving nails into a tree stump. Good time that raises money for a good cause. Support this community. Reporter this year benefit a local charity that helps fathers, and its still growing. Last night, dads in 42 cities celebrated fathers eve from los angeles to new york, fargo to coast ree ka. In each city, they rang in fathers day. Three, two, one happy fathers day reporter with a new years eve like toast. Turns out what happens in the garage does not always stay in the garage, and in the case of fathers eve, thats a good thing. Joe friar, nbc news, st. Paul, minnesota. Well, happy fathers day to the dads out there. From one celebration to another, despite the temperatures, well above 100 degrees, plenty of people turned out for the summer fest. People of all ages did their best to stay cool in the event. We love this video here, the grandfather and granddaughter. So cute. So cool, yeah. Keeping cool. The festival draws families from all over the east bay. They have a classic car show, art events, and a concert in the park. Now nbc bay area microclimate weather. This weather, Everyone Needs their own portable fan. Yes. You dont have one . I know. One day you could have done it. Next weekend. You know, use it for a few days. The sevenday forecast, watching the heat, which turns hotter again later on this week, but some interesting weather overnight. First tracking a little cooling, moisture moves away from the sierra, making for interesting weather over the nexting two to three hours. The first records smashed all over the bay area. Airports, livermore, 106. Low 80s inlaptnd, but notice th temperature change as winds pick up from the south, and a sign of the winds beginning to turn stronger, in fact, winds up to 14 in fairfield. This will be coupled with low clouds approaching the coastline for the morning, and so all signs to the coast in the inner bay, and leads to cooling. That is one of the changes we are watching, especially for tomorrow morning. One of the short term changes, pretty interesting, mid level moisture heading away from the sierra, zooming in, the returns, trying to move across the south bay hills, up to the pass, and now, a lot of what the radar is picking up with elevated returns, but notice the trend. Moisture moves in across some of the hill tops, still warm air over the hills in the 70s and 80s so a stray showerings maybe lightning in the east, that is possible. Futurecast picks up on some of this, but the model, frankly, puts it too far to the east. Notice the time frame here as we get towards about anywhere from about midnight to 1 30, thats when the batch passes through, but radar shows in the pass and south bay hill top. From now to 4 00 a. M. , stray showers may cross in the bay hills. In the morning, moisture moves on, and then we see the low clouds here on the coast. That should allow the inner bay to see a a little cooling. 50s and 60s to start. Hill top here, up to the pass, and east bay hills, though, likely waking up to 70s at least if youre above 1,000 feet in the morning hours. High in the mid90s in san jose. A little cooling. Inland areas, east of 680 to interstate 80, numbers again, 90s, near 100 degrees. Cooler, though, for the coast. Cooler for San Francisco, southwest winds increasing. 70s tomorrow. Mostly lower to mid90s in the north bay. The trend here in the sevenday forecast, temperatures down a little bit, but back up thursday. Heat advisory comets through 9 00 thursday. As you see there, temperatures climb, and more cooling into the week, but stay tuned to the nbc bay area weather app as we saw on the radar for the moisture thats made for beautiful sunsets in the sierra, sometimes that drifts to the bay area for overnight areas. Watch that at 4 30. Thank you, rob. Still to come, taking a difficult road thats well worth traveling. If theyre from out of down, you have to. Its hard. These guys are working hard. How one highway has fostered a close community. A story that makes you bay area proud. This is how it feels when you eat a subway® 6 footlong sub of the day. Its the taste you love, at a price you cant get enough of. The 6 footlong sub of the day. Seven days, seven footlongs, seven more ways to enjoy subway®. School or church they attend. Terry communities are built around something people have in common, where they live, what school or church they attend. Or the road that connects them. This story is about a community and the sense they share. This is tonights bay area proud. Reporter eastern is a nanny by trade, twins her specialty, so shes pretty good at handling stress, but the last winter really tested her patience, but she handled it with such grace, she had plenty leftover to share with others. Shes one of those people who has been doing the same commute for so long, she measures her daily routine in terms of years. 18, yeah. A long time. Reporter 18 years. Commuting from santa cruz to the south bay and back again. Each trip braving the twists and turns of perhaps the bay areas most notorious stretch of highway, number 17, which this past winter, managed to exceed even its outside reputation. Certainly out of all the time, this years been the worst by far. Reporter mud slides. Falling trees. And, oh, so many accidents. I think i was stuck in pretty much every time there was a long, long time. A few hours. Just sitting in the car. Yesterday was just terrible. Reporter it would be enough to frustrate even the most patient of drivers. Not erin. For, if theres such a thing as the opposite of road rage, that is what was growing in her. It began, she says, watch whiling emergency and road crews fighting against nature to keep the road open and safe. They were in the rain jackets and, you know, pouring rain, and they are there all night. They got the lights set up, huge equipment, and i just thought, wow, i wish i could say thank you to those guys. You know, its not safe to get out of the car and actually do that, to i thought, well, i wonder if theres something that i can do for them. Reporter throw them a party is what erin came up with. Free lunch, free beer. Reporter sunday in scots valley, she and a team of fellow commuters welcomed anyone who keeps traffic moving on highway 17 take off the reflective vests and pick up a plate or grab a beer or get a massage. Dozens took her up on her gracious offer. Magnificent, yeah. I want them to feel like, wow, this community appreciates what i do. If that was ultimately the message erinme merin wanted to , like so many drivers this past winter,ly reached its destination. Thanks for coming thanks for all your help with it. Reporter the work on highway 17 over the winter was not just difficult, but it was dangerous. One worker died there while working over this past winter. Erins gratitude picnic raised money for a fund to help his family as well. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. Very cool idea. They pulled it off. Yes. Beyonce and jayz welcomed twins into the world. Thats right. Anticipated celebrity birth and confirmation not coming from the superstars themselves, but coming from the grandparents, beyonces father. This was the tweet, theyre here, happy birthday to the twins that came out this morning. Now, the couple has a 5yearold daughter. Her name is blue ivy. Still to come, dealing with intense recordbreaking heat. Really has been a rough weekend out there. The customers who went for scoops to counter the hot forecast. Where does it go from here . Does it get hotter . Where does it end . Thats next. On september 9, 2010, pg e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. This gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. The explosion and fire killed eight people. Pg e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u. S. Pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. Pg e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. We are deeply sorry. We failed our customers in san bruno. While an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg e safer. And thats why weve replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new Leak Detection technology that is onethousand times more sensitive, and built a stateoftheart gas operations center. We can never forget what happened in san bruno. Thats why were working every day to make pg e the safest Energy Company in the nation. Peggy 2xvid the iconic fenton s crey this is a good way to beat the heat here. Tasty too. Ice cream. This is the thing to put on before midnight, now you just want ice cream. Yeah. This is in oakland, packed today as you imagine. The place every one went to to cool off with sundays and great flavors. Hot day like this, though, ice cream tasted better than normal. You wanted mint chocolate chip. Right now. Its on set . Maybe on the way home. Have a good night. Have a great week. Take care. I need a get her done lesson. Say it and ill tell you. Get her done. You are just saying it you have got to put some oomph in it. Get her done. Getter done. Getter done. You sound like you are getting stabbed. Get her done. Larry the cable guy, the widely popular stand up comedian, still selling out crowds after decades in the business. I seen my grandpa