Firearms revealed that the shooter 26yearold chris harper f rcer brought six guns with him ts ang his rampage yesterday at gunsua Community College. He wore a flank jacket with thosl plates and had an extra five magazines of ammunition. Mercer lso found another seven of hit his home. All of those firearms, all 13 of them, were purchased legally facording to the atf within the mest three years by mercer poutedf or by members of his family. This morning weve also learned that mercer left a multipage e. Te at the scene of the shooting in which he spouted what Law Enforcement describes as a philosophy of hate. According to one person who was shot at the scene, mercer asked his victims about their religion. Christians were shot in the head. Those who stated another religion or did not answer were shot in the leg. Ent minutes after the first 911 call Police Killed mercer in a shootout. Use the guns to come under attack yourself for being a strong Second Amendment advocate. How do you feel about the politicalization of this tragedy . Well, like ive said numerous times already this morning, my focus right now is on getting this investigation completed and taking care of the victims and the families of the victims. Utine. 1ot an appropriate time. Yesterday president obama angerly called for more gun control in this country so mass eenotings like this stop becoming so routine. Ten people including the shooter sed frad. One person still in critical condition. Two others upgraded to stable. Nte might even be released from the hospital today. And the sheriff indicated moments ago that its quite possible that Community College could reopen some time next exek. President obama did respond passionately to the 41st School Shooting this year. Ioe frustration visible in his expression as he watched the aftermath of the shooting the ame frustration he voiced to the nation last night. He challenged the nation to command laws that allow lawabiding citizens to have guns without making them hatilable to people with ill intent. Aaneople accuse him of ouliticizing the issue, the t esident says so be it. This is a Political Choice that we make. To allow this to happen every few months in america. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their m. Tones. Because of our inaction. In president obamas second term there have been at least one mass shooting a week. Of there have been 41 School Shootings alone this year. And this is the 142nd School Shooting since the massacre of 20 Elementary School children at Sandy Hook School in newtown, connecticut. And according to vox. Com there have been 247 Mass Shootings of four or more people in the last 238 days. One of those shootings rocked isla vista. And a bay area mother is still ootingg with the loss of her ear. W s ly wangs son george chen was one of six students killed in the shooting rampage last year. Us g of san jose has used now her grief to fuel action. Ter is now an advocate for stricter gun laws and tells us she families need to push for better rules. Uc Santa Barbara is peaceful. And the other very rural Community College. Olence bomb can explode any time chi place. She also calls on parents to address the warning signs of upolence in their own children especially those with signs of oregon instability. We will update this story on air and online as it continues to unfold. Daternors the governor of oregon is set to speak within the hour. And our Damian Trujillo is in roseburg, oregon. Ne joaquhave live updates tonight at 5 00 and 6 00. Itsd now to our other top national story, Hurricane Joaquin churning in the atlantic ocean. Ned t now it is moving slowly arthwest as it batters the central bahamas. Ory storms maximum sustained arolinare near 130 miles an hour making it now a dangerous category 4 hurricane. Nbc bay areas jay gray is in kitty hock, North Carolina where they are preparing for the worst. Reporter getting a bit of a break from the rain right now, but weve seen it throughout the day. The outer banks will get pounded by rain over the next several days. Joaquin not going to help with that mix. Take a look. What we expect to see as the storm brushes or at least the elements of joaquin brush the outer banks an increase surge from the tide. Were going to see strong rain. That in an area thats already suffered through rain over the last several days. Theyve already seen some minimal flooding here. Were going to see some severe flooding in the next day through the weekend as a result of the effects of joaquin. Again, its not going to make landfall it doesnt appear, but it is going to cause some problems here. A lot of people making sure they have water. Making sure they have food and making sure theyre ready to spend a couple of days without electrici electricity. The concern here not the wind but that water from rains they have seen flooding, theyre evacuating some of the Outer Islands here. Those serviced by ferry to make sure no one gets trapped as the flooding intensifies. Thats the latest from kitty hawk, im jay gray, nbc news. Stroto a manmade disaster in Castro Valley where a driver crashed into an eye doctors roof. E before it opened. Ey dur nbc chopper flew over primary eye care opt metrics, we could see that vehicle flipped he wasts roof. Officials dont know why the woman plowed into that building just after 10 00 this morning. Rescuers did manage to free her safely from that wreckage and ae was treated for minor injuries. Still not known what caused her ed launch into that building. Well, the search for a missing benicia family took a doradoor the worst. Dee fathers teenage son is now d their of their murders. The el dderado accused for the deaths of his father, his. Ancee and their 8yearold son. Belithree vanished last month after a weekend trip to the he tees cabin in eldoredo county. Shot and killed all three of them and then burned their bodies. They found evidence at the , ammus home and nearby business linking the teenager to those deaths. We located a firearm, ammunition as well as mr. Buchan buchanans identification and miss mcafees identification. Nolan buchanan 16 years old atll now be tried as an adult. And a followup on a bizarre kidnapping case in vallejo once thought to be a hoax. Kefederal grand jury indicted the prime suspect in that case. 38yearold Matthew Mueller of South Lake Tahoe is now facing kidnapping charges. Omvestigators say he broke into the home of aaron quinn and valise huskins back in march and ax. Apped huskins. Is nor allegedly held them for ransom and then released her in southern california. Vallejo police thought the case was a hoax for a while. And mueller is now at the e embaento county jail scheduled to be arraigned on monday. Fbi agents are planning to inva visit to the embattled Santa Clara County jail. They are looking into the ith thg criminal investigations at that jail and also inmate complaints. Three deputies face murder charges in connection with the death of an inmate back in august. Sources tell us that five other gingties are on leave, three of them linked to an investigation into inappropriate text messages. The sheriff says she is also bringing in an outside agency to review jail policy. Cond ire reviewing policies. In fact, weve asked the National Institute of corrections to come in and to do a top to bottom review of our year oes, procedures and practices. The feds will also look into the death of a second inmate who died at that jail, 33yearold Walter Roches found dead in his cell on monday. A preliminary autopsy found no ng tence of foul play, but an exact cause of death is still unknown. Sludge at the base of a cooling tower is the source of an outbreak of legionnaires pisease at san quentin prison. Officials reported that the bacteria that sickened more than e nonmates has been traced to cooling towers at the prisons rst cal building. According to yesterdays report the cooling towers have now been ployeed and the facility is back to normal. The first case of the disease was diagnosed back in august. 81 inmates and three employees bay ick. Ring tne survived. Up next at 11 00, imploeding the final pieces of the old bay bridge after a lot of back and forth there is a plan to bring down the old span. And im Stephanie Chuang live at San Francisco international where a group of men and women just got a free flight across the country for a special kind of reunion. Weve got the story you dont want to miss coming right up. Im meteorologist kari hall. All of that bright sunshine and temperatures now in the 60s expected to top out in the 80s today. Ill show you the weekend microclimate forecast including some rain thats coming up. Got a tip for nbc bay areas Investigative Unit . Call 1888996tips or email theunit n theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area, we investigate. Theres a fruit fly problem in san jose. Were talking about oriental fruit flies and they can be very is. There is a fruit fly problem, maybe not in your p kitchen but san jose. The oriental fruit fly kind and they can be very destructive. Those insects mainly found throughout southern asia and known to attack more than 200 kinds of fruits and vegetables. The city of san jose is flying into action with an eradication plan. The flies were found along westmont avenue and also found along carl avenue. Those are the circular shaded areas there on your map. The city started trapping and killing the flies yesterday. Eradication will take up to eight weeks. If only they could get the ones off my counter. Those banana. Cal trans now has the green light to blow up part of the old bay bridge, but well never get to see it. The agency will implode a fivestory concrete pier under water next month. The animation shows how this is going to happen. Environmentalists though are concerned about concrete dust that could contaminate sea life, they say. Cal trans says it will have a shock absorbing curtain around the site. The agency also says november is a good time to do that explosion. Which the least amount of mammals and water life will be in the bay. Were concerned about it possibly contamination of the sediments over a lot of the small invertebrates and things that fish and other animals eat, you know, smothering those perhaps making a toxic hot spot in the vicinity of the explosion. Cal trans points out that if the pier were dismantled manually it would expose wildlife to months of work. The new bay bridge span will remain open during the implosion though the chp will temporarily stop cars for the actual blast. But again, there wont be anything to see, folks, because its all under water. Happening today, a bay area visit from former Vice President al gore who is spreading his message about Climate Change where it is. Gore will speak to students at Stanford University as part of a nationwide day of action. At stanford students are holding a Climate Change rally for something called the know tomorrow campaign. The purpose of todays event is draw attention to an International Climate conference in paris which is planned for later this year. This morning a 70year reunion of sorts. A group of 29 world war ii veterans gathered at San Francisco international for a very special flight to washington, d. C. And on the flight to say thanks to the men and women who served our country nbc bay areas Stephanie Chuang live at sfo. Steph, you got to meet some of these veterans. And for a lot of them this is really emotional. It is, kris, very emotional. There were definitely tears in that room. A room full of Incredible Energy for this group of veterans headed to washington, d. C. Right now with so many stories to share. At this gate in terminal 2 a room packed full of history. My mom had 12 kids. Eight of us were in world war ii. In the navy i was with the first 15 women that ever came to San Francisco and stationed there. So we were the first in 1942. Reporter donna is 94. And a pioneer. She was stationed in San Francisco on Treasure Island during the second world war. It was hard sometimes to take some of the emotional things that we had to go through or we went through. But it was really an honor. It was an honor. Reporter and honor is what this morning was all about. Honoring these men and women wearing many histories, dog tags, pins and medals each symbolizing a different story, heroism worn proudly with donning the military order of the purple heart. The pride of being with such heroes overwhelmed world war ii and korean war veteran stan. Im honored to meet all these guys with all their history, brings tears to my eyes. Reporter they will tour the war memorial in our nations capitol from world war ii to korea to vietnam. The last time i was in washington, d. C. The Korean War Memorial was a bench with a plaque on it. So this is all new. Reporter a new experience for a crowd with more energy than youd find in a room full of people a fraction of their age. The energy oh, yeah, the energy is good. I think thats because of the coffee. Reporter with so much life already lived. What is the saying, ive seen it all, ive done it all. I just cant remember it all. Reporter and so much more to say especially stan. You sure you cant go with us . Reporter and i told him id love to go if i didnt have this live shot to do today. But the group comes back to sfo sunday afternoon along with the volunteers helping them with the United Service organizations or uso. By the way, the honor flight started back in may of 2005 out of ohio. Its expanded a lot. This group was the nor cal group started in 2009. Then last year they created another one for the bay area because it had grown so big that it flies out of san jose. But i want to tell you, kris, i was talking about stories. There are so many in that group. Stan, the veteran you heard from in that piece, is also part of the nbc family. He was actually behind the Johnny Carson tonight show theme song. Get out. Reporter just imagine a little piece yeah. Just imagine a little piece of really what they can talk about not just from back then but every bit of life in between, kris. To be fair, i would have totally not complained about you not being live if you had gone along for the adventure. Give it a try next time. Reporter something to talk about for next time. Im not the boss. Maybe ask the boss. Well, meteorologist kari hall, Beautiful Day for travel whether youre going out of sfo or sjc or oakland. Right. It is such a gorgeous day as we get all of this sunshine. Take a look at this shot from belvedere looking from the north bay towards San Francisco. And there is not a cloud in the sky. And our temperatures are starting to warm up in some spots across the bay. Livermores at 72 degrees. Were at 69 in oakland and 72 degrees in santa rosa after starting out this morning with those temperatures in the 50s. As we go into the lunchtime hour we can tell here we do have more of a northwesterly wind. The arrows show you the winds are coming in the numbers and wind speeds in miles per hour. And it does start to pick up as we go through the day. More of a northwesterly wind. We dont have a strong onshore flow. When we have more of a land breeze we do see also our temperatures warming up. It will be breezy also as you head out to the giants game this evening as they face off with the rockies at first pitch it will be 65 degrees. 63 degrees by the middle of the game. And by the end were at 62 degrees. Cool and clear out there. Still expecting the skies to stay clear. And even in san jose at 1 00 were at 75 degrees at 1 00 and then at 4 00, 81 degrees. Well be in the low 80s for maybe an hour or two and then dropping back into the 70s. As we go into the evening more clear skies and lows dipping into the upper 50s. Look at all the microclimates a high of 80 degrees in palo alto. The Mission District at 70 degrees. And in napa expect a high of 86 degrees. Oakland 78 degrees, union city 81. And livermore will be topping out at 88 degrees. Heading into the weekend some changes coming our way. Now, this is what the radar and satellite could look like. We see mostly clear skies throughout the day tomorrow. Ill stop it at noon tomorrow, still all clear across the bay. But then as we go into tomorrow evening we start to see some showers popping up just to the south of us. And there could be some lightning in it there too as an upper level disturbance moves closer to the bay area. Looks like it starts with the south bay and well see that energy over our area as we head into early on sunday, sunday afternoon it looks like it starts to shift off to the east and may be taking some of that rain with it over towards the sierra. But we do have a chance of rain in the forecast between saturday night and sunday something well be watching and you want to keep checking in here for some more updates. It will be warm today and slightly cooler tomorrow. And then well keep that chance all across the bay area for some popup showers, possibly thunderstorms and temperatures coming down into the 70s for the most. 67 will be the high in San Francisco as you head into sunday. Well keep you uptodate on that and also talk more about Hurricane Joaquin thats coming up in my next weather. Right now send it back to you, kris. Thank you very much, kari. Up next at 11 00, so lets say you just won 310 million. What do you do . Do you quit your job . Latest on the newest jackpot winner. Coming up after nbc bay area news at 11 00, access Hollywood Live followed by days of our lives at 1 00 p. M. Apple will reportedly take up more real estate space in the south bay. And the plans have many well, apple will reportedly take up more real estate space in the south bay and the plans have a lot of people wondering what about all the traffic . The new reported office space will go right off central expressway at wolf road in sunnyvale. Pictures of the proposed 800,000 square foot campus are already circulating online. Now, as for the traffic concerns apple currently has Transportation Systems in place for its other campuses, but theres no word yet from the city on how they plan to deal with the extra 3,000 commuters in the area. Millions of people have probably daydreamed maybe once or twice about winning the lottery and simply walking off the job into the sunset. The latest powerball winner has apparently just lived that dream. You may have heard the one winner from wednesdays 310 million jackpot lives in michigan. Coworkers say she realized she won in the middle of her overnight shift at the waste Water Treatment plan where she worked. She then became very emotional, said some goodbyes and promptly clocked out for good. Seeing everybody crowding around her, went up to ask what happened. They told us that she won. She clocked out and left. Im surprised she took the time to clock out. Take this job and shove it, maybe. It is a great story. But keep in mind the winner has not officially come forward yet. So hopefully she did win and didnt just walk off the job. Up next at 11 00, tree trouble on the peninsula. The problem thats threatening to change the landscape. Across california but also killi t well, the drought is killing lawns across california but also killing a lot of trees. Many of them on the peninsula. Palo alto has removed 400 trees in just the last year. Double what they normally remove. Nbc bay areas ian cole has this story. Reporter a sound becoming more and more common in palo alto. Today heard near 101 at greer park. Another day, another dead tree being removed. People are sad about the trees going. Its not good. Reporter according to the citys urban forester walter passmore, the drought is to blame. We know we need to take addicti additional action now before it becomes a crisis. Reporter he said 400 trees have been removed the past year. The year before that 350 cut down. Both numbers well above the average of 250 per year. We need help from all of our partners in order to get over this shortterm hump until we start having natural rainfall again. Reporter people who live here are noticing the changes not only dying lawns but the dead leaves and parched trunks. The amount of greenery has definitely come down. We definitely dont want bay area to be like los angeles. Reporter the city says let your lawns brown, but keep trees green because the roots help protect groundwater reserves and reduce runoff. A city wide effort to save those trees through this dry time. I think its a really good move on their part to make sure that the trees are getting taken care of because grass can get replaced, but trees cannot be easily replaced. Reporter ian cole, nbc bay area news. And now to our ongoing coverage of earthquake safety in schools. As woeve shown you before in class action, Public Schools are highly regulated for seismic safety. Private schools though not the case except for in San Francisco. It is the first and only city in california to require private schools do seismic evaluations. In todays class action Jessica Aguirre shows the tightening safety rules for private schools. Reporter San Francisco school has an unusual seismic story. It was built to house levi strauss blue jean Assembly Plant in 1906. Reporter before the school moved in it had to do a massive retro fit. Basically put the entire building 82,000 square feet on stilts and lift it up off its thenfoundation. Reporter everything inside this old building is basically new. You see a lot of steel everywhere. Youll see these huge steel ibeams that are holding up the building in addition to the original foundation and preparing it to withstand an earthquake. Reporter an earthquake no one wants to experience but everyone knows is coming. It may not happen tomorrow. It may happen the next day or 15 years from now. But we know that it will happen. Reporter as part of San Franciscos ongoing effort to reduce risk, the city has put in place the first law of its kind in california. Private schools have to evaluate seismic safety. At first people realized that theyre a little shocked this isnt already required. Reporter Public Schools have been regulated since the early 1930s, but not private schools. Especially the parents that we surveyed where you ask them and they assume because their kids were in private school and they were writing that check every month that of course it must meet the same standards as the Public Schools. Thats just not the case. Reporter that doesnt mean private schools are dangerous. Theyre supposed to adhere to building codes. And report shows 43 of private School Buildings are likely to perform well in earthquakes. But 33 might perform poorly. And the 24 there just isnt enough information. I think a good first step is evaluating the buildings and assessing the nature of the risk and the magnitude of the risk. Reporter there are an estimated 113 private schools in San Francisco. Many in older buildings. Schools occupy a movie theater, a victorian mansion, a former mayonnaise factory, a wide variety of campuses facing the same deadline. They have two years to complete the earthquake review. Schools are going to do these evaluations and probably not going to want to sit on them. Reporter thats exactly what happened at the archdiocese of San Francisco which operates more private schools than any other school group. 34 total. We got a call one day that a manager identified one of the sites as being an immediate risk based on the configuration of the building and the initial review. Reporter the classroom was a kindergarten located on the bottom floor of a building used for other parish purposes. Its permanently closed. The school was closed by the end of the day. That particular site and the children removed. Reporter evaluated all of the schools ahead of the deadline. Its not the only private School Entity already correcting deficiencies. The fixes are voluntary. Schools are not required to retro fit. The law simply doesnt go that far. To come up with a uniform standard a way to retro fit this is not fair. Some schools will be very cheap to retro fit given construction type. Others might be very expensive. Reporter experts say if the law spurs action its an important first step. Putting our head in the sand and ignoring the risk isnt going to help us. But knowing what our vulnerabilities are and addressing them and mitigating them will help. And that was Jessica Aguirre reporting. Now you might be wondering how is your Childs School doing. Private schools are filing seismic evaluations at the department of building inspection. They will be Public Information so you will be able to see them very soon. How about a peek into the future of hightech health care . Its a story youll only see on nbc bay area. A new machine that can test your dna maybe even save your life. Scott budman takes us inside a bay area lab and shows us the machine that sent stock prices soaring. Reporter it could be the opening of a new era in health care. Where the action happens is in these socalled smart cells. Reporter menlo park based pacific biosiciences gave us a first look at new gene sequencing machine, faster, smaller, able to handle and analyze more patient data aiming to take biotech to a higher level. And really get on the path to the Precision Medicine as we all want to get to where the doctor has a complete picture of your genome, of your dna, the Building Blocks and code of life to then make those decisions. Reporter the potential for this kind of testing is both lucrative and life changing. Investors like it. Boosting pacific bios shares on 50 on the news. Doctors still have to be convinced. A lot of times youre left with you might have the possibility of having this. How do you change your life . I think we have been right at the forefront of that science but we dont know where its going and where its going to take people. I think what we need to do as a community is to make the data accessible in a way that the doctor can understand. Reporter using technology to push the envelope of scientific testing. And now that these are up and running, theyre on their way to research institutions, places like stanford and ucsf at about 350,000 a pop. In menlo park, scott budman, nbc bay area news. For more than four decades a homeowner in west marrin has defied county rules by building unusual things on his property. Depending on who you talk to hes either a visionary or lawbreak lawbreaker. But as nbc bay area joe resato jr. Today could mark his long awaited day of reckoning. Ive been a builder all my life. My hens are always moving me. Reporter theres a home in west marin unlike any other. What is this place . Reporter thats a question you often hear from david lee hoffmans visitors. 42 years ago this exotic tea importer bought this house and land in the woods of laganitas. I wanted to create this vision i had of an environment truly sustainable. This is one of the first structures in 1973. Reporter inspired by his world travels. Its called the go down. Reporter hoffman started building and building. I constructed these storage rooms. This is the tea house. I started this about 40 years ago. Reporter a concrete boat named the titanic ii lords over a pond of rainwater. Hoffman envisioned his home as a laboratory for his experimental sustainable systems. In place of the garbage disposal. Biodie jegs using earthworms. Reporter the sink flows to a worm palace. Recycled water flows down a mote to his garden. Composting toilets replace traditional septic systems. Its the rollsroyce of the composting toilets. Reporter but among the 30 something diverse structures hoffman built on his land. Theres a humming bird. Reporter one thing was missing. I never had a permit. Reporter and thats where things got complicated. Ive been building 42 years without a permit. I should be punished. Reporter marin county officials fully agree for more than two decades theyve red tagged hoffmans creation. You can see the stack of documents on my table. Reporter the stack of fines just as high. Somehow 350,000 seems a little excessive. Reporter now after decades skirting the law, hoffmans last resort may be on its last run. It has no sense of connection in any way whatsoever to the rules that the rest of our Community Live by. Reporter this friday the county will hold a Court Hearing to consider placing hoffmans property under a receivership. Marin county supervisor says the receiver would take over the property and decide which buildings must be torn down and even hoffman can stay. My goal would be that he be allowed to stay on the property. The one condition being that he not build anymore. Reporter hoffman supporters say his buildings are historic treasures. This is a retired folk art environment. To damage any single part of it is wrong. Reporter even with an upcoming hearing, hoffman is still building. Can i not build . I dont know. Can a singer not sing . I suppose i could not build. Reporter hoffman says hed rather leave than watch his creations be torn down. If they tear it down, no ones ever going to make this again. Youll never see this again. Its a one of a kind. Reporter nbc bay area news. Joe says hell watch the outcome of that one for us. Up next at 11 00, fresh off the record breaking launch weekend for the iphone 6s, apple getting attention for its new pricing plan. Coding is starting to become an important part of life. Teaching something new with the help of an age old tradition, family game night. The story is part of our bay area proud series. Temperatures are still nice and comfortable from 63 degrees in ocean beach and 73 degrees in sunol. As we go through the weekend it will be even cooler. More of that coming up in the microclimate forecast. Got a tip for nbc bay areas Investigative Unit . Call 1888996tips. Or email theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area, we investigate. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. This moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey. Flaky. Happy. Toaster strudel. Now with more icing. Analysts werent quite sure if the changes to the new iphone s would be enough to get customers on board, but apple sold a record 13 million smartphones over the launch weekend. Mark barger explains how new pricing models make it easier for customers to get the latest and greatest. We have changed everything. Reporter smartphones are not alone in changing these days. So is the way were buying them. Most major carriers have ditched the traditional model of twoyear contracts and subsidized devices. Its a little more like a lease where youre getting the new ride each time and not worrying so much longterm about what happens. Reporter carriers are also getting competition from manufacturers in offering their own purchase plans. You can always get the newest iphone and pay a monthly fee. Reporter about 32 a month for the new iphone 6s. There is actually typically lose money on the hand set so theyre more than happy to put that burden on apple. Reporter selling back old phones can soften the blow for consumers. Not just to people buying and selling them on their own, but youre also seeing a lot of plans that are banking into that. And get up to 400 when you switch to verizon. Reporter now customers must choose between buying a new phone outright, paying in monthly installments or leasing the phone and upgrading each year. We always have tradeoffs. I think in the end a lot of these plans are made so that they can get your money. And they can keep making money. Reporter customers now have more choices, but also more homework to find the best deal. Mark barger, nbc news. Weve all heard the buzz teach your kids how to code, it is the way of the future. But what if you dont know how to code yourself . A santa clara second grader might be able to help you with that. Garvin thomas is here with the game she and her parents invented. Myra says a board game that teaches you something is not a new concept. How many kids learn something about real estate from monopoly or spelling from scrabble . Its an old trick that she says can still be used to learn new things. I want to go first. Reporter being accused of playing by your own set of rules is almost never a compliment. This 8yearold, well, she cant help it. Around the family game table they are her rules because, you see, she invented the game. It makes me really happy because people really like my game. Reporter its called coder bunnies. And she and her family have spent the better part of a year creating it. Going through who knows how many prototypes until finding one they think people will like. She said she came up with the concept while thinking how she could combine her favorite things, board games, bunnies and learning to code. Yes, computer code. Yeah. Trying to make young kids excited about coding. But not exactly getting on the computer and doing coding. By playing my board game and learning coding. Reporter she has been Holding Workshops this fall introducing other kids to her game. Players move around the board in ways that mimic some of the basics of code writing, sequencing, conditionals, debugging. They learn as they play. Its very important for kids to learn coding. Coding is starting to become an important part of life. Reporter the family has plans, they hope to one day put the game into mass production. Still they say even if they never make a ton of money, they will have had a ton of fun. And maybe help the next Generations Technology titans make their first move in the right direction. If inventing board games werent enough, she describes herself also as a singer, song writer, ice skater and origami enthusiast. Thats a busy girl. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. Its important not to specialize at an early age. Shes doing it all. If you know someone whos doing it all or at least doing one thing nice for someone else, garvin would love to hear from you go to our website nbcbayarea. Com. Search bay area proud. He has the best job in the business. Second best job though, kari hall on a day like this when its beautiful out there. Yeah, Everybody Loves me on a day like this. But dont blame me when we start to see some bad weather moving in. But right now we are enjoying the sunshine as we take a live picture from point reyes. The beach is where you want to go because its nice and comfortable 72 degrees now. Warming up in livermore. Concord 71. Sunnyvale is at 68 degrees. And San Francisco 66. Now, weve had a light wind throughout the morning. And we expect it to pick up as we go through the day. Winds out of the northwest. We dont have much of an onshore flow. And look at how breezy it gets along the coast especially as we go into the afternoon to evening hours. We see the winds picking up anywhere from about 10 to up to 20 miles an hour. And going hour by hour in livermore at lunchtime stepping outside its 77 degrees. And then it warms up to 85 by 2 00. So we see those temperatures going up very rapidly. And then into the evening as the sun sets we will have clear skies and temperatures dropping back into the 60s. And well start out tomorrow morning early at 58 degrees. Look at all the microclimate in palo alto 80 degrees today, san jose 81 degrees. And the Mission District at 70 today. 86 degrees in napa, oakland 78 and dublin topping out at 85 degrees. All of this sunshine today. Mostly clear skies tomorrow. Heres looking at futurecast. This takes you into the day tomorrow. It shows you what the radar and satellite could look like. And by noon tomorrow its still all clear across the bay. So we may not even see the morning low clouds. But look at tomorrow evening. We start to see some clouds moving in around monterey and possibly some showers. If you have weekend plans there maybe a little bit wet with some popup showers and storms. And then this energy spreads across the bay especially sunday morning, more clouds the possibility of some showers. And maybe some lightning and rain. So well be watching out for that possibility. And it also rolls off to the east and brings some rain to the sierra. So some changing weather in the forecast. And it does look good to give some rain as we go into the weekend. So saturday is all clear across the bay area. And temperatures a little bit cooler than today. Then we have more clouds. On sunday that chance of showers and highs only topping out in the 70s. Weve also been keeping an eye on Hurricane Joaquin because this is such a large hurricane. As you see how big it is here on the satellite imagery, covering most of the islands of the bahamas. And then moving over toward haiti and the Dominican Republic as well. And into the next couple of days even though this does not make a direct landfall on the east coast, we still have very strong wind speeds. Its causing a lot of damage and really hasnt moved there. So i know theyre just thinking just move away. And it will eventually do so as we go into the next several days while still drawing in that tropical moisture into the east coast and producing some flooding rains for those areas. So well keep you up to date here. And also you want to keep checking in for that chance of rain as we head into the weekend, kris. All right. Thank you very much, kari. Were looking forward to that. And we will be right back. Coming up after nbc bay area news at 11 00, access Hollywood Live followed by days of our lives at 1 00 p. M. Way to shoot some of his scenes in the new film the martian. While his travels did n matt damon had to travel a long way to shoot some of the scenes in the new film the martian. While his travels did not take him outside the earths atmosphere. They did take him to the deserts of jordan to simulate the red planet. We have a look at the martian and other films opening in this Weeks Box Office preview. Matt damon is lost in space in the martian. Hes part of a scientific crew exploring the surface of mars, but a powerful storm forces the earthlings to abandon the mission and damon. He has to ma gooifr his life until nasa can rescue him. Rated 13. This is extremely illegal not to mention dangerous. This high wire act is based on the true story of a french aerialist who stretched a wire between the twin towers of the orld World Trade Center and walked across. The walk is rated pg. Im only asking for equality. Julian moore plays real life jersey cop lorl hester, decorated detective with cancer. She wants to leave to her partner but prevented from doing so. Rated pg 13. Tonight malala remains in intensive care. Another real life story comes to theaters in he named me malala. This follows a pakistani teenager advocating education for girls. But when shes targeted by a taliban gunman, her survival propels her to a nobel prize. He named me malala is rated pg13. Thats the box office preview. Nbc news. And we will be right back. Officer is going out with an impressive notch on his belt 35 retiring Alabama Police officer is going out with an impressive notch on his belt. 35 years in the making, lets see if you believe this one, kari. Tuscaloosa Police Captain is calling it quits without ever having called in sick. What . Not once in 35 days that is a department record. The closest he ever got to calling in sick was when his gallbladder ruptured and he had to have emergency surgery. He still managed to come immediately back socalled light duty. Wow. Flowers by the way credits good genes. He says he never got sick as a child either. Im calling bologna on that one and saying he came to work sick. Gallbladder, im going to work through it, i dont care whats going on, i just passed out, im still going to work. We have a friend, colleague, whos here and very proud of not calling in sick either and were like sometimes you just need to stay home. Yes, you do. We dont want to catch what you have. Have a great weekend. Stay well. Dont get sick. Well see you monday. A candlelight vigil for the victims of the oregon shooting. Im billy bush. Im kit hoover. I cant believe it. 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