88 degrees. That is nine degrees above the average high for this time of year and about 10 degrees away from tying the record high already. You can see numbers here, around belmont 82 degrees. To the north, San Francisco seeing 79 degrees. Around downtown San Francisco were seeing 80s before noon here. And into the north bay, you also have temperatures in the mid80s. Very dry conditions, too. High fire danger today. That is an issue were also having to contend with. And around the trivalley right now, one spot that could get close to 100 degrees later on, seeing temperatures in the low to mid80s. About 89 degrees already in seminole. The coast and San Francisco today, likely the hottest day of this heat wave. When significant cooling will arrive, well have that for you coming up in the forecast in a ounty. Nutes. While we wait for that cooldown, rob, the heat is no doubt playing a major role in verdalng a fire in sonoma county. A dozen homes are stilley v still evacuated while they try to fight a fire. You just spoke to firefighters on the front lines this morning. What were they telling you they were up against . Reporter well, sam, its definitely getting hotter out here, we can feel it. The good news is they tell me the fire is 20 contained, and more good news, this Evacuation Center is actually closed because the evacuees have apparently found a place to stay while they wait it out. We do have an uphill battle with that containment line all around the fire. Its really steep, rugged terrain where theyre fighting this fire, but we have a lot of crews out there. Reporter this video you see is from yesterday. It went acres to 1500 acres. Today firefighters say there are no huge flames and they have a good line around the fire. They should have the fire contained over the next few days. Because of the hot weather and hot spots, firefighters say structures within the containment area are considered still threatened. Fortunately overnight no structures burned and the Geothermal Power plant in the area is safe. Theyre pretty used to wildfire in this area, so there was nothing that actually happened to the plant itself. Reporter glen lojeski lives in the area and had just enough time to pull out his pets with the help of his neighbor. The one day i decide to go and escape the heat, and i get calls from everybody that there is a fire, so i had to rush back. Reporter and fortunately there was only one minor injury reported to a firefighter, and were told that firefighter is doing just fine today. Now some good news, again. I just talked to someone who just showed up here while you were watching that story, and shes here to donate some items to the red cross to help the evacuees. I just got off the phone with the red cross and its moving to a new location if needed, which is going to be hillsburg ng datity church. Nbc bay area news. Some are calling it the sinking tower of San Francisco. Today engineers are installing data devices to track the Millennium Towers troubles. Rse. Ve documents to break new developments on this story and now nbc bay areas bob riddell is in San Francisco. Bob, youre hearing the concern now is that the problems could still get even worse . Reporter good morning tou s you, chris. Thats why the millennium Power Association that represents the condo owners here at the corner of fremont and mission, thats why theyve hired a soil engineer, to figure out how to stop the soil from settling and keep the building from tilting any further. You can see they have their drilling rigs set up here this morning. The crew started digging the first of three holes. This one is on mission boulevard, another one on mission, a third on fremont. Each one about 68 inches in diameter. It will go down through feet of soil and sand and clay until the borer hits bedrock. They will send the measurer down there to find out how to come up with a solution on how to stop the building from moving any further. Since its construction in 2009, the Millennium Tower has sunk 16 inches, tilted 2 inches. The towers builder blames the terminal project taking place next door, arguing that that project has drained the soil underneath the tower, but they blame it on the tower builder which they say they should have built it sbut binto the bedrockh they did not. This could take another estimated 16 to 31 inches. Everything is different. Ive investigated many buildings that have settlement but nothing quite like this. Were not going to speculate today on the cause of this. Were not going to speculate on how the building is going to be fixed. Were not going to speculate on final numbers. Were here today to explain and announce that were embarking on our own independent investigation which we hope is going to bring clarity and allow us actually to make educated decisions about how to fix the building. Reporter that was yvette daifr davis, the publicist hired by the millennium association. It could take five or six months to koccome up with a fix to thi problem. Bob redell, nbc bay area news. To nbcbayarea. Com to see all ed to prior reports and get updates on new developments with our smartphone app. N rewell, tonight is the night, chris. Millions of eye balballs are go be glued to their tv devices as the candidates go head to head. This comes as the battleground states have tightened in the last few weeks. Tracie potts is live in new york. Tracie, both have experience al dting, but this is the first time theyve done it one on one. Good morning. Good morning. This could be a pivotal day in this very long campaign, Hillary Clinton trying to prove herself president ial, but be on the lookout for opportunities to prove that donald trump is not. On the other side, youve got donald trump who is trying to avoid the personal attacks and prove that he can go deep with policy discussions when there is only one other person on stage. The biggest city audience ever, as many as 100 million are expected to watch tonights debate. Will they stick to the issues or veer off into personal attacks . When the lights are bright like they are right now, she brings the aplus game to the table. Reporter Hillary Clinton is worried trump may prefer style over substance. Where we dont have it where donald trump could get the most improved award, Hillary Clinton is getting the finest points on policy. Reporter his challenge . To go in depth on key issues like immigration, jobs and foreign policy. His Campaign Promises he wont come out swinging but will defend himself and may reveal his strategy to defeat isis. You will get his view how best to defeat the enemy without telling isis specifically what its going to be. Reporter its 90 minutes broken into six sessions with lots of time for followups and back and forth between candidates. A coin toss determined that clinton gets the first question tonight. And here at the debate hall, a thousand people expected to be inside, many of them hofstra students. Theyve given away a lot of the universitys tickets to the students here. Meantime, both clinton and trump head into this debate pretty much even, according to a poll that came up this morning from bloomberg. Back to you. N see shall see what kind of k. Mp comes out of the first rebate. Tor. Ie, thank you very much. Nbcagain, the first debate of the Campaign Season is tonight at 6 00. News anchor lester holt is the moderator. Go to nbc bay area and whicharea. Com to follow the rest of the day. There is a driver in custody as we speak. The police found a stolen car which led them on a chase through Riverside County a couple hours ago. Then the man tried to keep we nowrs at bay. He was surrounded and an officer as able to tackle that driver and bring him into custody. R whwe also know more now about the man who was shot by police in houston after going on a shooting rampage there this morning. The gunman was a lawyer whofrs havi havi who was having issues with his law firm. Nine people are being treated, one person in critical condition. This happened at 9 30 houston time, and when officers arrived, he began shooting at them. A bomb squad robot is looking at a porsche thats believed to be the gunmans. Back in the bay area, police tre looking for a gunman who opened fire in berkeley and shot a man and a woman there. Re sappened last night at king street and alcatraz avenue. Thats in south berkeley. See two victims are expected to survive. Police are searching for suspects, but this latest shooting comes after a violent month in berkeley and police have patrolled because of recent shootings. Also the Berkeley Police department itself is in flux as well. Their chief stepped down last week. Oking foext at 11 00, were they targeted . Two men said theyre victims of a hate crime the night before the folsom street fair. The suspects police right now wha looking for. Plus, good news on the housing front. Rent in the bay area dropping for the first time in years. Well show you what you might pay if you move. Kris cu all right, on this monday the markets generally down. Were seeing the intersection of finance and politics here as investors are waiting to see what happens in tonights debate. The dow jones so far has dropped 150 points today, the s p is down about 16 and 3 4, the nasdaq is down 45 points. Renters, you are not hearing this story wrong. San jose and San Francisco both made the list for the ten largest declines in rents among all u. S. Cities last month. That is according to this Months National apartment report which is done by the apartment website abodo. In san jose, onebedroom rents fell 12 , by more than 300, and that is the nations second largest decline. San francisco rent fell 60 , or about 250 for a onebedroom apartment. That was the seventh largest decline. Oakland bucked the trend, going up slightly. On home sales, figures for august will be released later today and a late summer surge is expected. That comes on heels of existing home sales figures going down for the second consecutive month despite record low mortgage rates. Officials believe higher home prices and not enough inventory for sale kept some wouldbe buyers at bay. They say only the Northwest Region saw a monthly increase in closing because there is more inventory there. Kristin, what is considered to be one of the most diverse and openminded cities in the country, a very disturbing attack in San Francisco. Two gay tourists say they were victims of a hate crime after several men yelled hate slurs and then pepper sprayed them. We talked to the victims. More from San Francisco. Reporter jeff white and his partner came to San Francisco for the street fair, a wellknown street party starting today. But the fun turned violent when they stopped at this mcdonalds in fillmore to grab a bite to eat. As jeff was tying his shoe in the parking lot, a van with five men pulled up. They yelled homophobic slurs to him and accused him of defying family values. Thats when his friend helped out. One had a can and sprayed me in the eyes. Then another one sprayed me. Then another one came and sprayed him. I fall to the ground, i cant see anything, and i just started yelling, call the police, call the police. Reporter police are now investigating the attack as a hate crime. The suspects were described as five black male adults between the ages of 25 and 35, and the vehicle that they escaped in was a minivan. Reporter neil and jeff are even more stunned they were attacked in a city known to embrace the lgbtq community. So is San Franciscos wiener. We dont tolerate hate crimes whether its to lgbt people or about race or whatever it may be. The two new yorkers are now recovering from the attack. But they say theyre still open to returning to San Francisco. Mary ann favro, nbc bay area news. Police are searching for a man suspended of trying to lure a boy into his car. It happened on cedar street in carlos yesterday afternoon. Thats where the 12yearold boy was walking when the elderly man drove up beside him and asked him more than one time if he wanted a ride. The boy threatened to call police and thats when the man drove away. The suspect is described as a white man in his 70s driving a newer model silver sedan. Happening now, chp and Santa Rosa Police will join emergency crews in demonstrating important rescue techniques for cars that become submerged in water. Two north bay communities are now struggling after accidents that took the lives of several young children. On august 23rd, two sisters from jenner died when the truck their mother was driving crashed into the rushing river. Then just one week later, two sisters drowned when the car driven by their mother overturned in the petaluma river. Todays event is going on right now at santa rosas homeless park. Sam . Rave reviews, i think you were going to say, in sundance. Now the documentary about audrie pott is right here in the San Francisco bay area. Audrie and daisy documentary profiles two girls with very similar stories on opposite sides of the country. Audrie was one of my only two friends. She was always a happy kid, fun kid. And daisy was such a daddys girl. In a small town, everybody is connected. This guy started texting me, want to hang out with us . At a free screening in los los catos this weekend, her mother says the film means so much to her. It brings knowledge to what happened to our daughters, and i think it keeps our daughters memory alive that she would be proud of. This film is set to be shown to as many as 10,000 teenagers across the country this year. So important for kids to know their words really do matter. Its a heavy topic. Its one High Schoolers should be grappling with on how they treat others. It is continuing to get hotter. Is that possible . I dont think its possible. Rob, i know im known for my complaining during the heat, but this is really bad. Then youll want to avoid looking at the screen for a while. You can see its already 88 degrees in san jose. Thats not the hottest spot were seeing. 89 in los gatos, sedelmont, 84. In the trivalley, 87 degrees. Mostly clear skies and approaching 90 in sonoma. 86 degrees, so no relief as you drive 580 west toward Castro Valley and oakland. Youre going to see the same temperatures you would expect to find in the trivalley. In the north bay, napa already 88 degrees and you see the clear skies. Looking to the south there, no sign of any coastal fog and no ocean airconditioning for San Francisco. Right now downtown approaching the low 80s. In fact, it is already 83 degrees and its not even lunchtime yet. Heres the culprit. Weve got offshore winds exactly opposite of the sea breeze which keeps places like San Francisco and the coast running cool. You just dont have it today. From here as you continue warming to the afternoon, on the way to the 90s around San Francisco. Were thinking upper 90s around the peninsula in san jose south, a good chance of finding 100degree temperatures. 90 90 across the board, and inland on the east bay, climbing to 100 degrees. High pressure right over Northern California today, and it sent the wind offshore. We have the hottest temperatures of the week today, but notice how the coast in San Francisco begins to cool off, but to add cooling to that ocean airconditioning, we need to see the marine layer build back, and by wednesday its making a comeback and thats a 30degree drop in those temperatures for places like San Francisco and the coast between today, and well likely find on wednesday. If theres any good news, if you dont like heat like chris sanchez, here you go. Wednesday is the day for you. San francisco cooling from the 90s to the 60s in a span of 48 hours. For the valley, a hot day today, but its probably going to take one more day before that cooling really kicks in and the marine layer thickens up. Plan on one more hot day on tuesday, and were talking 70s by the end of the week as the system brings showers to parts of Northern California. Is it possible we could see any rain in our weekend forecast . Well look at that in our next half hour. Back to you. Its the time of year that rob says its a roller coaster and hes right. Coming up, the problem that has military veterans being turned away from a care center. Its a story youll see only on nbc bay area. But first happening right now, its a lesson that really can save a life. California makes cpr training mandatory for all high school students. The golden state joins 35 others that already requires teaching them lifesaving techniques. We have much more information on our twitter page. Tens of thousands of people braved the heat this weekend, rob was just talking about it, to take part in the folsom street festival. We have a gallery of all the crazy costumes, and we want to see what you picked. Share yours. Thats all on our Facebook Page. Back in two minutes. Parking struggle. Veterans are being td away from spots inside a vet center. Is a new twist in bait area parking struggle. Veterans are being turned away from spots inside a vet center. It is a story you will only see on nbc bay area, and dave t trujillo has that story from the vet center. Parking at the vet center, only to be turned away by the man at the gate. Many veterans are forced to park blocks away, many of them with visible disabilities. I got my own problems, so i really cant deal with it. Here they teach tolerance. Suffering from ptsd, we dont need additional stimuli, as they call it, to upset us. Reporter but today veteran after veteran was turned away from the parking lot. The reason . There are three tenants in the building each assigned a certain number of parking spaces. When the veteran center uses up its 10 spaces, this man closes the gates and tells veterans they need to park elsewhere, even if there are open spaces available. I think its about the most insensitive thing you can do is to take a bunch of veterans who are coming somewhere for resources, thats what this is, a resource center, and look them out. Reporter county supervisor dave cortez is now trying to help the vet center find a new home, one he says where veterans are welcome and not forced to walk blocks to obtain services theyve earned. These people have given their all for this country, and to have somebody disrespect them like that just really upsets me. Reporter david trujillo, nbc bay area news. That is a difficult story. We did talk about rents going down earlier in this newscast, and more to the story. San francisco, san jose both making a list fof those 10 largest declines done by the apartment search website abodo. In san jose, onebedroom rent fell 12 by more than 300. Lets take a look at San Francisco. It was down by about 200 or so. And so thats some good news there. The number one place for rents going up, bakersfield, california. Yes. Eyeopening, to say the least. Coming up, we have an exclusive story from the Investigative Unit of our firefighters who have one of its own under a criminal investigation. More trouble for the San Francisco Fire Department. Weveearned that firefiter is accused of stealing from the department. Sam 2 shot more trouble for the San Francisco Fire Department. We learned about a firefighter thats accused of stealing from his own department. His own colleagues discovered the stolen items inside of a garage while they were fighting a fire. Investigative reporter jackson vanderbeck has the story. Reporter this place had a fire and firefighters discovered their own equipment inside. Soon after a fire at the harrison street building, Police Seized a total of 25 departmentissued hoses and dozens of brass fittings from inside the building. It wasnt hard for investigators to tie the recovered equipment to firefighter mitchell lee. He listed the harrison street business as his address to the Fire Department. According to search warrants obtained by nbc bay area news, lee told investigators that he bought some of the Fire Equipment at flea markets. He picked up other pieces, he said, that, quote, had been left behind at fire scenes. He admitted, however, that he neglected to return them. Perhaps surprisingly, none of the items had been reported stolen. Lees attorney did not respond to calls on friday. At the building, lees specific Automatic Sprinkler Company business sign is no longer posted out front, and lees father melvin did not want to talk about the allegations against his son. We have learned that lee has just been notified that the Fire Department intends to fire him. Meanwhile, prosecutors are trying to determine whether hell face criminal charges. Sources tell us that at least one commander at the scene has been told he faces disciplinary action for downplaying the amount of Fire Department equipment involved. Jackson vanderbecken, San Francisco bay area news. A man accused of shooting in the Washington Mall will appear in court. He was arrested as he walked down the street in oak harbor less than 30 miles away from the scene of that shooting. He is accused of opening fire inside the cascade mall in burlington, killing five people. Police believe he is the lone suspect, but the motive is still unclear today. Governor jerry brown vetoed a bill this weekend that would have paid for the response to the San Bernardino Mass Shootings with state funds. The newbithe new bill would hav required them to reimburse people for that attack in september. Right now the state only repays local agencies 75 of the cost. The governor said he doesnt want to set a precedent for the state assuming all future emergency costs. Overnight ta city in South Carolina had protests. They finally released portions of the video of the shooting. Demonstrators knelt during the panthers game sunday. Charlotte is still under a state of emergency as the Community Picks apart three videos of that shooting. Investigators say they found scotts dna and fingerprints on a loaded weapon at the scene. They also say he was wearing this ankle holster. A freeze frame shows what could be the holster. Based on the totality of what we could see, he absolutely was in possession of a handgun. We are left with far more questions than we have answers. It should be noted that none of the recordings show scott pointing a weapon at police officers. A coasttocoast effort to End Gun Violence came to the bay area this weekend. San jose took part in concerts across america, 200 concerts in 200 cities all happening the same night. They took the stage last night. Stevens spent 36 years in prison for shooting three men over drugs. Since paroled in 2012, hes using lyrics to influence teens to make better decisions. But San Francisco interim police chief admits it goes beyond the music and really does start with a stronger community. He admits he still faces his own challenges over weapons ending up in the wrong hands. More and more people are turning weapons in. The problem is more and more are hitting the streets through gun dealerships. San francisco united players hosted that bay area event of the coast to coast oneday music marathon. A warning now for people in san jose, watch out for a campaign imposter. Posted on a Facebook Page says, people in the evergreen neighborhood have complained about a man knocking on their door ask then starting arguments with them. He said hes part of the campaign but the campaign is denying that. Volunteers have Campaign Material that they hand out. This man doesnt seem to have any. Having a facetoface staredown to a drone right outside your window. Mark rowe said a drone was staring at him right outside his window. He woke up to an unnerving sight, a drone hovering right outside his bedroom window. He wasnt messing around and pulled a shotgun from under his bed and aimed at the drone, but stopped when the drone tilted down. He said he had no idea where that drone came from. The golf world is mourning the loss of a true legend, arnold palmer. A look at the memorial for palmer where his parking spot stood at the golf course in orlando, florida. He helped launch that golf course in the early 1990s. He died monday in pittsburgh, pennsylvania from heart complications. And how many golfers can say they have their own legion of fans . Arnies army followed palmer around on his golf tournaments. He won four masters between 1958 and 1964. Palmer, known as the king for his golfing legacy. He was 87 years old. It was a very heavy 24 hours in the sports world this weekend. Miami marlins fans as well and their team, the fan base having a very difficult time coming to grips with the fact they lost one of baseballs true rising stars, pitcher Jose Fernandez who died in a boating accident early yesterday. Youre looking at some of the video showing the aftermath of the accident as it took investigators some time to figure out how to tow that boat away. Two other people also died in that boating accident. Investigators believe speed played the primary role and that neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor. Fernandez was only 24 years old. He won the National League rookie of the year award two years ago and has quite a life story. He actually tried to defect three times in cuba before successfully doing it the fourth time at just the age of 15. The San Francisco giants reacted to that news by posting a statement about the death on twitter. That statement said, quote, we are deeply sadden ed by the tragic death of Jose Fernandez. Our hearts are heavy for the entire organization. Nearly 7,000 undergraduates, stanford students, will start classes on monday. One of those students is bob king. Hes a junior originally from palo alto, but hes also a senior. This is going to require some explanation. He has returned to the farm, so to speak, to finish his degree. It feels like i have a lot more to learn. The stanford sophomore is heading back to school even though hes a senior. Robert king is 65 years old and back on campus to finish his degree. I was here in 19701971, and i left to help build a clinic in a lower Income Community that needed help. Reporter his first year back in the classroom was last year. He confused some of his fellow students. They thought i was the instructor in the first part of the year. Reporter and his notetaking frustrated him. Im taking notes with a pencil and a piece of paper while theyre using computers. I had cramps in my wrist after the first month or so. Reporter bob was apprehensive about being one of the oldest undergrads. But an adviser talked him into it. He belonged here all along, it just took a while. Hes here to study race and ethnicity with a focus on health care. I would like to find a way to improve health care so it doesnt cost so much. Reporter he plans to graduate in 2018. People who have a hunger to learn regardless of their age need to follow that. Reporter nbc bay area news. Its like getting back on a bike, right . The kids are probably like, whats up, professor . No, im in your study group. Coming up, were getting a first look at the warrior. Plus timing is everything. Even when getting a new credit card . Im consumer investigator chris ramora. Well help you pick the most lucrative time to apply, next. Were looking at the temperatures around lunchtime today. Already nearing 90 degrees in san jose. San francisco already 84 degrees on the way to recordbreaking territory today. Well look at the forecast when we come back. Grocery shoppers of america take your o organics baby carrots. Take your eggs. Even your o organics chips. And join the organic movement. Organic food is no longer just for the privileged few. Now everyone can afford to go organic. O organics, exclusively at safeway. Credit cards how to dispute our nbc bay Area Response team handles a lot of questions about credit cards. How to compute charges, how to get a lower interest rate, and perhaps most importantly, how to pay them off. Which is a very important one. What about the points for credit cards . A new study grabbed the attention of chris gamora that pin points exactly when you should be applying for that new car. Chris . Good morning. This is focused on one of the most popular cards out there, those that award airline miles. They compared two things, when the biggest perks are offered and when people actually apply for credit cards. The research generated all those graphs and charts. The simple conclusion, though, is that our timing is lousy. 80 of people applied at the wrong time when bonuses were low, missing out on an average of 15,000 miles or points. Nerdwhile, figures those points are worth 15,000. We can tell you when those are the best times to apply. In november is when you get the most bonus miles. If you want to buy a car, they recommend applying in august. If you have a tip for us, please call 1888996tips. Once youre there look for the yellow submit tips bar. You can fill out our form, even add an attachment to help us investigate. Monday morning, the money dad passes down to the kids are held up by the state until we step in. Have a great day. Chris, thank you. Weve been talking about the nfl season. The nba season is right on deck. The Golden State Warriors tipping off their Training Camp tomorrow in oakland. Hopefully the steam has faded from their loss to lebron james and the cavs. The Team Currently stand at 19 players. Today theyre hosting a media day at the practice facility in oakland. Heres a live look at oracle arena where the warriors season starts october 25 against the san antonio spurs. Rob made an astute observation earlier. Its a good thing theyll be practicing indoors where theres airconditioning. Our temperatures are out of control. You know, the as game yesterday was 1 00 in the afternoon with 90s in oakland. Today weve got temperatures already in the 90s and its 15 minutes to noon right now. Livermore 90 degrees. Trivalley temperatures at 92, 92 around sonoma. Hayward, 89 degrees already, almost the same temperatures were seeing in concord. Areas south of downtown will stand the best chance of breaking records. San jose downtown will have to get to 90 degrees to break or tie a record today. Looks like were already doing that. 86 degrees menlo park. Palo alto moving west to San Francisco. Glen park upper 70s to mid80s in San Francisco. You see there the flag not moving around a whole lot. Most of the morning its been an offshore breeze which has just completely stopped that ocean airconditioning effect we typically get with the fog as it spills in across the bay. High numbers today. 90s to above 100 degrees, we think south of downtown santa fe. Low to mid90s for the north bay. Trivalley you see that across the board. 90s in the forecast to maybe as warm as 103 degrees. Pretty interesting that california right now is actually hotter than las vegas and into arizona, because the strength of the ridge of High Pressure is strong across california, leading to the warmest day of the week today. Then tuesday watch the numbers here. San francisco and the coast as we move forward in time now, dropping to the 70s and as the low clouds and marine air finally makes a run up the coast and moves inland by wednesday, here comes the big cooling. Even for the valley, thats a big drop. Well see 80s inland but its going to take probably 48 hours for those temperatures to cool off. You see in the 7day forecast, cooling down the middle part of the week in San Francisco. Valley temperatures still in the 90s in a few spots tomorrow, but cooling wednesday and thursday. That longrange outlook shows a high getting out of here, tropical storms brewing to the north. As we take a look at the futurecast for rainfall, wrapping up september and october, pretty decent rain in the Pacific Southwest but it kind of stops here in areas south of sonoma county. We wont see a lot, but heading north of interstate 80 could see a lot. That cooldown, once it arrives for wednesday and thursday, should power through next weekend. I know this last weekend was the first weekend of fall, but i think its next weekend that will feel more like it around the bay area. Back to you. Now that looks nice. Im going to the grocery store, lets get stuff for chili. Lets get stuff for salad. Never mind, not even going to try. Coming up, paying it forward. I will never forget that feeling of somebody doing something so nice in the face of just a horrific time. In todays bay area proud, kindness overcomes tragedy. How a bay area woman is helping thousands of people. Womans generosity. All stemming from the worst day of her life. Its a reminder that small acts of kindness can reap big it is an incredible story of one womans generosity all stemming from the worst day of her life. Its a reminder that small acts of kindness can reap big we wards. Reporter januaet frasier sa she remembers every detail the day her daughters were involved in a horrific car crash. But there was something good that happened, something janet feels needs to be shared with others. Janet frazier is not a magician. Shes actually a Marketing Coordinator at chevron. Still, janet is a woman with a few tricks up her sleeve, like how she managed to turn a single act of signkindness into 200,00 them. Its a wonderful tribute to stephanie. Reporter stephanie is janets daughter. In december of 2000, stephanie and her younger sister lindsay were in a car crash on highway 50 on their way to lake tahoe. Stephanie died. Lindsay was seriously injured. Janet raced to the hospital, not leaving lindsays bedside for days, not even to eat. And i stood up to get out of the way and almost fainted. And a nurse had me sit in a chair outside of the room, left and came back with her sandwich in her hands and said, take a few bites. I will never forget that feeling of somebody doing something so nice in the face of just a horrific time. Reporter inspired by that nurses gesture, janet began filling snack bags for patients families and delivering them to a local hospital. I absolutely thought that it would just be one hospital. I thought i never thought it would grow like it did. Reporter the network of care is what it has all grown into, delivering snack bags now to 60 hospitals around the bay area. More than 200,000 finding their way into families hands over the years. Knock knock a social worker at the hospital in oakland has delivered more than a few to some grateful parents. Theyre like, oh, my gosh, this is a lifesaver. Reporter janet says when youre the parent of a sick or injured child, the last person you think of is yourself. Good for all of them, then, that there are some out there happy to do it for them. The lesson i learned from that day was we can always do something to help somebody else in need. Reporte reporter as network of care has grown, one thing hasnt changed. Theyre always purple, that was stephanies favorite color, and theres always a butterfly on them, because that was her favorite, too. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. An act of kindness goes so far. Thank you. Well be right back. Lengths to make sure his sheep will stand out from the crowd, by turning his entire flock orange. A farmer in northwest england has gone to extreme lengths to make sure his sheep will turn out in this crowd. Turning his sheep orange. There is a pretty serious reason behind that, though. Other than trying to attract tourists to come and take pictures, the farmer says there is a big problem with sheep getting stolen in the area. He says more than 300 have been stolen in the past couple years and hes hoping thieves will think twice if the sheep are so easily identifiable. The spray paint lasts about 12 months and it doesnt hurt the sheep at all. It might hurt their feelings a little bit. What if their favorite color is purple . Orange does seem to be the theme, though, right now. The numbers right now, its just about noon. Were in the 90s outside for the moment. As we head for the afternoon were looking at 90s near 100 degrees for the south bay and trivalley. San francisco 92 today, but big cooling starting tomorrow into wednesday. Inland spots cooling off quite a bit middle part of the week. If you dont want the heat like chris, and i consider myself part of that, too. Its too much hot weather. Wait until tomorrow. A good reason to stay inside and watch the debates tonight. We have news at 5 00 as well. The debates start at 6 00. We have them uninterrupted. Stand by everyone. Were live in five, four, three, two, one. Oh, all eyes will be on that stage tonight. Debate day is finally here. Theres the podium a lot of people were talking about. Welcome to access hollywood live. Im so excited about that. Its going to be so fun to watch between 85 to 100 million, were talking super bowl size audience expected to watch tonight. And the debate is going to be Hofstra University and this is a big one. First time you see a man and a woman president ial candidates facing off. Its funny on that note because i want my kids to watch tonight, theyre 14, 13, and 9. My 9yearold i said its the first time a male and female, first time a female could be our president. Hes like no, itsno
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