Adds an al ham bra fire truck. A fire took the life of a mother and 3yearold child today. Witnesses literally saw people jumping from the second story windows to escape those flames. The fire breaking out on the first floor of this building in a sunnydale Public Housing development. Firefighters say they found the woman inside dead, her toddler rushed to the hospital where unfortunately he later died. The boys aunt says the Housing Units are full of drug dealer and no child should be growing up there. Who would want any child, anybody in their right mind wouldnt want a child growing up in that situation. We deal with it all around here. This particular complex is old. It was built in 1940. Theres been talk of rebuilding the structures that are in the worst conditions. Now to an nbc bay area followup. Were getting a lot of viewer feedback about the story. A water main leaking in san jose in a neighborhood, leaking for two days. The street was slowly flooding, the asphalt deteriorating. But today crews finally fixed the problem. But as weve discovered, there are other water leaks across the city. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favreau with the details in the midst of our drought. Reporter we have talked to several people in the south bay who say they have been waiting for weeks for San Jose Water Company to come out and repair the leaks they reported in their neighborhood. This particular leak in san jose was repaired in just a couple of days. Crews were out here all day fixing it. The asphalt was really spongy yesterday. Now you can see that the water leak has been repaired. But right now the company is working to repair 20 leaks in the south bay, and that means lots of water down the drain in the middle of a drought. What a difference a day makes. This is what it looked like on rosewood avenue in san jose yesterday. And this is what it looks like today. San Jose Water Company crews are repairing a water leak in this neighborhood near santana row that turned hard asphalt into spony surfaces. I dont want to come out and have a sinkhole in the middle of the neighborhood. Reporter San Jose Water Company that serves 240,000 households and businesses says it simply cannot get to every leak right away. Yesterday alone there were 23 leaks on the companys repair waiting list. Company spokesman john tang says getting to this leak in a couple of days was a timely response. It was a little geyser. Reporter elizabeth says the companys response was far from timely after she reported water running down the streets in front ever of her familys aptment three weeks ago. Its been limit rally spewing out water for i think weve been here for three weeks. God knows how long it was going on before that. Theres a river of water. We were having to push it out. Reporter elizabeth says she called san jose water five times. Crews finally show upd today. We cant waste water, but they can waste water. Thats not fair. Reporter Water Companies say crews try to fix the biggest leaks first. Wed love to have all of them fixed instantly, but we need a much larger work force. It wouldnt be affordable to our customers. We prioritize them. Reporter still, some wonder how a company that is asking customers to cut back their water oouse 20 would let this much of the Precious Resource go to waste. I spoke with another gentleman in mont serino today who said he reported his water leak on his street back on march 22nd and crews just showed up today to fix it. The San Jose Water Company tells me they are very concerned about this loss of water. Theyre doing the best they can and they still encourage people to go ahead and call in any water leaks in their neighborhood. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Talk about a disturbing wakeup call for a berkeley neighborhood. This morning, screams emanating from a girl sidi isitting on th naked. This girl could be a victim of human sex trafficking. Jodi hernandez joins us in berkeley. Jodi whashgs do we know about the girl . Reporter well, jessica, tonight police and n at least two cities are trying to figure out what took place. Now, this is where the girl ended up, on the sidewalk at the foot of the driveway here in berkeleys elmwood district. Tonight we are learning that the teenager may be a victim of human sex trafficking. She kept on saying, hell me help me reporter thats what neighbors say they awoke to early this morning, the screams of a terrified teenager sitting naked on the sidewalk. She was screaming, help me, help me and then when we got closer she said, i cant see. Ive been pepper sprayed. I cant see. Reporter this woman was among those who went to the girls aid, giving her water to wash out her burning eyes and a blanket to cover up. She was completely naked. Not even shoes. Nothing. When i was walking away, she started saying, i was raped. Somebody raped me, she said. Somebody raped me. She said she was the reporter Berkeley Police claim the reported crimes took place in oakland and the girl was dropped off in berkeley. Tonight oak larnd police are trying to get to the bottom of it. Neighbors say they cant stop thinking about the girl. Her screams still fresh in their minds. Its disturbing, and i hope shes all right. Whatever the story is, whatever happened, i hope shes all right. Reporter now, we just got an update from the Oakland Police within the last 15 minutes or so. They say that they have learned that the crimes did not take place in their jurisdiction. That means outside of oakland. Again, police are trying to sort this all out tonight, but, again, they do say it appears this may be tied to human sex trafficking. Reporting live in berkeley, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. We have developing international news. Plenty of people here in the bay area are tracking as well a disaster in the ocean off south korea. More than 450 people were aboard this ferry when they heard a loud bang and then felt the boat tip directly into the water. Many of the passengers were High School Students on a class trip. As the water came rushing in, the ferry operator told them to stay in place. This happened yesterday as the ferry was headed to jeju island, the socalled hawaii of korea. You see the map here. Six people are confirmed dead at this hour, but 300 are still missing. Its been almost 24 hours now. Rescuers were only able to pull out about 160 people off the boat. It is now thursday morning in south korea as this search continues. It is a throwback. Were talking about bilingual education. But tonight while you may have a chance to change the law thats been on the books in california for 16 years. It would help students prepare for the Global Economy some say. Annette miranda joins us live with this new effort. This is a very divisive issue. Reporter very divisive. As you know, we live in a very diverse state. We think that people should be able to speak their own language, dress their own way. Voters will be asked to make it easier to start a multilingual Immersion Program in california. Meet chang and mona, fifth graders who have been in a chinese Immersion Program in a San FranciscoPublic School since they were 5 years old. This is going to be the first thing that pops into my head. Thats pizza. Im hungry. I have blonde hair. Reporter their School Begins teaching classes in chinese at the kindergarten level. But such schools are difficult to start in california because of a vote in 1998 called proposition 227. It requires that nonenglish speaking students be taught only english in school. Schools must apply for annual waivers to be able to offer an Immersion Program. Some blame that law for the decline in Multilingual Education in the state. Now a new effort is under way at the State Capitol to ask voters to amend it, to allow classes taught in Foreign Languages if they want. Immersion School Parents want others to benefit in this Global Economy. Theres a multiple way of talking about things, understanding things, experiencing the world. Seeing it firsthand and i think thats a great gift that every child should have an opportunity to have. Reporter ron sponsored the 1998 initiative and thinks proposition 227 is working the way its supposed to and doesnt want it changed. In the first four years after the passage of 227, the test scores of over a million imgrant students roughly doubled, while the test scores of those students who were kept in the bilingual program showed no improvement at all. Reporter if approved in sacramento, the proposal would be for the november 2016 ballot. Live in redwood city, nanette miranda. Lets take you outside now. Our exclusive ballpark camera situated in center field right there at at t park. The giants going to take some batting practice in just a little white. They may be a little sleepy. Last nights extra inning victory against the dodgers ended this morning. Lets go field level. Reporter i slept in this morning. I know that. Game two matches Ryan Vogelsong against paul mull ol and for the dodgers. Tonight will have a hard time matching the drama of last nights series opener. Both seteams had multiple opportunities to win the game before the bottom of the 12th. The marathon lasted 4 hours 54 minutes. Now, afterwards, sanchez said his wife and daughter were waiting for him in the parking lot so he had to find some way to get the game over with. Coming up at 6 00, were going to talk about game two and what the dodgers giants can do for an encore performance, a game you can watch on nbc bay area. First pitch 7 15. Reporting live from at t park, back to you. We are looking forward to i. A quick programming note, backtoback episodes of law order svu will be on 36 this evening as well as chicago pd right after the game. Getting more san jose cops back onto the streets, nbc bay area has learned about a setback in one of the plans for the city. Also bad boys bad boys remember that song . Does it sound familiar . The show will look familiar in a few months as well. Well tell you why. And good afternoon. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Still mild in the south bay, 81 in campbell, currently 78 in sunnyvale, but cooler weather now arriving in San Francisco. Well talk about this cooler trend for tomorrow and how much temperatures could drop in just a few minutes. Then at 6 00, a soij bay experiment, unlocking the mystery why some children have trouble learning. Our studies show that by 1 1 2 the differences are emen emer emer emerging. Thats new at 6 00. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. Woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. California lawmakers are trying to tighten up gun laws. A new bill is making its way through the state legislature, making sure it makes it a crime to carry a gun in a backpack or purse that you didnt know about, perhaps you didnt know it was in there. Gun rights advocates say it conflicts with the constitutional right to carry a firea firearm. A blow tonight to a plan to rehire San Jose Police officers. The city council was told 40 or 100 officers are willing to come back to the force if they were allowed to return at their old pay scale. The proposal requires modifying measure b. New numbers released by the police union indicate not many are actually will to take up the offer. The union says it pulled 100 former officers, of those 97 said no, they werent interested. Two said yes, one said potentially. Three running. Bad boys if you watch tv, its a very familiar theme song from one of the longest running reality shows in tv history. Now the show cops is coming to the south bay. Sjpd in the hollywood spotlight. Scott budman is in san jose this evening. Whats the upside here, does sjpd get paid for this . Reporter it does get a little kick back, but its been 26 years, as you mentioned, that cops has been on the air. This is the very first time the reality show has come here in the streets of san jose. Putting the department in the spotlight not for its pension battles but for what it does out in the field. Its a reality show thats been around for generations. Burglary in progress. Reporter and for the first time cops is coming to san jose. Following san joses finest through their paces, the pd agreeing to allow cameras after doing some research. We talked to other agencies that had them filmed and asked them what were the positive aspects and the negative aspects about it. And one of the things that they consistently told us was that the officers enjoyed it and it did provide somewhat of a morale boost. Reporter the show arrived in town earlier this week and plans to film for a little more than two months before the show airs. Giving the Department Already in the glare of the media spotlight even more attention. So a reality show coming to town doesnt scare you . No. I dont actually watch reality shows but im glad other people are watching them if they show the good work our police are doing. So anything that is going to make the officers job more enjoyable, Something Interesting that could potentially boost morale, is a good thing. Reporter so a warning to the bad boys out there. When the men and women of blue come for you, theyll have camera crews with them. So there you go. Paid in morale and attention. If youre wondering when the cameras will be rolling, were told largely during the swing shift and the night shift. Coming up tonight at 6 00, the producer of the show cops tells us why he chose this city. Reporting live in san jose, scott bud hman. In the spotlight. Camera crews everywhere. Lets turn things over to jeff ranieri, check on our forecast. Beautiful day here, guys. Check out this picture behind me. Fogfree conditions in San Francisco. That was the biggest difference over the past two days here throughout the bay area. Some cirrus clouds above, a look at the warmest weather today, napa 80, los altos 80, south san jose, 79, Half Moon Bay mild for your standards in 69 and San Francisco we did push up to 74 degrees. Lets get you outside to the sky camera network. You can see the trend is sunny. Notice the 70s still here at 5 19, 76 the average in the south bay. 74 in the peninsula, the evaluate also at 70. Check it out in San Francisco, still tracking fogfree conditions and right now 66 degrees. That wind is relatively calm coming out of the southwest so thats going to be good news as we get the giants game under way. If youre headed out there or are going to watch the coverage live on nbc bay area, tonight first pitch 7 15. Youll see on this forecast were expecting partly cloudy skies as thing gsz get kicked off. Winds that could be as high as 15 Miles Per Hour possibly gusting in the low 20s. First couple of innings, outfielders will have the sun in their eyes but eventually theyre looking at much better conditions for tonight. Lets go ahead and get you to the forecast. The first thing i want to start off is with is the lack of fog. Theres not a lot of widespread fog building right now, but the biggest difference for thoefrm tomorrow, if youre getting for the commute, you have to get up about 6 00, 7 00, 8 00 a. M. , the fog will be going back. Anywhere near the immediate coastline or the north bay, do expect clouds to build in for the morning hours. But heres the thing. Its not going to be a day tomorrow where we have widespread cloud cover across the bay. But with those areas of fog off the coastline, its going to help to keep this cooler flow in place. So i do think the biggest difference in tomorrows forecast is going to be a cooling trend. Not by a whole lot. I think youre still going to be able to get away with no jacket by the afternoon hours tomorrow. Youll need the sunglasses and spf. San jose expecting 75 degrees, may get up close to 80 in morgan hill. The peninsula also big changes here, especially in san mateo. Well hold on to cloud cover. Instead of 70s youll drop into the 60s and instead of low 80s in palo alto, 73. San francisco after mid70s in soma today, 66 the reality for tomorrow. If youre headed to the marina, expect the cool breeze with just 60 degrees. Lets take you to the north bay, east bay and also for the trivalley. Napa up to 79 by the afternoon, santa rosa 77, oakland 71. Well even get clouds in walnut creek with 76. Trivalley 77 in pleasanton and also 76 expected in livermore. Trend the next six days does have plenty of sunshine in the forecast. But eventually as we head throughout this upcoming weekend, we are looking at a mix of some sun and also some clouds. Also temperatures that will be getting cooler as you can see throughout saturdays forecast. If you do have plans for the easter weekend, its looking dry as we head through the weekend. Take a look, by next tuesday there is a slight chance of showers in the mix. Not a big storm system but its something well be tracking very closely as our rain days continue to wind down here. Thank you very much, jeff. Captured on camera, what this man is doing at a school that captured the attention of police. And the new bay area city cracking down on ecigarettes. Take a look at this picture. Newark police say it shows a bike thief in action scoping out the action. They say he stole at least two bikes from Newark Memorial High School early thursday. The suspect is driebed as 58 with a mustache and a pockmarked face. Clearing up the smoke over Electronic Cigarettes san jose may become the next city to ban the controversial cigarettes. City Council Members examened a proposal this afternoon that calls for the same prestrikss for ecigarettes as regular tobacco cigarettes. Last month Santa Clara County supervisors approved a ban on ecigarettes in several areas, including hospitals and county facilities. Right now more than 40 cities in our state have placed restrictions on these cigarettes. Et today the school blessed the 116 handmade blankets which will be given out to various nonprofits and groups that help the sick and less fortunate. Each home room class held fundraisers to raise the money to purchase the fabric for the blienkettes. Sister Michael Ann Murphy says its been a very meaningful project. When people experience some type of crisis or sickness or whatever, that we can extend that support to them through that blanket. So its a great project. Groups that received the blankets include project night night, Ronald Mcdonald house, the Humane Society of Silicon Valley and Lucille Packard childrens hospital. Imagine a smartphone you can customize with parts and gadgets and options of your own choice. A Silicon Valley company is making it available in a few months. Well give you the details in a moment. Well be back in about a half hour. Tonight at 6 00, heres what were working on. Rising bay area rents. The new noumbers are out, rents have jumped by double digits in the last year and are now the highest theyve ever been. Is this claim true . We take a look in tonights a reality check. Google has a new smartphone that you design and customize. Cheapest model sells for 50 bucks. Its gray and wont have the frills except for wifi. But you can customize it, all of that bumping up the cost. The phone, however, is expected to last five or six years instead of the typical two because you can replace the guts of the phone, basically put in new parts when they get bad. Los Angeles Times is reporting the phone will start selling in january. We keep the phone, change the guts. Right. And you can add all the frills or no frills. I like it. I think it will get a lot of people interested. We have a little game night forecast . Giants dodgers in 90 minutes. Temperatures in the 60s for the game. As we get a look at the weather graphics for tomorrow, 75 in san jose, a cooler day for tomorrow across the bay, San Francisco from the 70s today down to 66 degrees. Still looks good. Your tie matches the weather. I like when that happens. Thanks for watching. See you at 6 00. On our broadcast tonight, ferry disaster, a terrible tragedy at sea involving hundreds of High School Students missing and feared dead and tonight, the Frantic Mission to reach anyone trapped and still alive. Sticker shock on everything from milk to meat, tonight what is behind some sudden spikes in food prices. Wrong diagnosis, its happening to an Alarming Number of patients. Tonight the warning that its no longer enough to simply follow doctors orders. And survivor, she stared down cancer and won and stunned her doctors with what she uncovered in the search for a cure. Nightly news begins now. From nbc world news headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Tonight there are fears were