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Tonight. Theres also a threat of rain at the san jose giants game as well. We do have Team Coverage for with you the weather alerts here. Robert handa is live in san jose, but lets start with meteorologist rob mayeda. Right now, to start relatively light amounts. We see a drizzle storm there across the Golden Gate Bridge with the misty skies. San jose, 64. You can see on the radar just a few passing light rain showers. This should be the story of the first half of the evening. Mainly light showers passing on by there into San Francisco but more substantial showers and thunderstorms there in the sierra where for now, thats where all the thunderstorm activity will be staying. But notice moisture coming up from the south. Well see increasing chances of rain. And watching the time frame from 7 00 to 10 00 at night, you can see the rainfall accumulations. Light rain should not stop the game and probably wont delay it if those are the rain rates were looking at. Temperatures in the 60s and eventually upper 50s as the game goes on. Later on tonight into tomorrow morning now youre looking at the potential for a half inch of rain and that, obviously, would stop the game at times. The rain does get heavier after midnight tonight. Rain turning moderate to briefly heavy at times. But the afternoon increasing chances of thunder. Well show you that forecast coming up 11 minutes from now. Robert handa is also with us tonight at san joses municipal stadium. Rain could throw a curveball, as rob mayeda was saying, for bay area baseball tonight. Reporter well, raj, essential a changeup. The off and on conditions did have an impact on the san jose giants plans for tonight as the team took pains to protect the field as it tried to decide if the game was off or on. Crews began rolling out the tarp when they first heard rain might fall before the san jose giants game tonight. The team opened its season yesterday under nearly perfect weather conditions, beating lancaster, 43. Today the early rain made things more unpredictable and the Front Office Workers got the tarp ready and League Officials were contacted. Okay, this is where were at. Can we schedule a doubleheader for the next day . We may have to cancel this one. So thats the steps we do, but basically the tarp will come off and on until we, you know, fully start the game. Reporter but while the giants and other people with Outdoor Events wanted less rain, others wanted much more. The Santa Clara Valley Water District says for the first time in two years recharge ponds are not bone dry. Were beginning the process to refill these ponds which begins the process of our groundwater recovery. Reporter that progress is important to water customers because at the end of april, the water board will evaluate the groundwater situation to decide whether the 30 Water Conservation cutback will be changed. If it looks bad, then we have to increase our call for water use reduction. Reporter the san jose giants say theyd like to see more rain, just not at game time. It looks like its pretty clear. Just cloud cover. No water on the tarp, the field is pretty dry. So thats lets play. So for now the game is on for 7 00 p. M. Against lancaster, but the tarp is still ready and the team website is up to speed for any possible changes and, of course, the team and its fans will have to go through all this again tomorrow. Live in san jose, robert handa. Very nice. Curveball or changeup. Thank you, robert. Stay ahead of our rain with the nbc bay area app. You can download it and use our live doppler radar. Its a good resource. Our app is free for iphones and android devices. Just in, the uc berkeley basketball coach fired for Sexual Harassment has a new job. Weve confirmed within the past 30 minutes that Yann Hufnagel is headed to nevada. He was fired by cal for allegedly harassing a female sports reporter. Yesterday he dropped his appeal against cal. Tonight he was hired by the university of nevada reno. Hell be an assistant serving under head coach eric muscleman musselman, you might recall was the former warriors head coach in 2004. A carjacking or a kidnapping . Tonight deputies are trying to figure out if thats what happened to a driver in the east bay. Theres a search right now in san pablos rollingwood neighborhood for a missing toyota prius that had an uber sticker in the windshield. The driver could have been kidnapped earlier today. Police arent saying whether the driver worked for uber but the company is said to be working with investigators on, quote, several levels. The gray prius in question is a newer model. It doesnt have a license plate and the drivers side door is damaged. The man in the middle of a beating by San Franciscos sheriffs deputies may have muddied the legal waters. Thats according to our legal analyst. Federal prosecutors released a new indictment against Stanislav Petrov today. Hes the man beaten in a San Francisco alley seen here by sheriffs deputies after a stolen car chase from alameda county. The indictment was filed after the fbi raided petrovs home with San Francisco police on a warrant for a cyber crime. Investigators say they found drugs and guns inside of that home. They also reveal petrovs long criminal rap sheet including being charged with 43 felonies. Legal analyst steven clark says this could all hurt his civil claims. Mr. Petrov has made a complete mess out of his civil rights case. He no longer will be able to testify in his own behalf in his case because he will be crossexamined on the information contained in this complaint. The feds will prosecute petrov on the new charges of possession of firearms and drug trafficking. New details tonight on that disturbing crime in the east bay. Tonight more children have come forward claiming that a concord dental assistant molested them, too. And recorded the attacks on video. Nbc bay areas Elyce Kirchner joins us from outside this dental office where allegedly the molestations occurred. This is really every parents worst nightmare. Reporter it is. Authorities say theyve already discovered video inside the suspects home showing images of these two new victims. In total this brings the number of victims to three who say they were molested inside of this dental office here. But detectives say they believe there could be more than 50 young girls who have been victimized before the investigation is complete. Carmen ramirezs 8yearold daughter was seen last week inside of an exam room. Its the same place where police sea the dental assistant molested three sedated girls under the amg of 10. Detectives believe they have video of him assaulting at least two of the girls. Ramirez says her daughter was not a victim, but still shes afraid to go back to the dental office. My daughter, she heard the news yesterday, and she said, mommy, i dont want to go. Reporter Concord Police say their investigation began saturday when an 8yearold little girl walked into police headquarters. Last night the two other girls under the age of 10 came forward. So far it looks like theres a pattern that theyre all under 10 years old. Reporter detectives seized photos and video from the thisyearolds antioch home. Investigators say he documented himself victimizing at least 50 girls left alone inside an exam room while parents were told to stay in the waiting room. Thats not including the potential that there may be victims at some of the other places where he worked or even in the cases where maybe he committed these acts where there werent videotape. Reporter he has also worked at concords patino orthodontics and antiochs western dental. For now according to this criminal complaint obtained by nbc bay area, saro is facing multiple charges of forceable lewd acts on a child and on child porn and is being held on an 8. 1 million bail at the county jail. Police tell us as policy, the clinic does not allow parents into the exam room before a procedure, but if they insist, they will allow them in. As far as the suspect, he will face a judge next thursday. Reporting live from concord, Elyce Kirchner, nbc bay area news. President obama is back in town tonight. This time he brought a special guest, his eldest daughter. Mr. Obama touching down at sfo this afternoon along with, there she is, 17yearold malia. She was here last year checking out stanford and cal. As for dad, todays trip, the usual big money fundraisers. Michelle roberts is on our president ial detail for us and joins us from San Francisco. Michelle . Reporter raj, he got here about a half hour ago. Hes up at the top of the hill and theres a large crowd at the bottom of the hill. You can see the motorcade waiting for his activity. Hes expected to come out any minute right now. The president landed at sfo this afternoon with his daughter malia by his side. He was greeted by nancy pelosi and representative jackie speier. Hes in town for two events. The second will be hosted by billionaire ann getty at her Pacific Heights home. Right now hes attending a small event put on by the Democratic National committee. 25 people are attending, each can contribute up to 33,000. And we spoke to neighbors in the area. Many are very excited about this president ial visit. I think its cool. The last time hell be showing up in town as president , and just cool that hes coming to the neighborhood. Hes usually downtown or Pacific Heights. So nice to see him off the hill. He picked up another little baby and said this baby is so cute. Now you have to hold two babies. So he grabs him and holds him. Its amazing. Im so glad. Million dollars in california since the 2016 Campaign Cycle began. His last visit to the bay area was back in february, then he went to fundraising events along the peninsula. Hes scheduled to go back to d. C. Tomorrow morning, but again people are waiting for him to come out of the apartment here and give a wave to the crowd. Reporting live in San Francisco, im michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. A story of a lifetime for that little baby at sfo. So as michelle was referring to, next stop for the president Pacific Heights. Heres a live picture near the home of gordon and ann getty. The gettys along with congresswoman pelosi hosting tonights fundraiser. Getty an heir of the oil fortune. Ticket prices tonight, 35,000 a plate. Now, to developing International News in brussels where police say they they have arrested the terrorist nicknamed the hat. The most wanted from the raid mohammed abrini. Hes been a fugitive since the paris bombings in november. Hes also suspected of being the man in the hat and the white coat that you see here in the airport surveillance video. He was with the two suicide bombers at the airport. Belgian police traced him through the city as he literally walked away from last months airport attack. Coming up on nightly news, more details continue to emerge about the arrests of the suspects in belgium. Lester holt joins us from los angeles in about 15 minutes. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Department releases body camera video of a controversial confrontation thats led to accusations of police brutality. Im Jodi Hernandez in Sonoma County. Ill have reaction coming up. Plus a potential road block for selfdriving cars. Why the fed now wants to slow the process of getting those cars on the road. And an unlikely job for crews working on the old part of the bay bridge. Why workers are having to move dozens of birds. Was it a p scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com was it a provoked response or a show of force . The Sonoma County Sheriffs Department has now released body camera video of a 2015 confrontation between a sheriffs deputy and a woman who is alleging police brutality. It shows the deputy crossed the line when he threw her to the ground. But the office claimed just the opposite. Jodi hernandez is live in santa rosa with this controversial video. Reporter well, there are two very different reactions to that video tonight. The womans attorney calls the officers actions outrageous while the sheriff says the deputy was simply doing the job hes trained to do. Well, let me talk to reporter youre looking at body camera video that shows a confrontation between a sheriffs deputy and an 18yearold woman that led to allegations of police brutality. You are not allowed to do that. Youre not allowed to come in the car. Reporter marcus holeston was investigating a case of possible Domestic Violence when gabby lemos interfered. You need a warrant to do that, you cant do that. Shes actually getting in on him. Citizens cant do that. Reporter the county sheriff says it shows lemos walking away, ignoring the deputys orders to stay put, he said, forcing the officer to take her to the ground. Theres no punches, theres no kicks. Shes taken to the ground because shes not complying. They want to try to put her in jail for this. They want to try to brand her as a criminal after this . And shes the one who is victimized . Its sickening. Reporter her attorney insists the teenager did nothing wrong. He said the officer was the one way out of line. And thinks the video proves it. He comes up from behind and with his left hand places it around the back of her neck and throws her face first to the ground. And in the video, you can hear the impact. Reporter the Attorney Says the d. A. Waited months to file charges against the teen. In fact, they didnt file until the day after she filed a federal lawsuit against the county. Its retaliatory. Its vindictive. Were going to get to the bottom of it. Reporter now, both sides agree theyre happy the video is now public. The sheriff is urging folks to watch the raw footage for themselves. You can find a link on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Reporting live in santa rosa, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Putting the brakes on selfdriving cars, thats what Safety Advocates now want the feds to do. In the south bay we regularly see these cars getting test drives in south bay and the peninsula. Now other parts of the country are seeing them, too. The ntsb, national Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to write formal guidelines for the cars. At todays meeting in washington, consumer watchdogs and other groups asked for a slower approach. The feds want to start now. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration is bringing its next hearing to sill ha la convalley later this month. Dismantling the old bay bridge. Caltrans crews are dodging the rain and dealing with the birds. If the rain and wind is strong enough, the work will be delayed as crews hope to lower the second truss just like they did the first one, putting it on barges that will carry it to the port of oakland for dismantling and recycle. Environmentalists are watching the nearby birds, state protected core momorants nest ie old bridge. They spent millions to lure them to the new bridge. Some didnt budge so theyre being asked to move as many as possible. Probably a few sprinkles, theyre noticing that as well as commuters, too. Were seeing some mist and drizzle across the Golden Gate Bridge where the towers are disappearing into the low clouds right now. We should see at least the potential for habit of light rain for the start of the dodgers versus giants that youll catch right here on nbc bay area, first pitch at 7 15 tonight. Well see a better chance of that moving in from the east. Thats the other unusual thing. The showers are coming from south and moving to the northwest by 11 00. Now beginning to see the rain spread over the bay area. A few scattered showers in the east bay hills. Thunderstorms firing up in the sierra. This system has tapped into tropical moisture directing it from south to north across the bay area as we move into the weekend. The most widespread rain were likely to see overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, you can see some potential there for moderate rain at times. By 8 00 a. M. , rain line moving away from the south bay, then by the afternoon changing over to more widely scattered showers and the chance for some thunderstorms could happen if the heating of the day around the santa cruz mountains. Highs tomorrow in the mid to upper 60s, low 60s for San Francisco. North bay temperatures in the low to mid60s. Seeing temperatures in the 60s and for the Cherry Blossom festival. Kind of a snapshot. More here on saturday. A little less so on sunday. As that area of low pressure which moves into the state on saturday begins to move out by the end of the weekend. What we should see will be decreasing showers as part of your forecast. Setting it up for a slight drying trend monday and tuesday. You can see the temperatures staying cool from the north bay, opinion peninsula and San Francisco. Monday and tuesday look dry but as the sevenday forecast shows, things will get a little more interesting. Towards the middle part of next week, if youre looking for sierra snow, the pattern looks good heading toward the middle part of next week. Were talking another foot of new snow possible next week. Ski season not over just yet. Add happening now, firefighters in florida helped save a crying bear cub while fighting a raging brushfire. Thats on our twitter feed. Also if you want to fly like a rock star, you can. Bay area revelers heading to coachella have a new Luxury Travel option. Would you like to go there on a private jet . Thats on our facebook page. Housing secretary Julian Castro toured a new facility in helping to find homes for Homeless Veterans. Housing secretary Julian Castro toured a new facility in the bay area today being called the onazuka crossing. Its a housing facility in sunnyvale. Its named after the restaurant lost in the challenger disaster. It will help people who were previously homeless. The facility is scheduled to open up in just a couple of weeks. This is a testament to the kind of good work that is happening out there to meet the needs of folks who otherwise would live on the streets. In 2010 president obama introduced the plan called Opening Doors as an effort to help Homeless Veterans get off the streets. Set ran homelessness has declined by 36 since then. Sex, marriage and family life are the topics covered in a Major New Development released today by pope francis. The 260page document including no big change in church doctrine. Titled the joy of love, though, it does call for a more merciful and loving catholic church. Divorced or remarried catholics are still discluded from comun yun, but theyre advised to not feel excommunicated. Gays and lesbians while continuing to reject samesex marriage. A new era for the catholic church. New news in a moment. Come right back. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette the bay. Tonight at 6 00, a popular place to gather in San Francisco is literally crumbling into the bay. Big swaths of well known pier are now closed off because its simply, as you can see, just too dangerous. But now theres a plan to bring the pier back in business. That story on our 6 00 newscast. And a programming note for you as well. Due to tonights giants game airing right here on nbc bay area, some of our scheduled shows will air on a different channel. You can find caught on camera and grimm on comcast 86, dateline had air here immediately following the giants game. Remember the chihuahua . Who can forget the chihuahua . The dog needs a home. I cant believe it. At sf animal care is now looking for a new home for ponch. Thats what he named him. This is the latest photo of the publicity hound enjoying the attention of animal care. Since no owner has claimed him, he goes into foster care for a week. Next step is adoption. This dog caught National Attention because he should be headed to rio. Look at this little guy run. Someone recorded him running across the bay bridge as officers tried to corral him. He needs a home. Maybe mine. Thanks for joining us. At nbc bay area dot com, and on facebook and twitter. Tonight, campus murder shock. A runaway teen arrested in the killing of a young dance student that triggered a frantic manhunt. How police say they solved a mystery. A dramatic terror takedown caught on camera. Its the miss tierian man in the hat who escaped after bombing the airport in brussels. Love, sex, marriage and divorce. The pope gets personal, signaling a topdown change for the church about some very private issues. Springsteen takes a stand. The boss cancels a concert this weekend in North Carolina as the battle rages over that socalled bathroom law being labeled by some as bigotry. And getting paid to sleep. 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