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Thought was fruit juice. One of those residents has died. Another remains in critical condition. Nbc bay areas ian cull has the latest from san mateo. Reporter tonight we know a little more about exactly where and how three elderly patients were poisoned. It happened inside the ate tryia park of san mateos memory care ward. Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell our Investigative Unit that security video shows the incident. Were told that video shows a worker using a chemical known as ecolab 66, a heavyduty bathroom cleaner and disinfectant. It comes in a large container, and the worker decided to power some into a smaller jug. However, the jug they chose is the same type the facility used to serve fruit juice. Another worker confused the containers and served the chemical to residents. The 93yearold woman who died was a longtime resident of san mateo with nine children who all want answers. Its a grievous mistake, and its not one that youre going see too often. Reporter Neil Mccarthy is not associated with the case, but is an attorney specializing in elder abuse in the county. Under California Law the definition is failing to protect them from safety hazards. Not only did they fail to protect, they created the safety hazard. Reporter we heard from an attorney who filed two elder abuse lawsuits against this facility. One says a resident died due to negligence. It didnt come in a juice container if its poison. So i have a i actually have hard time believing that. Reporter ian cull, nbc bay area news. We continue to investigate this story. Coming up at 7 00, Candice Nguyen looks into senior facilities and how they are regulated. What she uncovered may surprise you during nbc bay area news tonight. I want to update you on the story of a 71yearold woman violently robbed in vallejo two nights together. This happened after dinner. They were at a restaurant. The woman walking with her husband and friends back to the car at the parking lot when someone hit her on the back of the head, ran off with her purse. The womans stepson says she is still in the hospital. She will be released when she is able to walk on her own. Were waiting to hear back from police if any cameras captured the attack. No arrests have been made so far. A Community Outraged and demanding change after days of violence in oakland. Now among the crimes a 12yearold boy accused of shooting a 13yearold student on campus. Just minutes ago, Oakland Police revealed that the child shot was not the intended target. Nbc bay areas velena jones is live. She heard the shot. Reporter anthony colemans daughter told her dad as she was in the cafeteria at Madison Park Academy when a 12yearold came inside and shot another student yesterday. Today he urged her to go back to School Despite her request to stay home. I think it was better for their go to school, talk to a counselor, stay home. Whats most important for the students and for the School Community is to reestablish safety. And some of the ways they can do that is one is letting people talk and feel. Reporter the wounded student is in stable condition. And the young shooter in custody. She works with schools throughout oakland to provide Mental Health services. She says with increased access to guns and social media, its not uncommon for even Young Students to have thoughts of hurting themselves or others. 12yearolds, developing mind, big emotions, you know. Not having lots of hormones running through and also not having impulse control. Our biggest problem in oakland is not bullets. Its apathy. Reporter mondays shooting is the latest violent incidents including six homicides in the past four days. In a press conference today, worried parents, police and pastors are making a plea to the entire community to be part of the solution. Give this community a break. Give our families a break. How much can we mourn in this city . Reporter a Community Response to a community problem. Those who have experienced gun violence firsthand pleading with others to be as outraged as they are. We know with outrage comes change. With prioritization comes resources. With resources we can stop the decision before they pick up the gun. Reporter in oakland, velena jones, nbc bay area news. The race for a supervisor seat is turning out to be very contentious. Leana lui has filed a lawsuit asking the department to put her back on the ballot. She was stricken from the ballot last week when the city raised questions about proof of her residency. Here is nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Reporter now candidate for District Supervisor 4 leanna liu made her way to city hall with more than a dozen supporters with a command for the city. She has a right to be on the ballot. Reporter according to her attorneys, the San Francisco San Francisco department of elections did not have the authority to remove leanna louie last week. If they wanted her removed, they needed to do so more than a month ago. If anyone from the Community Wants to challenge her qualifications, they have a right to do so prior to june 27th. Thats the timeline that is published. Reporter whats more, lew louies attorneys plan to argue she is a legal resident of the sunset district. According to the charter, a candidate must live in a district more than 30 days before filing to run for that district. The district says she didnt meet that mark, but her team says she filed on june 3rd and had been living at her district 4 address since midapril, well beyond that 30day window. They also say they have all the documentation to prove it. These are statements, amazon deliveries, mattress receipts that were all delivered to that home where she currently residence and where she is dom island is. Reporter attorneys for leanna louie are hoping for some quick relief from a superior court judge in their position. Thats because ballots go to print for the San Francisco general election in the middle of september. According to a City Attorneys Office spokesperson, they are looking forward to a di in court as well, writing in part, wet stand by our fax and conclusions. She did not meet her burden to prove that she established legal domicile in the sunset 30 days prior to declaring her candidacy. Is the director of elections had the authority to remove ms. Louie from the ballot because she did not meet the men yum retirements to run for supervisor. A city attorneys investigator claims louie has close ties to two other addresses outside her district and registered to vote in district 4 on may 7, three days short of the required 30day window. Sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Oakland voters can have a say on whether the city should let noncitizens cast ballots in its school board elections. A judge made that ruling today. November ballot measure would let noncitizen parents vote for school board candidates. That means roughly 13,000 more parents would be eligible to vote councilmembers who support the measure say all parents of kids in oakland unified should have a say who runs the schools. The measure says noncitizens, including legal residents and undocumented immigrants make up 14 of oaklands population and that they currently lack representation. A heatwave son the way, and tonight there are new concerns the unprecedented algae bloom that killed thousands of fish across the bay could get worse. Those who are tracking these blooms say this is becoming an ever bigger problem. Here is nbc bay areas jodi hernandez. Reporter this is the scene folks up and down the San Francisco bay have been witnessing for past two weeks as a harmful algae bloom has taken off. Im extremely concerned for this. This is completely unprecedented event that weve never seen before. None of the models even predicted that a bloom like this would take off throughout the bay and so rapidly. Reporter scientist ian wren with the San Francisco bay keeper says the bays Current Issue is the largest red algae bloom ever documented, and he fears the coming heatwave could exacerbate it. The heatwave that were experiencing certainly could prolong this bloom and make it more intense. Reporter in contra costa county, folks had already been dealing with a different kind of algae bloom in smaller bodies of water. Bluegreen algae has been a problem foreyes. While its not killing off the fish, its dangerous to pets and humans. We need to find an answer. There is no doubt about it. Reporter jim madison, the Discovery Bay Community Foundation says the town recently had success treating willow lake with a Hydrogen Peroxide mix as part of a Pilot Project until the manufacturer stopped making it due to covid issues. Once it worked in Discovery Bay we knew that it could work all over california. Reporter while experts say the red algae along the bay isnt a candidate for that type of fix, Scientists Say both types of blooms point to a need to limit pollutants, everything from Waste Water Treatment Plant runoff to fertilizers used by farmers. California is just starting to wake up to the fact that these are really hitting us hard, and its another sign of Climate Change and the impacts that we need to control. Reporter in the east bay, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Okay. Will it stay open or will it shut down . A controversial Nuclear Plant in california. The critical vote coming down any day now. Also, what started out of the blue over a few drinks has led to decades of running and adventures. Garvin thomas has the long and winding trip in tonights bay area proud. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. I wanted to show you we do have some unhealthy air over the south bay with a little bit of smoke drifting in from the north. Otherwise, our heatwave on the way. Ive got an updated look at my. The plan to save californias last Nuclear Power plant has kicked up a flurry of lobbying. Talking about the Diablo Canyon power plant in San Luis Obispo county. Its run by pg e and accounts for nearly 9 of the states power supply. A senate bill would fund to stay on for five more years. Opponent says the plan is being rushed, too many favors for pg e. They also question its reliability and safety. The state legislature is being forced to make what may be the most momentous decision ever made in the state of california for the health and safety of the people here. Supporters of the plan, including senator Dianne Feinstein point to recent power blackout, saying the plant brings reliability to the power grid. The plan has to pass either today or tomorrow before state lawmakers go on to recess. Okay. Several agencies are joining forces in the east bay to deliver the same urgent message, keep up the good work when it comes to water conservation. Customers have invested in drought tolerant landscaping and lowflow devices, anticipating record temperatures this weekend. The local, region nat and state water office are reminding that august and september are highuse months. Conservation must continue, especially as water districting are investing in recycling, and expanding reservoirs. We have to stretch our Water Supplies while were building these projects, while were making the investments to adapt to the climate future. We know that we are making progress, building our resilience. But we also know Climate Change is on the march. Those water conservers are no longer water providers. He is the ultramarathon man. We last heard about dean just a couple of weeks ago when he was knocked down by a coyote in marin county. But thats not the most memorable thing that happened to him this month. Garvin thomas joins us with a story in tonights bay area proud. Jessica and janelle, we could fill this entire newscast listing all the Amazing Things dean has done. Lets talk about one of them. Finishing 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. We wanted to talk now, however, about how it all started and the thousands of people dean has touched along the way. Its going to be wet out there. Reporter on a Mission District Street Corner close to midnight, a Group Sharing a drink may not seem out of place. But what these folks are going to do next thank you for joining this moment. Reporter well, that story this is a very emotional moment. Reporter emotional for dean because on this very spot 30 years ago his life changed. It was 1992, and dean, then in marketing, was celebrating his 30th birthday at a bar with friends. When he got up and announced he was going to run 30 miles. And they looked at me and they said dean, youre not a runner. Youre drunk. And i said i know i am drunk, but im still going to do it. Reporter and that is just what dean did that night, and what he and his friends are going to do again on this night and into the morning to celebrate. Back then, dean was not the extreme athlete he is today. What he was unhappy with his life and wanting to make a change. Ten miles down the road, the tequila started wearing off. I thought what the heck am i doing . A really bad idea. But i dont know. I looked up and i saw the stars. And its as if god spoke to me. I felt like for the first time in my life i ament to be right where i was at that time in the universe. Reporter dean went on to accomplish Amazing Things in the world of ultramarathoning, playing a big role in vaulting a once obscure sport into the spotlight. It wasnt, however, dean says until he wrote a book about his experience that his true calling emerged. He learned that from the thousands of letters from people who said his words changed their lives. Now i have a purpose. What other gift can you give to someone than the gift of inspiration . Reporter its the reason that now 60, dean continues to run with no plans to stop. And while 30 miles isnt a big run for him these days, its where dean stopped the following morning, at the very same seven 11 in Half Moon Bay he did 30 years ago, grateful for a lifes path he never saw coming. So i lived a really charmed, amazing life. And it was because i got drunk on my 30th birthday and walked out of a bar. Now in case youre wondering how dean got home 30 years ago, he called his wife from a pay phone, collect, to come and pick him up. And that is somethi you havent heard of somebody doing in a while. A pay phone, a collect call . A pay phone, a pay phone. Just to drive the nail into this, i talked to him of course after the run. After 30 miles in the middle of the night. He told me later that day he went for a run. 30 miles is nothing for him. 30 miles is nothing. Run more than 300 miles, regularly runs more than 100 miles. I think the rest of us are happy were not doing anything we were doing when we were drunk and 30. That was a good one that he did. On that note. Exactly. Thank you so much. Ooh. Lets talk about the heatwave coming. Its going to be too hot to run later this week. Exactly where i was going to go with that. Numbers are going to be hotter than weve seen all summer long. Really in a couple of years here across the bay area. Lets bring it into that microclimate forecast. And i wanted to show you whats happening with our heatwave. And were going to begin to see this starting to develop as we head through tomorrow. Temperatures are not going to reach their peak tomorrow, but the area of hot High Pressure that is going to be the source of this heatwave is going to begin to get a little stronger to the south. I see numbers warming up few degrees tomorrow. Still got some fog at the coastline. Eventually this High Pressure builds into the pacific, and thats where it gets stronger. Were going to get you back here to this heat on the latest on new updates on temperatures in less than two minutes. But i want to take it right into tomorrow mornings forecast. And you see that fog is yet again back for us here through the bay area. Most clears back by 10 30 in the morning for sunshine. And temperatures to start tomorrow, youre going want to enjoy this right now. We have widespread upper 50s and low 60s through the bay area. Over to the east bay, 58. San francisco, 55. And the north bay at 56. So numbers going up a couple degrees. But, again, the heatwave isnt starting just yet. Down here in the south bay, we can definitely handle this. 83 in cupertino. 93 pleasanton. 79 in hayward. The peninsula, 65 Half Moon Bay. Over to redwood city, 79. San francisco, were still in the 60s. The warmest in the mission at 69. And through the north bay, i have it up to 99 in ukiah. Otherwise 88 in sonoma. Down to mill valley, 78. Lets get it back to the heatwave. We showed you the area of High Pressure thats developing to the south tomorrow. As we hit later on this week, its going to start to move into the pacific and get stronger. Thursday and friday, i do see numbers approaching 100. But this heatwave really starts to pick up steam and get much, much hotter here once we hit saturdays forecast with that dangerous heat. So right now no big changes here on our heat warning thats in place for the entire bay area. I still see places like San Francisco getting up into the 80s. Coastal areas the 70s. And inland valleys could get up as hot as 110 degrees. So how does this compare to our alltime hottest temperature . Thats always a great way to show you where were going to be on the scale of things. And what youll see is monday. Now look likes that would be the hottest day in the upcoming forecast for labor day. At gilroy, getting up to about 107 based on the current forecast. Alltime hot nest gilroy ever was 115. Also livermore 106. Alltime hottest is 113. We may need to make some more adjustments to the temperatures. But right now were getting close. It doesnt look like alltime heat, but definitely recordsetting. My forecast here in San Francisco, we get into the 80s the upcoming weekend and into labor day. Drops by next tsday. And for the inland valleys we get to 102 saturday. 107 on monday. Just scorching for us. And tuesday, 101. Now its all relative. We have had the fog saving us here. The Central Valley has been dealing with temperatures like this on and off for quite some time. Its been a really brutal summer for them. Theyre used to the heat, but fog is not going to be able to save us at this point. Well have to grin and bear it. Get through it. Thank you, jeff. Nbc bay area news is always on. Turn on your roku streang device to find nbc bay area news on your schedule, select the live tv tile scroll down to channel 133 and watch nbc bay area news any time, anywhere. The earthquakes are pitching in to help fight hunger in the south bay. South bay. Were going whats the difference between prop 26 and prop 27 . 26 . Not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. The choice is clear yes on prop 27. Whats the difference between prop 26 and prop 27 . 26 is a money grab that doesnt guarantee a cent for nongaming tribes. 27 requires 15 of all state revenues go to nongaming tribes. The choice is clear. Yes, on 27. Fitting people in need. Is the San Jose Earthquakes and Kaiser Permanente teaming up. The teams mascot on hand. Its q, on hand today to present marthas kitchen with a 5,000 check. Part of the assist for good insecurity program, which raises money on goal assist at earthquake soccer games. Money goes to Nonprofit Community groups working to feed people in the community. You know, there is over 38 million hungry americans. And that can lead to other Health Problems of malnutrition and diabetes. So we want to provide healthy food to improve the health of the community. Marthas kitchen provides nearly 100,000 meals each month. An lgbtq womanowned bagel shop is expanding. Take a look at boichik bagels still under construction. Today they offered tours and plenty of bagel samples to visitors. So far Community Members have invested nearly 800,000 into this countrys expansion. All my fans, Community Fans can invest their money, lend me money and get paid 7. 5 interest. Help me build this and make money off of it and get to enjoy awesome bagels. Wow, thats a great business plan. Boichik bagels has another location in berkeley on college avenue. The owner says she plans on opening another location in palo alto in the next few months. A bagel sounds good, doesnt it . Yummy well be right back with the new barbie t the first selfmade female millionaire is being honored in a famous way. A new barbie doll of madam cj walker is hitting store shelves. Walker is the daughter of former slaves and achieved enormous success by founding the walker manufacturing company. The company made a line of hair Care Products for black women. It will be part of mattels women series. The doll features a rendition of madam cj walker wearing a floral printed blouse, a turquoise skirt and holding her original product, wonderful hair grower. Gorgeous. Dont forget, you can also watch us live on roku, amazon fire and apple tv. And raj mathai joins us now with whats coming up next. Here is what we have. A disturbing visit to starbucks being recorded while in the bathroom. Hidden cameras under the sink at a starbucks in contra costa county. Thats horrible because a lot of kids come in here. A lot of kids do go in there. The man accused of planting the cameras, and the reason the d. A. Says the investigation is far from over. Also, he was central figure during the height of the cold war between u. S. And soviet union