revenue. just walking up here to our cameras is the mayor of santa clara. mayor, bring you right over here. jamie matthews joins us. congratulations, first of all. >> we're really excited but we're cautiously optimistic because until the vote happens on the 21st, we won't know for sure. but every step that leads up to that is very exciting. >> if you host it, you're at the whim of the nfl. they kind of call the shots for a super bowl. >> well, the super bowl, that's going to be something that the owners all vote on. we're hoping we have an unrivalled package we can put forward with unrivals unanimity in the region. i think having everything from the golden gate to silicon valley is pretty nice to highlight, not the least being the weather. this would be a great place for a 50th super bowl. >> did you ever imagine this behind you? >> i did. i dreamed it. there was a few of us that dreamed it and believed it all along but it's nice to see it real so everybody can take what we had in our head and our hearts and now see it in reality. >> thank you very much. the mayor of santa clara joining us. may 21st is when the nfl will make its final decision. rog, as a season ticket holder for the new stadium, couldn't be more excited. a scary afternoon in noe valley. police evacuating a apartment building and calling in officers. officers with the psychiatric unit were looking for the man. neighbors had called police to report he had returned to his apartment building. when police arrived he began making threats so they shut down the street to check it out. they did not find any explosive material in the man's apartment or in his car. neighbors say the man is known to make threats and that the whole thing just makes them nervous. >> it's a little bit terrifying thinking that you live next to somebody that could, you know, have a bomb in their apartment. >> police say the man is now in custody on a psychiatric hold. the state attorney general's office is now stepping in. the investigative unit first exposed that d.a. jeff rosen directed time sheets be altered giving extra time off no employees to make up for a bonus cut. tonight a major development and a new investigation. jenna broke this story and she joins us now with those developments. >> reporter: for weeks the ag's office has been reviewing the case but tonight a phone call from her office confirmed the attorney general is conducting a civil investigation into district attorney jeff rosen. now, they wouldn't say what that includes. we then asked if the ag is pursuing a criminal investigation, but her office would not comment. plus, more fallout. as of tonight nine unions have sent letters to the county, including filing grievances. they say the county violated contracts based on what our investigation revealed. some are citing a part of their contracts called the me, too clause. if one union doesn't take the cuts promised, others don't have to either, and it could have a devastating impact on the county budget. the biggest union in the county has requested an informal grievance meeting. and the union representing engineers and scientists filed a formal grievance demanding its members get the same paid timoff as employees in the d.a.'s office. >> if this was done sort of outside of the public realm, and by just as a resident of this county, i think that county business should be done publicly. i tend not to file grievances that i don't think i can't win. so i think we're going to win this grievance. >> and we will stay on top of this story and bring you the developments as we get them. to the see our full investigation including those altered time sheets, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and click on investigations. back to you. >> okay. thank you, jenna. that story continues to develop. tonight the embattled president of the state's public service commission finds himself in the center of another controversy. >> this time it's a question of priorities, ignoring a call to answer tough questions by senators in sacramento and instead attending a conference at an exclusive napa resort that ended at an exclusive napa winery. >> let's bring in tony kovaleski who joins us from the newsroom this evening with his hidden camera investigation. tony, what was his answer? why snub that senate hearing? >> reporter: state senators wanted michael peevey to address the growing controversy surrounding the agency he's directed for more than a decade but instead he opted for an organization receiving a lot of money he's paid to regulate. >> you were asked to speak to senators sir. >> reporter: that's the president of the state's public utilities commission, michael peevey. you were supposed to speak to senators about the safety. instead you spend your day in napa. >> that's not true. >> reporter: that's not what our hidden cameras found. let's begin with where michael peevey was asked to sit. he was asked to sit in this chair inside room 2040 of the state capitol, a senate hearing responding to the growing conflict over this controversial and confidential report. a survey of puc employees raising questions about the regulatory agency's commitment to safety and claims of cozy relationships with california utilities. >> the governor needs to replace the president of the public utilities commission. the current president has been there for many years. used to work for the utilities. he has had a very cozy relationship with the utilities, which this report indicates. >> reporter: after calling for his job two weeks ago, senator jerry hill made the request to michael peevey in this letter he wrote for all the shortcomings under your leadership at the cpuc over the last ten years, it is critical that you testify. instead of addressing the conflict at the capital, last thursday michael peevey spent the day 62 miles west of sacramento driving into the exclusive silverado resort and spa in the heart of napa. according to the agenda, he was scheduled to give a five to seven-minute presentation at the california foundation on the environment and the economy, an energy conference tight theed transitioning to a clean energy future. before the conference started at a time he was expected in sacramento, our hidden cameras spotted michael peevey mingling with guests in the conference center. the day officially started with a lunch at noon. this seat on the patio taking priority over the empty chair at the capitol. invited guests included several top level private sector executives, a representative from pg&e, and in the somewhat ironic cattory more than two dozen sacramento lawmakers also attended the conference. at 1:30, a full 2 1/2 hours after she was scheduled to speak in sacramento, mr. peevey gave his presentation at the conference. and are a four hours of conference sessions, it was time to board luxury buses. a 30-minute drive through napa valley and the next agenda item, a reception and dinner. a private event at the exclusive merryvale winery in northern napa valley. >> our crew can entertain up to 110 guests for corporate events. >> reporter: for three hours mr. peevey ended his day inside the winery along with more than 10 guests. mr. peevey, tony kovaleski with nbc bay area. following the dinner and reception we met mr. peevey outside the winery. what's the message you sent by coming to napa instead of going and speak to the senate. >> you're very antagonistic and you're reading a script. >> i'm not reading a script. i want to give you an opportunity to respond. >> but your questions are the wrong questions. >> reporter: we also asked the president questions he would likely have faced in sacramento in the shadow of that confidential internal report. that report said your agency is too cozy with the utilities. is that true? >> no, that's not true. that is absolutely -- >> reporter: why -- >> no, stop. there's one person that said that. that's not what the report said. there was no conclusions in the report. it was an interview with various individual employees of the public utilities commission. >> reporter: you have been asked by lawmakers to step down. lawmakers have said you should be fired. should you be fired, sir? will you step down? >> they don't have the authority. >> you got a job to do. it's pathetic what you're doing. >> reporter: sir, shouldn't you answer to lawmakers when they want to talk to you? what's the message you sent tonight by coming here? >> good night. >> reporter: do you want to explain to us -- >> good night. >> reporter: we did ask to speak to mr. peevey prior to his napa trip. our request was denied. apparently it's not the first time he has snubbed lawmakers for an all-expense paid event. back in twv mr. peevey was asked to an assembly committee. instead, reports indicate he accepted a free trip to sweden funded by the swedish government and the energy coalition. so where does governor brown stand on peevey's future? last week governor brown said peevey is flawed, like everyone else at the capitol, but has a lot of knowledge and a great commitment. >> okay, tony, thank you. if you have a tip for tony kovaleski or anyone else in our investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or end us an e-mail. he wants to get back to school. he wants to go to a movie with his friends. he's ready to be aaron again. >> ahead at 6:00, a local family tries to heal after their family was turned upside down by the boston bombings. when the parents of aaron hern are saying about his recovery and that deadly terror attack. and i'm live in san francisco where for the first time a food handler has been diagnosed with typhoid fever, and he may have passed it on to customers. exactly who is at risk coming up. have you ever heard of this? a sneak peek just ahead at a tech toolbar and it's in the south bay. the local library with the first of its kind library involving technology. and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri live in liver more where there's plenty of buzz about the heat but also a lot of buzz about the livermore wine festival. we'll talk with john con canon about the festival, plus an ever-changing forecast in just a few minutes. lot of buzz about the livermore look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. abt the festival, plus an half a day to watch a movie. me, it you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. want to pass along some breaking news. you see one of our traffic cameras trained on east san jose. a significant fire. this is in the evergreen area part of san jose off of 680. we're not quite sure exactly how this started. early reports are it started as a grass fire, but you can see that dark plume of smoke there. fire crews are on site right now. once again, this is a fire in east san jose in the evergreen area. we'll continue to follow this fire throughout the newscast and give you updates as warranted. typhoid fever, even the name sounds scary. now some shoppers who ate at the nordstrom cafe any stonestown shopping center are learning they may have been exposed. it is rare and can be dangerous. we're live at stonestown with what health experts are advising. >> reporter: good evening, jessica. they're advertising that people go to the doctor if they think they may have contracted this. now, it appears a line cook at the stonestown nordstrom cafe was infected during a recent trip overseas, then brought the typhoid fever home and here to work and now anyone who ate there during the last five days the cook worked here may have been infected. it's the first time a food handler has been infected with typhoid fever in san francisco. >> that's kind of shocking. >> reporter: leaving customers of this cafe feeling a bit uneasy. >> i think i ate here last week. coy have eaten here the week before as well. >> reporter: those are the weeks to watch out for. the line work worked here april 16, 17, 18, 20, and 27. anyone who ate at this nordstrom cafe those days may have been infected by typhoid fever tp symptoms don't show up for an average of two weeks. they range from high fever to stomach pains, headache, and nausea and lack of appetite. >> most people do not progress to very serious illness although in some cases some people can become very sick without treatment. >> dr. susan phillip with the san francisco department of public health says the cook likely got infected the way most do in the u.s., after a recent international trip. a nordstrom spokesperson says the company was notified by the health department last night and is trying to compile credit card information of customers who visited on those specified days to notify them they are at risk. while some took the news lightly -- >> i stay home and lose weight. >> reporter: most nordstrom cafe customers we spoke to were stressing restaurants must encourage a culture of food safety and send workers home at the first sign they're sick. >> if people are sick, they shouldn't be going to work. >> in this environment you have to be very careful because the public is at risk. >> reporter: now, nordstrom says it will pay for the medical costs for any of the customers who were infected with typhoid fever while eating here at nordstrom cafe. it's also offering free testing at two san francisco clinics and you can find the information on our website, nbcbayarea.com. for now live in san francisco, stephanie trang, nbc bay are a yus. >> it is contagious and the bacteria is spread through fecal matter or bug bites. today as you heard largely it's a third world problem rare in the u.s. during the civil war though, body lice helped spread typhoid killing more than 29,000 union soldiers, sickening twice that number. in 1884 it keeled teen leland stanford, jr. founding his patients to found stanford university. there are just a few u.s. cases a year. she admitted it. a morgan hill preschool teacher could get jail time after pleading no contest to putting sleeping pills in toddlers sippy gups. 59-year-old debra gratz of holster faces up to three months in jail for each of the five misdemeanor counts of attempted child endangerment. as part of the settlement deal, the court dismissed five counts of assault. she had worked at the kiddie academy since 2007. back in march another employee saw her put something into the children's water cups. they were confiscated before the children drank from them. police say gratz admitted to putting an over the counter sleep medication or sleep aid in the children's drinks to make them take longer naps. in san francisco now, how did this happen? investigators are trying to find out what caused the van to crash into a home today. this was in the twin peaks neighborhood this morning. a van with three people inside had gone over the cliff. one person in the van was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. no one inside the home was home at the time. another look at that breaking news we told you just a few minutes ago. this is the fire in san jose in the evergreen area. you can see that the fire, the plume of smoke has gotten bigger. we have a couple little updates for you. initially it started as a grass fire. you're looking at a live picture. at this point we don't know if it spread to a building but we are hearing now that this fire is directly across from the east ridge mall. that's what we're hearing at this point. we don't know what kind of a building is involved or what's burning. but, again, this is right off of 680 in the evergreen area of san jose. we're keeping a close watch on it, and we are trying to get you more information but this is an area you may want to be avoiding. very hot right now, lots of wind. this is enabling a lot of these fires we're seeing breaking out in the bay area and also in los angeles as well. >> especially in wine country and now in east san jose. it's across from east ridge mall in east san jose. this fire, we'll continue to monitor throughout the newscast. we're also talking about a lot of community activity this is weekend and one of the big ses in livermore. >> jeff ranieri is live at the 22nd annual wine country festival and it is toasty out there today, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, it is definitely hot. temperatures near 100, and, of course, that high fire danger as you guys talked about. as we transition to the livermore wine country festival, take a look at all the wine on the table. we are getting ready for that festival which will be saturday and sunday. it brings out over 100,000 people. it's absolutely free in downtown livermore and there's a lot to do besides wine. also plenty of shopping. want to bring in john concanon with concanon wineries. napa and sonoma is known for wine but livermore has been for many decades. >> absolutely. my great grandfather founded our winery in 1883. there's over 50 wineries. livermore is the original wine country in california. we've made a lot of great contributions to the wine industry from here. >> reporter: a lot of people from the livermore know concanon winery. a lot of people get a vip tasting of the wine they have to buy a ticket but you will be out here talking to folks. >> we will have some of our reserve wines and our tasting room associates. you can ask them how wine is made, what pairs well with it so they will give you lots of great advice. >> reporter: thank you so much, john. we have to wrap things up. we really appreciate it. livermore wine country festival. let's look at the graphics as we head in saturday and sunday. temperatures will go down a little bit. that's good news for the fire danger and we'll see increasing humidity, but again it was another hot day with upper a80s to near 90. santa rosa at 90. hayward at 85. let's move on and take a look at the event forecast out here at the festival. what you're going to find is plenty of mid to upper 80s with sunny skies. so a great forecast as that festival starts off on our saturday. and there's going to be a lot to do, as we mentioned. you want to stob by the nbc bay area booth. get a chance to win a trip to hawaii. you don't want to miss that. and plenty of other stuff happening right out here through livermore. all right. let's move on and get a look at that seven-day forecast. what you will find is a slight chance of showers on sunday. nothing that is going to rain out this event by any means. we'll keep a chance of showers monday, tuesday, and wednesday. great news for the fire danger which will help out with a little wet weather. i am officially, you guys, recommending shorts for the festival on saturday. look at this. oh, yeah! we've got shorts on at work today. doesn't happen too often. at least for me. i'm loving it. >> thank you very much, jeff. it is a great festival to go to. lots and lots of fun. we want to turn our attention back to our breaking news happening in east san jose. heavy smoke and a substantial fire happening right now. we're getting reports near g quimby road, it's right next to east ridge mall. this is year east ridge mall, a heavy fire. we got first word of it 15 or 20 minutes ago. our nbc chopper is above the scene. you see it there, as well as some of our traffic cameras. no report on how many fire crews are on the way but we'll continue to monitor the situation. obviously in east san jose and throughout san jose you will be getting a lot of smoke. winds in the area are about 15 miles per hour. we've had so many of these fires across the state, and now it's happening in east san jose. we'll stay on this. we're going to go to a short break and come back with more details. stay with us. situation. break and come back with more situation. break and come back with more situation. break and come back with more situation. break and come back with more we have some updated information to share with you about this breaking news, this fire. we have more centered information about where it's located. this fire is on rigelleto and quimby, very close to king and tully. it's been burning for 30 minutes or so. manuel, i understand you have been by the fire. what can you tell us? >> it's in an empty lot, like -- fire engulfed there. sky is black and gray. you can't really see too much. only one fire truck sup there right now it looks like. i don't know if more are coming up there. >> and so when you say it's in an empty lot, did you get a l k look -- how close were you? >> it looked like a lot of dry grass. i don't know if someone set it or a plane crashed because the airport is really close to there is i don't know what happened. a lot of dry grass engulfed right now. you can see it spreading quickly. the sky is engulfed in black and gray clouds. >> the airport you're talking about is the reed hillview airport which is north of that location. this did come in initially as a grass fire, so at this point we're hoping that it's just maintained to a grass fire. you're saying you're only seeing one fire truck out there but it is very, very heavy smoke. were you in the area? can you breathe the smoke? >> yeah, you can breathe it, and it looks like it's going down a little bit now. might be starting to burn out now, but it's not as bright as it was a little while ago. >> manuel, can you tell if traffic is being affected at this point? it's pretty close to the east ridge mall. >> it's going a little slow. it's not terrible right now but it's slowing down a little bit. everyone is the trying to see through all that smoke right now. >> at this point it doesn't seem like any other buildings near it are in danger? >> that's hard to say. it's pretty close to some other businesses that are close to there. i know there's a storage unit area that's really close by to there. i don't know if it's going to spread that far or not. >> okay. >> it's close. >> thank you very much for your eyewitness account. very good detail about what's happening. just to recap what he said, this is a fire that is in east san jose about southwest of the east ridge mall. manuel is a witness and he tell us it's burning in a lot, possibly grass involved. heavy smoke. it's slowing down traffic but at this point it doesn't appear to be spreading anywhere else but there's a lot of heavy smoke. >> this is happening at 101 and tully road right there in east san jose near the reed hillview airport. we'll continue to follow this story and we'll be back in a moment. stay with us. want to give you an update on our breaking news. we've been following a grass fire. initial reports of a grass fire in east san jose. you see the black smoke there, some heavy and thick black smoke. some eyewitnesses said it's difficult to see and they're having a little trouble breathing. this is near the east ridge mall, 101 and tully road in east san jose. the question now for firefighters, the wind, will it help or hurt the situation? right now we believe there are about 15 miles per hour winds in east san jose that might be fanning the flames. one of our meteorologists will be checking in in just a moment but we will stay on the story throughout this newscast and we have crews arriving on the scene in east san jose for this fire. he is now seeing a movie with his friends "iron man 3." the 12-year-old who was injured in the bths marathon bombings is getting hits life back to normal. >> as jodi hernandez shows us, his parents are sharing all they've been through and say their son is bouncing back. >> he's a pretty tough kid. i mean, of anybody that could handle something like this, he's got the right kind of makeup to do it. >> reporter: aaron hern's parents say their son's condition is improving by leaps and bounds. they released these photos of the boy celebrating his birthday at home just a couple weeks after getting badly injured in the boston marathon bomb blast. >> a couple days we had 86 staples removed, and every day gets a little better. >> reporter: aaron's parents spoke at length for the first time about the ordeal their family has endured. his father recalling his son's wounds when he first reached his side. >> the one that was the most prominent to me was the one in his upper leg. that one was the one that looked pretty scary like something you would see out of a movie. >> reporter: aaron's mom katherine had the finish line in sight when the bombs went off. >> i knew that's where my family was, so i had to keep going towards the finish line. i couldn't get to them. the scene was chaos. >> reporter: finished with one marathon, she began a new race, to find her son. it took two hours to locate him at the hospital. >> i was actually almost kind of afraid to see what i was to find, what i didn't want to find. >> reporter: but the family is back in martinez now. aaron was a guest of honor at last night's warriors' game. his family is grateful to be home and to still have their son. >> as bard as it was, we were the fortunate one. >> in martinez, jodi hernandez, bay area news. let's show you what's happening in san jose again. we've been watching this fire that's near the east ridge mall right near tully. it started during this newscast, heavy smoke. we're starting to see it die down a little bit. we've had some witness accounts tell us it's in an empty lot, that it was a brush fire, and no buildings are being affected at this point but there is some heavy, heavy smoke and the wind is shifting. for that we want to bringer bring in our meteorologist anthony slaughter to tell us a little bit. anthony, how much is the wind impacting this at this point? >> the good news is the wind right now is actually out of the west, so it's actually blowing up against the foothills and this is good news because a lot of the residential area in san jose more so positioned south and really west of this particular fire. you will notice again on the map it is positioned right south of 680 as you guys mentioned, tully. quimby as well. a lot of those areas in this specific location, as you can notice, there are residential homes in this particular location, and the unfortunate thing is that you really can't control this even when the winds are still blowing out of the west towards the mountains, but the unfortunate thing is the winds are still blowing out of the west at about 10 to 20 miles per hour, and again it's still very dry outside. we're in the 80s, the upper 80s right now in san jose, even in the 90s in parts of the east bay. so we'll continue to follow this situation as we get more information into nbc bay area weather center. for now, we'll give you more information. >> okay, anthony. thank you. >> we want to keep an eye on this fire for you. we're getting a different live look of it right now from san jose and you can see some of the fire crews there in the lower part of your screen. we had someone on her with us a little while ago who said he only saw one firefighter truck there at the time. we can see now we do have more. so far what we're hearing is this is contained to being a brush fire. you can see the smoke there and you can see the flames in that really, really dry, dry grassland of that area. as anthony mentioned, this is very close to a lot of homes. our live pictures is coming in and out there for you. very close to the east ridge mall. traffic in that area is being impacted by the smoke. people tell us they can smell it and obviously now we're seeing a helicopter come in and do a water drop. so she's good news that firefighters have a good team out there and they're working it. but it does look like it's fairly contained to an area, and this we should tell you is near the hill view-reid airport but no flights are being affected. >> you see the helicopter is pulling out just a bit. you can see 101, and 101 is moving pretty well at this time, so that's good news. friday if it's rush hour, a lot of traffic, but 101 appears to be moving slowly. here is a further camera out here. anthony was saying winds are about 15 miles per hour, so it appears to be contained from our helicopter shots as well. thankfully right now, no structures are on fire and traffic has 23409 been impacted. we'll stay on this story as it continues. >> the winds are playing a -- being an impact in southern california. i want to show you a developing story. about 1,000 firefighters are battling the springs fire in ventura county tonight. as we mentioned, the winds have shifted and have made the fight more difficult after burning toward the pacific ocean, the wind now moved in a different direction pushing the fire inland. 4,000 homes are now being threatened. hundreds of people have evacuated, and more than a dozen homes have been damaged. more than 18,000 acres have burned so far. and this is going to continue because so far the springs fire is only 20% contained. in glendale firefighters are also gaining the upper hand in a brush fire that broke out just today north of the glendale freeway. nearly 3,000 homes were evacuated there. glendale community college has canceled its friday night classes, but they are hopeful they will get a handle on this glendale fire. and late this afternoon a team of bay area firefighters loaded up and headed south to these fires we've been showing you to help -- to lend a helping hand. a strike team of alameda county firefighters along with five trucks are on their way to southern california to help with those wildfires. the team won't know exactly what they will be doing when they get there, but they will monitor the situation as they travel south before doing whfatever they can to help control the blaze. >> we'll go down there, they'll give us an assign am. it could be anything from structure protection or the urban interface. >> the strike team is prepared to stay up for about a week to stay down there to help, but as soon as they get things under control, they will be back here in the bay area. and back here we continue to monitor the situation in east san jose. we've had the fires in wine country for the last couple days. those have subsided, and now this fire here in east san jose. even within the last 20 minutes it looks like it has subsided considerably. when we first went on the air with this around 6:10 this evening, it was heavy plumes of black smoke. we had an eyewitness say it is difficult to see and breathe, but it looks like the fire is being contained. thankfully right now no structures have caught on fire and traffic along the 101 where this is near, 101 and tully road, doesn't appear to be affected. in fact, our traffic map, you can see the green lines there along 101 there near the reid hillview airport. >> you heard our meteorologist tell us a short time ago that one of the good things that's happening with this fire is the winds are moving in a direction that's moving the fire away from any area that might be treacherous, but it is still very, very hot outside. it is the beginning of fire season. we're seeing that this is going to be the norm now because of these very dry, hot conditions that we're having this week. hopefully things will start to subside toward the weekend when we're expecting it to be a little bit cooler and we may even be expecting some rain, but the next 24 hours are going to continue to be hot, and we're going to start seeing some of those hotspots erupting in different places. this seems to be at this point just a grass fire and we've seen some helicopters doing water drops, and there are fire crews on the scene, but it is a densely populated area. so firefighters are doing a full-on assault on this to make sure it doesn't spread in any direction. >> cal fire right now saying that they are sending four engines to this on their way, and also some crew overhead with the helicopters. this is at quimby road and the helicopters are on scene with cal fire and four engines. traffic is starting to slow down in the area on the surface streets. that's not surprising, not necessarily because of the fire danger but people just wanting to know what's going on. on the surface streets in east san jose near the east ridge mall there's some heavy traffic. on the highway, not so much. now as our helicopter gets some good shots of the firefighters in action right along the fire line, and you see some of the firefighters down there working with their hoses there and the trucks following them close behind, but in the last 30 minutes it really looks like they've gotten this under control, at least much more so than when it started. >> we'll be right back. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. control, at least much more so you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. want to give you another look now at that breaking news. the fire in san jose. you can see live pictures now of the flames that are very, very close there to some sort of a building. it is a brush fire we're understanding, but fire crews have been attacking this during this newscast. the beginning of the newscast we were seeing heavy black smoke. this is near the east ridge mall and right now we're seeing lots of fire crews, helicopters doing some water drops and we're hearing some preliminary reports that firefighters may have a total handle on this. at this point that is not confirmed. but we have -- can tell you we've seen a definite decrease in the amount of smoke. traffic along 101 has been moving quite at a clip, but the surface streets' traffic has been affected. looks like your usual commute traffic at this time but we were hearing from a witness earlier who was on with us who said because of the smoke and because of people rubber necking there did seem to be some sort of slow dourn down in traffic. this is located near the east ridge mall. but the smoke has definitely subsided and we have seen helicopters doing water shots. >> capital expressway is backed up. 101 is clear, but capital expressway in the area is backed up. the green map shows otherwise. right now on the streets a lot of the surface streets there, is considerable amount of traffic. once again, this started around 6:00, our first cameras got on the scene. we have crews now on the scene as well as you see all the firefighters on the scene as well and our nbc helicopter. we'll keep you posted on how this is developing and any further updates when we return to this fire. right now i think we're going to go to our weathercaster -- excuse me, we'll be back with jeff ranieri who joins us with from livermore in just a minute. stay with us. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. want to give you an update on the breaking news we've been following. an update on this two-alarm grass fire. the initial report a two-alarm grass fire in east san jose near the eastridge mall near 101 and tully road. you see the box on the right is from our helicopter. the helicopter -- the firefighting helicopters have been taking watter from lake cunningham near raging waters. lake cunningham and dropping it on this grass fire near the eastridge mall. reid hillview airport, no flights have been delayed or affected. 101 does not seem to be affected right now but capital expressway, there is some heavy traffic and now within the last ten minutes we're seeing some more flames. earlier it seemed the flames were extinguished, but now we're seeing more flames. initially there were reports that the fire had been 100% contained, but we have not heard officially from san jose fire about that at this point. >> you can see on your screen those hotspots and right now you're seeing one of those helicopters do a water drop over that fire. the fire has been going on for about 47 minutes so far, and that smoke moving in a westerly direction from what we understand. this is southwest of the eastridge mall right by tully road and what appears to be an open lot, an open grassy lot that's filled with very dry grass. we heard earlier from one of the witnesses that he saw some of the flames, and it is growing to this point but we don't have any official record right now from the fire department in terms of how much brush has burned, but, again, nothing at reid hillview airport being affected at this point. we did see one -- are you hearing something different? >> no, we're talking about the wind. we want to bring in jeff ranieri on location in livermore. what do we have in terms of the latest from where you are? >> reporter: you know, the good news is we're not under an extreme wind e vented. they're coming out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour as my colleague anthony slaughter was mentioning earlier in the show. it is gusting in the low 20s at times and also some dangerously low humidities anywhere from 10 to 20%. so it's the humidity and the hot temperatures that the firefighters are dealing with right now, and also those winds again sustained from 10 to 15 miles per hour. it looks like they'll sti at about that rate as we head through this evening, so once again not expecting them to get any more gustier than the current winds you are seeing on the map. that is great news for firefighters. hopefully allowing them to get containment of this. a lot of that smoke is blowing off towards the south. again, with these winds coming from the north and also the west. we've been under a fire danger all week long, but there is some relief coming. we want to show you that seven-day forecast possibly here and what you will find is the possibility of some showers coming as we head throughout sunday, monday, tuesday, and also wednesday. it's not a big storm system, but definitely a little bit of moisture and also much cooler temperatures will help our fire danger go down. so once again, a few more critical hours here for those firefighters as they continue the water drops on the fire lines out here in san jose with winds at about 15 miles per hour. once again, the good news, they are not expected to get too much stronger than that as we head throughout this evening or for tomorrow, you guys. >> jeff, a quick question, how much of a temperature drop did we expect in the next hour or so? >> reporter: in the next hour or so we'll likely see temperatures drop anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees and also the humidities starting to go up, and even 5 to 10 degrees of cooling and humidities going up about 20%, that's going to help the firefighters quite a bit here as we head throughout this evening. so there is definitely a little bit of a good side to it when it comes to battling this wildfire out here in san jose this evening, but, of course, for many people around it, it's quite terrifying. you see the smoke, you're not sure where that fire is when you're in your home. so everyone near that smoke needs to definitely be paying attention very closely because we all know how quickly these wildfires can spread and how quickly it can turn deadly in many cases. >> another quick question. in ventura county we saw one of the big issues was the winds shifted and that hampered the fight down there. do we anticipate the wind staying the way it is. it seems to be blowing away from the residential area. do you anticipate the winds will continue to blow in this direction that they are right now here? >> reporter: well, that's a great question. what we're not seeing is a true offshore wind event with the winds coming from the east off towards the west. that would be the driest wind. that would be our version of a santa ana wind. that's not going to happen tonight or tomorrow. that is good news. so we're not looking at any kind of wind event like let's say we had in the oakland hills fire when we had the diablo winds coming that were very, very hot, gusting 40 to 80 miles per hour. with this we're seeing a little bit more moisture imported with the winds coming out of the north and also the west. it's a slightly cooling wind, and once again about 10 to 20 miles per hour. so this is really the best case scenario for firefighters compared to all of the hot weather and fire danger we have had this week, and i really do think it's going to eventually help them to contain this fire as we head throughout this evening. >> okay. some good news there from jeff ranieri in terms of the wind direction and how firefighters can use this to their advantage. also it's good news that lake cunningham is right literally across the street from the eastridge mall so the helicopters are taking the water drops from lake cunningham, essentially crossing the street into the field and webl it's lava field on fire in east san jose. we're back in a moment. stay with us. time to talk sports. last night he was at the warriors game. tonight jim is talking a little baseball and that dreaded rival rivalry. >> yes. you are absolutely right, young lady. beautiful night for baseball though. giants and dodgers renew their rivalry tonight. you can see the game tonight nbc bay area. it's starting at 7:00. john miller and mike will have the call of the game and here they are with a preview of tonight's game. guys? >> okay, jim, and the giants and dodgers ready to play on a beautiful night here in san francisco and the dodgers one game under .500. they had their ace left-hander clayton kershaw going against barry zito. but adrian gonzalez, a late scratch from the lineup, mike. >> well, that really hurts the dodgers obviously for a lot of reasons but they are kind of like the walking wounded right now. if you think mark ellis is not available, crawford is available to pitch hit only and gonzalez is out of the lineup because of a neck problem, i think it's a conspiracy, john. i think they're trying to put the giants to sleep. i'm not trusting what i'm hearing about these guys. >> all right. we'll find out soon enough i guess. the dodgers with a revarched lineup, hanley ramirez will be in the cleanup spot. zito for the giants. it's the giants and the dodgers. game one of the series. let's go back to you, jim. >> all right. back to you guys in about four minutes. metallica night at at&t park tonight. barry zito has hung out with the band in the past. tonight it's buster posey with zito but here he looks the part. a little metallica for you. maybe he'll go out and sing the anthem for the guys. giants are ready, metallica night, donge edodgers in town. best night around. >> it is a big night. we're counting down towards first pitch. giants and dodgers on nbc bay area. because of the game we'll give you a programming note. some of our shows will be shown on tv 36. rock center airs right here on nbc bay area after the game followed by our 11:00 newscast right here tonight after the giants and dodgers. >> of course, tonight at 11:00 we'll have full coverage of this brush fire burning near the east rim mall. you're looking at a live picture. you can see some hotspots have flared up. for a while it seemed the fire had been close to containment. we saw less smoke but now we are seeing some pockets of brush fire there. we've been seeing some helicopter drops of water, and we have seen crews there. at this point we're not hearing how much land has been covered with this fire, but we are keeping a close eye on it. >> still no word on how this fire started. you see some of our traffic maps here as well, where this is 101 and tully road. 101 not necessarily affected right now by traffic, but capital expressway is, and once again we don't know how this fire started. initially it was a one-alarm grass fire, and it continues to burn now. jeff ranieri, our chief meteorologist, was saying the wind direction is about 15 miles per hour right now, but the wind direction is actually helping the firefighters because it's taking it away from the residential areas. and it's been a while since we've had a fire like this, a grass fire, within the san jose city limits like this that's not up in henry state park. right now it appears to be somewhat contained. we will follow this throughout the night. >> now we'll head over to giants baseball. enjoy your evening. star command, i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with style. great glittering galaxies. disneyland resort just got happier, see it all with a 3-day park hopper ticket. i now appear to be lost in a deep dark cave...