The middle of march, we were the victim of the ninth homicide of san jose. Immediately, i was able to use next door to get the details out on that crime. Reporter like san jose, oaklands Police Department has adopted next door to help officers stay in touch. Open and direct communication with the community has a lot of value for us. Reporter and if you ask, do we need another social network . Officers and local residents might tell you this one is a little more neighborly. We dont have a social network that will connect us to what we believe is one of the most important communities of them all. And thats the commune ciity in which we live. Its our neighborhood, where our children go to school. Where we spend a majority of our time. Promoting safety one screen and one doorway at a time. Nextdoor is a free service. It is part of thousands of neighborhoods here in the bay area. More than 30,000 neighborhoods thus far. Reporting live, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. More details now on nextdoor. San jose and oakland rarent th only bay areas. Were following wraeking news in orange county. A school bus drove off the road on an Anaheim Hills golf course at around 3 30 this afternoon right after school. At least 13 people were hurt, not clear right now if there were kids or other adults on the bus. Three of those people are in Critical Condition. Three of those people in the scene and just into our news groups. We dont know if the bus driver is among those hurt. Just into our news room, a major drug pipeline shut down tonight. Operation five degrees busted what prosecutors say was a widereaching drug ring based in mexico but with ties to the bay area. 18 suspects are under arrest tonight. For more than a year, d. E. A. Agents followed the cartels trafficking patterns. It was discovered that methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin was distributed from mexico into Santa Clara County where it is pack anned, refined and eventually distributed to locations throughout the United States and into canada. Prosecutors say blanco was the master mind behind the running of a meth lab in sacramento county. The south bay was the next stop on that distribution chain. Right now, a live look outside in San Francisco. The clouds are rolling in and were even seeing a few scattered showers at this hour. Were in for some drastic changes for tomorrow. Reporter weve been up, down and all over the place the past couple days. Our latest storm system is now beginning to intensify offshore. The storm system that will mainly impact us for friday, still about 500 miles away. In advance of that right now, you can see a few spotty showers beginning to show up. In the north bay, it is lights. And by light, i mean only. 02 of an inch possible here. Closer to San Francisco, this may make it into downtown San Francisco through tonight. For a little bit of spotty activity, were going to hold off in some of the heaviest rainfall as we head tloit our friday forecast. Our california forecast is 820 inches below for the current water year. We have now added these counties to the exceptional drought on the drought monitor. Its the worst level of drought and its only going to get worse. Postal workers picketing outside a Staples Store over what the officer supply store wants to do inside the store. Why they say your convenience could mean job losses for postal workers. Reporter theres sort of a tug of war going on here because the Postal Service says they are billions of dollars in the red. And theyre trying to do anything they can to bring in more money. But the postal workers say you cant bring in more money at the expense of the mail. Reporter their words . A warning to everyone who will listen. These postal workers say whats happening inside Staples Stores could spell the end of an institution thats as old as our nation. Last fall, the u. S. Postal Service Began a Pilot Program to offer Postal Services inside Staples Stores manned by staples em ploy yees. Now, many of those same postmen and women are out again. Fearful of expanding to every store in the country. Their bottom line is profit. Our bottom line is service to our community. In response, the Postal Service says these workers fears are unfounded. The privatization discussion is a ruse. We are looking to grow our business and provide veensz to both postal products and Postal Services. By locating Postal Services inside the established businesses, customers save time and, in most case, have the convenience of longer hours. These postal workers say they are going to step up their fiekt, stem up their protests, protests we saw here this afternoon were part of a nationwide effort. They say they will not stop until they get what they feel is right. A lot of noise in oakland, about 20,000 fans ready for playoff basketball. A live look at the oracle arena tonight. Warriors hosting the l. A. Clippers. Down 7ilybelow, nbc bay area jog us outside the arena. Right now, girard, how are we looking . Were looking really good out here. As you can see, the blue and gold faithful slowly making their way into the building for some nba playoff basketball 48 minutes of roar coming from these home fans. This night was key last year and they believe they can once again make a difference here tonight. Oe think the players are going to feed off the crowd. Theyre going toe congresswoman in with a lot of energy. Hopefully, more energy than game 2. And, hopefully, theyll come and match the intensity. I expect all of dub nation to come out. Be loud, be proud. Represent the warriors and cheer on the team, man. Get everybody fired up. Make it rain with the splash brothers around do some damage to the clippers. Coming up later in sports, we will hear from some of tonights pivotal game three. Back to you guys. Tonight, the sharks could eliminate the l. A. Kings. Now, the sharks lead the series 30. If they win tonight, they would sweep the kings and advance to round two of the stanley cup playoffs. Coming up next, a 49er in trouble. It was completely in flames and he had no option but to run through it no choice but to run. San jose state students forced out by a fire. Now, one of them is revealing what may have sparked it. Plus where are we going to put this new grade level . Are we bringing portables . Lots of questions tonight about the push for prek and who are questioning how we do it and how the state would pay for it. She was known for her love of animals and her neighborhood. Tonight, it was the latter that may have led to her death. Tonight, nine months after her murder, two men are in jail accused of killing the dog walker. Police reveal a possible motive in this case, jody jessica, police say the suspects appear today be after the womans cell phone. They say she used the phone to shoot video of the suspects committing a yicrime and that me her a tar get. I would say she was a brave lady. I just think that she should have maybe called 911 in this situation. Police say 66yearold judy solomons effort to protect her neighborhood may have cost her her life. The popular oakland dog walker was shot and killed last july and she saw the suspects committing a crime and jumped into action. We believe ms. Solomon witnessed them committing some type of crime. Reporter police say solomon then followed the men. Witnesses saw the suspects arguing with the woman, trying to get her cell phone. One suspected threw a trash can at her car. B6 police say when she wouldnt hand it over, one of them shot her. We ultimately came across two suspects, mario floyd and stefan lee, a. K. A. Fini, who we believe is the person who shot ms. Sol monl. Floyd was convicted of carrying a loded firearm in the city just eight days before solomons killing. Tonight, police are urging people to be good witnesses, but dont put yourself in danger. As for those causing problems in oakland, police are not going to stand for it. If you come to this city and commit crimes, we will use every plausible means known to man to hunt you down and bring you to justice. Police say the men face murder and robbery charges, special circumstances that make them eligible for the death penalty. Reporting live, im jody hernandez. Alden smith caught a break from the District Attorney today. They came in smiths arrest last month. He reportedly made a bomb threat and could have faced a felony. Now, l. A. City attorney will make the final decision. We should correct ourselves, that happened earlier this month. Now, in a separate case, smith will be in court next tuesday in san jose for felony weapons charges and drunk driving. The push for prek, all across the country, states are considering universal prekinder garden. Even some educators are finding themselves at odds with that proposal. Lets give a round of applause. The kids at Dove Hill Elementary School are preschool age. This is not a preschool or a kindergarten. Its transitional kindergarten. A Free Public School program in california that prepares older fouryearolds for kindergarten. So when they go into a classroom in kindergarten, theyll already have confidence to take risks with what theyre learning. Right now, limbed to fall birth days and miss the cut off. But a proposal would expand transitional kindergarten to all four years. The backers want to spend nearly 1. 5 billion to create a brand new grade. Its a simple choice. Invest in kids now. But its, by no means, a done deal. Educators are wrestling with how to expand to all fouryearolds. We just dont believe that this bill is the best way to realize that goal. Wesley smith says supersben dents and principals in his organization oppose the bill unless its amended. The classrooms are full. Where are we going to put this new grade level. Are we bringing in portables . One idea is to enlist private preschools to permit public tka. We wonder if thats even legal to fund private contracts for an entire grade. Another concern . Hiring. Tk for all would require two adults in every classroom which smith says could be a deal breaker for cashstrapped districts still trying to dig out of the reception. As for mrs. Willkins, shes 4567ing what it would be. Im not sure what that program would look like and how it will translate to younger fours. I think having access is wonderful. But is it still transitional kindergarten . Im not sure. Lawmakers are split. The one missing voice in all of this . The governor. Hes been pretty mum on the proposal. We shall see. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist. We are talking rain and some of the rain already here in the bay area. One thing i want to underscore, as that gets here on friday, what we want to see is a slight risk of severe weather. The best possibility of that would be here in the north bay. Now theres not too much happening. Again, a few spotty showers have tried to develop. We may get a little bit of a few slick spots. But, once again, were saving the rain day, per se. Take a look right now. Sunshine and clouds have moved in. Numbers have moved off. A chance of rain for everyone. I think some of the best spots will be San Francisco, the north bay and down here towards the south bay. Overall, totals are not going to be too high. This is a general estimate of the storm system as it moves in. Not going to string you along in this. Tonight, again, mainly cloudy. A few spotty showers may develop. By 22 00 a. M. , well see a few areas of rain remaining. Well have more on how long all of this lasts coming up in the full forecast. Coming up, what does beyonce and Governor Brown have in common . The exclusive club that theyre joibing. For him, hes very emotional. The details about the real last show at the stick. Okay, heres your chance to take part in the amgen tour of california without breaking a sweat. Organizers of the bicycle race are looking for volunteers. Youll help with the third stage of the tour on may 13th which takes place from san jose to the summit. If youre interested, go to amgenturfcalifornia. Com. The 99yearold movie house is reopening its doors saturday with all the bells and whistles. Its been closed the last 18 months. Take a look. Looks pretty nice inside. Our vision was to actually add to the community, you know. And its all about that. Its about the kids here and giving back to the schools and, you know, its just, i think its going to be a place that brings the whole Community Together in a fun, entertaining way. So that was the original purpose of it. The community is invited to an open house saturday afternoon. Well, straight ahead, we investigate how public money is being spent. One woman says a Bay Area Transit Agency fired her after she questioned how it spent its cash. Its back and why california could be ground zero. Reporter live in san jose, coming up, find out why his roommate says he knows how the fire started. [ barks ] whoo mmm oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. Start exploring at followyournola. Com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans they had no choice but to run. Tonight, we talk with the san jose state students who says he knows how this Apartment Fire started. New details on that Apartment Building fire that left a state Football Player in Critical Condition. The fire broke out about a block away from campus on south eighth street around 11 30 last night. Mary anne, i understand the students narrowly escaped . He certainly does. With just a few seconds to spare. I can tell you that claurns chima lives inside the Apartment Building that burned yesterday. He was out on the balcony here last night. And he was able to call his sleeping roommate on his cell phone. His roommate was able to run out of the burning apartment. But he suffered seconddegree burns. Clarns chima lives in this apartment and says he cant believe how fast flames destroyed it. He lit a candle and stepped outside on the balcony. I instantly went inside and noticed that the couch was on fire. When i called him, i was, like, hey, theres a fire in the house. I eenl not sure if youre in there, but you need to get out immediately. He just instantly decided to run through it. As he was running out, he was shown here on the yumpblts web site, suffered seconddegree burns on his back and arms. He is in Critical Condition at the hospital. Clarence says it was the match that he used or the candle that ignited the couch or started the fire. He and his three roommates lost everything inside. He was returning home when he saw people running from the flames. Everyone was, like, runl, fire u fire, runl. And everyone was looking around. Its on the third floor. Everybody else took off and this whole street was filled with a lot of people. Clarence says it all happened so fast he is still in shock and hopes his roommate would be okay. I just wish he didnt get injury when he did. Clarence says he has no idea where hes going to live now. Reporting live in san jose, mary anne favreu. We have breaking news in southern california. One bus driver and 11 middle schoolers were hurt after this crash in anaheim. This is near the Anaheim Hills golf course. The driver ran off the road and landed between the two trees there. This happened around 3 30 this afternoon. The driver is in Critical Condition. No word yet on what caused him to drive off the road. Police arreste 84yearold raymond awossso last night around 10 00. This is right off 280 where a doctor saw a gunman and then a loud bang. Officers zernged the area but never found anyone. But they did find bullet fragments in a hallway. No one is telling us how police were able to track down the home. But they found a firearm and ammunition at his house. Three american doctors have been killed, including a father and son. They were killed when an Afghan Security guard opened fire in kabul. The identities havent been released. The third doctor has been identified as jerry umanos. His family did make a brief statement today. Our hearts are aching for our loss. Were also aching for the loss of the other families. As well as the loss and the multiple losses that the Afghan People have experienced. The afghan soldier who reportedly pulled the trigger was assigned to the guard was assigned to guard the hospital. He is now currently in custody. The motive as to why he may have opened fire is unclear. An american nurse was also hurt in that attack. The district that runs buss is back in the spot light tonight. A former akoccountant is suing. Investigative reporting vickie win is under fire for the second time this year. Thats right, following those made by another account who worked for san tranz for more than a decade. She claims her claims were ignored and was eventually fired for speaking out. Why are you suing san trans . Well, i raised many, many concern. She says she was fired after raising questions about a series of transactions she believed to be fraud. We, as internal accountants, we saw a lot of things going on the in there. When she notified the Human Resources director, her discovery was not welcomed. It was very tough. I got a lot of retaliation. Last week, she filed this in district court. Law alleged she was subject to a pattern of harassment and retaliation and then terminated. Janie ackman says they hired an independent employment investigator. Were confidence in the work of the independent investigators. We believe that the findings speak for themselves. Their own auditors said they were incorrectly coded. Law is the serkd to come forward with allegations that the district mismanaged money. Former accountant david ramire sdprks used a second set of books law alleged in her complaint. He says these fake expenses allow the district to hide millions to spend at the discretion of finance managers. If these numbers are going out to the public and they cant standby them, theres something wrong. The district aknocks that theres no proof that they were fake but denies he was ordered to create them. What you have to have is an audit. He is recommending an independent Forensic Audit on the accounts and transactions highlighted by david ramirez. You think theyre spending money wisely on behalf of the public . No. He maintains his auditors have nound no problems at the district. Any irregularities was caused by the single action of an employee. For now, vicki wynn, nbc news. Give us a call at 888996tips. A nice National Honor for Governor Brown. Today, he was included in time magazines annual list of one hundred most influential salespeople. Inside, brown is is profiled by former governor davis. Hes writing how brown refused to replace the 1975 Office Carpet he inherited from governor regean. Coming up, a power lunch. The bidding war over a date with apples ceo. Good evening, clouds already rolling in across the bay. Very cloudy here in dublin. Winds out of the west at 7 miles per hour. But rain is on the way. You can see the scanning doppler radar. Our storm is poised just offshore. Well have details and bring this live to you. 14 years ago, mee zels was considered eliminated in the United States. But the First Quarter of this year has seen more than any quarters since 1926. More than 129 cases have been reported, nearly half of them here. 11 patients were affected in a doctors office. Meez els have become so rare, people dont recognize the symptoms. Okay, they were everywhere. You may have noticed plenty of keys at the workplace today. This was no exception here. It was the 21st annual take our daughters and sons to work today. We had a little fun celebrating here. Kids got to learn the way of the news room to anchoring. Some of them may echl, one day, take our place. A little person who looks just like me looked pretty comfortable, i must say. Yes, she was overly comforten. Thats good, then she can take care of mommy. There you go. I was going to say, it looks fun to watch the video. Uujau r right now. Our storm is beginning to roll in. Woe eel let you know about our rain chances here and much colder temperatures coming up in just a few minutes. Good evening, im girard live outside oracle arena where the warriors and clippers are getting ready for game three of their nba playoff series. Coming up in sports, well have a live report on tonights big ball game. It was the site of the beatles final show. Later this year, it will be the site of another historical concert involving the fab four. That is before candle stick park meets with the wrecking ball next year. Nbc bay area shows us the park will get a sendoff by none other than sir paul mccart knee. For more than a half century, candle stick park has played hosting to visitors, but it was for the giants, the 49erss, a pope or even legends of rock roll. But as this concrete edifice winds down, it will get a royal send off another planned entertainment announced sir Paul Mccartny will send off candle stick on august 14th. He has a sense of history. He understands how historic this will be. Its a fitting farewell since candle stick hosted the beatles final concert in 18966. For him, hes very emotional about having played candle stick before. Hes incredibly excited about doing it. The stage will sit on the 49th end of the field. In the months before the concert. The city is planning a series 06 farewell e vevents for the stic. The legends of flag Football Game go on sale. Theyre between 250275. He chose to play at the stick rather than the new santa clara stadium. A small clue for santa clara and fans. That should be quite a show. From one rock star, we go to another in the tech industry. And now you can have lunch with him. But it will cost you big money. Apple ceo tim cooke is aucti auctioning off a lunch hour with him at company headquarters. That was alltime for the Robert Kennedy human rights charity. Now, the current bid is very aportable, 62,000. The winning bid will include the price of the meal. Getting there and staying somewhere nearby if youre from out of town, not part of the deal. If you have that pan aroramic feature, i would say thank you very much. Youre going to be able to get some cool storm pictures here over the next 24 hours. Right now, all were waiting on front. Its sitting just offshore. Only about 200 miles in the past 24 hours. As that cold front sits over the next 24 hours, well see that chance of rainfall. If we do get any thunderstorms, we could see small hail develop, as well. The thing that all of you are noticing outside is the cloud cover right now. Also, the much colder temperatures. Mid 70s around this time for last night, some parts of the bay. Now, were already down to 60 in the north bay. 61 east bay. Clouded over right now in dublin. Well take you to San Francisco right now. Again, its getting there a little bit early. Now, i want to start off with a future cast. This is really kind of the hallmark of the forecast when it comes the rainfall. As the cold front moves in, well see areas of rain develop and areas of scattered rain through about 8 00 and 9 00 in the morning. Then, as the core passes throughout the early afternoon hours, we could see a few isolated thunderstorms pop up. Now, the totals arent going to be too high, but, again, its going to make those roadways dangerously slick. Look at these totals. 12 inches at twin bridges and 13 inches for kirkwood. What youre going to notice here is, yes, everyone is going to have a chance of some showers for tomorrow. Some of you will have a better possibility of getting some thunderstorms than others. San jose will have a decent chance in 61 degrees, thats it. Also, 50s in place. Not only a jacket, you may need a couple of layers for tomorrow. The trivalley has the best chance of maybe getting a little bit of sunshine mixed into the forecast for tomorrow. But the key difference, again, will be the colder and chance of rain coming back for friday. Saturday, stays dry, stays cool. If none of this weather over the next three days is for you, a at all, 76 in San Francisco. Okay, joined live from the oracle arena. Weve got big games tontd. Warriors and sharks. The warriors stole game one in l. A. , but, unfortunately, were broken out and embarrassed. Here at home, theyre very aware that the crowd here at oracle is their xfactor. They dont get two wins for beat us that bad. Were still able to come back with a fresh start at home. It would be niegs to get in front of our fans. Weve got to play better. This doesnt happen wi coming home. Weve got to do something about it. Now, if history is any indication, theyve done their job since 22006. They have nothing but respect for the oakland crowds. They been that way, though. They came out, supported it. Theyve made a lot of noisz. I think the warriors had one of the best add van tangs in the nba. Theyve always had great fans. Fans are always consistently great. Its going to be a difficult environment to come out with a win. The sharks, of course, can sweep their way through for the second year in a row with a win over the kings tonight down at the staples center. Right now, we bring in brody brazil for the pornls of the 30 tonight. On the other hand, the sharks have been in the situation for the last several years. They understand right now its time to capitalize and end it. We expect our best game of the series tonight. Its going to be a great game. And, yeah, youve got to have the Killer Instinct and, you know, be next to it. I think youve got to put teams away whenever you can. You dont want to give out any hope. And then theres the other side of it chrks is rest. Which is very important. You put a team away when you can. If we think were playing with muligans, were in trouble. Theres a fine line between his team feeling pressure right now and being able to stay loose. His only thought is just imagining how sweet it would be if his team came back in the series and made it interesting. By the way,pregame live over on Comcast Sports net, california. But, for right now, Brodie Brazil in los angeles for bay area sports. Lets talk some baseball. Trying to break a twogame slide. 20, as. Of course, the big story here tonight is basketball. The warriors and clippers, game three, series tied at one a piece. The winner of tonights game really takes a strength to hold on to the series. Its going to be loud. It will be loud. A full 30 minutes of bay area sports, you can watch sports net central on Comcast Sports net bay area. From russia with love, a Dog Rescue Organization is planning to bring a dog from sochi, russia to the monteray peninsula for adoption. She was trapped and taxen to a she wanter as sochi was getting ready for the olympics. Shes just more than one of a dozen dogs adopted after the olympics. Remember this story falling in love with the family of stray dogs and later adopted several of those dogs. Thats super cute. Very humanitarian of him. Thanks for joining me. Have a great evening, stay dry. Well see you at 11 00. Really. So our business can be on at ts network for 175 dollars a month . Yup. All five of you for 175. Our clients need a lot of attention. Theres unlimited talk and text. Were working deals all day. You get 10 gigabytes of data to share. What about expansion potential . Add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. Low dues great terms lets close. Our best ever value plans for business just got even better. Now with free broadband for a whole year. Her silence about the ugliest catfight in history. Now on extra. Extra extra you are a dumb kenya today on her nuclear throwdown with porsha. Nene taking sides. I have seen porsha. Tori and deans meltdown. Was it staged for tv . Weve got mcdermott today. A lot of people saying youre doing it for publicity. 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