Vol hit situation. Were right now off by the East Ridge Mall where crews are trying to get a grip of this grass fire off qu irksimby road. Although i see and hear that sirens are surrounding, perhaps more crews are here to help. Im sure looking to surround this fire. There is a nearby Mobile Home Park being threatened. Flying over the wall around that Mobile Home Park. To what fire crews have been worried about, lack of rain the drought, everything so dry and flammable once the fire starts it can quickly spread. We are on one end of the fire so perhaps another area crews are getting a were here by a Business Park and you can see that the flames here, the flames are right beyond that wall there getting close to us. So far, no reports of injuries. But again, if really, really fast moving situation here. People are nervously watching this fire hoping the crews can get a grip on this very soon and right now, east capital is closed in both directions but on our way, we saw that quimby road is closed. Thats the latest. And before we let you go it looks like some of the neighbors dont appear to be too concerned, but as youve been speaking with people there who are worried about their properties. Right now, we came by a Business Park only people who are just passer byes who just happened to get a glance. On the other side where the Mobile Home Park you can imagine people are very concerned and scott here the camera man, is showing you crews are working to make sure the fire doesnt brush here to this Business Park. On this end, theyre getding control of thing, i cant speak for the other end. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Right now, take a look at this time lapse of the fire. Showing that smoke filling the air from the time it started. Time goes by the smoke continues to burn. More and more going up. The stephanie was talking about, it goes up to i guess thats the west or the south and then it gets kind of cut off and pushed the other way. And thats just the onshore wind. You go up in the atmosphere, you lose the friction. The hire up you go, the stronger the wind. Calm winds at the surface. The jet stream is kicking. Winds up to 50, 100 Miles Per Hour and the jet stream at the surface, only up to 20 Miles Per Hour. Those columns of air, we dont usually talk about, usually dont have to but because we can see it billowing up around space, some pretty neat science happening there. The other neat thing happened this afternoon, shower thunderstorm, didnt put down a whole lot of lightning, but it is adding to our drought. That 3 to 5 inches of rain this past weekend and tomorrow another repeat performance is is expected. More showers and thunderstorms erupt around noon tomorrow but theyre headed towards the east so song the Central Valley will have to worry. A lot of that will move out of here. We are going to wake up to some fog tomorrow morning and temperatures by lunchtime, still in the 60s. But we are talking about 70s and 80s this week. Back to you. Thanks a lot and we have been covering the breaking news of the grass fire in san jose since 5 00 p. M. If you could like to get breaking news alerts on your smart phone, download our app. It is free. Fire crews have certainly not had a break today. Earlier today, they were responding to an Apartment Fire that left a dozen people homeless. This started at an apartment come lex. One of the residents smelled a fire and arert eded the others. Everythings so dry because of drought that crews say they may overrespond. So we can get a head start or ahead of the fire. Any little ember, anything a spark from a tool. Anything. Will get it going. Now, 65 firefighters responded to this fire in the san jose foothills yesterday. A dozen homes were threatened there. Firefighters were able to prevent the flames from spreading. Keeping the roads safe. Memorial day weekend is one of their buzzest of the year. Theyre out in force with extra patrols and check points across the area. Christie smith live in San Francisco. You just went on with a ride along with one of our officers. What did you see . The chp in San Francisco has been anticipated more traffic because of the san Mateo Hayward bridge they got it. But they are out in if you remember hs looking for those speeding and under the influence and also those who arent wearing their seat belt. The maximum enforcement period runs through midnight tomorrow. The click it or Ticket Campaign is underway. The idea is to promote safety and educate people. Williams said he can spot them. See that belt buckle hanging down off the car, youll see people sometimes leaning forward in the vehicle, the front or the back jump forward and youll see nothing there. Its not hard to spot. Now, to jumpstart the holiday weekend, the chp held a dui check point here harrison in San Francisco earlier. Also wanted to mention in Santa Clara County this crackdown has resulted in 29 arrests. Last year that number was 48 up to this same time. According to the state, chp Office Overall dui arrests appear to be declining. Live in San Francisco, nbc bay area news. Thank you. If you are hitting the roads tonight, the san mateo bridge still closed. Taking a live look at it right now. This is how we never see it. Empty. You can see some of the work that is ongoing, theyre on the bridge making repairs, it should be open by 5 00 tomorrow. The closure is sending drivers on other paths across the bay. Checking in now with how the bay bridge looks, this is a vast improvement. A big mess there. Moving pretty well. New details on the environmental disaster happening near Santa Barbara, the Company Behind tuesdays rupture the is working to ensure the pipe doesnt leak anymore. So far, the estimated spill, about 100,000 gallons. Maybe 20,000 or so have spilled into the ocean. The spokesperson also addressed concerns as to why the pipe was not shut off with an automatic switch. It is much safer for controllers who understand the high droll high drollics than for a computer to close that valve on oil travel ng a confined space thats under high pressure. The companys also working with crews to create a longterm cleanup plan. Our leaders need to Santa Barbara community up in arms over this latest oil disaster. The group dressed in beach attire and gas masks, hoping to get the governors attention. Theyre calling on Governor Brown to ban extreme forms of extraction as well as fracking. As we continue to follow this breaking news out of san jose as crews continue to work on this grass fire we did see big, huge plumes of flames. Right now, you can see it smoulderring. It is looking like its getting more under control now. Also no longer silent. The man caught running silk road from the San Francisco library. Finally explains why he did it. Also, terrible weather situation here in oklahoma and texas. These floods have now turned kedly. We will show you how bad the situation is becoming and how much damage the walters are leaving behind. We continue to follow breaking news in the south bay. Youre looking at a grass field near east capital expressway and quimby road. Firefighters getting the upper hand on this and quickly and in a big way. There was a lot of flames. A lot of black smoke. Not that long ago. You can see all the Fire Equipment the fiftrefighters out there, they are doing to job. Both directions continue to be closed. They seem to have a handle on it. They have stopped this from getting into the homes nearby. We have report from annette on the scene that some of the embers were getting over the fence, but not starting any fires and as you can see, san jose fire doing the job. New at 6 00, the San Francisco man convicted of creating and operating the underground website, silk road breaks his silence. He was arrested in 2013. He was caught at a San Francisco library using the wifi there to run the website. On friday, he submitted a presentencing letter to a judge explaining his motives. He says his intentions was about giving People Freedom and the opportunity to pursue their own happiness how they saw fit. Now, this was a website where you could purchase drugs. He went on to say, quote, what it turned into was in part a convenient way to satisfy their drug addiction. He faces life in prison and he is sentenced on may 29th. And developing new in the great plains flash flood waters turned deadly after intense rains there. This from clairemore oklahoma. A firefighter trying to rescue people trapped in their homes by the water was swept away and killed. He was a 20year veteran with the fire department. Check out this catsastrophic flooding from texas. They helped the driver inside the car escape. It actually flipped over and drifts out of sight, so that was really just in the nick of time and also, the water receding in a couple of other places but still, the danger not over yet. Brian mooar has the story. Reporter caught in a north texas flash flood, wade carson lost his suv, but not his friend. Very, very traumatic. We were fighting the current, we were no match for that. Reporter intense flooding is threatening lives from oklahoma to texas, where jason farley drowned during a water rescue. Another death was reported in san marcos texas, south of austin. One of many communities suddenly overwhelmed and underwater. If you are forced to go to the roof of your home take something white. You can flag, let us know youre there. Reporter ironically, this region had been suffering through a drought until the storms hit. Bringing rains and winds that blew the roof off this haus oos apartment building. The water rose 33 feet in just three hours. With water well above flood stage in wichita falls, officials are bracing for a new storm that didnt hit. We dodged a bullet quite frankly. Reporter but many other communities havent been and wont be as fortunate as the rainfalls and waters rise. In addition to flooding, large areas of texas and oklahoma are facing the threat of tornados. Bin brian mooar, nbc news washington. What a crazy weather back there, but around here, its the wind blowing the flames around in that fire in east san jose. In fact our winds yesterday and today up to 20 Miles Per Hour and its not overly gusty, especially for this time of year. We could see winds anywhere from 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour so with winds up to 20 miles an hour and nothing really happening out there, it just sets the stage p for a volatile fire season. Temperatures today, warmer than yesterday. Dublin, livermore, a pair of 70s. 63 today in okayland. 56 in San Francisco. The closer you got to the marine air, you felt it. The fog is starting to build, but we still have showers and thunderstorms athis evening. Same expected for tomorrow afternoon and evening. All associated with the same storm system thats about 300 miles away towards the rok kickies. You saw the devastating flooding from texas and oklahoma and the interesting thing about that weather is catch this, just last year, it was a severe drought. Were not the only ones and now, theyre getting that rain they need, but unfortunately, its coming all too soon. Hopefully, well see that same pattern for us. Things shift around towards this upcoming winter, wubut we are well into fire season. You can see temperatures not that bad for the fog is building from the peninsula in San Francisco. Youll notice those temperatures tomorrow, chilly at the coastline. 63 for San Francisco. 73 for the south bay and 75 for the east bay. High pressure is going to be the culprit over the next couple of days. Thats going to make for warmer conditions as we head through the upcoming week. By thursday and friday temperatures in the 80s, so for tomorrow, mid70s for the south bay. Peninsula, youll see mid60s to low 70s. San francisco from ocean beach to soma, low 60s there. Trivalley, mid70s there. Look at this. Yes, beach weather. Were talkinging about the return of 80s by thursday and friday. Our inland valleys, at the coastline, temperatures will struggle to get out of the 60s. Back to you. Thanks so much. Nbcs lester holt has a message for this Years College grads and really for all of us. Dont miss your moment. Well explain coming up next. No gangs, no drug no violence. Those are the goals of some in one south bay charter school. They got together to tackle all three goals and they did it with a toy gun buy back and a play depicting the pitfalls of gang life. Its important to reach kids at an early age to prevent them from joining gangs in the first place. Doors of opportunity that will swing open when you least expect them to. My career has been marked by these moments. One of the guys in television. Lester holt, his advice to the class of 2015. The marin native delivered the address and received an honorary doctorate from the university he attended in the 1970s. He dropped out in 1979 to go to work for a San Francisco radio station. He is now the interim anchor for nbc nightly news and he covers so many other things. And he has covered breaking news for hours at a time. They once asked him how do that and he said ive got a cast iron bladder. To which the world said, tmi, mr. Holt. Im not going to ask you about any of that. Lets talk sports, giants, anything else but what i just talked about. Weve got several other things to talk about than a cast iron bladder, believe me. Lets get right to it. Good to see you. The giants made a surprising roster move today. Well tell you which big name player was sent packing. It might surprise you. And the 99th running of the indy 500 took place today. Well show you who kissed the bricks and had a nice drink of milk. Its all coming up after the break. The war yos yors and rocket rs the top two team, but it appears the teams are not on the same level. They are one win away from sweeping the rockets and advancing to victory. That hasnt happened since 1975. They won by 35 points. 11580 was the final. Looks like the rockets may have run out of fuel. The teams meet tomorrow at 6 00. Warriors are 70 against the rockets, but they refuse to take houston lightly. Seth curry is the superstar, the media darling and he is also a cocky, heartless asassen on the court. Its impressive. When you think youve seen it all, he comes with a little more. Comfortable, very good moment and just kind of block out the extracurricular stuff that could distract you from the focus on the court. So, pretty content on where we are and keep Getting Better doing what were doing. He was fantastic in game three and steve kerr was also impressed with the play of his entire team. He said at practice today that the first half of game three was one of their best halves of the season. Nbc bay area. Thank you. Very nice job. Well, after just two months, the giants have decided to make a big move at third base, the defending champs have designated casey mcgee for assignment. Hes been struggling this season, batting. 200. Move leaves matt duffy as their every day third baseman. The giants were taking on the rockies. Yes, it was mullet hat day in colorado. Oh my goodness dwane kuiper, nice mullet. Bases loaded for troy tulowitzki. That would end tim hudsons day. Next batter, nolan. Smashes a threerun homer to left field to make it 90, colorado. This one got out of hand. Rockies went 112. A fun day for rocky fans with bad, bad hair. Okay as in tampa. Dont waste any time son. Solo shot his first career home run. Oakland on the board. Everyone giving them big high five fives. Gray takeses a comebacker off the ankle. He would leave the game five innings with a bruised ankle. Xrays were negative. Top of the sixth. Oakland, threerun shot. As going to win 72. The running of the indy 500. Four laps to go and juan pablo montoya, he passes will power to take a late lead. They are teammates, but theyre battling for first place. Montoya was in third place at one time in this race. He holds off power and grabs the checkered flag. The second career win in the indy 500 and last victory coming in 2000. He drinks the milk. Well see you later tonight. I love it. Very cool. 30th to first. Thanks, henry. Well be right back. Just wrapping up the breaking new, firefighters appear to make good progress. Both directions of the capital expressway are closed. See you at 11 00. Ug mcconnell hello, im Doug Mcconnell and weve got some great discoveries for you along the open road. 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