Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 20160415

In both directions during the initial chase. The suspects were considered armed and dangerous, but police said they could not confirm whether the suspects were armed with a weapon at that time. The four made it about a quarter mile from the freeway here in this neighborhood. But were caught at cedar and central as i mentioned within the last half hour. Without any shots fired, without any injury to any officers right now. Police are no longer looking as i mentioned for any suspects at large. As you can see behind me, traffic in the area has returned to normal. Reporting live in fremont, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. All right, chuck, thank you very much. Also we are following a developing story that started out as a statewide amber alert. It was issued out of soledad in Monterey County this morning. A father reported that someone stole his car and his 2yearold was still inside. Just a few hours ago we learned that police did find toddler safe in nearby gonzalez. Thats where we find nbc bay areas robert handa joining us live. Robert do we know how that little boy is doing . Reporter we have heard that he is doing pretty well. Hes being examined right now. We have been seeing investigators here coming and going since we first reported from this scene at 5 00. Again, we are in the remote hills of the town of gonzales where based on a tip from a Passerby Police tracked down the stolen black honda accord. Inside that shed with the young boy locked inside the vehicle. Right now police call it an inadvertent kidnapping. Soledad police say the suspected abduction took place at the home of jose vargas on head street just before 7 00 this morning. Police say the father claims he left his 2yearold son who he called jacob in a running car warming up on the driveway. Investigators say when he came back out, the car was gone. The mother who is divorced from jose, the father, and jacobs stepfather, rushed to soledad from salinas after being told by police about the possible kidnaping. The mother who asked us not to show her face was worried and angry. Im upset. Im nervous. Im heartbroken. Im wondering how my child is doing. Reporter after almost eight tense hours, the police said the car had been spotted in a shed off river road in gonzales. Officers broke into the car and retrieved the boy who was rushed to the hospital to be checked. It did appear that finding the car where it is in the proximity that its i believe its consistent with what we initially thought, somebody was an opportunist saw the running vehicle unattended, jumped in and lo and behold discovered he had a child inside. We are happy. Were just really grateful that the authorities located the vehicle and found the child safe. And were hoping that hell be showing up here real soon. Reporter but first jacob has to be examined medically and police also want to interview him to see if the 2yearold can shed some answers on who left the car and him up here in the hills. Live in gonzales, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Well, at least the boy is well. Thank you very much, robert. A followup now to a story we first broke right here last night at 11 00. Bullet holes, thats what youre looking at. Inside San Franciscos hall of justice. And the person who fired the gun actually carries a badge. Happened inside the bailiffs office. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith joins us from San Francisco. Christie, the sheriff is now taking action over these bullet holes. Reporter yes, thats right. We spoke with the sheriff. She said there will be two separate inquiries into this. Shes also talking about additional training for those deputies. She sent out a bullet bulletin to the department to make sure it doesnt happen again. I was relieved nobody was hurt was my first reaction. My second reaction what were they thinking. Reporter San Francisco sheriff Vickie Hennessey says an investigation began immediately after she received word that a deputy accidentally discharged a nonduty firearm at the hall of justice. In the meantime, what we have done is were organizing oneonone training for them, both on safety procedures. Weve put out a departmentwide bulletin for the department about gun safety. This is that bulletin. As we reported exclusively last night a bailiff who doesnt carry a weapon in their current role showed it to another deputy in a bailiffs office. It went off around 7 00 a. M. Both are still on duty. As far as policy, she says its not entirely clear but there are certain circumstances. Deputies are allowed to have a concealed weapon. But not while theyre on duty unless its approved by the department and that they have qualified with that particular weapon. For a deputy to bring in his own weapon and for somehow it to be accidentally discharged is pretty scary. Reporter public defender jeff adachi says hes concerned. I think that the situation should be thoroughly investigated. There needs to be transparency so we understand what happened and to make sure that this wont happen again. Reporter were told that this initial investigation could take two to three weeks. And there may be discipline involved. Reporting live in San Francisco, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Okay. Thank you, christie. A major win for unions in a heated lawsuit over job protections for teachers. Today an Appeals Court threw out a Lower Court Ruling that would have radically altered public education. At issue job protection like tenure and layoff laws that may cause less experienced teachers to lose their jobs during downturns regardless of what they do in the classroom. A lower court judge had said that those job protections are unconstitutional. Today, though, a reversal. A threejudge Appeals Court said some School Administrators make bad staffing decisions but the evidence doesnt floouft laws are unconstitutional. The lawsuit was actually brought by a nonprofit. When the initial ruling came down that ruling made national news. The nine plaintiffs in the case which include some students from the bay area said they do intend to appeal the ruling to the california Supreme Court. Its a kind of story that we are hearing about again and again. Skyrocketing rents pushing longtime tenants out. Especially at Mobile Home Parks when land values make the rents go up. Well, tonight hundreds of People Living in the plaza del rey Mobile Home Park in sunnyvale are facing a drastic increase in rent. They have a difficult decision to make these tenants. Reporter many people have been living here for decades. It is considered below market housing rates. Some people here are on fixed incomes. Any increase is a big challenge as far as the budget goes. Straight up american greed. Reporter pam less when her mom moved into this Mobile Home Park in 1971 said she paid 100 a month. Now tenants pay around 900 to rent the space which does not include the cost of the home. And starting on may 1st, that will increase by 8 . The rent is exceeding what our income is per month. So it makes it its like where do you go to live now . Reporter pam like many of her neighbors are facing difficult choices. Im going to have to get rid of my dining room table. Reporter liz is selling furniture to make some extra money. Shes planning to move to sacramento where rents are more affordable. Its really a sad affair. Reporter twobedroom apartments within walking distance of delray Mobile Home Park are listed for more than 3,000 a month. A Company Spokesperson for the Property Owner the Carlisle Group says there will be a Hardship Program in place to help residents who might have difficulty paying rent. And went on to say the increased rent will help pay for upgrades and property maintenance. Now, pam doesnt know if shell qualify for the financial assistance. But shes hoping she can continue to call sunnyvale home. You just dont expect to have to keep ping more and more and more and how far is it going to go . Reporter many of the people here are hoping the city will support rent control. They do have a meeting set up next saturday with the mayor of sunnyvale. Reporting live in sunnyvale michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. No longer chasing history. The Golden State Warriors now stand alone with 73 wins 73, that magic number. And now with the playoffs just two days away, the warriors are focusing on the next challenge, the playoffs. The fans are still celebrating last nights historymaking win. Nbc bay areas kim yonenaka caught up with some of the fans today and theyre still ecstatic over it. Reporter a lot of happy people, jess. You could feel the good vibes throughout oakland as fans celebrate the warriors and gear up for game one of the playoffs. Taking their place in the annals of the nba with the greatest regular season record of all time if the regular season is going down in history, then why not eye backtoback championships . Its going to be a challenge for sure. The west is no joke. Everybody is much better. So were very excited. Time to gear up for these playoffs. Reporter while the team shops for their next title, fans still relishing in the historic season grabbed commemorative gear. I think its just going to be a march to the title. And thats the perfect statement to make for saturdays game. Reporter game one of the first round of playoffs takes place in just two days. Today crews prepped the arena and built a new pregame tailgate quartarea in the parki lot. The festive mood continued at this restaurant where fans raised a glass filled with beer that costs just 73 cents. All in honor of the dubs 73 regular season wins. Its just great for people to get out and celebrate and watch the game together. And we look forward to taking on this championship and backtoback. Reporter now, there are still Tickets Available to saturdays playoff game. What we saw on line the least expensive roughly 200. Thats for a seat in the upperlevel. If you have deeper pockets, about 4600 a seat can get you one courtside. Reporting live in oakland, im kim yonenaka, nbc bay area news. Thank you, kim. As she mentioned the warriors face the Houston Rockets next. The action starts at oracle arena saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 12 30. Game two also at oracle on monday night. Then the dubs hit the road for games three and four thursday and sunday in houston. If necessary, game five would be back in oakland and that would be april 27. Go, dubs. Uber on the move. Where the company just got the green light to set up new offices. Im Damian Trujillo live in san jose where these students are ready to fly to the u. S. Supreme court and argue for immigration reform. Thats coming up next. And good evening. Im meteorologist jeff rainieri. We had that rainfall early this morning that equated to. 06 inch in downtown san jose and. Of 04 inch in morgan hill. For tomorrow a lot windier and also warmer. Well have your full microclimate forecast in about ten minutes. She lives in fear of losing her mother every single day. A south bay teenager is hoping for a front row seat as the Supreme Court hold their hearings on the issue on monday. The court is taking up a case that could allow her undocumented mother to stop worrying about being deported. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo is live in san jose where the teenager and damian sounds like several other students are hoping to fly to the nations capitol. Reporter thats right, peggy. All these teenagers are ready to fly out to washington, d. C. They fly out early tomorrow morning. All of them are either citizens or legal residents. Theyre hoping the Supreme Court will allow their parents to stay in this country. Even on her spring break, jazmine sends her free time hitting the books. But ask her about her mom and it rattles the high school sophomore. It scares me knowing that one day i might come home from school and she wont be there. Reporter jasmine mom is undocumented. The family fears she may be deported any day. On monday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on president obamas executive action on immigration called daca and dapa. If the justices side with the president it will mean jazmines mom can stay and obtain a work permit because she is the mother of a legal rest dent, in this case u. S. Citizen. Maybe just know that shes safe here and i wouldnt have to worry about my younger sister. Reporter the immigrant rights group siren is flying jasmine and several students from the south bay to washington, d. C. Theyll try to be inside the highest court to personally witness those oral arguments. Doesnt mean able to go to washington, d. C. Give her mom and her family a voice that wouldnt be there if she wasnt able to go. Reporter if the justices rule against the president , jasmine says she wont know how to handle those fears that have been haunting her. The future of undocumented students, the dreamers, is now also in the hands of the justices of the Supreme Court. Live in san jose, im Damian Trujillo, nbc bay area news. Police say they have wanted man in custody. Charles justice seen here was arrested yesterday. Hes wanted for the Armed Robbery of a Pleasant Hill Nordstrom Rack store. Happened tuesday. After the crime justice allegedly made a highspeed getaway in a car, evading police for awhile, hiding out for over a week before u. S. Marshalls tracked him down in the city of corning which is up north off of highway 5. Justice is a parolee and hes facing a number of charges now. The family of a u. C. Berkeley Football Player who died during a practice has now reached a settlement with the university. Parents of ted agu will receive 4. 5 million. Their 21yearold son collapsed during a conditioning drill in february 2014. He was rushed to the hospital but could not be revived. Doctors discovered he had a heart condition that made it difficult for his blood to reach his heart. The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming that coaches and trainers should have noticed his symptoms. Taking one of the last undeveloped portions in mission bay, plans have been approved for new uber offices. San Francisco Planning Commission confirms the building will be located at 1455 third street and 1515 third street. Just a few blocks from the bay front park. Uber offices will total over 400,000 square feet, have a Childcare Center and plenty of windows. Mission bay offices set to open in 2019. That uper is currently headquartered in a lease space on market street. Were not talk about cash or jewels, it appears thieves are going crazy for california nuts. A new report claims that sophisticated criminal organizations are stealing more than 4. 6 million of california nuts. The thieves are targeting trucks that carry the snacks, including some that have load worth about half a million dollars. The alliance of ag business reports that the thefts have hit an alltime high in the past year. Lets turn things over to meteorologist jeff rainieri. Talked about the little bit of rain we got this morning and then it certainly cleared up. Looks really nice here throughout the east bay. Its going to be a prelude throughout the next couple of days. Right now in our Weather Underground Sky Camera Network behind me a little hazy. But overall cool afternoon for us. 62 degrees right now. And a lot warmer again as youll see in that scrolling sevenday forecast as we push ahead towards tomorrow. Right now throughout san jose, 62 degrees and we also have some of the haze. But all in all a real nice past couple of hours here for us throughout the bay area. As we head into tomorrow mornings forecast, it will start cold. Were going to go down to as low as 43 in the north bay, San Francisco 49. 48 in the peninsula. And 47 for the south bay. So a jacket for the morning. But then check out by the afternoon, were going to go from low 60s today to low 70s for tomorrow. For the south bay that will put us at 71 for your high, trivalley 73. San francisco stays cool on friday with 66. North bay is going to push up to 75 throughout wine country looking really good. Beyond this in the forecast we will have also some rough waves that were going to be tracking. Anywhere from 10 to about 15 feet at the coastline. If some warmer weather has you heading for the coastline watch out for the dangerous surf at the immediate beaches. Now as we look ahead past the next couple of days in the forecast we are going to be seeing some changes. Well have just a slightly above average chance of some rainfall here with el nino still fading for may, june and also for july. As we head throughout the summer well have our typical dry months returning. Then by next fall la la nina looks to develop. This could be average to slightly below average rainfall. Well continue to track the longrange outlook. It looks good for a few more storms the next couple months. Ladies . Thank you, jeff. The bay areas newest exhibit revives an old debate. The reason museum fast tracked its display on pot. The school hired a consultant to elimine happening now. Uc davis is hoping to clear up its online image. The school has hired a consultant to eliminate a negative search result of the 2011 attack that led to National Criticism when Police Pepper sprayed student protesters on campus. You can find that story on our web site. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders facing off in a highstakes debate in new york tonight. Check out our twitter page for details. More news after the break. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette museum. Okay. Heres a first for you. Marijuana not that in a grow house but in a museum. Oakland museum of california is ready to open its first Museum Exhibit on the much debated drug this weekend. Nbc bay areas lili tap got a sneak peek today. Reporter its considered groundbreaking. An exhibit all about marijuana. Our team is in the last stages of installation. Reporter the final touches on altered state, marijuana in california, are nearly complete. We really want this to be a place where people can have a dialogue and have an honest conversation about what their hopes and fears are around legalizing marijuana. Reporter the cure ator says the museum doesnt have a stance on recreational pot use but did fast track the exhibit hoping to educate people before the november ballot. Inside recreational refer section. Reporter live marijuana plants. A cannabis confessional where people can write their opinions anonymously. People are like i love marijuana i use it all the time. People are like marijuana has ruined my personal relationships. Reporter and hands on learning tools. We obviously cant allow visitors to touch marijuana because thats illegal. We have a glove box that you would use in a biohazard lab so you can play with the pants. Reporter polls show that more than half of californias likely november voters support legalizing pot. Its easy to make decisions or opinions based on myth. Hopefully we can do anytime a more educated way. I think its great. Rodeos William Gomez is not one of these. An exhibit like this of marijuana is telling our kids that its okay to do it. Reporter he says he may still bring his kids when the exhibit opens saturday, but only if it means they can learn something. Reporting from oakland, lili tan, nbc bay area news. If you are a frequent bart rider, youve encountered them. The broken escalators of bart stations are finally getting a big fix. The bart board today decided to spend 3 million to replace obsolete parts. This will be on 12 of the most frequently broken escalators at six San Francisco bart stations. But the board today also took on a much bigger problem, the agency is facing a half billion dollar deficit over the next ten years. And they say that ticket sales and taxes will cause a hole the one potential solution that was floated around today, raising barts base fare. Small technology playing a big role in the upcoming rio olympics. Im scott budman. Coming up, how a small bay area camera is helping local athletes train. The dental assistant accused of molesting children in the exam room makes his first court appearance. Im Jodi Hernandez in martinez where the prosecutor is talking about the case tonight for the first time. Ill have details coming up. Not in the 20 years that ive been here not with this many victims and this type of situation its particularly troubling jess take vo the prosecutor calling it one of the most disturbing cases not in the 20 years ive been here. Not with this many victims in this type of situation. Its particularly troubling. Prosecutor calling it one of the most disturbing cases hes ever faced. An east bay dental assistant accused of molesting children in the exam room. He makes his first appearance in court. So far, four young girls have come forward. But police say there could be as many as are you ready 50 victims in this case. The alleged attacks happened at a dental office in concord. Police say that the molestations were recorded on camera. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez is live in martinez at the contra cotta county courthouse with new details on this disturbing case that seems to get worse and worse, jodi. Reporter peggy, that dental assistant appeared in court today to hear the charges hes facing. The prosecutor overseeing the case calls it one of the biggest and most disturbing of its kind. It sends shock waves through a community when you realize a place where we think our children are safe they werent. Reporter Senior Deputy d. A. Paul graves says hes never seen a case quite like this. 24yearold alejandro saro, a dental assistant at la clinica monument in concord, appeared in court today on charges he molested several children in the exam room. Not in the 20 years ive been here. Not with this many victims and this type of situation. Its particularly troubling. Reporter investigators say saro used his cell phone to record himself touching the children. Theyve identified four victims so far but think there could be dozens more. If youre calling in regards to the case involving dental assistant reporter so far the tip line Concord Police have set up has been flooded with calls. And it seems that the victims, all of the victims were under medical gas at the time these incidents were occurring. So the troubling part is many of these victims were identifying dont even know they are victims. Reporter graves says the case is a huge wakeup call parents. Anytime your child is outside of your view and theyre going have some sort of procedure, if at all possible you want to be with your child. Reporter saros alleged latest victim an 8yearold girl came forward to police. Graves calls her a hero. But for that little girl we would not be standing here today having this conversation. He would still be working in that clinic. And this would still be going on. The Prosecutor Says he does not know how long its going to take to identify all the victims. Theyve got a lot of Video Evidence to pour through. He says they could uncover more Video Evidence. Saro did not make a plea in court today. He will be back in court next week. Reporting live it in martinez, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. All right, jodi, thank you very much. A murder suspect is on the loose and now local police say that he is armed and dangerous. Officers are looking for 28yearold kyle amos. Police say he shot and killed a man last week in fairfield. The search for amos began last night in the area of stephen and james streets. At one point People Living in that area were told to lock their windows and doors and stay inside. If you have any information about his whereabouts, Fairfield Police ask that you give them a call. Turning to decision 2016 now were just five days away from the new york primary. And Hillary Clinton has expanded her lead over Bernie Sanders by 17 points. According to the latest poll, both candidates met yesterday and today vying for support among africanamerican voters. You elect me president , youre going to have a president who is prepared to take on the billionaire class, not take their money. Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, americas long struggle with racism is far from finished. And we are seeing that in this election. Meanwhile top staffers from Donald Trumps campaign met with republicans on capitol hill this morning. Trump is attempting to garner more support for his president ial run. California congressman duncan hunter, san diego, was one of the lawmakers who organized that closed door meeting. How do you feel about your money . In an exclusive nbc bay area field poll found that 54 of californians feel that their federal and state tax bills are simply too high. 40 said the amount is just about right. And 2 said its too low. Meanwhile 48 say they are now financially better off this year than they were last year. 25 say theyre worse off. And 27 say theres no change. But how about this . 46 describe the state as being in quote economic bad times. And 39 say the state is in good times economically. It is just after 10 30 in the morning in japan right now. Rescuers are still desperately searching for victims of a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of calls for help are coming in every hour. A 6. 5 earthquake struck at 9 45 at night in southern japan near the island of kushu. Happened just over 12 hours ago. So far nine people are reported dead, dozens are in the hospital. Now, that tembler triggered fires that burned overnight. 9 power is still out for thousands. There are reports right now more than two dozen homes have collapsed. Back here in the bay area, hundreds gathered to prepare for an earthquake today as well. A Community Emergency Response Team or cert ran drills in menlo park. Volunteers would be used to do welfare checks during a major disaster. Theyre not Testing New Technology that allows incident commanders to track the positions of and receive live video from each of the certificate teams. We can get video feeds of a collapsed building. They can make an assessment is that a high priority or low priority. Its much better than a verbal report. Because a verbal report from a nonprofessional tends to be ambiguous. Visual report is unambiguous. Heres a picture from a billing thats collapsed. Today the cert team handed out pamphlets on dangers of standing water and mosquitoes and the potential for disease. To 2016 summer games just around the corner. And the road to rio will be paved with technology. All sorts of bay area gadgets and software being used to help out olympic athletes, train, get them there yes. And among the products theyre using a very small camera that youre probably already familiar with. Were talking about a go pro. Our business and tech reporter scott budman is here with a look at how technology can make a big difference for some of these athletes. Youre right, jessica and peggy. Go pro cameras like this one have long been popular with athletes because they let them show off what they do. Now theyre being used by athletes to train for the games. You already know go pro cameras. Theyre everywhere. On kids toys, recording the way we get around. Now the cameras are going from extreme sports to training for olympic sports. Like bmx racing. Because we measure everything the athlete does and it streams it live and it records it, they can go back after the fact and brutally tear down their performance frame by frame by frame. They use go pros underwater. Reporter theyre also improving strokes. On land and under the water. Where olympic hopefuls are training using the tiny cameras. All of these olympic swimmers that train at the pool every day literally theyre putting in hours and hours of work. And a fraction of a second makes a difference. And being able to scrub through frame by frame with coachs eye, thats what allows them to get better. Reporter with an unlimited number of angles and huge amounts of data to choose from, go pro is changing the way athletes train for the games. Some of the Great Companies that we have in the program are doing Sports Performance analysis and helping athletes improve their performance. Reporter one spoke and one stroke at a time. We will be hearing more from and seeing more from Companies Like go pro as we get towards the olympics. Bay area olympic swimmer Missy Franklin signed a deal with a company to put on a series lled finding missy. We will see more about her journey in the weeks to come. Back to you guys. Im looking forward to that. Thank you, scott. Just a reminder we are your home for the summer olympics. In fact ill be heading to rio and ill be bringing you live updates throughout the olympics. Okay. Tales from the tracks. How a local photographer turned three years on amtrak into an art exhibit. And also an odd find in the east bay. Take a look at these. These bronze bars now the search for their owner. And another reason why its so expensive to live in california. Auto repairs. Speaking of why its so ex pensi expensive to live in the state of california, auto repairs. California ranking among the most expensive. This is from the repair Pal Institute which finds alaska is the most expensive place to get your car repaired. The average repair cost is almost 1400. Michigan and connecticut not too far behind. California ranks at 11th with the average car repair costing about 1200. Seat hogs beware. Bart will soon start ticketing you if you take up more than one seat or if you stretch out too much or put your bags there. Bart directors approved the new rule today. Heres the way it goes. The first time violators youll get a warning. First ticket will cost you 100. Second offense, 200 bucks. 500 after that. Now, the rule doesnt go into effect until bart directors iron out how theyre going to enforce it. People who are too large for one seat or have a medical condition will be exempt. Fighting back against a munie price hike. An online petition is circulating demanding San Francisco transit leaders reverse the plan to raise ticket prices by 25 cents. The proposal was approved last week but it would only apply to passengers with cash. Critics say the fare hike unfairly favors riders who use clipper cars which some commuters say they just cant afford. So far nearly 6800 people have signed the petition. If youre missing a set of bronze collectibles, police in the east bay would like to hear from you. Take a look at these. Fremont police recovered this set of character bars during a probation search in hayward. They feature several disney characters. So theyre pretty unique. They also have some of Elvis Presley and also the lone ranger. Investigators say that there is a strong likelihood these bronze bars were stolen. The Fremont Police department has posted the pictures on social media hoping that the owner will come forward to claim them. They are pretty unusual. I would imagine now with a bit of attention somebody will notice those. Super cool. They are cool. So jeff, our weather whiplash continues. I know. Its cold, hot, windy, cold, hot. Youre exactly right. Tomorrow its going to be a lot warmer. This weekend gets hotter the. The live look outside in walnut creek 62. Were beginning to clear out cloud cover we have today and from those showers in walnut creek. Thats where i was this morning. Kids in case you missed the shout out in the 5 00, thank you so much for having me at buena vista elementary school. I was out there talking weather and science. Such smart kids. Remember if you work hard you can have any career you want. Back with the full Weather Forecast and timeline on the weekend heat in just a few minutes. Were all out there looking for the same thing. Riding the rails in search of stories. The end result for San Francisco photographer who spent three years on an amtrak going around the country. Those are some good looking tomatoes. Yep. How long have you been growing them . For a couple months. Me too. Hey leonard, if weve been growing our tomatoes the same amount of time, why did your dirt grow more than my dirt . Because my dirts better than your dirt. Oh. Natures care organic potting mix produces more tomatoes than those other guys. Thats some good dirt. Produces more tomatoes than those other guys. But one San Francisco photographer. Found okay. Public transportation isnt always a fun ride. But one San Francisco photographer found inspiration riding amtrak trains across the country. Nbc bay areas joe rosato jr. Shows us the stories hes discovered on the rails. Reporter when you travel the country by rail, the journey is as momentous as the destination. At its core its about connection. Reporter for a time nick evans became one of the regular passengers riding amtrak crisscrossing the heart of the u. S. By rail. Portland and seattle across to chicago. Just had my camera with me as i always do and was taking pictures of the scenery. Reporter but the San Francisco photographer discovered the scenery wasnt just outside the window. It was inside the train. Williston, north dakota. Has a tattoo of his own profile. Soon he began training his large format camera on his fellow passengers. People would say hey what are you doing with that . What kind of camera is that . And it would be a conversation starter. Reporter while his camera captured their images collecting peoples stories. Reporter notebooks captured their stories. Each person they made pictures, they write their stories in the book. My name is carla hendrickson. I have hopes of owning my own salon spa. So you can see on his stomach he has a bag of doughnuts. Its a public art residency where you eat, sleep, photograph, live with the people that im interested in. This is one of my favorites. Reporter four years of twoweek rail travels resulted in thousands of images, stories and now my sense is that she was going to work. Reporter an Art Exhibition evans calls in search of great men. I think he captured a slice of america, a portion of america thats fading. A lot of people i meet on the rail, theyre looking for the hope of a new life, the hope of a better life. Reporter on friday evans exhibition will open in the San Francisco Arts Commission gallery in city hall. The long hallways will become the cars of an eternal train, rumbling through the pastoral landscape of what seems like another time. A place where the destination and the journey become one. Were all out there looking for the same thing. Reporter joe rosato jr. , nbc bay area news. Pretty cool. Theater is having a hard time filling the seats so theyre trying something a bit counter intuitive. One of the nations biggest Movie Theater chains is ready to let their patrons text during movies. Amc theaters is considering a move that would allow people to do this activity that is currently banned. Many see the move as a way to get younger movie goers back into the theaters. Its sort of hard to know how this would work but i guess see the movie, text during the movie. I would take peoples phones away. All right. Lets turn things over to jeff. Yes. I agree with you on that. Text in the movie . Its annoying. The screen lights up. I know. I like it when you put the phone down. Im with you. This weekend if youre headed to the coastline we are looking at some rough surfs. You want to watch out for that. As youll see in the scrolling sevenday forecast temperatures will even be watcher at the immediate coast lines. Watch out for this danger. Right now waves 10 to 21 feet at times. It will go down a little bit here by saturday and sunday. But watch out for those rip currents. They can turn deadly. Best advice would be stay right near the shore wear that spf and enjoy the view. Look outside the sky here right now it has been spectacular this afternoon. 61 in the south bay, blue sky. East bay 62. San francisco a much colder 57. Were also checking in at 58 in the north bay. Tomorrow morning it is going to start off chilly. You will need the jacket especially in the north bay down to 43 degrees. Even chilly for s. F. Standards with 49 and then right across the south bay well begin at 47 degrees. The largest change over the next not two days but four days will be this area of High Pressure building offshore. Tons of hot air with it that really shouldnt be here until about june. So you take the warm air associated with High Pressure. Then you add in another change with our wind. And thats whats going to help temperatures warm up. Not only into the 70s but possibly some 80s this weekend. Heres the deal on the wind. Friday, 10 00 a. M. We still have more of a slight onshore wind. But once we hit the evening hours on friday comes more out of the north and east. It will be gusty, 15 to about 30 miles per hour. But that drier direction in the wind is the main reason why our temperatures will be warming up. So how much warmer . Were good for 5 to 10 degrees of an increase for tomorrow. That will put san jose at 72 degrees. Notice all the sunshine here across our south bay microclimates. For the peninsula 72 in palo alto. In San Francisco sunniest spot the financial district at 68. A little bit cooler towards marina with 63. For the north bay east bay and trivalley, mildest weather across our microclimates will be napa and santa rosa. 74 and 75 respectively. For oakland, 72 degrees. Over towards walnut creek 73. Trivalley also comes in with our low 70s. Lets go ahead and detail the weekend for you. 2k3w got big plans, 79 expected in the south bay on saturday, 85 on sunday. Check it out in San Francisco, 72 on saturday, 77 on sunday. And the north bay 81 and also 85. So very warm weather this upcoming weekend. As we look past this, i also wanted to focus in again in our longrange forecast. We still have a slightly above average chance of some rainfall as we continue throughout may and also june. But el nino, the bottom line is fading. As we head throughout summer our typical drought impacts will be returning. And heres the new thing, peggy and jess. La nina watch has been issued. In the fall near average to slightly below average rainfall chances. Were a long ways from that happening. We will give you updates on anything la nina related the next several months. We know youre on top of it. Thank you, jeff. Still ahead, they are good as gold the warriors record setting regular season is in the books. Why the team says winning it all will be much more difficult this time around. The bay area is hoping for two championship parades this summer. Okay. The bay area hoping for two, two championship parades this summer. Not only the warriors but sharks as well. Game on between the sharks and kings in los angeles about 30 minutes away. Two teams that met in the playoffs two years ago, you remember that. Not the outlook we wanted back then. San jose now is looking for some revenge. After losing that series. Now, in the final game of the regular season, steph curry and the warriors made history last night 73, baby. He was breaking his own records with new records. Nbc bay areas colin resch explains now the real hard part begins. The Golden State Warriors now stand alone with 73 wins. I will say the same thing now they said 20 years ago. I dont think this one will ever be broken. Im going to look back on this and think about it as the best time of my life. Reporter they all should. The players themselves well aware that wednesday nights recordsetting win was memorabilia special. Even for them. Ran on the court like four seconds ago and just stole it. So its tough. But i got it. Reporter draymond got the ball. The team got 73 wins. As for the best shooter in nba history curry for 400 yes, sir needing eight to reach 400 made threes, curry hit ten 402 for the season shattering his own record of 286 set last year. Its just a cool, cool moment. What that one meant. Its just a circus, a show to see him play out there every night. To get 400 threes in a season is hard to put in words. Thats so hard to do. People dole realize it. He makes it look so easy. Reporter they all made it look easy during the regular season. Now come the playoffs which is never easy with a target on your back. A lot of people out there want us to lose now. We have to come out there with our mindset. Tough houston team coming in. They up scraped in the playoffs. Once the playoff starts its a different ball game. Theyll want to come in and try to shock the world. No matter what happens, this has been an incredible season. But it obviously takes on a different meaning if we go on and win the title. And thats our focus now. Reporter in oakland, colin resch, nbc bay area. Speaking of breaking records, a historic win of course remember 73 was the highest rated game ever watched on comcast bay area. Nearly three quarters of a million households in the bay area watched the warriors big win over the grizzlies. And thats not all. It was also the highest rated regional nba game ever recorded in the united states. Again beating a record previously set in 1995 and 96 by the bulls. See how calm they are . So cool. Thats going to do it for us. We hope to see you at 11 00. Bye bye. Term blembler. Jack nicholsons rare oneonone courtside, saying goodbye to kobe bryant. We love him here in l. A. Now on extra. More starpacked than the oscars and grammys. Hollywoods lakers super fans turn out in force. Jack, jayz, kanye, beckham, adam levine, even lamar odom. This is the end of an era. Kobes big l. A. Lakers goodbye. Every moment you didnt see, and where nicholson nearly broke down in tears. Did you shed a tear . Well, uh Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts ultimate girl power, girls night out. Were shutting down hollywood boulevard, as you should