Was shot five times and left to die. I know what its like to emotionally and physically deal with those wounds. Im grateful to be alive but i think of the people who died needlessly. Reporter speier brought a bullet to washington. It was a very powerful moment. But not all passersby in redwood city agree with speier. People should have a right to have a gun to protect themselves but it shouldnt be easily accessible. Reporting arrive from redwood city, laura malpert, nbc bay area news. Tonight police and fire fights are going to be out in full force trying to catch the people setting them off. Elyce kirchner has more. Reporter thats despite fireworks actually being banned here in contra costa county. Even if you buy them legally and bring them to the area. Your best bet is to watch a sanctioned event happening like the ones happening here. You see volunteer behind me getting these fireworks all set up. Theyre set to launch around 9 00 this evening. Jim hall knows how dangerous they can be. You have three seconds to get rid of the product and know with can run that fachlt. Reporter hes been launched them for years. Unless youre at a beach. You look around and see all the dry grass and everything. How many fires just in this county. Fireworks have also caused several fires including this one in brentwood sunday night. You know, we cover 249 square miles when we get these busy times from people doing crazy things with fireworks. We dont have enough resources. Reporter the sale, possession f or use of fireworks are banned throughout the county. So if we find you with fireworks, were going to seize them and youre going to get issued a citation and in some cases you can even get arrested for it. Just when it started to get dark we start to hear them. Reporter resodem dnltidentsn and heard them throughout the weekend. I wish people would dont that. Its so dry and all the fires plus its unnerving because you dont know where theyre going to land. Reporter they certainly can be dangerous and if you get caught with illegal fireworks you can pay anywhere from a couple hundred to a couple thousand dollars ffrm a list of events going on throughout the bay area go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Reporting live, elise kirschner. What do you think, jeff ranieri . It looks like a classic return to fog. We have 70 in the north bay. Partly cloudy skies. Lets get you into the futurecast. Where most of the cloud cover will be. There it is. San francisco down peninsula and patchy clouds for santa rosa as well. At this point, clear throughout the east bay and south bay. For San Francisco as we mentioned, the clouds will make a return. Not only expect areas of fog but a cool 57 degrees. Well have a look at two big celebrations. Thats coming up in about 15 minutes. Thanks, jeff. Theyre certainly hoping for a big show with little issues. By land and sea security teams are getting into position as the biggest fireworks display is getting set to begin in a few hours. We find lili tan. Reporter like you said, safety by land and especially by sea. San franciscos Fire Department is planning to launch several boats. Crews say theyll be out on the waters just in case something happens tonight. A mix of anxiety and excitement is in the air as crews prepare for the biggest fireworks display in the bay area. John erickson says his enthusiasm isnt over a new firework but pyro spectaculars new work. They can actually hear the sound track. Reporter what hes not looking forward to is what can happen on the water. We did a big show out by the bridge and there were some partiers driving their yacht around and they obviously had been partying quite heavily. They ran into us. They say both u. S. Coast guard and San Francisco police boats will have his back, making sure no other vessels no matter what their intentions can get within 700 feet of the barges. Whats happened in europe and all with some of the terrorist attacks and, you know, so i would expect there to be heightened security. Were in crazy times and crazy world. It could be at any time anywhere. Reporter the heightened security hasnt deterred business, but for others along the embarcadero, it does give them pause. It makes me feel like i should be looking out for something. Reporter theyll be taking them outside the Aquatic Center for when the show starts at 30. Live in San Francisco, lili tan, bay area news. The warriors inked a deal with one of the most coveted free agents. Kevin durant has decided to leave. He signed a twoyear deal for a reported 53. 3 million. His letter said in part, quote, it really pains me to know they will disappoint so many people with this choice, but i believe i am doing what i feel is the right thing at this point in my career my life and in my playing career. Pete suratos is live with more. This was a very huge signing for the warriors. Reporter theyre still getting over the loss for the Cleveland Cavaliers but they tell me landing kevin durant is a pretty good consolation prize. Theyre dancing in the streets of oakland, and its for good reason. Warriors fans enjoying todays fourth of july holiday, expect the team to dance circles around the competition after nba superstar kevin durant made the announcement on the popular website the players tribune that hell be joining the team next season. I feel like nobodys going to be able to beat the warriors for the next four or five years. According to fans the team is already elite. Adding durant makes them almost impossible to beat. I think hell make a great asset to the team. The real excitement is what he brings off the court. I saw his speech when he won the mvp award and how he acontributed his success to how his mom and coaches helped him and encouraged him. If we had more things like, that we wouldnt have crime on the streets. While the waiting for season tickets eclipsed, you can expect that number to increase with kevin durant. We erie live in oakland. Pete, thank you. Signing durant does not come without some loss. The dubs will say goodbye to Harrison Barnes and andrew bogut. Theyre said to be signing with the dallas mavericks. Barnes will be working with mavericks. While it has the sports world buzzing, one of the worlds best players joining what is already a caliber championship team. He puts the Historical Context into this move. What does the durant signing mean for the warriors . It gives them the sweetest shooting team in the nba. When you match kevin durant to steph curry and Klay Thompson who may have the best stroke in the nba, youve got the makings of a team that can score 120 points a night and youve got the last mvps this season. I cant imagine a situation in nba history where youve been able to put together a team with four allstars in their prime at the same time and now the only question is will it be good. I think it will be because youve got a bunch of high quality character guys on that team. Thank you very much. Okc fans are going to demonstrate it. Theyre burning Kevin Durants jersey. You may remember the cleveland cavalier fans did the exact same thing. Well, dubs fans wont have to wait long to see them play. Theyll play china in an exhibition game before they hecht for rio. Our coverage continues on our redesigned website. Check it out. Go to nbcbayarea. Com. Plus you can read durants entire statement about his decision to join the warriors. Reporter downtown san jose is already pack and the fireworks are still hours away. Im scott budman. Weve got music and fireworks. Stay tuned. Plus, how a California School remember as student killed in bangladesh. Im jeff ranieri. You have clear skies. The fog is moving in from our belvedere camera moving toward San Francisco. Well have our full fireworks forecast just in case you missed it. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Rt the family of the calsoomore e bangladesh terr attack,earfully received her remains today. The family of the cal sophomore killed in the bangladesh terror attack tearily received her remains today. In a suburb of new delhi, friends supported tarushi jains body. The victims of fridays attack were honored at a stadium in dhaka. More on the grass fires in the east bay. One in pittsburgh across from bay point not far from home. Look how close it got there. Broke out at 11 00 this morning. Butting right up to the subdivision off leyland road. The fire burned the grassland and some fences, but luckily didnt get close to the homes in the end. The investigators say its going to take some time given that the area has been swamped with fiers, a lot of them swamped by fireworks. This one may be the work of fireworks as well. Byebye blackberry. Was a congressional staple. Now the u. S. Senate is switching over to android or iphones. A senate memo obtained by politico says the blackberry is being discontinued. It made it a congressional tool for over a decade. The warm weather is across the bay area. The signs are up saying full. They had to close. It was at capacity. And that parking lot at the golden gate bridge, vista point, also closed off today. Part of the ongoing effort to ease the backup on the bridge there. Theyre told to take transportation or buses or take Ride Sharing Services to go into the city for the fireworks. Big noise tonight in downtown as well. People are heading downtown for the Third Straight fireworks show. Nbc bay areas scott budman is among them. Scott, people are getting there early. Reporter for good reason. This is the third season the san jose rotary has put it on. Theyve drawn tens of thousands. Right now youre hearing the symphony. In other words, plenty of reasons to show up and beat the traffic. With badminton and barbecue, the wen family set up early in discovery me doe. These are the best seats in the house. We do this every year. Bringing cousins and friends together watch fireworks in downtown san jose. The fireworks are right there. In a few hours, the band will be right here. A few of the thousands of people expected to fill the meadow for music, food, and fireworks. Why show up so early . We want to get a good spot. And the traffic. Reporter ah rng y, yes, trains. I can tell you it gets very crowded. Some of the streets around discovery meadow already shut down. Vta is running extra change. The fireworks, were told by the way, start at around 9 or 9 30. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Well be waiting. Thank you, scott. If you dont know what youre doing. Head to nbcbayarea. Com right there. We have a list of the fourth of events guide. You can find out everything thats happening tonight. Well, we know where the party is at. It seems to be at the parks of the embarcadero. Jeff, do you think its going to be clear were going to be able to see them. Yeah. Theyll shoot them off lower tonight and that should be able to allow you to see something. Remember, if youre living in San Francisco, its one of those classic summer days where its a lot warmer inland. You can see that contrast right now. 80 in the east bay, sunny skies. San francisco starting to become mostly cloudy and 62. Enjoyable up the bay. What i want to do right now is zoom around the microclimates and show you what you might expect. Conditions right now. You can see it varies a little bit here. Candle right now, 76. Downtown san jose, 79. Santa teresa, and were at 81. Huge differences in these locations. Oakland right now at 62. Orinda at 65. Very, very comfortable. Back toward pleasanton. As we get you to sfrachbs, we have some of the low 60s near the civic center but toward embarcadero, 69 right now. At 9 30 when the fireworks begin, well have fog and 67. You should be able to see something. For planeton,easanton. It looks like a beautiful night here. Mostly clear skies at 9 00 and 67. Well have more on my forecast in about 25 minutes. All right. Looks fantastic. Thank you, jeff. We see them by the medians and freeway entrances. What is it like to be a panhandler in San Francisco. After the break. After handcuffing him andholdin happening now police in ohio arrested man from the middle east after handcuffing him and holding him. They accused of on terrorism. Police say man stole nearly 1,000 in cash from a womans purse on saturday at a Burlington Coat factory. We have the suspect on an app. Back in a moment. 70 local media outletsrofilings. Jess2shot this week were among 70 local stations profiling homeless. How is it that they survive . Nbc bay areas joe rosato jr. Has more. I usually make a couple of bucks, go get dinner. Reporter its not a 9 00 to 5 00, no clock to punch. A cardboard sign and a thick sk skin. I want to sometimes write how i feel, not homeless by choice. My mom was a junky. Reporter hes among 3,500 homeless who will pull up a small piece of San Franciscos square miles, scratching, clawing, begging for a little help. I hate being homeless. Its not a very fun thing. Life can be lonely for a guy with not but a sign or corner. But hes not alone. I found him on the train beaten up and hungry and he looked so pathetic and i thought, hes my dog. Hes saving my dog. I was going through a lot of depression because of this stuff and i got him and i started having responsibility. Reporter shawn wants a place of his own. If they dont build subsi subsidies, theyll never get off the streets. The streets dont have a plan b. I dont want to be rich. But i at least want to be not on the street. Reporter on a recent day, shawn profited exactly 1. 00 and one salad. A bad day for earnings, but a good day for pals. Joe rosato jr. , nbc bay area news. Our coverage on the San Francisco homeless project continues on our redesigned website. You can go to our top story section to watch the entire series and find out how you can help. It may be a holiday but the campaign trail not helping to push to find running mates. Both are closer to their national conventions. Plus charges of racing and hazing. Up next, we investigate the troubling accusations. I want to share breaking news out of san jose. Were getting information. You can see the patrol cars there. This is in san jose near story and fellow where we understand with Little Details that the San Jose Police department is investigates an officerinvolved shooting. At this point the details are sketchy as to what exactly occurred. But, again, were getting more information. Again this is right near story and feller. Were going to get youmore details and bring you details as soon as we have more. There are troubling issues with the San Francisco fire academy. Jackson vendor bender has the inside story. Reporter Graduation Day at the San Francisco fire academy. After enduring a 20week course of training, 48 recruits realize their cream to become fire fights, but for others the experience has been a nightmare. Makes me feel awful. Reporter he dreamed of following his brothers foots p footsteps in the department. All of those ended amid racist abuse. Two years ago aneed said he was doing well in training but struggled with the ladder. It slipped a little bit and made a thump and then he told me he told me he looked at me and says dont treat milader like you treat your wife. Reporter during a drill days later the same instructor rid schooled his muslim faith. I was going in the wrong direction and he said what the f, are you facing mecca. Would i agree with that . Absolutely not. Reporter he said he took the man earlier this year. The state marshall has certified. Trainers mutt now adhere to a code of ethics. Be professional, treat people fairly, treat everybody the same just like theyd want to be treated. Reporter another exrecruit said he, too, was targeted for abuse and he says he has the arms to prove it. Ire about got heat rash on my arms and scarred up. Brian sullivan said he was forced to drop out after suffering an abscess and burnlike marks. Did you believe this was torture . In a way, yes. Reporter he said he and others were made to drill for hours in heavy turnouts, jacket and pants even in really bad heat. This harassmenttype behavior or as they term it, division of terrorism rather than training. Hes the president of the black firefighters union. People have been yelled at. People have been called names. Reporter he says over the last decade three dozen recruits have recounted tales of abuse at what is known as the tower. Reporter the level of abuse that is out of character with our protocol and how we respond to people, especially adults that are coming into this Fire Department. Reporter nbc bay area news has learned at least one instructor has been removed since we began investigating allegations of abuse. Meanwhile aziz and four other exrecruits are fighting back in court. One exrecruit alleges in Court Documents he was made it to go through drills even afters he doctor ordered light duty after throat surgery. Another was marked down for poor grooming even after he reported he had a painful skin condition triggered by close shaving. Theirs is not the first. After larry jacobs finished training he alleged they called him a house boy and made him scrub floors and toilets with a tooth brush and he wasnt allowed to eat with the other recruits. He walked away with a 175,000 settlement in 2014. His lawyer also represents the five who are suing. The only way for the abuse to end is for insiders to stand up like they did for jacobs. But not for those brave so souls, nobody would believe it happened. Aziz said he believes he was targeted after his brother spoke up for jacobs in jacobs lawsuit. Even after you go through the selection, they decide your kay rear. Reporter columbini says he cannot explain what went on when he was in charge. Being a firefighter isnt for everybody and the academy really can show that at times. I think as a division of training we do an excellent job. Reporter but randall says such abuse in a city like San Francisco is unexcusable. This is coming out of the city of San Francisco, the home of the freehe free, a diverse c. Dont we want that for all . Why not . Now back to breaking news in the south bay, theyre investigating an officerinvolved shooting. Ian is there. What have you learned. Reporter there is not a whole lot of information. Wi know there was an officer involved shooting. Its just to the right there on your screen and thats where the main investigation is happening. Weve been told theres a lieutenant on scene whos collecting information, talking with officers. He will give us that information as soon as he can get it. Thats really what were waiting for now. But as of right now, an officer involved shooting in the East Foothills and well give you more information as it becomes avail snoobl you stay right there. As america takes the day off, the campaigns are revving up. Republicans and democrats are closely following the vetting of perspective running mates. Nbc bay areas brian mooar gives us a show. Reporter after meeting with donald trump, he says hell be the vp nominee two weeks from now when republicans hold their convention in cleveland. Nothing was offered and nothing was accepted. Reporter joanie ernst is also on that list along with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and newt gingrich. Hillary clintons vp picks include labor secretary tom perez and new jersey senator cory booker. I dont care who you put with donald trump, youre not going to find a Good Partnership to lead this country. Reporter theyre being dralged back by controversy. Responding to this firestorm, donald trump said the star of david could be a sheriffs star. And theyre looking into her private emails. She said shes done talking about that subject. Im not going to comment any further owner that review. Reporter clinton is hoping to chachlk the subject with some july 5th fireworks as she hits the campaign trail with president obama for the first time in this race for the white house. Brian mooar, nbc news, bay area. Nbc bay area responds to an oakland mans complaint. Where you would not expect to see an alligator. The story behind this foot long reptile next. Thats the soyuz ms spacecrt crews are rolling out. This is ig verticly ra all right. Check it out. Thats the soyuz ms spacecraft pulling out. This is in kazakhstan. This is the latest rocket headed to the International Space station. Aboard the rocket will be aboard the rocket will be an International Crew of three including astronaut kate rue bins from nasa. The crew will spend four months in space before returning to earth. The launch is scheduled for july 7th. In about two weeks theyll get to do. Scientists are going to slam the brakes by sliding the main rocket engine so they can learn everything about the pleasant. They hope to find the way jupiter formed and the way it evolved. If youd like to see it for yourself happening on the website, click on the story box and it will take you to a nasa live feed of that at nbcbayarea. Com. This close to the fourth of july, animal control officers are ready for almost anything. Almost. The terrified pet that this animal control officer was called to rangel, he was not only reluctant but furious and a far way from where he belonged. It was in lowell, massachusetts. The people who lived there are understandably alarmed. They believe he was an escaped pet. They dont expect him to come forward. I dont think hes going to keep that size. Hes going to keep growing and growing. Not too hot, not too foggy. We know that fog is hanging out. You pull out a credit card. Nbc bay area responds. Consumer who fears some sll state law. Are breaking he says hes being overchargwhep nbc bay area is resmonlding to a consumer. He says hes being overcharged with a credit card. Tony is fed up with paying a fee just to use his credit card. He wrote us and said i often encounter problems with merchants charging me. I think its unfair and illegal. Tony, youre right. Its illegal for a california business to charge credit card customers a sur charge. Its law but theres a catch. Last year a federal court ruled the law unconstitutional. They believe this decision is incorrect and has appealed that order, however, as of now the attorney general cannot enforce that statute. Something to think about the next time the check outclerk cash or credit. If you have a question, please call us, 888996tips. Have a great evening. All right, chris. Thank you. Tens of thousands line the alameda for a growing fourth of july tradition. These are the rose, white, and blue parade. A lot of people did along with a lot of other people on old cars and on truck beds. They wound their way through san jose garden neighborhood. Organizers are proud to point out the parade started way back in 1896 and once rivalled the rose pa ray in escondido. Its a wonderful parade. We belong to the model a ford club and theres a lot of model a fords that are in the parade so we have to wave as they go by because you have to have somebody in the club wauving to your members. The festival was discontinues ed for a long time and is still growing. All right, if you still dont know what youre doing and youre looking for help, head to nbcbayarea. Com and weekend out our holiday event pride. You can find the forecast in the web section. Even better im give iter of the jeff ranieri. It wouldnt be fireworks in San Francisco without the threat of at least a little fochlgt lets give you a microclimate view. You can see specifically t clouds if youre there have rolled in. Remember to take your jacket. 8 00, 58 degrees. By 30 when things start to go off, were looking at 55. The organizers know about that fog each and every year and theyll lift them off a little lower in the sky so you can see something. Another huge event will be in pleasanton. Sunny skies at 8 00 p. M. By 9 00, still a comfortable 69. Lets take you into the forecast. 52 degrees. Partly cloudy and 55. Coldest temperature to begin will begin in the north bay. Heres the deal. We have fog at the immediate coastline as we have been talking about and it looks like this pattern will stay put. So a thick marine layer throughout the entire coastline, but theres going to be another thing on top of it to help keep temperatures down out of the 90s and out of the 100s this week. What we have happening is the cooling jetstream and then we have this trough of low pressure sitting offshore. It will help to keep the temperature trend really, really nice. Youre going to be able to see for walnut creek the hot spot. Its not going to get too hot throughout tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. Averages, 85. Were staying below that all the way through this week. Lets take you through the microclimate forecast. You can see how nice its going to be. Cupertino, 82 degrees. For peninsula, cool here in pacifica, 61. Palo alto, a lot better. San francisco remains in the upper 50s to low 60s. The coolest microclimate would be the mission and 58. The financial district up to 63. For the north bay, east bay and for the trivalley, warmest weather at least widespread throughout danville, pleasanton. In east bay, our differences setting up, 68 in oakland, back to walnut creek. With 73 and napa expecting 75. As we have been mentioning this trend the next several days including the weekend ahead, never too early to look ahead on a monday and youll see by the upcoming saturday, it will average 80. San francisco, 65, and the north bay, 82. I think we lucked out. Really some fantastic weather coming our way. Jess and sam . Looking forward to it. Jeff, thank you very much. To the victors go the spoils. We cannot get enough of k. D. More on the block buster deal. Plus some Independence Day baseball next. You guys be good. Ill see you later. [ bark ] [ bark ] bye. See ya pal. Ever wonder what your pets do when you leave home . [ laughing ] aw you cutie pie. Aw. Aw. Aw. Aw. 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They can all become official at 9 00 on wednesday night. Thats going to do it for sports. Well see you a little later. Henry, when they do become official, the warriors have a lot of prolific scorers on their team. Now they have three of the league ool top scorers. In fact, the warriors became the 13th. Steph curry, last years unanimous mvp led the league averaging 34 point as game. Vegas already thinks theyre going to win the championship. The warriors as you see are favored at 23. Cleveland is second at 52 and san antonio is third. All the kevin durant news hit the game. A fan getting creative with a homemade durant jersey. Theyre taking on the colorado rockies. Game tied at one in the third until angel pagan tied it. The offense the giants would need. They beat the rockies, 231. They were in action. They switched to red, white, and blue on Independence Day. They were in minnesota taking on the twins. Thats when they broke out the lumber for a threerun rally. 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