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Procurement safety procedures put in place after alleged expense account abuse , and an ordinance that says all security equipment be approved by the board of supervisors before it can move forward. There are ways to expedite the rules. Thats we need to focus on more. We are developing policies and proceed wrdures right now a waiting for the bodyworn cameras to be delivered. Reporter you dont know when . Unfortunately, we dont have an accurate timeline. Reporter in fact, we also found out the issue was not even scheduled for the board of supervisors to address, but today board president told us he will make sure its on the agenda for the next meeting. Live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Robert, thank you so much. Turning now to decision 2016. As we take you live inside the Republican National convention. This, of course, under way in cleveland. These are the delegates inside the arena. They are awaiting tonights headliner, indiana governor mike pence. Tob tob tonight, he will formally accept the Vice President ial nomination. Theres a lot of excitement right now in the arena. Just a few hours ago, it was chaos outside. A large fight erupted as demonstrators tried to burn a flag. Police there pepper sprayed to break up the brawl and arrested 17 people. At least two officers were hurt during this chaotic scene. Back inside that arena now, the Trump Campaign will begin its pivot toward hispanic voters tonight but will not be easy. Trump alienated much of the Latino Community with pledges to crack down on undocumented immigrants. Mark matthews joins us from the Mission District in San Francisco. This is quite a chore ahead of him, mark. Reporter thats right. Its going to be a big lift for donald trump. Right now, he is standing at about 14 according to the latest next polls. Thats 14 of hispanic voters favoring trump. You remember mitt romney had 27 . He lost. Tonight, the Trump Campaign hopes to start turning around the numbers with two of his former rivals, marco rubio little marco. Reporter and ted cruz lyin ted. Reporter donald trump needs all the help he can get with latino voters. The reality is it will be very difficult because he has a year long of insulting and creating an understanding that he is antilatino in general. Reporter on the other side of the trump divide, leo who emceed trumps san jose rally last june. I think whats going to be surprising is the number of hispanics that come out for trump and vote. Reporter he believes it will be better than 38 . But in San Franciscos mission, diners tina, marco, and julio believe latino voters have already decided. Is there anything that he could say that would turn you around . Probably not. His comments are pretty much, wow, all the bad people came over here supposedly. Reporter trump has a steep climb. It seems like its going to be an impossible hill to climb. The last year and a half, everyone has been discounting, you know, donald trump. Reporter its true. Lot of people never thought hed get the nomination. But with 14 of the hispanic vote today, and needing Something Like 40 , you can bet his campaign is hoping tonight is the start of something huge. Reporting from San Francisco, mark matt withdrhews nbc bay ar. Mark, thank you very much. We learned the woman who helped write melania trumps maligned speech is from the south bay, from san jose. Meredith mciver is taking the blame for the parts of the speech that mirrored Michelle Obamas 2008 convention speech. Mciver offered her resignation to donald trump but the Campaign Says he turned it down. The Trump Campaign releasing this letter from meredith mciver, reads in part, this was my mistake and i feel terrible for the chaos that i caused melania and the trumps as well as to mrs. Obama. No harm was meant. Taking you back once again here to cleveland, as you can see, the Convention Floor actually a bit busier, more packed than weve seen it in previous nights. Even the seats on the sides very much full tonight. We do pick up our coverage of the rnc in our next half hour. Speakers will attack democrats on also guns and violating the constitution. Sam brock will put those claims to a reality check coming up later in this newscast. A frustrating day for Southwest Airlines customers after a computer glitch grounds flights nationwide. Take a look at the long lines. This was the scene at the Southwest Gate of San Jose International airport. The problem began about 12 30 this afternoon. Three hours later, it was fixed, but the damage was done. Delays nationwide. Customers seemed to take it all in stride. Well, what could i do . Were in sunny california. Ill just go and find a place to sit and enjoy the sun. Southwest sent out a statement apologizing to customers and said they are moving forward to normal operations. Reason for concern or better use of tax dollars . Palo alto fire station covering a high fire danger area of the foothills is closed. The station and foothill park received few calls last year. Is it still needed . Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro live with a look at the closure. Reporter terry, usually this gate would be open during fire season and the fire station at the top of this road would be fully staffed. But now its not going to be because this summer, unless theres a red flag warning, this station is closed. And that leaves some homeowners very worried. Known for sweeping views of the peninsula, the area surrounding Foothills Park is also dry. Right now the park is in high fire danger. July 1st, the Palo Alto Fire Department stopped staffing fire station 8 at the park. A station assigned to protect an area with 160 homes. For years, two or three firefighters worked here during fire season, but palo alto fire chief eric nickels says last year the station only responded to ten calls. We decided that we would probably be a better use of tax taxers dollars to handle more the calls down here in the valley versus staffing that station up there during fire season. Reporter but the president of the Union Representing palo alto firefighters says closing the station will put the community at risk. This station, although its low frequency, call volumes, is high risk potential. The drought has caused the brush to be thick and dry. Its hard getting access in and out of the foothills. The road is the only way up and down. If something were to happen, it could be catastrophic. Reporter chief nickel says thanks to agreements with Santa Clara County fire departicle ded other agencies residents in the foothills will still be protected and response times should not change. Homeowners we talked to off camera told us theyre not convinced. They say they felt safer knowing help was less than a mile awhey. The fire chief told me that closing this station would save the department about 300,000. And that money will eventually be used to get a new ambulance for the department. Reporting live, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. A new recruiting problem to report in the bay area. B. A. R. T. Has dozens of openings for highly skilled engineers but cant find qualified candidates to fill the vacancies. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez got a behind the scenes look at b. A. R. T. S Engineering labs today. Theres a couple of factors behind the recruiting problem . Reporter engineers in the bay area have a lot of options. The hightech industry, pg ers, and east bay are all competing for this same qualified candidate, and b. A. R. T. Is having a tough time getting engineers on board. Were currently going through a lot of testing. Reporter b. A. R. T. Engineers are working on innovative projects. Like developing software so b. A. R. T. s ticket vending machines can soon feature nine languages. Its fun. Its always new. Somethings always exciting. Always new things come up that needs to be fixed. Reporter but getting everything dones been a challenge. B. A. R. T. s got a shortage of engineers. The ones that are the most difficult to fill so far have been traction power, system integration, computer engineering. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says 50 of itS Engineering staff are eligible to retire. They currently have 62 openings that need to be filled by november. But attracting qualified candidates hasnt been easy. Its because we live in the bay area and were competing with tech giants that are willing to faypay a lot more fo Computer Systems skills. Reporter engineers we talked to say the jobs highly rewarding. They say working on new technology that helps the bay area keep moving is exhilarating. You know, you can work regular hours, go back home, rest your mind, come back to work and youll be happy doing what youre doing. Reporter with the fleet of the future set to start going online, b. A. R. T. s fleet of engineers needs to be staffed up and ready to roll. Now, b. A. R. T. s board of directors recently approved hiring recruiting companies to help with the hiring process. The salaries for those engineering jobs were told range from about 90,000 to about 160,000 a year. Reporting live from el cerrito, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. All right, jodi, thanks a lot. A s. W. A. T. Standoff. Oakland Police Surround a warehouse for hours. The ties it allegedly has to illegal gambling. Also well tell you whats bringing thousands of people out to the streets of San Francisco tonight. And good afternoon, im meteorologist jeff ranieri live at the Humane Society Silicon Valley where its busy tonight. Were hoping its going to be busier as we head into saturday with the annual clear the shelters event. Take home a cute little guy like this for a reduced fee or possibly even for free. Well have more details on this and our hotter forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Good is in every blue diamond almond. Good is a catalyst, good is contagious. And once it gets going there is no stopping what you can do. Get your good going. Blue diamond almonds. Proud sponsor of the us swim team well, the pokemon craze has been driving you a little nuts lately, perhaps avoid San Francisco tonight. Massive crowds there all staring down at their cell phones as they search for pokemon. Thousands are expected to participate in the pokemon crawl there tonight. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts is in delores park with more on the craze. Reporter every player seems to have a slightly different strategy. Were trying to be as poke friendly as we can. Reporter Andrew Ramsey doesnt know the difference between a pikichu or charmander but 8,000 people out and about on a wednesday night in San Francisco will likely be good for business. Players will get good deals and an extra special deal if you have a certain character. Reporter the myriad market is one of dozens of businesses offering deals along the pokemon go crawl. Some businesses are offering cell phone charging stations so players can continue the hunt past midnight. According to the Facebook Event page, nearly 9,000 people say theyre attending. And 29,000 are interested in. Keep your head on a swivel, dont be so distracted youre not aware of your surroundings. Reporter officers say there will be increased patrols throughout the city tonight. Last week, two men were arrested for snatching pokemon players cell phones in the bay view. Criminals usually will take advantage of the ones that arent looking up. Which means that they can grab the phone and run and the only thing youre going to see is usually the back of their head. That was Michelle Roberts reporting. Something to keep in mind, there is no official end time. The crowds are expected to die down after midnight. New details tonight about the heartbreaking loss of a father and daughter killed in hawaii. Were hearing from Good Samaritan who saved mike horners two other daughters. He was on a Family Vacation in oahu visiting from berkeley. On saturday a rogue wave swept his 6yearold daughter out to sea. Horner went after the girl. His two older daughters were clinging to rocks trying not to get swept out, too, and thats when scott, a stranger, saved them. Honestly dont consider myself a hero. You know, he was a hero. He was going to get her no matter what. He was not leaving that ocean or even thinking about his own safety. Horner and his 6yearold daughter later died at the hospital. The cal graduate, an attorney, leaves behind his wife and the two older girls. The evidence is now mounting against a gilroy teacher charged with sex crimes. Prosecutors unloaded 9,000 pages of new evidence against douglas leigh. Here he is in court. The former teach eer is charged with 20 counts of sex acts on boys. He posed as a woman online to trick boys into sending nude photos. Some former students at gilroy high school. He did not enter a plea in court. A seemingly quiet warehouse in oakland turned out to be anything but that early this morning. A shooting, a standoff and multiple arrests all took place here this morning. A witness tells us the warehouse on east 12th street is actually home to raves and gambling with dice. Police arrived there shortly before 4 00 this morning after someone was shot. The person was treated and released at the scene. A s. W. A. T. Team then entered the building to clear it out. In the process, they removed 12 people and arrested 2. No word on why those suspects were arrested. A battle over cattle is moving forward at point rays seashore. A federal judge ordered a lawsuit to regulate grazing life stock and cattle ranching than continue. Three environmental groups are suing the National Park service. They say the cattle are causing erosion and polluting waterways and also blocking public access. Several of the cattle ranches have been operated by the same family since the 1860s. Park Service Officials say they have no plans to remove them. It is a huge task and a huge weekend coming up this weekend, nbc bay area helping out to clear the shelters. Thats right. You think about all those animals out there that need homes. Sometimes it just takes a little bit of extra focus to bring attention to these pets that need new homes. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is at Humane Society of Silicon Valley with really cute pups and also cats. They also have rabbits and hamsters and things li s like t jeff . Reporter yeah, really is something for everyone and its all about this saturday. Were going to be 1 of over 20 states participating in our clear the shelter events with nbc and telemundo. Theres going to be 400 shelters nationwide overall participating. Right now were at Humane Society Silicon Valley. Its a beautiful facility. Most importantly, really beautiful animals. I want to introduce you guys right now to lady. This seriously is one of the most lovable dogs. Here we have casey with us, and tell us more about lady. Yeah, so lady is a fouryearold staffordshire terrier. Shes a cuddle bug. All she wants is someone to be able to love. We actually nick manamed her th lady of love. Reporter a dog with a stronger look like this can get a bad rap but this dog is so lovable if you want to come out and check out lady. This weekend are you doing reduced or free adoptions here . Every animal in all four locations will be free of charge. Reporter oh, wow. We have four locations at our main center in milpitas. We also have our petco locations at West San Jose and at sunnyvale and our Mountain View locations which is a petsmart. Mountain view location, were having all of our foster dogs there as well. Reporter thats fantastic. Casey, thank you so much. Lady, thank you most of all. You are so cute. Just really lovable. All right. Lets get you into that Weather Forecast as we head throughout the next couple of days. And its going to be perfect for clear the shelters, again, this saturday. You can come on out and pick out even a cat, rabbit, all kinds of stuff going on. As we get a look at the extended forecast, you will find here for the San Francisco bay area, we will stay with 60s to low 70s into the upcoming weekend for San Francisco. Thats where im going to be at the spca this saturday. So you can come on out for clear the shelters event. For the interior valleys, it is going to be getting uncomfortably hot. Saturday, 93 degrees. Sunday, 98. Make sure the pets get plenty of water. Were going to be out there whether its hot or not to help get these dogs a home. Real quickly, these two pets that we have here with us right now . This is t. Ty so cute. Cool as a cucumber dog, who is this . This is teo. Ty or teo or lady. Come down to Humane Society Silicon Valley and check out these animals. Sounds like a great idea. Thanks so much. I like them all. Well take them all. Well be hoarders, terry. Lets take them all. A big change to a popular south bay festival. What youll notice before you get into this years gilroy garlic festival. Happening now on our twitter feed, new video of the black lives matter protesters who chained themselves to the Oakland Police union building, plan to stay there 24 hours until the city divests from oakland pd. On our home page, a teen saves a lamb from a trip to the slaughter house. She bought the lamb last minute at the Santa Barbara fair to save her. Well be back after the break. All eyes are on rio. We should know by sunday whether the entire russian team will be banned from next months olympic games. The International Olympic committee is examining Legal Options right now following a report by the world antidoping agency. It accuses russias Sports Ministry of overseeing stateendorsed doping of the countrys olympic athletes. Russia plans to send a total of 387 athletes to rio including 68 track and field. Well, quite an honor for a cal alum. The threetime Gold Medalist nathan adrian, named one of six Team Captains for the u. S. Team. A firsttime honor for adrian. Hell be joined by michael phelps, the most decorated limp wrap in history. He is headed to a record tieing fifth olympic games. Now the captains were voted by the 47 members of the u. S. Swim team. People getting very excited to see rio begin. Were now 16 days away from the eacheni opening ceremony. Jessica aguirre packing her bags, heading to rewrio to brins live reports during the game. Looki ining forward to that. Parkers will pay to get into the gilroy garlic festival this year. Some worry the stop and pay method will have people waiting bumper to butcher. Pl bumper to bumper. People are going to follow the flow of traffic into the parking lot like any special event. Were already selling the parking online with the online tickets and everybodys paying it. So were not seeing any pushback or any problem with it. The fee is not the only change this year. The garlic train is back that will offer people a nonstop ride from downtown san jose to gilroy. Donald trump back in cleveland. Well take you live back here to the quicken loans arena, as the republican president ial candidate gets ready to watch his running mate take the stage at the convention. Day two of the Republican National convention. And speakers and vice speaker of the house paul ryan are launching their attacks against Hillary Clinton. What kind of marks did they get for truthfulness . Im sam brock, and reality check is coming up right after this. Now to decision 2016. As night three of the Republican National convention gets under way here in ohio, take a look at the packed auditorium now. Indiana governor mike pence will be stepping up to the podium to accept the partys Vice President ial nomination. However, one of Donald Trumps former gop rivals could also be stealing the spotlight. Texas senator ted cruz will address the delegates. He still hasnt revealed whether hell endorse trump. That could be weird. Nbcs Steve Handelsman live inside quicken loans arena with an update on the convention. Steve . Reporter i like that. That could be weird. I like the way you put that, perfect. On this night three before mike pence, its a virtual parade, a little parade of wannabe republican president ial candidates who are not the candidates because they were defeated by donald trump. First up, he spoke a few minutes ago, was scott walker, the wisconsin governor who for the first time endorsed trump. Big question, will ted cruz endorse trump now that trumps here in cleveland . Chopering over the convention site, the republican nominee came to cleveland for a rally with running mate, mike pence. Hopefully were going to do an amazing job and an amazing job for the country, most importantly. What begins in cleveland will end in the white house. Reporter melania trumps spee speechwriter today took the blame for she said, not noticing Michelle Obama quotes in mela a melanias monday night speech but the speechwriter is not fired. Donald trump tweeted, all press is good press. Mike pence gets press tonight addressing the convention to reassure conservatives about trump. The great state of maryland. Reporter when trump got the nomination last night congratulations, dad, we love you reporter the support from don, ivanka, eric and Tiffany Trump left an impression about their dad, donald, that lingers with delegates in cleveland, and they hope with voters. Its the kids who know him the best think that much of him, how can we think less . Its refreshing to see family values and thats what were about as a republican party. Reporter eric trump speaks tonight along with the tough primary rival who donald trump used to call lyin ted cruz. Im Steve Handelsman, nbc news at the rnc in cleveland. And its going it be interesting. Yeah. Going on after democrats on guns, now violations of the constitution, these are some of the allegations weve heard from the fwgop. Tonights reality check sam brock vets those claims for truthfulness. Reporter donald trump jr. Hopped on stage and honed in on Hillary Clinton last night. Calling out the democratic contender for overreaching on gun rights and the 2nd amendment. She said she will issue executive orders to take away american guns. Reporter this claim is partly true. Clintons gun control platform says she wouldnt hesitate to use administrative action, but only if Congress Fails to pass a law requiring background checks on all gun sales. Private and registered. Trump jr. Went on. Just took at how effective those laws have been in inner city chicago, the toughest gun laws in our nation, 70 people were murdered last month alone. Reporter this statement is largely true. Gun violence is ravaging the streets of chicago. Just look at the headlines. And according to the chicago tribune, there were 70 homicides in chicago in june. We should note that 4 of the 70 deaths did not involve guns. From crime, to constitution. House Speaker Paul Ryan accused president obama of overstepping the law of the land. The result is a record of discarded promises. Empty gestures. Phony arguments. Reforms put up forever. Shady power plays like the one that gave us obamacare. Constitutional limits brushed off as nothing. Reporter it turns out those concerns are the same ones that ryan expressed about his own partys nominee which he told cnns jake tapper back in may. Does he share our values and our principles on limited government . The proper role of the executive . Adherence to the constitution . And there are lots of questions that conservatives i think are going to want answers to, myself included. Reporter in his speech last night, speaker ryan also blamed president obama for dividing americans. Specifically by pitting different groups against each other. Americans, ryan said, need to see beyond class and ethnicity. Perhaps the greatest criticism against donald trump and his campaign for president is that hes doing the exact same thing, makes inflammatory remarks about mexicans and muslims. For reality check, im sam brock. Back to you. Another live look at the quicken loans arena in cleveland. Donald trumps running mate, indiana governor mike pence is tonights headline speaker. Stay with nbc bay area for the latest out of the Republican National convention, and nbc news will pick up our coverage at 7 00 tonight. Bringing you live speeches and reports. And a new report tonight on a b. B. Gun attack if berkeley. Police say three more victims have come forward. Suspects now are under arrest. This latest attack happened early Tuesday Morning at 2 00 in the morning. Police say three people were hit by b. B. S fired out of a car. Officers found that car and arrested the five people inside. Inside the car, there was a b. B. Gun laying there in plain sight. About 24 hours earlier, a similar attack happened on the campus of uc berkeley. The student there said he was simply sitting outside the International House and a man started shooting at him with a b. B. Gun. Its unclear if the suspects are the same in both attacks. Black lives matter protesters are chained to the doors of the Oakland Police officers station right now. They plan on staying there for about 24 hours. Theyre calling for the city to divest from the Police Department and the protest comes after last nights discussion by the city council an a proposed Police Commission to watch over the Police Department. Its not a distinction to be proud of. Bay area restaurants have largest racial pay gap in the country according to a Nonprofit Group that advocates on behalf of restaurant workers. It says employees of color at fine dining restaurants across the bay area are paid 6 per hour less than white workers. It also found a gender gap. The Group Says Men in fine dining restaurants earn more than 1 more than the women. This fire destroying everything in its path. Take a look at this Storage Facility in flames in alameda this morning. Firefighters had problems fighting the fire because all the stuff packed in the storage units. Crews did confine the flames to seven units before finally getting it out. All the property inside those seven units, though, is destroyed. Take a look at this mess. See all the stuff just pack into this empty home. This is in oakland. Gave firefighters a really tough time when they responded to this tw twoalarm fire. Had to climb through feet of junk on both stories of the house. Take a look at the video, thats a staircase there. See the firefighters trying to make their way down over top all of the stuff. No injuries, though, were reported. Federal prosecutors brought one final witness to the stand wednesday as they wrap up their case against pg e for Pipeline Safety violations, the accusation the company obstructed the federal probe in the gas explosion six years ago. Investigative reporter jackson has been in court aevery day during the trial. He joins us now. Jackson, we understand the lead investigator in the case gave seemingly damning testimony today. What did he say pg e did or did not do in this case . Reporter pg e, the investigator into this blast by the National Transportation safety board said pg es conduct amounted to obstruction and misleading their probe. Basicallyiving incomplete answers, delaying responses and some cases they gave information that turned out to be incorrect and had to be pursued by the ntsb at every chance to get the correct answer. And in some cases they wrote at least one letter that the government claims is obstructionist. Mainly they didnt have a policy that the ntsb investigator believed for sure that they had. And he felt that this was the worst case, the worst atmosphere, the most hostile response of any pipeline operator that hed encountered in 18 years investigating incidents across the country. He also described pg es attitude as well. Reporter right. Well, he was saying during interviews, they would have, you know, a lawyer who interjected constantly and he felt like this was supposed to be what he considered a factgathering investigation, not a courtroom battle. And here the company had this attorney interjecting and in other cases, you know, he just seemed to say that he just couldnt get straight answers. This is the last government witness. Whats next . Reporter well, pg e indicating its going to be putting on a defense and the governments going to use this investigators account as a basis to suggest that the company obstructed justice in the probe by just not giving the right or correct information or in some cases delaying it and giving dubious responses to investigators questions. All right. Jaxon, thanks very much for that. A businessowner comes calling when more than 4,000 accidentally goes missing from her account. Nbc bay area responds. Thats coming up next. Plus, sales t s go down but prices go up. New staggering numbers about bay area home prices. Spacex finally makes good on its delivery of a space station docking court. A dragon capsule arrived at the International Space station this morning with two tons of supplies, includes a docking port needed for future ships. It was launched from florida monday. Spacex is working on eventually sending a crew to space. The parents of a toddler tragically killed by an alligator at Disney World Hotel say theyre not suing. 2yearold layne graves died after an alligator dragged him into the seven seas lagoon outside the grand Floridian Hotel last month. In the Statement Today melissa and matt graves say the pain gets worse as each day goes by. They certainly have appreciated the outpouring of sympathy from around the world but they also say that theyre focused on a foundation in laynes name and their family will not pursue a lawsuit against disney. Bay area housing prices are still going up. Way up, in fact. The average price of a bay area home reached a record high in june sitting at just about 700,000. That is almost double the statewide average which is 439,000. June was the third month in a row that prices went up. Still, homes are not selling too quickly. In fact, the number of sales have dropped by more than 6 . All right. Lets check in with the man of the hour. Yes, thats right, were talking about meteorologist jeff ranieri getting ready for clear the shelters, our big event july 23rd here at all participating bay area shelters. In fact, its across the country, jeff, that everybody is promoting adopting needy pets. Reporter yeah, and theres really no better day to do it than this saturday with that clear the shelters event. Were out here at Humane Society Silicon Valley. Beautiful, beautiful location out here. A lot of pets to adopt. Come in with me here to the rabbit area, what about vicki this rabbit or debby the calico rabbit . Maybe its not a rabbit, but a kitten. They have lots of those as well. Were going to talk more about our clear the shelters event. Look at that cute kitten. And the hotter forecast coming up in a few minutes. How do i compete with that . Were correcting a viewers 4,000 error when nbc bay area responds, next. You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Nbc bay area responds to a small businessowner in oakland. Consumer investigator chris chmura with her story. Good evening. Linton johnson owns a business, one employee used 4,300 using square. Lintons client accidentally disputed the payment. While she immediately reversed that dispute. It didnt matter. Square saw the dispute and took the money back out of lintons account. Lipt her customer told square the payment was okay but linton spent five weeks trying to get her money back from square. We contacted square, linton got her 4,300 within 2 days. In a statement, the company said, were happy were able to resolve this situation for both the buyer and the seller. Do you need help getting some money back . Please call us. Well help out. 888 996 tips or visit us online at nbcbayarea. Com. responds. Our vow is to respond to every call and every email. And so far, so good with that. And im curious about all the different times of issues. I know theres many problems that have been coming into the call center. A cornucopia i would say. Very well put. Thanks. Thank you on behalf of linton. Thousands of animals found forever homes thanks to your kindness during our clear the shelters pet adoption marathon last year. Were so happy to say were doing it again nationwide. This saturday anyone looking to bring home a new pet can get the most of having their fees waived, taxes waived, all the costs waived at most of the shelters. Now, while most families go on search of a perfect pet, one south bay family was perfect to see that perfect runs more than skin deep. Heres nbc bay areas kris sanchez with their story. Lucky. You can tell it hasnt, easy for her. Reporter this is lucky. Chemical burns on her face and neck give her a distinct appearance. Shes a little different looking and when you hear her story, you cant help but feel empathy for her. Oh. Reporter her adoptive mother, christine, is a physical therapist in the south bay and lucky is her not so secret cure for chronic pain. We have a little sign out front that invites people that are lucky lovers to have time when shes here. We all know laughter is the best medicine, but its i also think dogs are the best antidepressant you can get with the least amount of side effects. Reporter and christine thinks a little dose of lucky goes a long way. We all want to be like lucky, like, appreciate what you have. Reporter kris sanchez, nbc bay area use. Lucky is part of the cuteness fest were having on nbc bay area news at 6 00. We are. Lets send it out to jeff ranieri. Remember doing this last year, jeff, you were there, too. You came home covered in dog hair and cat hair but its completely worth it because you see so many cute animals out there that go to good homes. Reporter i know. Weve been going from animal to happen mall. I havent brushed off my shirt or jeans yet. Theyre so lovable. You want to give them a big hug, check them all out. Some great animals out here. Humane society Silicon Valley. Now, they have named animals after some of the nbc bay area anchors. We saw Terry Mcsweeney earlier, saw you, peggy bunker, earlier, saw jeff the dog in the 5 00 p. M. Hes already been adopted. And now we have the president of Humane Society Silicon Valley and who do we have with us right now . This is janelle wang. Reporter beautiful. Beautiful. Super playful. And outgoing. And we just thought that this was a perfect name for this kitten. Reporter yeah. Shes going to go fast. Reporter yeah. Im sure janelle would like that at home. Shes on Maternity Leave. I believe shes coming back this week. Fans at home will be happy to hear that. If people want to adopt janelle wang, the cat, what should they do . So we are going to be open in four locations tomorrow. 10 00 to 6 00. Adoption fees are waived. Weve got plenty of kittens. Theres janelle and tons more. Weve got puppies, dogs, cats, rabbits. All kinds of animals. Again, available from 10 00 to 6 00 in our four locations at our Animal Community center in milpitas, at the petco sunnyvale, petco West San Jose, and petsmart Mountain View. Reporter thats great. Thank you for coming out. Janelle, youre looking amazing. Look at that. Such a cute cat. All right. Lets get you into that Weather Forecast as we head through the next couple of days. Again, its called clear the shelters. Hash tag it on facebook, twitter, also instagram. The big event is this saturday with reduced adoptions or fees that have been waived. Go to nbcbayarea. Com as well for more. And theres an interactive map where you can check things out. San jose, 74 degrees after a high of 80 today. So beginning to cool off. And as we take a look at the rest of the forecast, what youre going to find here across the bay area is it will be a little bit warmer for tomorrow. Thats going to be put san jose at 84 degrees. For the peninsula, it will be cool at the coast with 63 in half moon bay. Over to palo alto, 79. For the north bay, east bay and also the trivalley, yes, hotter for danville, pleasanton and livermore. 89 expected in danville. 87 in pleasanton. Up toward the north bay, napa coming in with 88. Ill be out at the San Francisco spca this saturday for that clear the shelters event. Well have temperatures close to 70 degrees. Its going to be a great time to head out. Again, you can head to nbcbayarea. Com. We have an interactive map on where to find the shelters that are participating for the waived donation fees and possibly free adoptions. Before we leave right now, peggy and terry, we have one more dog real quick. No is this . Hi, so this is starr. Shes a 3yearold cattle dog mix. Probably australian shepherd mix. Reporter beautiful, beautiful dog. All right, peggy and terry, im close to taking one of these home tonight. Well have to see on that. Those cattle dogs need room to run. If you have a big run, thats a perfect dog for you. So cute, jeff. By the way, the real janelle wang is coming back tomorrow. Janelle wang, you can adopt a kitty cat at the shelter and see janelle back at work after her Maternity Leave tomorrow. Well be right back. For most of us, well put in the work, put in the years then hope to ease into retirement. Not like most of us, the king of drag racing at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco is there today to promote next weeks event at sonoma raceway. As colin resch explains, he did it only as he can. Reporter cracking crab, cracking jokes. It was a media day only the Legendary John force could pull off. Look at him. Reporter john would admit to me later cracking crab similar to his life. He says he hasnt had a clue with most things, but drag racing, theres never been anyone better. A 16time nhra champion, hes a winningest driver in drag racing history, yet as of today, hes winless this season. Conventional wisdom would lead you to believe that father time has finally caught up with the 67yearold, but to force, age is just a number. Come up here knowing that somebodys going to win this race in these categories and we got a shot at it. I love doing it. I never get tired. I never get tired of media. Im going to bring my heart and my kids and my grandkids and my wife and come in here and were going to entertain these folks just like we did here at number nine fishermans gratto. Cracking crabs. It was unbelievable. Anybody want to try some crabs . Yeah. Reporter it would be fair to say that drag racing needs john as much as he needs it. The sports most recognizable figure is also its best pitchman. Just ask him. Youre talking about two cars that will set apart on the starting line, go down that thousandfoot runway at over 330 miles an hour in less than 4 seconds. Women against men. Its the greatest show on earth. Reporter im sold, are you . In San Francisco, colin resch, nbc bay area. Tonight at 11 00, elon musk announcing his new master plan. This new idea that could have your car making money for you when youre not driving it. I like it. Well have more on that tonight at 11 00 on nbc bay area news. Sight unseen, i like that. How about that . Thanks for watching nbc bay area news at 6 00. See you back here tonight at 11 00. Have a good evening. Show from ted cruz. Much suspense when ted cruz came out to speak here, would he offer an endorsement of donald trump. The answer is no. He gave an answer, though, about what voters should do, and that set off an extraordinary moment here of anger and an unscripted moment in this convention. Lets listen to what ted cruz said a moment ago and then watch what follows. Lover