Jan rail the f hospital in kloakland. Tod it is free to download and ry will keep you up on what is happening. Family with of an american killed. Reporter robert groot was five months into his sixmonth deployment. Is mom said he traveled around the country and the world as a volunteer and activist. In this Youtube Video posted. Explains and syria. My reasons for joining was to help the Kurdish People in their struggle for autonomy. Iem sorry that his energy i not here. Reporter his energy is described as noble. How proud we are of him. How selfless he was. How much he stood for and how much he fought for something, anything that he believed in. You dont have to agree with his politics. But he did this for everybody. Reporter he describes his friend as an inspired man devoted to helping others. To my family, know that i love you all and there is a lot onat goes unsaid. Groot leaves behind a younyearold daughter and fiance. Thank you. Our thoughts go out to that family. New at 6 00 an investigation tonight reports of a man tssaulting a young girl at a laundromat. Investigators say no one saw it but the girls grandmother called police to report it. And security cameras caught the incident. Countscoach sexual will you in ulting several students was in court today. He is now charged with 62 felony tionts and if convicted faces bufe in prison. Anlice fitted one of two alleged victims with a wire as part of the investigation. Fache was suspicious so he udened up music on his cell phone and typed messages instead of speaking out loud. Back in 2010, faced similar statios which ended in a hung jury. We are learning fire season is far from over. Reporter that is right. Nonstop for them all day. Arriving here at fire station two after another call. The recent rash of fiesres all across town are making matters worse. Well, i thought they did a great job. They were here quickly and seemed to take care of it quickly. More than ten fires in the east hills alone are taking its toll. Crews are responded from call to call. One fire after another. If we get two at the same time, we are done. And so we are relying on other resources to help us out. Reporter the Firefighter Union president says they might be dealing with two possible arsonists. We see within the jungle area, multiple fires within a single day. They seem to be very suspicious fires. Reporter he says multiple fires in the same area. Another hindrance is san joses low staffing. We are under staffed to handle these types of events. Reporter he says the fire season is just starting and his men and women are already exhausted. Firefighters tell me they dont a w the personnel to gout and warn people to create Defensible Space around their home. 95 of the fires are caused by humans. Thank you. Ay aire erupts in a south bay home leaving a woman dead and her roommate answering questions. A man shot a 68yearold woman in her saratoga home. Her roommate called and said he dining o. The woman was shot multiple times and died at the hospital. If you are headed out to dine in san jose, you will pay more r your meal. That charge from Restaurant Owners trying to make up for the new jump in minimum wage. Robert handa why the new charges catching people by surprise. Reporter when we looked at the bill there was something unusual there that required we pay more. There was Something Different about the bill we got. An unexpected surcharge. Adding around a 4 surcharge now that the minimum wage went up. They had two options raise all the options on their menus or add a separate distinct surcharge which was easier to explain to customers. Many customers say they are not happy, but it is literally the price to pay in the hike of minimum wage. It is important that if you are going to have good service to take care of your people. Reporter city officials seeing all restaurants raise prices or have a surcharge. We do have businesses owner that called, expressed their concern about the wage increase that their costs, how are they going cover their cost. Some people they talked to say they are worried they are trying to keep up with the rising minimum wage. Will it hurt businesses . I dont know. But definitely in the shortterm, it will hurt business owners. Well everyone we talked to agreed workers will need more to live here in the bay area. The minimum wage here is scheduled to reach 15 an hour. Ess itying more for water in the south bay. We are going to break down who bu being tabbed by an increase and how much. More than just a business, it was family. Flames rip through several businesses. Now the investigations and how those fires started. Hazy across the south bay. We will talk about when the air quality is worse. Back at 6 20 tonight. Lafayette including the chamber of commce a devastating ripped through businesses in la fayette. Jodi hernandez is there live. Any idea what caused this fire . Reporter so far investigators do not know the cause of the fire. The building is so unstable, it is dangerous for investigators to get inside and look for the cause. In fact, so unstable, that firefighters have put up a fence around it to keep people away just in case it collapses. It took no time at all for the three alerm fi three alarm fire. It was huge. Reporter the building housed lafayettes chamber of commerce including a restaurant. The couple who owns the restaurant didnt want to face the camera. Jeff is the chef and his wife helps out they say it meant everything to them. It was like a family. A Gathering Place for the community and for us. Reporter so far firefighters dont know the cause. She says her husband and the busboy were the last ones to leave last night. He was there until 10 30. They cleaned the restaurant. They wash the carpet. And they left. Nothing suspicious. Nothing wrong. Reporter again, eight businesses and the chamber of commerce destroyed in the fire. And firefighters say it could have been a lot worse. Embers like this were found up to three blocks away. The material the building is made of, wood, is highly flammable. So far investigators do not know the cause. Reporting live in la fayette, jodi hernandez. Thank you. Our viewers started sending us draun dramatic videos. You can send us your videos and photos to isee the full story is the evaluation on the remaining items is still underway. The study is going to take two years. So each piece that is still not authenticated does not mean they are not real. They have to go through an authentication process. It is a process everybody affiliated with the smithsonian need to undergo. More expansion coming to san jose. Adobe systems. The company will hire more than 3,000 employees. Located at the conner of park avenue and south almaden. Nbc meg yn kelly knows the answer. Her guest Vladimir Putin and now she is talking about that encounter and a variety of other topics. He didnt take any jabs at me personally because i studied him. This is what he does. He becomes that aggressive guy and the russians love it and the team loves it and i was entertained by it. So it was all good. You can watch her show sunday night at 7 p. M. Bay area. Cant wait to talk about the weekend. You are going to get to go somewhere to escape the heat. This summer has been so long and hot already. So what i did was tally things up to where we are so far with a triple digit heat. I use livermore as an example. It is typically one of the hotter locations. A good bar to set in terms of max temperature. Already six days at 100 degrees or hotter. For the entire summer average of that 3. 5 months, usually averages tendays. Hottest july day ever was 113 degrees back in 2006. Tomorrow we will go up one to two degrees. Up towards santa rosea and napa in the 80s. Things start to increase by the weekend. That is what i want to focus in on next. The two side effects we see with the heat. The first one being the pollen. We get this second bloom when temperatures start to warm back up. Privet is a hedge bush. We are pinpointing some of the worst air quality for the east bay and healthy range as we head towards saturday and also on sunday. You may have the itchy watery eyes. Low one hundreds. Fire dangers will be high and then we start to see numbers start by ten degrees into the early part of next week. If you are looking for something to do, you can head up to san rafael to help support breast cancer. Thank you. You conserve during the drought, but you still have to pay up. Continues to be the highest in the nation. This time it s apartment site abodo placing San Francisco at the top. San jose and oakland join the city on the list. Reveal and on our website House Majority whip steve San Francisco listed a as highest rent in nation. How majority whip Steve Scalise has under govene surger. Mess on highway 29 early this morning. It happened just after 4 am over turned postal truck caused quite a mess on highway 29 this morning. The trailer flipped. And the trucks packages and letters spilled out all over the world. Reopened just after 9 00 a. M. After so many of us conserved water, why are our water bills going up. South bay customers are being tapped too. And they are angry. But water agency says it is a matter of growth and money. Scott budman is live. It is hard to swallow after all that conservation. Reporter we are told the water bill is going to go up. They tell us they need the money for future projects. But customers tell us they feel betrayed. Our water supply is back and we south bay water users conserve through the drought years. So why are our water bills going up . It just keeps going up it seems like and i thought the drought is over. I was hoping it would go down and not up. Reporter the average bill according to san jose water will go up. No matter how much water you saved. So they are reserve incentivizing people the next time the governor wants to see water conserved, people are not going to comply. Reporter they say it has to happen because its wholesale water rates are going to go up and because of new infrastructure projects. We need to plan for the future, and make sure our infrastructure are providing the constant Reliable Service that even depends. Reporter the Water District says the anderson dam retrofit project is scheduled to kaus 450,000. The Coastal Community of davenport is in danger of running dry. In the meantime water is being sourced through an emergency stopgap. Many who live there may have to find a way to help pay for the more than 200,000 bill it fix the pipeline system. Coming up, what is in and what is out in the Senate Republican health care. I have a son who is a great young man. President trumps trip to paris is overshadowed by the russian investigation. Strummed guitar you cant experience the Canadian Rockies through a screen. You have to be here, with us. Strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. With a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. Canadas Rocky Mountains await. Call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. Right now at 6 30, President Trump and the first lady in their official visit to france. President trump being pressed on the issue of russia. The president in paris and pushing back. Today President Trump confronted the controversy surrounding his son holding firm in his position that the media is making a big deal over night. President trump and the first lady welcomed by the president in france. But amidst the proomp and circumstance. President trump once again forced to answer questions about russia and his son. During a joint news conference, President Trump pressed about a meeting between donald trump jr. And a russian attorney. From a practical standpoint, most people would have taken the meeting. That is standard in politics. It is not the nicest business in the world but it is standard where they have information and you take the information. Reporter and blaming the Obama Administration by letting the russian attorney into the country. Somebody said that her visa or passport to come into the country was approved by attorney general lynch. Reporter lynch has responded saying she had knock to do with it. Now the president went on to say nothing. Our website has an entire section devoted to the trump administration. You can access the latest news coming from the white house. Resuscitating the gop healthcare bill. The Better Care Reconciliation Act would include an additional 70 billion to help for outofpocket cost. It allows people to use Health Savings account to pay for premiums. I suspect that there may not be a single senator for whom it is an ideal to pass. The bill continues to draw prayers and protested at the capitol. Drawing fierce opposition. Republican representative from missouri says she wants to stop the practice of performing costly surgeries like gender transition. Democrats are calling it mean spirited and discriminatory. The milpitas man who jumped the fence at the white house pleaded not guilty today. Walked around for 15 minutes on the south lawn before he was stopped. At lunch, the following day President Trump transcribed extremely as a disturbed person. He could face a year in prison. The murder trial of an undocumented immigrant accused of shooting he was holding a stolen gun that accidentally went off and struck killings steinle. A new report released today by the Transportation Safety board of canada confirms the close call at sfo was extremely close. That air canada flew just 100 feet above one of those jets before the pilot jerked the plane back into the air. This type of maneuver is called a goaround. Our Investigative Unit found out it happens more often than you think. Data from the faa shows there are about two goarounds every day. A third of them were caused by other airplanes or traffic on the runway. The faa says goarounds are routine standardized procedures. Too many could mean there are safety issues at the airport that need to be addressed. We posted more animation on our website. The friction continues today over proposed San Francisco pot dispensary. Protesters armed with signs rallied outside of city hall today. Perspective owners would be form former mayer kuan and her husband. There is another church and a pre school within 500 feet so that violates the law. San francisco is expected to agree on local guidelines for clinics. Somber moments coming together to remember the life of a recent graduate. For a student who lost a long battle of leukemia. His former football coach talked about the type of man the world loss. I put the strength in him as a coach and he put the strength in me as a man. Never too old to learn. I sit there and watched the doctors and the nurses do so much to him. And he just took it like a man. The School District said in a statement daryl was a strong man. The community is devastated. Traffic Analytics Company surveyed 6,000 drivers in ten cities. Study also said drivers overpay for parking spending more than 4 400 yearly on unused parking time. A document that american as apple pie baseball. Introducing us to the photographer of this unusual look of Baseball Players struggling to make it to the big leagues. Reporter nothing says summer like the crack of a bat on a bay area evening. Even a High School Softball game can get the blood pumping. Surrounded by the game whether it is her kids playing the sport or through her husband Michael Lewis who wrote the book money ball. Soren struck her own connection to baseball. It started 15 years ago. I started photographing the draft class for the oakland as. Reporter capturing the lives of players scrapping to make it to the big league show. I felt lake that was something that could come through in photograph. Reporter the berkeley womans take on the game did yield your typical sport action shot. I was searching for the moments that were off moments. Reporter soren immersed herself to the humble stadiums to heart break. They were trying to figure out a way to be happy where they were. Reporter soren put faces to statistics saying only 10 of Minor League Players will ever make them to the majors. Some of her subjects did make it. And she was in our dugouts with the lights and it was interesting. Reporter soren snapped this picture of ryan healy. Based loaded, yeah. Seeing it now, it is cool to see. Such a different perspective. Reporter sorens exhibit opens july 20th. It is a tribute it a group of players who rose and fell all while swinging for the fences. It was a metaphor for the american dream. It is going to be nice and hot this next weekend. It is. I do have an event for you. This one specifically on sunday in San Francisco. The stern grove concert festival. It is free. So if 100 is too hot for you, hundreds. They get a tow for somebody elses car. Have its name on San Francisco s Transbay Transit Center . Sales force has been given the okay to pay for the rights to have its name on the transit center. The move was officially approved today. The facility will now be known as the salesforce transit center. 1,010,000 upon signing. 9,112,000 for the time of commencement of service. Expected to be completed by the end of this year. A tax bill facing google over seas is being wiped away. French administration argued that google had to pay tax because it sold a service of putting on ads through its search engine. Response it a san pablo couple. She and her husband received a 75 bill for a fast track bill. And fast track said they can tear up the bill. If you have a consumer complaint, call us at 888996tips or online. Thank you. All of that buzz for saturday night live last season translated to 22 emmy nominations. Including one for alec baldwin. Wide open since last years big winner, game of thrones. Opens the door for nbcs this is us. Had a phenomenal year and a great show. Emmy awards will be handed out. When it comes to getting around on your own two feet, people in the bay area are getting out and about. Oakland not far behind people walking average of 2. 9 miles. San jose starts to decline, 2. 55 miles per hour. We are spearheading a special program. It is a campaign to help local students in need. We want to support our schools. Throughout this month, you can donate backpacks, School Supplies or cash. Full list of where you can donate is at nbcbayarea. Com. Hopefully they are enjoying the summer right now and relaxing. Tomorrow is going to be a good day to get outside and do anything fun. We will take you to our micro climate forecast right now and a live look from High Definition cameras. The north bay is a great. Now you can see the fog moving in. It is a thin and shallow veil of fog. It is a cool 62 in tiburon. We are confident the fog will stay at the peninsula for the morning commute. Trivalley 63 and sunny. San francisco you get the low clouds. A little bit of drizzle to start and 54 degrees and right back towards the east bay, patchy fog. But you can see it is still comfortable, at least, by summer standards in san jose with 84 degrees. Once you get away from the bay breeze heat up in morgan hills. Our hottest usual suspects is across inland east bay, 92 in livermore. And 91 in danville. That cool breeze in Half Moon Bay with 62. San francisco warmest weather, the mission 68 degrees. Nice day if you are headed out to a cafe. Up towards the marina a cooler 64. North bay 77. Over towards the beaches that is point reyes. This likely will bring the seventh and eighth day for pressure. Especially for the fact that we are not going to see too much overnight cooling. If you live above 1,000 feet it it is going to be difficult for you. Remember to drink that water. San francisco goes up to the 70s. For the inland valleys once get anywhere away from the bay, 100s. Fire danger is up. The heat is with us. And air quality is poor. Allergies is up. Only good news here is by monday 89 degrees. Wow. Allergies, kleenex, water drops. Lets be positive, people. Well a unique challenge for s. W. A. T. Team members. Colin resch tells us meaningful reason behind this event. To get behind . This is a good one. Jess 2shot it s swat team members pushing their bodies to the max, all to raise funds for a children s home that s unlike any other. It is s. W. A. T. Team members pushing their bodies to the max all to raise funds for childrens homes. Colin resch gives us a peek. Reporter 120 guys competing in an endurance challenge that is the test of mind, body, and soul. Started ten years ago, a grass roots competition and grown to this. What made it grow is the charity aspect. Now they realize where the money goes and it makes it all worth while. Reporter it goes here to george mark childrens house. They provide end of life care for chronically ill kids. I had a son who suffered from a terminal illness. It allowed us time for they made him a little boy. They allowed my wife to be a mom and allowed me to a bad. Reporter his story inspiring and maybe providing motivation to a group of guys who need it on this day. Just losing a fire in general and he is doing the same job somewhere else in the bay area, i want them to realize how important this place is. Reporter in its four years of fund raising, the challenge has raised more than 250,000. What a great cause. Paying a price. The fine she says she has to pay and the special classes she has to take. We will share that story with you tonight at 11 00. A final check of the forecast. You want good news . In case you missed it, there is going to be a great spot you can go, more enjoyable temperatures, san rafael has great temperatures. A fundraiser with beer as well, and it is at the marin center. On the extended forecast, it is hot. Fire dangers up. Drink plenty of water. Thats the good news. Back to normal. Back to average. Cooling next week. Thanks. That is going to go it for us. See you at 11 00. Byebye. Alec baldwin going for gold. As President Trump. This is us the new emmy darling. From the big surprises to the big showdowns. 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