Castro filled up but not everyone was welcome. The festive mood actually turned sour when some city officials took the stage to talk about legislative support for the community. Some in the crowd were upset saying the celebration is not a time for politics. Mayor ed lee appointed teresa parks as his gender equity adviser. First time its been created in the country, just for the city, the politicians that were booed off today, for them to Work Together to provide more programming. Is. Is our time. Its not a time for politicians. Police officers were out in ll force and will continue to increase patrols this weekend following that deadly attack in orlando. Those celebrating this weekend need to know about a potenti potential health scare. The Department Says an outbreak of men nin go call call disease has affected gay and bisexual men. People are considered to get vaccinated including anyone hiv positive. The goal to stop the spread of the blood infection. The bacteria is transmitted through muse cas and being in contact with smokers or vapors can increase the risk of transmission. Our coverage of pride weekend continues online at nbcbayarea. Com. Find out all the details of the events going on as well as the road closures. A close call for a driver in the east bay after a bullet pierced his rear window while he was driving along the highway. Contra costa sheriffs deputies are investigating this yet another freeway shooting. It happened around 9 00 last night right off highway 4 at the willow pass exit in pittsburgh. The driver was able to swerve to safety but told the passenger was struck by shattered glass. She had to be taken to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. Officials say theres been more than 20 shootings on the east bay highways since november. Now to a developing story, the fastmoving fire in southern california. It continues to devour everything in its path. Its burned roughly 30,000 acres and just 5 contained. At least two people have been killed in that blaze. Governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency yesterday. The fire has engulfed 100 structures and threatening 1500 others. This is all happening in kern county near bakersfield. Resources have been sent there to help the crews battle the flames, but its an emotional and devastating time. Ive lost everything. But its just me and my dog. I dont have a family thats been disrupted. This is this is really hard. Many residents are upset theyre still not allowed back into their homes. One witness says he saw a man actually trapped in the inferno. Rugged terrain continues to pose a challenge to firefighters there. A major announcement in the highprofile murder case. One of the two brothers accused of killing their parents in san jose has been released from custody. 17yearold omar golamrabbi, along with his brother, hasib, for murdering their parents at their home in april. The District Attorneys Office released omar citing insufficient evidence against him. This is video of back when hasib was in court. Investigators say omar told them it was his older brother who shot their parents. Omars Attorney Says his client is looking forward to getting back to high school. And new this morning, top diplomats from the European Unions six founding nations met in berlin following britains stunning vote to leave the eu. Its important we mean what we say the day after and work constructive. The German Foreign minister says now is the time to listen to each other to find out what the remaining 27 eu countries want for the future of the union. What have we done . Thats what some brits are saying after the historic vote that will pull the United Kingdom out of the european union. Some of the citizens who supported to leave the campaign or supported the leave campaign are having regrets. The whole family this morning, even though the majority of us voted to leave, we are actually regretting it today. In fact, a petition is circulating for a redo referendum that has more than 1 million signatures this morning but unclear whether a redo is even possible. Meanwhile the recent vote is prompting conservative groups from other European Countries to launch a similar campaign. Leaders in europe are calling on britain to implement its exit from the eu quickly in hopes of avoiding any more uncertainty. Now among the many things the uk needs to figure out who the next Prime Minister will be now that David Cameron is stepping down this fall. Also, americans are wondering how this will affect them. Today in the bay ian cull has that story. Reporter the uk vote sending shock waves across the world. The Prime Minister resigning, Global Markets seeing the most visible impact. What the uk turning its back on europe thousands of jobs are at risk there. Some banks warning theyll review investments in britain. I was horrified. Reporter among business travelers leaving san jose for london the uncertainty grows for the uks future and what the impact will be on American Companies and employees. Andrew beckett works for a Silicon Valley company in england. The biggest challenge is uncertainty and nobody quite knows how it will pan out. Thats the concerning thing. Longer term i suspect its probably not going to make much difference. Reporter tom dunmore from england works with clients in the u. S. Seems to me its a protest vote rather than a longterm strategy and thats worrying. Reporter british sjsu economics professor mark grady is happy for the brexit so the uk could shed the eus tough regulation and expects the fluctuating pound to help in trade benefits the u. S. It has consequences but we shouldnt summarize those by the reaction of Foreign Exchange dealers on the first day. Reporter with fragile Global Markets the Federal Reserve may delay raising Interest Rates the dollar became more powerful as the pound dropped nearly 10 in value and for travelers that is welcomed hours before takeoff. The first thing that came to mine was a selfish motive to go to london and shop more. Reporter ian cole, nbc bay area news. Global markets reacted with a lot of turmoil. The dow fell 610 points. Bank stocks were hit over the concern. European Business Tech companies worried about imports to europe dragged the nsa down more than 4 . Nasdaq down more than 4 . The s p 500 lost 3. 5 of its value. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up do Police Officers and swat teams promote violence . An announcement from star wars creator george lucas that might have fans flocking to San Francisco. ad youre watching today in the bay. Were taking you back be out live this saturday morning at a look over senle. Im bigad shaban. To an nbc bay area follow up. Two correctional inmates accused of beating an inmate have been placed on leave, the result of a nearly yearlong investigation. Sources tell nbc bay area two female guards were seen beating up an inmate last summer and a woman at the elmwood jail. The Sheriffs Office said it was aware of the allegations and investigating. The word is the two guards are on leave. No other details have been provided. Urban shield, the Tactical Training expo for First Responders is getting pushback here in the bay area. The expo comes to the bay area once a year and this september urban shield will be in alameda county. Police, fire and s. W. A. T. Teams will conduct Tactical Training for disasters but some say this type of teaching promoting militarization of police. Urban shield does not train people to actually treat people in terms of health and well being. It trains people in ways to treat people as enemy combata combatants. Dozens of people were in berkeley to talk about banning urban shield from the bay area. Both organizers for urban shield are defending the expo and said if you wait for disaster to strike before you prepare, you are too late. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, president obama in the Silicon Valley for an important conference but it was overshadowed by global concern over the brexit. Everything were picking up bright sunshine on this saturday. We will continue to see sun over the next couple days and thats going to warm us to potential tripledigit heat. Back to talk about that coming up after this. Youre watching today in the bay. Good morning. Heres a live look at San Francisco this saturday morning which could eventually be home to a new treat to star wars fans. Star wars creator george lucas is coming home. The producer announced hes giving up chicago where he hoped to build his museum for the narrative art. An ongoing lawsuit soured lucas on building there, and he refocusing on the bay area. Reportedly a site on treasure island. The l. A. Times says los angeles is also in the running for the 700 million project. Lucas first choice was to build at chrissy field but the trust vetoed that plan in 2014. The brexit vote overshadowed the initial reason for president obama coming to the bay area yesterday. The Global Innovation summit. It has been something the president is passionate about and this years theme of inclusive innovation could be central to the Brexit Debate moving forward. Today in the bay has the story from the stanford campus. Reporter the president uses the backdrop of this summit to push Global Exchange of ideas and says those ideas might start sometimes in Silicon Valley but it doesnt have to end here. Memorial auditorium on the stanford campus was packed with investors and inventors. 700 entrepreneurs from 170 countries getting access to the most Influential Companies and investors. You look out across this auditorium, youre all of different backgrounds and cultures and races and religions. Reporter the focus diversity a theme he repeated as he was joined by facebook founder Mark Zuckerbe zuckerberg. Startups are committed to making their Technology Work forces look like america including publishing data on diversity and developing tall front all backgrounded. Reporter more than a chance to offer ideas, invovaters have a chance to win prizes and make deals with inventors if its bold enough. I have an idea to create a company to change the world. Has a solution and we call it community solar. Reporter mr. Obama urged attendees to make sure every innovator has a chance regardless of race or sex even if their ideas rattle a few nerves. I believe we are better off in a world in which we are trading and networking and communicating and sharing ideas. But that also means cultures are colliding and sometimes dis ruptive and worried. Reporter pale in comparison to the benefits of break nug barriers. This marks the seventh Global Entrepreneurship summit for the president and his last. Were on the stanford campus, nbc bay area news. A warning about a shark off the bay area coast. A white shark reportedly seen at linda mar beach in pvg pa sif ka. A group of sharks were spotted in santa cruz. No attacks have been reported. Were used to seeing the worlds best surfers here at mavericks every year but some of them are in mexico. The puerto es condeto challenge is the first event of the World Surf League big wave tour. Waves must reach at least 20 feet for an event to take place. Wondering but i wont be competing this year. Exactly what i was wondering. Okay. You know, we are actually going to see big waves here at home and we have the potential of seeing rip currents over the next couple days. Keep that in mind headed to the beach this morning, here is a shot from san bruno over San Francisco. Headed to the city, its going to be warm there as well, the return of 70s. Right to it, see from every single microclimate were waking up to sunshine from the north bay at 53, south bay at 62 degrees and everywhere in between it is sunny. Remember the spf as you get going and remember an extra bottle of water if youre going to be outside for a long period of time for the inland valleys, thats what im talking about for the south bay. 90 there, 92 for wine country, so just remember that water. 85 for the east bay today and in the trivalley going to be warm, 90s as well, 92 for places like livermore, san ramon and dublin. Because we have a big area of High Pressure in control and whenever we have High Pressure we have clear skies and no fog at the coast. See storm track way to the north, and its clear its far south as the baja of california. So High Pressure in control that drives our winds offshore and keeps things hot. We are going to be heating up very warm inland and even in San Francisco today headed there for pride weekend the parade tomorrow at 10 30 in the morning well see temperatures today and tomorrow near 60 degrees in the Morning Hours, approaching 70 by noon and eventually back into the mid 70s today. And tomorrow. Headed to the beach at the coast dangerous surf, potential for rip currents is possible for today and youll notice the winds gusting from 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour at the coastline. It will be breezy at the coast, but again its going to be warm there as well. Now we have red flag fire warnings for places like the Sacramento Vallejo towards l. A. Where we have active fires burning. The heat will be with us the next couple days. We will see dangerous fire conditions along with the potential of the return of triple digits. Warmest spot antioch with 99, san ramon 93 later on, san jose close to 90, San Francisco up to 73 later on, and then for tomorrow we do it all over again with the potential of more 90s for our inland valleys, 80s around the inner bay and 70s at the coastline and monday we could be talking about the potential of 102 for places like antioch and look at sacramento, stockton, modesto, 100 degrees weather over the next couple days. Its going to be hot today, tomorrow and really over the next couple days. Heres a look at the temperature trend this week. The south bay back into the low 90s through wednesday. 80s for the peninsula and San Francisco you will cool off on monday back into the 60s and that will be your cool spot through wednesday. Again, the north bay, east shore, and the trivalley over the next couple days are going to be hot so remember to take frequent breaks if youre going to be outside and try to keep the bay safe with the high fire danger out there. Definitely make sure you dont do camping over the next couple days with fires. For sure. Those triple digits, thanks. Much more ahead. Coming up what you can do literally change the horizon, change the script in one generation. Providing more than just money. One group helping underprivileged teens succeed . College and beyond. A story that will make you bay area proud. Youre watching today in the bay. Ask most High School Students what it takes to get to college and they will probably say good grades. Money is usually the next factor. For the past decade a group on the peninsula helping fund students. This just the beginning of their amazing success. Today in the bays Garvin Thomas the bay area proud. Reporter in 2005 a small group of people sat in charles living room and came up with a goal raise enough money to give a few kids 3,000 to help with college, the amount over the years has stayed the same. But so much else has grown. Charles likes taking chances on young people. Perhaps its because over the past 11 years, the Peninsula College fund charles started has taken chances on more than 150 lowincome first in their family to go to College High School graduates and 90 have gotten their fouryear degree. Theyre inspirational, just amazing. Perhaps its also because someone once took a chance on charles. Although a little later in life. After a career in advertising, charles decided he wanted to be a teacher. Its the biggest question i had in my mind was at 56, which is im now 69, but at 56, can i still connect with kids. Reporter the principal of san joses Presentation High School took him up on the offer. She took a chance on me and in many ways the best ten years of my life. Reporter while he was teaching charles and a group of friends came up with the idea for pcf. The goals were very simple. Goals were provide these kids with 3,000 a year, carrot and a stick, 12,000 scholarship. Reporter the money it turned out turned out to be just part of what these kids got. The students got charles too. And a whole team of mentors dedicated to helping them all the way through college. Charles regularly travels around the state and country visiting students that have received pcf scholarships. Javier has a degree from san jose state and friend for life. Charles, i am forever grateful. He really cares. He really cares about how were doing it . In america what you can do is literally change the horizon, change the script in one generation. And its all tied to education. Reporter the money remains just one part of all that pcf does. There is the mentoring and helping them get through their College Courses and get ready for the job world. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. If you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. Go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. And search bay area proud. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, president obama reacts to the uks vote to leave the european union. And why donald trump hopes the brexit vote could be a preview of the u. S. President ial race. Plus as been a month since a 15yearold vallejo girl was kidnapped but efforts to find her have not stopped. Well hear from her family next. When consultant josh atkins books at laquinta. Com. He gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. So he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. And when josh thinks big you know what he gives . Ill give you everything ive got and then some. He gives a hundred and ten percent im confident this 10 can boost your market share. Look at that pie chart boom youve never seen a number like that you feel me lois . Im feeling you. Yeah you do lets do this watch out he just had a whole thimble full of coffee. Woot woot the ready for you alert, only at laquinta. Com. La. Quinta yeah from nbc bay area this is today in the bay. Good morning, everyone. Youre a taking a live look at the bay bridge where it looks like smooth traveling for drivers there. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im bigad shaban along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. Whos going to give us a look at our microclimate forecast. And some warmer weather to enjoy today. Yeah. In fact, you saw from the shot from the bay bridge and across the south bay sunshine this morning. No fog, means warm temperatures especially for our inland valleys. The return of 90s headed to places like the trivalley and the south bay. We have rip currents possible at the beaches. Keep that in mind if you are going to be headed to santa cruz and the north bay especially thats where they will be the strongest. Across parts of most of the bay are warming into the 60s now that sun is up. 62 san jose, hayward at 60, redwood city at 63. Later this afternoon redwood city at 86, san jose 90, same for gilroy, 91 livermore. The cool spot will be the coastline this weekend, 70s from San Francisco towards santa cruz. If youre looking for the cool spot thats where you go. Headed into the water rip currents are possible through the day today. Head to the shore for some relief. Yes. Be careful. All right. Anthony, thanks. Pride weekend is under way in San Francisco. The event kicked off with a trans march last night. Bars and restaurants in the castro were packed but not everyone was welcome at the festivities. The mood turned somewhat sour when some city officials took the stage to talk about legislative support for the community. Some in the crowd were upset saying the celebration is not a time for politics. Also there was one of San Franciscos most wellknown transgender advocates ter see a sa sparks appointed as the mayors gender equity adviser. First time its been created in the country and just for the city, the politicians that were booed off today, for them to Work Together to provide more p programming. This is our time, not a time for politicians. Police officers were out in full force and will continue to increase patrols this weekend following that deadly attack in orlando. And our coverage of pride weekend continues on line at our website at nbcbayarea. Com. You can find details on all the events this weekend as well as those road closures. And serious charges against this man farook mushtock accused of running after, hitting and killing a bicyclist with his car. He pleaded not guilty of felony vehicular manslaughter. Police say on wednesday he ran a red light near seventh and howard in San Francisco hitting katherine flattery. Also sfpd looking for another hit and run driver who killed a cyclist in golden gate park. Also on wednesday night. 41yearold Heather Miller was killed. And a largescale search has ended and the public vigils have stopped but the family of pearl penson is looking for her. Theyre hoping billboards will lead to the vallejo teenager. Here is jodi hernandez. Its hard. Going a month without her. Reporter the past month has been unbearable for pearl pensons family. The 15yearold was kidnapped as she walked to catch a bus to school four weeks ago. But while her abductor was killed during a shootout with police in Santa Barbara county investigators have found no trace of pearl. His family knows where hes at. They have peace. We dont know where our daughter is at. If shes alive or dead. You know, the not knowing is killing us. We just want to bring her home and put this behind us. Just as i would want somebody to search for my child thats how were searching for pearl. Reporter sheriff investigators say while their tip line has slowed down, the case is still their highest priority. They said its had an emotional impact on the department. Billboards have gone up across the bay area aimed at finding her. This is a very tragic, tragic story and it would be amazing if we can give it a happy ending and bring her home. I need her home. No matter what. Reporter pearls mother is hanging on to hope crasspping the necklace her daughter gave her, she says a peace of her heart is missing. I want her to know i love her and i need her home. I need to see her. Laugh with her, cry with her. Argue with her. Reporter jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. What happened on that party bus . James green, a bus driver, is facing a slew of charges after he drove a party bus filled with drugs, booze and teens in marin county. He had to appear in a courtroom on friday. Green pleaded not guilty to all those charges. He was arrested monday night after a tip told officers a party bus was on the road filled with illegal substances and more than 30 teenagers. They tried to get james greens side of the story but he didnt want to go on camera. More than 20 are dead including a 4 and 8yearold after powerful storms hit parts of west virginia. The National Guard is searching for people trapped in flooded out homes and cars. Ten inches of rain. The National Weather Service Called it a one in a thousand year event. The unrelenting rain was caused by a weather system that spun off at least eight confirmed tornados in ohio and northern illinois. New this morning, top diplomats from the European Unions six founding nations met in berlin following britains stunning vote to leave the european union. I think its very important we mean what we say today. [ inaudible ]. The German Foreign minister says now is the time to listen to each other to find out what the remaining 27 eu countries want for the future of the union. Instant regret, thats what some brits are saying after the historic vote that will pull the uk out from the eu. Some of the citizens who supported the leave campaign are having second thoughts. The whole family this morning, even though t the majority of us voted to leave, we are actually regretting it today. In fact, a petition is now circulating for a redo referendum that already has more than 1 million signatures this morning but its unclear whether a redo is even possible. Meanwhile, the brexit is prompting conservative groups from other European Countries to launch a similar campaign. Leaders in europe are calling on britain to implement its exit from the eu quickly in hopes of avoiding more uncertainty. Now among the many things the uk needs to figure out is who the next Prime Minister will be. Now that David Cameron is stepping down this fall. Global markets reacted with turmoil. The dow fell 610 points, bank stocks were hit hard over the concern and Tech Companies worried about imports to europe dragged the nasdaq more than 4 and the s p lost 3. 5 of its overall value. President obama had to reshuffle his talking points as we showed you earlier in the news cast he was in town for a business summit at stanford, but the brexit vote was topic number one. But while the uks relationship with the eu will change, one thing that will not change is the special relationship that exists between our two nations. That will endure. President obama says this includes the nato Defense Alliance which remains a cornerstone of the Cross Atlantic partnership. Donald trump wasted no time weighing in during a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at one of his golf courses in scotland he says the vote is a reflection of the anger driving his own president ial campaign in the state. I see a parallel between whats happening in the United States and here. People want to see borders. Hillary Clintons Campaign called trumps reaction to the brexit vote, quote, dangerous and frightening. And we have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up a fan favorite for the giants and not even a player. We go behind the scenes with giants announcer dave fleming. Youre watching today in the bay. The pride weekend. Last night fireworks at at t park, pride night at the game between the giants and the phillies. Before the fireworks the giants beat philadelphia 54. And calling the action was dave fleming in the radio booth. Actually the youngest member of the giants acclaimed broadcast crew and hes coming to his own right before our eyes. Heres today in the bays colin rush. How time nice. Hard to believe dave fleming has been calling giants games for 12 seasons now. It was quick assent to the bigs for fleming but he paid his dues along the way. My first game they flew me in for a weekend. I remember being nervous about it. John and dwyane and mike were there. And i was like 25 years old. So i show up and the piece of advice they gave me which i thought was great was they took all we have these stacks of notes and stats and said see all this and they just threw it in the garbage and said, dont worry, you dont have to sound smart, dont have to sound like you know every bit of giants history. Just watch the game, describe the game and the fans will like it. My second big league game, was a no hitter for the second game i ever worked was Kevin Millwood for the phillies no hit the giants. Little uptight the giants had the best record in the big leagues i show up and didnt get a hit in the game. I didnt think i was going to get invited back. My favorite call the final out of the 2012 world series. Bottom of the tenth inning in detroit. Giants three outs away not only from a win in game four but a world series victory over the tigers. It would be a sweep. It became a famous story but three outs away from inning with the world series and i turned to john and said youre the lead voice of the team. Should you maybe you should call the final out. Maybe you should just do the play by play in the bottom of the tenth and john said its your inning, you to it. Romo, looking in for the side from his catcher posy, 22 pitch on the way. Cabrera takes strike three called and the giants have won the world series in detroit and the celebration begins as the giants mob the mound. Cabrera strikes out looking to end it. So, sergio romo strikes out Miguel Cabrera and not that many guys in history who called the final out of a world series and im one of them. Not only have the giants won the world series they have swept the tigers in four games. In dominant fashion. 12 seasons, three world series titles and maybe a fourth this year. He might be more valuable than some of the players. In San Francisco, colin resh, nbc bay area. Man behind the voice. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up a long tough journey to live out and proud. How this activist is helping others facing discrimination. And its going to be a warm weekend across the bay area. Lots of sunshine means lots of warming. Were back to talk about those numbers and a warming for beach goers coming up after the break. Welcome back on saturday. 7 44. Start off with a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge waking up to clear skies this morning, no fog and thats how you know its going to be a warm day at the coastline. If you are waking up right now keep in mind, dress for the weather. Its going to be hot everywhere even at the coastline today. Comfortable. Were talking 70s for San Francisco, 73 headed there for pride, going to be nice. 85 for the east bay. 82 for the peninsula. 90s for the south bay today. Same deal for the trivalley and north bay. Lower 90s there. Its going to be a hot weekend and if youre headed to the beach we have the potential for rip currents even at the coastline. Especially for santa cruz and the north bay. Thats where it will be the strongest. Winds gusty as well. See right now winds gusting from 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour at the coastline. With all of that heat the breeze will feel pretty good. High pressure in control and you can see the storm track well to our north. Over towards montana. Thats where the showers are at right now. Storm track pushes way to the north and dry conditions way to our south and thats the effect of High Pressure. It clears out things, that sinking air doesnt allow for clouds to form and were looking at clear skies over the course of the next several days. Headed to the city for San Francisco pride its going to be warm, starting off cool in the Morning Hours with temperatures near 60. By noons close to 70 and by the afternoon hours with all that sunshine back into the mid 70s. We have red flag fire warnings in place for the Sacramento Vallejo and down towards the San Bernardino vallejo. So do keep in mind going to be doing any traveling that we still have very dangerous fire conditions out across the state with all of this heat, camping with fires is not encouraged. So here are our numbers for today. 91 for san jose, 93 san ramon. Antioch. Richmond 76, 73 for San Francisco up to 88 in novato and 88 napa. Tomorrow similar numbers. Not going to see much change. Were still going to be looking at 90s inland valleys, 80s around the bay and 70s for the coastline. Monday we could see a few places hit 100 degrees like antioch 102 there, 94 san ramon. Stays hot. San martin 95. The heat continues through the work week. Wednesday is when the heat will peak and temperatures will cool off by thursday. A ways to go. Peninsula in the 80s through the next couple days. San francisco, you will cool off by monday back into the 60s and going to lead to a cooling trend at the coastline through wednesday. Everywhere else were talking about 80s and 90s for our inland valleys. So it will be hot all the way through wednesday with some slight cooling by thursday. Back to you. A warm one. Bring the water. Thanks. Still ahead on today in the bay called an antigay apartheid. The bay area man whos making sure more people in his native country wont be killed for who they love. Have a good day. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back, everyone. Heres a birds eyeview of san jose. On this saturday morning. This weekend is not only a celebration for the Lbgt Community but also a source of strength and reflection. One man risked his life to be out and proud. Heres today in the bay. Reporter behind the sounds of laughter, are sometimes stories with little to laugh about. Though he is quick with a chuckle, cedrics life has held plenty of tears. Youre living with that kind of fear. Reporter before he landed a job doing marketing for San Franciscos climb real estate, he worked as an lbgt activist in cameroon, a country where gay and lesbian Sexual Activity is illegal. When you choose to be an activist in cameroon you decide to live with a danger. Reporter after coming out as a gay man in college, he became the target of antigay harassment. I received a lot of insults, people [ inaudible ] many times. Reporter difficult life and struggles to help other young gay people back home became the subject of a documentary film called born this way. The film raised its profile in this country but also the level of threats which now targeted family and friends. So when they began to touch people that i love, something i cant accept. Reporter out of fear for the lives around him he fled to the u. S. Two years ago and began building a new life. I think he has an interesting story as an activist, a person who has overcome insurmountable struggle. Reporter he now is living a very different life in San Francisco. He hasnt let go of the old one. Once his day job is over, another begins. They still need me. Reporter he spends every night online helping lbgt activists in cameroon and lending support to young gays facing the same discrimination he did. I always ask them to be strong, to be always happy. His joy is infectious and i think thats just an incredible thing given where hes come from. Reporter even now he still feels the pains of separation. This is my mom. Reporter these days theres the kind of laughter that comes with acceptance. Joe risto jr. , nbc today in the bay. What lies beneath . You never know until you look. A huge sinkhole opened up on a missouri golf course. The owner of the course decided to explore what was below. Turns out 30,000 truck loads of red missouri clay had to be hauled away to reveal elaborate caves. Despite ruining a portion of his golf course the owner can share the ozarks Natural Beauty above and below ground. The u. S. Senate reached a bipartisan agreement that would require labels for genetically modified foods. The proposal would allow Food Companies to use a Digital Label to be accessed about asmartphone more lenient than vermonts law which requires the words produced with genetic engineering on genetically modified foods. About 80 of packaged foods sold in the u. S. Contain gmos. Feeling burned by something youve paid for isnt unusual but that feeling rarely comes with a trip to the hospital. Dozens of people burned their feet after walking on hot coals at A Tony Robbins motivational seminar in dallas. Five were rushed to a local hospital. Emergency crews say they evaluated at least 30 others at the convention center. Many were seen limping or being carried away. A representative says tony robbins has been doing coal walks like this for 30 years, but added that they rarely see injuries this severe. We have a new winner to tell you about for this years worlds ugliest dog, sweepy rambo took home the coveted moniker at the contest held in petaluma. This 17yearold chinese crusted chihuahua weighs about 4 pounds and is blind in both eyes. Shes a rescue dog and this win will mark her official retirement. And still ahead on today in the bay our friends from pets in need are here. We will introduce you to jethro and portia after the break. This morning some specialgue youre watching today in the bay. This morning we have special guests to tell you about from pets in need. You might hear them whimpering in the break. Executive director al and alexa here with who friends who are ready for new homes. Tell us about these little guys. Im holding portia, shes about 2 1 2, 3 months old. Female kitty. Beautiful as can be. And this little guy. This is jethro, hes about 2 1 2 months old. Full of energy. Hes got the biggest paws youll ever see. Kind of a lab mix. I was going to ask. Hes a mix there. Give people an idea. A number of animals ready for homes at the shelter. What are some examples of what you have. We have currently about 15 kittens like portia. We have two other puppies like jethro. We have probably the broadest array of puppies and kittens and dogs and cats weve had. The age ranges too. Two, three months old to senior citizens, 7, 8 years old. For people watching at home interested in taking one of the pets home whats the process . They come into our shelter, 871 fifth avenue in redwood city, and look around. We give people a lot of time to get to know the animals and feel comfortable. The family needs to feel comfortable with the animal. Once they make a selection, we do the paperwork. It takes about 10, 15 minutes. Thats all and they can go home. Go home that day with their new family member. Do you have specials going on right now . We do. We have a tell everybody about the get your tan on. Yeah. We have a lot of tan dogs in our shelter all ranges, chihuahuas and terriers. All tan or tannish dogs have 50 off their adoption fees. Thats great. And what kind of crowds have you seen recently . Weve had a good number of people come in because they know its kitten season so a lot of people are coming into the shelter looking for kittens. And we can accommodate. Thats good. Hopefully you get a lot more. Thank you so much for being here. Portia and jethro thank you you too. Thank you. You can find out more about pets in need on their website, pets in need. Org and well have actually on our website as well a link as well. 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