jurors have rejected the claim that he was insane. 12 people were killed and 70 people wounded. pages of notebooks revealed the careful planning of this mass shooting. during the sentenceing phase, jurors will determine whether he goes to prison for life or death row. a closer look at the jury that deliberated for only two days for a three month case. new at 5:00 crushing cars on purpose and pocketing the insurance money. that eegs what more than two dozen people are accused of doing in south bay. they're calling this the coffee break case? >> reporter: in many of the cases the people lad one excuse. i crashed my car because coffee spilled on me. the accidents are happening in quiet neighborhoods like this. >> not guilty your honor. >> ten people faced the judge this afternoon all accused of wrecking their cars for money. >> the amount that was paid out by the insurance company is almost half a million dollars. >> deputy district attorney says the investigation began in 2011 when a chp investigator noticed a trend. the excuse for almost every crash. >> i spilled my coffee on myself which caused me to hit one to two parked cars. >> all the damaged cars were owned by a person involved in the scam. the same car was wrecked and repaired several times. in total 33 people are suspected in the case. so far 14 have been arrested in santa clara county. >> you lie to an insurance company it's a crime. >> one person pled not guilty. reporting live in morgan hill nbc bay area news. >> initially it was a car crash. san jose police say they found the man alive in his car. it all unfolded around 2:30 this morning. officers are going door to door in that area. >> in the east bay, police say a hash oil bus is possibly the largest of its kind in california history. police released this video where detectives say five people were extracting the active ingredient in marijuana. it's an extremely dangerous process which involves the use of explosive butane gas. something his brother never did, jeb bush making an official visit to the bay area. he ordered an uber. that was his mode of transpor operation. he spoke at thumb tack. this was the photo he posted on facebook. with uber comes controversy over regulation. kristy smith is in san francisco. what's his angle for this trip? >> you know we talked to one political science professor who says that jeb bush may be looking down the road at a very long competitive race with a crowded field here in california and he may be trying to set himself apart with a slightly more moderate tone. his driver in a democrat who enjoys his work. inside? a thumb tack company. he praised tech innovation and talked up what he thinks is wrong in washington. >> the government today in washington looks more like general motors in 1975. the government of the future needs to be look more like thumb tack to be honest with you. lower cost higher quality, focused on outcomes. >> and workers fired off questions. states that lack anti-discrimination laws. >> the visit, a chance to appeal to silicon valley voters was in sharp contrast to his brother who never visited san francisco while in office. >> jeb bush needs to run a more moderate campaign than his brother. coming to california indicates that he's not going to be as idealogical as his brother. >> coming up we will have more on bush's visit to san francisco including an answer to a question he was asked and that was which of president obama's he might emulate. >> we will see you at 6:00. former president george h.w. bush fill and broke a bone in his neck. jeb says dad is doing okay. >> i think he was being picked up and he's a big guy now. he's in some pain. i think he's in good shape. >> president bush is 91 years old and is in fair skn. ptd bram called to wish him a speedy recovery. >> the suspect allegedly high on meth is accused of beating the priest with his cane. it happened on monday on bay road. father john was walking when this man pushed him down to the ground and took his metal cane. the cane broke according to police. three men stepped in to help. perez then attacked them. the victims were not seriously hurt. perez pleasure not guilty today. it was intended to help increase dwindling water supplies. it has parked intense conflict over a multimillion dollar contract. sources are talking to tony. he is live in our newsroom with more. >> good evening. the chairman now wants all negotiations to spend extra investigation is complete. it all centers on an emergency plan for drought relief. it's a multimillion dollar contract without competitive bids. insiders reached out to the investigative unit concerned that they have not been -- concerns that have been echoed by board members who both voted against the emergency water project. >> $10 million is a lot of the public's money and to award it to contractors without any outside scrutiny i think is troubling and that concerns me. >> you voted against it. why? >> i did because i think single source contracts unless it's an absolute emergency like a dam collapsing shows lack of planning. >> help us understand why two of your board members are kicking and screaming over what happened here. >> i don't understand why. i mean we're providing all the information to the board members in terms of what the processes are. the board was involved in the decision. >> now if board approved the plan 5-2 as i said earlier this year. tonight we take you inside the continueroversy as we follow the process of what was called an emergency fix but won't pay a water dividend for at least five years. tonight we investigate. >> thank you tony. up next a custody battle that could change the face of the frozen embryo business. the woman behind it all. >> it's like a gift given to me by god, by whoever however. a love for a job that transcends generations. the family business that will make you bay area proud. low clouds starting to move back into san francisco and we're about to catch a break from this heat. coming up in the micro climate forecast. the its a sign of the times...and the country is watching. a woman is trying to save her frozen embryos from the sign of the times and the country is watching this case. a woman is trying to save her frozen ebreembryos from being destroyed but she needs the consent of her ex-husband. she said she didn't remember the details of that consent agreement she signed with her then husband back in 2010. she wants to keep the embryos because they're her last chance of having a baby of her own and an agreement she signed five years ago. no court and no circumstances has told a woman that she can't use them. >> lee's husband refused to discuss the case. we will talk about with the director of stanford center about why he thinks the judge is likely to rule against mimi lee. >> legalizing pot in california. prosecutors say they're raet ready to put the initiative on the ballot. it will file its initiative with the attorney general's office in the next few weeks and will start collecting tens of thousands of signatures in order to get the initiative on next year's ballot. a similar plan was rejected back in 2010. 55% of voters now support legalation legalation. >> for the first time that has been reported, one of google's self-driving cars has been reported in an injury accident. one of its vehicles was rear ended and three people suffered minor whiplash. google says its car was not at fault. there have been more than a dozen accidents but the cars have not been cited. >> shares of google stock have skyrocketed. that's what investors wanted to hear. at last check, google stock was up 11% or about $64 a share. >> thanks in part to google and netflix. a lot of happy cheers thanks to google and netflix. both bay area companies capitalizing on the growth of online video and content. a new ride may soon be hitting the streets. >> on august first it's expected to become a reality. you see the map right here. it will run from fisherman's wharf to the ferry building near at&t park. it will initially run on weekends and switch to daily service next year. >> law enforcement rups in a family with multiple generations. >> for one family in the east bay it didn't take generations. they only needed one department to do this. >> when jim and lori had their three sons they thought it would be fun to give them the same initials as their dad. they never expected that they would all take after him in another way as well. >> bbq was the cuisine of choice. >> the next two weeks we do -- >> the reason was to toast the beginning of a new career for their youngest son. >> justin lyn. >> just a few hours before justin was sworn in to be the newest crop of deputy working for the county sheriff. it is a particular source of pride for dad jim because for the past 28 years that is exactly where he has worked too. >> he's following in the footsteps of his oldest brother jim and his other brother jacob. there are now four lyns wearing the same badge and the same name tag for that matter. >> they certainly didn't talk about it with their dad. >> i don't think i ever had a conscious thought that one let aloempb all three go into law enforcement. >> jim just seemed to have the ability to bring only the good part of the job home and leave the rest. >> i talked to many people who said why do you want to be a cop? talking to people and i'm like my dad is not that way. >> he hopes his boys are that way, too. >> i want to have the boys do the right thing for the right reason and if you do that they will be successful and the people you serve will be happy. >> so already one of the brothers jacob said it would be confusing when somebody would get on the radio or the loud speaker and say deputy linn i need you here because brother jim was working there and now brother justin would be there as well. i would only answer if it was my boss saying it. >> they are all j.linn. they need a midding initial in there as well. >> i'm confused. >> what a great family. thank you so much for their service, too. thank you. >> thank you. and now it's time for weather. >> and only one of me. as we take a look outside, a lot of sunshine. it is hot today. and we are going to catch a break from this as we head into the weekend and just in the nick of time. as we take a live look right now from mt hamilton we all have our acs on full blast. it's still going to be warm. out there in the tropics which may have some rain rolling into our area. let's take a look at the temperatures now. gusty winds, too. and in san francisco, so breezy. 73 degrees. at this hour still 88 degrees and we will have more of the 90s heading into tomorrow. 70 in san francisco. 82 degrees and the penz lareaching 82 degrees. let me break it down hour by hour. we will start out the morning with the low clouds and the high tomorrow will still be at 70 degrees luke what we saw today in san francisco. the temperatures really going up. 90s in the forecast for the inland valleys. 80s for the north and south bay. decent cooling for the weekend. and we will have mostly 70s and 80s across the bay. something very unusual is happening in the tropics and we don't usually see a lot of moisture moving in this time of year. as the hurricane weakens over the next couple of days looks like like some of that could be weakening. the rain and clouds start to move in by sunday. the only thing that may throw a wrench in this forecast would be high pressure and the way that it steers that rain and humidity heading into sunday and monday. but this is what computer models are doing with it right now. check that out. all of that rain starting to move in late sunday night just to the south of us. and we're going to feel the humidity and we could start out the workweek with some rain and any little bit will help. we will keep you upto date on that. we want to chk in to see what is going on if there are any changes in the forecast we will put a chance of isolated lightning and some rain in the forecast on sunday. but otherwise enjoy a nice saturday. it will still be warm in spots like the south bay. 85 degrees and 89 in the trivalley and down to 86 degrees. compare that to the low 90s you have today. i will have another look coming up. right now back to you. >> thank you. a chilly 86 degrees. thank you. up next a wanted man in several cities. we will tell you what he's accused of and a break in the case. >> plus homelessness in the bay area getting better or worse. the numbers are only half the story. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com in the ea tonight investigators are search ing searching for the cause of major fire. firefighters say a live power wire dangling overhead made it harder to put out the flames. incredibly no structures burned and nobody was hurt. >> a big break in the case. livermoore police have a suspect in a string of bank robberies. this picture was taken yesterday. he is blamed for other robberies at a wells fargo and a u.s. bank. if you recognize you're urged to call police. two suspects are in custody following an hours long police chase spanning two counties. stop a car or a vehicle on highway 238 near mission boulevard. they say the car sped off on the 580. the driver got on the 680 and stopped an hour later near the walnut creek bart station. police arrested one suspect at the scene and then helicopters and k-9 units were brought in to catch a second suspect. roughly the same numbers two years ago but the city of human services agency says that's not the whole story. it released the homeless count today found a third of the homeless moved to san francisco after becomingess somewhere else. half live on the streets and the other half is sheltered. the number of homeless veterans is down 16% and the number of homeless families is also down 6%. what's your favorite program? up next the emmy nominations are in and a fan favorite is stealing the pot slight. ...a rabbit... ...a rabbit genetically modified and bred with a panther... ...with turbines attached... ...on ice... ...shaved... ...with a...what the?! with the fastest speeds to the most homes, the company that keeps making fast faster is doing it again. introducing multi-gig speeds from xfinity. the future of awesome. tonight at six - what college should you choose to "maximize" your chances of getting a tech job? a new study says the top school is right here in the bay area but what college would you choose to maximize your chances of getting a tech job? you might be surprised? the answer on our 6:00 newscast. >> big day for hollywood. the nominees for this year's prime time emmy awards were announced today. game of thrones leads the way with 24 nominations. and it's up again for best drama series. others include downtown abby and orange is the new black. as for top comedies silicon valley and transparent made the list. just go to our website to see the entire list. the event will air on september 20th. >> i've only seen downtown abby. >> i have not seen anything. i really need to get my dvr going. >> binge watch those shows. maybe this weekend. >> two nights. >> thanks a lot. lester holt joins us next. >> see you back here at 6:00. facebook and twitter. wx ctr projector & 65 screens tonight, breaking news, terror in tennessee. four marines murdered in a shooting rampage at two military recruiting centers. the gunman killed after committing what authorities say is an act of domestic terrorism. the verdict is in, the jury taking fewer than two days to decide the fate of james holmes for killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater nearly three years ago. inside lockup, president obama gets personal on a historic trip into a federal prison for his push to reduce sentencing for many non-violent crimes in this country. and survivor story, she walked away from a small plane crash that killed her grandparents then hiked through the wild for nearly 48 hours. tonight, her dramatic tale in her own words. 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