Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM 20240622 : co

Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM 20240622

Kari hall has the wind conditions they have to battle but we begin with stephanie. Whats the progress out there . Scott and kris we expect good progress. The winds dont seem as strong as yesterday, but were awaiting for the update. I spoke with the haffner family. They were told yet not to worry. By 8 00 think saw an orange glow over the ridge north. You can see the land completely blackened behind me. Got up close to their property right up to their fence. I looked up there, and fire was over the ridge. Reporter it wasnt just a surprise to them it surprised firefighters too. They said everything was south of us should be fine. The next thing we know we fire to the ridge to the north of us. I was thinking we need to get them off the property. Reporter its been a tough firefights. The terrain and few roads have complicated the fight. Copped biened with the erratic winds notorious in the area. Blisters couldnt believe the wind. They were probablying burn ago average of 2 feet off the ground. It wasnt so much it was just huge flames. It was how quickly they moved. Reporter within two minutes flames were just 50 feet from their house. Fire grab them. Some bottles of water. Reporter late this morning they were dealing with some scarce hot spots flaring up. Stress aside, theyre grateful the fire hasnt destroyed any homes and most of all it hasnt claimed any lives. We were just trying to do everything we could. This morning to see how much was burned was surreal. Youve got your life youve got your family thats really the most important. Reporter back here live you see the barn that burned to the ground with two trucks completely melted. Thats the only structure thats completely destroyed in the wragg fire. They say the family that owns that barns lives in san jose so good news that no injuries. The family is also saying they were saved because of this defensible space. The break with this road. Firefighters say many homeowners were saved because of that. Stef stay safe out there. Thanks. Now lets take another look at the massive flames in overnight. The winds were definitely an issue for firefighters yesterday. So the question today is, are the winds cooperating . The person with that is kari hall. Are they going to get any help . I think today will be the best day to try to get that under control or try to get a handle on that at least a bit, because the humidity is still relatively high and temperatures are cool. This temperature now only at 61. The winds coming from the west. We havent had many gusts left. As we go through the rest of the day, unfortunately the humidity will continue to drop and the winds there start to pick up once again with gusts up to 40 miles an hour. Into the nest couple days as we go into the weekend well have temperatures into the mid to upper 80s and triple digits next week. We know a wildfire that massive, it can take several days to get a handle on it. So next week very unfavorable, blow humidity and high heat. That continues for most of next week and also will be an issue well face elsewhere across the bay. Ill have a look at the rest of the microclimate forecast what to expect as temperatures go up. Thats in a few minutes. Well continue to follow this breaking story. If youd like more information sent directly to your phones just download our nbc bay area app, find us on facebook and twitter. New details on the case of the Hayward Police officers killed in the line of duty. The man who is accused of killing the sergeant is expected to get out of the hospital today, and then go straight to jail. New details come as people continue to show their support and gratitude for police. Reporter chris and scott, a Hayward Police lieutenant commented how good it was to see this kind of support for their friend Sergeant Scott lunger. It means a lot to know police are appreciated, because, in his words, they are not until they make the ultimate sacrifice. This is a spot on the street where Sergeant Scott lunger sacrificed his life in trying to keep antonio sandovals neighborhood safe. He watched helplessly as rescuers pumped the dying officers chest to keep him alive. Theyre out here of course keeping the peace, you know and i see him laying in the street wow is he dedicated his life for keeping the peace. We dont wsh we dont appreciate, i guess, we dont appreciate what it does for the community. Its sad. The suspect 21yearold marcus strado shot by the sergeants partner is expected to be released from the hospital later today. Police still have no idea what compelled him to allegedly fire on Sergeant Lunger during that traffic stop. Theres no explanation. We dont have a motive. We dont have a why. Unprovoked. You know how do we as a society overcome it . I think we just have to be good to each other. Jeff day from scott lungers hometown witnessed some of that goodness this morning. Then he turned to a higher power, praying for a resolution to this violence. I dont think a family knows what they go through. I think its sad this stuff goes on for no apparent reason. Hayward police tell us his partner, who has just under seven years of service with the department, is on paid administrative leave, and in their words doing the best he can. The department is Offering Counseling to anyone who needs it. People have been asking police how they can help Sergeant Lungers family. The family is not in need of money, according to one lieutenant they spoke with. The department is trying to find a Charity People could donate to, and theyre working together to come up with a public memorial service. Good to see that support out there. Scott lunger was the assistant coach at oakley freedom high school. A few of the players and the rest of the coaches have set up their own memorial on the softball diamond. He wasnt just a coach, he was family. He was funny, relaxed, but wanted to get stuff down. He spend five years coaching at freedom high. Our coverage of the death of Sergeant Lunger continues on our if youd like to know more about his life and legacy visit or web side nbcbayarea. Com. New at 11 00, crews working quickly to repair a water main break in San Francisco near the intersection in the excelsior the leak flooded a nearby building. Crews say it would be at least this afternoon before they finish the repairs, while the cause is under the investigation, the Public Utilities Commission Says a woman held prisoner in richmond as a sex slave for more than a year is now free and her alleged captor is the one now behind bars. Authorities say it all started with a simple facebook message. Police say this man met the victim through the social media site facebook. She travel all the way from nicaragua to his bay area apartment about a year ago, expecting a better life. Instead police say she was kidnapped, sexually abused and forced to live in a closet. The police got a tip from Homeland Security leading them to the woman. It appears this was not the first call for help from the victim but this was the first time we were able to rescue the victim. Authorities say they contacted the victim by cell phone, they then swarmed the home and arrested sanchez, and discovered the frightened woman inside. A man accused of a grisly crime is back in modesto this morning. Martin martinez was caught in san jose over the weekend. Overnight he was back to the county to face murder charges for the murder of his girlfriend her mother and three children. A one san jose state Football Player is in the hospital, another suspended after a fight in a dorm. University police say chad miller, who was a redshirted freshman, is the player in the hospital. School officials are not yet identifying the other player. The day comes days after another player was sfots kicked off the team after being arrested for battery charges. Plus a top cop is calling it quits. The chief reflects on 30 years of protecting and serving. Its tougher than ever to be a. Foster farms chicken. But foster farms simply raised chicken. Is 100 percent natural. With no antibiotics. Gasp do i look natural herb man . Can i call you herb man . Im trying to look natural. Say something. Why arent you guys saying anything . Simply raised chicken with no antibiotics. From foster farms. Welcome back. Another somewhat rough day on the market. Dow industrials losing the 5 points. Caterpillar report profits a lot of Companies Reporting profits, and caterpillar disappointed. Top doctors are protesting the high cost of medication. More than 100 oncologists from some of the nations best Cancer Centers published a letter today in the mayo clinics official journal. In it they protest the high costs, and call for medicaid to buy the drugs on the Canadian Market where theyre cheaper. Pharmaceutical Companies Say its due to research and development. For every drew that works, they down hundreds that doth and not just cancer drug prices either gilead comes under fire for the hepatitisc drew. Is the bestseller is 1300 a dose. Meg whitman will join Chris Christies campaign as cochair of the finance team. Whitman will still run hewlettpackard at the same time, of course. Whitman is a longtime republican, on the romney team last time around. They teamed up before. He voted her when she ran for california governor. Now we can say that whitman is not supporting fiorina. Whitman and fiorina have a lot in common. I have a lot in common with Chris Christie thats true too. Keeping with the political theme, donald trump heads to the border today, his first visit since making the controversial comments. Nbcs jay gray is in laredo texas with a closer look at Todays Campaign stop. Reporter donald trump travels to the border later today, with some saying hes crossed the line for his run for the white house. Let no one be mistaken his candidacy is a cancer on conservatism conservatism. It must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded. Reporter in many polls, hes the leading the contender. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some i assume are good people. Reporter trump stands by his comments, and the real estate mogul says he will win the latino vote because he will quote, butt them to work. His unapologetic stool has stirred up the early race. After publicly releasic Lindsey Grahams personal number graham answered the call with his tongue in cheek video on how to destroy a cell phone. Now if he had a bad day, maybe put it on the internet so i bottom line i think its exposed the even further narrative that hes a car wreck. Reporter one that the other candidates and voters cant seem to take their eyes off of right now. Jay gray nbc news laredo texas. Vice President Joe Biden head back to the bay area today. Hes visiting the Newark Company developing a portable blood testing kit. The Company World billions started by a then 19yearold stanford student after hell join a roundtable table in the field of preventative care. His last visit in april you are seeing here. The change at the stop for the San Jose Police department. The chief is retiring after three decades on the force. Escovel took over as chief just two years ago. He reflected on some of the departments most trying times like the turmoil over pension reform that led to a mass exodus of officers. Theres been ups and downs, ebbs and flows, headache and heartache at time but there was a huge learn curve from a deputy chief to the chief of a major city department. The chief does plan to stay on the job until this coming january. After that assistant police chief eddie garcia will become the interim chief. Lets check the weather. Kari is joining us. Good morning. A nice treat with the cool air that stays with us through the day, and then kind of goes away for a while, unfortunately. Look at the temperature now in the south bay, 68 degrees and sunny. San francisco 62 degrees, and temperatures really wont warm much more from there. In San Francisco and the north bay, it is 67 degrees in the trivalley. Well see the highs topping out today in the lower 80s. Well see some mild air for now, as we hold on to those clouds for a little while longer especially near the coast. Were comparing ocean beach, at 59 degrees to san jose where we see the sunshine and were looking from mt. Hamilton down to the city and it is 68 degrees there. We still do have the low clouds and so fog on the coast of San Francisco. Right at 5 00 youll start to see the clouds moving back in and lowering as we go into tonight. Also spreading elsewhere across the bay. Thats exactly what we will see. The same picture tomorrow and morning clouds clearing as we go into the afternoon. A look at the wind forecast. At 11 00, here remember now, winds coming in at about maybe 10 to 15 miles an hour across most of the bay. It does pick up but wont be as strong as yesterday, except in San Francisco, San Francisco where the wind speeds pick up to about 19 miles per hour. It would be pretty breezy as we still have this cool pool of air right over the bay area. Now, into the next couple days this starts to lift to the north, High Pressure will be building in allowing temperatures to warm up. Well still have the 60s across the bay this weekend, 70s for the inland areas and trivalley some 80s. Look at what happens as we go into next week. That heat building. Well have in 90s in the north bay, south bay and east bay, and over 100 degree some of the models picking up on the possibility of hitting 110 in a few spots, so something well keep you up to date on. Weir watching Tropical Storm felicia. Its expected to fizzle out in the pacific and probably wont make big headlines. Our weekend forecast is awesome across the bay. Ill have another look at the microclimate forecast coming up a bit later. Now back to you. Up next at 11 00, taking back the power, how one Girls Mission to stop the cultural sexual shaming is turning into a national movement. Destroy. Thats the message from a filmaker debuting a new documentary in palo alto aimed. Words can inspire, but they can also destroy. Thats from a film maker with a documentary aimed at girls and the single world that can alter school, work and their own selfrerespect. We have more on the efforts to take power away from the s word. Its a oneword label that can devastate. It came from my own experience. I was labeled a slut in the middle school. She was 11 years old when after a modest hookup her childhood crush started calling her that name. Like everyone in my town knew that i was that kind of girl. Reporter she survived by throwing herselves into things like theater, but realized not all girls survived the vicious label. To the death of victims like audrie pott and retea pushed her to shoot the documentary pinches its an issue and its also a human issue irchltz linda says for girls so sensitive to reputation that word can cause lifelong damage. That word in particular is so powerful because it hangs over all of our heads, all of us women know at any point someone could imply we got a promotion because we look a certainly way because of some rumor we heard. Reporter peggy bunker nbc bay area news. Up next a shattered window sparking new concerns about a crime lab in the south bay. The structural safety is now in question. This attack is being called a targeted attack. A husband and a wife beaten with baseball bats as they slept in their east bay home. Police say the suspects are still on the run. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews is in brentwood where police are searching for the suspects and a motive. Reporter 4 00 this Morning Police came to the quiet well to do culdesac on a possible assault. What they found inside the brown onestory building was john and ann russo, husband and wife both of them beaten with baseball bats. Police say three men broke into the house through a rear glass door. The wife was sleeping on the couch, assaulted with a baseball bat. The husband was in the master bedroom where he too was assaulted with a baseball bad. The womans arm was broken. She had head injuries the husband was far worse. The wife was treated, remains in stable condition. The husband is still being treated, i believe is in critical condition. The suspects described as two his spannic males and one black male in their teens or 20s. The house was not ransacked. It does not appear that anything was taken. What are you looking at . Were not sure. One thing im fairly confident is it was not a random act. It appears the people were tarted. Were not sure of the motive. Reporter lieutenant silva tells me he needs help. He said one of the neighbors had a security camera. Theyll be looking at the pictures from that and are frankly hoping for more. Recording from brentwood, Mark Matthews nbc bay areas news. Santa clara county paid for a crime lab which has had problems. Ever since its been opened, the lab has been plagued with structural issues. We take a look at the latest problem popping up. Reporter they helped solve some of the countys most notorious crimes. Technician have been testing since 2009 but thats also the year they started seeing problems with the new building. A faulty seal on a rooftop pump broke and caused a leak back tier in a water people bacteria that can cause legionairres disease. County workers say they had knollsed and havent been told about it. I dont know. County supervisor David Cortese told me he hrnlt been told about the glass panel, either. If its a structural issue, he would be very concerned. Via text message, he said quote this building when constructed was celebrated as best in its class. If there are defects, we will get to the bottom of it. From the fbi direct oror. More threats in the United States than al qaeda. Heres nbcs kristin welker. Isil is not y

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