Out. But it will work out how its supposed to work out. Reporter Police Say Smith was parking his vehicle when he hit another vehicle and then caused more damage when he opened the door into the other vehicle. And the victim called police and smith left the scene. At no point did he identify himself to police or to the victim who owned the vehicle he struck. Reporter he fail adfield sobriety test. And they say the judge and prosecutors were lenient with smith in his prior three dui charges. At some point, the court grows tired of them. Reporter now, smith is scheduled to be arraigned on october 6th but he points out he could find himself before a judge much sooner for a probation violation. Robert, thank you. Hes onef the best in the business but tonight, hes out of business. This arrest will cost aldon smith millions in lost salaries and p bonuses. Three of the arrests for dui. Youre looking that book photos for each of those arrests. Last year he was arrested at lax, accused of making a fake bomb threat and arrested for illegal assault rifles in his home two years ago. What stands out tonight is the reaction from the 49ers. The owner and general manager have been silent but the new head coach, emotional. He will be supported and helped. And he will not have to walk this path alone. That comes from our ownership, down. Thats the head coach making that announcement soon after smith was cut from the team and it didnt stop there. He made a very personal plea for anyone with a Substance Abuse problem and asked them to get help. Coming up, why addiction counselors say this could have a big impact. Today, our Investigative Unit is dig in. And you may remember reseesk preferential treatment from the santa clara jail. And he is here tonight with us. A closer look at todays time in jail. Tony. Reporter heres what weve discovered and its a significant change in how they treated the now ex49ers superstar. The difference. Today, he was treated like anybody else. Reporter that was him leaving the jail at about 8 30 this morning. Did alden smith get preferential treatment . That was shortly after his 2013 dui arrest. Sources said that 9ers line backer, received preferential treatment. Its been the practice of the jail for many years, decades actually, that anyone with a intoxication, we keep for a minimum of fivehours. Reporter following that arrest, they claim instead of keeping him there for five hours, he got out in les than two hours and instead of walking out the front door, he was allowed to exit through a back door. So, did he get the star treatment on thet friday morning . Yes, he certainly did. Reporter would the average person be allowed to leave after just a couple hours . No. He did not receive preferential treatment. Reporter and two years ago, the sheriff denied any preferential treatment. This time he was booked at 2 55 and not released until 8 28 a. M. , spending more than 5 1 2 hours behind bars and this time, instead of the back door, he walked out the jails front door. This wasnt a dui. The situation that happened could have been handled differently. Reporter we did request an interview with the sheriff to talk about the noticeable change and sheriff did not respond to our request. A major difference to report to you. Two years ago, clear signs of preferential treatment, a short stay in the jail and leaving out the back door. Today, he was treated like everyone else more than 5 hours behind bars and he walked out the front door. As you would imagine, the story is getting a lot of on our digital platform. And hes a young man in his 20s or 30s and hes sexually assaulting women in some of San Franciscos wealthiest neighbors. Neighbors are nervice and police scrambling. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews is not far from the latest attack. Reporter it was at union and leavenworth and like the previous attacks, it was a woman walking alone. Police say the serial groerp has a pattern, he walked up behind the woman alone and attacks. Many of the cases, its just brief interaction and then the suspect takes off running. Reporter last winter, they circulated this sketch and he was arrested but he was released after his work records backed u7 his alibis and in july, they started up again. The captain tells me investigators are no long eer using the sketch, as they canvas, warning about the latest attacks. Residents say theyre keeping an eye out but with someone attacking from behind, its difficult. I dont do know. Its pretty hard to prevent Something Like that. Reporter at self defense class, says the best advice is simple, if you feel someone is coming up from behind, cross the street. You should walk right down the center of the street, thats where the light is, if you have concerns. Reporter last night, they canvassed this neighborhood and hoping more victims will come forward and add to their pool of information. Police dont have an exact count on the number of assaults matching this description because sexual assaults are lumped in together but there have been several since they started up in july and many more before that, dating back to last summer. Reporting from russian hill, Mark Matthews. New at 6 00, he is lawyered up. Just days after cell phone video captured the incidents. You dont touch me. The video shows the officer, officer rodriguez, pulling out his weapon while telling the man to take his handout the pocket. The attorney for officer rodriguez and the Public SafetyOfficers Association issued this statement and we quote officer rodriguez is eager to share a complete accounting of the events which led to his acontact with mr. Mccomas. Hes been placed on temporary, paid add ministrative leave. This weekend, more than 60,000 peep alday are crowding into Golden Gate Park for the annual festival. Just about 30 minutes ago, for fans, it means three days of the hottest bands, for residents, days of traffic jams and frustration. And here with a few of the key changes this year. Christy. Reporter good evening to you. Some people hold their arm like this and thats to show they have a wrist band before they even get to the gate. Thats one of the upgrades and few people would choose to drive to outside lands but those who did found some creative parking options. Outside land is going strong at Golden Gate Park. And these friends from bakers field came for the second year to hear their favorite. Ill take elton john as one and seriously, ive grown up with that music, so thats really what i know. Reporter they like the new tickets to. Last year they say was tough. Our friend that we stayed with, his ticket got and three other ones, so i think this is a good idea. Reporter and it offers a new way to pay. Put your money on the wrist band, it speeds up the lines, allows people to pay ahead of time. Reporter the festival generates millions of theres to the local economy and tod winls found a sign and ended up paying 130 to use a driveway for three days. Its real convenient. And muny is adding buses and trains to help move some of the concert goers each day. And work to add a Communication System does add a twist. The subway system will shut down and well bus those lines on market street. I love the vibe of it. Everyone is really calm and mellow. Reporter and theyre saying they added more undercover officers. Tonight, mumford and sons and elton john play on sunday. Reporting live in San Francisco, christy smith. Thousands of home owners along the peninsula will be forced to pay for Flood Insurance unless the city steps in. Ill explain coming up. And a berkley student held at gunpoint and robbed. And im meteorologist, sunny skies in sunole, and what the weekend forecast lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Say gunpoint, on campus. Dent at. Uc berkley students are on high alert after they say someone robbed the student at gunpoint on campus. They say a student was walking through the south side of campus when two people in their 20s took his wallet, cell phone and tonight, theyre warning others to be on guard. Definitely try to walk with a friend, dont be by yourself, be cautious of where youre walking, and be alert to your surroundings. Uc police say armed robberies on camperous incredibly rare. In fact, they cant recall another incident like it. And a new warning for those in foster city, spend big bucks to help you and the warning comes after fema warned that much thoch levy system is insufficient and that means they need to spend millions to build something new or they need to spend for Flood Insurance. Whats wrong with it . Reporter essentially, its not high enough. Fema says it has to be raised about four feet. So, the city is working on plans. Theyre going to have to bulldoze all this dirt and put in a metal wall that will separate the wetlands from the homes. The bay trail is where people come for a view of the water but that may soon change. Im not surprised. Reporter hegreg has lived steps away and enjoyed the sprawling view while it lasted. Fema has deemed this eight mile stretch of levy insufficient to protect home owners from a 100year storm and rising sea levels. Ive never even seen our streets flood once. Reporter fema says the streets need to be raised and that means anyone with a federal mortgage would be required to buy expensive Flood Insurance, not to mention lower property values. If we do nothing, then that Reporter City counselman says in his mind, theres reason to wait and see. Side the flood tide change, then we can actually adapt and make it higher without having to destroy it and rebuild it. The estimated price tag, 80,000,000. And he says, even if home owners are taxed on the project, it wont be as expensive as Flood Insurance. The project is expected be complete in 2020 and next week, fema will release a new flood map and they expect more home owners to be included in that flood zone. An unpected legal move stemming from the crash. Parents of a 16yearold passenger who was ejected and killed have dropped their civil lawsuit. Their Attorney Says they reached a settlement with the city for confidential amount. And the city saying, were grateful for dismissal that will spare everyone involved the added heart ache and costs of litigation, which we believed from the beginning to be without legal merit. And hundreds of people out of their homes who were evacuated because of the rocky fire near clear lake. Its now 45 contained. That is great news and two highways reopened today to let those evacuees into their neighborhoods. And for some there was no house to return to. The flames were huge. 43 homes were destroyed and about 12,000 people are still evacuated. Now, this rocky fire has scorched 70,000 acres or about 109 square miles. Its so big, it spans three counties. And weve been talking about how big the rocky fire is but this picture from space really paints the picture. And you can also see how just far just how far the winds have carried the smoke from the fire. Heres another shot of the charred land down below. These images were posted online this week by nasa. And we got a show in the bay area as we saw lightning and heard thunder. Its a relatively rare site for the bay area in the summer. Check this out. This graphic shows all the Lightning Strikes that hit northern california, nearly 1,000 last night and early this morning. The data comes from the bureau of Land Management and the National Weather service. So, far we know of no wild fires sparked by this Lightning Storm and we captured this tree that was hit by lightning. And viewers sent some incredible photos overnight and you can to, just go to our website and click the box in the upper left hand corner. And that was incredible. We got video and photos from so many people as it was coming in last night. And thank god, no injuries here. It is very dangerous when we get that lithening and were not used to reacting to it. But the good advice is if you hear the thunder, go inside. The cloud to cloud lightning that you can see in this photo. And the second, and most dangerous, kind of lightning is known as cloud to ground lightning. Thats a positive Lightning Strike and those are the kind where people can die, obviously, its you know, strikes right toward the ground and this is also the kind of Lightning Strike that can spark wildfires and as we mentioned, thankfully none sparked from these Lightning Strikes last night but there were at least 15 of these highly dangerous cloud to ground strikes last night. And you can see the activity high is winded down and were still looking for scattered lightning and scattered thunderstorms for the next hour or two. So, lets take you outside to the Sky Camera Network and you can see temperatures primarily in the upper 70s. And peninsula, 73. San francisco at 68 and as we head to tomorrows forecast, it does get hotter but not extremely uncomfortable 85 for the south bay and 69 with partly cloudy skies for San Francisco. And how it the uv index goes, coming up. Coming up, it wasnt just the most watched debate in history, the was the most social debate in history. Why all these tweets brought youngpeople in to the fold. Pll pll p. Raise your hand now if you wont make that pledge tonight. The most watched primary debate in history. Probably not surprising to you. A record 24 Million People tuning into fox news to watch those 10 republican president ial candidate said make their case. And it wasnt just tv screens getting our attention. This is afterall, the age of the second screen. And here with the eye popping social media reaction to the debate. Reporter Smart Devices were lit up as the debate played out. A lot of us were facebooking and snapchatting as the gops face off. The grand old party lined up to debate and as soon as the starting gun went off, viewers grabbed their smart phone. Were looking at topics that began to immerge. Reporter at mountain views net base they go over everything that was tweeted or snapchatted throughout the night and lots about pretty much everything donald trump said. And they say trump and social media helped bridge inng in a y, hipper audience. We definitely saw a younger contingent come into the party. I say party because it was certainly drinking games at some point. Reporter moments like this one had nearly 8 Million People sending 20 million comments on facebook, putting a spotlight on the fact that during this digital age, candidates have to be up on social media. More than 50 of the Campaign Contributions came through the digital channels. May they be text messages, tweets. Reporter they lit up the tv screen at the same time they lit up your mobile screen. Which leads us to the big question. We know that young people are willing to watch and tweet about the gop. Will they continue to follow and even perhaps vote for the candidates . Well keep you posted. Our coverage of the debate continues. In the next half hour, the candidates make some bold statements. But are they true . Were checking the fax. And we investigate a device the faa is now telling hospitals to stop using. The unexpected plea from the 49ers head coach to the general public. And ill tell you all about it coming he will not have to walk thisp janelle contvo off the team, but noab. You will not have to walk this path alone. Off the team but not abandoned. The 49ers head coach making a powerful promise to alden smith, even after cutting the star line backer from the team. They released him after his arrest on hit and run and vandalism charges. Its his fifth arrest since 2012. They say last nights incident started around 8 45 in the evening at smiths apartment complex near the river mark plaza. They say he struck another car in the parking lot, got into an argument with the resident and fleed the scene. They say he appeared drunk and fail adsobriety test. He denied charges as he walked out of the county jail in san jose this morning. This wasnt a dui. And investigators are not releasing smiths bloodalcohol test results, at least not at this point. Hes scheduled to be arraigned october 6th. And his head coach announced he had been cut from the team and that wasnt the only powerful message the coach delivered today. And kim, a very emotional plea by the coach today. Reporter yes t was, junel. In the surprising statement, the coach used aldon smiths issues to reach out to others with addicti addiction. Coach got very personal during the news conference, acknowledging that his off field problems are much bigger than football. He will be supported and helped and will not have to walk this path alone. That comes from our ownership down. Reporter a member of the 49ers since 2011, he was a star outside line backer but this latest arrest brings his total up to five, including three for dui. In addition to vowing that entire 49ers organization will support smith during his time of need, he also used todays announcement as a chance to send a message to millions of others suffering from Substance Abuse. If one person out there reads this and youre struggling, get help. Go get it. Youre worth it. Reporter Substance Abuse counselors say this is exactly what they need and that this could really be the key to reaching others. Think a coach or admin straig istrator is helpful and the more we can talk about it, more we can produce a climate where people feel comfortable saying, i need help. Reporter todays practice is wrapping up and no doubt, theres emotions among the players about smiths sudden depatcher. And we have much more on our website, including the coachs plea for people who need help to get help. One of the greatest players of all time, ronny lot is known for the character he had on and off the field. Today, lot addressed alden smiths problem. It seems he never had an opportunity