Pg e is in all Emergency Response mode. All of the transformers lined up in case other transformers blow. This is potentially the largest heat event. Most impactful that we will experience since 2006. Reporter as the bay area heats up, pg e says they are ready to response to what could be the worst heat wave in decades. We have extra crews and equipment and resources. Reporter people are looking for places to keep cool and safe. Cooling centers are expected to be popular places. Not just the heat folks are trying to escape. Smoke from the wildfires have drifted in the bay area. Prompting a smoke advisory. It is smothering. It is smothering. It comes down on you and it is stifling. Reporter animals are also at risk. Animal control officers expect to be swamped with calls to rescues. A lot of 911 calls are for dogs in cars, not enough water. Reporter fortunately this pit bull got help before it was too late. She was overheating, panting excessively and drooling and spread eagle on the ground trying to cool off. Reporter pg e has replacement transformers lined up just in case they need them. We are told saturday will carry the highest outage risk in the east bay. Urning folks to stay in doors if you can. By the way, it is a toasty 102 right now in concord. Reporting live, i am jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. An extra slow commute in fremont tonight because of this big ridge crash. Mission boulevard is closed in both directions. As you can see the load the truck was hauling has spilled all over the roadway. The driver was alert and conscious when they arrived. And no other vehicles were involved. Drivers are being told to avoid the areas. The closure expected to last well into the evening commute. Now to the flood zone in texas. Where there are two stories to tell. Flood waters are receding in houston. But rescuers are still pulling people to safety. Sevendays since the flooding started. And fema says rescuers answered calls for help. New trouble. Beaumont has no Running Water and flooding triggered explosions in a Chemical Plant in crosby our Damian Trujillo is live. Joins us live from the town of cypress outside houston. Reporter we were here on tuesday as the National Guard was rescuing people in this area. What you are seeing now is a bunch of volunteers who are faring some ferrying some ofe victim from their homes. The volunteer effort here is pretty incredible. People are bringing out pots and pans and baseball bats, you name it. So they can, at least, salvage something. In other parts of the houston areas, the water has been receding. It was a close call for the Gonzalez Family in the community of cypress. Reporter he says thank god everyone is safe. His familys ruined furniture sits in a pile outside his home. This is video he took as his neighbors tread through the flood water to higher ground. We decided to stay here. And the street looked like it was already badly flooded. So we decided to stay. Reporter an hour away the town of warton was cut off from the rest of the strate. This is where the Bay Area Task force three is working. Flooding up to a window line. There is some houses isolated. Reporter chief belltons team comes with a lot of experience. Here in texas, they need all of that experience and then some. A lot of hazards that we have been unable to identify. Reporter we will hear more from task force three tonight. Folks are trying to retrieve anything they can salvage from their flooded homes. I am Damian Trujillo nbc bay area news. Earlier today damian posted this video on his twitter account showing a National Guard convoy. Heading to a small texas town fewer than 10,000 people. Damian continues to cover this story for us. You can get constant updates from him by following him on twitter newsdamian. Drivers lining up all across texas to fill up. The demand for fuel is so high, some stations completely out of gas. If you can get your hands on fuel, expect higher prices. People are also having to line up for medical care. Tonight on nbc nightly news, a look at a temporary medical shelter like this one. Alameda county Sheriffs Office arrested four of their own. Accused of allowing inmates to throw body fluids on other inmates. One deputy resigned and three others placed on administrative leave. Get out, that is the message in the San Francisco consulate. Just before 9 30 the u. S. Ordered the consulate shut down. The other two diplomatic annexes in d. C. And new york. Twodozen have lined up on the consulate. The clock is ticking. As the Closure Order says Everyone Needs to be outs by saturday. In the beginning of july and then i read the news this morning. And luckily my passport was ready. The consulate is not issuing new documentation. We will explain why many families are getting squeezed on both sides here and in russia. Not what you would expect to see downtown palo alto. A search is underway for a mounta Mountain Lion and her cub. Michelle . Reporter they do not know where she is or her cubs. The homeowner went outside and heard commotion and went back inside to get a flashlight. We saw movement in the tree. Reporter mar sela bernstein said she heard a noise outside. I heard a distinct low gutral growl. Consistent with what i heard from lions. Reporter she believes she heard two different mountain lines her husband thinks he saw one in brush. The neighbors three dogs were outside and barking at the time. I think they were scared. Reporter Palo Alto Police used this thermoengineering device. They didnt see anything unusual. A Mountain Lion surrounded by people is leaving undetected may be more of a challenge. Reporter back in 2004, Palo Alto Police were forced to shoot and kill a Mountain Lion that was in a residential neighborhood. Now officers have kran quitranq for situations just like this. A kfc ordered to be repainted. Temperatures are warming up well above average in San Francisco. We are tracking the dangerous heat wave and when it reaches 113 degrees and who could get that hot. My forecast at 5 20 tonight. Immigrants tonight. A fox news report says President Trump is considering growing nerves among some immigrants tonight. A fox news report says President Trump is considering cancelling the daca program which protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented children from deportation. Thom jensen has the story. Reporter hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. Among them some have gone on to be doctors and lawyers and community leaders. All have been protected from deportation by the daca program. After fox news reported the white house has decided to kill the program. A white house spokesperson has not talked about the future of the program. This uncertainty that hangs over them is wrong t creates anxiety for them and takes them back to a place where dont want to go. Reporter the children protected are called dreamers. It is an incredible mistake if the white house goes through with it and a tremendous cost to so many aspects of our country and community. Thom jensen reporting. We are learning more about a shootout. The deputy died on the way to the hospital after being shot. A third suspect opened fire killing french and wounding two chp officers. Police have identified the shooter as Thomas Daniel little cloud. He escaped but she was shot. And he is now in the hospital. A followup now, a local Fast Food Restaurant is back in the news. It is getting a make over. City council then voted to mandate a new paint job. Today, alameda tweeted the new color scheme. It is still two toned but the red is now a rusty chestnut accented with taupe mustard under tones. The human societys Wildlife Care Center is seeing a Squirrel Baby boom. Most people dont realize eastern grey squirrels have two litters a year. They certainly are cute. When they are not raiding your bird feeder. They ardorable. Lets get a check of our forecast and this heat advisory. Jeff is at at t park with more. For a lot of folks that dont have acs, temperatures were unbearable. And in the interior valley, temperatures in the triple digits. Excessive heat warning all the way through fridays forecast, saturday, sunday, and to monday. Abasically everyone in the bay area except the immediate coastline and San Francisco. Drink plenty of water. Wear light colored clothing. Dont leave anyone in a car. And dont forget those pets. Morning forecast, you will see it is still warm. In the try valley, a warm 79. The fires off to the north in oregon and nevada, and Northern California will bring haze continually through tomorrow morning. And that will start us off here in San Francisco with a mild 70 and north bay at 77. Take a look at the results. This is why you shouldnt spend timeout doors inland. 114 in antioch. 113 in livermore. San jose 104. So the next big thing, how long does this last. You can see in San Francisco, we stay with the very warm 90 degrees friday and also on saturday. By sunday and monday, we start to see temperatures gradually drop. But notice the thunderstorms here. It is monsoonal moisture off to the south. Slight chance right now, but on alert for that. Inland valleys, heat wave is a sixday event. Day one was today. Then we are going into day two tomorrow. The hottest at 112 degrees. Eventually by next wednesday and thursday drop down into the mid90s. A lot of these records are approaching all time heat records we could set some new ones. And we are here live at at t park. We want to show you what we got here this evening. What a better thing to do on a warm night like this than passing out some ice cream. Jessica aguirre is passing out ice cream. And we have my friend here, where are you from . An ticka. What do you think about the free ice cream . Great. Reporter this is a true giants fans. Check these out. Very San Francisco. Couldnt have better timing to roll out the Ice Cream Truck on this evening. Need it. That Ice Cream Truck was at our studio today for a bitter sweet day. Our president and general manager rich cerussi is retiring. He is a won of a kind leader. We wish him all the best in retirement and hope he will come back to see us soon. Oh my gosh. Getting tearyeyed. More to come. More on harvey. Creative ways to reach people stranded by flood waters. As chief meteorlogist jeff ranieri mentioned, smoke from some happening now, the bay area is smokey, as chief meteorologist jeff ranieri mentioned. And on our website, remembering princess diana, died 20 years today. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Take a look at this video from beaumont, texas. Sho want to get you back to our continuing coverage of hurricane harvey. Take a look at this video from beaumont tex as. That member of the coast guard is hacking a hole in a roof trying to rescue a mother and her children. The rescuers ended up going through that roof. The woman said she and her children were feeling electric shock. Damian trujillo outside of houston. I am Damian Trujillo and near wharton texas including task force three out of menlo park. They dont know what to expect. And we will bring you the very latest on nbc bay area news. The White House Press secretary made the announcement. And the president is calling on reporters to help him decide which organization to donate to. Lets throw it out to raj mathai at at t mark. Reporter so we had planned this treat truck giving away free ice cream at the ballpark. And then houston happened. So we thought what better way to not only give away ice cream, but make it a joint effort toe dote nait money. The giants reached out and say we this pledged 25,000. We showed you earlier the ice cream. Sindia, thank you for what you are doing. And how many red cross volunteers nationally. Nearly 2,000 volunteers. Reporter we have about twodozen bay area red cross members there. All this money we are raising will be for the bay area effort and the national effort. We are having fun and raising money at the same time. Sending it back to you guys in the studio. What a great combination. We have made it easy to give to the red cross. Head to nbcbayarea. Com. Back in a moment. After more than 17thousand coming up tonight at 6 00 cracking down on car break ins. After more than 17,000 cases. Just this year alone. Sfpd is taking measurements to solve the problem. Live at at t park live showing you on air. The wall will air on cozi tv. And the night shift at 10 00. Stick around. Hope to see you at 6 00. Bracing for a blast. Risk of more explosions at a Chemical Plant triggered by the floods in texas. Also dramatic new rescues and a major pipeline shuttered by the storm. How high will gas prices go . Diplomatic war. A surprise move as the u. S. Retaliates against russia. Whats just been ordered from new york to San Francisco. Caught on camera. Outrage over what an officer is heard saying during a traffic stop. Remember, we only kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . All the videos youve seen, have you seen black people get killed . You have. Tonight the department responds. And bogus bank accounts. The growing scandal at wells fargo. Customers on the hook for accounts they didnt want and charges they didnt even know they owed