So far, it looks like folks are able to get on the trains without any major problems. B. A. R. T. Says the agency had to move more than 10,000 additional commuters today through the trans bay tube into the city because of the box truck crash that caused all the traffic. B. A. R. T. Did suggest that people leave earlier in the day to avoid huge crowds or wait until later in the evening and leave then. One b. A. R. T. Rider described what a headache it was for him to change his plans last minute this morning once he learned about the bay bridge crash. I left my house out of concord at 8 00 in the morning. By the time i got to lafayette, it was just too backed up. I had to take my car, drop it off at a hotel, then find my way to the b. A. R. T. In lafayette. Reporter were not seeing any major problems but certainly a lot of commuters here at this hour. B. A. R. T. Did tell us that the agency, however, did not add any extra trains for this evenings commute. Reporting live from san bay area news. Ushah rasta nbc a fire on b. A. R. T. Brought trains on the richmond line to a halt for about an hour this afternoon. We have video from sky ranger. The fire erupted near the trackway. You can see the crews inspecting it. This shut down the line between North Berkeley and el cerrito stations. B. A. R. T. Is seizing an opportunity here. Todays surge in ridership prompted b. A. R. T. To remind the feds and the community it needs more funding. Christie smith. Reporter b. A. R. T. Pointed out it made the accommodations for the extra riders today but also saw an opportunity to talk about federal funding that they dont have yet that they believe could ease crowding. Gridlock at the bay bridge lasted for hours. Drivers just gave up on crossing into San Francisco. 10,000 of them jumped on b. A. R. T. Trains that are already crowded. Today the Transit Agency seized the opportunity to highlight a big issue as ridership grows. Were already at capacity. B. A. R. T. Does have a plan to expand our capacity so we can literally fit more trains. Weve had road blocks lately with that project and the funding. Reporter more than 2 billion is lined up in funding but more than a billion dollars in federal grant money is held up. They havent given us any specific reasons but they have ranked the grant and treated it fairly in that sense and given the highest rating possible. Were rated higher than any other projects. Reporter it includes boosting the frequency of trains between oakland and San Francisco and overall capacity by 45 . To an aging system that carries hundreds of thousands of riders each day. Standing still for us is not an option. It is not an option for the regions economy and not an option for b. A. R. T. It is essential the federal government step up to the plate. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says this funding has been held up for more than a year. Live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. A developing story now. A series of crime scenes this evening. Just hours ago a driver plowed into multiple cars and pedestrians. This is Surveillance Video of the hitandrun. You can see police trying to stop a silver suv when the driver, a woman, backs up, hitting another car, and then takes off again. San Francisco Police say it started when officers tried to pull the woman over for driving a stolen car. Police say during this chase a lot of people were in danger. Very, very dangerous what the person was doing. Densely populated area. About 2 00. Right at about or just before schools are letting out. Very, very serious actions that the suspect took. There are a total of five crash sites during the hitandrun spree and six people hurt as the driver tried to get away, one suffering serious injuries. Police arrested the woman at 6th and clara. One of the biggest mysteries in the ghost ship warehouse fire will remain a mystery. Today a fire federal investigator admitted to the jury her team could not determine how the deadly fire started. 36 people died and the two landlords are now on trial. Melissa colorado joins us this evening in oakland. Reporter we dont know what sparked the fire but we know what healed the fire. The investigator told the jury there was so much stuff inside the building, things like furniture, pianos, organs, tapestries, and it all allowed the fire to spread so quickly. Today we heard from atf special agent Barbara Maxwell who said the fire started in the back wall of the warehouse near a trailer and kitchen area that had several electrical appliances. She could not say for sure if an electrical problem started the fire but ruled out someone throwing in a molotov cocktail to spark it. Defense attorneys contend arsonists started the fire and there was no way either man could have prevented it. With the states case winding down, next up is the defense team for max harris who will eventually tell the jury his side of the story. Id like to get him on the stand as soon as possible. He certainly wants to be heard. To actually hear from max harris will be very emotional to people who filled out the home space. The judge even commented early in the trial the case is moving quickly. Looking ahead what do we know about the strategy from the defense team . Reporter well, a question of how well the defense team can prove this arson theory. The defense attorney for max harris says hell call on several witnesses who were there at the warehouse on the night of the fire. These witnesses are going to say they saw a Suspicious Group of men near the warehouse and that the witnesses heard the sound of glass breaking, suggesting a molotov cocktail was thrown at the warehouse. So the jury is really going to have to decide whether or not these witnesses are credible. One thing is for certain. If you dont have the cause of the fire, you cant 100 rule out arson. Guys . Okay. Melissa colorado reporting live for us in oakland. Thank you, melissa. New at 6 00 tonight a woman says someone assaulted her at the bottle rock festival last week. She says it happened while she was using the restroom. Police arrested peterson fonte sunday, accused of touching the woman inappropriately while she was in a portapotty. Officers discovered one of the walls had been tampered with allowing him to reach inside. Some of the other bathrooms had been compromised as well. A unique partnership on the peninsula. Teenagers and facebook teaming up to build some desperately needed housing. Students at Sequoyah High School in redwood city came up with the idea. They wanted to raise money to build granny units in east palo alto. Facebook liked the idea and agreed to kick in about 335,000 bucks to get it started. A menlo park nonprofit called soup kicked in another 775,000. Soon four granny units will be built to house four families. Always try to stay involved. This was just another project but a bit more personal because i was seeing these problems in my community and i knew i wanted to change that. There are a lot of families in need on the mid peninsula. Construction will begin shortly. Four families will then have a place to live along with access to low Income Housing loans. New at 6 00 tonight San Jose Police officers have them but soon so will some Parking Enforcement officers. Were talking about license plate readers and the new push to have parking control officers help find stolen cars. Well take a closer look at the plan and whether its a good one. Reporter the idea is while Parking Enforcement officers are out checking for expired meters theyll be using technology to help find your stolen car. Someone stole it from the front of my house. Reporter this man from san jose had his honda civic stolen and got it back a month later completely stripped. Saturday this city councilman wants to change that. He is proposing san jose Parking Enforcement officers get automatic license plate readers that will signal immediately if a car is stolen. Its just a way to make things more efficient, get the cars back sooner, and maybe, which is a big maybe, but i hope it will deter people from stealing cars from san jose. Reporter he says the license state readers would also allow Police Officers more time to respond to other crimes. The devices cost nearly 300,000 and are already used by sjpd. There are still some concerns. Compliance officers are not peace or Police Officers. They dont need license plate readers. It is not their job to run down a stolen vehicle. Reporter the American Civil Liberties union is also concerned about privacy. He says that wont be an issue. We will not be holding on to peoples information unless their car is stolen. Reporter he says since Parking Enforcement officers come in contact with so many cars every day it just makes sense to let them play a role in getting stolen cars back to their owners. Marcus agrees. I think it would be a good idea if the parking people did have those readers. They probably would find a lot more stolen cars. Reporter well find out on friday whether the proposal gets the green light when the mayor releases his budget plan. In san jose, marianne favro. Su. And tonight its the bay area premiere. The story behind the last black man in San Francisco. Concerned about Deadly Police shootings, today california lawmakers took their first steps to hold officers more accountable. California lawmakers took their first steps to hold officers accountable. The state assembly passed a proposed law to change the Legal Standard that police are required to meet before using deadly force. It would be changed from reasonable to necessary. The bill was unanimously passed to increase training and change policies to emphasize deescalation tactics. This is our behindthescenes look in vallejo. The city ranks in the top in the entire state when it comes to the number of deadly shootings for the 100,000 people who live there. To see our full coverage go to our website nbcbayarea. Com investigations. June is gay pride month and one city in Contra Costa County has put off deciding whether it will fly the rainbow flag. Antioch says it needs time to draft a resolution before voting on whether to give the rainbow flag the green light. Last night the council got an earful from both sides of the debate. Many say it is a sign of inclusiveness, the flag, while others argue it goes against their christian beliefs. Christians believe marriage was set between a man and a woman and thats what we believe is through that we were all created in his image. I see it as a symbol of hope and diversity and inclusiveness and it has been raised around the world to mean that. Many other cities in Contra Costa County have voted to fly the flag for gay pride month including lafayette, concord, and richmond. The city of dublin in Alameda County may be reconsidering its decision not to fly the pride flag. The 49ers are reaching out to lgbtq fans of the team to start a new pride community. As we prepare for the upcoming football season we want to celebrate the passion of all the faithful no mathour they identify. Your team is red and gold you belong in the 49ers family. The Team Announced the creation of 49ers pride today believed to be the first ever Fan Community started by an nfl team aimed at supporting lgbtq people. The goal is for fans to gather for watch parties as well as other opportunities to gather. Some in the group will also be picked to march with the niners front office during San Francisco pride week. Tonight the red carpet is out for the movie getting a lot of buzz. The last black man in San Francisco took ten years to make and it just won two awards at the sun dance Film Festival including best director. Actor danny glover and mike epps are part of this cast. Joe talbot born and raised in San Francisco makes his directorial debut in this story about a changing city inspired by the true story of his best friend, jimmy. I dropped out of high school and im making movies with my best friend who is not a big, bankable actor. Were just, you know, kids from San Francisco trying to make movies. Always come back to the old house. Basically in the movie im trying to get a house that was my family house back. When you lose your home, identification, whatever it is, the home represents something for everyone, you know . And Something Different but usually something very significant or important. We felt it needed to be explored and i feel like that is something that has resonated with people especially in the bay area especially in a city that ive been pushed out. This friendship that i fear might not get to exist in the future of San Francisco. Two kids from different backgrounds came together, became very close friends, and then made art together. Like thats, i think, to me an important part of the city. Sometimes i feel like the city does love me back as much as i love it sometimes but there are still pockets there and i still appreciate the San Francisco that i got to grow up in. Clearly, im not the last black man, you know, obviously, but its what, 3 black or something right now. Its like super, super low. The park used to be full of black people, boom boxes out, and dice games and now its just like a dog park and just a lot of people there are no colored people there. There are a lot of people connecting to jimmies story that have different experiences. This film began as an idea between two friends but now feels like it was made by an entire city of people. You two stick together. Danny glover called jimmie. He called my personal cell phone, randomly. Im coming back from the gym or something and hes like, he called my cell phone, hey man. This is danny. Im like i know the voice. Yeah. I know Danny Glovers voice. Yes. Working with danny glover, i mean, it was easier than i expected because he was so humble and easy going. It is so personal for me that i dont feel like some star when im filming it. It feels so real for me. It was such a therapeutic experience. Twa is like i got through a lot of demons that i didnt, you know, i grew as a person in doing this movie. You want to fight for what you love. But you want to acknowledge the fact that sometimes, yeah. Maybe it might be time to look at moving on to a different stage of your life. Im not leaving. Im the last one left. Very timely movie with whats happening in San Francisco right now. The last black man in San Francisco opens in select theaters on friday, june 7th. We posted the entire 30minute interview we just did with joe and jimmie on our website nbcbayarea. Com. A powerful message. All right. Jeff, lets talk about the work week. Some 90s in view. Eventually going to get here in the next seven days, so nice. A lot of folks have been waiting for it after all the late season may rain we had. Our rainfall averages for the month are some 3 to 400 above normal. Were all ready for the sunshine to move on in. I know weve had it the past two days. It has been nice. A live look out here in Contra Costa County off to concord. We have a little bit of high cloud cover moving on by but otherwise blue sky and it was warm today, up to 85 degrees. Lower humidity at 36 . The air is fairly dry and 81 degrees right now. Were beginning to drop. Well begin to see some 60s quickly move in by 9 00 p. M. Tonight and some cloud cover. The main reason why well drop so much this evening is the fog is going to really be coming back up. Pretty strong as we head into tomorrow morning. Ill show you a look at that here in just a few minutes but i want to get you out to the doppler radar. If youre out and about driving around looking off to the north or the east you probably saw some of this thunderstorm buildup. Its going in pretty good here over the sierra but we did have some quick passing thunderstorms on the eastern side of Mount Hamilton this afternoon. Everything has really died down. There is a little shower activity happening right now. We expect this to stay over the higher elevations. Dry tonight here through the bay area but off to the north you can see this round of wet weather. Its also beginning to fall apart. We could still see some spotty showers down to clear lake as we head through the next 30 minutes or so. Its really going to get going good here with this thunderstorm approaching right now in the 505 corridor. Into tomorrows forecast youll see we start out with the fog, some drizzle near the coast line. The best chance of thunderstorms for the afternoon would be right here near middle town, calistoga, we head into tomorrow afternoon you can see it right there. Well talk more about our forecast and temperatures when the 90s return in about 25 minutes. Ill see you then. Well see you shortly. Up next from palo alto to the nba finals. We catch up with jeremy lind. Remember him . He is on the raptors and getting ready to try to beat the warriors. Glad youre back how you feeling . both exhausted. But finally being able to make that volunteer trip happen was. Awesome. Awesome. You have to scrub. What do they. They use for washing. Lets do it every year. Well do it every year. I thought youd say that lets do it. Horton s coffee. Welcom e to toronto. For the first time in this you ready . Canadian dollars and tim hortons coffee welcome to toronto. For the first time in this warriors dynasty theyre not playing the cavaliers in the finals. Thats a refreshing change. Beginning tomorrow, its the toronto raptors. With a slice of palo alto. Former palo alto star jeremy lin is on the raptors. Remember him . Heres nbc bay areas colin resch north of the border. Reporter the reality is this is rare. Jeremy lin is a perfect example. He is now on his eighth nba team but the first f