Specifically cited by name. But news out lets indicate facebook, google, apple and amazon are the companies being investigated. We spoke with a Digital Privacy rights think tank who believes that under the current model the cycle of competition has broken down. It used to be companies could be supplanted or weakened by upstarts, but now with the same names operating in the same spaces gathering mass apartments amounts of your dada. It keeps their dominance sticky. Its something thats really hard for other companies to duplicate. Venture cant lis ta venture capitalists talk about a kill zone, where theyre likely to be shut down or bout oght ouy one of those giants. Reporter heres what the doj had to say. In part, the departments antitrust division is investigating when and how theyve gained power or stifled innovation and harmed consumer. If violations of law are identified they will proceed appropriately to seek redress. And what that looks like is the question. Talks of breaking up these Tech Companies have occurred on both sides of the aisle. It is possible the doj just tries to break up, say, the advertising portions of these companies, and their social Media Operations into separate companies, or they could ask employees, i should say the Tech Companies, to allow their employees to transfer data or contacts from the tech titans over to another company. Well have to see what happens here in the months to many could. Reporting live from downtown San Francisco, sam brock, nbc bay area news. This could be a big issue for the 2020 president ial election as well. Were following developing news in oakland. First a chase, now a standoff. Officers chased a hman to sanfod avenue near dover park. They thought that man was hiding inside the home, but the dog caught his scent underneath the home. You can see our nbc bay area skyranger is overhead. A lot of Police Personnel down below, including s. W. A. T. Team has surrounded that house. Just in to the newsroom. Sonoma county cob cutting off power for a number of days because of the high fire danger. Strong winds and low humidity could force it to deenergize lines. Weve made calls to find out more specifics to find out which power in which areas, but we have yet to hear back. A canyon fire is 65 contained, largely thanks to overwhelming response by cal fire. Theres a reason why. Cal fire says this season has been slower. Wildfires have been more spread out. Theyre not tied up on other calls across california. But cal fire warns that could change in an instant. It is anticipated to get hot, and at this time, we do not have any additional augmentation right now. Were just staffing our normal engines. According to cal fire, by this time last year, fires had already burned more than 150,000 acres across the state. So far this year, only 21,000 acres have burned statewide. A taser death is now triggering change in San Mateo County. The Sheriffs Department is revisiting and revising its use of force policy after a man was tased several times. Heres video from that incident. Attitude county supervisors got their First Official look at the new policy. This could influence other departments to do the same. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro has a closer look. Marianne . Reporter well, raj, these revisions stem from an incident that happened last october, here in millbrae where a man was tased here on el ca me know real and died. The confrontation quickly escalated with one deputy using the taser on him four times. A short time later, he died. A pathologyist maintained it contributed to his death. Now they are refusing the use of force policy. The new policy does not allow deputies to use a taser more than three times against one person, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Virginia islas said it is too vague. Exceptional circumstances need to be defined, especially when it comes to the use of these lethal weapons. Reporter the new policy also limits each taser hit to five seconds and specifies where the deputies should aim. The new policy also addresses target areas and provides that when feasible, officers will make reasonable efforts to target lower center mass or if available, the back. Reporter but what if three taser strikes arent enough to stop a suspect . The San Mateo County sheriff says his department is investing in other options. It will be loaded with a lesslethal blunt projectile. Reporter some are not convinced the revised taser policy will save lives. The revisions to your use of force policy do not go far enough to safeguard the citizens of San Mateo County. Reporter in millbrae, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. Were learns more about a bay area freelance journalist targeted in a San Francisco police raid. It turns out when the judge sign the off on a search warrant for a phone, she did not know it was being issued for a journalist. San francisco officers raided brian carmodys home and office trying to find out who leaked the information about the death to the press. But law protects jufrnlis and their sources. They didnt say the department had issued a press credential for years. At first San Francisco police defended the raid, then admitted that its investigators made mistakes. Okay. When you hear the olympics music. That means we are close. And we are. One year in right now, the world will be watching the olympics in tokyo. About 9 Million People live in tokyo. Athletes from more than 200 countries will be competing and there are four new sports. Karate, rock climbing, skateboarding and surfing. In addition, baseball and softball will be returning. One of though the nse new sp surfing will take place here. One of the hopefuls is Santa BarbarasConnor Coughlin who cant believe the sport he loves is in the olympics. Its always nice on the water for me. And for me, the training and effort you put into suffering, it doesnt feel like work or anything, just because i love it. I wouldnt be doing anything else. A lot of people surf in the bay area. A big part of the local sporting scene. S especially with mavericks in our back yard. Im guessing theyre all happy. This is big for the sport. Theyre thinking overall big picture. It will be quite a ride. Because the bay area is into big wave surfing, its hard to tell how many end up as olympic competitors, but interest is swelling. Reporter there are big waves and interest in surfing year round in the bay area. Grant washburn enjoys watching his daughter surf. He is a elite surfer and has appeared in every contest. He says the olympics will be different and compelling. Japan this time of year is typically not looking at giant surf. So it will probably be more akin to what people experience at the beach. Because the level of surfing is like gymnastics. Theyre doing crazy stunts, theres a wide talent pool internationally. The best of the best is going to be there. Surfing is a dance, and the wave always leads. Reporter Bianca Valenti is also excited about the olympics. The female competitors tend to have more of a gracefulness, whereas the men are kind of more aggressive. Reporter valenti says the timing is per with the surf league wiping out the gender pay gap. I think this should be a cool feature of the olympics. Hey, we get to bring in surfing and the first sport to offer equal pay to men and women. It is an interesting time for surfing to break through into more of the mainstream sporting world. The olympics is a big stage to make waves. Thank you, robert. Did you go surfing by the way for this story . Just a little bit, but boogie boarding. Good answer. Boogie boarding. We have a bunch of olympic extras on our website, including an interview we did with mike tirico whos hosting the prime time coveriage in tokyo. Um nexp next, a deli in the middle of a free speech controversy. The fight for access to a public park. The reason people who dont live in a pricey neighborhood are being turned away at the gates. Im jeff ranieri. A hotter 95 in concord today, dropping down to 88. Well talk about the heat and how long it will stick around. And on the road to the tokyo olympics, heres a familiar face. Alex morgan, fresh off another womens world cup victory, we were with her when she won gold in 2012. And before then she was in berkley. We wish her well in tokyo. 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. A big show of support today for a Contra Costa County deli owner facing huge criticism after writing online that hes offering a free side order to customers who say send her back a reference to some say a kroe controversial and racist tweet by President Trump. The deli owner is seeing a big boost in business today. Reporter thats right. The owners promotion may have caused outrage online, but today customers came out in droves to show their support. In fact, they bought so many sandwiches, the restaurant sold out. Business was hopping at brooklyn heros deli in clayton today as members of the Community Came by do show their support. He makes a great sandwich, and he brought a lot of happiness and fun times to this little community. But the owner made very many people unhappy after posting a controversial promotion on his Facebook Page last week. John canecessasa offered a free to those who said send her back. Just after President Trump sent out a series of tweets. Canesa addressed it in a post this weekend. As for the send her back comment. Harsh . Yes. But, however, its my First Amendment right. Freedom of speech. Reporter the post has drawn big criticism online, but today his supporters came out in forbes. I want mr. Canesa to know that while i disagree with him, i will stand next to him for his right to free speech. Keep it up. Youre not hurting anybody. Reporter but others say the words were incredibly hurtful and theyll be buying lunch elsewhere from now on. I dont know how anybody else can justify it wasnt a racial comment. Ill be choosing another deli. Reporter were back here live after the little restaurant has sold out for the day. Meanwhile, we understand peaceful protests, a plan for a peaceful protest is in the works. Were still waiting for details on that. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. If youve never heard of foothills park, its understandable. Unless you live in palo alto, you cant get in, at least on weekends and holidays when someones actually checking. As the sign states, the park is open to residents only. However, residents may bring guests lucky enough. Tonight prallal toe will considr changing that. In 1958. Palo alto asked Los Altos Hills to help buy the land. When they backed out. They made it exclusively for its own residents. We are one year away from the next olympics, and the t committee is gushing over tokyo. They say it is the most prepared city. Not only are almost all the ven venues completely built, but ticket sales are surging. They are ten times the supply. They just held a ticket lottery over there. Prices on secondary markets are soaring, and if thats not enough, local supportship h and sponsorship has surpassed 3 billion. I was fortunate enough to cover the 2014 Winter Olympics in sochi. And with a big announcement, raj, youll be heading to tokyo in 2020. You could take out an eye. We will be in tokyo bringing you the stories behind the games and plenty of sushi and sake. Weve been doing this a few years. Hello everybody from athens. Wouldnt you know sorry. The armenian bobsled team, they didnt win a medal here in utah. But if they gave out medals for social life they would win a gold. All sorts of cafes and shops. One of the best parts is the national anthem. Good evening from vancouver. Mens figure skating wasnt the only hot topic. Im check my blackberry, every half hour to see how things turned out. Like so many people around the world, he is captivated by these olympics. Reporting from vancouver, raj mathai. Youre going to be saying, reporting from tokyo. I have a lot more gray hair this time around. You look great. You havent aged at all. Not that were keeping track. You were with me in italy. The olympics from my perspective. Its not just the athletes and parents and all the people, its all the world coming together. Its an incredible experience. One of the most memorable jobs, work experiences ive ever done and covered. Its a lot of work. Long days, but its so exciting. You have a lot of adrenaline for all the teams competing. I was in beijing, and you can see from a meteorologists perspective how the weather can impact the athletes. I like to see how the time changes, you know, in certain courses and all that stuff. And tokyo will be an impact weather wise because of some crazy weather. It could. Well, it is typhoon season, so that is very, very interesting about that. The possibility of thunderstorms, the heat, the humidity, its all what were going to be watching as we head to tokyo, 2020. So i did want to give you a look at the weather there, and a good way to always put into perspective on what could be happening in tokyo this Time Next Year as we take a look at whats happening right now with the current weather pattern. As you can see, its 82 degrees. Humidity at 81 . Super humid air. Trek out the future cast. A tropical system could form and move into japan, which would bring them thunderstorms as we head through thursday, friday, also into saturdays forecast. So it is not boring when it comes to tokyo weather in july. Again, its a humid subtropical climate and typhoon season when that olympics will be happening in 2020. Well take a closer look at the climate coming up at 6 48 tonight. But i do want to get you back here to our weather for tomorrow. And its going to be hot for the inland valleys. 98 in antioch. Low 90s to napa. Closer to the bay, one of the events where we have the ocean breeze. Thats why well still keep 62 in half moon bay, 78 in oakland. But you head away from any kind of ocean influence and youll see here in morgan hill were an up to a hotter 95. Also coming up at 6 48 well talk about thunderstorms. Well show you what that means for our forecast at right around 6 45. Thanes, jeff very much. Back to School Shopping can break the bank. So it is time to get savvy the moneysaving advice for parents plus life lessons for the kids. Nba area responds next. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Okay, parents, make your list, check it twice. Kids will need their School Supplies in just a couple weeks. Were working on it. Chris chmura wants to help us and maybe teach our kids some stuff. Tutor . If it feels like its more expensive than ever to send your kids back to school, youre absolutely right, mom and dad. It is estimated to cost on average 696 dollar per family this year, and that is a record high. We know thats a lot of money. So to help control those costs we have simple strategies for you to try. First, run a quick home inventory, raid those closets. See if you have leftover supplies on hand. Next, Research Prices and aggressively comparison shop. You know what you can do . You can ask stores for price matches. Yeah, match that store. They may be more flexible than you think. And take your kids along. Thats the lesson here. Take them to the store, see how much it costs, involving them. Thats a great lesson in budgeting and personal finance. That can teach the difference between wants and needs. All this week, companies around the area are supporting our schools with backpack donation drives. We why at Western Digital in milpitas where volunteers packed hundreds of backpacks. They will donate 1800 backpacks to families this year. You can contribute, even build a virtual backpack yourself online, head to nbcbayarea. Com schools. It takes just a few minutes. To change a childs life. You can donate any time online. On friday youll be at Mountain View . The pizza my house and jamba juice. This is one of the most impactful things we do. Because it helps families directly with the backpacks. I was fortunate enough to go to one of the donations. The kids just lit up and they started trading everything. Pencils for binders . You want dora . I want avengers. Its so expensive. 700 to send kids to school these days. Up next at 6 30. Get ready, the nation will be focussed on Robert Mueller and his testimony on capitol hill. What many are expecting he will say. Plus. Every bit of it was bad. Those words from a former independent Police Auditor, referring to this video of a confrontation between Palo Alto Police and a resident, and it was all over a traffic ticket. Im stephen stock. We investigate next. Right now at 6 30, no bombshells expected, but there may be some drama as Robert Mueller answers questions from members of congress tomorrow. It marks the first time he submitted his report in april on russian interference in the 2016 election. Today lawmakers were behind closed doors prepping and rehearsing questions for mueller. They will step into a capitol hill hearing room before 5 30 a.