District. The amount of financial penalties valero will face for the safety violations is still being determined by regulars. We are being told, the fines will be significant. Lets take you to maui and talk about those devastating wildfires. The total of 6 buyers, still burning across maui, and the big island tonight. Much of the focus remains on rescuing people who have been trapped since the blaze began. Tonight, we were talking about 67 people dead, but that number is expected to rise. Rescuers are now reaching new areas, going into some of those burnout homes. The Historic Town of lahaina, among the hardest hit. Some 80 of the fires there are now contained, and some people are getting the chance to go back to check on their homes, to see if theyre still standing. There are also growing questions about how much was done to warn people as those fires started reaching across maui. Hawaii has warned warning signs of it is but they were never activated. Emergency services say, the alerts were sent to phones and tvs, though, and we are also continuing to hear harrowing tales of people escaping the things of maui, and then those people trying to help her today, we caught up with San Francisco native from outside lands, raising money and food to take back to now a professional chef left the island for safety, and now he says, he needs to find a way to give back to the community loves, while ashley seminar from campbell and her family struggled to find a way off the island after the fire started. At one four, power failed, cell towers went down, the family climbed hills trying to find reliable wifi service so they could book a flight, and it took a very tense ride to the airport. Its very extremely narrow. One lane, but two directions on the road through the north side of the island, and we had about 1 2 a tank of gas. I currently lost literally everything except the clothes off my back, and a backpack filled with five nights, my passport. Robinson says, hes hoping to get other restaurants and tech executives involved in his effort to help the people of maui. Now, there is a unique army of people mobilizing to help the victims there. Together, they help to send millions of dollars to the victims of those fires. Theyre actually Real Estate Agents from all across the country. Nbc bay area newss David Trujillo is in san jose looking at that local effort. Reporter agents from Taylor Williams with vast standouts from coasttogoes, into the islands. For them, this story of survival has become personal. The devastation is unimaginable. A place known for taking beauty, suddenly looking more like a housekeeper to the millions of people watching around the world. As colewilliams realty company, the maui fires have become very personal for one of the companys asians, ellen costantino, calling it our Company Called an emergency meeting at 1 00 for all leadership to mobilize. Reporter elder ramirez, ceo of the local office called silicon city. She spent the last 24 hours on the phone. I want to personally thank you for your pledge to our efforts in maui. Reporter told is asking every Taylor Williams agent who can donate money to do so. Whatever agents, timothy liza, wasted no time in responding. I just received my commissions checks yesterday, and i called Hilda Ramirez of kayla williams, and i wanted to give it back. That was one of the responses hilda had been getting for many of her colleagues, and she says, shes not surprised. Hilda witnessed thousands of k of w volunteers mobilized in texas during hurricane arby. And going just from serving as an interpreter to then, you know, taking a sledgehammer, which i havent had in the past, and going through, trying to help, you know, take out the dry rot, or all the more that was a community. And says agents are property experts, theyre also tapping into their vast network on the islands, looking for temporary housing for victims via adu peprah, airbnbs, and other options. Hilda says, as agents, its their moral obligation to do something. Its far more than just building a house. Theyre going to have to rebuild their lives. And its happening one agent at a time. Agents, like tabitha somebody needs this money more than i do, and it was a no brainer to give it back. Nbc bay area news. Earlier, i had a chance to speak with nbc news reporter, Steve Patterson in hawaii now. He gave an idea of what kind of problems people are still facing. They say, some problems are be on the publics help. They need a lot of things that, unfortunately, the public can provide. Right . Its basic necessssities like getting the power back. There are still 10,000 people, at least, maybe as high as 11 at last check. People without power they just dont have any way to sort of communicate. That hampers the search and rescue effort, but its also just basic necessities. Again, i will repeat this over and over again because i have heard it so much today. People need to get the medication, they do get the basic supplies, and they need that come in many cases, to survive. But its also blanket, food, water. Its fuel, which is a big one, but mainly, its things that the federal resources and state resources, and people coming from across the country, cant provide. Outside in our high school there, you can hear more my conversation with steve coming up tonight at 7 00. On a website, find the links to organizations, maui officials have identified as safe donation sites, including the Hawaii Community foundation. Head to nbcbayarea. Com and look for the how to help headline. Tampa bay doctor, facing felony charges for illegally prescribing opiates to patients. Today, the state Attorney Generals Office announced the rest of dr pepper with federal investigators said, he conspired with a network of 20 patients to write legal perceptions. They allege that, in some instances, he forced another doctors signatures for thousands of opioid painkillers. Minimally Invasive Surgical Solutions are what 15 had, and the practice worked with many hospitals and has not returned our calls. Padodars been charged with seven drugrelated felonies. Meantime, please really released this, from the west fremont avenue where sharma worked. Investigators say, they search for the dental office and the home, finding more victims caught on camera, including two kids. Hes facing charges of peeping and child pornography. The disgraced founder of crypto change ftx is now in jail. You may remember sam bankman fried was arrested in december on fraud charges stemming from ftxs disclosure. Hes been an arrest until his trial, living with his peers in palo alto. Federal cause of prosecutors made a request to say, beckman freed has been trying to tamper with witnesses. Today, a judge agreed. Unless his appeal against the decision is successful, bankman fried will remain in custody at a new york jail until a trial in october. A controversial ruling this week is giving robo taxis the green light to expand services in San Francisco, but its still unclear when thats going to happen. Yesterdays ruling by the California Public utilities commission, the cruise and way m. O. Taxis can now operate seven days a week in San Mateo County starting immediately. As of tonight, only people with a specific invite ken hale one of the robo taxis. Neither company responded to our questions about window wider rollout will happen. And all the vote may be in, well debate over robo taxis, as it is far from over. I try the technology here. So, i think its safe, and its why not . Teamsters are disappointed that the do you see chose greedy tech corporations, and the prophets and robots over human beings, workers, drivers, our jobs, our safety, our communities. Well be hearing much more about this in the coming months. Im sure. Okay. The Teamsters Union joins the bus drivers in opposition to the new robo taxi services. During this weeks meeting at the cpuc, theyre backing a stateproposed law that would require a human safety operator to ride with any future degree in the state. Questionable news for fans outside lands. About an hour ago, this was posted on social media that its been forced to shut down one of the main stages for the rest of the evening. We reached out to organizers to learn exactly what happened at the tent. The officials in town only said, its close for safety reasons. We did reach out one of daughters there, and she text me back and said, the stage broke. She says, she didnt see anybody hurt. Again, this is just from my daughter. Were trying to get more information now from other people on the stage. Right now, not hearing anything about any injuries. This is when thousands of people at the state park it is certainly a foggy kickoff to outside lands. We were going to get you more information about whats happening after the break. Plus, hope remains alive for an iconic piece of lahaina history. The story behind history of the man who survived the flames. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Force, developing over the sierra, some of the moving to the west. I will put a track on essentially what is up for the weekend coming up in about 10 minutes. 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Hope in a deadly interceptor wildfire in maui. 150yearold banyan tree, just the heart of lahaina, badly charred, but as you can see, it is still standing. Local help the iconic tree will survive the scars of the fire. Experts say if the roots are still healthy, it may have a chance to grow back. It was a gift from india and was a small sampling when planted back in 1873. Its sprawling branches provided shade for generations. Back here, in the bay area, if you saw smoke in the east bay today, it was part of something some extra training for firefighters. The moraga lorenzo Fire Protection district hosted the event at painted rockland trust. You can see, right there, from our nbc bay area news sky rangers, organizers burned 150 acres of grassland. 550 other agencies from all over the bay area participated in this training. Just a few moments ago, telling you, there was a problem at as i land. It appears that a stage may have fallen on the festival posting on social media, saying, it had been forced to shut down one of the main stages for the rest of the night. We did reach out organizers to find out what happened at the soma tent. The official social account only said, its close for safety reasons, but i did hear from anna my children that the stage may have fallen, but they didnt say, nobody was injured. So, we were going to get some information on that, but whats happening right now, tens of thousands of music fans are there, at golden gate park, to enjoy this years lineup, which is a starstudded lineup. Our own robert handa spent the day at the festival, which is not celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Reporter it is the 15th you for outside lands here, at golden gate park. As you can see, is already a lot of activity going on. Even though its still a few hours before the big names take the stage. As rubino took the main state to kick off the outside lands festival, a threedeceleration of music formerly got underway with thousands of fans on a one day or threeday pass, crowding into the park to dine, drink, and soak in some of the biggest names in music, from kendra, and providers to lana delray and odesa. The fence seemed to span generations, but all shared appreciation for the music and then you. We started coming here many years ago when our daughter was in San Francisco state, and we loved it. And so, weve been here several years. We took a view of, of course, because of the pandemic, then we were really glad to be back this year. It is beautiful. Reporter what is your favorite part about this . You know, really, a collective lineup of music, and its something for everyone. And the best thing is, you start listening to some of the bands on monday for you, and you go, wow, this is great, never heard of them, all of a sudden, you have a new favorite band. Reporter as always, outside lands has multiple venues, for example, this, having to choose between lamarr or saturday, providers, lana delray. Also, saying, it can be tough to choose. That is kind of the problem youre having today. Were going to have to run from stagetoestate, because we want to see. Im sure theres some people who are just going to stay on one state, see that set, but were going to kind of be running around a little bit. Im really looking forward to kendrick and jayz. Theyre at the same stage, pretty sure. So, ill just a for that. No problem . Yeah. Where they drag me, im going. Reporter while the music is clicking up and people are filling in here, in all, about 20 25,000 people are expected this weekend, making this the largest independent Music Festival in the u. S. In San Francisco, robert handa, nbc bay area news. It is a super fun time. s have always had a fun time, been safe, really great, and lana delray is one of the big ones. Yeah . Yeah. For sure. Live vicariously through them. Absolutely. People online were talking about that. Like, winter last night, and ones summer coat . They need a coat. Yeah. At least a hoodie. Right . Yeah. Kind of put that on, take it off, and just some sort of a layer on top of what you are thinking looks cool. How about that . Well get you into that Michael Clement forecast let me show you whats happening, whats going to be controlling our weather this weekend. Its all about this system, here, off towards the south. Now, heres the thing about this. Its actually going to linger all the way into next tuesday, and pretty much the same spot. So, that will continue to bring up some humidity and thunder from chances into the california, and also this morning with fog. So, were going to see this pattern repeat itself each and every day until this thing finally get out of here next tuesday. Me taking down into those thunder storms we have been tracking, telling you about with a couple hundred lightning strikes over the past 3 hours. Is one area in particular i have been following that is now starting to move into the denver valley that can hold up some rainfall here, eventually, by 7 08, there is a slight chance this may hold up towards mecca will, the north bay. For the next couple of hours, i have my eyes squarely fix on this radar. Any rain comes is, of course, i will bring it to you. Otherwise, as we start off this saturday morning, finally here, we will have some areas of fog to start and some spotty drizzle. Get used to this, and then in the afternoon, sunshine returns away from the coast. Now, again, thunderstorms will develop over the sierra. So, watch out if youre headed to tahoe or yosemite. Rainfall totals, right now, anywhere from 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch all the way to next monday. A little bit bumpy through the sierra, and again, right now, our chances remain low, but we are going to continue to track that for you if anything gets close. Here is your roll through tomorrow morning. Started off with upper50s and low66. So refreshing to start right here for the eastthey with 59, and for the north bay, also with the upper56. Daytime highs for tomorrow, warming up across the south bay, leaving us with 89 through chino, 89 in san jose, 90 in morgan hill. To the east bay, yes, its hotter, but not heat wavetype to pitchers. We will get to 95 here, in antioch. 92, danville. Closer to the bay, looking perfect, from oakland to hayward, 70s and 80s proponents look, 85, redwood city. Coulter half moon bay, 16 degrees. San francisco, lots of 60s tomorrow with a break with the sun. Again, heading to outside lands, take sort of a jacket, and that fog will be kind of intermittent here, throughout the event. Of course, no good time for right back here, across wine country, going into sonoma, 80 a santa rosa, 87. Sevenday forecast for San Francisco, we get in on some 70s monday, tuesday, and wednesday. A little bit warmer here, early next week. That means, for the inland valleys, we hit 97 monday, 90 tuesday, and doesnt last long. Well begin to cool by the end of next week so, weekend, looking not too bad. All right. Sounds good. Thank you. You got it. For sure. Up next, would you skip the box to save the planet . Coming up, how to change deliveries in the future for amazon. And a friendly reminder, looking at a new family member, ken and barbie are still available. All this month, nbc bay area news will go to clear the shelters. So, there they are, ken and barbie, be pink down today with them up for adoption right now, at the humane society, along with a bunch of othe cats and dogs. Posted details about how we can adopt a pet or donate r the bay area shelters and were hosting two pet adoption details on the website, nbcbayarea. Com cleartheshelters. California attorney general , apologizing for his agencys role in the japanese internment during world war ii. The apology comes during this weeks 37th anniversary of the Civil Liberties act. In 1942, president roosevelt ordered more than 125,000 japaneseamericans into prison camps throughout the west. Many were forced out of their own homes and separated from their families. Yesterday, he released a statement, saying in part, quote, office formally apologizes for its past use of illegal tools to deprive a generation of japanese californians of the liberty and their financial security. All we can ever erase the horrors of the past, we must take steps to atone for past wrongs by answering the call for accountability, reconciliation, racial healing, antrsformation. 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That means that hes actually eligible to play the Sacramento Republic taking on birmingham legion fc tomorrow night. s parents will have to have some cash to the check for him. Tonight at 7 00, back to maui, joined by resident in lahaina, finding out that their home is gone. We will have them and much more coming up at 7 00. But up next on nightly news, this. Lester holts conversation with hawaiis governor. What hes saying about an Emergency Warning System that he thinks works. Nightly news starts right now. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, the desperate search for survivors in hawaii as the death toll rises from the catastrophic wildfires. New images of the devastation on maui. People returning home for the first time to find entire neighborhoods burned the governor saying, it looks like a bomb went off. Now, the frantic search more than a thousand unaccounted for, and growing questions, why werent mauis warning sirens activated as the flames approached . Our team in the disaster zone. Also tonight, attorney general Merrick Garland granting special counsel status to the u. S. Prosecutor overseeing the hunter biden investigation. Why now after a fiveyearlong probe and after his deal fell apart is the president s son headed to trial . The judge in Donald Trumps election conspiracy case limiting what he can sharbl