It is expensive. The trees were torched. So was this car. Residents say it shows exactly how dangerous illegal fireworks can be. Officially the cause of the fire on luke court is undetermined. Witnesses say the teenagers playing with fireworks nearby seem like obvious culprits. I worry our house. Reporter this one before fire san jose crews responded to on independence day. The cypress trees out front went up in flames threatening surrounding homes. One car was completely damaged. We were able to save both of the homes. Reporter while Police Report no major arrest some hospitals no major injuries. San jose received a huge number of fireworks complaints to their hotline. The city started tracking them in early june. In the months leading up to the fourth they received 130 complaints. On the holiday itself that number jumped up to 1765. We will investigate those to determine if they have evidence that is credible. And issue citations. Reporter from alviso to downtown the sky was alight with illegal fireworks. It was nonstop. Virtually the entire sky. Every area of the sky you could see professional shows. Right here in the neighborhood. Reporter jeff levine thinks more should be done to stop them. He suggests three preemptive busts the up to the holiday. And more enforcement on the fourth of july. The fire is a prime example why illegal fireworks needs to be taken seriously. 10 or 20 of people just say it is the fourth of july and have fun. For those people i say just look at the injuries and the fires and the cost of having fun. It is not worth it. Reporter san jose has yet to determine how many citations they will give out for those illegal fireworks. For those who do receive them the penalties dart at 500. Speaking of illegal fireworks fire crews think that is what sparked this fire near martinez this afternoon. Burning 24 acres. In a hilly area near Franklin Canyon road. It was clearly visible from highway four. No one was injured. No homes were burned. Contra costa county firefighters say they responded to 37 other fires overnight. They have determined five of them were caused by fireworks which are illegal in the county. Pittsburgh crews battle planes near the ej fair brewery. Firefighters were so busy that they actually need to call in help from the east bay Regional Park district. The cause of that fire has not been determined. Fireworks were found at two other fires that burned nearby. Illegal fireworks about the sparked a fire in antioch near nelson park drive. Firefighters made quick work of stomping out the flames in the neighborhood that has tall grass. Firefighters said the number of fires they have had to deal with has been over the top. Throughout the night fire crews had several medical emergency calls for people who were hurt while using fireworks. Oakland and other illegal activity causing a lot of concern last night. A sideshow popped up. A person was hit as this cars were spinning in front of a rowdy crowd. Paul chambers is life with the rest of. Reporter Oakland Police released the numbers a few minutes ago. Let us know what happened overnight. They had a very busy night dealing with not only illegal fireworks but also sideshow. 200 vehicles participating in sideshow activity. Opd responded to the scene. Reporter when officers arrived this is what ey thsaw. Fireworks shooting off while cars did donuts near 42nd avenue. With it being the fourth of july holiday they added extra patrols in hopes of cracking down on illegal fireworks and sideshows. Officers made a dozen arrests and told vehicles. While issuing more than 100 citation for vehicle code violations. The Department Said it will be on high alert this weekend. As they have been since they began cracking down on sideshows earlier this year. We have additional staffing to address sideshow activity. We will continue to write citations for code violations. We will continue to told vehicles. We will continue to make arrests for people involved. Reporter police recovered more than 200 pounds pounds of fireworks. Emerald 77 citations. They also recovered nine firearms. Developing news in the east bay. Contra costa county deputies are investigating a homicide behind a Bowling Alley in the city of pacheco. They were called to the at about 12 15 pm. A man found there reportedly was stab wounds. There is no word on a suspect. Contra costa county sheriff opposite pacheco boulevard remains closed in both directions. During the homicide investigation. President trump said he is trying to bypass the Supreme Courts ruling in order to add a Citizenship Question on next years census. Justice Department Lawyers admitted in the hearing today they dont have clear instructions on how to proceed. Ray boken tells us the forms are already being printed without the question. Reporter Justice DepartmentOfficials Say they are still exploring options to add the controversial Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. It is one of the ways we are thinking about doing it seriously. We are doing well on the senses. We are working on a lot of things including executive order. Reporter the fight over a Citizenship Question on next years census is not over. Despite a Supreme Court ruling against the white house. According to the ruling the administration justification for the question seem to have been contrived. The president said he spoke to attorney general bill barr today. And several options are on the table. We are fighting hard up against a system that is a difficult system. Reporter after conflicting messages from the white house and doj lawyers for the department of justice now say they are exploring a new rationale for adding the question. The clock is ticking. On tuesday commerce secretary wilbur ross released a statement saying the Census Bureau is started printing the questionnaires without the Citizenship Question. Trump also mission the possibility of an executive order which would not override the Supreme Courts ruling. Instead it could restart the Legal Process which groups against the question have vowed to take on as well. Today President Trump defended conditions a Border Patrol facilities is that he intends to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Those plans were put on hold while negotiations with congress were underway. The president said democrats are not willing to make a deal. The acting dhs secretary will testify before Congress Next week about conditions at the border holding facilities. Watchdog group describes dangerous overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. When people come in illegally and then it is crowded. I have seen some of those places. They are run beautifully. They are clean. They are good. They do a great job. The president s remarks come as customs and Border Protection is opening an investigation into a second Facebook Page for agents containing inappropriate and derogatory comments toward migrants and democratic lawmakers. Still ahead new developments in the case of that missing utah College Student from california. Coming up next the grim discovery that police announced today. Shake alert system put to the test. The changes officials are planning to make after the largest quake in two decades rumbles through the southern part of the state. And whether typical summer time fog in the bay area. A live camera looking to clear skies and the fog clearing back to the coastline. We highlight that warmest day of the weekend. Your full forecast is coming up. The depth of university of utah student for Southern California. There he recovered the body of 23yearold mckenzie lueck. It was found 85 miles from a backyard in Salt Lake City were of the remains were found last week. Disappeared june 17 after she returned to her trip. And took a left rideshare from the airport to a park where she met someone. The last person she communicated with was. Right now we are hearing he is held on suspicion of aggravated murder kidnapping and other crowd crimes. He will be charged next week. An aftershock continues to shake kern county. The strongest of them five point for magnitude this morning. We are getting a look at some of the damage from yesterdays quake. Jeff has the details. Reporter californians are still reeling from the strongest earthquake in two decades. The powerful 6 point for quake Southern California thursday morning after 10 30 am. Shaking the ground for around 15 seconds. Enough to cause structural damage and minor injuries. Other places just left with a mess to clean up. People as far away as las vegas and los angeles felt the shaking. Enter is quite the story to bring home. I was sitting on the bench inside the hotel. It was starting to sway. The curtains were moving. It was 20 seconds worth of moment. Reporter most of the damages here in ridgecrest. Near the epicenter. Video shows a large fire in a residential neighborhood. The shaking open fissures in the ground and cause arose the crack are rarely knocking out power to thousands on a hot fourth of july. The mayor plots residence for their reactions. Whenever anything happens everybody says count me in. Im ready to help. And they do. People going to places looking and checking their neighbors. That is what is important. Reporter 200 aftershocks have hit the area including a magnitude 5 point for friday morning. The u. S. Geological survey said there is a 20 chance of a magnitude 6. 0 quake in the next week. Californias governor has declared a countywide state of emergency freeing up resources to help in the recovery efforts. Los angeles has an earthquake Early Warning system. It was not activated yesterday. The earthquake wasnt Strong Enough there. The system is designed to notify people if an earthquake with a magnitude of 5. 0 or greater is about to hit. Joining us to talk more about how the shake alert system works is robert with the usg up we learn today that the city of los angeles is planning to reduce the threshold for these public notifications. Was this something that was already planned prior to yesterdays quake . Weve been working with los angeles for a long time to make improvements to the shake alert app. A lot of things have been going on with them. The decision to reduce the threshold magnitude the magnitude 4. 5 was something we have been talking about for a while. Explain how this app works. The usg of issues shake alerts. We are responsible for generating the alert itself. And then what we do is make it available for delivery by our various partners. From there the city of la makes a decision whether or not to issue that alert. The areas that they will be receiving severe enough shaking. And so one of the things they did is delivered or they did not deliver to la county because the level of shaking in la county was below a level of shaking that would have been severe. As we mentioned they are going to reduce the threshold. Can you tell us what it was prior to yesterday and what it will be moving forward . Los angeles will be reducing their magnitude threshold to magnitude five to magnitude 4. 5. Tell me why you think that is a good idea. I think the city of los angeles is making improvements all the time to the app. I think that the public he comes more educated in what to expect from this app and what it can do and what it cannot do. Then i think in a case of all thresholds they will come down. When people become used to using the shake alert system. Is there a fear that if you send out these warnings too often people will discard them . That figures into our reasoning about sending out too many alerts. There is also an argument for sending out to few alerts. We are trying to strike a balance. We are doing a lot with education and training to make sure people understand what they are getting. In the bay area where do things stand with creating a similar Warning System here . Is active in california. The slow down trains. It is been active for several years. There are many things going on. With regard to the development of apps there is more happening in the bay area. There is a project with uc berkeley being developed that will be doing this kind of work as well. They are doing testing at the moment. We are just about out of time. Yesterdays earthquake. If it was centered in a different part of california we might be talking about a completely different scenario when it comes to damages and potential fatalities. Absolutely. The earthquake was very far away. From this region. The situation wouldve been different. We appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. Always a good reminder. A weather meteorologist is here. We are dealing with. Summertime fog. It has been the case. The plows of the morning. Clearing back near the shoreline. Today we had more sunshine across a good portion of the bay area. Satellite showing changes to the north. This is a weather system. Moving into the pacific northwest. That will eventually cool us off especially heading towards sunday. Right now the cloud cover has been medical melting away. You see overcast from the Golden Gate Point south. Still talking about cloud cover for this portion of the region. The clouds will bump up in coverage heading into the overnight hours. Still some lingering clouds near portions of the coastline. Current numbers we are showing warm numbers inland. 88 to 90 degrees in livermore. San jose 79. Oakland 72. San francisco 58 degrees. Santa rosa in the 80s. The fog we showed you the satellite picture. Heres the live picture. The clouds looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge this afternoon. A neat shot looking out to the marin headlands. The golden gate in San Francisco bay for this afternoon. What will develop of the weekend is a minor change. The marine layer will deepen a little bit. As a result that will lead to eventual cooling here. In the bay area. Beginning tomorrow. A few spots approaching 90 degrees. Well inland. Tomorrow morning starting out saturday in the 50s right around 60. Here is the plan in San Francisco. 7 am 54. By 12 pm a sun and cloud mixture. 60 by 4 pm. 64. Tomorrow morning this forecast model showing you the clouds near the coast and portions of the bay. Temperatures in the 50s. As he put this into motion the clouds clearing back. As a result partly to mostly sunny skies. Temperatures you can take your pick with the microclimate. 60 for the beaches. Warmest locations inland. Upper 70s to around upper 80s. You can see the forecast for tomorrow. The view sample spots for santa rosa concorde livermore in san jose on the warm end. The mild temperature range in the 70 close to 80. The beaches and San Francisco mostly in the 50s. Santa cruz could top out around 70 degrees. By tomorrow afternoon. Bigger changes on your sunday forecast. We will have that coming up in a little bit. Kamala harris sees a rise in her poll numbers and a closer look at the border crisis. Coming up next well talk live with what is on tap this week on the issue is. This seems to be a new rising star among the democratic candidates. Kamala harris has seen a sudden rise in poll numbers thanks to her Strong Performance in the president ial debate. Can she keep that momentum going . Alex michelson will address this topic this weekend on the issue is. He joins us now with a preview. The question is can she keep it going . Many people were talking about her after the debate. A lot of this surrounds fundraising. How has she been doing with that . Of course Kamala Harris is the candidate best known to people in the bay area. As the former District Attorney of San Francisco. The former attorney general of california. Now the california senator. She had this debate moment. This big launch in oakland. She got all this attention. She got a lot of money. Then went down. You were not talking about her much. She has this debate moment. She engages joe biden. We see her poll numbers skyrocket. The quinnipiac poll she went up eight points in a month. He shows her in a statistical dead heat with joe biden. He is at 22. She is at 20. That is within the margin of error. She could actually be ahead of him right now for the democratic nomination. Which is pretty extraordinary. Considering what a lead he had a few weeks ago. Now today we get her fundraising numbers. This is for the Second Quarter. She did get more money after the debate. Her fundraising numbers are so so. Here is where we are right now. Mayor pete from south bend indiana came in with 24 million for the Second Quarter. Joe biden had 21 25 million. Bernie sanders 18 million. Kamala harris 12 million. A good amount of money. Not anywhere near where the other guys are. That is not necessarily a good thing for her campaign. Its the same number she got in the first quarter. She had 12 million. She got 12 million in the Second Quarter as well. Her campaign is pretty excited about where things are at right now. Interesting that joe biden spoke for the first time about that moment today in an interview with cnn. He admitted i wasnt really ready for that. I did not see that coming from her. Especially as somebody talking about Kamala Harris who was really close with beau biden his son who died of cancer was an attorney general of delaware the same time she was the ag of california. There have been a lot of talk about Kamala Harris maybe being his Vice President ial pick