nothing. nothing."@:03 =vo continues= so much loss. so much damage. tonight -- the devastg we have nothing, nothing. >> so much loss and so much damage. tonight the devastating wild fire in lake county is being pinned on a sear willurial arso. the news starts right now. thanks for joining us on this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm janelle wang . one man might be to blame. here is what we know about the so-called clayton fire. it started saturday but picked up sunday ripping through clearlake and beyond many hundreds of people forced to evacuate. >> tonight this twist. athorities announcing damin pashilk has been arrested. here is his picture. accused of being a serial arsonist, they're blaming him for starting over a dozen fires over the last year. cheryl, this is a huge development. how did they track him down? >> reporter: they're really not saying exactly how they tracked him down. we'll probably find out more about that mr. tin the coming d. right now i'm standing where two homes used to be. this home was renovated recently, and all that's left smoldering ashes and a burned out car. now, the arrest of a suspect brings relief to some victims, but sadness to an entire community. >> we're able to arrest mr. pashilk on 17 counts of arson. this individual is a fire setter. this individual is an arsonist. >> reporter: a expected arsonist who is now behindçó bars. >> it is a tragic day, however, when we identify any individual who intentionally starts a fire. >> reporter: cal fire chief telling a crowd of about 200 people that damin anthony pi pashilk is responsible for the clayton fire and several other fires over the past year. he would only say he is 40 years old and lives in clearlake. >> the suspect is in jail tonight and that's what is important. >> it is not much comfort when you topt know don't know if you still there. >> reporter: the clayton fire started just off of highway 29 to the east. at first crews thought they could manage the fire, but the wind took the flames in a dangerous direction towards businesses and homes. no word on how the suspect allegedly set the fire or what led to his arrest. >> has been there everything for years, and now somebody has been doing it. >> reporter: saturday's fire destroyed 175 structures. several hundred people are living in three shelters set up by lake county officials. >> i'm in shock. i can't imagine what, what would motivate somebody to do something like that. >> reporter: now, firefighters are behind us about a block away, and as you can see homes are still smoldering. so they're making sure all of the hot spots are out. as far as the suspect is concerned, he is in the lake county jail. he will be arraigned in the next couple of days. reporting live in laura lake, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area. >> here is a closer look at the scope of the damage we're talking about here. again, 175 homes and businesses burned, and that number will likely grow higher because another 1500 structures are currently threatened by this fire and more than 1,600 firefighters on the fire lines right now working to save these homes. many of them are from strike teams across the bay area. >> well, like we saw last year in the nearby middletown fire, this is an area filled with pets and livestock. frank haas and his wife escaped with their two dogs but had to leave their cat behind. today they came back, and wouldn't you know, they found her. >> and we were talking to the pg & e guy and we could hear a cat. the cat was over there, and the cat is scared but is calming down now. >> nice to have a smile there. cats and horses. dakota was left behind as her owners evacuated, but she is okay. she will be reunited with her owners tomorrow. we should add local veterinarians are working around the clock treating animals. here is a look at the damage over clearlake today and lower lake, eerily similar to what we saw last year around this time when the valley fire ripped through middletown. our coverage continues. online we have new developments that continue to come into our news room. you can stay updated on our website and our free app. >> now to rio. no gold medals for team usa today. that's the first time it happened since beijing eight years ago. >> take you outside to brazil. a live look at the olympic flame. it is a little after 4:00 in rio. we did see some amazing performances tonight. we start with colin resh, and the slow-motion replay shows it all, doesn't it? >> it does. it had us talking in the news room. what would you do to win an olympic gold medal. american allison felix, the defending world champion in the 400 meters, had her sight set on a fifth career gold medal, but it looked as though she would get it. to her right, seany miller dove across the line and that was the difference. fel felix settled for silver. in gymnastics simone biles falters on the beam. she takes the bronze while teammate laurie hernandez barely misses out on gold. 46 miles per hour winds at the maria link aquatic center, but kristian ipsen wasn't bothered. advancing to tuesday's semifinals. doing their nine-hour training sessions in san jose. a score of 86.46 on today's technical program gives them a spot in tuesday's sifinal. safely into the semis for the 13-3 win over host nation brazil on monday. guys. >> thanks, colin. as colin mentioned, strong winds caused problems at the outdoor diving venn p yu. rain was the problem at olympic stadium. track and field events had to be delayed for about 30 minutes due to heavy rain. our coverage continues from rio in about 15 minutes. our own aguirre explains why stanford and cal have become such power houses when it comes to olympic swimmers. >> there's a bigger concern about the future of a high-end san francisco shopping center. is it safe? last week two separate incidents, a homicide and a robbery inside the west field san francisco center. nbc bay area jean elle yot joins us where a family is speaking up. this family is directly impacted by what is happen. what are they saying. >> frank galisia was found dead inside this mall. his brother says tonight he is concerned about the lack of answers in that case. he also is concerned about another violent incident that happened here. >> we are completely in the dark here. >> reporter: louis scalisia wants the know what happened to his brother. his brother's body was found in a stairwell near bloomingdale's in the popular mall overhead. the family are expecting police to tell them how the 28-year-old chef died. >> we are almost at a week and it is frustrating. it is getting to the point where we haven't heard anything other than we found your brother. no kind of resolution. >> sfpd says it can't comment on the active investigation. the west field center management says it is taking the investigation seriously. galisia has questions about what happened to his brother, and now he has concerns about safety at the mall in general. police say three men beat and robbed a man at a mall bathroom two days after galisia was found dead. >> it is concerning. >> reporter: with scores of shoppers crowding into the high-end shopping center, galisia says security should be a priority. >> my brother is gone, but if we can prevent something else, we need that to happen. >> reporter: the galisia family says it stands to take frank galisia's body back to los angeles this week, but as long as they're here they'll continue to press for answers. >> jean, thank you. a violent nice in east san jose. detectives say two men arrived in a bullet-ridden car at regional medi-cal center. both shot one was pronounced dead. police believe the shooting happened around 6:00 in the evening. they aren't releasing a suspect or vehicle description. this is a threat. it is not a ball to deal with, something moving this fast. it is one of the biggest threats facing endangered whales. coming up, we'll explain as we take you for a ride off the california coast. getting closer to predicting the big one. the boost uc berkeley just got when it comes to predicting earthquakes. and i'm mist jeff ranieri. we will have your forecast and the details. four small brush fires sparked around the south bay today,all of them visible to drivers. =vo= three of them ignited along freeways. a fourth burned about . small brush fires sparked around the south bay, all visible to drivers, three ignited along freeways. a fourth burned about three acres off quimby just 50 feet from the home. firefighters say the homeowner created a space around the house which saved it. >> ultimately you want 100 feet of clear space between you and vegetation and you don't have to worry about flames coming toxd your home, and that's what he had. >> investigators are trying to find out what caused those fire. >> a concern around here are earthquakes, but a multi-million dollar award could take us one step closer to knowing when those earthquakes will hit. the usgs based in menlo park awarded $6 across the country more than $3 million to study earthquakes, among them uc burkely and university of ñi oregon. it will go toward a early warning system called shake alert. >> some of the world's most majestic and mysterious creatures are being killed here in the bay area. >> our active shipping lanes are also to blame tore the death of whales, many of which are endangered. investigator reporter exposes this problem and what is being done to stop it. >> reporter: well, guys, some whales can grow to be over 100 feet long. they're powerful creatures, but one of their biggest threats is fast moving ships, the kind found here in the bay. plans to slow those boats down have largely failed. we investigate who is to blame. >> oh, my. >> whale watching in san francisco bay might be one of the greatest shows on earth, but many of the whales off the california coast are engangered, and one of their biggest threats is the steady flow of massive ships moving in and out of the bay that can unknowingly hit and kill whales. >> this is a threat. it is not evolved to deal with something moving this fast. >> reporter: he has spent 30 years studying whales and their behaviors along the west coast. he and his team are with the nonprofit group cascadia research. they travel on tiny rafts and attach tracking tags on the backs of whales. those tags also have cameras, providing an almost unreal glimpse into the deep sea, all from the whale's perspective. not only obvious to ship crews to hit a whale, but if they realize it federal law requires them to report it. >> our worry is even those represent the tip of the iceberg. mo most whales that die disappear from sight and sink. >> reporter: we obtained the records and crunched the numbers. according to federal government ships have hit and killed at least 45 whiels off the california coast since 2005, 173 whales were killed in waters throughout the entire u.s. we discovered at least 75% of those whales were endangered. >> the numbers of ship strikes documented while being concerning is probably less than a tenth of the true number. that means the number could be ten times higher. >> yes. i would say at least ten times higher if not even more than that. >> reporter: that's hundreds of whales killed off the california coast in the last decades. >> last year we had 15 in the bay area. >> reporter: lauren flannery is with the california academy of sciences. when whales wash up on shore she is called mr. to investigate and determine if a ship may have hit the whale. >> we will look at the vertebrae and see if there are broken bones n bones. >> reporter: is it clear whether a whale was killed by a ship strike? >> most of the time we do not know. >> reporter: ports in the bay are some of the busiest mr. the country. ships pass in and out of the area about 10,000 times a year. container vessels and large cargo ships enter the bay using any of three shipping lanes, which also happen to intersect with prime feeding areas for whales. to find out more we headed off the coast with scientists from the federal government and the point blue conservation group. they're collecting data on whale populations in and around the bay. >> those are the ones i just got. >> reporter: including this group of blue whales, the largest animals to have ever lived on earth. >> we spotted that pod a few miles away from the shipping lane that flow directly into the san francisco bay. >> reporter: to minimize the threat against whales in shipping lanes, the federal government started issuing a voluntary slow down last year of 10 knots during peak whale season. the data we obtained shows ships traveled faster than that 81% of the time. >> nobody wants to hit a whale. >> reporter: john berg is with the pacific shipping association which represents roughly 20 bargained cargo ship companies that pass through the bay. >> reporter: some of these ships traveled at speeds that werexd more than double what was recommended. how do you justify that? >> obviously want to reduce the risk of hitting a whale, but at the same time a lot of the ships are on strict time schedules. you can't just adjust the cruise ship. you have fixed times. >> reporter: the federal government says unless ships comply the voluntary slow down could become permanent. >> we would like the shipping industry to work more with us. >> reporter: maria brown is with noaa. >> reporter: if the shipping industry isn't playing nice now, there's a potential you could force them down the line? >> there's a potential we would have to make the requirement. >> reporter: john boceatis says there's an option, only require a slow down for one lane at a time based on which has the largest concentration of whales. the federal government said it tried that plan but realized it didn't have the personnel to track whales. >> the missing piece was tapping the industry ships themselves and turning them into platforms forsything. >> reporter: so ships to track the whales so other vessels know to avoid them. he understands why some may not be ready to dive in. >> reporter: does it make sense to make one shipping lane slower if whales may not be traveling in that lane the next day? >> no plan is going to create a total separation. all we can do is reduce the odds. >> and that voluntary slow down is back again this year. it is actually in effect right now. but the federal government won't say how much compliance it will need this time around, guys, before it takes steps to make it mandatory. >> thank you. if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail directly to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. let's talk about our forecast. a lot of kids going back to school this week. >> it will be pretty comfortable for most of the bay area once you get to inland, alameda and contra costa county is when the temperatures will continue to stay on the hotter side. get you into micro climb at weather right now. we want to update you on the conditions at the clayton fire. we had hot 90s today and we will have more of the same tomorrow. we will wake up with 74. a little bit of relief for firefighters, but once we hit 1:00 we're in the 90s and 3:0098 degrees. humidity sinking into the single digits as well, so tough for firefighters for the next seven days. tomorrow mornings forecast offers fog in san francisco. areas of spotty dris will. in the south bay 58 to start. weather pattern is a little complicated right now. the jet stream that holds the cooler air most importantly is off to the north. so that is allowing, again, some of this hotter weather to move in here across california, but here is the thing. this trough of low pressure, a small little wave in the atmosphere, will help to keep fog near the coastline the next couple of days. so that is going to keep some of the bay area from getting too hot. as we get a look at micro climb at forecast you can see for the south bay tomorrow comfortable weather. morgan hill 89. palo alto. and in the financial district, a cooler wind mr. the marina puts you at 62. north bay, east bay and tri-valley, highest fire danger. across the area, livermore at 93 with humidity around 20%. for the east bay oakland at 73, fremont 84. on the extended forecast for san francisco, we stay in the 60s over the next seven days. for the inland valley also we have temperatures in the low to mid- 90s right through friday and once we hit the upcoming weekend we will see the temperatures start. warmth week for kids but a nice weekend ahead. i know kids are looking forward. i bet. thank. still to come, a dog left in a dirty carrier next to a dumpster. the mission to save him and find him a new home. happening now, check your credit card statements. if you stayed at some of the most popular hotels in the world like hyatt or marriott you might have been hacked. also on twitter feed, the slumping giants lose to pirates at at&t park. the giants 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april. police say they've been tracking the man in san francisco and believe he was heading to another bank to rob when they arrested him. a disturbing story in alameda county. a man is wanted for molesting his four-year-old daughter. police say andrew florry became a suspect but refused to talk to investigators. he fled after that and hasn't been seen. a dog abandoned left next to a dumpster is looking for a new home. someone found him in mill valley in a filthy carrier. these are before and after photos of mozzarella. he doesn't look like the same dog. he is now safe and clean thanks to the maren humane society. they say he is a little shy but up-to-date on shots and ready to join a family. we're going back to rio to check in with aguirre. who is better, cal or stanford? >> i can't choose. ♪ to you crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. i'm at higher risktwice as likfor depression.troke. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance 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