homeless usually is. city leaders say there are 5,000 people living on the streets here in san jose. at city hall there is support for a plan to move some of them into motel rooms. but that support comes with a long list of concerns. >> looks very similar to a slum in india. >> reporter: charles preston is talking about a homeless camp in san jose. he treats people living in the jung well the valley homeless health care program. he said there are people living there with housing vouchers but can't or won't find a place to live. >> you don't want to represent yourself in the best possible way when you can't have pride in who you are. >> reporter: the city council will look at moving homeless people with subsidies into hotels and motels. >> the idea is to bring in a party to provide the case management and the services that are needed to ensure a path way to success. >> reporter: he wants to add kitchenettes to hotel rooms for a pilot program and hire a non-profit to find the clients and transition them into permanent housing. but some on the council have concerns about losing hotel space and code violations. a motel operator is worried about the homeless scaring clients away. >> they are going to be chilling, not really looking for a place. i mean, that's supposed to be temporary housing away from home. it's not supposed to be long term. >> reporter: but people who work with the homeless say with 4700 people living on the streets in san jose, it's a good place to start. >> this type of thing where we can put people in temporary housing to get them ready to go into a more permanent housing is the answer far lot of people. >> reporter: the city council told the staff to come back in 60 days with more information, including how much it will cost and where the money will come from. reporting live in san jose, jean ellie, nbc bay area news. mayor reed and the san jose city council honored several people credited with helping catch a serial arsonist. they posted fliers and turned in surveillance video during january's string of arsons. a dozen fires were set in january, many at houses were people were home. police arrested patrick brennan. neighbors in a part of san jose say they are scared after a man was killed inside his home. they were also surprised but what was happening in their home. police say someone shot the victim last night. sources tell us this was a marijuana grow with several plants growing inside the house. this is san jose's ninth homicide of the year. a man is in the hospital recovering after being shot by an alameda county deputy. they tried to stop a black bmw and the driver led them on a chase on i-880. the driver is accused of trying to run down a deputy. the deputy, we're told, fired two shots, aiming at the car. the suspect was hit in the arm and is expected to survive. is it possible to raise a family on 8 dollar an hour? most people don't think so. the city of richmond voted to follow in the footsteps of other bay area cities and raise its minimum wage. the vote happened minutes ago. monte frances has the details. they were looking at several option. >> reporter: that's right. in about ten minutes ago, the richmond city council voted to raise the minimum wage to $12.30. that would be phased in over three years and won't reach that figure until 2017. but that is the highest minimum wage in the country. >> i have bills and i have kids and i have to pick them up and drop them off. i need a good paying job. >> reporter: this 24-year-old is a single mother who lives in richmond, used to supporting her family on a minimum wage job. >> i am looking at costco. that's this highest paying job i've heard of here. they start off at $11 i here. >> the richmond city council heard an earful tonight from those like gonzalez. >> it is taking two and three jobs for people to take care of their families. >> reporter: but some fear it will drive businesses out of town. >> why would we think they could stay in business and why would we think they would stay in richmond? >> reporter: richmond isn't alone. a proposed ballot measure would raise oakland's minimum wage to $12.25 an hour. statewide it is slated to go up to $9 an hour in july. in san jose, is it $10.15 and san francisco is at $10.74. the federal minimum wage is $7.25. a higher wage would make a world of difference in her life. >> i would work less and spend more time with my kids and still be able to pay the bills. >> reporter: and the vote on the council was six in favor and one voting against the measure. the phase in would work like this, in 2015 in richmond the minimum wage will go to 9.60 dollars and 11.52 and then to $12.30 an hour. there would be cost of living increases after that. live in richmond, monte frances, nbc bay area news. a notable story in the south bay. the future is on hold. no decision on a new way to travel in mountain view. the city council took up the future of pod cars that run along rails about 20 feet above the ground. mountain view leaders want to research the new mode of transportation. you see animation of what it would look like. council members met with the company that builds these pods. the hope is to alleviate traffic. a daring rescue in san jose. crews needed two helicopters for this rescue. a woman fell nearly 40 feet off a cliff. the specialized urban search and rescue team was called in. they rappelled down to the woman, scooped her up and a helicopter took the woman to a local hospital. a fremont man is accused of playing a key role in a global child important operation. homeland security offices say that he and 13 other suspects lured young boys into uploading sexual videos online. this is a raid from homeland security today. the suspects created fake female personas and tricked the boys into believing they were chatting with girls. the ring spanned 39 states and six countries. officials say is it the largest case they've had so far. more details now, homeland security said the case was tough to crack. the suspects used the dark web a network of websites untraceable by search engines like google. >> the regular internet is websites are indexed. with search engines. a lot of things that happen on the dark net, they're not indexed. so therefore their ip addresses don't show up in a general search. >> this case was tracked to a dark web network called tor. following up to an nbc bay area exclusive. they spent taxpayer money on trips. and now they may pay some of it back. the oakland housing authority is auditing travel by its commissioners. we uncovered commissioners spent $150,000 on travel. in some case, double dipping, attending conferences with meals provided but pick up a daily meal stipend. and commissioners got paid twice. another commissioner flew to las vegas with no documentation of why he is there. changes have been made to the travel policy and records from the past three years are being audited. the audit should be completed in a couple months, the commissions who received extra money will be required to pay it back. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call or e-mail. >> right now at 11:00, unsettling claims after yesterday's strong earthquake in southern california. the controversial practice that could have triggered the quake. could it be a clue. the reported sighting. technology and fashion unveiled. and good evening i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. plenty of clear skies here. but we are also tracking wet weather in the pacific. we'll let you know when our next chance of rain will be coming up in a few minutes. you're looking at video from a vigil in seattle after a television news helicopter crashed and burned at the base of the space needle. the cameraman and pilot died. at this point not many answers. an experienced pilot on a well-maintained helicopter. the colleagues of the victims are mourning their loss and covering the news and it unfolded across the street from the tv station. >> oh, my god. >> witnesses in downtown seattle could do little to help. these pictures taken just moment after -- >> responding to broad street. >> reporter: the tv news helicopter plunged off the station's roof into the streets below during rush hour burning in the shadow of the space needle. >> air 4 was lifting off the helipad and something went wrong. >> the crew inside, gary fitzner and bill strofman. tonight bill's son reflected on his father's life and career. >> he was able to find the human connection in everything he did. >> reporter: ntsb investigators are combing through the wreckage. one man crawled out of this burning car. >> his head was bleeding and his shirt was on fire. >> reporter: construction workers tried to keep people away as jet fuel poured through a downtown street. >> get back! >> reporter: the tragedy could clearly be seen from newsroom windows where the victims work. a horrific sight from colleagues who are covering the news. >> we heard the explosion. >> reporter: answers may not come for weeks. tonight, colleagues struggle to say good-bye. >> we mentioned that third person whose car was hit by the helicopter. he is in stable condition with burns over 20% of his body. the mayor of seattle is looking at tighter restrictions on helipads in seattle. nothing suspicious has turned up in the pilot and co-pilot's homes. there was no evidence that he was training to take the jet off course or practicing turning off transponders. and nothing questionable in their personal lives either. the co-pilot was getting ready nor for a wedding. and the conversations were friendly and professional. residents in the maldive's islands said they were surprised to see a plane flying low and making a loud noise on the morning of march 8th. a -- thailand is criticized for failing to come forward with information that could have aided in the search. military radar picked up a plane the same time the jet disappeared. but the plane never entered thai air space. officials said malaysia's first request for information was not precise. flirting with death on the tracks. people continue to try to beat trains on the peninsula. cal train posted this video from the redwood city station. it shows a reckless dash right there across the tracks. many people don't realize that it 79 miles an hour, a train can cover the length of a football field in less than three seconds. three people have been killed on the tracks this year. members of the los angeles city council want an investigation into whether fracking could have played a role in yesterday's earthquake. it involves breaking apart rock deep under ground. and some have linked the oil extraction technique with earthquakes in oklahoma, and ohio. there is a fracking operation close to the epicenter of yesterday's 4.4 quake. oil and gas companies argue that the technique is safe. playing hooky made them heroes. three high school seniors are credited with springing into action when they saw smoke. >> going to get food. on the way we saw smoke arising from a house. and so first instinct was to see what is going on. >> in the house to the right. and we both just had the same instinct to go in the house together. and we do and we picked up the chair and grabbed the dog. and she said i'm on fire. and that was just shocking to me. like, to hear that. >> the teens went back to the home today to take a second look at the damage and relive what they went through. the principal said he is proud of the students even if they did ditch class. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with the microclimate forecast. >> my conscious is -- i'm so feeling so guilty here. i know how bad we need that rain but the weather has been beautiful this past weekend right on up to today. let's take a look. mild today. 77, 75, 74 in gilroy, but it is going to get warmer tomorrow. the sunny skies leading to clear conditions right now. temperatures hovering in the mid- to upper-50s throughout a lot of the bay including the south bay and east bay. the one cold spot is the north bay where some of the wind sheltered locations are not seeing the winds. the temperatures are colder. looking in the south bay and you can see excellent visibility. no flight delays tomorrow morning. and across the san francisco bay also very clear skies. winds right now out of the northeast at 3 miles an hour. we are seeing this dry northeasterly wind and high pressure off shore. that is not going anywhere tomorrow or throughout the first day of spring into thursday's forecast. mild weather staying put. and eventually by this weekend we have a cold front getting closer and eventually giving us the possibility of rainfall. i have more on that coming up. let's take a look at how hot that weather is going to get tomorrow. the average is in the upper 70s. also for thursday, then gradually, as we head throughout saturday and sunday we'll see the numbers going down. a sign of the cold front getting closer and the temperatures beginning to moderate. let's take in the microclimate forecast. the temperatures going up one to three degrees. but you will feel it outside. the temperatures in the south bay feel like the 80s. 77 for the air temperature. 78 in morgan hill. close to 80 in belmont. and in san francisco, a bit of cloud cover. the temperatures in the low 70s. up in the north bay it's going to be super enjoyable in napa and sonoma counties. 77 in napa. oakland, 74. even rockland. livermore is the hottest at 77 and pleasanton at 76. all of california has been under a drought. we continue with these drought conditions. you can see this area of white on the map. that is exceptional level of drought. the worst in the state is impacting portions of the bay area, for the peninsula, south bay and east bay. again, now in the worst category of drought. the only thing that will slightly help this as we head throughout the next couple weeks would be rainfall. that is on tap as we head through wednesday of next week. not a major storm system but a little can go a long way. >> as we have seen. still ahead, mega millions mania. we'll have the winning numbers and reports of two winning tickets. and we have jimmy too. >> we're playing pyramid. quest love. it's a great show. you got to watch. we're on next. is this flu shot necessary? it keeps you healthy during flu season. but does it hurt? nah. plus you get a really sweet bandaid! anything else i should know? here's a thought, try scoring more points on the other team. okay. even a warrior can get sick. kaiser permanente reminds you to get your flu shot this season. google is bringing the wrist watch back in vogue but its version is smarter. this is the first smart watch. it can tell time and give you a weather forecast and keep track of sports scores to scheduled meetings. it runs off the android operating system. tech experts say the jump into the market is a pre-emptive move for google. apple has been developing a watch as well. no word on when the apple version will come out. there are two winners in the mega millions jackpot worth 400 million bucks. two winning tickets were sold in maryland and florida. if the numbers pick up -- if the winners pick up the lump sum amount they will split $224 million. the jackpot is the sixth largest prize in lottery history. here are the winning numbers. so this means our office pool didn't win. >> we bought like ten. >> and nothing. >> we have sports next. we have a special story from the sharks game tonight. time for sports. and guess who has a bobblehead on his desk. he didn't have to go to the game. >> at least he got the bobblehead. a lot of people didn't get to see him tonight. the orlando magic with only four road wins this season. and andrew bogut is missing from the line-up. the big man out with inflammation. iguodala out for the next three nights. barnes on the throw down. third quarter now, klay thompson warming up from behind the arc. 13 in the quarter for thompson. curry finishing off the window. part of an 18-0 run. dubs win 103-89. first round of the n.i.t. first half all utes early. second half here come the gails. carter for three. we are tied. carter drops home another three ball. part of a 13-0 run. st. mary's advances to round two. according to the sacramento bee, vic fangio has received a raise and contract extension through the 2015 season which jim harbaugh lobbied for. it makes him among the highest paid defensive coordinators in the nfl. a's and white sox, a rough day to say the least. top first, lowrie, three-run home run to left. michael taylor double down the line. barton, an infield single. triple to the gap. crisp singles to right. need i say or show more? nine oakland runs before chicago recorded an out. the a's win 16-6, the final. and -- all right. and right here in tampa, not everyone wanted to see another yankees-red sox game. this swarm of honeybees takes over left field. they delayed action for seven minutes before the grounds crew was called in to save the day. the sharks lose 3-2. more news after the break. on my journey across america, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. want to show you a special night on the ice. the sharks lost their game tonight but they warmed the hearts of a lot of people especially that young man. the 17-year-old skated on to the ice tonight with the team. was there for the pre-game introductions. he was a member of the sharks tonight. it was arranged through the make a wish and sharks foundation. he has a life threatening heart condition. but he gets a standing o from the crowd at the s.a.p. center. paw -- paulina edmunds was honored today. is. >> she came in ninth in women's figure skating and is ready for the next olympic winter games in 2018. she has a lot ahead of her. >> the first spanish home work due tomorrow. >> no rest for the weary. >> bye-bye. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- lena dunham. hugh dancy. musical guest, foster the peo

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