deputies say around 7:30 last night, 61-year-old puckett was on a hike with her husband on the smith creek trail in grant ranch park when she got separated from him. her husband searched for hours, but after 2:00 a.m., he decided to call for help. santa clara county search and rescue along with cal fire and park rangers launched a search and found puckett at about 7:00 this morning. they say she did something very important to help in the search. >> luckily, this person did exactly what you're supposed to do when you're lost. you're supposed to stay put. so she had just basically stayed put all last night and she was located on the trail by the search and rescue personnel. >> reporter: puckett did not have a cell phone on her, but service in the area is very spotty. deputies say she is in good health and is an experienced hiker. temperatures only dropped into the 60s, which helped quite a bit. in the newsroom, derek shore, nbc bay area news. >> it sure is a tough place for cell service. thanks, derek. also, few details in the corruption case surrounding leland ye. this morning, the suspended state senator was back in court to answer to new very serious charge. nbc bay areas stephanie chuang live outside san francisco federal court. stephanie, ye continues to maintain his innocence. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, scott. you know, the defendant's state senator was joking and laughing with his attorney and some others in the hallway before the arraignment, seemed in good spirits. and we just 20 minutes ago caught him finally leaving the courthouse. he didn't have much to say. he did say this. >> just need to talk to my attorney and see where we go from there. >> reporter: so deferring to his attorney, again. not much to say. he was waiting in the courthouse to avoid media and cameras for his driver to pick him up and he exited very quickly again in just the last half hour. the same entrance and exit he went in. his attorney has not said anything on record about the case. now, in a charcoal grey suit, he appeared in front of the judge just after 9:30. was there all of five minutes. he and the other co-defendants pleaded not guilty to all charges. the only additional discussion was the prosecutor mentioned adding the penalty to the sheet for racketeering, which is a 20-year maximum prison sentence and $250,000 fine. but those were left off. prosecutors say he violated the federal racketeering act in trying to get money and bribes in exchange for political favors and votes on everything from medical marijuana to limiting workers' compensation claims in the nfl. legal analysts say this is not something that's been brought up in similar cases against politicians. so the government painting a picture of yee as a man who built up a pattern of criminal behavior. the latest additional charge of rock tiering could prompt some of the co-defendants in this case to talk in exchange for plea deals. although one defense attorney has said he feels the revised indictment shows that the prosecutor's case is weak. by the way, raymond "shrimp boy" chow, the other major defendant in this case, was charged with racketeering yesterday. the grand jury indicting him on more than 200 counts from shipment of stolen goods to money exchanging hands. his attorney says chow is a reformed gangster, who was caught up but is innocent in what was a three-year fbi undercover operation and investigation. so the next court date set here is general housekeeping, it's a status conference. really just to make sure everything is in line, because in this case, you have 29 co-defendants, and that has been set for august 7th at 10:00 in the morning, back here at the federal courthouse. >> for now live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> it's going to be a long one. okay, stephanie, thank you. now, a surprising trade for the a's. outfielder is headed to the red sox. in exchange, the a's will get pitcher john lester and petaluma native, jonny gomes. gomes played two years for the a's, of course, and lester, seen as one of the top pitchers in baseball. this morning, san jose police are looking at surveillance video, hoping to catch a glimpse of the man who broke into a home and tied up the teenager who lived there. this happened right in the middle of the day. police say the armed man broke into the sliding glass door of a home on andrew creek's court just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. this is in the almaden valley neighborhood of san jose. once inside, the intruder came face to face with that 17-year-old who was home alone at the time. and police say the man used zip ties the to tie up that teen and then demanded cash. the teen told the man where to find some valuables, then the robber took off. neighbors in this normally quiet community say they're stunned. >> i was working, so i don't know if they came here first or if she was just barking at what was going on across the street. but i don't think i'll be telling her to shut up anytime in the near future. i'll be getting up to see what's going on in the neighborhood. >> good dog. the teenager was able to free himself and call for help. he was not physically hurt, just very scared. well, you saw all those squad cars. the san jose police department has decided it could use more of them. nbc bay area has learned the department is considering a plan to cut its motorcycle traffic unit. part of the plan would be to move those 11 officers over to patrol cars. the city should make a final decision soon. and while it might cut motorcycles, sjpd is adding a drone to its force. the department used federal money, apparently, to buy this $7,000 drone, or at least it paid $7,000. it will be used by the bomb squad to better assess threats. sjpd says it won't be used for anything else. since it was bought with federal funds, bomb squads in san francisco, oakland, and other bay area agencies may be able to use the drone as well. the city of san jose is trying to do something about a burned out restaurant along a busy street. the city now considers the flames restaurant on hillsdale a blight according to the "mercury news." the charred out remains are behind a chained link fence, some of it covered in graffiti, there's garbage in there as well. the city now telling the property owner to do something or they will be fined. back in january, a kitchen fire caused more than $1 million in damage to the diner. the owners want to rebuild, but demolition of the old building will not begin for at least another six weeks. the oakland police officer fired for throwing a tear gas canister at protesters is now back on the job. an arbitrator has overturned the police department's termination of robert groesh and ordered the department to give him back pay. this according to the "oakland tribune." in october of 2011, roche was caught on camera throwing a tear gas grenade into a crowd of unarmed occupied protesters. it happened less than a minute after another officer hit iraq war veteran, scott olson, in the head with a bean bag fired from a shotgun, causing permanent brain damage. the city settled that case earlier this year, paying olson $4.5 million. roche was placed on leave after the incident and then fired. he appealed the punishment to an independent arbitrator and apparently prevailed. a story developing in the middle east. israeli air strikes pounded the gaza strip again today. israel's prime minister says there will be no cease-fire until his military eliminates hamas tunnels. nbc's richard engel has more from gaza city. >> reporter: israeli troops pushed deeper into gaza, searching house to house. and now reinforcements are coming. israel called up an additional 16,000 reservists for the mission to disarm hamas and destroy its tunnels. >> reporter: israel says it doesn't target civilians, but in crowded, pending gaza, civilians are being killed every day in strikes like this one. a cameraman was filming as ambulances rushed to a blast in gaza city, when suddenly -- the cameraman for a pro-hamas media company kept rolling as 11 rounds rained down. [ screaming ] >> reporter: at least 16 were killed. and anger is growing after another 15 people were killed in at least the sixth strike on a u.n. school wednesday, being used as a shelter. the u.n. agency in charge blamed israel. most israelis still support the offensive. many want it to go further, to stop hamas attacks once and for all, but israel's image abroad is being tarnished. and worse. in europe, especially france and germany, attacks on synagogues and jewish-owned businesses are on the rise. reviving painful memories for jewish communities around the world. prime minister netanyahu said there won't be a cease-fire until the tunnels are destroyed and the language here is important, because israeli military sources tell us that the specific tunnel mission could be finished within the next four to five days. richard engel, nbc news, gaza city. well, still to come, driverless cars hit the road across the pond. when we can expect to see them on those streets. plus, remember this big rig crash that spilled fruit all over a bay area highway? how those bananas are being put to good use. we're finally getting rid of that humidity, that dry heat returning to the bay area. bodega bay, still mostly cloudy at this hour, but we are looking nice and sunny from santa clara valley, you can see for over ten miles. now, those microclimates making a big impact for today. but we'll start to see very little separation over the weekend. we're going to cool you off. your microclimate forecast is up in moments. investigators say this small plane that clipped the top of a store before crashing into a san diego parking lot lost power on takeoff. an 80-year-old passenger was killed and the pilot is seriously hurt. you can see the front of the plane is destroyed. police say after the plane graced the top of a target store, it knocked down a light pole and two people on the ground were treated for minor burns. a follow up now to 900 cars still stranded in murky water in the underground garages at ucla. officials now say as many as 20 million gallons of water gushed from a broken pipe, flooding parts of the university. that's twice the amount of water they first thought. sunset boulevard will stay closed until at least tomorrow night, as they work to repair the massive sinkhole left behind. six buildings were damaged, including the school's iconic volley pavilion. the basketball court buckled, parts of it need to be replaced. last night, six men pumping water out of the pavilion were treated for exposure of carbon monoxide from a generator. they're going to be okay. tomorrow, guadalajara will become san jose's largest sister city. the high-tech center of guadalajara already has strong business ties to san jose. trade and investment relationships are expected to now strengthen with the two becoming sister cities. tesla has signed with japanese electronics company panasonic to building that massive battery plant somewhere in the u.s. the companies announced the deal this morning. they still haven't said where the so-called gigafactory will be built. the plant will produce batteries, many of which will go into tesla electric cars. it should employ about 6,500 people. under the deal, tesla will build the building, and panasonic will make the actual batteries. driverless cars could be on the roads in britain in less than six months. the country plans to start a three-year tile program in january in three different cities. the plan will include two types of driverless technology, one which will have the ability for a person to take control of the car if necessary. the other would be fully autonomous. so far, the test cities have not been named. and here's a twist. amazon is willing to pay you for delivery. over the next three months, amazon prime members will be given $1 of instant video credit if they choose a no-rush shipping option. that means they will get the item in 5 to 7 days, business days, rather than the normal 2 with prime. a seattle police officer's job is in jeopardy for being a buzzkill. the officer has been reassigned after a review found he wrote 80% of marijuana tickets issued in the city during the first half of the year. in one case, he actually flipped a coin to decide which person to cite. now, these tickets were handed out when weed was still illegal in washington state. earlier this month, the state legalized the sale of pot to adults for recreational use. >> but if it's against the law, wasn't he just doing his job? >> i suppose. you can expect more lane closures on the golden gate bridge for the rest of the week, as construction crews prepare to install a movable median. from 9:00 to night, until 5:00 tomorrow morning, a far right lane will be closed north of the al zarpd off-ramp. vista point also will be closed along with that alexander avenue off-ramp. the median is a steel barrier that will help to divide traffic and eliminate the possibility of head-on collisions. crews expect this work will be done by next year. a san francisco restaurant is receiving angry calls and e-mails because of another restaurant with a similar name. the number 9 fisherman's grotto in san francisco is in no way affiliated with this, the old fisherman's grotto in monterrey. earlier this week, the monterrey restaurant made headlines when it posted signs banning noisy kids and refusing to give families highchairs or even allow strollers. now, the san francisco fisherman's grotto says it loves kids and families and would be happy to accommodate them. well, a special donation to the oakland zoo, all courtesy of an early morning traffic accident. >> you remember that traffic accident monday. big rig crashes on 580, altamont pass that spilled fruit all over the freeway. it couldn't be sold, of course, so the shipping the fruit has a new use for it. >> donated about 13,000 pounds of plantains and jack fruit to the oakland zoo. this is a picture showing the bull elephant orb trying jack fruit for the first time. most of the animals are unfamiliar with jack fruit, as are we, so they were hesitant to try it. we'll try it, though. jack fruit looks like a melon with spice, tastes like a banana, although our production assistant says, nuh-uh, doesn't taste like a banana. >> they also donated fruit to the alameda county food bank. >> that is nice to hear. and a news photographer in arizona shows up in a completely unrelated story, but sees a small dog in need. >> take a look at him. he's stuck there at the bottom of the fence. his head is stuck there. he's stuck there overnight. he's trying to escape from his yard, because, you know, it's a big wide world out there and you have to go on a big adventure. they had to chip away the wall to get chip free. his owner has no idea that he was trapped overnight, but says this isn't the first time chip has tried to make a big escape. owner and dog have been reunited. chip says, i'm going to do it again. >> he's totally going to do it again. now he knows he can go over the wall, they showed him that. that can be a problem. let's check your escape to the backyard weather. >> the grass really is greener over there on the other side. 73 in concord. here in the bay area, it's a little greener on the coastal side right now. you know what, that's what you do when it gets too hot. if you don't want to turn on that ac, you pack up the kids, pack up a nice beach blanket, and head on down to half moon bay. 59 degrees. look at that. they are holding on to the fog right now. you're still going to jump to about 70 degrees out here later on today, but this is a sure sign that that onshore flow is back. and it's taken over the forecast. so that monsoonal moisture is heading out of town. great news for us. i want to show you tiburon. a little bit of a blue back here, starting to clear out just a touch. you'll be full sunshine in tiburon, as we head throughout the next couple of hours. pleasanton, still have mid-level clouds overhead, definitely about half as much as yesterday. and because of that fog, sticking around san francisco, here's another live look at downtown, you're going to stay at about 72 degrees. that's room temperature. meanwhile, we're going to hit about 99 degrees, where we started out with no low clouds whatsoever this morning. out in the tri-valley, otherwise, 90 degrees for the south bay, 82 on the east shore. and 89 degrees in wine country. want to go to hawaii, but don't have thousands of dollars? well, you know what? they're bringing hawaii to san mateo. the aloha festival this week, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. a good time. very colorful. also happening this weekend, we're a proud festival of the fremont festival. if you haven't been out there, a great time, good food. mike inouye will be out there on sunday. temperatures will be steady, holding on to the 90s here in the south bay. then we'll start that drop-off sunday, monday, all the way through next week. sunday forecast shows that story right here at the bottom of your screen. heat relief, already getting that humidity relief as promised, and i'm happy about that. if i was wrong, guys, i don't know that my facebook page could take anymore complaints. overload, overload, back to you. >> all right, i'll knock it off. sorry. >> such a whiner! new details about a possible suspension for alden smith. when he's expected to meet with the nfl commissioner himself, coming up next. leland ye. 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[ heart beats ] welcome back. 49ers' linebacker, alden smith, is set to have an in-person meeting with the nfl commissioner. espn reports smith will meet with roger goodell after the team's first exhibition game next thursday. that meeting set to take place in new york, the next day after the niners play -- and are practicing nearby in baltimore. smith could be suspended after he pleaded no-contest to dui charges earlier this month and was ordered to serve 11 days on a work crew. he could also face disciplinarian action for possession of illegal assault rifles. smith did not attend practice yesterday, because he was in los angeles, meeting with the city attorney's office there. the meeting was required in lieu of facing charges for a false bomb report at a los angeles international airport. maybe he should just chill out. the big debut for levi stadium saturday. the game apparently already sold out. the earthquakes say the 49ers allowed them to sell 44,000 tickets to the game against the seattle sounders. that's about two-thirds full. yesterday, the quakes actually said they had about a thousand tickets left. we checked online this morning, and ticket master says no more tickets. this will be the first official test of levi stadium. the public transit system, as well, and for that matter, the parking around the stadium. well, when you are looking to be the best, you want to learn from the best, which is certainly what the new head coach of the warriors is doing. >> steve carroll was already talking to the nfl hall of fame for bill parcell, now he's talking to seattle seahawks head coach pete carroll. the seahawks' website says he was at the training camp yesterday trying to soak up carroll's coaching philosophy. this is caris' first year as the head coach of any pro team. jay leno returns to nbc tonight. the former "tonight show" host will make a guest appearance on "last comic standing" as a mentor to the final five comics. leno will help them out with the ins and outs of stand-up, even assist the host of "the tonight show," leno continued to do regular stand-up comedy gigs. last comic standing is at 10:00 tonight right here, nbc bay area. well, are you ready for some lunch? >> i am. >> we'll show you the longest sandwich ever in latin america. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. well, mexico's record sandwich will not leave you hungry. >> mexico broke the longest -- the record for the longest sandwich ever made in latin america. more than 80 local businesses helped prepare the sandwich, which measured 208 feet long. the traditional mexican sandwich struggled to compete with imported fast food in recent years. to beef up its reputation, the city's local government created an annual festival to challenge local chefs to create bigger and tastier ones each year. >> there's a hot dog and maybe some turkey. hard to tell. >> totally normal. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here tomorrow. next news is tonight at 5:00. one day, sir, this whole city will be yours. oh, hey, can i talk to you? you always ruin everything. i have to apologize for him. he's been a bit tense since we found that i'm up for the g.e. chairmanship. yeah, that's why i'm here. i got a call from some lawyer today who was asking me what kind of boss you are, and who long i've known you, and what animal best describes you. what did you say? an eagle with the head of a bear. thank you. your respect means the world to me, lemon. i can't believe it's starting already. what is? g.e. is vetting me. they're trying to see if i have any skeletons in my closet. it's what they do with all the presidential candidates. do you think they'll find anything? oh, yeah.

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