Nbc bay area news starts now. The valley fire continues to rage this evening. The latest from calfire says it about 50 contained and some of those who live in hardhit middleton came home for the very first time today. A week after the fire broke out incredible rescue stories continue to come out of there. It is slow going for these folks heading back to see what is left of their homes. Reporter yes, terry, peggy, look as we just said, we have some people leaving the fair grounds and going back home after the evacuation orders are lifted. We were there today, people said they were kind of their second family, some good acts, a story last night of a 93yearold woman and her dog saved by a gay warden, here is her family posting messages. Thank you, ryan. Thanks for everybody. Some good stuff there, yet, Catherine Ray who uses a wheelchair had fallen asleep as the fire hit her neighborhood. But she was found in time to be carried to safety. Moments later flames reached her house, all happens in the community of Hidden Valley lake. And the warden is hailed as a hero, one working as an evacuation worker, when an emergency call came out about a woman trapped in her home. Now, the rescuers raced through flames to help the woman and her 11 monthold granddaughter. He says it is an experience he will never forget. I was trying to get her going, she was trying to pack her suitcase and get her shoes and stuff. I tried to explain look we need to go, i carried the baby and got her suitcases and got them loaded up. The only reason i took a picture of the baby, i wanted to take a picture and kind of brag to my wife. But i didnt know it was going to turn into this. Reporter and how about this . Another elderly woman was rescued, this time trapped upstairs in her home that same day. Now, we got a lot of good stories. And we heard of a man leaving the fair grounds and says he knows for a fact he did lose his home. And hundreds more homes destroyed by flames. Tonight, we learned the butte fire in amador and calaveras county, we know that two people died after ignoring orders to evacuate. Now it is the first time this couple was back in their home. After spending their 46th wedding anniversary under evacuations, the couple spent the afternoon evaluating their property for potential hazards. It feels wonderful. I was so happy. Just knowing we got through. We have been trying for a few days. The fire has scorched more than 70,000 acres. The firefighters have the butte fire 65 contained. They fear a new heat wave could cause the fire to roar back to life. New information on these two fires comes in around the clock. Stay with nbc bay area for continuous coverage of the fire. This fire, i should say, you can download the nbc bay area app. And police are investigating a second Sexual Assault in petaluma. Police say the victim was walking home in the area of fifth and d streets when she noticed a man coming up from behind her. The suspect said hello, grabbed her and ran off after she started to scream. Police say the incident not believed to be connected to the Sexual Assault of a woman inside her home in south petaluma. A followup to a hacking attack that hit local news sites this week, those sites are back up and now running. Thursday, somebody brought down all the embarcadero media sites, and produced this. Which is usually associated with a hacker group. Anonymous. And the pleasanton weekly, all of them affected. Today, they were restored. The Palo Alto Weekly says there is no evidence that readers emails, and passwords were hacked but you should still change them to be on the safe side. The fbi is now investigates along with the palo alto and Mountain View police departments. And a followup now, they were parked outside the los gatos stores for years, they claimed to collect money for veterans, but were they ripping you off the whole time . After our investigation they packed up and left. Now we learned they took their scam to another Shopping Center. Our reporter, vikki nguyen, has my more. Reporter frustrated viewers say these men are still collecting money for vets. This time, a few miles away, they wanted to know why and so did we. That is bob, back on the job in front of a whole foods store. New location, same story. Well send security deposits on apartments for veterans. Reporter we first introduced you to bob last month after viewer and veteran bill called in. Posing as veteran bob and fallon, they say the cash they collected goes to the homeless and disabled vets. The majority of the funds will provide outreach money to get the veterans who are living outdoors to the v. A. Reporter the men could not provide any evidence they were helping anyone but themselves. You said that you donate 100 of your cash donations to veterans. Your colleague says he gets to keep 40 of that. Can you talk to us a little bit more about how youre actually helping veterans . After we exposed a group of members lying about working with a county Veterans Court and the office of Veterans Services you responded, sending emails about other groups set up in front of bay area stores. You even shared pictures telling us your suspicions about solicitors asking for money for homeless and women and shelters. Hi, would you like to donate to a journalist . Would you like to donate to a journalist . In fact, i can stand here and ask for cash for any cause and management cant kick me out. And at this plaza, they set the Court Precedent for why this is protected speech. You have a right to be there and you have a right to your speech. Reporter law professor Margaret Russell has taught for 20 years at santa clara university. She explains the case here for what happened in 1980. It actually started with a dispute in california with High School Students who wanted to gather signatures for a petition. Reporter and today across the street from the prune yard, Hamilton Plaza is another hot spot for donators, and yes, bob, who moved here after our story aired. So much speech takes place at Shopping Centers today. Reporter russell explains california is one of a handful of states with very strong speech protection. Even on private property, even if its shared space, where the public can gather, even if it is being proven untrue. People have a right to lie. There are other ways to control that misbehavior but people have the right to lie. Reporter so what is the fix . You combat wrong speech or hurtful speech with more speech. The stores have a right to put up signs saying we have nothing to do with these people. In fact, we believe theyre frauds. Reporter they say the cases are based not on what someone says but on what they do. Interfering with people, harassing, going up to people, having unwanted solicitations. Reporter we tried to learn why they moved and if they could put us in touch with any of the veterans they say they have helped. But instead, he told us never to contact him again. Meanwhile, a lawyer for the Shopping Center in los gatos emailed us to say we are very grateful that nbc brought this matter to the publics attention and that the center endured over eight years of trespassing and harassing activities but these fraudulent solicitors, but if it happens again there is only one way to make sure they stop collecting money. I never give unless i am absolutely sure the organization is saying it is putting the amount to use that its say it is. And for now, the group has not returned to los gatos or campbell after our latest calls for comment. Now, they also go by the name veterans direct and United States vet. None of them is a registered nonprofit. And if you have a news tip here, not a financial tip, but a news tip for vicky at our investigative unit, call or send us an email to nbc bay area. Com. She had a couple of bucks in there. And she was being honest. Well, trump at the center of yet another controversy. Coming up next. This time it is about president obama. Out of the ordinary move trump is now making in order to address it. And were seeing a warmer start to the weekend right now. Seven to 11 degrees warmer in San Francisco with 80s and 90s on the board right now. Mostly sunny in San Francisco. A few spots. Well have a chance to hit 100 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. The latest new forecast coming up. My name is phil zietlow, and ive been an engineer on the Cheerios Team for 51 years. About five years ago, i found out that if my daughterinlaw, joyce, eats anything with gluten in it she feels pretty darn terrible. So my team and i came up with a way to remove the grains that contain gluten, from the naturally gluten free oats that cheerios are made of. So now joyce and i can have cheerios together anytime we want. And if you love someone with celiac, or gluten sensitivity, you can too. For the first time about his latest coming to decision 2016, donald trump talking today for the first time about his latest controversy. Talking about how he did not correct a supporter at a town hall meeting who called president Obama A Muslim and an immigrant. Today, trump wrote a flurry of tweets, claiming it was a nowin situation claiming he would have been blasted no matter how he responded, saying he had no obligation to defend the president and was certain the president would never defend him. Some wonder if this latest controversy will cause him to lapse in the polls. There is a feeling he may be topping out. That doesnt necessarily mean he will drop any time soon. Trump is due to appear at two events in iowa tonight. And were more than three months away from the holidays, but you guessed it. Some companies are looking to hire for the holidays, some up to 90,000 parttime workers for the holiday season. The extra workers are to keep up with the spike in demand for shipping. The positions will be primarily panhandl panhandlckage handlers and driv employees. The positions could continue after the holidays, you probably remember the debacle with amazon where people didnt get packages. And recordmaking profits during the drought, but is it actually true . The almonds in the state have never toasted so sweet. But what if i told you it is not just the nuts but all crops in california that have actually seen record levels. Could that be because of the drought . Coming up next in reality check. My milkface is an elevated state. Cinnamon is my soul mate. No debate cause it tastes so great. Thats why i got milk face. Yes, you want it. The milk tastes oh so sweet. Just like heaven between your cheeks. Try this technique, put your mouth on fleek. Lalalalala. If i told you its not just the nuts, its all the and breaking news to tell you about right now as we take you out to the evacuation area in lake and napa counties. It looks like evacuations now have been lifted. They have been lifted in Hidden Valley, that is one of the ones they are lifting as well. This of course is really good news for residents in lake and napa counties. They have been toughing it out, some of them in tents. So starting tomorrow afternoon, at hidden lake and the jerusalem area, most of those folks will be able to return home. So one by one were getting this news as residents go back. And were following breaking news out of monterey county. A wildfire building east of seaside, these are photos from the scene. The people are being evacuated in the area of tassahara road in carmel valley. So far it has burned about 300 acres, well keep you posted on that. Tough, tough fire season. Well, the drought is taking a toll on so many things, but one of them is the farmers. Now, Governor Brown talked about crops such as fruits or almonds. But is there an upside for the farmers during the drought . The lack of water farmers say is devastating. But the farmers now in california are making more money. Sam brock has todays reality check. Reporter in small hidden towns dotting the community, you will find some of the richest Agricultural Land in the world, the land that stocks the pipeline of Global Production and also pushes the economic pedal for many. Including this modesto almond farmer paul wangar who worries the reservoirs will eventually drop up his profit and farm. This year we cut back 10 of our orchards, and wont plant them back until we have the surface water with the reservoir or the wells will be good enough to let us plant the orchards back. Reporter its a story line that many farmers know all too well. Fallowed land, faint profits. Except, one highly respected Research Group says the revenues are not going down, theyre going up. I think it is counterintuitive. Reporter devastaata from th shows impacts on the drought. California agriculture raked in revenues in 2013. 51 billion only to be topped by 2014, almost 54 billion. Wangar says dont be deceived by the numbers, why are you not getting rich . Because the costs go up. So as the costs go up the margins shrink and so were not making the margins. Next year well look at a losing year. Reporter for the First Time Since his grandfather gave life to this area, he says he has to dig wells, two of them from the ground from what Mother Nature provides from the sky. I have no option, i have to drill wells while its expensive, its called survival. Reporter and here we uncover the fundamental fact of the fact check, farmers are getting by on ground water that is expensive to access, and its finite, meaning eventually the well runs dry. There is a cost to that, to families, communities who have to dig deeper wells. There is a cost for infrastructure and to future generations that dont have the water they will need. Reporter simply put, its a situation that is not sustainable. High value crops like almonds have helped to keep profits aflo aflo afloat. So is the first rush of ground water. But the numbers are trending. For california, the agriculture peaked in 2013. Wangar said in 2013, it dropped more than 50 , in 2014, you may not want to ask. Well, if the drought continues much longer you will talk about people going through bankruptcy. The good news, now were making money which allows us to invest for our future to try to get by this drought. Reporter a lifeline through a frustrating forecast. For reality check, im sam brock. Well, speaking of heat and dry talking with meteorologist rob mayeda right now, i know right out there in many locations it is really hot. And the places we normally expect to find cooling youre not seeing it right now. 91 in tiburon, wind out of the west, still in oakland, also 82. Across the inland locations 86 in san jose, low 90s south of downtown. And livermore, trivalley still at 94 degrees. Wind direction now late day direction picking up. The wind directions will shift tomorrow morning, an offshore breeze, 90s around santa cruz, and we could see near 90 degree temperatures around San Francisco and 100 degree temperatures across the interior valleys. And with High Pressure acting like a lid on top of the bay area, tomorrow is a spare the air day for the east bay and south areas. Morning temperatures, not all that bad. Napa, you will still need a jacket for the morning with the numbers in the mid50s. Numbers 80s, 90s, high temperatures around san jose in the upper 90s tomorrow. Above 100 degrees in the hottest spots. Around morgan hills, San Francisco there, in the 70s and 80s over towards the north bay numbers in the midtoupper 90s. You could see oakland, 92 degrees, one other spot, including San Francisco with the afternoon games, the raiders take on the ravens. And of course the giants play around the same time. Look at the hot temperatures, well be staying with the hot temperatures, hottest temperatures tomorrow, walnut creek, out towards livermore slightly above 100 degrees, with the heat wave lasting to monday. Showers, level system moving on by, seabreeze tuesday, wednesday, relief is coming once we get out of the weekend. San jose, hot finish to the weekend there. 80s and 70s as we get into tuesday and wednesday, los gatos taking more time to cool down, mid90s monday, trivalley, livermore, hot temperatures staying until monday, San Francisco, experiencing the cooldown after the hot finish to the weekend. The last full weekend of summer. If youre making plans for next weekend here is another reason why im showing the forecast. The numbers not as hot as this weekend. Stay tuned, next sunday, the 27th. Super moon, lunar eclipse, well be watching clear skies, first full week of fall could be quite a sight. A super moon just all on its own is pretty amazing, but then a super eclipse on top of it. That is amazing. And rob was mentioning the raiders game tomorrow. It could be the end of the Oakland Raiders here in the bay area. An unusual deal that could keep them. Next. For the coliseum and surrounding neighborhood. Take vo the chronicle reports that despite years of planning and 3. 5 Million Dollars in research, the tibur oakland is poised to push plans on the coliseum there. Despite 3 million bucks in research the project has hit a wall. And now there are plans to turn it into a huge sports and shopping housing center, creating as many as 32,000 jobs. Stay leaders are trying to keep the as and the raiders in town. Wow, the change there. Nbc bay area news at 6 00 coming right up. Nbc bay area news, begins with breaking news. Good evening to you, thank you for joining us. Im peggy bunker. And im terry mcsweeney. Were following two breaking news stories for you right now. Lets start with the first one in San Francisco. The connecter from 280 to southbound 101 is closed right now because of a shooting investigation. Chp says two people inside a car were shot at 4 30 p. M. This afternoon, the victims were hit in the torso and neck and head area. We dont know their condition but you can imagine there is massive traffic jam over there. Please avoid the area. Chp would appreciate it if you did. There is a crew heading over there. And now we take you to monterey county, of course where the firefighters are battling