what's her actually game plan. >> reporter: myers was in charge of local, that's mobile, and she took the helm of some of google's social efforts as well. social and mobile, two of the hot trends right now, she can bring a lot of expertise to yahoo at a time when yahoo could use some expertise. >> i was really excited to make the transition, i had worked on search, which is still very important, it's still at the core of our business. but i had worked on search for 10 years, or 12 years depending on how you count it. last year i was excited about what was happening in location, mobile, social, mobile-social. >> meyer actually brings a lot of credibility to yahoo as well making it a cool place to work again. half the battle in silicon valley is making products that people want. the other half is the battle to attract talent to your company and she can do that. yahoo shares jumped about 2.5% on that news. >> yahoo is a different beast, can she succeed? >> somebody's got to define success, you make yahoo credible again? she's already done that, she doesn't even have her security badge yet. it's still popular, so she can't do that. in the long run success for yahoo is going to be getting their share cost up. >> she has a funny story -- when she was growing up, everybody knewa mayer, was meyer like the bolog bologna. she's used to people not quite getting her name right, but it is meyer. >> our coverage continues or our website, nbc bay area.com, just click on the meyer story on our home page and you'll hear the full clip of her interviews on nbc bay area. protesters effectively shutting down muni service in san francisco as they stood in front of busses and destructive train service in memory of the 19-year-old who died one year ago today. protesters not satisfied with what happened today and certainly not satisfied with what police are saying happened a year ago. >> reporter: justiessica that's rights and police are still searching for answers, and these are the families and friends of -- it was all done by noon here in the city. but they promise, this is not the last muni shutdown. in fact they plan to have one every year. >> i'm still waiting for him to walking through the door. >> reporter: a mother in mourning, a year after her son's death. >> we want criminal charges, if we kill someone, we would be in prison, so why aren't that? >> denise chapman believes her son was innocent last july 16. police say harding began to shoot at him before he accidentally shot and killed himself. >> i have talked to all the witnesses on several occasions and no one's ever stated that they seen him with a gun, they all said he was running for his life. >> we don't want any more killings, and for a $2 muni transfer, it's not worth it. >> reporter: peaceful but still disruptive, during rush hour this morning, the protesters halted a muni line. >> it all started on muni so it was just right to take it back to muni. >> reports show he spent 22 months in a washington prison. his family has turned its attention to fighting another battle. mayor edly's proposed stop and frisk policy, his protesters call it another form of racial profiling. >> in general, you can shop and frisk anyone over a suspicion? that's not right. you're violating someone's civil rights. >> reporter: the family last month filed a federal lawsuit against the city and county of san francisco, the police chief and two of the officers involved in the shooting. sfpd maintains that the bullet that killed harding did not come from an officer-issued gun and in fact the two officers on scene received medals of valor for how they handled the entire situation. new details now about an early morning home invasion robbery in sunnyvale, saying an internet chat may have led to this robbery. around 4:00 this morning, dozens of police swarmed in sunnyvale neighborhood, it's not far from 101 and ma till la. police now say a female suspect lured the homeowner online by getting him to invite her to his house. when she arrived, investigators believe she brought along two men to rob the owner. >> it was kind of a team effort, we had a lot of outside agencies assisting us, we have canine resources that are available that have helped out to make this happen. >> both men were taken into custody after a three-hour man hunt, police are still search forgive that female suspect. locklear first made headlines when she sold police a drugs addict who was an acquaintance attacked her in a hotel room. eventually resigning from her seat on the alameda board of supervisors. the versus papers were filed friday in alameda superior court. nad nadya. late this afternoon, the santa cruz county district attorney announced that no charges will be filed against giants star pablo sandoval after a sexual assault investigation. last month a woman claims sandoval assaulted her. the police investigation determined that there was any sufficient evidence to charge sandov sandoval. last week the sheriff's department said that there was also not enough evidence to move forward. a come ber anniversary in the south day. today marks four months since 15-year-old sierra lamar was last seen. the morgan hill teenager was last seen leaving for school on march 16. a manage has been charged with killing lamar. meanwhile volunteers continue to organize weekly search parties in hopes of finding any clues in this case. well, still ahead at 6:00, employees cashing in while state parks are cashed out a new investigation uncovering a scheme that could have kept more parks from closing. >> you can be in the back of a paramedic vehicle and the paramedic speaks english and the customers speak vietnamese. >> saving lives in any language, the technology giving first responders a little more help themselves. >> reporter: a one-d o--- i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center, from summer last week, all the wsome winds picking up all ever over the east bay. we'll have much cooler 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after the courts say they had to turn hundreds of away. >> it's an inconvenience for the public? absolutely, i'm not going to sit here and spin to you and say that dropping papers off in a box is the same as getting service from a live person, it's not. unfortunately, seiu says it's okay for that to happen. >> representatives of the union say they didn't want this either. >> we are not about the money, we're not greedy's that's not what it's all about. all we want for them to do is be fear. >> reporter: communications between the labor union and the city soured after -- the sei oourks workers are now demanding more information about the court's finances. >> how could we possibly know that the 5% pay cut is really needed? we don't know if it's needed or not. we want the truth, we want to know where the books are. >> the court executive director t michael ewing says the final budget numbers won't be in until the end of the month and his office needed to make a decision now. >> make no mistake, the court is not asking seiu for anything more than what we have already received from our other free unions. >> reporter: this was meant to be a one-day strike, but they will be meeting to discuss any further action. in spite of what's happening in san francisco, santa clara county will start building a new family courthouse next year. the state budget recently passed by lawmaker also provide funding for the new juscen ter on market street in downtown san has. the new courthouse will consolidate at least 20 new courtrooms. santa clara county plans to break ground by next july. state parks are in peril, but that didn't stop employees from trading in their vacation time for cash. the buyouts called taxpayers more than $270,000 as states threaten to close dozens of parks due to the balanced budget. in fact, because of this budget crisis, no vacation buyouts have been officially approved since 2007. last fall, state park employees came forward saying a high-ranking official had been doing it initial. >> because we were not happy with this either, it was wrong, should not have happened, and we went about cleaning our own house immediately. >> environmentalists say the money paid to those employees should have instead been used to keep more parks from clothing. as we speak mars' $2 billion roverer is screaming through space. curiosity is expected to reach mars on august 31st. scientists are calling it seven minutes of terror. that's because during that time the heat shield must keep the sab chul from burning up. a supersonic parachute must ploy. bay area skin cysts who testified the materials on the rover say the ordeal is making them all very anxious. >> it's definitely a nervous time because it's such a complicated sequence of events that has to happen before the land rover to make it to the surface. >> i've been working on this for 22 years so i hope it works. >> he hopes it works. dr. blake invented the chemical as a result which is a mock up here. it is fire season and firefighters now are struggling to gain ground on this wildfire burning north of sacramento, these pictures of these so-called roberts fire shot just a few moments ago, so far the fire has destroyed one home and charred 2,500 acres of forest. nearly 200 more homes are in jeopardy. our nbc station in sacramento has the very latest from the fire line. >> reporter: this is a look at 3:00 this afternoon along kings hill road. here along the fire line, along kings hill road, something we want to show you. look at how the wind is just blowing that smoke straight up canyon, the flames following along. >> the fire is far from being under control, it's still active. >> it is because of that wind blowing in the direction of the mountain community of iowa hill that residents here began self-evacuated sunday afternoon. >> they're afraid of it racing into the canyon. >> reporter: at the end of the road, kcra captured these pictures, a first look at the burn damage from this fire, here a roof is all that's left of this structure, nearby a car. give you a sense of how hot this fire was, you can see how it literally melted the glass on the driver's side window, and inside the car, that's what's left. there are pictures of fire and of damage that iowa hill residents are leaving them on edge for what may lie ahead this evening. >> it's kind of tense, any time you're told to leave your house, very concerning. >> this is the second major wildfire in placer county in the last week. >> we have seen bustling conditions here, are they seeing the same type of weather conditions with a lot of wind? >> they are dealing with some wind, but it definitely could be a lot worse this time of the year. mother nature aiding firefighters at least a little bit this moment. numbers went from several last week, all the way to the window. 61 in san rafael, that's it, 68 in santa rosa, 68 in napa. also my weather watcher 87 degrees. it's all due to this westerly wind that's in place for most of the bay area. while we normally get the fog and marine layer, you don't typically find westerly winds in napa, oakland, sunnyvale and also santa cruz, and that's why the fire was -- current numbers dropping most at the coastline, with 62 in san francisco, and also 61 in san mateo. while you may have been followed in at san francisco, we're taking you to some blue sky courtesy of that sky camera network. and our team back in the cool room. it looks gorgeous in san jose for tonight. this cooling system just off to the north is going to stay stationary for the next few days and primarily what that will mean is that fog staying put at that coastline. that's going to stack that marine layer up to possibly 2,000 and 3,000 feet the next 24 hours and that will keep those numbers down. we'll find a few areas of drizzle for the morning hours, we're going to find that fog pushed back to 3:00 p.m., and noticeable sunshine for our --. >> we'll see you in a bit, jeff, still ahead, billionaires get all the breaks don't they? the new deal from mark zuckerberg that's redefining the phrase 100%. >> we're back in a moment. investigators are trying to determine what sparked a fire that ripped through a vallejo home this morning. you see the aftermath here, it happened on sea wind drive around 4:00 a.m. when crews arrived, flames were pouring out of the home. officers rushed inside to help two people and their three pets and they escaped safely. a local company says it has a new feature that can help you save a live in a situation like that even if you don't speak the local language. it already helps police and fire officials, but now it's gone global. >> here we're going to call star 4. what language do you speak? >> mandarin. >> she was a witness in the car accident and the investigator can't understand her. so he's dialing star 4 on his police mobile phone. >> welcome to the att on demand interpreter powered by language line services. >> the call is routed to an interpreter somewhere around the globe. >> we provide 90% of the services to 90% of the call centers in the united states. >> reporter: now they have started to take calls from at t-mobile phones. >> it's all about mobile today t world has become mobile. we're no longer connected to business phones, the english speak paramedic can get vietnamese assistance on the phone real quick like and it could save a life. >> you can immediately get one of our interpreters on the line to deal with any situation, whether it's a national catastrophe like katrina, or something as simple as a car accident. >> reporter: language line interprets 20 million cars every year, they expect that number to skyrocket with the new on demand interpretation service. >> easy effective communications between those who speak english and those who don't. >> reporter: language line says the service is crucial in a country where one in five people speaks a foreign language. >> in monterrey, nbc bay area news. >> so far the service only works with at&t and costs police departments and other agencies about $10 a month per line. the phone interpretation is crucial because the service expectation is the same no matter what the language. be aware, it's an old trick, thieves pretending on the pg and e workers stole money from a woman road on north kelly road which is near the napa county airport. the pair knocked on her door and said they needed to check for a gas line. the woman allowed them inside. as a reminder, all pg&e employees all carry identification. drought concerning growing, but there's one grocery store item that could get more affordable. and a major break through of bay area based drug company gets the green light for a pill that's a game changer in the war on aides. >> it was a trip of a lifetime that until one fremont california's trip ended with a police report. eighborhood subwa: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh. it's a game changer in the fight against hiv and aids. an old drug used for treatment is now fda approved for prevention. chris, this is a local company that can make a global impact. >> reporter: that's right. this is a turning point by all accounts from the activists and the researchers in the fight against hiv and aids and it has dramatic impacts, not just here in the bay area where it was developed, as you said, but around the world. a small pill with big promise. truvada, a drug known for helping people live with hiv and aids now has fda approval to help people avoid being infected with hiv in the first place. >> we -- >> the leede researchers' something that has the san francisco aids foundation considering the possibility. >> here in san francisco, we have been waiting for a new hiv prevention tool and we're very excited that it's finally come and we think this is really going to have a huge impact on gay men's health. >> the fda's approval saying in a statement that we must 87 ploy each and every strategy that reduces -- source of pride for me and my constituents that some of this ground breaking research was conducted at san francisco's gladstone institutes. but a hiv pill could lead to risky sexual behavior. but the lead researcher says those things could happen without this breakthrough. and that even the cost which can run up to $15,000 a year is surmountable. >> preventing hiv is a bargain compared to paying the lifelong costs of treating an epidemic. >> reporter: both the researchers and the activists expect that this will have a major impact on the international community, particularly for women who don't always have control over whether their partners use a condom. in san francisco, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> the fate of convicted killer hans reiser's wrongful death civil suit has -- told jurors that he would like to teach both of his kids life lessons, his children however are currently living in russia with their maternal grandmother. the suit was brought by his children for the murder of their mother back in 2008. they're asking for $25 million in pain and suffering for losing their mother. reiser also told the jury that he killed his wife to stop her from hurting their children. reiser says he has no money, but he has offered to sign over his computer software earnings. a teen inch ear went from the best day of his -- this 19-year-old grew up as a gymnast. he showed off his skills with some back flips when he was carrying the olympic torch last week. his father was robbed at a train station in rome just a few stays after they were visiting england. his bag that had photos and the video of the teenager's torch run was stolen. sadly it was the only close-up video that they had. ju turning now to decision 2012, both barack obama and his republican challenger mitt romney were on the road courting visitors today. obama -- romney was in louisiana focusing on america'ses struggling economy. the issue of whether romney will release more tax returns continuing to dodge him. meanwhile the president's camp continues to focus on bain capital. the political spotlight on romney's former ownership of the private equity firm and his connection to layoffs, bankruptcies and outsourcing back in 1999. >> we don't need a president who plans to ship more jobs overseas. i want to give insendives who companies that are investing in you, the midwestern people. >> things have not going in the right direction, no wonder he wants to change the subject. >> rob portman of ohio who we just heard from is purported to be a possible running mate for romney. president obama plans to do more campaign stop this is week in florida, another key swing state. tense moments in an already tense region. u.s. officials are confirming that a navy ship opened fire on a small boat killing one person. they say the boat was ra