Construction equipment. The scene has been cleared from earlier. All lanes are open. A fender bender just took place a few minutes ago. There was a disabled car in the left lane approaching university avenue. Reporting live in East Palo Alto. Thanks, michelle in less than an hour from now a candle light vigil will be held for the 88yearold woman. Shes still hospitalized right now. They plan to pray for douglass recovery. She remains in critical condition. Her attack still very much under investigation. Less than an hour ago, we spotted several sheriffs investigators on craigmont avenue where douglas lives. They were interviewing neighbors, going house tohouse. The Sheriffs Office declined to comment except to say we are following all leads. Sheriffs detectives arrested 19yearold zachary cuen wednesday night. They declined to comment on a possible second suspect. Also developing at this hour, 66 million. Jasmine, also known as celeste gaup has filed a claim against the city of oakland and Oakland Police department. She is the woman at the center of the ongoing sex abuse scandal. And jodi, this story as you well know changes by the hour. What are the new details . Reporter well, jasmines attorney, as you mentioned, wants the city of oakland to pay 66 million. They say city officials stood by with a blind eye or acted to cover up what thicaey call mode day slavery for Police Officers. And filing the first charges in the case. You know, im more than disgusted. The last individual on this planet in this city that i would expect to not to break that law would be an officer. Reporter thats reaction of oakland city leaders as the District Attorney files the first formal charges against Police Officers accused of sexually exploiting richmond teenager, celeste gaup, who now goes by her real name, jasmine. They charged dan black with engaging in prostitution and lewd acts in public. Black picked up the young woman in a motor home last apal, telling her just to be clear im not paying you but i will buy you dinner. The two later engaged in oral copulation and sex in the motor home. Also charged is retired Oakland Police sergeant, Leroy Johnson for failing to report. According to documents, he told johnson she had sex with members of the Oakland Police department. Tell me you were an adult wrote johnson and the teenager wrote i would be lying. If i knew about it and failed to take any action, especially when it comes to violating women and young women on the street. There is no explanation, no excuse. Reporter again, jasmines attorneys have filed a 66 million claim against the city of oakland. At least one city leader tells me hes not at all surprised pm n there are five more Police Officers, current or former, who still face charges. Were told they will be filed in the coming days. Meanwhile, the two officers charged today will be in court on october 4th. They must self surrender before then. Reporting live in oakland, nbc bay area news. This november election could be playing a big role in the sierra lamar murder trial and all to do with proposition that would bring an end to the death penal penalty. And damian, some say this could change the timing of his trial. Reporter thats right. The experts tell me the implications are huge and it all has to do with the potential jury makeup of before and after the election. Hes been awaiting trial for more than four years. Now the lawyers for Garcia Torres may be trying to delay the trial for another two months. They would like to run out the clock until after the november election. Reporter thats because prop 62 appears on california s ballot. It would repeal the Death Penalty. Steven clark says they would want jury selection to begin now to get a jury with the option of a Death Penalty on the table. You get much more conservative jurors, because theyre not philosophically opposed to the Death Penalty in principal. Reporter and if a Death Penalty is repealed, they say jury pool would favor the defense, because the death sentence would no longer be an option. The real issue at this point is what is the jury makeup going to be for mr. Garcia torres and it could be very different if the jury selection starts after november 8th if the Death Penalty is abolished. Reporter sierra lamar disappeared in 2012. Her body has never been found. But they say dna evidence links torres to her death. And only saying. My home is that californiaens take into considerations, victims and the victims family and their extended loved ones when they go to the ballots. Reporter elec torl implications for one of the biggest elections in hilsstory. Were live in san jose. Nbc bay area news. Thank you. Colin kaepernicks call for social equality is reaching beyond the nfl. Tonight High School Players in San Francisco are getting involved. Here now from Mission High School in San Francisco. Are they on board with this protest . Sfwlr reporter i can tell you a spokesperson said they didnt have a position. The principal says he is in support of his team. They left for a game in san mateo at 7 00 tonight. They say they have had discussions about Colin Kaepernick and their own experiences. Football players at Mission High School in San Francisco made a team statement. On the field they Start Playing the national anthem, the whole team seen me taking a knee and they took a knee with me and i felt more confident. We were talking on the social injustices in america following kaepernick taking a knee and as a team, we l all decided to taka knee. I support them 100 . Theyre my brothers and i love them. Reporter they decided to become the latest athletes to following the leadoff 49er quarterback, Colin Kaepernick in an attempt to draw attention to Racial Injustice and in equality. I had to think fast and what i decided to do was support my team by standing for them and support of them. Reporter while kaepernick has received both support and criticism from those who believe its offensive to veterans in the country. This team says they havent had negative feedback. Im proud to say all decided to do that together is extremely Diverse Group of students. Were sticking up for something we believe in. Reporter i reached out the san mateo spokesperson and they said if any of the players from their district choose to participate in a peaceful demonstration, its certainly their right to do so and the district supports their right to free speech. Reporting live in San Francisco, christy smith. His protest seems to be gaining momentum around the bay area. Big, big. The giants are on. And the playoff spot on the line. A little curve ball by bruce bochy. Anything to get an edge, right . Reporter anything to get an edge, raj. And you said it. When i arrived at the ball park earlier today, i talked with giants Media Relations direct r direct director and the giants didnt need it last night, they ripped off 12 hits, they won 62. Span was big. Drove in runs 5 and 6. Who needs practice, right . He says at this time of the year hes just fine not having batting practice. Thats baseball in general. You win today, the next day you eat whatever you ate yesterday. Go to the bathroom at the same time and try to do the same thing you did before. Reporter how much is it superstition how much is practice . A little bit of both. But to be honest, keep them off the field again. Couple days off the field i think it serve them well. In the san diego series, especially coming off the tough road trip, boys looked a little beat and thats why were trying to give them a little break. Reporter coming up later in sports, were on the look out for kevin durant. Thats right, k. D. Hes supposed to throw out the first pitch. And well let you know the giants player hes going to exchange jerseys with. Can you think of who it is . Think 35. Now i have to rack my brain, number 35 of the giants. So, whats your plan this weekend . We got a lot going on. This is one of the biggest and highest profile weekends of the year. Not just the giants and cardinals. We also have football, cal hosts texas at memorial stadium. In the south bay, beyonce is in concert at levi stadium. And the indy car series, all the fast cars will be at the sonoma raceway and at the oakland coliseum, the raiders home opener against the falcons. And were leaving out oracle open world. Olympic gymnasts at san jose. Do you have a lucky tick let . No, i dont have a ticket to any of this but i want to go. Im meteorologist, jeff ranieri, across at t park, you can see the players getting ready for the game, a cool 62. Im scott along side the brand new iphone 7 plus. Coming up why many people still lined up even though they couldnt get one of these. And more disturbing details emerge about what led up to a hate crime in the east bay. Live in martinez. Ahead, a motive that may be behind the hateful vandalism. The defending nfc champs will be highly motivated, not to mention its their home opener. They beat keenum with ease. He may be the biggest quarterback in the league doing it and its going to take all guys on every play to win this battle. The red and gold spotlight is brought to you by the x 1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. Bringing tv and internet together for the most complete way to access entertainment on all your screens and personalized recommendations based on what youre watching. What prosecutors say led up to a violent hate crime in the east ba more disturbing details about what prosecutors say led up to a Violent Crime in the east bay. The couple who they believe painted swastikas and lit it on fire faced a judge today. Live with the allegations of attempted murder, torture and arson. Elyce. Reporter the suspect did not speak earlier today in the courtroom behiennd me. But a Family Member of one of the suspects had a lot to say off camera. She was even heard threatening the d. A. , calling him a rat. Gloria putell all a lot to say off camera. But on camera, she would only say its l a misunderstanding. Her granddaughter, 25yearold Christy Mcdaniel and boyfriend are accused of plotting to torture and kill shackle fort who had a relationship with one of the suspects sisters and the couple also spray painted swastikas on his familys home. An stashau has known savari for years and says the charges dont make sense. But investigators claim he bought glass bottles, perrit to make maltoff cocktails. And they say he posted this racially fuelled story online back in 2011, painting himself as a crime fighter who sees his enemy as quote an invading army of thugs, the poor, usually black, residents that have moved into antioch. Neighbors cant believe it. Were very peaceful neighborhood. Reporter and we did speak with lloyd shackleford, he told us quote i hope the two get the help they need. Theyll be back in court october fifth. They dont have to line up but they still do. Thousands of people around the world and around the bay area spending hours in line to get their hands on that new iphone. Our business and tech reporter is at the apple store this evening. And scott, all these people in line. Cant we just order online. Yeah, you can. And i tell you many who were here depending on the color and model went home empty handed. Others are on their way home to charge up their new phone. Reporter even in the era of Online Shopping its still a tradition. Camping out and lining up early. 6 30 a. M. Reporter to get the new apple iphone. Or at least try to get one. The one i originally wanted, jet black, theyre out of stock that one and completely out of stock for the 7 plus. Reporter its kind of a Community Thing spending hours among your fellow apple faithful fans, even longtime tech watchers say theyre not surprised. Not really when it comes to the fascination people have with this brand is cult like. Theres no other way to talk about it. Reporter and while lots of fans got to meet ceo tim cook, not everybody has a phone. If he says theres no 7 pluses, im going to leave. I got an iphone 7. I had to wait in line probably about an hour. Reporter okay. Was it worth it . Yeah, it was. Reporter unlike in years past, we dont know how many phones have moved just yet. Nbc bay area news. Jeff ranieri is with us and jeff saying show it to us. Show us that iphone 7. That little girl in the background was jumping for joy. I want to check it out. You got a cord and you can only go so far. You need air conditioning this weekend. I know. Its going to be hot for the Interior Valleys. Its going to be for a few isolated locations. Got the immediate coastline and thats what is giving us the fantastic weather tonight. For everyone heading to the ball game here beginning with pregame coverage beginning at 7 00 and first pitch shortly after that. And as we head throughout 9 00 and 10 00 tonight. Lets get a look at the forecast and by 10 00 p. M. , well be widespread throughout the coastline and by tomorrow morning, it filters into the typical spot and contra costa and alameda counties. And cloud cover towards palo alto as well. This pushes back towards the afternoon for our sunnier skies and lets show you what that will do to our temperatures inland. Last weekend of summer with near record setting heat. 95 for the Interior Valley average in the east bay. South bay at 89. San francisco, 67. Up into wine country, 88. What about on sunday . It is expected to be getting hotter. Well be real close with the east bay at 98 degrees. 92 in the south bay. Well have details for the raiders home opener and for the sonoma raceway indy car action this weekend coming up in about 25 minutes. Still to come, a cat killer on the loose in a south bay neighborhood. The steps the owner is taking to make sure the coyote doesnt strike again. Happening now on our homepage. A high school stude in lake countr lowered her grade significantly because she averages High School Student in lake county says a teacher lowers her grades significantly because she refused to stand during the pledge of allegiance. Shes native american and said it never felt right to stand. And at stone gate elementary school, they say shots were firebfir fired behind the school. On high alert after a coyote attack. Warning signs are going up and a san jose neighborhood on high alert after a coyote attack. Warning signs now going up and parents are keeping their kids inside. All of this after a cat was found dead earlier this week. Some details may be disturbing. His name was goliath. He was a great little guy. Reporter but his owner says he didnt stand a chance against this opponent. Tuesday morning, she says she let her cat out for about 20 minutes before she heard her roommates dog barking. A coyote had jumped over her backyard fence. I yelled at him and he took off. Reporter but it was too late. My cats back was slit open and his liver was hanging out and his neck was broken. Sfwlr. Reporter theyve noticed an uptick. They have been attacked by coyotes. Reporter he says the extended drought may be a factor,oyotes into neighborhoods looking for food and water. As Animal Services investigates, angela is getting the word out, plastering her neighborhood with warning signs, making sure what happened to goliath doesnt happen to anybody else. I want them to know coyotes are jumping in backyard fences and killing their pets. And coyotes are known to attack small children when theyre desperate. Neighbors say they saw a coyote walking down the street at 9 00 this morning. They recommend keeping all cats, dogs and children indoors unless youre supervising them outdoor. And hes changing his stance. Donald trump now admits president obama was born in the united states. But tonight the controversy is far from over. Is it about access . Its always about access. Big money buying big access in washington. Coming up, we investigate where all the big donations from california are going. Iumier Senior Investigative reporter. Well also tell you whos giving all the big money. Interesting answers when it comes politics. And the tonight we follow the money and it leads to interesting answers when it comes to politics and the sillicon valley. Its not just the president ial race were talking about here. Theyre funding candidates across the country and we discovered it has eclipsed hollywood when it comes to giving. How much and why . Heres steven stock. Reporter two decade ago, sillicon valley was a bit player in the National Political conversation. Now its emerged as one of the largest givers to the National Political campaign in america. This year more so than any other political cycle in history. When americas top yachts raced on the water of San Francisco bay, the major force was none other than oracle founder and ceo ellison. Hes an equally big forces behind the campaign. Hes been the top donor, giving at least 5 million to various conservative causes, including florida senator, marco rubio and the sen torrial committee. And among top sillicon valley users, Kleiner Perkins, and sequoia capitals barbara stevenson. The wealthiest groups in america are the ones that tend to fund the president ial campaigns and theres a lot of wealth in sillicon valley. A Nonpartisan Group based in berkley that tracks and monitors money where it comes from and where it goes. Its not so much about geography but wealthy peepl and groups. New york, texas, the wealthiest areas. Its a tiny fraction of the population that funds those politici politicians. In fact this shows sillicon valley have eclipsed Southern California in the amount of giving. We found another interesting trend. These big donors from the california are giving big time to campaigns in other states. Specifically to nine toss up u. S. Senate races. In florida, illinois, indiana, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania and wisconsin. What the National Government does effects all of us and right now the control of the senate is up for grabs, whether its republican or democratic control will have a big effect on everyone in the country, including the wealthy groups funding these campaigns. Reporter president and ceo of the sillicon Valley Chamber of commerce, now giving the large sums of money out of state. There are issues that whether theyre in florida or ohio or new york, theyre going to be key Decision Makers on issues that effect immigration reform, trade, effect taxes. Effect intellectual property. Those are all businesses, leaders, entrepreneurs care about. Reporter and we team would the center for responsive politics. We wanted to take a closer look at what companies and their employees are big givers this year. No surprise we found oracle, Kleiner Perkins and sequoia capital. Google, apple and salesforce. Com among the top corporate givers. And it 2 3 of all California Campaign giving went to out of state or president ial candidates. For donors, its a sense of how is my money best used. What is the best way to effect change . Dr. Percevel. Theyre trying to influence politics at the national level. So, am i going to spend money in this election cycle, how is my dollar best spent . Its states like papennsylvania wisconsin. Reporter the amounts can be staggering. And critics say that is a big problem because the average citizens voice is being drowned out by all this big money. Weve teamed with maplight to create a special app called voters edge to give you information about all the elections in california this year. You can find that on our website, nbc bay area. Com. Thanks so much. If you have a story for us, just call steven at our tip line. You can also send an email to the unit nbc bay area. Com. Another controversial day for donald trump. For years he played a key role in the birther movement. Today, he switched his stance in washington d. C. President barack obama was born in the united states, peri period. Even as he reversed his stance, he now claims that Hillary Clinton started the berther movement eight years ago. Theres no evidence to support that. Imagine a person in the oval office who traffics in conspiracy theories. And refuses to let them go, no matter what the facts are. As for president obama, he had a reaction today. He says he thinks most people know he was born in the u. S. And hopes the election focuses on more serious issues sheriffs deputies have released photos of a gun they say was in the hands of an 86yearold home owner when they shot him. Eugene craig was shot in his saratoga home on monday. They were initially called to report his safety. A relative was called a welfare check. They knocked on the door and finally broke in a side door when there was no answer. Thats when they say they were confronted by craig armed with a loaded gun. Theyre on paid administrative leave while the case is being investigated. Who damaged american flags in palo alto . We showed you the scorched flags after an arsnist set fire to a september 11th memorial outside the East Palo Alto fire department. The flags represented the firefighters killed in the collapse of the world trade center. Investigators released this Surveillance Video of the suspect. Take a good look there. If you recognize this man, youre urged to call police in East Palo Alto. You can remain anonymous. More information on the Lake County High School teacher in hot water after they say she lowered a students grade for not standing during the pledge of allegianallegiance. She hasnt stood for the pledge of allegiance since second grade. But this year her home room teacher said she counted the pledge as class participation. I worked hard for it, i did whatever she wanted me to do in her class. Reporter the schools superintendent is reviewing the incident and says the teacher will be disciplined for violating the districts freedom of speech policy, not to mention First Amendment rights. It can be tricky trading in your car. Bay area responds to an east bay woman who had issues getting back nearly 6,000 bucks. The reason palo alto denied Mark Zuckerbergs home renovation plans. A woman watched in horror as her beloved pet died inside her burning home. Vo a woman watched in horror as her beloved pet died inside her burning home. She tried to run in and actually rescue the dog, but officers physically stopped her for her safety. Was a tough fire fight. There were fwo ltwo layers ay wood and we went to a fourth alarm. The fire destroyed one town home and destroyed two other units. As for the dogs owner, she was briefly arrested for fighting with police. Zuk gets denied. The city of palo alto said no to mark zuckerberg. He went to buy the four properties surrounding his home in palo alto. He now needs permission to tear down those houses and arerebuil. They denied the plan because it looked too much like a compound. His neighbors had plenty to say. I dont like to see palo alto turned into a large estate homes. The city says the developer plans to redesign the socalled compound and resubmit the plans for approval in november. Lets talk about this weekend. The last weekend of summer. Youre exactly right. Temperatures starting to sore and because of the hotter conditions expected across the bay area, an air alert has been issued with the worst air quality over the east bay. And maybe its the sonoma raceway on saturday. Qualifying. Expects 80s throughout the afternoon. Im back with my full forecast in just a few minutes. A car was trade in before the extended warranty expires, leaving thousands of dollars in limbo. Nbc bay area responds next. Owed some money after trading in her car, but couldnt get it. Ra nbc bay area responds to a woman who was owed money after trading in her car but couldnt get it. Chris. Good evening. Several thousand dollars was on the line here. She bought a new car plus several optional warranties. She traded in that car and says the dealer told her she was due a proerated refund of the unused portions of those protection plans. But that refund didnt happen. My last message was im sure you will really wish you had called me back because im going to pursue this in other directions. And judy did. Tonight at 11 00, well explain her month long battle for her refund and share information every driver needs to know before buying those warranties. If you have a Consumer Complaint call us. Or log on to nbc bay area. Com responds. Once there, click the yellow submit tips bar for our Consumer Complaint form. Ill see you at 11 00. Have a great night. Its orange friday here on nbc bay area. Were counting down to the first pitch, the giants and cardinals here at 7 00. Kevin durant of the warriors is throwing out the first pitch. Recognize her. Aly raisman is in town. Shell be tossing out the first pitch tomorrow night and on sunday shell be performing at the shark tank in san jose. Lets take a live look. You could see blue skies. Its the last weekend of summer and its going to feel like summer and as jeff mentioned earlier, high temps, high amounts of smog. Were going to have a spare the air event today. It looks like the 90s is where that is going to be. So, if you suffer from allergies, you may want to limit your outdoor exposure, especially on sunday. As we get a look right now at the ball park, our crew out there at at t park is getting ready for the game which will have pregame action beginning at 7 00 p. M. On this channel. As the cardinals and giants go at it, 62 degrees. And well get wind and also little bit of areas of fog moving in throughout the latter half of the game. As we head to our weekend forecast, it is so, so close. That is the rainfall. You can see the jet stream is to the north. Thats the conveyer belt of the cooler air and the wet weather. The main reason why we will not is we have High Pressure building off shore and thats going to help to shield us from any kind of cooler temperatures and rainfall. Now its not going to be hot everywhere and thats the simple fact we have cooler, westerly wind that will help us filter in the fog and thats why temperatures range from the 60s to the 90s this upcoming weekend. As far as tomorrow mornings forecast, fog back in San Francisco and 53 degrees. North bay at 52. For the peninsula, low 50s and mostly clear and 57 degrees. For saturday, temperatures again do get hotter. Lets take the warmest, morgan hill, 93. San jose, 89. For the peninsula, Half Moon Bay at 64. Those 60s extending towards port rais. And 65 degrees towards the golden gate bridge. You can see right here for the Interior Valleys, livermore up to 95. Pleasanten, 91. For the east bay, oakland, 77 in downtown. And check out some of the awesome restaurants or who knows what else. Walnut creek will be up to 95 degrees. And in the north bay, temps in the upper 80s. With all this sunshine and so many huge events, you may be thinking about nascar. Its going to be big, indy racing up at the sonoma raceway and the biggest day is on sunday and thats when temperatures do get the hottest this weekend and if youre headed that way, bring the spf and the water. Low 90s expected 2, 3, and 4 00. Temperatures in the 70s from the noon hour to the early afternoon. Lets get you into the extended forecast. Youre going to be able to see for San Francisco, 71 on sunday and temperatures gradually drop off as we go from 95 on saturday to 97 on sunday. Monday looks warm and back to 80s through the middle part of next week. Last weekend of summer is going to be great. Raiders, cal, stanford, sonoma, everything. Junels flying. Oh, i need my pilots license. We need the helicomme commec. And speaking of our vets. Well send it out to colin resch at the ball park. Reporter look whos behind me. Its the newest giant. Kevin durant. Number 35. Were going to talk more about this guy. Pregame throwing out the first pitch. Back after this. Its one of the most important games of the season. Its happening here on nbc bay area, giants and the cardinals and a really tall guy. Standing right in front of k. D. Hi, colin. Reporter yeah, k. D. Right over my shoulder. Were going to talk about him in a minute. This is money time. Midseptember. Pennant chase is on. Tonight, game two of the fourgame series. Last night a big win for the giants. 62 over the cards. And thanks in large part to the hunter pence tworun homer and a complete effort from johnny cueto. Two up on the cards in the wild card standings. He tells me when it comes to a playoff push, been there, done that. The fans can feel it, the cardinals wild card, chasing the dodgers. You sense this and feel it every moment youre in here now. I dont want to say were feeling the pressure but i think that brings out the best in this group of guys. However many we have in here with the call ups, when it comes to crunch time, i know how to play in the circumstances. I think youre going to see our best baseball. Reporter look over my shoulder, kevin durant. Hes supposed to exchange jerseys with giants number 35, brandon crawford. I said who would be his guy . Do you have a favorite basketball player . And who would you like to exchange 2s with . My favorite basketball player, lebron james. Reporter im sure a lot of people would say that. Yeah, but because here. The wound hasnt closed yet. But hes definitely my favorite. Lets give span some credit. K. D. Would be nice as well. Back to tonights game. Lets hear from the guys on the action. And thank you. Last night the giants played their most complete game in probably a couple of weeks. They caught it, they threw it. Fundamentals. They were pretty fundamentally sound yesterday. They were pretty clean all night long and thats what it is going to take to play and win this cardinal team. The big xfalctor is that giant are going to see the righthander for the first time. What negates that . Well, the cardinals are going to see matt moore for the first time. I say the xfactors about even. It gets back to fundamentals and playing baseball. Game two of the 4game series, giants and cardinals. Thanks, guys. Hunter pence, kevin durant having a nice pregame conversation. First pitch about 20 minutes away. Nbc bay area. Back to you. A lot of fun. And you can watch the game right here after the game because the giants game is going on, you can watch Everything Else and we will be back here for the news at 11 00. Well send you back out to at t park. Hunter pence and the giants