Worried some of these trees might still have hotspots inside them. So they will be here for a while to make sure nothing flares up once again. Say ranger had nice video for us as the fire was breaking out. Again, it was a grassy area and the homeowners, it came close to their homes. They pulled out their garden hoses and began trying to help firefighters. One of them tells me she was not about to let this fire consume her home. She was out here after another flames were out wetting down the dry grass to make sure if it did flare up again, it did not come close to her house. Right over here by the Penitencia Creek areas the fire crews are still in the mop up position. Hitting the hotspots again. The action of homeowners did help making sure none of the homes were consumed by the fire. A lot of them were here and took action and now they are in the mop up process. Latest in East San Jose. Damian trujillo nbc bay area news. Thank you. This is a brush firing burning on mt. Hamilton off of grant road east of san jose. No structures threatened so far. 85 acres at this point. 50 acres contained. This is from sky ranger about two hours ago when the flames were at their height. Of course the wind is the big issue right now when it comes to this fire. But again, no structures threatened at this point. And 50 contained. Lets bring in our meteorologist rob mayeda. Dry hillsides of light fuels the grasses and brush. 77 degrees in mt. Hamilton and wind speeds making for challenging conditions. We did have air drops. Wind speeds 25 miles per hour. Some of the dry conditions, just off to the east of san jose. Over the next two days, humidity levels less than 25 which will be enhancing fire danger risk. Same location where you are seeing the fires burning today. You can see as our temperatures go from the 70s and 80s today. Starting tomorrow, again and saturday areas near san jose, into the north bay especially, we will be watching those rising temperatures and breezy conditions. Fire danger risk we are watching as we start the Holiday Weekend. Lets go back to the Penitencia Creek and capitol area, and rick is with us. Not just people, but animals. Reporter i am just outside the Wildlife Center of the silicon valley. Some 500 animals had to be evacuated. The staff not knowing which areas the fire can go. Animals from possum to geese. 100 plus volunteers inside the centers had to bring all those animals back with the help of city and county help to bring it back to the hospital for wildlife. Luckily we had a plan in place for this type of thing and coordinated with the Fire Department to make sure they knew what we were doing. Reporter now the big concern is the stress on these animals. Now they have to make sure the animals can recuperate in the rehabilitation center. People who have household animals, like dogs and cats they had to get the heck out of this area. People kept their animal to themselves in their car, but this was the biggest largest animal evacuations and organizers say it went well. The situation could have been much worse. So crisis averted. We tweeted updates on the fire throughout the afternoon. You can follow us on twitter, latest information, breaking news. Developing now at sfo protests over the travel ban. Passengers flying in from the affected country are being greeted by lawyers ready to help pro bono ready to help. Thom jensen with the latest. Reporter lawyers say the travel ban is ambiguous and confusing. As soon as passengers arrive at sfos International Terminals they are greeted with help. Weave through the confusion of the travel ban. We worry that there are going to be people that are impacted by this that wont get help and wont be able to come to the united states. Reporter even before the visa delays went into effect. Volunteers heard people like this woman who thought her mom was caught up. One of the lawyers was able to get word that her mother was being questioned and searched n in secondary screening. A first fort pakistani family. Reporter has she faced any issues before . No. First time. Reporter phoosters with pho numbers to the aclu. Lawyers have described the ban as death sentences from many refugees trying to seek asylum. The reality is the refugees they keep them in war zones. Reporter you can see how small the group was chanting the lawyers. Once we see how many people are affected. We are live at sfo. That is the ongoing saga at Hunters Point ship yard. Allegations of misconduct at the shipyard. Warning of a radioactive cover up and they want the company at the center of it to pay the price. Investigative reporter liz wagner has more. Reporter this petition filed today asks federal regulators to revoke the license. In this petition, seven former workers details ways the company cheated on billion dollar cleanup. Painting the most comprehensive picture to date. Since 2006. Virtually every step of the radioactive cleanup at Hunters Point was a fraud. Reporter the message coming from critics thursday was clear. The government needs to stop tetra tech from performing any more radioactive cleanup. Thats why we are here today. Reporter former workers came together to say for years the company downplayed radiation. In these declarations they content radioactive soil likely ended up back in the ground without being cleaned up. And contaminated soil was being shipped across the state under the guise it was clean. Former worker controlled the trucks and he saw what left. Reporter do you have confidence that the soil leaving was clean. I have confidence that it was very often nothing. Reporter they say employees tampered with radiation test equipment. It was falsified. The whole process was a fares. Reporter he says the woman in charge a lot of that soil was put back into the shipyard where it remains today. Talking about contaminants on the site that present a significant half hazard way it was handled. Reporter the Investigative Unit also exposed that tetra tech was caught mishandling soil samples and falsifying data. The company said it cleaned up those areas and retrained workers. And and they want the feds to act quickly. The navy is now investigating the companys past activity. In a statement they say tetra tech emphatically denyings the allegations that tetra tech engaged in a coverup she tweeted updated about that fraud investigation. You can follow us and liz on twitter for all the latest information on this breaking news and developing stories throughout the day. Again, our handle is nbc bay area. Surprise found in the back seat. Plus campbells first Murder Investigation in more than two years. The argument and then the deadly hit and run that ensued. A young woman behind bars accused of a deadly hit and run. And police say the victim is one of her friends who she intentionally hit. Michelle roberts is live in campbell. Reporter at this point they are not saying what the argument was about. The incident happened behind me on this street. They are asking neighbors who may have seen anything or who may have had surveillance cameras to share with them. Today many neighbors in campbell say their thoughts are with the family of a woman who was hit and killed. The suspect was getting into the vehicle and intelligencenally hitting her friend with the vehicle. Reporter the Campbell Police department say they reseceived reports of a fight. A 23yearold woman was hit. They were able to locate and arrest de la rosa more than 24 hours after the collision because she had been contacting local hospitals looking for her friend. Today neighbors in the quiet neighborhood call the incident a tragedy. I think it is tragic. Reporter she is expected to be arraigned in Court Tomorrow and the victims name has not been released. Michelle, thank you. A car jacking in the east bay with a surprise in the back seat, a teenage girl. The 14yearold daughter of the owner was still inside the suv. She told him to get out so he sped up instead. She jumped out to escape. Officers arrested him at a gas station in fremont. The man armed with a hand gun held up the pharmacy and got away. Police put the neighborhood on lock down until they searched for him. They were not able to find him. But luckily no one was hurt. A lot of people were not happy about the soon to be place for the Alameda County court proceedings. The hearings will be held in dublin. Robert handa joins us. Reporter the argument is simple. Right across the street is the new county jail facility or courthouse facility. So transport time will only be a few minutes. But traveling for everybody else will take much longer and more difficult. I know that our client will prefer to come to court in oakland. Reporter back to numerous groups, Alameda County public defender led a rally on the steps to have all incustody arraignments moved to the dublin facility. Wood said d and get permission from them and our clients will be released. So if we take that and we move it to dublin, it will not occur. Within your own community, you can ask a neighbor for a ride or take the bus but to go all the way to dublin, that is not realistic. It is a very, very small percentage of them where there are family members present. And in those instances where there are family members they almost never interact with the defendants or the judge. Reporter at this point the public defender is trying to rally more support including a petition to persuade the presiding judge to stop the move before july 17th. We are going to see a change because temperatures are going to go up and humidity is dropping. Absolutely. Triple threat. We will be watching it closely especially tomorrow and saturday and then all of the attention turns to the low clouds. Right now, kind of happy medium between the two. You see the low cloud. But a little bit on the windy side. All sunshine now across the golden get breeze. That is a chilly breeze. Sunol east bay hills. San jose a cool 69 degrees. Light jacket weather. Northwest winds bringing the cooler wind. So the warmup kind of being delayed by a day and looks like it is going to linger into sunday. The morning not changing much. Have some low clouds and drizzle. Afternoon highs tomorrow as high as 90 in santa rosa. We will talk about a cooling tlaend is going to drop temperatures for the fourth of july but will it bring clouds. We will look at that. We will see you shortly. A lot of construction but what is the finished project look like . Virtual tour of the revamped valley fair mall. Next. We re tracking the multiple fires in the south bay today crews are putting out hotspots in East San Jose and happening now, tracking multiple fires in the south bay. Crews putting out hotspots in east bay and fighting flames on mt. Hamilton. And looking for something to do for fourth of july, we have all the attractions in the bay area. Back in a moment. Big day for baby falcons in San Francisco. You may remember three baby chicks were born earlier this morning. This morning the baby birds were tagged. Researchers say keeping this up is important to track the falcons. By the way, they are an endangered species. Blue apron makes its stock market debut. Does have offices here in the bay area. Ships boxes of ingredients to you so you can make the meal. There is also that big merger between amazon and whole foods that could be an issue. One of the most shopping malls in the area is getting a make over. Here is what it will look like. Next month you can look for yourself through a Vr Experience in the mall. Put on the special googles and pretend you are Walking Around in the mall. Grand reopening spring of 2019. President trumps newest twitter tirade. Did he go over the line . The reason many are saying yes, iect. A bill named after a San Francisco woman who was gunned down. Crews are stretched thin battling several fires. Live on the scene, next. We continue our breaking news. Families rushing to save their homes using their own garden hoses to fight the flames. We have been tracking the flames all day. Hectic for firefighters but everyone coming home to see their homes possibly damaged. Ian, this was a crowded neighborhood, what is the extent of the damage . Reporter well luckily, we are not hearing of any damage of any homes. You see this field behind me complete complete completely charred. This dirt here that is basically dissed up every single year to prevent flames from spreading in a situation exactly like this. Still many tense for many people around 4 00 oclock. Homeowners quickly working to spray anything down they could watching as flames crept through them. A tense hour for many who lived here. We spoke with one woman who called 911 and ran out to tell her neighbors. The wind started picking up and took the fire crazy in both directions. We took hoses and started watering everywhere we can. It was scarey. Reporter on the other side were animals prepared to be evacuated. Luckily no injuries were reported. No homes damaged. The cause of the fire still under investigation. Firefighters will remain on scene for a few hours making sure the hotspots are mopped up. Making sure these trees. Homeowners told me two weeks ago, this grass that was up four feet high was mowed. Just two weeks ago. You can see the fire stopping right here. Could have been worse. Reporting live in san jose. Lets show you this. This is near grant county park. No structures threatened. The fires burned 85 acres at last count and 50 contained. We will continue to monitor this fire throughout the evening. Other top story, she was murdered two years ago this week. A bill moves one step closer in her honor to become a law. It moves to the senate where it will face a tougher battle. Our janelle wang is following this. Reporter the house passed two immigration bills this afternoon including kates law. This saturday will mark exactly two years since her murder she was shot to death while walking along the embarcadero. Represent of florida voted yes. The bottom line is that this should never happen to anyone. Sanctuary cities are a violation of the rule of law. We must enforce this rule of law. Reporter it will raise prison sentences for anyone in this country illegally. The other bill passed today, the no sanctuary for criminals act. A democratic congressman voted no. These bills are nothing new and not really about fighting crime. They are about racial profiling and putting latinos quoteunquote in their place. Reporter kates father testified before a Senate Judiciary committee. If it saves one daughter, a mother, a father, kates death will not be in vain. The family says mr. Trump never contacted them and they dont believe in some of his immigration policies like the border wall. The president just released a statement on kates law. The implementation of these policies will make our communities safer. Will this be forgotten tomorrow or the resentment continue to build . President trump in hot water about a derogatory tweet. Blayne alexander joins us now from washington, d. C. Reporter certainly criticisms for the president s tweet is not new. We are seeing strong criticisms from members of the president s own party. Lets pull up on the screen a pair of tweets he was sending out. He was referencing hosts on morning joe. Dont watch anymore, then how come low iq crazy mika along with psycho joe came to maralago three nights in a row around new years we have seen outrage pouring out on this because of the language and tone that was being used by the president. The white house said immediately that the president was justified in responding like this. He was simply defending himself. And we saw members of congress both men and women coming out strongly against this. It is not normal for a grown man to be consumed with petty vitriol. I implore those close to the president to step in. Yeah, obviously i dont see that as an appropriate comment. I dont think you can expect someone to be personally attacked day after day and minute by minute and step back. Reporter she went on to say in that briefing that the president has been personally insulted by the hosts of the show. And i want to read you a statement from msnbc. A spokesperson said earlier today it is a sad day for america when the president spends time bullying back to you. This is one of the biggest trending story on our website. Generating a lot of comments. You can enjoy the conversation on our nbc bay area facebook page. A vital dream is coming through. They are college found thanks to facebook founder mark zuckerberg. The couple long champions of dreamers. U. S. Born students are allow 3 million plus to the program called dreamers. U. S. A new proposal by california lawmakers to prevent incidents like what happened in the oroville dam. Require routine inspections on all dams in the state. For lower risk dams will be inspected every two years. The failure of oroville dam which caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people was simply a wake up call. That alone got everybodys attention at perhaps we should be doing better at our overall dam inspection and maintenance issues. The bill passed one Senate Committee this week and moves to the Appropriations Committee for another vote. Park rangers say a man slipped and fell over a bridge over the last weekend over wapama falls. His body was found down street in the hechhechy reservoir. Rangers had just reopened the walkway right before the memorial holiday. Stuck on traffic on 101 on the north bay or would you prefer to roll right through it. This is in rohnert park. Prerides on practice runs for smart trains. The smart rain will run from northern santa rosa to downtown san rafael. , at least, it is going now. Passengers excited about the route. The soft launch of the train will be coming up the first four days of july. Good news to get out of traffic. That could reduce so much stress getting on the train instead. That corridor is so jammed. And beautiful view too. Great view. We are seeing still low clouds in that video. Looking south to San Francisco, ocean airconditioning still going on. Temperatures soaring into the 90s. A Government Program owes her 1,000. Where is the money . And will you get a check too . I am chris chmura nbc bay area responds. Next. Drivers in dallas had to share the road one expected guests anything the morning commute. Pigs. An accident left 200 pigs running on the highway. Police scrambled to corral all the pigs. Eventually all o