responded to more than a dozen shootings in the past two weeks. things are about to get a lot tougher as the department suspends its s.w.a.t. and canine units. >> when the s.w.a.t. team comes up, it fees big incident. >> >> reporter: we caught up with the police s.w.a.t. team as they practiced responding to a barricaded armed suspect t. team may not be rolling out on any real situations for a while. faced with lay-offs, the chief has chosen to dismantle the department's s.w.a.t. and canine units for three months. >> it's a step he believes needs to be taken right now, even though he understands that s.w.a.t. is an important program. >> we're definitely not going to be as safe on the streets without a s.w.a.t. team or a canine unit because of the types of situations they handle. >> this is from a bullet. my husband found the bullet inside. >> reporter: long-time valet hoe resident vione knows how important the s.w.a.t. and canine units are. they recently responded to a shootout on her streets. she say it is special units are critical. >> it's ridiculous. i can't believe they're doing that. we need the s.w.a.t. because of a lot more people are carrying guns. >> i'm not happy with 95 officers, i'm not happy with only five fire stations. that's not the level of service we need to provide. >> reporter: the mayor says the city has no choice but to call for more cuts. he says if the union agrees to forego raise, lay-offs and other cut bams wouldn't be needed. >> if we didn't have to pay the raise of 7% right now, i don't believe the chief would have to make that decision. >> reporter: the union says it's offered concessions but says the city hasn't bd. in lieu of lay-offs, the s.w.a.t. team will hang up their gear. >> there are shots again. that actually may be teargas. >> reporter: our news cameras won't be catching them in action for the foreseeable future. >> again, in just a couple of weeks the city is going the lose its s.w.a.t. and canine units. that means if there's a hostage situation, they say they will try to deal with that situation with the officers that are on duty. they say that they will call for mutual aid if needed, and the chief hopes that if officers leave on their own accord in the coming months to perhaps go to another department, that perhaps he will be able to reinstate those units again. but for now, the s.w.a.t. and canine units will be suspended. reporting live in vallejo, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, joed di. oakland police are publishing online photographs of suspected a lotters and vandals from last week's protests hoping the public will step forward and identify them. 15 photographs are posted on the police department's website, each with a caption identifying the store or business where the picture was taken. a reward up to $1,000 is offered to anyone with information leading the an arrest. you can see the portfolio of snapshots on nbcbayarea.com. community organizers upset by last week's verdict in the mehserle case are meeting in oakland tonight. in this case the group feels johannes mehserle should have been convicted of one of the more serious charges against him instead of the involuntary manslaughter count. the group is likely to consider calling for a boycott of b.a.r.t. the meeting was set up by oakland general assembly for justice for oscar grant. classroom crisis, california's board of evidence case declared an emergency today in a thousand public schools. board members say students in those schools are at risk of serious harm if they stay put. the declaration hopes of improving things for the kids by allowing the board to speed up legislation that let students transfer to better school. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live in san francisco with school administrators all over the bay area are dealing with this and the budget crisis. this is linked to gloria romero's open enrollment act, cheryl. >> reporter: that's true. that list of 1,000 underperforming school is out although it is preliminary. if your school is not on that list, your school could soon become very crowded. tim taoman and his wife have two daughters. one is about to enrolled into the san francisco public school system. >> i was horrified just seeing kind of what's left there and going this is cut and this is cut and this is how much the pt has to raise. >> reporter: now the state board of education is in the process of releasing a list of 1,000 schools it feels are underperforming. what that means is that parents who have children in those schools can transfer them to a better school. >> when you call something an emergency, in this case it looks like they're trying to get people riled up. the real emergency is there's a lack of funding for schools. >> reporter: the california pta challenged the move saying the districts are not prepared to implement the new legislation. >> we think this is a process that has some potential good for students, but it should be done? a more careful manner. we would have preferred it wait until next school year to be implemented, take time for school districts to develop criteria. >> reporter: west contra costa county school trustee charles ramsey says three schools were labeled underperforming in his district. helms middle school was one of them. >> i don't know that throwing money ot the problem will help address the systemic issues. it's the approach we need to look at in terms of the neighborhoods, the families, what stresses they have, the economies. >> reporter: school administrators are also blaming the underperforming schools on the $17 billion cut from this school budget over the past two years. now, if you would like to see that preliminary list, you should go to our website at nbcbayarea.com, and click on "state of emergency." reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. an act of arson, tonight the san jose fire department announced officially that the massive fire at trace elementary school was no accident. the blaze started in the early morning hours of july 5th. it destroyed 16 classrooms and the school's library. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you the latest information as it develops. about 1,000 members of the california nurses association protested outside the home of meg whitman today claiming the republican candidate for governor is engaging in typical union-busting tactics, as they put it, refusing the address the group and sending out campaign flyers attacking the union's leadership. >> i was elected by the registered nurses in california to represent them and she's talking about me, but i'm a working nurse. i work on a med-surge unit. i've been a registered nurse, still working at the bedside for 30 years. and she's talking about me. >> the nurses rallied briefly outside whitman's home. the former ebay chairman is out of town campaigning in southern california with several nurses in tow to support her. the nurses association has endorsed jerry brown for governorn the race for u.s. senate, barbara boxer has a clear financial advantage over her rival. republican candidate carly fiorina reported her campaign had just $953,000 in the bank as of june 30th. the former hewlett packard ceo gave her campaign $5.5 million for the june 8 primary but provided no personal money since then. boxer reported she has $11.3 million at the end of june. she is trying to win a fourth term as u.s. senator. a third body was recovered from the surf near point ray after a boat capsized yesterday. authorities haven't released the name of the latest victim. we know if identities of the two men recovered yesterday. the coroner's office says the two men drown when their sportfishing boat was hit by a wave. one was from river bank california and the other from arkansas. neither man was wearing a life jacket. one man is still missing. the golden state warriors do have new ownership, and it is not the person many were expecting to take the reigns. lauren scott is here. what a surprise this one. >> not happy about it either. >> not billionaire software tyco tycoons, but a venture capitalist and entertainment industry ceo. a record sales price for a nba franchise. oracle founder larry ellison released a statement saying he was the highest bidder, but according to the firm, the paperwork on ellison's bid was not filed in time. the shot clock expired. so enter the man with the winning $450 million bid, joe lake koeb a partner at kleiner perkins who specializes in life sciences. he purchased a stake in the bass stop celtics. guber, a film producer. there's crisco hand who bought the team in '95 for $119 million. now, lacob spoke with nbc bay area sports director roj mathai and said, quote, we didn't know we won the bid until the last 24 hours. i'm excited about the sale. it's a dream come true. we always felt we were in it. our goal is to restore the franchise and be accessible to the fans. we will tell you what co-hand had to say plus lacob's take and information on current manager larry riley. positive thing with him reaching out already to raj mathai and talking already. >> that's different, isn't it? >> all right. still ahead tonight at 6:00, developed in secret for seven years. tonight we'll see the technology that gets paralyzed patients up and walking. also -- >> i'm scott budman, a big night for your portfolio and the latest on what we might hear in apple tomorrow morning. the uh-oh for olive oil. why researchers say you may not be getting what you bargained for when you buy that bottle. also tonight, a dispute between neighbors turns deadly. tonight the family of the victim say police may not have done enough to save her. details on another major change coming to drivers on the golden gate bridge. good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri live in mountain view where we're drumming up a hot forecast for friday. we'll also tell you about one of the most unique bay area events coming up in just a few minutes. a violent attack at a san jose apartment complex left a woman dead, another badly injured. the shooting and stabbing happened last night on rexford way, blocks from the valley medical center where the 48-year-old woman died. her family holds police partly responsible. nbc bay area's kimberly tere has the report. >> the police, the officers would not let them through. so she bled out. >> reporter: the family of verna lisa holland say it is 48-year-old was refused the critical care she needed after being shot in the torso last night. holland's sister says their neighbor had been fighting with his girlfriend who came running to their apartment for help. when hole lands opened the door, her sister says there was commotion and a gunshot. >> he stabbed her. my sister, wait a minute, don't do that. she said ooh, he stabbed her. by that time we was get together the door and opened the door and we heard a big old boom. >> reporter: holland's sister says the ambulance showed up within a couple minutes of her calling for help but claims it was held back 30 minutes because of police activity. >> in other words, they want to know what's going on with this guy, he was only one guy, there's a thousand of them, but they just let her die. they did that. >> reporter: police are defending themselves saying it was a kai ot tick situation. san jose police arrived just before 10:00 p.m. three minutes after receiving the first call. officers were sold there was at least one armed suspect and two victims. holland, who was shot and another 48-year-old woman who was stabbed. >> a lot of times we don't know who the suspect and who the victims are. so we have to proceed with caution for that exact same reason. if we go in prematurely, a lot of times officers risk being injured or killed. and then now we can't help anyone else. now we're going to have to take more resources for that officer. >> reporter: police say they attempted to rescue hole lands 13 minutes after the ambulance arrived but were confronted by the suspect. >> we have to make sure it is safe for everyone to affect a rescue. >> reporter: police arrested 61-year-old robert lee turner in connection with the incident. they recovered the two weapons they believe were used in the attack. kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. bay bridge transportation supervisors are taking steps to prevent problems like last year's cracked aybar. the bridge was closed twice last year so crews could fix the i bar and the snarled traffic. last night a bay area toll authority voted to design engineers to design a system of dampers that would reduce vibrations from wind and constant flow of traffic and take some of the stress over the i bars. no more cash in the car pool lane. tomorrow is the last day you can use actual dollars and cents and still get discounted rates on the golden gate bridge t. car pool toll is $3.00. starting monday, car poolers who aren't sporting a valid fast track tag will have to pay the full $6.00 in cash to cross the bridge. san francisco city lead toers day celebrated the facelift of valencia street. the mission district corridor just underwent a $6 million redesign. joe rosato junior shows us how the changes go way beyond concrete and asphalt. >> we were working here as children, and now we own -- >> reporter: this mexican restaurant has been a requisite stop on san francisco valencia street for about four decades. back when the owner was a kid, the street was lined with auto repair shops and small family businesses. >> 40 years ago my dad decided to come over here and do this here. i think this is kind of what he anticipated. >> reporter: they've had a ring side view of the transformation of this mostly latino neighborhood. >> there are still a lot of latinos here. we're still here. >> reporter: change is also here. today the city celebrated the completion of a $6 million facelift on what's become the city's hippest street. the city redesigned valencia, widening sidewalks and bike lanes. >> if you come down here on friday night, you'll see you can't find a place to park your bike. it's so crowded with people. >> reporter: now for the first time they set outside walk tables. >> we're really happy with it. that's huge in a restaurant our size. it's a great addition. >> reporter: in reare sent years valencia has become a mecca for hip restaurants and cafes, a former kentucky fried chicken is now the trendy spork. ritual coffee roasters turned out brews. mayor gavin newsom say it is work is part of the city's new better streets plan. instead of guidelines of rethinking how streets are designed. >> it's not about cars versus bicycles, it's about looking comprehensively at liveability of life. >> reporter: a strong endorsement backed with 40 years of expertise. joe rosato junior, nbc bay area news. >> it looks nice. mayor newsom says the city will redesign caesar chavez street and 19th avenue next. from san francisco let's head to mountain view where jeff ranieri is at rehearseal of a japanese festival. have you learned to play the drums yet? >> reporter: i tried, but it's a highly skilled thing. right now as you mentioned, we're out here in full rehearsal mode for this truly unique event happening in the bay area this weekend. it is the o bone festival, part japanese tradition and part buddhist tradition as well. as we're panning over, what you're looking at is the bone adore dancing that's happening. it's all a cultural mix of many things happening here throughout the bay area. again, a lot of people coming out to this event in mountain view this weekend, and one of our own actually coming out today. mike, thank you so much for setting this up. you're our traffic man in the morning. and by night you are our o bone man here. tell us a little bit about what's happening this weekend. >> this weekend we're having our festival based on the buddhist tradition where we take time to express with gratitude the appreciation for people who had an impression on our lives, caused some lasting effect. what we remember is happiness, attitude, gratitude, dancing and food. a lot of food. >> reporter: very nice. thanks a lot, mike. as he mentioned, food and great energy, great spirit out here in mountain view. let's get a look at our weather graphic. it's going to be warm to hot as we head into saturday's forecast. we are looking at patchy fog for tonight. by friday, we're talking about 90s inland. the heat stays for saturday right here throughout the bay area with an area of high pressure coming in from the southwest. these drums are very nice. let's get a look at what we can expect as we head into friday's forecast. 90s inland and for the weekend a little fog at times. but still overall plenty of sunshine. specifically, as we head into tomorrow morning, temperatures in the low 60s by 6:00 a.m. and by 11:00 a.m. upper 70s. now, as far as the festival goes, we'll be looking at temperatures in the upper 70s by 6:00 p.m. and by 8:00 p.m., upper 70s for the mountain view o bone festival going on from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on saturday and by sunday noon to 8:30. it's an afternoon evening event in the bay area. all right. it is time for the hop pi coach. jessica, mark, can we pan back over here. i've got my hoppy coat ready. we'll put this on and i'll get involved in the tradition out here. i know you guys can't wait. >> okay, jeff. we'll be mentally prepared. >> yes, thank you for the warning. by the way, that's hot enough. still ahead at 6:00, the hot weather up and down the state is leading to concerns about the power grid. coming up, the calls for conservation and how some cities are doing their part. also ahead, it is judgment day for a bay area company behind what could be the first new diet pill in a decade. and a controversiall volving hols in santcruz. 2 coffees for my brother and me please. thanks. got it. 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