Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20170513

Cooler day ahead. A complete look at what you can expect on mothers day coming up in the forecast at 7 16. Well have to stay tuned for that. 16 minutes, vianey, thanks. Firefighters are battling what once was a massive fivealarm fire on the Oakland Emeryville border in the last two hours or so crews from multiple agencies have been able to get the fire a bit under control. It ignited just after 5 00 this morning at a condo building still under construction at 3800 san pablo avenue right next to 580. The massive fire at one point stopped traffic on the freeway. The construction crane melted at the top and there is concern at this 7 00 hour it could become more compromised and collapse on to nearby buildings. Fire crews are working to stop the building itself from collapsing. That what you just saw was the flames from about an hour ago. This is what it looks like now. You can see the flames not as present, more smoke going into the air. So they do have that fire a bit more under control than it was two hours ago. But again, buildings nearby have been evacuated because there is concern that construction crane could become more compromised, collapse on to nearby buildings. There are no injuries reported at this time. But again people have been evacuated in that area. And we will bring you the very latest on this story on all of our social platforms throughout the morning and throughout the day today. In other news, a child is in the hospital this morning ever a fire in the east bay. Firefighters got the call around 2 00 this morning at a home on lockwood street near 73rd avenue, this also in oakland. When crews responded, they rescued an unresponsive child who was tropped inside the home. They were able to put out the flames and revive that child who is in serious condition in the hospital. An arsonist is setting cars on fire night after night in driveways of quiet communities. The question this morning is when will it stop. A total of seven cars have been targeted so far. This is in walnut creek, lafayette, martinez and brentwood. The latest two cars were found burning in the streets of lafayette and walnut creek between 2 00 and 3 00 a. M. Yesterday. Contra costa countys fire marshal says the latest run of car fires could be related to the dozens of car fires in the area late last year. There are a number of things that theyre doing and that connect them, for a lack of a better word, are a signature. They definitely are linked. She walked out of the hospital after giving birth and vanished. Now 4 1 2 years later Authorities Say they found the santa cruz womans body. And now they need your help figuring out what happened. 29yearold jenny herum graduated from Santa Cruz High School and was attended Cabrillo College at the time of her disappearance. Detectives say herum gave to a baby boy in 2012 then walked out of the Maternity Center never to be seen again by family or friends. Early last year a couple hiking found skeletal remains that match herums dna. And authorities are now hoping someone who saw her alive will come forward. Were hoping that someone may tell us, hey, yeah, we saw ms. Herum in and around this area and we may be able to match that up with what information we know which can then tell us again whether or not this information is credible. Investigators are not saying where or how she died until someone comes forward. Herums son is now 4. Hes being raised by his father who investigators say has been cooperative. To a developing story out of washington, d. C. The first wave of interviews to replace ousted fbi director james comey begin today. On the short list acting fbi director andrew plk cake, senator john cornyn, alice fisher, former u. S. Attorney and new york state judge michael garcia. All candidates will meet with top officials this afternoon. Fbi directors are appointed, by the way, for tenyear terms although they can, as comey was, be removed by the president. In order to get the job, they must be confirmed by the senate. Now to many countries around the world still scrambling this morning from a worldwide cyber attack that is still causing mayhem. Antivirus experts say a crippling malware infected 75,000 computers. Some of the targets, hospitals in england, spains Largest Telecom come and fedex. The hackers blocked access to the computers in exchange for a ransom. Security experts say the most worrisome factor of this hack is the global reach. Its not just i downloaded on my computer and my computer is vulnerable. Its i download it on my computer and my computer is now part of a network that is now going to find other computers that are vulnerable. It spreads prolifically. National home land security says this type of malware tip cancally spreads through email phishing programs and affects windows operating systems. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office is in mourning today after one of their deputies was killed in a car crash. Deputy sroeuy khin was killed when his car was rearended by a commuter bess. We have more on this tragic accident. Reporter at the jail flags at half staff honoring Deputy Sroeuy Khin traveling home from work. Investigators say he was heading east on 580 around 7 00 a. M. When a commuter bus carrying tesla workers smashed into the back of his vw bug. It appeared he slowed down or stopped on the highway right before the crash. Theres sun on the horizon, all types of factors involved, with weather, roadway conditions that will be taken into consideration. Reporter chp officers draped and American Flag over khins body and saluted him before deputies escorted his body to the coroners office. I like to give thanks to the Highway Patrol for their service to our employee at the scene with dignity and respect. Reporter the bus driver was not cited but the investigation is ongoing. Tesla released a statement saying in part, we are deeply saddened by reports that there was a fatality as a result of the accident. We will lend any support that we can to authorities who are investigating the incident. Besides all of the events and incidents that our deputy sheriffs have to deal with at work, they have to deal with the tragic loss of one of their brothers. It is just shy of 7 08. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up portraying San Francisco in a negative light. Why the city by the bay is being dragged into an attack ad for a political race in georgia. And a warning from b. A. R. T. As it expands to the south bay. We have that next. Golden gate bridge kir. Welcome back. Its 7 10. A sunshiny saturday morning as we look at the golden gate bridge. 60s pretty much across the entire bay area today. Winds are expected to pick up as we reach this evening. San francisco just became a pawn in a hotly contested congressional race in georgia. Our fine city is the subject of a new republican ad which plays up stereotypes in an effort to paint a georgia democrat as ultraliberal. Today in the bays Christie Smith explains. Hey, georgia, San Francisco just wanted to say thank you. Reporter the political commercial features what appears to be representations of hippies, hipsters and others in San Francisco praising a democrat running for congress in georgia. Its meant to paint him as an ultraliberal out of touch with georgia voters. I have not seen it. Reporter San Francisco mayor ed lee had this to say. Im sure if its his opponents, it will probably portray us in a negative light. But i say this. I think people of georgia and, in particular, this particular race, they need to register what their needs are. Isis, theyre overrated. Reporter ossoff is running against republican karen handle in a special election. They want to paint their opponent as unacceptably different, not one of us. Reporter Jason Mcdaniel is an associate professor of Political Science at San Francisco state. That is a republican area, right, and they dont like nancy pelosi democrats, right . Theyre going to want to elect a blue dog, what we used to call blue dog democrats, right . So if john ossoff can win that race, it will be a testament to the unpopularity of donald trump. We already have Nancy Pelosis a our congresswoman. Now youll give us john ossoff as our congressman. Reporter we asked tourists their opinion. No, that didnt seem like fran at all. I just thought it was kind of weird that someone from georgia was talking about San Francisco. Reporter Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. A glimpse in the future. Elon musks biggest new idea. And gorgeous serene skies kicking off mothers day weekend. Cooler temperatures, but what can we expect as we head into sundays celebration . All the details coming up after the break. Welcome back. Just shy of 7 15 on your saturday morning. We continue to follow breaking news out of oakland and the emeryville border. This is a fire that multiple agencies have responded to. At one point it was a fivealarm fire of a condo building still under construction. People evacuated throughout the area. This is at san pablo in oakland on the edge of emeryville. There is concern that the construction crane could collapse on to nearby buildings. Well continue to follow this braking news as the morning progresses. Now to elon musk. Hes revealed plans of his new project thats aimed at bypassing los angeles traffic. Musk shared this footage yesterday of the progress. Its called the boring company. Its digging a tunnel into spacex parking lot. He hopes to build a series of tunnels that would move on electric skates. Those cars would zip along at 125 Miles Per Hour. L. A. County officials havent said whether theyve given musk the green light. B. A. R. T. s warning and the number of tracks that b. A. R. T. Has to run train on them. Safety teams have been going door to door spreading the message to people who live near the berryessa station set to open next year. This is their message dont touch the tracks. Its extremely dangerous to go near a b. A. R. T. Track. The unusual thing about Santa Clara County is that this is the first groundbased electrified track that weve had, so people arent necessarily familiar with that. This is a look at the tenmile extension to the berryessa station. It wont open till next year but testing begins this year. B. A. R. T. Says its ordered new trains to run on the tracks and they all need to be up and running so theres enough trains to service this station. Changes for b. A. R. T. Throughout the weekend. The lake merrit to fruitvale stations will be closed today. As for tomorrow, b. A. R. T. Changed its mind thanks to the warriors. B. A. R. T. Has now opted to keep all stations open because the warriors host the purr spurs tw afternoon at 12 30 right there at oracle arena. Lets check in with vianey arana with the weekend forecast. A good day, a good weekend to go outside or stay inside and watch the warriors . I would say its a nice combo of both. You can be inside and watching the game, you can open up all the windows. It will be sunny and cool. You wont need to use the ac for the weekend. Youre definitely saving cash there. Not today or tomorrow. Were also expecting to keep those breezy to windy conditions in the forecast. Peninsula right now about 49 degrees, 51 for the south bay. The north bay still struggling also to get out of the 40s and into the 50s right now at 47 degrees. 49 for San Francisco, 52 in the east bay, but at least the skies are showing Clear Conditions right now. We have this trough that will keep us nice and cool. That nice breezy onshore flow through the weekend. That will kick up our winds. If we fast forward and look ahead to 12 00, thats when well see the winds dying down a bit. 11 Miles Per Hour, also in the south bay about 1 1. So not really a factor. But if we fast forward through tonight right around dinnertime, the wind gusts do pick up around 4 00, 5 00. It picks up in San Francisco about 20 Miles Per Hour. Half moon bay also at about 26 Miles Per Hour. Even down here in the south bay at about 17, fast forward into the overnight hours. Expect to see gusts that could bring us between 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour winds coming up from the west. Just in time for Early Morning mothers day brunch expect to keep the windy conditions. If you have plans to have brunch along the coastline, keep that in mind because it is expected to keep the breezy conditions in there, which means, yes, your allergies are going to be acting up out there. Trees, high pollen count for today. Grass is moderate but weeds and mold are low for today. The microclimate highs will remain in the 60s. Milpitas, 65 and even over in the east bay expecting to see 60s. Oakland a high of 66. Danville 69. Half moon bay 57 and expecting to see the wind gusts picking up by midafternoon. Overall 50s in the San Francisco area. Embarcadero high of 59, but San Francisco should be hitting the 60, 61degree mark. In the north bay, napa if youre heading up there to do wine tasting, sonoma, napa, a gorgeous day. Keeping the 70s in the forecast. But heading to the beach, it will definitely be a little cold out there. For today expect to see the 50s in the forecast. If youre heading over to santa cruz and maybe getting an earlier start on the mothers day celebration, you wont have any issues out there when it comes to the sun. 59 degrees by 1 00, by 2 00, 51 degrees, warming up to 55, 57. Lake tahoe expecting to see nice temperatures, but unfortunately were seeing a combination of a few snow rain showers in the forecast, and thats at about 1 00, 2 00. If you do plan on driving up there and hanging out there, please do keep that in mind and check out the road conditions. Mothers day looking gorgeous, but on the breezier side expecting upper 50s and 60s for tomorrow. Over the next seven days a high of about 60 degrees for tomorrow. 59. We do expect to see slight rain chances thanks to a disturbance on tuesday. Mothers day is looking good. Good, my first mothers day. Great forecast, vianey. Thanks. Hes played with the jazz greats, but now this san jose trump et player is helping the next generation find their passion. Hotbed of jazz you probably think new orleans. But would you add san jose to welcome back. If you think of a city thats a hotbed of jazz, you probably think new orleans. But would you add san jose to that . Theres a jazz player there and his gift is not only music but helping kids. Garvin thomas has this mornings bay area proud. Reporter asking eddie gale if he likes music is like asking someone else if theyre breathing. He finds it necessary for his survival. Hes helping to create the next generation of musicians. An older musician once gave a younger eddie gale a piece of advice. I introduce mr. Eddie gale. Reporter something this legendary jazz trumpet player still follows to this very day. He said, man, just trust me. Any time you see your name in print or something you play with or whatever, hold on to it. Concert town hall in new york. Reporter that was more than 50 years and five volumes of clippings ago. Such things happen when youve been as good as long as eddie has. Still, he doesnt need to read his story to remind him how it all started. As a young boy in brooklyn, with his very first horn. When i got a trumpet, i worked in the day, know, and played music at night. I would go to the jam sessions and ask, can i sit in . Can i come in . Reporter eddie has traveled the world since playing his distinctive style of trumpet. Recording albums, headlining shows and backing up jazz legends. Eddie has owned a lot of horns in the process, but never forgets the thrill of the first one. Who played the instrument here . You play an instrument . Reporter which is what this day is all about. Working with a group called united peace relief, eddie is giving away trumpets, 100 of them. Its free for them. They dont have to pay one dime. Reporter eddie has spent years working closely with young people. Its the reason in the mid1970s then san jose mayor norm mineta gave him the title ambassador of jazz. Its something eddie wears very proudly. I want everybody to make a sound with a trumpet in this room. Reporter music has been good to eddie. And he knows it can be good for others, too. Make a sound for me. Yeah, there you go. I knew you could do it. I knew. Reporter one of the things eddie is so proud of in the giveaway is the quality of the jazz trumpet hes giving to these young people. He says it will help them to go a long way to start their careers with a quality instrument. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, back open for business. The health scare that closed an east bay Innout Burger may not be connected to the restaurant after all. When you buy a house you pay a home inspector to give you an unbiased opinion. Is anyone checking their credentials . Take a live look outside. Sf Transamerica Pyramid ki welcome back to you. Its 7 28 on your saturday morning. Here is a live look outside as the sun shines on San Francisco and the Transamerica Pyramid ahead of a mild saturday. You can see that American Flag whipping in the background. Its going to be windy as the wind picks up towards our saturday evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kira klapper. Vianey arana has a look at the micro climb forecast. Youre being kind to us mothers for the mothers day forecast. If you plan on wearing a dress, make it not a flowy one, because it will be on the breezy to windy side. If you have brunch planned for tomorrow morning, keep that in mind. We are expecting to keep 60s in the forecast overall. Well climb into the upper 60s. But the weekend is looking good. The 89 not in that forecast but the next sen days expect to keep showers in the forecast for areas in the east, that just means the santa cruz mountains. Keeping in mind that the northwesterly winds will be picking up by later this evening at about 7 00 just in time as you head out to dinner expect to see wind gusts possibly between 25 and 30 Miles Per Hour. So definitely keep that in mind as we head into the later part of the evening but at least well have a nice sunny day ahead. Ill have a closer lock at exactly what you can expect heading into your mothers day forecast coming up at about 7 45. Well stay tuned for that. We want to take you back to the former fivealarm fire. This is the view from our sky ranger. A condo building still under construction at 3800 san pablo avenue right next to 580. We want to take you back, though, to about two hours ago. Heres look at the fire earlier. Huge flames. It ignited just after 5 00 this morning. Because of the proximity to the freeway, the fire started traffic for a period of time. There was concern that the building could collapse and the construction crane could collapse on to nearby buildings. There are no reports of injuries but were told that people in nearby buildings have been evacuated because of the threat of the crane being compromised. Well continue to bring the latest on this story on all our social platforms throughout the day. We do know that the cause of the fire is under investigation. A child is in the hospital this morning after a fire in the east bay. Fire officials got the call around 2 00 this morning at a home op lockwood street near 73rd avenue. This also in oakland. When crews responded they rescued an unresponsive child who was trapped inside the home. They were able to quickly put out the flames and resifb the child who is in serious condition at the hospital this morning. Authorities are on heightened alert in the east bay. An arson is is setting cars on fire night after night in driveways of quiet communities. The question now is when will this person be caught. A total of seven cars have been targeted so far in walnut creek, lafayette, martinez and breptwood. The latest two cars were found burning in the streets of lafayette and walnut creek between 2 00 and 3 00 a. M. Yesterday. Contra costa countys fire marshal says this latest run of car fires could be connected to do dozens of car fires in the area lass year. There are a number of things that theyre doing that connect them and that, for lack of a better term, kind of like a signature. The fire marshal isnt saying what ties all of those arsons together, but he says they definitely are linked. She walked out of the hospital after giving birth and disappeared. Now 4 1 2 years later Authorities Say they have found the santa cruz womans body and now they need your help figuring out what happened. 29yearold jenny herum graduated from Santa Cruz High School and had been attending Cabrillo College at the time of her disappearance. Investigators say herum gave birth to a baby boy in november of 2012, then walked out of sutter Maternity Center never to be seen again by friends or family. Early last year a couple hiking in Santa Cruz County found skeletal remains that have matched herums dna. Authorities are now hoping someone who saw her alive will come forward. Were hoping that, you know, someone may tell us, hey, yeah, we saw ms. Herum in and around this area and we might be able to match that up with what information we know, which can then tell us again whether or not this information is credible. Authorities arent saying where nor how she died. That is, until someone comes forward. Herums son is now 4 years old. Hes being raised by his father who investigators say has been qu cooperative. The man convicted of murdering sierra lamar must now convince a jury that his life is worth sparing. Earlier this week Antolin Garcia torres was found guilty of murder. Now his lawyers will bring in a psychologist to evaluate him to help him avoid the death penalty. Theyre expected to argue that Garcia Torres is from a troubled home. His father is in jail for raping a 7yearold relative. The sentencing phase begins on tuesday. A followup now to claims that the contra costa District Attorney misspent Campaign Funds on himself. On thursday grand jurors found Mark Peterson used Campaign Funds to pay for dinners, movies and a host of other personal things. During an emergency meeting yesterday morning, fellow prosecutors with the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Association Board gave a no confidence vote against him. Heed always mitted to the claims last year but said he borrowed the money and meant to pay it back. Grand jurors want peterson ousted. A proposal to provide more help for Homeless Children in San Francisco. Mayor ed lee announced yesterday that he wants to expand a Current Program that provides Child Care Services for homeless families. The biggest change under the mayors proposal is that children under the age of 5 would be eligible. Right now it only serves children under the age of 3. Its a costly proposal, a 2. 1 million expansion that mayor lee says is necessary. Children of homeless families who we know have even a harder time even have a stable life to be able to succeed in education. The Mayors Office says the proposal is the citys latest investment to eliminate homelessness in San Francisco families. From sacramento to china, Governor Brown is on an International Mission to promote one of his signature issues. The governor will travel to china next month as part of a weeklong mission to promote clean energy. Once there, hell attend an International Energy conference as well as tour areas of china that have pledged to limit global warming. China is now outpacing the u. S. In transitioning to cleaner energy sources. All right. Apparently you can go for it. You can get that double double animal style because the Innout Burger is open once again in livermore. Turns out the food may not have been to blame for making nine people sick. Those nine people were College Softball players. They reported flulike symptoms back on wednesday. They said they got sick, so innout closed to investigate. Now their coach says some of the players were sick before eating at innout. After a thorough cleaning, good news, the store has reopened as of yesterday. It is 7 36. Much more ahead on today in the bay. About a marathon at at t park. Park. Fans were treated to an epic battle last night. Welcome back. Heres a live look outside as the sun shines over at t park. Temperatures in the 60s across the bay today. Here at at t park fans were treated to an epic battle. The giants and reds played 17 innings before the game was decided. Buster posey finally ended the marathon after five hours and 28 minutes with a home run. Now to the as in texas. Santiago casilla gives up the game winning home run. Joey gallo with a walkoff threerun homer. A heartbreaker. Rangers beat the as 52. Mothers day with the warriors. And now the playoffs get tougher. As of tomorrow, they host the spurs in game one of the conference finals. Western conference finals. Our warriors insiders are anticipating an epic matchup. Heres monte poole and roslyn gold onwude. Kawhi leonard. We dont know how much he can go forward. But it cost him in game six with the rockets. Look at a guy like kevin durant. This is his time to shine. He came here for this wen. So its good to be a great matchup. If kevin can dominate that, the warriors are in great great shape, he says. Heres a look at the schedule. Game one tomorrow at 12 30. Game two is tuesday. We dont have the schedule lineup for you. But ill tell you. Then the series shifts to stonyio for games three and four and hopefully it stops there. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Nbc bay area responds to a couples frustrating and eyeopening experience with a home inspector. Why their case is a wakeup call for all home buyers. And clear skies and cool temps will dominate todays forecast. Ill help you plan your mothers day just after the break. Today we are off to a gorgeous start. We are expecting to keep cool nice temperatures across the bay area. Definitely unseasonable, though. This gorgeous shot overlooking Half Moon Bay thanks to our weather yound ground cameras. Expecting to see a lot of people out and about today especially because its mothers day weekend right now peninsula 49 degrees, trivalley 48 and in the south bay 51, now San Francisco also feeling a little bit chilly. I know yesterday we had some cooler temps. Its going to be very similar to the temperatures that you saw yesterday. And right now the doppler radar, well, we are seeing this breezy on shore flow, we have this trough thats working hard to keep us cool. Breezy and windy especially along the coastline. We can expect to see those winds picking up this evening as well. We fast forward through about the lunch hour, we start to see the winds die down in San Francisco. Eight lk. But dont let that fool you because if we fast forward if you have plans to eat out to dinner tonight, 5 30 we see the winds picking up yet again at 20 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco. And san jose at 17 Miles Per Hour. Now overnight well keep the wind gusting between anywhere 25 and 30 plus Miles Per Hour. Unfortunately as we head into sunday well keep those breezy conditions. So if you have plans to take your mom out to an Early Morning breakfast please keep that in mind especially if youre going to be along the beach area. No hats, keep the hats out of the forecast for tomorrow. Then well see the winds die down in the afternoon and picking up yet again by dinnertime by 5 00 tomorrow. Tomorrows dinner with mom is also going to be a little bit on the windy side. Todays pollen report, though, unfortunately we are still seeing high tree pollen, weeds are low and the grass is moderate, mold is low. So youll be out and about in some parks today. Be sure to take that allergy medication with you. Todays forecast, low 60s for the marngt jority of the bay ar. Cupertino 66 as we head over to the east bay expect to see upper 60s in the area, walnut creek at 71, concord 72, danville 69 and oakland at 66 degrees. Half moon bay today is going to be a little bit chilly at 57, daly city also staying in the 50s, then outer sunset 58, so the San Francisco area really sticking to the upper 50s and lower 60s. In the north bay, though, its going to be some nice weather out there, santa rosa high of 69, napa could climb into the 70s, point reyes also in the 50s. Lets look ahead for tomorrow. Lets talk about mothers day. Were expecting to be off to a partly cloudy start by 9 00 a. M. 52 degrees for the bay, inland at about 55. Definitely a little bit chilly there early on. Well stick to the 60s all day long. Partly cloudy skies. Well keep the wind in the forecast for the afternoon hour, westsouthwesterly winds will be at about 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Then dinnertime we start to sew an increase in that cloud cover as well. Now, another thing we do have a couple of models showing the chance of a few showers mainly for eastern areas like santa cruz area so they do have a chance of seeing showers early on sunday morning. 60 degrees as we head into the start of the work week, 61, then tuesday we do have this weak system that could bring showers on tuesday. But then if you notice by wednesday, thursday and friday, we start to heat up nicely right back up into the 70s and 80s. Once again on tap for the forecast. But kira, your mothers day is looking good for tomorrow. What do you have planned . I dont know. Hopefully my husband and my 6monthold son have something planned. Thanks. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up if youre in the market to buy a new home, are you betting everything on an incompetent home inspector . Well tell you what you need to know to protect your largest investment. Mike inouye here. Theres lots to do today in the bay. And in celebration of National Bike month, the folks from bike east bay, they host the annual blessing of the bikes today. Interfaith clergy will bless the wheeled ones, agnostics and atheists are welcome, too. Im sure unicycles and trikes are also welcome. Find out more at bikeeastbay. Org. Next up, you could take those bikes and head down to sj, but youd be dog tired after riding that far and thirsty. Thats perfect for pints for pups. A fund raiser for the Silicon Valley pet projects. Food trucks, art tables, wine, beer and even some spirits are there. Which will likely raise some of the pet owners spirits as well. Sunday is, of course, mothers day, so bring roses to your mom or bring her to the roses at the San Francisco rose societys mothers day rose show at the hall of flowers in golden gate park. Theyre exhibiting rose photography, rose arrangements and roses of all types. On that note, one final wish for this sunday. Go warriors and happy mothers day. Northern california families. I just kept thinking, just mange it not real. Caught in a growing epidemic. Do you think your son knew how dangerous fentanyl was . Monday at 11 00, we investigate the newest drug hack you probably havent heard of. It would be easy to mistake one of these for the real thing. It would. How its turning curiosity into a life or death decision. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. Kira cu welcome back. Heres a live look outside from our sky ranger. This is at emeryville along the border with oakland. A fivealarm massive fire is now contained. Multiple station crews are have been responding to this for the last nearly three hours. Its a condo building that is still under construction. There was concern that it could collapse, that the construction crane could collapse on to nearby buildings. Nearby buildings were evacuated, but again that fire at 3800 san pablo avenue right off 580 is now contained. Now to the purchase of your lifetime. And you better be careful. Buying a home is not only expensive but it can be tricky. We discovered a gap that could mislead you when it comes to your Home Inspection. Nbc bay area responds to a livermore couples costly experience with an inspector. Consumer investigator chris chmura. Reporter some home inspectors are failing consumers yet they get a pass from state regulators thanks to a surprising lack of standards and oversight. Four bedrooms, 2 1 2 bath. And 2300 square feet. Reporter lindsey and her husbands home is their dream house. We were very excited. First house. We just got married. Reporter but that homeowner honeymoon faded with the first rain. So this one was pushed out at the top, then rain was coming in and leaking all on the window and on the frame. Reporter the glass panes in three upstairs windows were loose. This one was where the glass was pushing completely out. You could put your hand outside. Reporter lindy was surprised to find an obvious flaw because after she bought the house she hired a home inspector. His report gave the windows the highest rating, acceptable condition. It was basically 800wasted. Reporter she asked for him to pay repairs and refund his fee. She can take him to Small Claims Court but cant ask the state to step in because home inspectors arent licensed in california. Which the only unregulated part of the home buying experience. Reporter new legislation to license home inspectors just like most others who help you buy a house. Your real estate agent, mortgage broker, attorney title agent aprizer surveyor locksmith are all licensed. If theres a dispute, youing challenge their license. You can see reimbursement for violations. None of that applies to home inspectors. Theres no professionalism and theres no sense of basic standards what it means to be a home inspector. Reporter we combed through yelp and found that they averaged 4 1 4 through 5 stars. One man said there are enough bad Home Inspections to set state standard for who is inspecting houses. You print out a form from the internet, you call it a Home Inspection business. Reporter lindsey ultimately paid 2500 to replace the leaky windows. She then asked us to hold the inspector canable. He declined our request for an interview. By text he said he had no idea if lindseys window panes were loose, he said he looked at the windows but touching the glass is not standard operating procedure. He said that lindy should have double chicked his work to check the condition of the property. Lindsey disagrees. The way she sees it, she paid him to deliver a comprehensive report and he didnt. But he isnt budging. Hes keeping his fee. At a minimum, i would have liked my money back for the inspection that he didnt do properly. Reporter former general contractor dave pace. We start outside. Reporter has inspected bay area homes for 24 years. Checking doors and floors and toilets and sinks and back to the front door. Reporter he expressed sympathy for lindsey, however paces group, the california real estate inspectors association, doesnt want the state to rush into regulation. Were not opposed to licensing. Were just opposed to bad licensing. And any licensing that lowers the bar we would not be in favor of. Reporter but anyone in california can currently call themselves a home inspector. Isnt the bar already pretty low . Pace concedes it is. Im familiar with inspectors that were literally working at a Grocery Store on a friday and on monday theyre out inspecting houses. Reporter pace also told us 50 of inspectors fail his groups competency exam. Yet the Association Just flexed political muscle and delayed the licensing plan to allow more study. Theyre aiming for action next year. Lindsey believes state oversight is overdue. Require some sort of standard for all of these home inspectors to follow. Reporter lindsey regrets that she took her realtors recommendation for a home inspector. Remember, someone elses endorsement is no replacement for asking tough questions yourself about their credentials and what happens if something goes wrong. Some carry insurance for errors and omissions that might cover you for their mistakes. Nbc bay area responds to every call and email we receive. The number is 888996tips or nbcbayarea. Com responds. We have more breaking news for you this morning. An arrest has been made in the series of vehicle fires in Contra Costa County. County Officials Say they made the arrest just after midnight at a venetia mcdonalds. A Task Force Member saw the suspect starting another car fire at a home down the street from the mcdonalds and the suspect then drove to the restaurant parking lot where he was promptly arrested by authorities. The county will release more information on the arrest by 9 00 this morning. Well bring you that on all our social platforms as soon as we get it. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, Melissa Mccarthy turns the heads in the big apple ahead of tonights all new snl. Saturday night live, hit the streets. Literally. For its newest episode tonight. Welcome back. Saturday night live hit the streets literally for its newest episode tonight. More than a few people did a doubletake on 59th street in new york. You can see Melissa Mccarthy in full sean spicer makeup and costume making her way through the streets on a motorized lectern yelling at people as the White House Press secretary. Shes the host of saturday night live tonight at 8 30 i believe and 11 30. Thanks for making us a part of your morning. Because of the stanley cup playoffs no 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. Newscasts. Symbol you know youre watching television thats educational and informational. The more you know on nbc. Josh today on the voyager, i discover natures magic learning about the beauty of pearls. Wow, look at that. Thats a big one. Savor the wonderfully rich flavors of authentic thai food. [kim laughing] josh is this for real . Kim it is, right. Josh oh, this is excellent. And witness the wild side of asias largest land animal. She looks like shes loving it, huh . 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