About. Were at woodside elementary, where i was talking to one of the teachers. They have airconditioning here. They got it about five years ago and she saw a dramatic improvement in the energy level not only of the students but also of the teachers. That ac really packs a punch and helps these kids out. But we found a school in richmond that does not have air conditioning. King elementary was sweltering today. Students were coming inside from recess and they were realizing it was just too hot to focus on learning. There is bound to be lost learning time as a result. There is no ac on campus because the temperature in richmond usually hovers in the 70s and the schools second floor gets especially hot as heat rises and they try to make it as comfortable for students at possible. We turn off the lights to keep it cool and try to generate less heat. Windows are open and we eliminate the heat from coming in. Out of 180 school days, we may see this once or twice. As a result, we believe we have planned accordingly not to put in systems that would be a waste of taxpayer money that wouldnt be used. Reporter airconditioning is new to many schools, im sure there are a lot of people like myself who grew up in the east bay and they remember and i remember the days when we didnt have airconditioning so the teachers would turn off the lights and keep us focused that way. The School Board President said, yes, not having air conditioning is an inconvenience but there are a lot of inconveniences in life. I did hear from my own kids about what happened at school today. They said it was so hot during recess they just sat in the shade. They said that was still too hot. So they kept cool by just pouring water over their heads n concord, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. That works. The High Temperature is another punch to an already dry year. Ponds in Santa Clara Valley completely evaporated in the heat. Not to mention people using more water during the hot weather. In San Francisco, people hit the sand at crissy field to get a break from the hot temperatures. Plenty of people out sunbathing a few even taking a dip in the bay. Fire danger is soaring in these hot, dry conditions. Livermore pleasanton firefighters spent the day preparing for wildfire season practicing getting into their portable fire shelters. Thats a last resort for surviving a wildfire. Developing news out of San Diego County. An aggressive wildfire has burned dozens of homes in the Coastal Community of carlsbad. Many more are still in danger. Cbs reporter bigad shaban is on the ground with the very latest. Reporter about 150 firefighters are working to put out the flames here in carlsbad but you can still spot giant plumes of smoke like this behind me throughout the community. More than 150 acres have been burned and at least 30 homes have been damaged. Several schools have been closed and at least 11,000 people have been told to evacuate. Now, while winds are expected to die down overnight, temperatures could be even hotter tomorrow. In carlsbad, california, im bigad shaban, kpix 5. This is just one of several fires burning in northern San Diego County tonight. It also prompted the evacuation of the nearby legoland resort. That was done as a precaution. The park is not considered threatened. San jose is accusing casino matrix of playing dirty. The club hoped just a few years ago right off highway 101. But san jose says the casino m8trix has been stashing money and owes it millions of dollars. Kpix 5s len ramirez with the alleged scheme and what could happen next. Lenny. Reporter well, ken, the casino m8trix is open and taking bets tonight. But a San Jose City councilman is asking the casino to pay back the money he says it owes the city, the state as well as the local nonprofit or shut down within 30 days. [ music ] reporter the casino m8trix is popular with south bay gamblers to come to play cards 24 7 and its Sports Bar Grill is a favorite lunch spot for area hightech workers on the weekdays. Its a really good atmosphere. We have a lot of clients who visit. We take them in there have some beer have some food. Reporter but soon it could all be ending. The state Attorney Generals Office is investigating the owners for an alleged skimming operation that may have concealed as much as 60 million in profits. The message is, pay up or shut down. Reporter Councilmember Sam liccardo running for mayor of san jose accused mhtrix of secretly funnel profits into a series of shadowy organizations controlled by the casino owners and then underreporting earnings to the city and state. A casino that seems to be doing very well cant possibly be reporting year after year of having no profits. Reporter he says the city may have lost millions in can seen no tax revenue and a local nonprofit was also cheated. In 2009 they agreed to Fund Gambling Addiction programs. We were concerned when we saw that the payments were decreasing. And the first three years of the settlement, they were required to pay 500,000 a year. In year 4 that amount dropped to 120, 125,000. Im not surprised that sam liccardo is making more political hay out of this. He is running for mayor. Reporter a spokesman denied the casino was involved in any wrongdoing and accused liccardo of grandstanding. He said the attorney generals investigation will be answered but didnt offer explanations todays. There are accusations and and theyre unfounded. We believe when the process works itself out, it will be proven to be the case. Reporter san jose has two large card rooms and they are usually very highly regular late by both the city and the San Jose Police department. In fact, the opening of the casino m8trix was delayed for a couple of months two years ago because it had not yet passed its Police Security plan. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. And the licenses are set to expire on many 31. Their on may 31. Their renewal application will be heard by the gaming commission. Oaklands new police chief was announced. Jean quan named sean whent the departments permanent chief. He has been the interim chief for a year. During that time, Violent Crime in oakland has dropped and the department is closer than ever to completing Court Ordered reforms. This past year has been a too many of significant change and significant progress. Oakland is a safer city today than it was a year ago. We are a more progressive collaborative Innovative Police department than a year ago. His appointment needs to be confirmed by a majority vote of the city council. A student was shot across the street from Kennedy High School in richmond this morning prompting a lockdown of the school. A student was hit in the leg and is expected to recover. Investigators are still searching for a suspect. In San Francisco, Police Arrested one suspect during a raid at hells angels clubhouse. Charles nucci was booked on aggravated assault charges. Police say he was involved in an assault with several other suspects wearing hells angels jackets last year. Police searched the frisco local chapter of the club in the dogpatch neighborhood. Tonight were learning what may be triggering the rising number of earthquakes near the Central Valley. New Research Suggests the quake are being caused in part by ground water pumping. Researchers say that can stress the 800milelong San Andreas Fault line and the neighboring fault. Gps readings found the San Joaquin Valley floor has been sinking for decades through ground water loss while the surrounding mountains are being uplifted. New developments in the story you only saw on 5. An arrest in the theft of redwood burl from old growth trees in Northern California state park. Kpix 550s allen martin first brought us the story and has new information. Allen . Reporter after going up to humboldt and Del Norte County thursday and friday and talking to the park rangers and seeing the damage to the trees, we knew the poachers were smart enough to get away with it but not smart enough to get away with it forever. Rangers say they did catch one person danny garcia of or rick which is a small town just south of Redwood National park. This is the damage they say he and others were causing to trees that were hundreds if not thousands of years old. Thieves go into the mountains at night and cut the burl off the trees which they use to make tables and bowls and other souvenirs. Apparently an anonymous tip led rangers to stolen burl at one of the wood shops north of the park. That burl matched the size and shape of cuts from one of the old trees. The rangers told me one reason poachers have been hard to catch is they have a warning system. The scouts hide along the road and have twoway radios and cell phones to any vehicles that come in, they can radio in or text of a lot of times they just text. You cant really track a text. They will text the people working on the hillside cutting burls, shut your saw off. Okay, coast is clear. Then they go back to work, right. Danny garcia is charged with felony grand theft, vandalism and receiving stolen property. Charges are pending against a second person who is apparently already in jail for committing another crime. The way they caught garcia, right after the warrant was issued on monday, garcia walked into his regular meeting with his probation officer who promptly informed him he was under arrest for stealing the redwood. Wow. It was so heartbreaking to see those gorgeous trees mutilated like that. Its been going on for years but its really amped up over the last few months. What are they worth . They are worth thousands of dollars. Wow. Its the wood shop that bought this is not going to be charged. If they dont ask the right questions, dont want to know, they buy it. Thank you. The push to protect pedestrians running into political roadblocks. Tonight, why it takes longer to install a traffic light than to build a highrise. Plus, a bay area landmark is back open after six months of renovations. See the nearly 2 million difference. And two nights outside to be stuck at work . Tonight we went on the hunt for people playing hooky. ,,,,, female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep at one of the citys most dangerous intersections. Were talking about sunset boulevard and yorba street. San franciscos oute. Officials fasttracking a plan to install lights at a dangerous intersection, sunset and yorba in the outer sunset neighborhood. Phil matier tells just it took so long and why it cost more than most homes to put this in. Phil. Reporter this is one of the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco but getting a streetlight in here took three accidents in almost three years. This was the scene three months ago after a third pedestrian was hit while trying to cross this notoriously dangerous insection. This is the scene today as they prepped the area for a needed stop light amid questions about, what took so long . Recently the timeline was for 2015. We told them that was completely not acceptable and then recently when there were two more accidents reporter the project was fast tracked but still, why so long a wait for a badly needed safety light . Theres a lot of plan that is involved in making this happen. Reporter no kidding you have the selection process, the design process, the design review, community surveys, Community Meetings request for proposals from contractors, selecting the contractor. Can take up to three years to get a traffic light in. Reporter three years . thats because we have to take the time to make sure its right. Reporter we have seen entire highrises go up in less time. A lot of people think it should just be we lift up the pole and the lights are on but we have to do a lot of planning to make sure the electrical, planning are right and everything is on the same page. Reporter it doesnt come cheap. The cost of putting a light in an intersection can run anywhere a half Million Dollars to 700,000 per intersection. Thats more than most builders pay to build houses. Well, intersections and corridors in San Francisco are valuable property. We dont just change the light, we change the intersection to make the intersection safe as possible. Reporter given the rise in safety concerns some at city hall say its time to speed things up. Community process, departmental process, things take too long here. Im glad to hear that finally this is going to be happening quickly. Reporter in the meantime, the cops are out in force this evening with a sting operation sending an officer across the street and cars arent stopping on time they are sending the motorcycles after them making tickets left and right. The operation is ongoing as the work continues to try to make this place a little safer. From the sunset, phil matier bart,. Literally taking your life back to you guys. Literally taking your life in your hands when you cross that street right now. Reporter no kidding. I just did it. Glad youre still with us, phil, in San Francisco. Phil matier, thank you. Be careful. These sizzling temperatures dont stick around for long here in the bay area so you might as well get out and enjoy it while it lasts. Right . Well, our Mike Sugerman spent the day with people who played hooky in this heat. And mike, you sure were not one of them. Reporter well, kind of. I mean, first of all, im dressed like kind of a dandy but if you cant dress like this today, when can you . Although its kind of a lot of clothes and i just feel like working that hard today. Now, this this is much better. Anybody supposed to be at work today . No. Reporter baseball in the bay. Yeah. Reporter both sides. [ applause and cheers ] playing hooky from work today. I work in novato at fine upholstery and dont tell my boss im here. Reporter too late for that. Arent you supposed knob school . No. Reporter why not . Because were its like the math day. Were learning more about, uhm, stats about the pitchers. Reporter boy, does that sound like a crock. But heres teacher carol from the school. We are studying math. [ laughter ] reporter youre playing hooky with the class. Thats their story and theyre sticking with it. Too hot to go to the giants game today. So i decided to go play golf. Reporter lincoln park, too, number one, par 4. 300 yards. What are you hitting with today . Driver. Reporter shouldnt you be at work . Well, such a nice day, you know, i just cant go to work on a day like this. Reporter oh, he is going to like that one of the his boss might not. Ill tell you how hot it is. Castro and market theres not even a naked guy here. Where are the naked guys . They always hang out here. Imagine the amount of fps50 sunscreen have to use today just like at ocean beach. Its like this every day of the year. Its beautiful. The beach is just pristine and warm. Probably gets foggy during the summer. Reporter someone told them. Ha ha. Reporter this was a great day. Hope my boss doesnt find out. Well, if you did come out to ocean beach today, you were treated to a whale sighting. Nice day out here. Live at ocean beach, Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. Thank you, mike. We called several School Districts and they say there was no drop in attendance these days. Our meteorologist paul deanno has been trying to keep the mobile weather lab from overheating. He is live in walnut creek and, uhm, good move, man. Youre by the swimming pool. Reporter at 6 45 when the day is done, the feet at a minimum have to go in. Its so hot. We have swim practice and lessons going on out here at the clark memorial swim center in walnut creek which by the way hit 101 degrees today. Some happy kids that they are getting these swim lessons and swim practice. The aqua bears, aqua being the keyword today. Even the beach offered very little relief today. Record high in santa cruz 101. Napa record 96. San rafael 9 4. Oakland 93. San francisco 88 degrees. These were not monthly records. That really would be significant. These were daily record highs for today but records nonetheless. You want to know how much its going to cool down by the time we do bay to breakers on sunday in San Francisco . Partly cloudy skies, morning fog and temperatures only around 60 with the onshore flow coming back. Heres why. A big ridge of High Pressure that gave us the offshore or east wind is moving being shoved out by an area of low pressure. That low all its going to do is park itself off to our west not going to give us a drop of rain but it will give us an onshore flow bringing back mother natures air conditioning and we could use it. It will be back by tomorrow a little bit. A much bigger bit coming up on friday and through the weekend. So temperatures will be dropping. Highs tomorrow not as hot but still well above normal. Fairfield 9 4. 89 for mountain view. 90 for redwood city. 90 for napa. But San Francisco youre down to 79. Pacifica down to 75. And that is the beginning of a significant temperature change. Friday 80s inland, 70s near the bay. Saturday 70s inland, 60s near the bay. Even cooler on sunday and monday. Rebounding back to 80 next wednesday. The heat is just about finished. But it will be a very warm and for many of you uncomfortable evening if you are not in a pool or if you dont have air conditioning and many of us are certainly in that case. Its going to be a warm one tomorrow but were coming off the peak. We got here today, tomorrow is here, then we drop even further toward the weekend. Reporting from a hot walnut creek, paul deanno, ba