nobody -- no average citizen is going to buy them. once they have the facts in front of the jury, there is no way that the citizens are going to make some kind of connection between my client, what leland yee was doing. >> reporter: yee's attorneys have not returned call for comment but legal analysts say making the senator a racketeer ups the ante for the jury. >> that makes him appear to be a very nefarious evil character, much beyond just some politician who has to get caught taking money that he shouldn't have taken. a third major player in the case is consultant keith jackson who was a fundraiser for yee' campaign for his secretary of state run. the government says during the campaign, they engaged in criminal activity together including extortion and money laundering. linda yee, kpix 5. >> senator yee, raymond chow and keith jackson with 27 other defendants are due back in court august 7 for pretrial motions. a rise in homicides and increased gang activity has more high risk inmates heading to jail from the south bay. only on 5, betty yu shows us the challenges for the people who work there. >> reporter: inside the main jail the cells are rarely empty. >> we're over capacity on the number of beds. >> reporter: there are more maximum security inmates than maximum security beds. so the worst of the worst could be sent to less secure areas of the jail. >> we are looking at fortifying those areas to make them maximum security. >> reporter: the chief of correction says he needs at least 600 more beds for the most violent inmates. we're talking about men like blanco arrested for running a major mexican cartel in silicon valley and the sereno gang members charged with the campbell park murder. the jam-packed lockup is seeing more violence and it's the deputies trying to keep order who are paying the price. assaults on staff are up 20% since 2011. last year alone, there were 181 attacks. >> anything that happens, you know, uhm, arguments. >> reporter: ricardo sanchez spent a year in a crowded cell on an assault charge. although he never got violent with:staff, he knows that bunking with five other guys can get rough and that's when guards can get hurt. is there a problem with space at this point? >> yes and no. we're able to manage it now. with you i would always -- but i would always like more room. >> reporter: the captain manages the jail population at the county's two jails. >> this is the only active area. now the entire facility is reopened. >> reporter: the jump in violent women inmates forced him to re-open parts of the elmwood correctional facility in milpitas a few months ago. but there is still pressure on the system. inmates at both jails are constantly shuffled around based on behavior, gang ties and notoriety. >> think about it as a hotel. if you have a 100% occupancy and this person wants -- doesn't like his room, if you move that person, what happens? that person gets the place. then there's a chain of theft. >> reporter: the chief says there is no simple or cheap solution to the overcrowding problem. the county, though, is doing a study on what exactly this jail needs and will present it the next time grants to revamp jails become available. in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. >> the captain says he recently received some money from the county. that allowed him to retrofit 150 cells reinforcing the doors to accommodate higher security inmates. bart is getting $17 million to help guard against terrorist attacks. that money from the federal government goes to add security to protect the transbay tube. several bay area legislators secured that money in a coordinated letter to congress. lake county has seen residents of a subdivision that began sinking last year. several homes in lakeport were damaged when the ground gave way. homeowners sued the county saying a leaking public water system was the cause. now the county is firing back saying the homeowners association is responsible because it failed to maintain the landscaping. an attorney for the county says homeowners irrigation lines had a number of leaks. a live look at our dublin cam tonight. what you can't see is the heat rising right there. this is one of the places where it is really getting warm tonight. >> hm. paul deanno now with mobile weather in antioch, another inland hot spot. still scorching. paul? >> reporter: yup. >> what's the weather? >> reporter: it's pretty toasty. sometimes you got to do a little detailed analysis and use all this technical jargon. here's the deal tonight. we don't think -- [ signal breakup ] it's hot. it's hot everywhere away from the water. record high in san francisco. [ signal breakup ] >> still [ indiscernible ] at night it is 102 degrees. coming off a high of 104. one of the hottest days of the year. and this will be the longest hot stretch away from the water coming up this year as we approach the weekend. let's talk about where we are right now. still close to 100 in fairfield, concord, livermore 98. santa rosa in the 90s. well into the 80s for both oakland and mountain view. a little bit of a sea breeze has cooled you off in pacifica and half moon bay in san francisco. but a record high in the city today 85 degrees. we were warmer here than los angeles! l.a. hit 84. mountain view 93. palo alto 100. kentfield, yeah, kentfield 101. pleasanton 102. and pleasant hill 104 degrees. so we have certainly established the fact that it's hot today. we'll talk about how hot it's going to be for this weekend and how long this heat wave will last especially away from the water. that's coming up in about 10 minutes. but hang on and stay cool. back to you. >> thank you. well, when it comes to cooling off, folks in berkeley had the right idea. we spotted dozens sailing at the marina and cooling off in the breeze. in the south bay, temperatures were about 15 degrees warmer. kpix 5's mark sayre is live for us in gilroy. mark. >> reporter: well, veronica, it has been a very hot day here in the south bay and in gilroy our high here today 102 peaking at 2:30 this afternoon. people are doing everything they can to stay cool. the found taste at plaza de cesar chavez in downtown san jose are always popular to beat the heat. barbara wilson is here with her three grandchildren. >> we're going to play here a while, have lunch and go home and take a nap. >> reporter: hide out for the hottest hours, huh? >> amen! >> reporter: a half south down highway 101 crowds are packing the gilroy garlic festivals where temperatures hit the triple digits. >> you probably have the hottest job here. >> it can be. we have the coverage here so it's not too bad. >> reporter: with thousands of people descending on gilroy for the annual three-day celebration of all things garlic, temperatures are soaring and people are finding ways to cope. diandra evans is using a bag as a makeshift fan. >> this is not makeshift. this is real, people. [ laughter ] >> this is real. this is the bottom of the bag that they donated. so, yeah, it is. >> reporter: is it helping? >> yeah. we're on the way home now. >> reporter: her sister is visiting from colorado. >> they said it was going to be hot and he went online, they said bring your misters. but, uhm, yeah, i wasn't expecting -- it's a piercing hot. piercing heat. >> reporter: one sure way to beat the heat is to visit the rain tent. cool you down? >> oh, yes. yes. it feels fantastic. we are going from one rain room to the next. >> reporter: now, santa clara county health officials say heat waves at least from the health standpoint get worse the longer they go on. but they point out that even one day of heat can have a lot of detrimental effects on certain groups including young children. mark sayre, kpix 5. >> it is smoking out there. from heat to drought, some new research shows california in fact the southwestern united states is in far worse shape than previously thought. and the problem is right under our feet. elizabeth cook is here to explain. >> reporter: kenny, we're talking about ground water. it's a vital resource that, in a normal year, provides about 40% of california's water supply. well, with this drought, we're pumping it dry. california's snowpack has essentially melted. ten of the state's 12 major reservoirs are less than half full. now a big new worry. california's ground water is dramatically disappearing. >> we didn't really expect that the ground water losses would be that great. >> reporter: uc-irvine and nasa scientists found how, in just five years, the underground stores of water in the colorado river basin dropped by 40 million-acre feet. that's enough water to service every home in the bay area for 15 years. >> there are definitely some warning flags on the horizon. >> reporter: professor buzz thompson is a water expert at stanford university. he says in some parts of california, we're using too much ground water. >> what we're doing is still pumping the ground water out faster than nature is replenishing it and as a result, we're drawing down on our accounts in both dry years and wet years. and that's not sustainable. >> you can't buy any water. >> reporter: complicating the situation, while the state of california regulates surface water usage and quality, there is no statewide management of ground water. >> people assume that california has more regulation on everything than anybody else. and in the case of ground water, that just is not the case. >> reporter: there are calls in sacramento to change that as rivers and streams dry up. and more wells get drilled. now, most of the state's ground water is used in the central valley and southern california. but that doesn't mean the bay area is exempt. ground water levels from napa to northern monterey county are also at historic lows. >> you think we need a little rain? >> a little. >> wow. okay. liz, thank you for that. well, bay area water agencies are getting creative in finding ways to get people to save water. we talked about this before. the santa clara valley water district is telling customers, brown is the new green. in a new campaign, this time of year, water use more than doubles. people try to keep their lawns from dying. the water district says it is hurting badly and it needs help. >> we have very little imported water allocations. our local reservoirs are very low. some of them are almost empty and our ground water levels which are really important in this area are beginning to drop. >> it's landscaping most notely lawns. they suck up the water. it can take 18,000 gallons of water a year just to keep a small lawn green. if you are looking for ways to cut back and you want free water collection buckets, you can go to our website, kpix.com, click on "links and numbers." it was an extremely, extremely close call. coming up an suv comes barreling through nearly missing a child in a stroller. >> your route starts out green but can change in minutes. how realtime traffic apps are getting more accurate and giving you a better picture before you get behind the wheel. >> and levi's stadium is offering all sorts of food and drinks for fans. today we found out just how much you'll spend on it all. ,, ,, we love this kitchen! what's next? 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i mean, they are really, really good. why is that? first, let's check out the google maps app which shows this backup turning green and clearing up right at a walmart. here's that same walmart in real life and here's that traffic clearing up. how it all got this good is a blend of old and new methods of gathering and analyzing data. it starts in the asphalt itself. caltrans has embedded thousands of these sensors in more than 1500 lanes of road. the battery-operated devices are spaced 20 feet apart and detect a change in pressure as vehicles pass over. the data is then transmitted to local caltrans headquarters in oakland where tech companies can download it. >> when you're stuck in traffic, you're losing productivity. so as long as we keep things moving, that's money in the bank for everyone. >> reporter: 511.org, the metropolitan transportation commission's realtime traffic website, contracts with washington-based inrix. these days the biggest source of traffic data, mobile phones with anonymous gps tracking blend in reports on construction and accidents and drivers are empowered to pick faster routes. >> if those decisions multiplied many, many thousands, hundreds of thousands of times, if people are making smart decisions, then the whole system works better. >> report heavy traffic. >> reporter: then there is mountain view-based wave which is crowdsourcing traffic reports with 60 million users. they proactively report incidents using the mobile app often as they drive by. that data is fed to wave's parent company google so you not only know where the backup is but also what's causing it. it can shave minutes off a trip. >> you apply that to 50 million users and suddenly start to see really large global differences in the amount of overall time saved and emissions conserved and money conserved. that's something big. >> reporter: kiet do, kpix 5. >> the metropolitan transportation commission believes that with these emerging technologies, it will be possible to squeeze another 20% of efficiency out of bay area freeways. >> so interesting. well, if you are hungry and thirsty prepare to pay up at the 49ers new stadium. we have a preview earlier this month of the gourmet menu and today we found out what those items are actually going to cost you. the cheapest beer, $10.25. that's 50 cents higher than candlestick park. the soda is $5.25. the hot dog is $6.25. but the word hot dog is banned from levi's stadium. we'll post this list of food and drink prices on kpix.com and for a guide to the full fan experience, make sure you join us for our special, inside levi's stadium, that is tomorrow night at 7:00 right here on kpix 5. >> ought to be good. i'm hearing that water, bottled water, $5.25. paul, even out there in antioch, i think you would be going thirsty tonight? >> i would pay $20 for a bottle of water right now. the water just closed because the park is closing. you need to stay hydrated in weather like this. it is warm. we're used to it. we do this every summer especially in places like antioch. 104, they kind of just, oh, okay it's hot. but this is going to be a prolonged heat wave away from the water. we are talking temperatures well above normal for four or five straight days making that water that much more inviting. the luckiest guy in contra costa county might be that lifeguard there cleaning out the pool because he gets to stay in the water, which is 32 degrees colder than the air surrounding it. still 102 in antioch. how hot do we get today? livermore hit 102. one of the hottest days of the year. san jose 94. fremont 95. napa got close to 100. now, 77 in pacifica. for those folks who live out there, that is hot. and you were there today in san francisco a record high of 85 degrees in the financial district. giants game tonight giants- dodgers, clear, mild, how about 70 degrees for your first pitch temperature? might not even need a jacket tonight at the baseball game. go giants! the gilroy garlic festival today through sunday, sunny and hot with temperatures well in the 90s over the weekend. we have a huge ridge of high pressure in place which has cut off that tropical moisture so the humidity is gone. it's dry air, it is hot air. what will change this weekend, we will grab a little bit of a sea breeze near the water. that will cool you off if you live near the bay or along the coastline. your highs will not be as hot this weekend. case in point pacifica, 71 degrees. 6 degrees cooler than today. redwood city you're down to 89. vallejo down to 87. but we're still hot inland. livermore 97. and concord tomorrow 95 degrees. your seven-day forecast through the weekend and beyond, we stay hot inland. triple digits for many through monday. we'll cool down a few degrees tuesday, several more degrees by the end of next week. near the bay after tomorrow back down to the 70s and along the coastline, you're in the 60s starting sunday and trending cooler after that. we are getting a little bit of a breeze out here. you can see testifieded in some of the trees here. we are -- you can it evidenced in some of the trees here. this is a beautiful spot and the irony, guys, that you have this beautiful place where you can cool down, with the water, surrounded by dry mountains and also surrounded by 100-degree temperatures. pick your poison. you want 102 or 70? just a sprint away. back to you. >> no choice there. thanks, paul. >> reporter: i choose 70. still ahead, people get personalized license plates for all sorts of things. charities, family names. >> but just because you apply for one doesn't necessarily mean you get it. we are going to look at some of the rejected slogans and who is making that call. ,,,,,,,,,, great flavors and great value come together at subway, in our six-inch select, the spicy italian, loaded with genoa salami and spicy pepperoni. try it fresh toasted on italian herb & cheese bread for that perfect flavor blend. the $3 six-inch select of july. subway. eat fresh. dollars a year to apply for personalized license plates. california taxpayers shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to apply for personalized license plates. some of these requests are pretty funny, others offensive and some are just too explicit to show on television. the responses by dmv workers may also raise eyebrows. a san diego unified school district bus driver had not c on his license plate. the plate was una swastika. it was cancelled. they said the request slipped by them. >> that's rare. >> reporter: it should have been part of the 10% of plate requests rejected by the state. the dmv gets more than 91,000 personalized plate orders each year. >> we review each request. >> reporter: requests like fat ace. the driver says he wanted it because i'm an out of shape poker player. the dmv says fat is offensive, denied. or [ indiscernible ] the driver said my pomeranian named gonga and i love her. it's a term for pot. denied. the driver said this was from a movie. the dmv worker said zombie killing, i don't like zombies but denied for the word kill. three employees have to read these requests. five employees will be assigned to the job depending on the workload. taxpayers fund their combined $200,000 salary. they write their own response for each request. some have a sense of humor. this person requested, i hate dmv. the driver gave no reason. the worker wrote, i think it's funny, smiley face. but i hate dmv is on record as unacceptable. and how about this one, fack and the word ewe. drivers said he is involved in breeding sheep. dmv said it means expletive you, denied. breeding sheep? the workers review about 8,000 requests a month. hundreds of those get denied. you know, the rest we just couldn't show you on tv. >> explanations are better than the denial. >> i breed sheep. right. >> and yours just says, kenny. your personalized plate, right? >> don't have one. no, no, no. coming up in the next half- hour, new numbers in the immigration situation. >> just how many illegal immigrant children are taking the risk crossing can the border alone? ,, ,,,,,, [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon, xfinity will double the internet speed on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. 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[ heart beats ] your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. now at 6:30, a staggering increase in the number of children crossing the u.s. border alone. the numbers coming to light as president obama talks immigration with his counterparts in central america. welcome back. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. compared to last year, there's been a 117% increase in the number of apprehensions of children at the border. and for teenagers, that number is up 12%. the numbers come out as congress debates funds to deal with the immigration crisis. reporter michelle if i gonna has the details from the white house. >> reporter: along the rio grande separating the u.s. and mexico the texas department of public safety patrols the river and heavily armed speedboats. officers say they have seen a spike in drug and human smuggling this summer. >> these two or three-man rafts they are loading up sometimes 1,000 pounds of contraband and/or 20 or 30 people and try to get across in these rafts. >> reporter: president obama is meeting with the presidents of guatemala, honduras and el salvador. conditions in their countries are so bad children are going north. this 16-year-old el salvador girl tried to reach the u.s. with her 2-year-old son but was sent back. she says leaving her home wasn't easy. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: it was one of the toughest decisions of my life, she said. but i'm afraid for my son because of the violence and the gangs here. so i had to try. president obama is asking congress for $3.7 billion to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors. but republican lawmakers are pushing back. >> spends a whole bunch of money and does nothing, zero, nada to do anything. >> reporter: if congress doesn't act before the august recess, the border patrol could run out of money. there is a cease-fire tonight in the middle east. but it is only for 12 hours. secretary of state john kerry has been working out of cairo. he has been trying to bring the bloodshed between israel and hamas to an end. israeli media say that the security cabinet rejected kerry's plan because it would have scale back the destruction of hamas tunnels. >> both the israelis and palestinians deserve and need to lead normal lives and it's time for everyone to recognize that violence breeds violence. >> kerry is still working on getting a seven-day truce. israel is threatening to expand its ground invasion in gaza. weather may have played a part in the crash of an algerian airlines flight in mali yesterday. new video released shows how the plane broke up on impact. none of the 116 people on board survived. one black box has been recovered which should hold clues into what happened. the airline says the plane disappeared from radar after changing path because of bad weather. a tragedy in philadelphia. three siblings raising money for their church were struck and killed by a carjacked suv. two brothers ages 7 and 10 and their 15-year-old sister were selling fruit when the vehicle plowed into the sidewalk where they were standing. the boys' mom was with them. she was also struck. she is in critical condition tonight. police say the two suspects inside the suv ran off and have not been found. a wildfire in washington state is much worse than first reported. twice as many homes were destroyed. as of now 300 homes have been destroyed and that number may rise as crews head into more rural areas. the fire is being called the largest in state history. 400 square miles have been charred since it began two weeks ago. the fire northeast of seattle was started by lightning. still ahead, one of the last remaining perks of its kind and it may soon disappear for good. coming up in tonight's consumerwatch, the major airline that may be joining the rest and scrapping its policy of free checked bags. ,,,, can't say thank you enough. ,,,, you have made my life special by being apart of it. (everyone) cheers! glad you made it buddy. thanks for inviting me. thanks again my friends. for everything, for all your help. through all life's milestones, our trusted advisors are with you every step of the way. congratulations! thanks for helping me plan for my retirement. you should come celebrate with us. i'd be honored. plan for your goals with advisors you know and trust. so you can celebrate today and feel confident about tomorrow. and on the consumerwatch, j we have all heard there is no such thing as a free lunch. and on our consumerwatch, julie watts explains that there soon may be no free checked baggage, either. >> reporter: that's right, guys. one of the last two holdouts is thinking about joining the rest of the airline pack and begin charging for you to check your bag. jetblue and southwest airlines are the last two that don't charge for your first checked bag. and word is jetblue is thinking about adding the fee as part of a new fare structure. it wants to create a tiered system where prices would include perks like one free checked bag and you could still book cheaper flights but would you have to pay extra for the bag. last year, airlines raked in $3.3 billion in baggage fees. and bose just bought by apple for $3 billion. they are suing beats alleging infringement of noise canceling technology. they are demanding damages and a percentage of sales from all beats products told. back in may, kirstin was locked out of her small business gmail account. she lost access to contacts and email people sent to her bounce the. so she says she called and emailed google and got nowhere. as a last resort she contacted consumerwatch. >> the next day, somebody called me on the telephone two or three times. i -- kpix 5 was right on it! google ignored me! >> google wouldn't say what triggered the lockout but it has restored her account. the company says it disabled accounts when it detects suspicious activity, for example if you sent out a lot of emails at once, the system could suspect you're a spammer. now, google says it's easier to regain access to disabled accounts if you use its two step authentication process. it also says it's always looking for ways to improve customer service. if you have a consumer complaint, you can head to kpix.com and send us an email or give us a call at 888-5- helps-u. >> got to quit pushing those high-tech companies around. you're too tough on them. >> somebody has to do it. >> she takes on google and wins. all right, julie, thank you. [ laughter ] still ahead, he actually is studying rocket science. a bay area student rising above. how he overcame homelessness to get there and where he is going next. >> we are approaching 7:00 in antioch and the temperature right now is still 99 degrees. how hot is it going to be forker weekend? i have that seven-day forecast coming up. >> coming up in sports, it all goes down tonight at at&t park between the san francisco giants and the dodgers. and a new face in the line-up for the giants. and at 49ers training camp. >> our team is the least unhappy team i have ever seen. >> we'll have a wrap of day 3 from harbaugh's happy team and a big weekend at the sonoma race which with the nhra finals all coming up in sports. bulldog: ! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is ending soon. ♪ mattress discounters science. but coming up in 3 minutes... hear what tonig's above" overcame it sounds impressive on its own. a bay area teenager learning rocket science. coming up in three minutes, you're going to hear what tonight's student rising above overcame to get there. some breaking news to get to right now. a three-alarm fire in a lafayette residential neighborhood. we have a camera there. as soon as we get more information on that, we'll go ahead and bring you some details. but again a three-alarm fire in a residential neighborhood in lafayette. chief meteorologist paul deanno, right? he has some details on -- >> he is out there sizzling in antioch. hi, paul. >> reporter: yeah. we are still baking. you can tell a little bit of a difference. we're off the 104. we're coming down. but we're still at 99 degrees. this is going to be a very warm evening heading out for the evening walk. it's going to be an uncomfortable night to sleep tonight if you keep the windows open and don't want to use the air-conditioning. 70s most of the night dropping down to the mid-60s. talk to where we are right now currently 99 degrees in concord. we are 98 in livermore. 90 in san jose. 79 in oakland. 73 in san francisco. and santa rosa sitting at 959 degrees. overnight tonight, we're talking mid-60s, redwood city 64. san rafael 61. livermore 66. these are not records. but it will be rather uncomfortable and rather warm tonight by bay area standards. the reason why, there's a huge ridge of high pressure in place. and that ridge of high pressure is going to stay roughly in the same position for the next several days. so inland areas, you may cool down a couple of degrees but it's going to be hotter than normal for the next week. near the water it's a different story as it often is. we call these the microclimates around here. we'll have them, just enough of the ocean influence, just enough of the sea breeze coming in earlier will cool you down starting tomorrow and by the top of the week it will be a noticeable change in the afternoon high temperatures. mainly clear throughout much of the bay area, just a little bit of cloud cover overnight tonight and early tomorrow hugging the coastline. so you're what to expect, a clear warm night tonight minimal if any fog. it will be sunny everywhere this weekend both saturday and sunday. please enjoy the the sunshine. but stay cool, drink water. we are going to be hot inland with milder temperatures near the bay and at the coastline. high temperatures now for your saturday, mountain view 86, hotter at gilroy and morgan hill. concord hit had gone 95. san ramon 97. we'll see 80s and 90s in marin county, kentfield 89. you had a record today of 101. sonoma 92 for the races up there this weekend and santa rosa 90. san francisco down to 75. we still will see triple digits around lakeport with a high of 100 and cloverdale your high 93 degrees. your extended forecast: >> so the hottest day was today. 104 here in antioch. but -- [ signal breakup ] >> -- comfortable -- drink -- spend some time inside and watch your favorite kpix 5 -- [ signal breakup ] >> well above normal through the weekend. back to you in the studio. >> it was so hot out there in antioch, we lost the signal. >> it's affecting our signal. we'll let paul go. >> all right. well, buzz aldrin one of the first people to ever walk on the moon is in the bay area celebrating the 45th anniversary of the apollo 11 lun norlanding. in talking with us, aldrin says he was amazed by the moon's surface and did you see in the apollo 11 lunar landing. he marveled at the impression he left behind. >> just an identifiable boot print. and it was really fascinating so i took a before and after picture. >> aldrin now 84, he has not stopped dreaming of more missions to space. he said that he would like to see a mission to the moon of mars. and we have the complete buzz aldrin interview on our website at kpix.com. second guy down the ladder. >> amazing. >> amazing. back in nasa in mountain view a new generation is beginning training. one of our students rising above is actually interning there this summer. wendy tokuda is here to tell us all about him. maybe he will be on mars. you never know. >> wouldn't that be something? >> we don't ever know. this young man wants to be an engineer. he is already on his way heading to boston college this fall. not bad for a teenager who has risen above homelessness and a lot more. >> and go ahead and tilt it at the same time. >> reporter: andre gomes is only 18. but he is already learning about rocket science as an intern at nasa. >> i want to be like able to invent all these things. i'm going to do that today. >> reporter: andre is gathering data to help researchers develop ways to test the stability and balance of drones, some things most of us only see on tv. but his biggest accomplishment against this fall when the kid who grew up homeless goes to college. >> it's not just me. like i'm also carrying like the weight of like my grandma coming to like some [ indiscernible ] to america and my mom working. >> reporter: but his early childhood was a nightmare. his parents fighting, the split, andre, his single mother and sister becoming what he called vagabonds. >> we like grab our stuff in the car, uhm, put it in the trunk and we drive off and then we go to a new -- one of our cousins or aunt's houses and we stay there for a little bit and then again we would move and keep moving and it was the same process over and over again. >> reporter: for seven years. >> it affects him more than he is willing to say, right? i think that the constantly not knowing where you're going to eat, where you're going to sleep, how you're going to eat or sleep as a child that has to -- that has to affect your -- your -- your view of the world. >> reporter: fast forward now, another 7 years to see what changed andre's life. east side college prep. >> these are all the past, uhm, seniors who graduated and went to college. >> reporter: he gave us a tour. >> probably here is probably where i had like the best memories of my life. >> reporter: that's andre in the white shirt here in middle school. and the black shirt playing football. east side is not just a prep school, it's a boarding school like the kind rich kids go to except it's for low income kids who are the first in the families to go to college. >> this has been my home for the last 7 years. >> reporter: he still is close to his sister and mom but the stability and support he found here changed him. >> i think it meant everything to him. i think it meant finding a family and -- and -- and finding a place where he belongs. maybe for the first time in his life. >> i got the second family. i got those brothers like 20 brothers, 20 sisters. >> reporter: his anger dissolved, the real andre emerged. >> he has such unbridled enthusiasm for the world around him despite everything that has happened and he still sees the world in such vivid color. he just loves it and it makes you love him. >> i didn't know actually what college was before i came to eastside. now graduated from high school, i can say i'm going to college and i'm is it not -- i'm going to boston college. it makes me feel very proud. >> and there it is on his hat. andre gomes won't be able to go to college without financial aid. and if you want to help him and other kids like him go to college, go to kpix.com/s ra, students rising above to find out more about students rising above and by the way, sra's always looking for more summer internships for kids like andre. >> i think he will do well in college and i'm looking for him -- interning at nasa? i want to see this guy, you know, on an interview in 20 years about what it was like to walk on mars. >> exactly. >> he will have something to tell us. >> yeah. >> he's a good one. >> he is. >> keep up the good work. >> thanks. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, a 3-alarm fire in lafayette. this is re monticello road. the we have more details on our breaking news story. i first told you about earlier, a three-alarm fire in lafayette. this is record at a home -- reported in a home at monticello road. the concern is the home is near open space and some flames may have spread to nearby vegetation. crews will be working on it into the evening. we'll have more on this story throughout the night for you. also this. we are getting a first look at a wildfire in amador county. this is reported at 300 acres. wow. you can really, really see the smoke just billowing above that fire. this broke out late this afternoon. right now it has 0% containment. this is a wildfire that we're looking at in amador county. we'll stay on top of both of these stories and bring you updates as soon as we get the information. andrea joins us this afternoon. and boy, this weekend series is one that has been anticipated since the season started. >> who's playing? [ laughter ] >> don't let anyone tell you that this series between the giants and dodgers doesn't matter. it's a battle for first place and dodgers manager don mattingly specifically tweaked his starting rotation. let's take a look at the heated competition. on june 9 the giants had an mlb best 42-21 record and were 9 1/2 games ahead of the dodgers. that seems like it was seasons ago. between the ninth and july 10, san francisco went 8-21 while l.a. took over first play going 19- 11. even with the struggles, the giants were just one game out of first. not bad considering how they were playing. >> this has been long. no getting around that. but the fact that where we're at we know we're lucky. >> since bochy said how lucky the giants were to still be in contention, san francisco has gone 7-3 with series wins over arizona, miami and philadelphia. on the other side, the dodgers have gone 4-5 and the giants are back in first 1 1/2 games ahead of l.a. entering the weekend's three- game series. and tonight, the giants have a new face in the line-up. recently acquired dan uggla will start and bat 7th. the three time all-star struggled with the braves this season batting .162. the giants place marco scutaro on the 15-day dl. it was just about 95 degrees this afternoon on the 3rd day of 49ers train camp. colin kaepernick didn't let the heat get to him complete 12 of his 18 passes. hunter left early with a knee injury. 49ers players are excited for the upcoming season but less excited about training camp in the hot sun. but coach jim harbaugh sees a little bit of excitement in his players. as for harbaugh himself, he is happy to be back. >> i'm cheerful undefeated i might be a little bit older, uhm, but i look in the mirror and i see my eyes, undefeated. so i don't know if you could ever is a team that's truly happy. ♪[ music ] >> as a football team or in training camp especially, may not be around a happy team but our team is the least unhappy team i have ever been around. >> and this guy was not happy. last night in kansas city, indians left fielder ryan raburn is unable to make a diving catch on a ball hit by royals getting a double. then disaster. raburn throws a ball right into the ground. that looks like and a andrea nakano throw to me. just a terrible throw. mu stacks scores. the first run in the game and kansas city won 2-1 in 14 innings. he must be so embarrassed. what was that? >> it happens. >> yeah. >> highlights tonight, giants- dodgers and. >> tim lincecum. >> we are keeping an eye on what's going on in amador county a wildfire with 300 acres. we'll have that on nightbeat and update tonight at 10 p.m. on the cw. see you then. captions by: caption colorado [email protected] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nouncer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! 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