The person also left a message that reads, all evil will be eradicated. The implication is that lgbt people are evil and they will be wiped out. I felt threatened by it if thats what youre asking or scared or nervous. Reporter with the help of witnesses Clayton Police arrested two people. Prosecutors are charging 22 yearold john hearst of concord with hate crime, arson and vandalism. Police released the other man. Its disturbing and its been surprising to me how much anger and hate, um, this brings about. Reporter i went to the suspects home and talked to his father. The father is aware of the arrest but says he is not sure why his son burned the flag. As for the church, the pastor is ready to forgive and would like to talk to the suspect. We are going to approach even those people who do this kind of thing with love compassion forgiveness and reconciliation. Reporter even with the arrest, she says it wont be the last time someone vandalizes the flag. They put grease on the cross to pr
On the elcamino northbound in the southbound lanes. The car was going in the wrong lanes and it seemed real dangerous and im surprised that nobody really got hurt more than they did. Reporter the driver and the sheriff sergeant were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. It began around 7 00 a. M. Firefighters came out to help, but the driver refused and sped away. It was next spotted at the belmont safe way when the driver crashed into the front door and sped away again. By this time, patrol cars were in pursuit. The quick thinking of a sheriffs sergeant, he used his patrol car to push her off the roadway and on to the sidewalk. If it hadnt been for the quick thinking of the sergeant, he would have traveled the wrong way and would have caused an accident. Reporter the suspect identified as 54 year old Karen Teichmann of san carlos was still in the hospital late this afternoon. Charges against her are still pending. Police are investigating another crash that left a w
Higher for the next three hours. Turn off any unnecessary lights and unplug unused electronic devices. Lets take you to walnut creek. Some people braving the heat. Al fresco picante. A lot of empty tables as well. People trying to stay cool any way they can. Stay inside. Im very fortunate to have ac, which i know not everyone has. But, you know, just trying to play it where i can. Luckily a lot of the stores here keep it cool. So you can kind of hop in there and save yourself a little bit of the heat. Its really a hot day for everyone, including the homeless and the crews clearing out that big encampment near Mineta International in san jose. Its a huge monthlong task. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us from the encampment where many People Living there were moved from one side of the site to the other. Robert . Reporter san jose is sweeping out this encampment near Guadalupe Gardens in sections. So today work crews began clearing out the first designated zone forcing those who live t
South bay homeless encampment. We begin with a big change in the weather, certainly looks and feels a lot different outside. Those hot, sunny skies are going in their place, overcast skies, and with them a chance of showers. Hows that sound . News at 5 00 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. And lets get right to roy mayeda. Its a roller coaster. Theyve been seeing a bigger impact in southern california. Weve enjoyed the fact that the temperatures have cooled off. No sign of 100 degree temperatures or even 90 on the map, finally, big cooldown there for our inland valleys. Most places 20 to 30 degrees cooler than the same time yesterday. You probably noticed the haze in the air, the wildfire smoke lingering. Were expecting that again tomorrow due to fires ongoing in oregon and mainly the mosquito fire smoke, which is drifting from east to west around the bay area. So now good news heading into tomorrow and monday well begin to see some better air quality as we al
Not only making things tough on crews, its also drifting into the bay area. Meteorologist rob mayeda has more. Most places started off the weekend a good 20 to 30 degrees cooler. But the issue is that air quality. A lot of smoke were seeing outside is due to the smoke from the mosquitorifting east to west, away from the sierra into the bay area. And for another day tomorrow well see moderate levels of smoke pollution due to that wildfire smoke drifting in from the east. Better news for us in terms of air quality as we move forward tomorrow into monday. Better air quality here. But if you have plans up toward the sierra, aqi levels above 500. Hazardous is over 300. This is 500 at lake tahoe, preventing aircraft from getting in the air and helping to fight that fire, the mosquito fire on the west slope of the sierra. Scattered showers south of lake tahoe. Weve seen a few at the Central Coast and at times a few showers passing by the bay area. Were seeing a few of those right now moving t