new video tonight of the volcano erupting in hawaii. the lava continues to spew, threatening neighborhoods. tonight that lava is splashing onto local streets as dozens leave their homes. >> you can see the structures and homes below. more than 24 hours of this hot and dangerous mess. to make matters worse, the earthquakes continue, which triggers the lava flow on the big island. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us with the latest. >> reporter: scientists say this eruption could last for days or

weeks. while the movement of the lava appears to be slow, authorities say the people living nearby need to leave because the volcano is also releasing toxic gas. tonight cracks in the side of a hawaii volcano are growing, spewing out lava, even pulsing at times, splattering into forests and onto streets. two homes have been significantly damaged, and there are now at least six fissures on the east side of hawaii's big island. emergency responders frantically evacuating more than 1,700 people. this instagram video shows the burning bits of earth flung into the air along with ash and toxic gas. the volcanic activity paired with a magnitude 6.9 earthquake today jolting this home and family, shaking entire grocery stores. dozens of aftershocks have hit as of late tonight. >> we're expecting there were going to be changes. >> reporter: this family just arrived in san jose tonight

after a visit to hawaii. they were on the volcano days before these eruptions began. >> it was kind of exciting. it was a little bit like i wish we were there to still see it. then we're really glad we're not there and actually coming back to the states. >> reporter: after traveling like they are, hawaii airlines is allowing travelers to the big island a one-time reservation change. united also announced it's allowing some changes. make sure to check with your airline. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> we invite you to stay with us through the weekend for the latest from hawaii. our facebook and twitter feeds are great resources for this breaking news. our handle, @nbc bay area. happening tonight, a dui crackdown during a very busy weekend in san jose. take a look live at a chp checkpoint. people waiting in line to go through th checkpoint. tomorrow is cinco demaio. this just in to the

newsroom, a fire burning in antioch. you can tell from this picture. firefighters have their work cut out for them. not only protecting the land but boats as well. the fire sparked near the antioch marina. we don't know much else other than it broke out sometime before 8:00. the cause of this fire is unknown at this time. a man who targets women near the uc berkeley campus may be off the streets tonight. take a look. you can see a woman here fighting off this attacker near campus. she says he had a gun and tried to assault her, but she was able to break free and get away. police think they have their man. alfonso mckinnis, seen here, is accused of another crime as well. just two weeks ago, a teenage girl was walking near cal when she says a man grabbed her, held a gun to her head, and assaulted her in a nearby yard. robocalls in mandarin are flooding the bay area. it is deceptive because the calls usually come from a local area code. these calls are aimed at scamming people out of money.

jean elle has more. jean? >> reporter: people here in chinatown and all over the bay area are getting these calls. sometimes daily. the robocall is impersonating the chinese consulate, demanding credit card information or a bank transfer. robocalls in mandarin are lighting up cell phones across the bay area. >> usually it's in the morning, 9:00. sometimes i'm still sleeping, and it's also ways so annoying. >> reporter: the calls are more than annoying. they're a scam. >> you have a package delivered to the embassy. >> reporter: the robocall is impersonating the chinese consulate, telling mandarin speakers to get the package, they must provide credit card information or other personal information, a trick some fall for. >> no one should be asking for

your credit card information over the phone. >> reporter: the district attorney's office and the police department are reaching out to the asian community, warning people not to become a victim. >> it's going to be almost impossible to get your money back once you've sent it to a foreign country. >> reporter: the federal trade commission even issued a warning saying it's happening across the country, urging people to hang up and report it. scammers make it hard to screen the calls because the caller i.d. number is often local. but really the scammer is falsifying the information sent to your phone. it's called spoofing. some businesses are getting so many callbacks, they've recorded a message for victims who are calling with a message of their own. >> hey, stop calling me. >> reporter: the district attorney's office is doing a lot of community outreach with the asian-american community, including handing out these fans with warnings and contact information, hoping education will help prevent people from

becoming victims. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. i get those calls about once a week. a disgruntled tenant shot his landlord. we're getting a clearer picture about yesterday's shooting. 71-year-old victor lugo, who was living in that apartment complex, shot the landlord and the landlord's daughter because of a pending eviction. lugo then turned the gun on himself. 30-year-old sabrina liu, her father, 84-year-old leonard, remains in intensive care but is expected to survive. >> busted for stealing an officer's gun and badge and not just any officer. it was the gilroy police chief's. louis grew beck jr. is accused of stealing a truck in modesto while the chief was in town to attend a graduation. the chief admits he violated the law passed in 2016 that requires police to lock up their gones in

an unattended vehicle. >> i have to make sure whatever the consequences for me is going to be consistent with whatever it would be for somebody else in the future. otherwise i have no credibility. >> the chief tells us he got the truck back, but everything in the truck is gone, including that gun. a chef out of lafayette is accused of doing something criminal outside the kitchen, robbing a bank. it happened at a citibank in orinda on wednesday morning. valentino luchin made off with about $18,000. he used to be the owner and executive chef at ottavio in walnut creek. police say someone caught a glimpse of luchin's license plate as he drove away and that's how police tracked him down. new at 11:00, not in my backyard. a new facility to help young girls recover from sex trafficking is getting a cold shoulder from its neighbors. some of these girls are as young as 12 years old. our reporters joins us from the oakland hills where the neighbors are putting up a

fight. tom? >> reporter: one of the reasons they don't want it here is because it's so close to this school. a classic case of not in my backyard. neighbors say they shouldn't be judged too harshly. >> the neighbors right now are really unhappy with how this got rolled out. >> reporter: suzette and william say they just want to protect children in their neighborhood. >> now we're being vilified as if we are somehow wrong for being concerned about our own children. >> reporter: the two are upset about this. a new facility set to open in the coming weeks. it will be home and a therapy center for 12 girls between the ages of 12 and 17, all victims of sex trafficking. it's called claire's house, and it's journaliust a couple hundr from a school. >> our children go to that school. we have two daughters, 6 and 9 years old. i can imagine them wanting to know who lives over there. >> so many questions have not been answered, and i feel that it is reckless. >> reporter: neighbors met to

discuss concerns tonight. they also say the home is too close to international boulevard where some of the girls may have been trafficked and where some of the people who were trafficking them could still be operating. >> there's not much distance for a pimp to take his car and drive up through our neighborhood. >> reporter: the director of claire's house says she's heard it before. put it somewhere else. >> i always want to know what the zip code is of somewhere else. >> reporter: she's frustrated these girl who's have been victimized by sex traffickers aren't being welcomed and supported by their new neighbors. >> we hope that we can change the hearts and minds of people who perhaps don't even understand how they are contributing to these young people's rejection. >> reporter: in oakland, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. some encouraging news tonight. former president george h.w. bush is back at home after spending nearly two weeks in the hospital. mr. bush was discharged from houston methodist hospital earlier today. a statement from the family says he's doing well and he's happy to return home. the 41st president was admitted

just a day after the funeral of his wife, barbara bush. it's opening night of the california republican party convention down in san diego. ers that a lot at stake. who will the republicans endorse for governor? with the june primary just a month away, assemblyman travis allen and businessman john cox are fighting for that endorsement. this is a critical time for california. we are now the fifth largest economy in the world. that's according to new data released today by the federal government. next tuesday night, we are partnering with the silicon valley community foundation for an exclusive gubernatorial debate. it will air statewide. six of the top candidates, you see them here, including democrats gavin newsom and antonio villaraigosa, will be with us. you can watch it live right here on nbc bay area. it will be moderated by political director for nbc, chuck todd. chuck and i will be asking the questions to the candidates, but we also want to know what you would ask. you can tweet us your questions or log on to our facebook page to submit your questions. a mechanic's risky test

drive into oncoming traffic and faster than 100 miles an hour. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we investigate and discover why the state can't discipline him or any other mechanic. plus injured and stranded overnight on the face of a cliff. the world famous rock climber from the bay area who survived a frightening fall on yosemite's el capitan. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. after plenty of sunshine and 80s today, a system is approaching from the coast, and we'll tell you exactly what this will mean for your weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes. there's only one word for the all new

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>> good evening, guys. we hear about auto repair disasters all the time, but this particular case stood out as soon as it came in to our team. this case here involves a person who just wanted to take their car in for simple repairs, but it turns out the mechanic took unnecessary risks with his car. >> i mean the car is meant to be a fun car. >> reporter: jeff chatterton's dodge challenger is a fun ride. >> it's a great car. >> reporter: the tag literally spells it out. >> the license plate says joyrider. >> reporter: jeff says a mechanic recently took that as a invitation. he says this dealer worked on the differential and the radio. when jeff picked up his car, he found it had been driven 20 miles. >> i thought that seemed pretty excessive for something i described as something you could reproduce in a parking lot. >> he looked at his trip computer and it showed two test

drives plus a disturbing new top speed. >> 114 miles an hour and the g force meters pegged out in pretty much every direction. >> reporter: california's speed limit varies. >> 55 miles per hour. 25 miles per hour. 65 miles per hour. >> reporter: but 114? >> nowhere within the state at 114 miles per hour. >> reporter: puzzled, jeff turned to his dash cam, which automatically records at startup. it got one test drive where the car goes the wrong way on stephens creek boulevard. the 114-mile-an-hour test drive was missing. >> before they even pulled out of the parking lot, they made sure to disconnect the dash cam. >> reporter: jeff confronted the dealer but wasn't satisfied they were taking him seriously. that went on for weeks. >> never got an apology. >> reporter: jeff wanted accountability, so he contacted us. we notice the his invoice has an entry for the mekennic's license number, so we contacted the state to look it up. but -- >> the mechanics themselves are not registered. >> reporter: california licenses dozens of professionals,

including doctors, barbers, boxers, and even furniture up holsterers, but the state does not license auto mechanics. the national institute for automotive excellence told united states only two states and a couple florida counties license individual mechanics. in california, repair shops are licensed. >> we would license and register the repair dealer, and they're responsible for the actions of their employees. >> reporter: we contacts stephens creek dodge. it acknowledged the joyride but declined to discuss it on camera. the dealer then said it suspended jeff's mechanic without pay for three days. if jeff is unhappy with that outcome, he can file a complaint with the state, joining about 15,000 others who speak up each year about auto repairs gone wrong. >> we use consumer complaints to help monitor a shop's business practices. >> reporter: jeff is mulling a complaint, but he's sure of one thing. he'll decline a loaner car the next time his joyrider is in the shop. >> i think i'll sit in the

garage now, from now on, and just kind of watch the car while they do the services. >> reporter: if you are uncomfortable with a stranger from the shop driving your car alone, why not insist on going along for all the test drives you know what? if the garage says no, walk away and just find a shop that will say yes. >> that's crazy. >> i think it's a pretty good idea. just sit there and keep an eye on it. >> very good. thank you, chris. >> if you have a consumer complaint, please give chris and his team a call. they receive a lot of calls each day, and they're happy to receive and respond to each one of them. 1-888-996-tips or simply log on to nbcbayarea.com/respond. the weekend is here. i'm so excited. >> me too. >> i'm suffering from allergies. >> janelle's a little cloggy right now. >> i'm under the influence of benadryl. >> oh, my gosh. >> and zyzal.

>> i know a lot of folks across the bay area are suffering from a lot of pollen floating around right now. it's pine, oak, and walnut trees. we'll see a little bit of relief tomorrow with the possibility of some drizzle. that's coming from this system out here offshore. this does look pretty potent, but by all accounts, any kind of rainfall with this would be heading off to the north. for us, we're primarily looking at some clouds that will be moving in. that's going to be a big, big change for us. as we hit your saturday, i know it's your weekend. we had beautiful weather today, but it's how things are laying out for us. tomorrow morning's forecast, you can see the cloud cover that will be in place from the south bay over to the tri-valley. temperatures in the low 50s. more widespread overcast for the east bay, san francisco, and the north bay with potentially some drizzle right there in san francisco and 50 to start. let's give you more of that top-down view of our hour by hour forecast. 7:00 tomorrow morning, here's the cloud cover we've been talking about. pretty extensive for the bay

area. also expensive to live here. it kind of came out there. as we head through the afternoon, you'll see once we hit 1:00, the big change in tomorrow is that widespread cloud cover. that will stay in place. we may get a little bit of sunshine poking out once we hit about 5:30 in the afternoon. so any kind of late barbecue you have up here in the north bay down to about san francisco, you might get some sun rays then. but overall, cooling temperatures coming our way for tomorrow with that cloud cover on the increase. that's going to put us in the south bay at 74 here in san jose. a little milder for morgan hill and gilroy. still overall a decrease in temperatures tomorrow by about four to seven degrees. 76 in concord. 77 in antioch. 73 in fremont. dropping in oakland down to 64 degrees. for the peninsula, 70 in redwood city. heading to san francisco, winds will be kicking up out of the west at 16 miles per hour. gusting in the low 20s. it's going to feel chilly right along the embarcadero. napa and sonoma, temperatures in

the low 70s and dropping even down to 69 in santa rosa. on my extended forecast, if you're looking for more sunshine, i do have it. sunday should offer us more sun than we're going to get on saturday. that might be your day for you. low 60s continuing as we head throughout the next seven days here in san francisco. cities away from the coastline, notice our temperature trend. you can see 76 for tomorrow with our clouds down to 71 on sunday. then we're back up to 80 on monday. but nothing too hot coming over the next seven days. we usually average our first 90 degree day about this time of the year and that is not happening on this extended forecast. kind of lucky at least when it comes to those temperatures. hey, we didn't forget. cinco de mayo, huge celebration tomorrow in the mission and san francisco. valencia street between 21st and 24th streets. bring your jacket. have a lot of fun. there's going to be plenty to do out there. music, food, you name it. >> we still have 40 minutes to tell jeff may the 4th be with

you. >> i like that. up next, he lives to tell about t. a bay area rock climber's story of survival after falling high up on yosemite's el capitan. and we have jimmy. >> hey, guys. tonight we've got john goodman, zoe lister-jones, josh blue, and thank you notes. plus puppies predict the kentucky derby. stay tuned. and happening now, a recall warning to tell you about. texas based eddie packing company is recalling nearly 50,000 pounds of smoked sausage. the usda says there's possible plastic contamination. those products are sold in several states including here in california. if you purchased any of the items, you can return them for a full refund. more details at nbcbayarea.com.

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a renowned rock climber is recovering in the hospital tonight after falling off yosemite's el capitan high up there. he didn't fall off, but he was high up there hiking. hans florine had been climbing for more than seven hours yesterday afternoon when he fell 23 feet, plun rgeged over and c to a stop. park rangers say it happened too late in the day to rescue him so he had to spend the night on the rock. >> the initial injury can be bad, but not getting treatment immediately can be really debt rhyt detrimental. >> he broke bones in his left ankle and right heel.

a minivan belonging to way mo. in happened in the phoenix suburb of chandler today. investigators say a car swerved across and hit the mini man. this is the second self-driving car crash in the phoenix area in the past two months. way mo released a statement reading our team's mission is to make our roads safer. we are concerned about the well being and safety of our test driver and wish her a full recovery. not just hockey, but also politics. the sharks are filing a lawsuit against the planned bart extension into downtown san jose. the team is worried about events at the sap center being disrupted by the construction of an underground bart tunnel. they're also concerned about fans losing parking access when bart's station in built. the lawsuit names the bta, which is doing the heavy lifting on both the tunnel and the new train station. vta is not commenting. i had a bad dream that the

sharks and bwarriors both lost playoff games. >> it's a reality. >> we'll show you how and what's next, next. stay with us.

well, did that just happen? >> it did. >> oh, my goodness. the warriors road to another

championship hit a bump tonight in new orleans. >> a sobering loss to put it mildly. game three, the pelicans kind of just pushed around steph curry and the warriors tonight. drew holiday right past steph on his way to the rack. the pelicans blew this game open with a 10-2 run in the third quarter. usually the warriors doing this. this time it's new orleans. pelicans win 119-1 hundred. the warriors still lead this series two games to one. the sharks are in a bit of trouble in their playoff series. >> elvis. >> in the house. >> three of them. sharks were trailing 4-1 but made a spifrted comeback in the third period. follow the bouncing puck. finally slaps it in right there. the sharks were trailing 4-3. they pulled their goalie but it didn't work. you see it there with the empty-netter for vegas. the golden knights win this game 5-3. they lead the series 3-2. here's the bottom line. game six sunday evening in san

jose. it's a must-win for the shark kis. baseball tonight, the giants in atlanta. they exploded for six runs in the second inning. highlighted by this play right here at home. alan hansen is initially called out but the replay shows he touched home before being tagged. the run scores and the giants beat the braves 9-4. the a's back at the coliseum tonight hosting the orioles. how's this for starters? first inning, chris davis with a three-run homer. a's beat the orioles 6-4. >> you should be a sportscaster. >> i learned from the best. >> we're back in a moment. stay with us.

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the legal requirement for certain dealerships. our consumer investigator finds out - if they follow the law. and of course - coverage of breaking news as you start your day. see you monday! )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . finally tonight, you know those little kiddie bounce houses for little kids? this isn't it. we have the biggest bounce house in the world, and it's here in the bay area this weekend. it's all part of the big bounce america tour. it's 10,000 square feet. it holds up to 200 people at one time. how come we didn't get to try this out today? >> slam dunk, ooh. >> 200 people at one time. if you want to try it, it's at the twin creeks sports complex

in sunnyvale through the weekend. if you can't make it tomorrow or sunday, you can bounce around at twin creeks in sunnyvale the following weekend as well. >> that is so much fun. look, a climbing tower. >> that guy doesn't look exhausted at all either. >> what a great job. he's the crew, the bounce house crew. >> we will be out there tomorrow -- we should be out there tomorrow. twin creeks in sunnyvale if you want to go. thanks for joining us. have a good weekend. >> bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- john goodman, zoe lister-jones, comedian josh blue, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 8-6-5! knoxville!