garvin: his sense of humor was not one. you see, these days, scott likes to lovingly refer to hennessy place, his coffey park street, as "the flats," because it is, he says. but the night of the fire, there was something else scott was afraid he was going to lose: his sense of community, one he and a tight group of neighbors had built over decades. as scott took one last look before leaving, he feared their connection, just like everything else on this street, might be turning to ash. scott: yeah. garvin: but if that was going to happen, scott decided it wouldn't go down without a fight-- scott: we lived in that street for almost 30 years, and we've done a lot of life together. garvin: which is why, when it came time to celebrate his wife, april's birthday, this week, scott didn't reserve a table or a room at a restaurant. instead, he set up for a party right in the middle of their old cul-de-sac and invited all the old neighbors to return. scott: we have a sense of community that, i hate to say it, but a lot of people don'

if you have a story idea for our bay area proud series, let garvin know about it. >>> nbc bay area's chief meteorologist joins us now and his word is hot. >> yes. h-o-t at least into tomorrow. everybody will be happy with the saturday and sunday forecast. we had some haze here. spare the air alert due to the smoke from the fire knew clayton. you can see the skies are beginning to clear out with lots of blue conditions. it didn't seem like it to some you have but it was cooler today. we're now down the 94 degrees. it's going to stay warm tonight. we're in the 80s at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. we're down into the 70s by 9:00 and 10:00. you really felt the sea breeze today. down across the south bay we had 80s in san jose. currently, that temperature is pretty much perfect. right now 78 degrees. nice night for taking the family out to dinner. we'll stay in the 70s through 8:00. then we'll start to draw to 60s by 9:00 and 10:00. we have the low clouds. the fog coming back. best chance would be near the penins a degrees and also for the north bay, san francisco and the east bay with temperatures s

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if you have a story idea for our nbc bay area proud series, let garvin know about it. you can post on his facebook page. just look up garvin thomas, nbc bay area. >>> coming up, taking down criminals with tesla. the police department that's going electric. >>> and a mild night in san jose. still 67 degrees as we track a warm-up for the workweek, which means more 90s in the forecast for the next few days. a look at that when we come right back. enforcing the law with electric cars. >>> these electric cars, tesla. police in luxembourg added two teslas to their fleet. they hope the speedy cars will help them nab more criminals. tesla started patrolling the streets in may as part of a wider government initiative to reduce its carbon emissions. last august, the government announced plans to transition 10% of the country's state-owned vehicles to hybrid or electric. >>> denzel washington back on top at the box office. his new action film called "the equalizer 2" dominated theaters, raking in more than $35 million in the united states. the first one by the way is a great film

if you have anything, let garvin know about it. look up garvin thomas, nbc bay area. >>> a lot of blue skies. let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> we're checking thunderstorms across the area this afternoon. as we get a view, you can see those thunderstorms blowing up across the sierra. also a little bit of activity out here offshore. i want to get a view of how many lightning strikes we're currently seeing. you can see here 139 of them right now. it's because of that activity we'll keep a slight chance of forecast and also a little bit of a chance as we head into friday as well. i still think for most of us tomorrow morning, we're looking at dry weather. we'll see showers approach the south bay if you want to watch out for that. otherwise fog for peninsula and a little bit of humid here for the tri-valley. you're really going to soo them. the best possibility. 8:00 in the morning. it's still to the south of us. it's throwing out a slight chance in the south bay. as we head through the evening hours, the bulk of it continues to rem

garvin thomas: thank you so much for joining us. among the most difficult and controversial issues facing our communities these days is gun violence. there is no denying though, too many lives are lost to it,

garvin thomas has a story that will make you bay area proud. >> this story begins with an end. the end of a bay area chapter for a national nonprofit due to a lack of profit. what they clearly didn't lack, though, were some dedicated caring volunteers willing to ten, 15, 18.missi, >> each and every monday for the past three months, vicki has been the proud owner of one of the best looking and smelling garages in the south bay. flowers of all kind take over the floor, the tables, and spill out into the driveway. >> oh, my god, the volume of flowers is amazing. >> as a life long lover of flowers, it's a sight vicki adores, but that does not fully explain the magic that is happening here. turning excess beauty into much needed kindness. >> it just is a good thing. just a good thing to do. >> earlier this year, random act of flowers, a national nonprofit that recycles flowers for those in hospitals, hospice, and nursing homes closed down their bay area chapter. >> that last one right here. >> the funds just weren't there, but the need still is, and vicki, who volunteered for random

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> another great story by garvin. here's a check of the forecast. my allergies have been a mess zplchlt. >> i believe it. the smoke and the ash does not help either. air quality is what we've been monitoring with the two active wildfires burning right nearby, and it's already getting smoke in parts of the area. this is a shot of walnut creek. there's light to orange hues, and you noticed last night that orange sunset. the reason for that is back of the smoke. you can see this is where those yolo county fires are burning. you see the plume of smoke going down as far as the san francisco area. it was a lot more noticeable overnight and during the day. several people tweeted me and tagged me in photos of ash on the vehicles, but there's going to be a shift in the wind. they were normal therly and nowy are beginning south blowing smoke into the sacramento area. despite that, the smoke advisory is in effect, but air quality remains moderate because of that smoke and ark, and in the so sous -- south bay is it's fairly okay

garv garvin thomas has her story. >> reporter: this sorry begins with an end. the end of a bay area chapter for a national nonprofit due to a lack of funding. what they didn't lack were dedicated caring volunteers willing to carry on the mission. each and every monday for the past three months, vicky has been the proud owner of one of the best looking and smelling garages in the south bay. flowers of all kinds take over the floor, tables and spill out into the driveway. >> the volume of flowers is amazing. >> reporter: as a life long lover of flowers, it is a sight she adores, but that does not fully explain the magic that is happening here, turning excess beauty into much needed kindness. >> it just is a good thing. just a good thing do. >> reporter: random act of flowers that recycles flowers into free bouquets for those in hospitals, hospice and nursing homes closed down their bay area chapter. the funds just weren't there. but the need still is. and vicky, who volunteered for random act just couldn't let that need go unmet. and offered up her garage and her

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garvin thomas, nbc bay area. >> wow. good for her. >> bay area strong and bay area proud. >> that's right. >> we'll be right back. -video o >>> would you take a look at this? just in to the newsroom. video of cars getting through highway 1 south of big sur. this is -- it's been closed down since may of 2017. because of a mudslide in that area. took them that long to clean things up. there they go. slowly but surely. look at the fog there in the area, as well. >> also reporters on the road. >> people are like i just want to get through. now all the way to san simeon. >> nice. can't wait to drive it myself. >> waving. see ya, everybody. going on a road trip. yep. cool weather there. >> you can see it's foggy but inland areas are really going to heat up, talking about some 90s and tracking the humidity, as well. >> might have to head for the coast. thanks so much for joining us. see you tomorrow morning. >> 4:30 "today in the bay." have a good one. >>> we are live, in five, four, three, two, one! >> oh, don't do it. >> ah!

nbc bay area's garvin thomas explains in a story that will make you "bay area proud." >> reporter: eileen francisco's reaction, believe it or not, was 500 miles? i'll run that, in one month. and in the process, help some animals in need. >> okay. so i think i'm set. i don't think i need anything else. >> reporter: of all the things eileen francisco bought in order to get ready for a 500-mile run, the shoes, the water, the sunscreen, one thing will tell you more about this san mateo 46-year-old than any other. eileen bought these. >> i bought crutches. i'm going to buy crutches because if it comes to that, i'm going to finish this thing on crutches. >> reporter: you see, the word "can't" is probably in eileen's vocabulary. just don't expect to hear it, ever. >> anything is possible. absolutely anything is possible. >> reporter: eileen said she learned that at the age of 28 when without any athletic background, she finished her first marathon. she moved on to ultra marathons and 100-mile runs, each time proving to herself that, yes, anything was possible. and so last march when her nephew a

garvin converts the photos to three d. animated images. this is what the temples might have looked like. but he says he's running out of time to complete his work. what's incredible is that the rate of erosion has been much faster over the past seventy years than it has been in the past four thousand five hundred years and that is not just because they've been uncovered bottom because you have aspects such as us in the rain lucian carbon monoxide and so on but actually accelerate so it's not just the period of time since they've been uncovered but since you've got all these modern body mutants this is really accelerating the rate fell for ocean. this is the house our team temple complex on the main island it's a major tourist attraction and. the canopy is designed to protect the site from the elements and slow the process of erosion. you know all these temples are a thousand years older than stone age which for a country that's a colony of britain this becomes a. big thing all of a sudden our near lithic is a thousand years older than the

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> nice family. no kidding. >> we'll be right back. "jurassic world: fallen kingdom" >>> another win at the box office for the dinosaur. >> took the number one spot again this weekend. bringing the worldwide total more than $900 million. won't be long before it crosses over the billion dollar mark. "incredibles 2" in second. >>> the star of the "wedding singer" taking on the role of extra for a bride and groom unsuspected. surprise! that's adam sandler. sandler just happened to be eating lunch at the park in m t montreal. they had just spoken with him. he showed up behind them and then the couple said he stayed for a couple staged photos. made it more special and could not talk him into rubber chicken at the reception. >> going through the tv and just next channel, next channel. it is always on. >> always. >> that and "m.a.s.h." >> i was like who is that. >> bride is like can you shave it off? >> july fourth forecast? >> looks really good and slightly cooler than today. our cooling trend continues and we're dipping to upper 70s for the

we did a kick starter campaign, we that -- the big thug is work with a wonderful designer, courtney garvin, and changed the whole look of the book. update it and made it quite beautiful, and both a beautiful object and one that communicates well. so, anyway, that's just -- now here we are. should say, this is the inaugural event since the book has been printed. officially hasn't been published yet, won't be published until june 26th but i'm glad to be here to do this initial event at ucsd for a lot of of reasons, and it is, however, available for preorder but it won't be published until june 26th. so, i'm really glad to have had a chance to share it with you. any other questions? [inaudible question] i think it's helpful to be able to look beyond it and imagine we might come to a period of resolution, but i'd be interested in your thoughts about why this -- why this period is of necessity so conflictual. >> host: just at the point of transition between acceleration and deceleration, which means it's a point of transition between the vantage of epic a values and the advantage of epic b valu

g garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> unbelievable story there. thank you. >>> what are the conditions outside? i walked into work and saw the smoke outside the station, just right outside. >> this time of year, really, the conditions are bone dry in the hills, and temperatures are close to 90 degrees earlier, and from here, unfortunately, things will be hotter and drier, other than bay side. you may not notice much of a change. sea breeze is not totally going away, just inland influence across the valleys and hill tops. that is subject to change over the next couple days. sun is out in san francisco, a pleasant change from yesterday. 67, winds coming in off the ocean at 21 miles per hour. you see emeryville warmer today, still in the low 70s with mostly sunny skies. view in concord shows you this is one of the areas we are wa h watching as numbers climb to the mid-90s in the my middle of the week, and today, 80s. humidity is dry at 31%, and san jose at 91 degrees, and haze and smoke in freemont. there's the view as air crews are having good visib

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story idea for the bay area proud series, post it on his facebook page. >>> coming up in the next half hour on nbc bay area news at 5:00, we go back live to napa county as crews there continue to battle the field fire and emotions run high for homeowners who came back to find nothing left. >>> a chp crackdown in the east bay, the dangerous stunt that led to arrests. ai ing >>> right now at 5:00, remains a developing situation in napa county as firefighters try to control the flames as people return home to find out what's left. the news at 5:00 starts now. thank you so much for joining us. >> the steel fire there in napa county burned for 24 hours now. >> yeah. the flames are 60% contain tonight. the fire is burning in the bear highlands, which is southing and most road closures have been lifted, but headlands drive remain closed. >> we are live in napa county with the latest on that. >> reporter: well, these homes sit on the top of a hill, at least the neighborhood, and i want to show you what is left here. for people who evacuated

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up, two high-stakes matches go the distance and thrill fans. another dramatic day of action. we'll tell you what happened today that hasn't happened since the 1980s. >>> and a much needed cool down already under way. it's coming in the form of a marine layer for the san francisco area right now, 57 degrees. we'll talk about the cooldown on the way and also an update on the smoke conditions expected for the workweek because of the wildfires coming up. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. >>> if you spent anytime outside, surely you've felt it. the heat, the wind, the allergies, right? >> we got a lot of pictures from you guys f