right now on the afternoon edition, a major blow to san francisco's struggling downtown. macy's is closing down the massive flagship store. the retail giant plans to keep it open until the end of the year. they will put the property up for sale. the store is a landmark in union square and opened in 1947. earlier today macy's announced it will shut down 156 stores. they are calling it a bold new chapter. the shut down will mark one of the biggest retail closures and after nordstrom closed its doors. and they lost several

retail stores during the pandemic. a controversial measure that will change the way police fight crime. good afternoon, i'm ryan yamamoto. the most expensive measure, prop e. it would give police more power to use surveillance technology, ease restrictions on car chases. critics argue it would reduce transparency but supporters say the recent burglary in the sunset district is an example why it's necessary. police got there when the suspects were getting away. they could not chase them because the crime did not meet the criteria. how prop e would change that. >> reporter: kira was driving this blue s.u.v. when a police chase ended in a fairy crash on the other side of the bay bridge last december. keegan wasn't the suspect but she said the suspect crashed into her vehicle after fleeing a

crime in san francisco. nearly three months later, getting in the car, even to get to work, remains a challenge. >> i was in a lot of shock. i was very disoriented, really couldn't process what happened to me. the pain didn't really set in until around, you know, five minutes after i got out of my vehicle. and i just wanted to see if my pham -- wanted to see my family. >> reporter: she was lucky to walk away with mine injuries. during her recovering she heard about proposition e. it would include facial recognition software and lesson the power of the police commission. it would broaden police chase policy to include certain

misdemeanors. for keegan, that is what she is fighting to prevent. >> it really field like the police chase in san francisco are out of control. i was upset to see that they are hoping to expand that. >> reporter: backed by mayor london breed and the police union, the proposition gained over a million in fund-raising. supporters like tracy mcrae says it will give the sfpd more nonlethal resources that they believe will boost public safety. >> people that want to commit crimes think we won't chase after them or try to apprehend them. will they feel more em bowl dented to commit more. we need more tools. when we feel a pursuit crossed that threshold to be more dangerous than maybe apprehending him at the time, it would be nice if we could lift a drone up and say they can follow. >> reporter: she says the measure could help combat the

chronic under staffing issues and currently being supplemented by millions in overtime costs. >> leveling the playing field, getting tools and technology to help us because we are not pulling in people in to this profession at the rate that we used to. >> reporter: but for keegan, it's investments in community resources that she believes are the answer to public safety. >> one of the people driving the vehicle was 17 years old. i think we need to invest in people to prevent people from doing bad things that hurt other people. >> reporter: hopeful she can return to a feeling of safety and security in the city she strives to grow with. >> the recent poll shows proposition e has about 61% of voter support in san francisco and 37% oppose it. it's primary day in michigan. president biden is facing a big political test because in michigan, voters

have the option of voting uncommitted to candidates on the ballot. he faces pop session from people critical of the war between israel and hamas. former president donald trump is expected to dominate nikki haley. she is not going down without a fight. first alert weather, more snow is expected to fall in the sierra as we look at the conditions on i-80 at soda springs. a sneak peek at the forecast with meteorologist jessica burch . >> all throughout the bay, upper 50s and lower 60s. light onshore winds and clear conditions. it looks different out the window compared to yesterday during this time when we saw rain sweep throughout the bay area. today is tuesday. looking nice. we see dry conditions in the forecast tomorrow, too. temperatures tomorrow will be warmer than what we have right now. we could see upper 60s in the

north bay. the warmth in the thursday forecast, it's a big game exchange for us. a new system moves in bringing rain throughout the thursday forecast, friday, saturday and tapers into sunday. this is the system we are talking about. area of low pressure moving in from the gulf of alaska. it will bring in an inch on average from thursday to sunday. plenty of snow in the sierra and pacific northwest. it clears up into the sunday forecast. then drier conditions next week. a young bay area woman was strangled to death and police say her accused killer is her boyfriend. it happened at sea bright state beach early friday morning. they say samuel stone made the 911 call. the victim's identity has not been released but we know the 21-year-old woman from the bay area was living in santa cruz and attending school there. in berkeley, half a century

of battles to see this happen. in 1969 students faced off with riot police over the face of people's park. now that park is lined with shipping containers. the university took it to build student housing. kenny choi reports some activists say the fight to take back people's park is far from over. >> reporter: long timber include resident harvey smith is fighting to keep people's park in the current state. >> it's a political space, recreational space. >> reporter: smith is an organizer for the district advocacy group. he attended cal and once worked for the university but opposed the plan to build housing on the open space. >> this is the university of california fully capable of maintaining a beautiful well kept park.

>> reporter: some 100 park supporters came bringing together staff, students and community advocates. smith said student housing can be built elsewhere on uc property. >> despite what the administration says, there is broad support on this campus for maintaining the park and i think people understand the false choice between having to choose a park and student housing. >> reporter: university officials say there is an urgent need for housing and that the project will provide student housing for more than 1100 under graduates and provide permanent support of housing for more than 100 unhoused and people of low income. alex knox is director of telegraph district. >> we are excited to see it moving forward. optimistic that it will go through. >> reporter: his organization recently installed planters at dwight try an al stone's throw from the park. they want to put

it as a gathering space. they think keeping the park as it is didn't broaden the community. >> they didn't think it was somewhere they were welcome to go and enjoy. >> reporter: smile is hoping to recruit more support on campus. >> we hope to mobilize folks, teaching staff and more students. students have been involved in the beginning. >> reporter: an unrelenting battle as smith's lawsuit to stop the project will be decided by the state's supreme court. >> university officials say the project will preserve and revitalize 60% of the site and it will create permanent commemoration of the site's history. still ahead streaming on cbs news bay area, a piece of art that is a death trap for birds is getting fixed. the bay area artist behind the metal makeover. a live look outside before you head to the break.

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next year. the nearly 40-year-old attraction closed abruptly last summer. back to the first alert weather. this is back toward the peninsula. a beautiful day on tap. nice and clear. sunny skies. good to see the sunshine. let's check back in with meteorologist jessica burch. >> clear blue 22. that's what we say in aviation. we will see a repeat of that in the forecast tomorrow. but once we head into the thursday forecast, that's the big game changer as we see a system moving in from the north bringing us another series of showers that will last throughout thursday, friday and saturday as we head into the afternoon hours, widespread showers throughout the bay and it tapers into sunday. that exact same system will bring in heavy snow for our friends up in the sierra. it moves in from the gulf of alaska. as it swirls toward us into late this week, we will see about an inch of rain on average from wine country to the santa clara

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