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with elizabeth cook. a convicted killer back in court. scott peterson is fighting for his freedom more than 20 years since the case began. she lost her daughter in a tragic hit and run. now, how two strangers are helping this mom find closure. the rain is gone and signs of spring are on the way. we are tracking the warm-up in our first alert weather. thank you for joining us. i'm elizabeth cook. we start with a case that continues to have a hold on the nation. the murder of laci peterson, the conviction of her husband scott and now a new legal move. anne makovec is following that and other news headlines. >> a lot of twists and turns in the scott peterson case already over the years. now, likely even more on the way. right now, he is serving a life sentence without parole for the murders of his pregnant wife laci and their unborn son. he is fighting to get his case

retried with new help on his side. our max darrow was at the courthouse in san mateo county. >> around 20 years later, this case continues and scott peterson was back in a san mateo county courtroom. the legal proceedings today were relatively brief, about 45 minutes and it sets the tone for what will be a lengthy process. the judge set three hearing dates that we will be keeping our eyes on, one in april, one in may and one in july. inside the courtroom today, peterson appeared via zoom. he did not speak much outside of saying formalities like yes, your honor. he did appear relatively calm and confident. he is represented now by the l.a. innocence project. there are three big motions pending. the big one at play, a postconviction dna testing motion, specifically surrounding a van that was near the peterson's home that was involved in a burglary either at or near the time of lacey's disappearance. it is really significant that the l.a. innocence project took this case. >> the l.a. innocence project

taking this case up corroborates as pretty good evidence that that organization, which only represents people who, the project believes is innocent, and can be exonerated by dna evidence, has taken this up. >> peterson's case has stretched on since the early 2000's. in 2004, he was convicted of murdering laci . in 2005, he was sentenced to death. in 2020, california supreme court overturned his death sentence after they determined there was an issue with the rescreening from his original trial. in 2021, he was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. in 2022, he was moved off of death row at san quentin. we were back in court in 2022 as he has his defense team pushed for a new trial based on the allegation of juror misconduct but after a series of hearings that stretched across 2022, a judge

ultimately denied him relief and did not grant him a new trial. now, in 2024, this legal process continues and it will be a lengthy one. janie peterson, scott peterson's sister and one of his fiercest defenders and advocates of his innocence was here at court today but she did not address the media after the proceedings wrapped up. other news headlines. hazmat crews investigating a mysterious liquid in martinez. it just determined it was not hazardous. it was centered around an abandoned trailer near a water treatment plant on pacheco avenue. ways asked neighbors to shelter in place while they investigated. since then, crews were able to take a sample of that substance and do some testing where they found that it was not hazardous. the bta says it has been hit by two dozen cases of copper theft this year. the agency says the thieves cost more than half $1 million in damage. in some cases, even disabled warning lights and gates. deputies arrested two people. investigators have not

determined how many cases they could be connected to. an update on deadly overdoses in the san francisco. the number of people who have died from accidental overdoses was down slightly in february over january with 64 deaths last month. the number was up notably from february of the previous year when 52 people died. >> each life lost reaffirms our mission to reduce overdose death and reduce the racial disparities in overdose deaths among people losing their lives . >> a second suspect is under arrest in connection with a deadly shooting at a parking lot in san jose. police have identified that person as gerald williams jr.. the shooting happened along marquart avenue on february 29. police say a man was shot and killed while sitting in a car . they had previously arrested another suspect in connection with that case. police have id'd the suspect accused of manufacturing illegal firearms inside his home. veneto hernandez was arrested last week. police say they found ghost guns, a silencer, and

ammo while searching his home. police also plan two 3-d printers used to make the firearms. he is now being held on a quarter million dollars bail. onto first alert weather now. finally, a break from the rain. meteorologist darren peck is here with a look toward the warm-up coming our way as well. >> by the weekend, liz. between now and then, it will be windy. we have a couple of things to talk about. the first thing, which is on so many people's mind, we are on the -- we are done with the rain. it was stubborn by leaving today but the last of the showers have fizzled out. now, it would be nice to clear out the clouds. we will start doing that over the next few hours. we get a little bit of a break tonight. you will have some clear sky. we will see the clouds come back and then it will be on again and off again. the real focus now is the warm-up for the weekend and what will be driving that warm-up. as this

storm leaves, if we look at how the atmosphere is about to reorganize itself, what develops off the coast -- that center of high pressure builds in. that clears out the storm but it starts steering the winds so that they are coming directly north down the coast. now, this big block , in addition to keeping the storms out and warming us up is also going to make its presence felt on thursday. we have a wind advisory. this will be the first one of these we have had so far for the season. this is not wind being brought in by storms like we have been living month -- living with. this will be offshore winds. it is a lot more spring or fall like. as the offshore winds come through, you can see the dry air getting pushed through the bay. it is not like we will get down to critical fire weather concerns. it is too early in the season. the hills still look ireland green out there. this is the start of the process, the first little offshore wind event. the most

important part about this is is that it will get windy on thursday. let's see how this plays out. if you look at thursday afternoon, when the strongest part is coming through, we have a 50 miles per hour gust from all these winds rushing in over the northbay hills. now, look at the lower elevations. we are in the 20s. breezy but not terribly windy. this is classic for how these offshore wind events are usually felt through the microclimates. let's take a look at one of the region. it is not just the northbay hills, it is also mt. diablo and the rest of the diablo range. this is where we have a wind advisory. it is interesting how this is set up. there is a wind advisory but most of us are not included in it. if you are in the immediate day, you do not have a wind advisory on thursday. it will be breezy. you might find yourself reaching for the chapstick a little bit because the drier air will come through but it is not necessarily the wind or the

drier air that most of us will feel from this first offshore wind event. it is the warm-up. these things do tend to give us warmer temperatures. the offshore winds help the temperatures increase a bit and then that big center of high pressure sitting off the coast will add to that and the warm-up starts to kick in. look at the 7-day forecast. we are starting to go back to spotlighting the microclimates now in the seven day because you will see a big difference. look at the daytime highs going into the 70s by monday. mid-70s for the inland locations. if we contrast this with what will be happening in the bay, it is warm. we will warm-up but we won't be quite as warm as those inland locations will. for the last four months, we have gotten away with showing you one seven day because the microclimates did not have an obvious show in the numbers. now that we are getting closer

to spring, we have to start bringing in more microclimates on the seven day. back to you. >> we will appreciate the sunshine. a bay area mother is finding some closure six years after her daughter was killed. she was riding her motorcycle when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver on 101 in marin county. our itay hod reports how a pair of strangers helped bring the family justice. >> in the quiet confines of her kitchen in fairfax, connie siegenthaler is preparing for a meeting six years in the making. >> this is the one last detail of this whole deal. >> she is about to come face to face with two strangers who are instrumental in identifying a man responsible for her daughter's death. >> i am excited to meet them, finally. >> the driver sped off after hitting a young woman on 101 southbound in mill valley.

>> in 2018, her 29-year-old daughter, marie, was riding her motorcycle when she was struck by a driver who fled the scene. lying on the road, she was then hit by a second car and killed. that driver stayed and waited for police. >> they said that she had been hit by a chevy suburban. they figure that out the next day. >> the siegenthaler family offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the hit and run driver . the car was eventually found in a petaluma auto repair shop owned by the driver's uncle after two different women turned him in. the driver, identified as frank barone jr. was found guilty of two felonies and sentenced to prison. >> i am trying to find it in my heart to forgive this guy

because i feel like it is poisoning me. >> it would be really great if we could get a sign. >> since then, connie has been busy honoring marie, a science illustrator, establishing a foundation that provides art supplies to struggling college students. jason dunn is the department chair of fine arts and architecture at the college of marin. he says the project, called marie's lending library, has been nothing short of a godsend. >> this is the lending library, marie's lending library. this is always open. >> now, nearly 6 years after her daughter's death, connie is finally handing out the reward to the two women who helped crack the case. >> i feel like i am dotting the last letter i and crossing the last t. >> [indiscernible - low volume]. >> as the women arrived, connie gives them each a check of $7500. >> you truly deserve it . thank

you so much. >> i had no idea until he called me up and said i need to talk to you about something. >> the uncle's former girlfriend said staying silent was not an option. >> i decided to call a couple of months later. i could not live with myself, having the information and the family needed to know what had happened. >> lisa marsh, whose friend was present when barone was present -- she knew she had to come forward. >> it took me a few hours but i had a friend in the highway patrol and gave him a call and said, i need to tell this. >> that is actually a landscape she did. >> for connie, it was the closure she has been seeking all these years. >> frankly, this may be a little bit less than christian but i hope he sees this on tv. >> rewarding good samaritans who assured that justice is

served. >> barone was sentenced four years and eight months in prison. he was released last year after serving one year and seven months. we are highlighting a silicon valley pioneer you probably have not heard of. his sons are working to cement his legacy in the tech world. while the a's may be headed for the door, see how this

when it comes to silicon valley, some names just stand out like steve jobs, hewlett-packard but what about roy clay sr.? he led the team that created the software for hp's first personal computer. in recent years, some health setbacks have robbed him of his ability to communicate. his devoted sons are working to preserve his memories and cement his legacy. >> his mindset was, don't let anything stop you from accomplishing your goals. >> christopher clay is the third and youngest of roy 's

three sons. with his father's health failing a few years ago, he spearheaded the efforts to preserve his father's memories, document his legacy. as one of the few african americans to be present at the dawn of silicon valley. >> the creation of this computer division, both the hardware side of it and the software side of it that he ran, was truly transformational for hp at that time. >> play's sons say what their father managed to do at hewlett-packard, at a time where society recognize the beauty of blackness or the brilliance of black minds, makes the story that much more remarkable, something to be shared. something to inspire others by example. >> my father's mother always told him, from the very beginning, you will encounter racism your entire life. however, do not let that be a reason why you do not succeed. >> roy clay sr. was born in 1929 in the tiny town of kinloch, missouri. he was bright and ambitious and at a time when college was more

rarity than the rule, he earned a degree in mathematics from st. louis university. jobs at mcdonnell aircraft corporation and lawrence livermore labs followed before you eventually landing at hp. >> that is why a lot of people called him the godfather of silicon valley. >> marvin jackson is clay 's biographer and helped write his memoir, unstoppable, which chronicles his role leading the team in 1966 that developed the software for hp's first computer, the 21166a . >> this is the thing. there were not many people doing this back then. there were not many white guys doing it either. >> roy's sons say it was not for their father to be in the proverbial room where it happens. he also wanted to make sure that the doors were left open for other people who look like him. >> the pathways that he opened, he wanted to make sure they were left open for others to follow. that is one of the driving reasons why we created

the book. >> clay would leave hp, found his own company and bring his sons into the fold. he would say his father was equal, if not more proud, of the family that he and his wife built. >> the biggest priority for him is always family. it turned out some really good professional opportunities and job offers and turned them down because he wanted to make sure that he had time to spend raising all of us. >> nothing would come easy in this life if he wanted a brighter future. he would have to grab it. if he wanted the wider world to recognize his brilliance, it would have to be dazzling and undeniable. if he wanted his story to be told alongside the other greats of silicon valley, he would likely need to write it himself. >> roy's sons are working to adapt his memoir into a second book for school-age children.

a lot of a's fans are not happy about the plan to move to vegas but coming up, see how one man is turning a profit amid the uncertainty of his beloved team. you

opening day is just a few weeks away from major league baseball and the future of the a's is still a little fuzzy. they get one more year at the oakland coliseum but the proposed ballpark in vegas is not expected to be ready until 2028. what about the fans in the meantime? our nicole zaloumis caught up with one longtime fan who loves the a's so much that he started a business around them. >> since the days of the bash brothers, bryan johansen has loved the a's. when a 2020 new york times article bashed the oakland coliseum, bryan took the negative things they had to say and turned them into a positive. >> they compare the colosseum to a dive bar when all the other stadiums were like

cocktail lounges. i saw a line in there that said baseball last dive bar and we decided to make a banner of that. little did we know very graphic we used would go viral. >> not only did it go viral but it became profitable. banners, pins, calendars, all inspired by the colosseum. a new business was born, the last dive bar. the even organized fan experiences like last month span best. >> it was magical. there was 15 to 20 k that was there. we had passed players, all the oakland teams that were there. over 60 vendors, community members. >> some said it was the best fanfest they have ever been to and sadly, it would be their last . after 2024, the a's don't have a place to call home. will these fans travel to sacramento, vegas, salt lake city, or even support the team at the colosseum for the next four years knowing a new vegas ballpark will be ready 2028?

for loyal fans, this process is heartbreaking. >> it is horrible. it is like living everyday in a nightmare where the person you love most does not love you back but you are forced to live with them. >> despite the pain, bryan 's message, keep hope. he thinks a lot can still fail in vegas and he wants fans to continue to highlight the deficiencies from the ownership group in hopes that it will keep the a's rooted in oakland at the coliseum where they belong. >> the last dive bar's next event is an opening-day boycott. they plan to gather in the parking lot at the colosseum but they will not go into the game. a colorful draw into the southern

coming up tonight, the grilling on capitol hill today, former special counsel robert hur attacked by democrats and republicans for his report about president joe biden 's handling of classified documents and his memory. we will have details on the cbs evening news. coming up tonight at five cut, a look at the blast of winter weather in the sierra and what may be the last significant storm of the season. finally here at 3:00, it is one of the biggest and brightest wildflower boom -- blooms in years . this is in

san diego county. these white, yellow, and purple wildflowers blanket the largest field of flowers in the park. the extreme weather conditions of the desert mean these flowers could be gone as soon as next month. if you can, it is worth it, take a >> do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury? >> norah: of special counsel and president biden's classified documents case bases attacks from both sides. >> you did to disparage the president. >> president trump and president biden handled their classified materials differently, wouldn't you say? >> norah: the take away from the hours long hours noncontentious testimony as the room seems more like the campaign trail in the race for president. >> did you reach the conclusion that this man was outright innocent? >> that conclusion is not rejected in my report, sir. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" begins now. ♪ ♪