this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. an emotional reunion. just minutes ago, a bay area doctor returns home from a weeks long mission in gaza. a paving project may interfere with your st. patrick's day weekend. breathing new life into the oakland coliseum. a new soccer deal just announced. thank you for joining us . i'm ryan

yamamoto in for elizabeth cook. a bay area doctor arrived back home from his medical mission in gaza. we have been following his emotional journey from the very beginning. anne makovec is here with his return and today is other news headlines. >> dr. mohammad subeh is a palestinian american who works as an american doctor on the peninsula. he journeyed to the gaza strip this february to offer much needed medical help and he just returned to his wife and kids in an emotionally embrace less than 30 minutes ago. you can see it here. dr. subeh was separated from them for five weeks, treating shrapnel in gunshot wounds as the war raged on and now he has made it home safe. israel continues to bombard the fight in the wake of the hamas attack, dozens of hospitals have been reduced to rubble. he described what he saw there. it was terrific and hard to hear but he says that is the reality. >> you have the sounds of screaming babies, screaming mothers over their dead babies' bodies every day. kids

with their brain blown out. it was really -- i am still trying to process what that means for all of us as a global community, allowing this to happen. >> dr. subeh grew up in palestine's west bank. he was a refugee when he was seven years old but he put himself in the heart of the war to help gaza. during his mission in gaza, the united states vetoed a u.n. resolution for an immediate cease-fire. other headlines we are following today. the effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price is heading to a manual recount. the county registrar of voters says the initial sampling count was unable to determine if there were enough signatures to trigger a recall election. supporters of the recall say they handed in 123,000

signatures last week. 73,000 signatures are required to set a recall in motion. a caltrans paving project will close down a southbound stretch of 680 tonight, going through the weekend. crews will be replacing pavement that is falling apart at koopman road. the area is set to reopen at 4:00 monday morning. the sf mta plans to install 33 new speed cameras next year. this includes spots around north beach, venice and soma . it is an effort to prevent severe traffic injuries and deaths. a land donation from pg&e could soon pave the way for new affordable housing developments in novato. habitat for humanity will oversee the project to construct 80 homes amid several acres of parks and open space. the group says it will be the state's largest ever 100% development for homeowners. taking a live look at the oakland coliseum. the stadium

will get two new tenants with the oakland roots and the oakland soul playing their home games there in 2025. the oakland roots is a pro soccer team that plays in the usl, that is one division below major league soccer and the oakland soul plays in the women's league. the teams are playing home games at csu east bay and merrick college. the soccer matches will kickoff next march, a couple of months after the coliseum lease with the oakland a's is set to expire. good news for soccer here in the bay area. first alert weather kicking off a warm weekend with breezy conditions hanging around for just a bit. let's check in with meteorologist jessica burch in the virtual view studio. hey, just. >> sunny skies, windy conditions and daytime highs sitting well above average. that is the forecast for us. taking a look at wind gusts, they are still breezy throughout the next couple of hours especially in the north bay with areas like sonoma all the way into calistoga and down along our coastline near stinson beach. wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour until around

5:00 . around dinnertime is when it starts to die down all throughout the bay area and then we are left with weaker cause winds throughout the bay area and clear skies lasting into saturday and sunday. advancing futurecast, we don't see too much activity. we see sunshine and 60s in the forecast along the peninsula, just in time for st. patrick's day parade happening in san francisco. it will be beautiful and sunny and we are sharing the blue skies with the blue angels too, all the way over into fairview. wings over salina will be beautiful and warm. pack the sunscreen before you head out the door. it will be warm for us. san francisco, a little warmer compared to tomorrow. we will continue to see the blue skies above me too. stretching across the bay bridge, 72 degrees in oakland. we are warming up a little bit more into the east bay . this

is a beautiful forecast for us leading into the weekend. i will say the pollen count still stays in the medium tie category so keep that in mind if you are planning on doing any outdoor activities. down into the santa clara valley, we see some of the weakest winds so far. we will continue to fight for those 70s lasting into this weekend's forecast. the only difference is we will start seeing some clouds roll in. monday and tuesday forecast of next week as we head back to school and work and here we go into late next week. the next chance of showers is well off into the distance. it is an area of low pressure we are keeping a close eye on. it brings 60s back into the forecast. we will keep you updated. for now, enjoy the sunshine. san mateo county is the first in the country to declare loneliness a public health crisis. now, supervisor david can up a is seeking millions of dollars in funding for programs to help older adults fight social isolation. >> what we are trying to do is try to take people out of the shadows . loneliness is not a

poor issue. it is not a rich issue. it is a people issue. >> san mateo county wants to help facilitate social interaction, ridesharing and community activities. it is partnering with groups like peninsula family service, ucsf and the founders of weiser friends, the activity-based friendship path. our marylee shows us how people are using that app to make valuable connections. >> jane and richard are entering a new season of life, married for 30 years with two grown daughters who are now both out on their own. >> you can be a bit lonely. maybe you don't use that word. it is not embarrassing. you can be quiet , maybe more quiet than you would like to be. >> after you are an empty nestor, there is a void in your life and you look for areas you can fill that. >> he joins the activity-based

friendship app, weiser friends, to meet new people and expand their social circle. >> i don't think i am old. in my head, i think i am 40. let's get that out there. it is a little bit tricky. i am a doer . i live in san francisco and i love to go out and do things. recently, i had tickets for the ballet and my husband was out of town. i could not get anyone to go with me and i jumped on the weiser and said, who wants to go to the ballet? i ended up sitting next to this nice gentleman. it was not a date, it was just somebody who had a passion for the ballet. >> that is what the founders of weiser friends were hoping for, two friends share a passion to create community and connect like-minded adults 40 years old and up, a group often overlooked in social apps. >> inspiration was our father, actually. we were thinking our father is lonely, in his 80s.

we were worried about him. our fathers had a mutual love of cosco. -- costco. we soon realized it is not about our fathers, it is about older adults like us. >> it is pretty clear from a number of epidemiological studies that social isolation is as bad for your health as smoking. >> according to the surgeon general on loneliness and isolation, a quarter of americans 65 years old and up are socially isolated and those over age 50 are at greater risk of becoming lonely. >> many people describe loneliness the way they do physical pain. >> for jane and richard, they are choosing to break out of their comfort zone, make new friends and embrace this time in their lives. >> the great adventure begins. we are older but we all have

spin on the ball. >> they are dedicated to building strong, social connection and community, making their golden years truly shine. >> a new study from stanford shows that virtual reality may help older americans feel less isolated and improve their well-being. 17 senior communities around the country participated in the study, spending short bursts of time in virtual reality. nearly 80% of participants felt they felt more positive in 60% felt less isolated. 83% said it benefited their relationship with caregivers. the study also compared the technology to cell phones and found seniors preferred virtual reality is a more natural medium but experts do say that technology is not meant to replace actual human interaction. >> we still need to think about the challenges of loneliness and we need to focus on interacting with our families. what vr does is it gives you a

spark, something to be excited about. >> it brought back memories of my travel. and others, it brought back memories of my experience growing up on the farm. >> researchers are investigating how the technology can be used for balance training. a potential game changer in the fight against colon cancer. a new tester may bay area company. why some are calling it promising while others are expressing concerns. it will be a homecoming of sorts for these salmon. we look at the effort to get them back to california from an

there is a potential game changer in the fight against colon cancer. it is a new blood test from palo alto and based garden health. study published in the new england journal of medicine found the test is able to detect 83% of colon cancer tumors. colon cancer is on the rise against -- amongst younger adults. it is the second ■ leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the u.s. on cbs mornings, cbs chief medical correspondent called the blood test a potentially big deal because of its ease but he does have some concerns. >> i was a little disappointed only that two thirds, 11 of 17

patients who had the stage i, very earliest, were picked up. still, something is better than nothing. it still remains to be seen whether or not, how widely this is used, how expensive it will be. >> the fda is considering whether to approve the blood test according to the american cancer society. people should start screening for colon cancer at the age of 45. colonoscopies are still the gold standard because they can detect cancer at its earliest and most treatable stage. animal shelters across the bay area are at capacity, full of stray pets . part of the problem, millions of animals have not been spayed or neutered due to delays caused by the pandemic. veterinary care went down and surgeries were delayed in 2020. even years later, the backlog still has not been closed. it is not just cats and dogs. sf animal care and control says right now, they are taking in twice the number of bunnies that they usually see too.

>> we are overcapacity. we have animals that are available for adoption. we are also packed full of stray animals and group called custody meet animals. >> the agency can offer support to struggling pet owners so the animals won't get abandoned in the first place. more than 100 years ago, chinook salmon from the mccloud river near the shasta dam ended up in the cold mountain waters of new zealand where today, they continue to thrive. our anne makovec has an update on the quest to bring the ancestors of the california fish back home. >> it is a 300 mile journey that traces the ancestral path of the winter run chinook salmon from the mccloud river to the pacific ocean. the annual pilgrimage is led by the winnemen wintu tribe and its chief , caleen sisk. the tribe has never wavered from a core

belief. >> whatever happens to the salmon happens to the people. >> salmon populations are a fraction of what they once were and climate change plays a role. >> in the last decade, they have been hit by the one-two punch of climate change. disruptive heat waves, dryness through extreme drought. >> chuck bonham says the city of 2021 was a grim one for the salmon. >> we were in the midst of the peak of our most recent drought and these fish are now trapped down on the valley floors. the valley floors are much harder. water is too hot. it is legal for salmon. >> california fish and wildlife just awarded $50 million in grants for 15 projects, one involves the winnemen wintu in the tribe's attempts to restore wild salmon to the mccloud river. >> is it the right thing to do? it will help us figure out how to save salmon in california. >> they are in a dire position

now. if this project we are involved with is not successful, they will go extinct. >> sisk recounts how the problem first began with the shasta dam. while the dam provides flood control, hydroelectric power and water supply, -- >> it is a weapon of mass destruction. >> built during world war ii, shasta dam flooded the winnemen wintu tribe off of their ancestor land . it also blocked the chinook from returning to the icy cold mccloud river to spohn. the fish were federally listed as endangered and help -- tribe helped protest. >> do u want your salmon back? we have them. >> the email was from the head of the maori people of new zealand. in the 19th century, millions of salmon eggs from the mccloud river were exported to 30s states and 14 different countries to create new salmon

runs. the only one that thrived is in new zealand. sisk and other tribal members traveled to see the patient became determined to bring some back home. >> we want to welcome them home. >> what better way to try to heal past injuries and show the world it is possible to do things together and make it better. >> in an historic agreement, the tribe is working with fish and wildlife and fisheries to support a joint effort to return the salmon to the mccloud river. sisk believes the wild salmon eggs will fare better than near the dam. >> if salmon survive, people will survive. if we can get it past the dam so that this can swim in and out on their own, then we have wild fish again. >> the hope is to get them home safely as soon as possible. he has a front row seat to almost every warrior's home

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tomorrow, the warriors take on the lakers in los angeles. they are hoping to have steph curry back in the lineup after missing a few games with his ankle injury. back here in the bay, a perspective from someone who was front and center for almost every home game. our vern glenn talked to the clock operator who has spent the last six decades with the warriors. >> jim maher has one of the best seats in the house at chase center. well, most of the time. maher has been with the warriors since the team moved to san francisco in 1962. >> bad timing. it was the same time the giants were in the world series with the yankees. they did not get a lot of attention. it was exciting for

me because i got to be a ballboy. it was like a dream come true for a 13-year-old kid. >> a few years later, jim moved from the baseline to the scoring table. >> that was actually a paid position. ballboys don't get paid. we got tips from the trainers and the referees, which turned out to be more than what they were paying us. >> back then, he did it all. shot clock, scoreboard, even foul paddle. >> feeling good. feeling good. >> in 1990, jim took over as the full-time clock operator all while juggling his job as a u.s. postal service and raising a family with his longtime wife jolene. >> we had four kids and somehow i kept this job. >> there has not been a lot of load management over the 61

years with the team. >> i missed about half a season when i was in the navy. that was in 1969. i missed a couple when my kids were born. mildest son was born. i remember we were playing new orleans jazz. pistol pete was playing for them. that was my wife's favorite player. i missed that one. in the last 25 years, i have missed 10 games, maybe. >> jim has four temperature brings from the recent run. >> we would look at each other on the table sometimes and say, this is something special. we will not see something like this again. >> he received a money clip for the 1975 title and plenty of other priceless memories along the way. >> i got to go travel with them for preseason games to mexico city, beijing, and shanghai, china and tokyo, japan. that is something i never would have been able to do otherwise

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