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right now at 5:30, a new push underway to give cities and counties more control over autonomous vehicle companies. the glaring issue one bay area lawmaker hopes to address. and a cyber attack causing big problems for patients in a solano county hospital. the ongoing impact. plus they used to be illegal, but now they require fentanyl test strips on some campuses. they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to bars. now those strips are intended to help young people avoid fentanyl laced prescriptions and recreational drugs. but experts warn that test strips alone could do more harm than good.

>> this is a separate issue. this story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl and their family and their friends and their kids friends and sharing this could save a life. >> are you ready? >> he taught himself how to play piano. ♪ [ music ] ♪ he played violin in the orchestra. he was a straight a student. he starred in the school musical. he was on the track team on the soccer team. he got a nearly perfect score on the s.a.t.s. and he loved sports. he was really athletic. that was another reason i really thought he wouldn't be interested in trying any kinds of substances. he and his buddy decided to try what they thought was percocet. three weeks before he died at that desk, i was with him at that desk, finalizing his applications for the ucs.

>> reporter: laura diddier trashes the acceptance letters. >> he deserves to know where he would have gotten in. >> reporter: zach died two days after christmas, 2020, before many people heard of counterfeit pills or fentanyl. within a year, fentanyl would be blamed for one in five deaths of young people in california. a cbs news analysis finds that death rate remains nearly twice pre-pandemic levels. >> she died after someone sold him a fake drug pill on snapchat. >> the dea reports seven out of ten pills seized are laced, ranging from cocaine to painkillers to adhd medication. and they were considered drug paraphernalia. state law now requires test strips on

communities and state college campuses. the messaging is changing from just saying no to know, k-n-o-w, focusing on harm reduction. and it's the test strips that are normalized. >> information is power. >> reporter: test strips can provide a false sense of security and do more harm than good. placer county sheriff detective patrick craven was the lead detective on zach's case, using evidence that averred of test strips. he helped us demonstrate the concerns. >> we don't know where this was located. >> a dedicated safety officer, we began crushing what is sold by a dealer. and they are actually counterfeit. >> it detected fentanyl. >> and the test strips, which are pretty accurate. the

concern is user error. unlike covid tests, one line is positive and two is negative. >> sometimes it was hard to follow directions even for someone like myself. >> they require you to dilute the drug. >> you won't be able to use it. >> reporter: some require you to test the whole pill. others don't. when we split this pill per the test instruction, running each half. >> the first half of the pill that we tested contained no fentanyl. >> which could have been lethal if someone only tested that half of the pill. >> and no two pills are the same. >> they got pills from the same man. zach overdosed. his friend did not. >> they tested one pill and it does not guarantee that the next one isn't loaded with fentanyl. >> reporter: laura has learned a lot since zach died. now shares that knowledge with kids at schools, lawmakers at the state capitol, and with parents through her non-profit work. her message?

>> you are safer than zach was. he didn't know all the things you now know. >> and among the lessons she wants you to know. >> the entire pill needs to be stressed. >> you still need narcan nearby with someone sober to administer it. >> it is important for young people to understand. >> narcan couldn't have saved zach because he took his pill alone. his college acceptance letters followed by condolence letters. >> your son was the kind of student we welcome most. the university of california mourns with you in your loss. you know, he would say i don't know what i want to do, but i know i want to help people. and

his story will. >> well, the key lessons learned from the test and zach's story there. the test strips alone aren't enough. if you don't test the entire pill, you may miss the fentanyl. finally narcan can't save you without someone sober to administer it. now to a dramatic update to the race to represent the south bay in congress. we know former san jose mayor, sam liccardo was running in november. but the question is who will be his competition? the latest count shows a deadlocked race between evan low and joe simitian. the two are tied for second place. that word comes just as the secretary of state is set to certify the results tomorrow. so with this race neck and neck, you might be wondering about the recount. we have a closer look at that process. >> and because this is a local and not a statewide race, the recount is not automatic. and so the low or the campaign has to request and then pay for a

recount. they have five days after the certification of the vote to do so, san mateo county set to certify tomorrow, so they would have until early next week. the campaigns would then call the shots on the recall if it is manual or by machine. and how quickly it would go, depending on how many teams they want to hire. all of this could change the price, which starts about $10,000 for each individual precinct. >> they can look at the precincts that they think they have the greatest chance to possibly change a vote that has been cast. however, in order for that vote to actually have an impact on the election, that will happen off the precinct in the 16th congressional district that must be recounted. >> reporter: so you start small. but if you want them to officially change, the campaign has to have the entire district recounted. in both san mateo and santa clara counties. the cost of that will vary, but somewhere around half a million dollars. and patients at a vacaville hospital are still having a

hard time getting services after a cyber attack shut down the hospital's online systems. the north bay hospital says they are working to restore their online systems as soon as possible. one cybersecurity expert we spoke to says patience at north bay could be at risk for data theft. >> they are looking to find information, so you know, per their date of birth, social security number, credit number, where they live, any medical information. anything that would give them that ability to create an account or take over the state capitol now where a new bill will give local cities and counties more control over driverless cars, including the ability to ticket them. the proposed legislation was introduced by the state senator. the backing of a

number of communities including the city of oakland and san francisco and san mateo counties. the legislation will come after several safety incidents involving crews, robotaxis, and san francisco. up next, more than a year after san francisco cracked down on sex work. the problem has just moved to another street. why they say it is leading to even more serious issues. >> the problem is that they have allowed it to exist and tay seem to accept it. >> and a major honor for a stan

the person who filmed this video tells us this attack stems from much larger problem. now we have been following the city's efforts to crack down on sex work in the mission for

over a year now. but neighbors say the problem is moving from one street to the other. a woman who asked to be identified is speaking out. >> and she was sitting on top of this woman. she was screaming. >> they seem to accept it. >> and they have spiked and enteredded their neighborhood. where soliciting them have been committed last year. >> i've seen a woman thrown

out of the car. i've seen women fighting. i've seen them fighting, but i haven't seen somebody being beaten like that or kicked in the face. >> and what do you want to see happen? >> i want to see enforcement. >> reporter: and the board of supervisor candidate, trevor chandler, has been highlighting the issue for residents in the mission. >> i'm not surprised. but i'm horrified by it because the neighbors, they have been talking about this for years, and they just feel like they have gotten no response. >> reporter: calling for at least one police officer to patrol the streets regularly, and the immediate installation of license plate readers to deter sex workers. >> it is not because it solves all our problems, but allows the city to address these quality of life issues. >> reporter: san francisco police arrested and booked a 24-year-old female suspect from fairfield into jail for aggravated assault. but they believe more could be done. >> they're not enforcing the law here in the way that they

do in other neighborhoods such as the valley. >> reporter: they hope this will spur enforcement by the city. the warriors slowly, but surely pulling away for the final spot in the west. it's made one rockets player an absolute laughing stock. plus the stanford women may no longer ( ♪♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow.

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let's go back to our weather. tomorrow sounds like the big day for rain? >> yeah. we will get some widespread rain. we started to notice the change today. we no longer have those clear skies out there. look at the current numbers. yesterday, we were doing the mid-70s at this time. for many inland valleys, locations. as we come up to the north bay, it's not just that it is cloudy and cooler, but it got windy. all of this stuff is the leading edge of the change that's coming in with the system. watch the winds pick up off the coast over the last two to three hours. that's where we are right now. what you're feeling out there, the onshore winds on the leading edge of the system. the winds won't be

a huge factor with the storm. friday will be a cold northerly wind. watch it come together as we were just talking about that and we will look at that in one second. but i want you to see the storm as a whole picture view, so you can see why it's around for two days. there is your morning commute. now watch what happens after that. thursday, afternoon, scattered showers. the center of rotation will come on, going right into big sur. this is why they're closing a part of big sur. watch the scattered showers keep going through thursday. we're not done until we get to sunset on friday. a closer look to slow that down. the showers will come on, between 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. we'll get widespread rain out of this. it will slow down the drive tomorrow morning. and then once

we get past the morning commute, we end up back here throughout the duration of thursday and friday. more time on both of those days when you are not getting rained on. if you get one of these scattered showers, it will be a good brief downpour. small hail. and this system has better ingredients. higher likelihood to actually be able to produce some more of these isolated thunderstorms than the previous ones have. we have gotten isolated thunderstorms out of several of the last previous storms. we have since the past weekend. but they are so localized and isolated, that most of us don't get it, but they got it on saturday. if you get it over your part of the bay, it is quite the show. it will make up a decent amount of the rainfall totals. that's how much we'll get for both days. cold enough with the system that we're actually going to see the snow levels come down to over 2,000 feet. we'll show you that on the mountains in one second with the storm prediction center outlook for friday. the light shades of green on here showing you that the storm prediction center based in the middle of the country is once again eyeing

the bay and they are putting 20% chance for isolated thunderstorms on friday and saturday. and watch the light dusting of snow. maybe loma prieta. and it is cold enough. we'll see a light dusting of snow. there will be plenty of snow on the other side of the state in the sierra from this. so it does impact the drive. snow level will get down to around 3,000 feet, even lower. that's the bigger impact from this. so both thursday and friday, anybody that will travel in the mountains, they will be slow. we are not done here. it will be an active couple of days. if we look at your seven-day forecast, if you wanted to get your sunny and 70 back, we got it. coming next week. by monday, we're there. by the middle of next week, it's in the mid-70s, we'll be nearing 80 by the middle of next week. so let's just get through the next few days. thursday and friday, liz, they are both first alert weather days, so we're going to start going into a lot more detail on this now through the remainder of tonight. i'll see you at 6:00.

>> a difference a week makes. thank you. all right, time for a look at what's ahead at 6:00. we switch over to juliette. >> thank you so much. coming up, no more turning right on red. that's the plan for parts of downtown san francisco. and so why supporters say it already works in other parts of the city? we will explain. and we always keep a close eye on major earthquakes around the world. how the seismic situation will bear that alone. scams taking advantage of desperate pet owners. the warning signs to look out for if you are looking for a lost furry friend. so the news at 6:00 coming up shortly in ten minutes. let's go to matt in sports. a week ago draymond green was ejected from a very important game against the magic. but in the last two games, green has said he is so valuable for golden state. draymond, he did it all for the dubs against san antonio on sunday. then again last night verses dallas as they made the play of the game when he blocked and took the ball away

from him with 90 seconds left to help the warriors win. their fifth straight. >> and draymond is special. he's very special, defensive mastermind, you know. and he's everywhere. >> his passion is why they don't win those championships and stuff like that around here. i respect it. i didn't like it when i was on the other team. that passion is why those blocks and those plays will happen at the end of the game. >> did you ever imagine chris paul would say that about draymond green? what world are we living in? fection up for golden state, rockets are on the road tomorrow. the game will come a week after calling them out on instagram when they were just a game back of the dubs in the play-in race. >> they will come out to play. come out to play. >> i mean this was predictable. it is not aged well clearly. oh

by the way, he's injured. he's not even playing since new year's day. the rockets, they have now lost two straight. they are three games behind golden state. oh, he is still riding thed woo. as for the scenarios for tomorrow's game, draymond, what do you say? >> and the rockets, they are coming out to play. they lost a couple in a row. and you know, three games behind. and with seven games left. you are losing the tie breaker. so four games behind in that sense. and with seven to go. my math serves me correctly tomorrow, where it will be an opportunity to enter that season. >> and they out to just cut them. all right, from one bay area defensive stopper to the other. they named the national women's defensive player of the year. she led the country in blocks per game this season. she's projected to go as high as number two in this month's

wnba draft. so excited to watch. and baseball's announcer, jenny cavnar, giving fans gifts from the booth. they needed it. ross stripling on the mound against oakland against boston. former giants struck out three, allowing just one run and seven innings. but the a's, they would trail 1-0 in the ninth. but jensen gets ryan nola swinging to end the game. they win 1-0 and they sweep the series. oakland finishes the opening homestand 1-6. liz, it's a new season. it's the same a's. >> no other way to say it. it is tough to watch. >> oh well. there you go. wish them the best. >> we wish them the best. but pick it up, boys. come on. >> oh man. so much to say. all right, thank you so much. up next, celebrating earth month. how the city

earlier today mayor london breed was joined by the san francisco environmental department. city leaders and communities advocates to celebrate earth month and the city's second annual climate week. the mayor kicked off the event by honoring four local climate heroes who have had big impacts from the local environment. emphasizing the city's dedication to environmental sustainability and innovation. >> i am so excited and glad

that san francisco has been an environmental leader in pushing transformative change in climate policies. >> and san francisco is one of the top ten cities in the country. with the highest concentration of sustainability companies. that's it for the news at 5:00. cbs news bay area starts right now. >> thanks, liz. so now at 6:00, reimagining some of san francisco's roads. why it will soon not be all right to turn right on a red through downtown. and underway in

taiwan after the biggest earthquake to hit the island in decades. whenever there is a major quake, everyone in the bay area asked the same question. what would it look like here? the similarities between taiwan and the faults here at home. incoming rain complicating the efforts to get people in and out of big sur. >> it is a complicated thing down here. >> the communities cut off again. when we'll see the strongest hours in the bay area. later, scammers targeting vulnerable pet owners. >> and some were shockingly convincing. >> we asked experts how to protect yourself and your information in some of your most desperate moments. >> good evening, driving schools will seem to drive home the rule that you could turn right on red after coming to a p