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challenge in daylight and then by night, neighbors tell us this part of san francisco is like the wild wild west of drugs and crime. but, is a curfew on small stores the right solution? >> it's crazy. everybody is everywhere doing something, selling something, buying something. it's intense. calls for a late-night crackdown on corner stores. why some business owners say they shouldn't be blamed for what is happening outside their doors. >> they're not really fixing the problem, they are only masking it. >> reporter: tents clashes over the war in gaza on college campuses nationwide. at uc berkeley, students put up tents and vowed to stay put. >> the free speech movement started here. >> i believe it is my duty. >> reporter: how the university is responding to their demands. troubling times for tesla, the company lays out a roadmap to deal with plummeting profits, and bay area layoffs. and air force veteran gets
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a groundbreaking surgery. >> i'm lucky to be a guinea pig. >> reporter: how it gives patients with prosthetic limbs a chance at a more active lifestyle. >> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> good evening. it is an image san francisco is trying hard to fight. scenes of open drug use in the tenderloin, and this is just what you see in broad daylight. the city says what is happening at night is setting back their efforts, and now the mayor is imposing a curfew for retail stores to crackdown on late-night drug markets outside the doors. the plan would impact corner stores, liquor stores, and smoke shops between mcallister oak and jones streets but they would have to close between midnight and 5:00 ams could face fines of up to $1000 for every hour they do not comply. the mayor says the idea
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came out of feedback from people in the community who do not feel safe. but as amanda harry tells us, some small business owners say they are being unfairly punished. >> once you are in these streets, this is in the thick of everything. >> reporter: jamar is referring to the markets at the nighttime plaza. where people sell drugs and stay up all night. >> is the wild wild west. everyone is buying and selling something. >> reporter: terry works for social worker a few blocks away but he says he shops at plaza snacks and deli every single day. at night, there is usually a big crowd, that is because it is one of the few stores that stays open after midnight. >> yakima seen that market, it's usually open but you cannot even tell it is open, because it is so full of people. >> reporter: nestor vasquez is a private security guard for the nearby federal building. he says the later it gets, the more busy and dangerous things become. >> so many people you cannot
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even walk. deposit is filled, ss pd and also to try to do what we can. >> reporter: vasquez says many of the people buying and selling drugs will also go inside plaza next deli, the business opened five months ago and has become very popular because of its 24 hour availability. the mayor's office says these late-night stores may be unintentionally contributing to the drug markets. >> you know, it's is what it is. >> reporter: with the store owner, he did not want his face on camera says it is not their fault. >> blaming businesses for being open, but i think that is the issue. the homelessness has been going on in san francisco for more than 10 or 15 years. >> reporter: he says most people at that time were just coming in for cereal and milk and they need to stay open. >> renton seven cisco goes so high, owners cannot afford to
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pay rent, and employees of the shutdown early. they won't be able to make it. >> reporter: a few doors down, jamal ali owns a similar store. he says they now always close by 10:00 p.m., sometimes earlier, if they feel unsafe but he says he would support the mayor's legislation. >> if it makes a difference, in making the committee safer, i'm with it. >> reporter: even tamarine, who is on how stem cells shoes on the street agrees about her safety. >> it's a pretty rough crowd. >> reporter: but hilliard says he does not think any law will make a difference. >> you can do any legislation you want, these people will do whatever they want to do. you can't stop that. people with addiction, you got to break that command is a sickness they are involved in, you cannot break that just by making a rule in legislation, because they're just going to go down
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there to another store. you're not really fixing the problem, you are only masking it. >> if the board of supervisors passes the curfew, it would start as a one-year pilot program. it is a part of the city's wider effort to tackle the drug epidemic. last may the city opened the command center to coordinate the public health and law-enforcement response. the governor also sent the chp and national guard to help with the crackdown. and just last week, san francisco police arrested 13 people and confiscated drugs in a one-day enforcement operation through the civic center. police have made more than 3000 drug-related arrests in the area since may . it was a brief manhunt today at seven cisco general hospital after deputies say an inmate actually escaped from a room in the jail ward of the hospital. it happened just before 10:00 in the morning. they say the prisoner climbed through the ceiling in this room, sending deputies on a search. he was detained shortly after, on the premises. the
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sheriff department tells me the inmate never escaped from custody. the incident comes just days after two san francisco jails were temporarily placed on lockdown, prompted by an alleged rise in violence from inmates at the jail. the deputies union called for help from the california national guard, saying a staffing shortage is contributing to the rise in violence. >> protests calling for a cease-fire in gaza are ramping up on college campuses coast to coast. it has reported some tense moments across the country. five hours to our north, police clashed with protesters on the cal poly humbled campus overnight. the campus will be closed through tomorrow. more than 150 students were arrested at nyu, yesterday, and columbia university took the extraordinary step of canceling in-person classes. protesters, there, have been camping out in tents in the quad for about a week. some jewish students and
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politicians have raised concerns that the demonstrations have veered from pro-palestinian to anti-somatic. >> we don't feel safe on campus, we don't feel comfortable walking around. >> reporter: here at uc berkeley, students have set up dozens of tents on the steps of sproul plaza and they are vowing to stay put where they are. john ramos spoke to them about what they are demanding and how the university is responding. >> reporter: the occupation of sproul plaza at uc berkeley is a tradition in times of social protest and now it is happening all over the country as the debate over what is going on in gaza heats up among young people. >> reporter: overnight, the uc berkeley campus once again became a place of occupation. students protesting budget in gaza created the increment in
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solidarity with a large occupation happening at columbia university. >> we are standing by our students over at columbia who we consider the heart of the student movement but we are standing in solidarity with our people in palestine. >> reporter: the campers say they will remain until you see cuts ties with all is really apologist companies connected to arm suppliers and formally recognizes israel's action as genocide . they also want the school to stop the alleged repression of student protesters. christina caress and brought her daughter to protest precisely precisely because of the school's proud legacy of social protest. >> i think the youth of today are really socially active and socially aware of what is going on in the world. the free speech movement started here, why are we surprised that this is springing up on college campuses all around, you know? >> reporter: it was on the steps that mario salvia led a massive civil rights protest in 1964. since then, the site has seen mass demonstrations over the vietnam war, apartheid, and
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occupy wall street. the current gathering is not getting quite the same crowds but it was enough to inspire cal student jp to spend an uncomfortable night in one of the tents. >> last night i was thinking, hey, here is my position on the struggle there, and i think it is also my duty to follow up on what i believe. >> reporter: how big the encampment will get is anyone's guess and for now the administration is letting it happen. in a statement, they said, quote, with three weeks left in the semester, berkeley is prioritizing students academic interest. we will take steps necessary to ensure that the protest does not disrupt university operations , and it adds, quote, there are no plans to change the university's investment policies and practices. >> reporter: the organizer said the campers are not going anywhere, and just like other universities, she expects police will be brought into forcibly remove them . but, she says, the school will be doing it even as it continues to
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pride itself on its free-speech tolerance. >> when student organizers are present on campus they are criminalized and demonized and when they graduate they are celebrated. any tour of berkeley they will proudly say these are the steps and celebrate the free speech movement. i will not be surprised if they do the same thing about us 50 years from now. >> reporter: palestinian pro-palestinian students have been holding a daily protest vigil since saturday. now they are joined by supporters 24/7, putting the university's commitment to free speech to the test. >> the berkeley encampment began after a national student walkout on monday. bay area schools included stanford, usf, san jose state, uc davis, and san francisco state. an additional 20 google employees have been fired after sit in protest of the company's offices in sunnyvale and new york. the total number of workers fired over the issue
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is now more than 50. protesters were demanding the company dropped the google cloud contract with the israeli government . google says the fired employees were involved in the disruption inside their offices. >> teslak reported its largest drop in revenue since 2012. this comes as we are learning more than 2700 bay area employees will lose their jobs in the company's global laos. today's first quarter earnings report came out and showed a 9% drop in revenue, and a 55% drop in net income. that is a steeper decline than analysts expected. teslas sales have slumped because of more competition in the ev market. shares were down 40% for the year at market close today. but, shares jumped 11% after hours, after ceo elon musk announced a new and more affordable models would go into production sooner than expected. as for the laos, because the company says more
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than 2200 jobs will be cut in fremont, mainly at the giga factory. it is also cutting nearly 500 jobs at five palo alto locations, and all those layoffs will start june 14th. there are other tesla layoffs in california including 500 and san joaquin county, and nearly 2700 cuts at the headquarters in austin texas. first alert weather, now, you probably noticed it was cloudier, cooler? significantly cooler i might add. let's check in with steve meteorologist paul hagan, who warned us. thank you. paul? >> the cooldown definitely arrived as it dissipated today, the clouds have been especially stubborn over the bay, and north of the golden gate. the northbay really has seamlessly clouded conditions throughout the day which had a big impact on temperatures today. those readings were above average inland, yesterday, but today, a good 5 to 10 degrees below normal , for most inlet parts of the bay area, only in the lower and middle 60s. we might
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warm up a little bit tomorrow but we are talking about breezy conditions kicking in later this week. i am tracking that coming up in the full forecast. >> see you soon. still ahead, it is a first of its kind surgery for patients with prosthetic limbs. how it is giving one veteran hope for a much more active life. >> to be even more alive and that's why i chose this. >> uc berkeley welcomes its next-generation of falcons ( ♪♪ ) 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. anything you can't do? ( ♪♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪
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it is a final salute to an american hero. lieutenant commander lou kanter is now in his final resting place in grass valley but he was the last living survivor of the uss arizona, which sank in the 1941 attack on pearl harbor. the surprise attack launched the u.s. into world war ii. he died on april 1st at the age of 102. >> he was a living legacy as to what happened during pearl harbor. >> a reminder to younger people that people have lost their lives. and done great things to keep our country going. >> he is buried next to his wife, val, 45 years. and innovative new surgery
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absented cisco's va medical center could be a game changer for patients with prosthetic limbs. lauren thoms met up with an air force veteran who is the very first to try the new technique. >> three or four or five ? gosh, six or seven or eight months before i walk. >> reporter: doug is no stranger to learning how to walk again. after losing his leg seven years ago, he has had to readjust to life with a prosthetic. but now, he will be the first veteran to walk using a bone infused prosthetic limb. >> people are happy with their prosthetics, which is great, because they were great. some people like me , it wasn't quite enough and i wanted more mobility and that's why i chose this and if that's what you want, go after it. >> reporter: it is that go-getter attitude that made him the perfect candidate for the groundbreaking procedure through the sentences go veterans affairs hospital. and, he didn't hesitate when presented with this opportunity. >> i get to be the guinea pig.
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>> reporter: dr. dan says the tough part is only just beginning. >> over the next year, there are gradual steps that will allow him to do more and more with his new implant. >> reporter: the goal, he says, is for the patient to return to a feeling of having a natural limb. >> it hooks up to a metal fixture that is locked into your bone, so when you are moving around, there is much less bounce on the leg, because it is hooked up to your bones. >> reporter: physical therapist ron feliciano is anticipating doug might move faster than expected, literally , and in his line of work, slowing down is key. >> we really encourage patients to get moving. i'm doing the opposite. is doing more, and i'm like, slow down to take it easy. we want you to really do well, and we don't want to
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have any competitions, leg, if all would be really bad if he gets injured or gets a competition, and they have the redo the things that they did on him with the surgery. >> reporter: for doug, there is one simple achievement he is looking forward to the most. >> taking a shower at 2:00 i am. that will be unbelievable. >> the biggest thing is taking a shower. it's freedom. it's being normal again. >> reporter: a freedom to return to his life on two feet. >> lauren tells us he runs his own cattle farm in nebraska and he is just hoping this will allow him to help out on the farm more efficiently. still ahead, the dark cloud cover is back, it is
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first alert weather, let's not take paul heggen for granted. this week, he just told me, is challenging for him. because you need to get the right chance of showers in at the right time. >> right, which is trending towards zero, so is becoming less challenging. these great chances of you been looking at for about a week continued to go down and down and down.
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>> and hearing no rain? >> a few sprinkles. measurable rain is the most likely scenario at this point. there is still time for to change over the next 48 hours or so, but a lot of clouds out there, just nothing falling out of those clouds in terms of precipitation and definitely cooler across the bay today this cool weather will make itself at home over the next several days. temperatures running below average through the end of the workweek. it is going to be breezy thursday and friday, as well, breeze gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. a very slight shower chance in the forecast late thursday into thursday night, but i really don't think it will be more than a few spreckels. hope we can power cycle the trackers here. the weekend is looking nice, we are going to see sunshine reemerging as temperatures will return to your average. hey, there is some sunshine looking out over san jose. clouds rolling back and already. temperatures right now in the lower half of the 60s, upper 50s in san francisco and in santa rosa it has been a remarkable turnaround over the past 24 to 36 hours is that cooler air comes charging
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beckoning in, reinforced by an upper-level storm system moving through with clouds in the bay area, to. temperatures in the bay area dropping down to the low 50s, cooler spots dipping into the upper 40s. we should see the sun trying to break through to a slightly greater extent tomorrow, temperatures are going to be just a degree or two warmer, but still comfortably cool for yogi here, he probably does not mind the cool temperature , black for not soaking up the sun, san rafael in the mid-50s and that's pretty much where most of the day will be around tomorrow afternoon. stick a look at the rest of that for our forecast highs. normal high temperature in san jose at 70, that is one of the few spots that will make it up to the average high and one of the few spots making it to 70. also 70 degrees in antioch, 71 today some not much change there pick up a 60 for fremont, only mid-60s for redwood city. along the coast, not much change tomorrow or through the seven-day forecast but you will be in the upper 50s, you should see a bit more sunshine early
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next week. lower and middle 60s percent for cisco, oakland, and also the middle portion of the 60s for the north bay with temperatures struggling to warm up and cloud cover hanging on for much of the day. let's look at futurecast. we will track the clouds, primarily, and an outside chance of a shower maker towards us, but there is a bit of clearing late in the afternoon tomorrow into tomorrow evening. the next storm system will be heading down towards us with abundant cloud cover on thursday, but those little green freckles largely fall apart on the way in. there is a chance of a splash and dash light shower but not much more than a trace thursday afternoon into thursday evening. we take the chance of showers out of the wording of the seven-day forecast. the bigger factor is going to be the wind kicking in. these are the every six hour wind gust from futurecast, from 11:00 thursday morning, going for 5:00 friday evening, you can see the afternoon and evening hours with the red tiles and getting just over 30
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miles per hour, but more widespread on friday. the wind should calm down, and we should see temperatures returning to close to normal, through the last weekend in april, that will be the trend through much of next week as we look at the 10 day temperature outlook for san jose. but the full-fledged temperature roller coaster, but more of the many coaster ride over the next several days. once we get the clouds out of the way, the wind should calm down for what looks like a really nice weekend. temperatures returning to the lower and middle 70s, through saturday and sunday, a warm-up around the bay, temperatures returning to where they are supposed to be in the middle and upper 60s, but saturday and sunday and mourn for the, as we keep emphasizing this, it is going to be a dry weekend. two consecutive dry weekend for the first time since the first half of october. something that just has not happened very often, recently. along the coast, the 50s, clouds and maybe sunshine. >> i love it. >> have you ever been on chick watch? settle down. here we go. still ahead, we are glued to the cal falcon cam. how uc
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and they are waiting for one more to hatch. two of the chicks made their way out of their eggs on earth day, what timing. the third arrived this morning. this is video of the chicks getting fed in the last hour. mama doing her job, there. since before eggs were first laid last month, parents annie and archie have been working hard to take care of them. here is a live look, now, at the nest camera atop the campanelli tower. you can see the chicks, you can't see them now because annie is keeping them warm. tomorrow, the university will be hosting a hatch party as they were to welcome the first check. there is a giant screen to watch t. >> i'm not sure that anybody has ever seen anything like this be >> i'm not sure that anybody has ever seen anything like this before. >> maurice: tonight, trump on trial. ex-tabloid publisher david pecker telling jurors about a secret deal between him and donald trump to bury negative stories during the 2016 presidential campaign. and the former president blas
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