chance to chat with amy. she must be part fish? >> i can't imagine. >> reporter: well, we go back a long time and it was nice she chose me to grant her first television interview. you've heard of the marvel character, ironman. well as we would like to call her, gubie is iron woman. safe to say we put in long hours. but imagine a 10-hour shift and then jumping into the water to swim 17 hours. wait until you get a load or the gallon of her story, which is five years in the making. >> amy, you're my hero. >> oh, you see that? [ laughter ] we haven't even started and your fans rolled by on the bike. >> i love it. >> reporter: amy has a view more people recognizing her these days. >> and did this all start off as kind of a joke, like yeah, i think i could do that? >> absolutely. my husband and i

joke all the time when we are walking our dogs, and we see the fair lawn islands. i would look at them and say you know i could swim there and he absolutely hands down would agree. kind of laughing. >> nobody was laughing on may 11 when amy became the first person ever to successfully swim outbound from the golden gate bridge to the islands. >> do you realize what you've done? >> you know, it is just sinking in. it's unbelievable. i know it's an incredibly difficult swim. but what's been more incredible is just the outreach and the inspiration that it's achieved, and it's doing for people. that's what gives me the greatest pleasure. >> it took over 17 hours to complete the 29.7 mile swim. that's a lot of time for self-doubt to creep in. >> and a stupid thought in your head to derail you from

achieving your dreams. so i just entertained real silly thoughts to keep myself going. >> that is really what i had to do to overcome that. >> reporter: care to share with us a silly thought? >> well, i had a t-shirt designed about the swim. i thought well, that will be a waste if i don't finish this. >> reporter: she also remembered what happened to her friend, simon dominguez, when his attempt went unsuccessful. >> he had a friendly visitor that required him to get out. rightfully so. >> reporter: sammy shark. >> sammy shark. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: amy credited her team for helping her get to the finish line. >> do you want any company? >> sure. >> reporter: one of their roles is to send food every 30 minutes through a bottle. what was on the menu? >> chicken bone broth as my nutrition that would give me energy. then i would also eat

things such as mashed potatoes and i loved peaches. peaches with the syrup because i counteracted the salt effect of the water. >> peaches? >> peaches in water? >> just peaches in that container. >> i wouldn't want peaches for a while. and i would get that out of my diet now. >> yeah, i think i could take a break from it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: she didn't take any breaks from work as a nurse at uc san francisco's children's hospital. amy completed a ten-hour shift before her swim that started a little after 3:00 a.m. >> i really am committed to taking care of my patients. and i had to be there. but i also knew i would have enough time to go home and get a good rest. >> reporter: the 55-year-old isn't planning to rest on her accomplishment. she's already got her sights set on a new challenge. >> i'm looking forward to loch

ness. i'm interested in trying to find the loch ness monster. it seems to make sense. [ laughter ] >> man, these swimmers do that and now they want to go to the loch ness. so much respect for these open water swimmers. i've done a lot of them. just some of my favorite stories are these athletes. years ago though, i did a baseball recruiting video for amy's son. 12 years later, our paths have crossed again. >> don't you love that? >> that is amazing. >> they have a whole new level of endurance. but the mental strain too. it's dark out there. >> yeah, you don't drive up, get out of the car and go in. i mean not to mention the fact you have to move yourself up head to toe to protect your skin in those waters. >> and you don't want to wear a wet suit? >> no. >> interesting. >> dolphin club, whatever. you bring up wet suit and they will look at your funny. >> how big is your crew because

they need to protect it from sharks. i mean there's great whites out there. >> you need to chase it with a crew and somebody throwing that bottle full of food every 30 minutes. sometimes you'll have swimmers to escort her and it will take a lot. it took five years of planning and training to get that done. >> the training must have been brutal. good for her. what a story, vern. >> no sleep too. >> she's amazing. she is our woman, wonder woman. all right, a live look at the state capitol right now. a bill to require new cars to alert drivers when their speeding has cleared a major roadblock. the proposal's aim is to reduce traffic deaths. the bill would require new cars, manufactured or sold in the state by 2032 to install a system that beeps at drivers when they go over the speed limit by 10 miles. the

legislation was introduced by scott wiener and passed yesterday. using the technology for years. a new plan introduced at the state would advance schools from the policies that require parents to be informed if their child identifies as transgender. a group of democratic lawmakers introduced a new bill known as the safe i it act. barring them from passing these policies and protect school staff who defy the policies from district retaliation. >> the student is a minor under 18. and the parents, tay should parent and get the child counseling or more information about their choice. >> business as usual for the child and let the child communicate that when they're ready. some say not notifying participants would take away a parent's 14th amendment right to care and make healthcare decisions for their children. but tay say outing a student to their parents could cause more harm for their child who may not have accepting parents. up next, a woman dealing

with the tragedy of losing her mom to medical malpractice. finds the answer to her pain and she did it by helping to change a 50-year-old california state law. >> that's me. leaving a legacy for my mother. >> earning your master's degree is a feat in itself. now imagine you and your spouse earning the same degree at the same time. meet the south bay couple who will

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50-year-old california law that gives victims a medical negligence to recoup real losses from pain and suffering. >> reporter: even knows the tragedy of the dead. but let's talk about the tragedy of the living. >> reporter: how someone heals from trauma. >> i felt scared. >> reporter: can come in many different forms. >> perhaps there was too much shame tied to how she died. >> reporter: for susan liu, she found answers as a performing artist with a one woman play and most recently as an author with a release of her memoir, the manicurist daughter. >> seeking the truth is how i would avenge my mother's death. >> reporter: her mother known by her american name, jennifer, had owned two nail salons. a vietnamese immigrant who made a life for her family in the bay area. but in 1996 while undergoing a tummy tuck and chin implant, she went into a coma and later died of a

botched plastic surgery. the doctor had been at the center of multiple complaints, having his license suspended by the medical board of california. where susan made a trip to the san francisco doctor's office where her mom went in, but never came out. >> sometimes i look back and i were i could have prevented her from coming here. i have come to this building so many times looking for answers. a part of my feels that i found that answer. and now i can let it go. >> reporter: susan found that answer by turning trauma and tragedy into real change. at the time of her mother's death, there was a $250,000 cap set in 1975 in the state of california. on the amount of money that injured patients and their families could recuperate for pain, suffering, or even death. >> plastic surgery is a perfect example of this. >> reporter: carmen had been fighting the cap for several

decades. >> and now in 1975, $250,000 was actually a reasonable amount of money. today that amount is about $50,000 when adjusted for inflation. what that means no attorney could afford to take the case with that cap being so low. >> when i was 11 years old, i lost my mother to medical negligence. >> reporter: they recruited the help of victims and their family members, including susan liu who testified and told her story to medical boards and lawmakers. >> one of the most important ways that an organization like mine can make a change in the law is by telling the stories of families who were impacted. >> reporter: in 2022, they won the battle. governor gavin newsom signing assembly bill 35, fairness for injured patients act, raising the cap families could recuperate for $250,000 up to $1 million.

>> and that's me, leaving a legacy for my mother. >> reporter: a legacy through activism and real change. while healing through performance and her art. >> i wanted to know who she was and how i was like her. most of all, i wanted to know if i could heal from this trauma. >> reporter: by retelling the story of her mother, not just how she died, but how she continues to live. >> we do want to mention that susan and her family did not benefit from the change in law because of, you know, the years that had gone by. as for the doctor who performed plastic surgery on her mother, he did pass away in 2014. >> what a story. >> an amazing woman. you can find all of our special stories for aapi heritage month on our website kpix.com. and be sure to watch our special roots and resilience in aapi celebration this friday at 4:00 p.m. you can find it on kpix and

streaming on the cbs news app. straight ahead in sports. the giants have an answer to the question. what's that smell? and over in oakland, the a's have a closer, accomplishing things that they have never

temperatures today weren't quite as warm for inland parts of the bay area, but still a little above average. we've got one more day of warm conditions inland with mild

temperatures around the bay. cool temperatures along the coast. then things are going to shift as we would hit the end of the workweek on friday and head into the memorial day weekend. passing storm system, it's going to miss us to the north. all of it is energy and moisture that will be sent into the pacific northwest, but close enough to send some cloud cover towards us, significantly cooler temperatures towards us. even a little bit of drizzle to the coast. i don't think that they will register to much more than a trace of moisture. in late may, even that is noticeable. a look at futurecast. we'll have clear skies tonight. not going to see much fog out there to begin the day on thursday with plenty of sun. we'll see more clouds than sunshine around the bay and the coast for friday and saturday. this model produces clearing trend for inland parts of the bay area as we head towards midday on saturday. and that could go either way at this point. saturday won't be the coolest and cloudiest day of the holiday weekend. memorial day, we'll be back to

near normal high temperatures. looking outside towards the santa clara valley. we've got 60s, 70s, and 80s. 84 degrees the warm spot right now in santa rosa. 81 degrees not too far from concord. temperatures are going to kind of even out. a look at your forecast lows by early tomorrow morning, which are going to be very close to average. everybody within a degree or two of what's normal for late may. temperatures in the santa clara valley as you go further with low 50s. temperatures inland in the east bay. east of mount diablo holding on to some warmth around the bay and along the coast, exactly 50 degrees for half moon bay. slightly cooler temperatures in the valleys of the north bay. clear skies overhead. and so temperatures in petaluma, santa rosa, napa dropping down into the upper 40s by early tomorrow morning. but we're going to manage to warm up as we would head through the day tomorrow. temperatures are going to be like they are in the morning

within a degree or two of what's formal for this time of the year. upper 50s to around 60s along the coast and around the bay with the temperatures inland and a mix of 70s and some low 80s, primarily far inland. we've got more going on in napa where temperatures are going to be cooler, beginning on friday. but the low point in our temperature trend will occur on saturday with the high temperatures in napa are going to be around 70 degrees. and that is more typical of the easter weekend as opposed to e memorial day weekend. but we will start bouncing back for the last day of the festival on sunday. even san francisco, the moderating influence of the bay, but we will drop to the upper 50s with the highs in san francisco on saturday and it will be closer to normal through next week. the wildest ride will be farther inland. and then back to the upper 70sand the low 80s as we head think memorial day and most of next week. a look

at your seven-day forecast. inland parts of the bay area do have that big fluctuation from 80 tomorrow and monday, tuesday, wednesday. around the bay, the same pattern is there, but everything has smoothed out a little bit. it won't be quite as smooth of a roller coaster ride. and san francisco only in the upper 50s. the mid-50s for high temperatures along the coast as we head through friday and saturday. and the coast has the best chance with the thicker cloud cover adding up, but it's not going to be anything significant. just kind of a cool start to the holiday weekend. >> thanks, paul. still ahead we're following breaking news. the massive fire at a redwood city recycling plant has been pumping smoke across the peninsula. so chopper 5 over the scene. the fire mostly out, but crews will be on scene for hours with an update on the potential health impact in that

area. a new political chapter for oakland's fired police chief. why he's running for office at the time, the same time he's suing the city. and then we'll get into an edge of the college emission process because of your family's ties. a look at banning legacy emissions in california. all that coming up in ten minutes. but let's go to vern and some sports. we will take it from here to give you baseball up top. they got a shot in the arm today over a month in the waiting on the injured list. blake snell was on the mound at the pirates. we'll have moving pitchers of that on the late show. in the meantime the a's will get back in the win column last night to end that eight-game losing streak. setting up the other save opportunity for the closer who was simply unhittable right now. he picked up the ninth save of the season. but that doesn't do them justice. over

his last 13 outings, hitters combine with 33 strikeouts. that is pretty good. over to the nba, steph curry has another piece of hardware that's coming his way. he was just selected to the all nba third team. curry becomes the 26th player in nba history during all association honors and for at least ten times. a pivot to soccer where they are finding their momentum in their inaugural season. coming off the 2-1 win last week against san diego. and bay f.c. will look to start their first ever winning streak this friday when they host new york gotham f.c. with ten matches under the belt. head coach montoya says he's got the team right where he wants it. >> what we've asked is to be entertaining. let's entertain the fans. we've got that in every game. we have been in every single game except for

one. so yeah, we are attacking, getting better defensively now, so we are on our way. am i happy with where we are at? absolutely, but we're getting there. and where they continue their first week of otas, down in santa clara. mostly familiar faces returning to the field, but you can't say that around the rest of the league. new charges for head coach jim harbaugh making his presence felt down in l.a. well respected by his players, but also kind of, well, one of a kind type of personality. and he has taken notice. >> my first impressions of harbaugh, i don't want to get in trouble of this, but he reminds me of will ferrell. i don't know, it's the way he talks. his analogies and everything, but they remind me of will ferrell. i don't know, it's just funny to me. it's funny, but i know he means well

and everything comes from the heart. [ laughter ] >> will ferrell. i'm a little bias because harbaugh is one of my favorites. going back to when he took the stanford job. you just never know how he will respond to any questions. it's the great unknown. >> he's perfect for l.a. perfect. >> thanks, vern. still ahead here at 5:00, sometimes earning a master's degree is not enough. meet the couple who both went to grad school celebrating a major milestone by walking the stage together.

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a little over an hour, students will walk the stage for graduation. >> it is such a fun day. introducing us to a pair of grads making commencement into a couple celebration. >> reporter: getting a graduate degree is already plenty of work. add on top of that having a job and trying to be a supportive spouse. well there's one couple that got the same degree together while married and had a kid before they graduated. today they get to celebrate. >> reporter: fernando gonzalez and selena davis walked down the aisle together. on wednesday they will take special steps together on stage as graduates of the class of 2024. >> we told ourselves no matter

what we were going to finish, and that's what we did. >> reporter: both will receive their masters in counselor education from san jose state university. the first in their families to get a graduate degree. >> it was incredible to have a partner that can relate to the same topics we were talking about, the same classes, having the same classmate, and similar projects. >> reporter: david plans to focus on at-risk youth who may be around gangs growing up, while fernanda wants to advise low income, first generation students. before they could put their new degrees to work, they have changed plenty of diapers for their daughter. >> it does take a village. that's something i don't think you know until you actually have a baby and you're like wait. >> reporter: she was born in the final semester and just ten weeks old. she showed up on a saturday, but they made sure to attend class by tuesday. and there are many advantages to having your partner as your classmate. but some days it

added too much stress to being a student. >> oh my gosh, am i going too slow. wait, you already started that assignment? i haven't even looked at it yet. >> reporter: support from their peers and family made the last stretch of this journey possible, so they could get to graduation day. >> you can pursue your master's and your higher education. >> take us as an example of if we can do it. >> reporter: united in a common goal and now bonded by a shared university education to do the important work of helping others achieve the same dream in the future. and these graduates are thinking about about what it will be like to counsel students who have gone through a similar experience. those who are already married and those who are parents. they believe they will be able to better advise them now having gone through this together. >> absolutely, and they did it with a kid. >> amazing. they're my heroes. that's it for us at 5:00. cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right now. thank you, we begin with breaking news. burning metal sending smoke across the

peninsula. we're following the huge fire at a recycling plant in redwood city. what is making it so difficult to put it out and the potential health impact. plus oakland's fired police chief launching his new chapter in politics. why he's running for office. at the same time he's suing the city. >> it really is a message to oakland that i'm here and grounded. >> and students getting a leg up at top colleges because of their family ties. the push to end legacy admissions in california. i think if you should be here, you should be able to get here on your merit and not the fact that your parents gave money to the school. good evening, thanks for joining us at 6:00. we begin with breaking news. a fire at a metal recycling plant in redwood city is muching out smoke across the peninsula. and the scrap that's burning is making it tough to