block away from interstate 880. our kevin ko spoke to the owner and some say nearby gas station employees who were afraid that those flames would spread to their pumps. >> that's my filing cabinet, so it's that and the bike. >> reporter: it was hard for john bacon to know what was left from this massive fire at his lumberyard. he's owned the property for decades and says he's never had a fire on site until last night. video from sunday night at around 8:00 p.m. shows firefighters battling the four-alarm fire which torched a warehouse holding lumber, drywall, and construction supplies. oakland fire battalion chief says nearly 100 firefighters were on site. >> it's definitely one of our exposures that we had from the

lumberyard with the gas station. >> reporter: sam jabril was here last night. >> they came in less than five minutes after i called 911. it was spreading out of control shooting up to the roof and they have been working on it since. >> i was worried about we got close to 30,000 gallons of gasoline and i was worried it's going to move. >> reporter: oakland fire tells us the cause of the fire is still under investigation. firefighters are still working through the damage with the entire warehouse and showroom at economy lumber company coming down. >> the entire building's going to come down because it's not stable. it's too dangerous. we can't send crews in there. we have four collapsed on the second floor. >> reporter: john bacon still figuring out just how much was lost at his lumberyard. firefighters were able to chainsaw through his filing cabinet to retrieve some documents, but no matter the final amount of damage he plans to rebuild. >> i love oakland. there's

some problems downtown i think, but i love oakland. >> reporter: firefighters say it will likely be a few days until investigators determine what caused all of this. >> at one point trains near the fire were stopped in both directions, but service is now back to normal. let's give you a live look at sfo where the rush to return home is on as a wrap up a memorial day weekend. friday had nearly 3 million people passing through security checkpoints. we're also on track for the busiest memorial day weekend in history and adding to that chaos, more than 30,000 flights have been canceled or delayed since thursday, largely due to severe weather. here's a check of the traffic right now as people head back in their cars and not too bad on our bay area bridges now, all looking fairly clear and traffic is moving nice and smooth. after a bit of a dreary start to the holiday weekend, it's looking a lot more like the unofficial kickoff to the

summer season. first alert meteorologist darren peck joins us for a closer look at the warm-up on the way. also the fog is rolling in for a little june gloom. >> oh, you just described the season pretty much perfectly. i think the headlines should be the warm-up that's coming, ryan. by the end of the week daytime highs for inland valleys will be near 90. we'll look at that in great detail coming up in the full forecast, but we aren't there yet. instead what we're dealing with is the other aspect ryan was talking about. we'll use the virtual set to show you how the marine layer has been hugging the coast all day. when it starts in the morning, it does get into the interior parts of the bay, but it only hangs out there in the morning hours and then melts back. we put our camera on top of the mark hopkins hotel and we've been watching it since about 3:00. it is trying to build back in. you can see the container ships coming in a little faster than it is. tomorrow we'll start out tuesday morning and the marine layer is going to build back in. that is a beautiful depiction there in high

resolution to show you. we aren't all waking up to late may gray tomorrow, but if you're in the city, the immediate bay, you will, napa as well and watch what happens, batch of high clouds and the marine layer melts back. that is your tuesday, more sun than anything else and daytime highs tomorrow are going to be a little warmer than today. we'll put some specifics on that. i'll show you the forecast high for your part of the bay coming up in the next visit and then we'll look ahead to that warm-up. i'm anne makovec with a look at some of the bay area memorials honoring the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. starting with the tribute at one of the most beautiful former army posts in the world, the san francisco national cemetery at the presidio. there was a color guard and rifle salute, gold star families who lost loved ones in active duty taking part in a wreath laying

ceremony. volunteers also placed flags on each of the gravesites and we heard from one veteran about what today meant to him. >> well, you can see i'm emotional. i'm a vietnam veteran. i served in vietnam, the 3rd marine division in 1969 and some of my friends didn't come home. ♪ >> people gathering there at oak hill memorial park in san jose, the event included tributes, live music and a moment of silence for our fallen heroes and we heard from a veteran who has lost several friends at war, including marine major doug zenbeck who left these words of advice behind for us all. >> be a man of principle. fight for what you believe in. keep your word. live with integrity. be brave. believe in something

bigger than yourself. serve your country, teach, mentor. give something back to society. ♪ >> and the uss hornet sea, air and space museum held its annual memorial day ceremony complete with a wreath laying presentation and a memorial squadron flyover at the naval air station alameda. memorial day was first known as decoration day when it was born after the civil war. it became an official federal holiday in 1971. >> thanks, anne. a live look out towards alcatraz, the ferry workers launching a strike after a year and a half of negotiations. almost 100 unionized ferry workers say they're fighting for better pay and better benefits. alcatraz city cruise has condemned the strike and said operations will continue as normal. starting today, the main

branch of the oakland library is now closed and will not reopen until at least november. the library says they will be doing floor-to-ceiling upgrades, including a new roof, upgrades to the electrical system and upgrading floors and lighting, fix some heating problems. library patrons will have to find a new place to hang out, especially on the weekend. >> mostly for us it will be a pain if we want to go on a sunday because no other branches are open sundays. >> the work is paid for with a $4.2 million state grant and matching money from the city. residents of one oakland neighborhood are worried about a growing number of people living in their vehicles. [ speaking in a global language ] >> translator: the kids who are walking to school have to get off the sidewalk because they can't go through. >> coming up at 5:30, the frightening incidents adding to their concern and what they want the city to do about it. switching gears, the sports world mourning the loss of a

west coast basketball legend. bill walton has died at the age of 71, vern glenn joining us now. you can't overstate walton's impact on the game of basketball and the pac-12 and anything, though it was just the joy he brought to fans and people watching him on television, right? >> always soaked up the moment. he said, "i'm the luckiest guy in the world." the younger demographic know him as this tie dyed clothed zany basketball commentator, but walton, true, was one of a kind, but i have never met a more kind-hearted basketball icon. walton passed away at age 71 after a battle with cancer. he's regarded as one of the greatest players in college basketball history, winning two national titles at ucla, battled injuries throughout his nba career, but still won two championships and an mvp. he was inducted to the basketball hall of fame in 1993. in his later years he was the colorful

analyst for his beloved conference of champions, the pac-12. one of his broadcast partners, roxy burnstein says bill was a friend to him and everyone he met. >> he would stay after every game. there would be a long line of people out the door to get his autograph, to take a picture with him. he stayed until every person was taken care of. nobody left without getting a part of bill walton. i've seen him give his phone number out to just random strange people. they had basketball questions they wanted to ask, kids about how they could improve their basketball game. send me an email. that's how bill was. he was so welcoming to everybody and celebrated life like no other person i've ever seen. >> roxy's right. legendary player in high school, college at ucla, three-time player of the year, nba had champion and for the younger demographic and the nba fan, he was nikola jokic before jokic and he

missed over 750 games because of injuries to his feet and his ankles and he would often say or would text thank you for my life. shine on. peace and love. >> he was definitely one of a kind and you're right, a lot of people who are younger only know him as this broadcaster and bigger than life personality. when he was a player, he dominated the game. if his body could have withheld, the injuries just broke him down. >> just dominant, agile athlete. he could take over when he was right. >> thanks, vern. bill walton will be missed. still ahead, a wild rescue, the bay area dog that found himself in a precarious position after being chased by raccoons. and the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed a former soap opera star in southern california, what police are revealing about the likely motive. this is about my buddies

who gave so much unconditionally for a belief system. >> how bay area veterans are remembering their friends and colleagues who made that ultimate sacrifice.

just a wild scene in san francisco where firefighters rescued a dog after it fell off a cliff. they believe the dog named cushy-pup was being chased by raccoons last night on turner terrace in the potrero hill area. firefighters pulled him up with a rope and say he's okay and back with his owner. summer is just around the corner and many of you probably have some plans to hit the beaches and the swimming pools, but beware. some might not be fully open to the public due to a lifeguard shortage. some u.s. beaches and public pools have been forced to reduce their operating costs or even close in areas like new york city. officials say a total of 600 lifeguards are needed, but only

right now 230 are working. >> lifeguards don't have a career path forward. we're that fourth element and should be respected as that. the communities need to invest in their lifeguards. they need to pay them better, give them incentives to come out and have this wonderful lifestyle, but it's also very important for tourism. it's important for the economics of our community and also our residents. >> officials also say they are easing the hiring requirements to help fill those gaps. the american lifeguard association recommends promoting lifeguarding as a career option to help address that shortage. on the east coast now facing the threat of more severe weather following tornadoes and other extreme weather that have killed at least 23 people in parts of the midwest and the south, we have the report from valley view, texas, where tornadoes would have been much worse without the quick thinking of one man. >> reporter: a funnel cloud was caught on camera in eddyville, kentucky. the governor declared

a state of emergency early monday because of the severe weather. >> communities across kentucky experienced storms that produced strong winds, multiple tornadoes, hail in some places. >> reporter: hail and twisters also battered parts of missouri. in st. louis neighbors worked to clear debris. >> we're lucky. everybody here is lucky our houses weren't struck. >> reporter: arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders got a firsthand look in her state. >> we heard it, pretty devastating. >> reporter: two young children were among the victims of deadly westers in cooke county, texas. >> with this particular one the damage and the loss is just really heartbreaking. >> reporter: if you look at all the 300 tornadoes that have happened so far this season, it makes it the second worst april on record. amid the destruction there are stories of heroism, including at this truck stop where hugo parra told his fellow travelers to take shelter in the bathrooms.

>> i say let's go to the restrooms. hey, go, go, go! and everybody listened and everybody go to the restrooms. >> that person saved probably 50, 60 lives. >> reporter: the local emergency manager tells cbs news nobody died in this gas station thanks to that quick thinking voice in the dark. >> the national weather service says about 70 million americans are expected to be impacted by severe weather today. switching to our forecast, let's check in with meteorologist darren peck. we're so lucky. we have winds here and gusty winds but nothing like that in the midwest and south. >> no, but the wind for us is still probably the bigger determiner how it will feel. that onshore breeze that we get. >> absolutely. >> i'm going to bring on the wind right where we're standing actually. >> oh, there you go. >> about 40-mile-an-hour gusts. this becomes our onshore wind and squeezes through the golden gate and makes it feel like a

frigid 50 in the city. >> it gets cold here. >> yeah. while it's 80 inland. we all experience the wind differently. look what's going on in point reyes. there's a band of orange and red, the strong winds coming down the coast where they've had 40-mile-an-hour gusts, but for the rest of us what matters most is what the wind is kind of doing here. this is where you get the onshore influence and the cool air can start filtering through. a good example is the impact this has had on daytime highs. watch what happens if we remove the wind streams and instead put the actual daytime highs on here. san francisco's number is not getting that far above the low 60s and factor in about a 20-mile-an-hour breeze, you've got a wind chill factor which is why it always feels so much cooler over here. look where you were today in antioch, 80, still a little breeze going through the delta but not terribly strong, fremont 68. these numbers apply for both today and tomorrow. we

don't change a whole lot either day, but by wednesday, thursday, friday we are. we start to warm up. by the end of the week the inland valleys will be closer to 90. let's go back to some of the forecast imagery. the wind picks up tomorrow afternoon. we were looking at the streamlines where they are now, but watch tomorrow afternoon, just like today. even if it's 62 in the city, you put a 32-mile-an-hour gust on that and it's going to feel like a frigid low 50s. we know that drill. there's also the marine layer that builds in each morning. we'll keep doing this. there's tomorrow morning. by afternoon that will be gone. that's kind of the way it goes. the bigger pattern is going to change to allow a noticeable warm-up for us by thursday and friday. for that we'll see what's playing out now. you've got a little trough here. that's keeping things cool. as long as that's around, low pressure kind of stays in charge and the onshore influence stays in control. if

we visualize this differently, there's that same trough. what watch happens by thursday and friday. instead it gets replaced by a big red bull's eye out here. that's our warm-up thursday and friday. watch the next three days. each afternoon notice that blob of red warmer air migrating closer to us. that's going to help bring temperatures up. we'll go from a little below average to temperatures climbing to above average. let's get into the seven-day forecast. we'll say good-bye to our virtual map and we will bring back in the seven-day forecast. we'll start with our inland microclimate. you can see the warm-up showing up clearly back here. that is an 89 by thursday. doesn't last long, though. by the weekend the numbers will come back down and we'll cool back to the low 80s for our inland microclimates. let's watch it for the bay. same pattern. obviously the numbers aren't as big, mid-70s by thursday and then you'll cool down into the weekend.

notice how the clouds clear out a bit? when we go into this warm-up thursday and friday, those days we'll probably get less marine layer influence in the morning. for tuesday we already saw it. tomorrow it builds into the bay. you start out marine layer gray and plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, but by wednesday and more noticeably thursday and friday we probably see much less of that. it's a sunnier scenario that gets you into the mid-70s in the bay. then it builds back in again by next weekend and then we'll be talking about june gloom instead of may gray. ryan, back to you. >> thanks, darren. up next, we'll take you to the north bay where one military veteran has an important message to the public on this memorial day. >> it's definitely the darker roast. >> perfect. >> did you know northern california is home to the only coffee research center in

president joe biden is honoring fallen service members this memorial day with a wreath laying ceremony. ♪ the president along with vice president kamala harris and defense secretary lloyd austin paid their respects at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery in virginia. president biden laid a wreath at the tomb and then gave his annual memorial day address. >> to everyone who has lost and loved someone in the service of our country, to everyone who have loved ones still missing or unaccounted for, i know how hard it can be. >> in washington, d.c. veterans and loved ones visited the vietnam memorial to remember the thousands of people who served and marched in the national memorial day parade. here in the bay area the city of mill valley asked a local veteran to share his experience serving our country. our shawn chitnis has more on his message on why we must take

time each year to think about those who made that ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: each year when the city of mill valley comes together on memorial day, the community takes time to honor the fallen and read the names of local heroes. the ceremony on this morning featured the words of a local marine corps veteran who wanted to acknowledge how fortunate he was to be here today. >> we didn't have the welcoming that i see today for the vets and i think it's because of us that time has healed. >> reporter: a veteran of the vietnam war, darren walton takes pride in seeing a city he has deep roots in showing gratitude to members of the military whom made the ultimate sacrifice. >> americans put their lives on the line unconditionally so that i can be here speaking today. >> reporter: and they're not just his fellow americans, but friends darren lost in the war. >> this is about my buddies who

gave so much unconditionally for a belief system. >> reporter: so he hopes all his neighbors have a better appreciation after hearing his message about the toll it takes on those who serve and their families, reminding us that it's not their choice to go to war, but the actions they carry out in defense of their country weigh heavily on them. >> you have to realize that is it right or wrong, good or bad? i'm not the one to say or judge, but think about it before you go. >> reporter: darren says we are all part of a■ great experiment that began in 1776 and today is an important reminder of how it still gets tested so often. >> and the city also held a parade this morning with 60 different organizations marching through the downtown area. this year's theme was strength in numbers, highlighting the tight knit community.

coming up at 5:30, meet the oakland resident afraid to walk outside their doors, the obstacles they face walking through their neighborhood. >> walking through there, it's a death trap. it's anything can happen there and when it starts going dark, forget about it. there's no light there. it makes it even more dangerous. and a former soap opera star killed over a catalytic converter, the troubling crime that's sparked a manhunt in southern california. it feels like we're very much doing this with our ancestors, with our community, with our people. >> how a theater production brought the life of a st

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right now at 5:30, israeli leaders addressing the growing backlash at a camp for displaced palestinians. the shooting over a catalytic converter takes the life of a former soap opera star. and in oakland where a growing number of people are living in their vehicles settling in one part of the fruitvale district having residents raising concerns over the safety of their families. they say the sidewalk was blocked off and there was

recently a troubling incident involving an axe. da lin shows us what exactly is going on. >> reporter: neighbors say they can no longer use the sidewalk on east eighth street near fruitvale avenue. a car is parked on the sidewalk. there's also a bike and a bunch of other stuff. they walk into the street to get in and out of their homes. [ speaking in a global language ] >> translator: the kids who are walking to school have to get off the sidewalk because they can't go through. it's the only sidewalk since there isn't one on the other side. >> reporter: through a translator hector hugo worries a car could hit his two little girls. neighbors and business owners say it started out with one rv a few months ago, but it got bigger. a second rv and a couple cars have since camped out on east eighth street. they worry it could turn into east ninth street which is filled with rvs and people living in cars. >> and walking through this, it's a death trap and