>come on in. guys got a full bar. fresh crab. it's uh, it's been a long time coming for businesses. struggling to survive. >i'm seeing more foreigners. come in from other countries. which is a good sign. that means they're not scared to come here in the second time here, and it's very nice tone. but when will be area tourism? be back to normal? >tourists? this year is much less

>liz>well. travelers are once a say. their sights on same francisco summer tourists are visiting and they're spending it shops but still not like they used to. so what's it going to take to get the city really thriving again? and what's pushing some visitors to book elsewhere instead we'll have that conversation in just a few minutes, but first a look at your news headlines the top two democrats in congress are throwing their support behind. vice president kamala harris. representative hakeem jeffries and senator chuck schumer both endorsed. terrorists. for president, cbs news estimates. she has the support she needs to secure the nomination next month. the harris campaign says it has raised more than 100 million million since she announced her run for president. the city of oakland started clearing a homelessness. encampment on the beach during the bay bridge toll plaza. a federal judge recently. cleared the way for the sweep after denying a request for an injunction. it is the first high profile sweep in the bay area since the supreme court's ruling that

gives cities more power to clear out encampments. hundreds of police officers lined up in vacaville today to pay tribute to one of their own the procession honored officer matthew bowen. he was struck and killed by a car during a traffic stop nearly two weeks ago. police believe the driver who hit him was on drugs and tried to run away that driver could face murder charges. tough news for tesla, the company says its profits dropped 45. in the second quarter. tesla says fewer people are actually buying its electric cars. despite price. cuts and lower interest. financing. it is a first alert weather day as we deal with yet another day of dangerous heat meteorologist zoe minces is in our virtual view studio and zoe some relief is coming. it sounds >darren>like yes, relief is on the way. but today hate safety is going to be top priorities. we do still have widespread heat advisories and excessive heat warnings in effect significantly warmer than what we're feeling yesterday. just a couple of degrees in the peninsula, but places across

our north bay and inland east bay communities nearly 10 degrees warmer than just about 24 hours ago. and the reason that we we do have heat advisories that will remain in effect through tomorrow night at 11 pm these heat advisories are going to continue to impact us and continue to mean heat safety is again top priority. drinking a lot of water wearing that sunscreen, the sunglasses. sunglasses are all things that we need to keep in mind through the rest of the night tonight and into tomorrow again, excessive heat warnings in effect for our more inland communities where temperatures are expected to reach the upper nineties there in the triple digits today again, heat safety is a top of mind and it's not just for us all across the desert southwest and southern california, where widespread excessive heat warnings. do remain in effect in his all brought to us by another heat dome, another large area of high pressure that is continuing to impact the western part of the united states and bring near to record breaking high temperatures for us, though we're also looking at a little bit of sierra nevada lightning, and this is going to create the potential

for more wildfire. and this is something that we're going to keep our eyes very closely on wildfires. not a great news this time. i'm of year especially when there are widespread lightning strikes today. there is a little bit of a haze in the sky that you see, which is why we do have these yellow. uh air quality basic. basically just means for unhealthy or unhealthy for sensitive groups. tomorrow it is going to get a little bit better and you notice those getting better trends continue. as temperatures continue to let off as well so tomorrow afternoon, it is going to be a hot one. still, but at least we don't see triple digit high temperatures. upper nineties though again, it is still going to be hot and see heat safety is still going to be top of mind over the next 24 to 48 hours again. the heat is going to be on but you notice a gradual cooling trend that is is going to continue over the next couple of days. really great news for us. we are going to be seeing against slowly getting those temperatures more comfortable tomorrow. and then even more. comfortable by the time we step out into the later parts of the work week ahead of us again. good news is on the

way over the next seven days, and that's something that we really do have to keep in mind. seven days is going to be our biggest good news as we look forward to the future. we are going to be seeing more chances for comfortable heat on the way that is great news for us again over the next seven days. we are going to be seeing that continuing to keep our eyes on it today tomorrow is going to be the peak of the heat and as we step out friday saturday, look at how much more comfortable is going to start getting by the time we step out into the weekend eighties returned to the forecast. even in our inland most communities that is really great news for us. we want to get down. we want to be more comfortable. and we want to spend some time outdoors and actually enjoy ourselves and again. it's going to be later this week that we are going to be seeing more. comfortable heat even for our bay area. communities get ready for sixties to return to the forecast. and definitely practice heat safety today and tomorrow. when those heat advisories and excessive heat warnings do still remain in effect, elizabeth >liz>all right. zoe, thanks so much. san francisco tourism is starting to rebound, but it's still not the busy downtown. a lot of us remember. kenny choi

looks at two big factors working against the area. >i >>don mcfarland started working. in the heart. of fishermen. warf when he was 15 years old. it's a family business that's been around since 19. >frank sabella. and lula, tory. so those are the two partners. family members. so grandfather and that's a cousin. brother. that sabella and lavatories. survive. covid restrictions. but the post pandemic rebound. has been slow. he's the owner. runner, bartender. and whatever role needs to be filled. >proud with that also say gay, get your hands out of your pockets and make a sale. come on in. guys got a full bar, fresh crab. yeah. 53 year old says for the first time in 18 months, his restaurant finally saw a noticeable uptick.

>june was very good. and in july looks so far on pace to be better than the year before. so travel association projects. visitors will spend nearly 9.5 billion this year. a near 7.5. increase from 22. but visitor volume won't reach the 2019. mark of 26 million. until 22 >i'm seeing more foreigners. come in from other countries. which is a good sign. that means they're not scared to come here, annamarie pursuit is interim president and ceo of the san francisco travel. association. >convention business is what is down. significantly year over year. the 25 confirmed. mosconi. conventions. this year is half the number of events. compared to 2019. translate. to less than half of hotel rooms booked in san francisco. >we're kind of sitting in that 50 to 60 per occupancy, mark and the rates are significant. gently lower so the flow through that's going into the city and into the

general fund, of course. is diminished as well. yeah. economists also say with a strong dollar more americans are traveling abroad. meaning the overall picture for tourism in the u. s. isn't as rosy. a study from euromonitor international finds the us is trailing its global competitors ranking second to last among 18 nations with the united kingdom. and france among the top in china's travel. industry ranked last parrilla is a tour guide based in los angeles, who says revenue is down from last year? >but european tourists this year is much less. of schubert and his family are visiting san francisco from germany. and believes it's safer to travel. here. then too many other cities and countries he could have opted >for the second time here, and that's very nice. town. that vibe makes vendors like mcfarlane cautiously optimistic for this summer and beyond. >be good for small business to feel like they're legitimate

again. and we're gonna making a profit. it's a reason to smile but for an optimist like don mcfarland, it's not just the bottom line that has kept his family restaurant thriving for nearly a century. and counting. it's grit kindness. and loyalty. that setting setting the bar the way his ancestor. dream. >liz>san francisco offices still have a long way to go as well and remote work seems to be here is stay for the most part, but some employees are bucking that trend coming up. a chronicle reporter joins us to talk about how she moved from sacramento. to san francisco because she wanted to go back to the office. and it wasn't that long ago that the ceo of salesforce said returned to office mandates. would never work while he seems to be changing his tune.

>>now we've talked a lot about visitors coming. or not. coming in. downtown. san francis. but what about the people whose jobs are actually here? will turns out a lot of them are still working remotely, some or all of the time. in fact, the latest report from cbrn b r e shows the city's office. vacancy. rate sits at a record high of nearly 30. per but now a big move from the city's largest private employer. could help turn things around. our care. care of saint cyr looks at the new guideline. from salesforce.

>now you can see we don't have any line. and it's almost one o'clock, alberta, alberta, most food truck culinary, a used to see lines of 30 to 40 people. around this time, preplanned emmick. >bad day it was three people. four people. normally and right now we are just too first in market street used to service workers at the salesforce building and other businesses before everything went remote. >used to have long lines. now. we just come once a month culinary, a recoups the money lost from remote work by selling food at festivals and hosting cooking classes. but albert belle misses the long lines of customers. his story is part of a much larger trend of downtown. business owners trying to recover after losing their customer base post pandemic. yeah. abby royce with the bay area council economic institute. says she doesn't exactly know how much san francisco businesses lost. but she can't pinpoint how much the city isn't spending >tax revenue in san

francisco was sort of, you know, dead last on that list. still down almost $14 million, or 11% from pre pandemic levels our whole ecosystem has sort of been shattered. and now we're sort of trying to build it back up. like that medium or spicy. some business owners may see a change in the neighborhood. salesforce's is asking their workers to return to the the office by october. at least partially the company divided their staff into three categories. office based office flex and remote. most workers will fall into the office flex category, meaning they'll be expected to be in the office. at least three times a >week. office based employees have to show up for the five times a week. and fully remote workers will be determined on a case by case basis. roy says these changes might draw more people to the area, but it may not be enough to revive downtown. >do think it's a great step in the right. direction. at least increase some vitality. in in in our downtown spaces. the new office guidelines marcus shift for salesforce just two years ago, ceo mark benioff said returned to

office. mandates were never going to work. there's no guarantee moves like this will inspire more companies to bring back the workforce any faster. roy says that about 62 per of workers she surveyed are either hybrid or remote >based on the data that we've collected most are saying that they've hit their new normal and they don't intend to change their policy. well, salesforce returned to work order doesn't bring all employees back full time, something else for you, my friend, most says it gives him some hope >is perfect. because that is gonna give us a great impacting our business. >liz>well. the salesforce office. requirement is set to start. october 1st. and salesforce told us in a statement that it quote has always been a hybrid work company are guidelines focus on in person. connection. will also recognizing the value of working away from the office. mayoral candidate and former interim mayor mark farrell wants to give tax breaks to businesses that require workers to return to the office. it's all part of his big 20 year plan. he also wants to turn the

embarcadero plaza into a family friendly park and upgrade the waterfront. other highlights include reopening market street, two cars building tens of thousands of new housing units in the financial district, soma and mission bay neighborhoods. and quote massively increasing the number of police. in those areas. >only the only candidate in this race for mayor with significant and successful private sector. experience. i will leverage that experience. to reimagine downtown. and reinvigorate. our city's economy. >liz>in response to farrell's plan, maryland and breeds campaign spokespersons said, quote humans will land on mars and flying cars will be traversing. the city by the time farrell's plan. is complete. he went on to say the mayor is taking bold action. now. implementing her 30 by 30 plans. for downtown to bring 30,000 new residents and students. to downtown by 2030.

joining me now is san francisco chronicle. columnist and editorial writer. emily hoban. thank you so much for joining us, emily >live>thank you so much for having me, liz. >liz>that you wrote to an editorials for the chronicle about your move to san francisco from sacramento because you said you wanted to get back to the office. you crave that social connection. you were ready to wear jeans again, as you put it, put away those comfy pants. but do you think your peers feel the same way? >live>you know, i think it's a bit of a mixed bag. there have been some surveys, including those done at the international level. that a lot of millennials and gen z people do want to come back to the office at least part of the time because the reality is many of these people have never had the opportunity to really work in person. some of them were even going to college. online and didn't have the chance to meet a lot of people in person and i think it's really hard to under the impact. the pandemic has had on all of us and you know for me, i had been looking for a job injured. realism. for nine months before i got my first job that job started

march 2020. covid hit so i worked from home for almost five years and i really craved returning to the office and there are a lot of other young workers here at the chronicle. they are coming back in person at least three days a week, and i really enjoyed that >liz>i can imagine. you also wrote article about being kind of a first time resident to san francisco. but as you know, the city kind of gets a bad rap for a host of reasons. you have homelessness, crime. high cost of living. now that you've moved it here. do you think that reputation is fair? >live>yeah. think as always, it's a little different when you're actually living there. and yet there are reasons why san francisco does get a bad rap for all of the things that you mentioned, and, you know, there are areas when walking around. it's it's pretty sketchy. and you feel unsafe and things are dirty. um obviously there is still a very high demand, to live here, and that's part of the reason why the costs are so high. and you know, just being here living here. it's my first time living here, even though i'm from the east bay originally it's so different to kind of get too.

reince. that the city on a 24 7 basis rather than just coming in for work and then leaving. and what i really really been enjoying. it's just going for runs or walks down random streets and just sort of seeing where they take me and almost every time i end up getting a spectacular view that i did not even know was is available from that vantage point or running across a cute little store. and so i feel like the city is always surprising me and honestly, i'm i'm really happy that i made the move here, but it's probably not for everyone, but nowhere is >liz>also so been covering the mayor or race and i'm curious because each of the mayoral candidates have their own plans for bringing back downtown restoring the vibrance. of the city. curious from your perspective, do you think a mandatory returned to the office is the right thing to do? >live>you know, i probably will get some black flak for saying this, but i actually do think that it is the right thing to do. do because and i'm not necessarily saying that that needs to be five days a week. but i think at least part of the week is important. there's just the human connection of it. there's the ability to learn from your colleagues to

build that. those relationships you you know, i just had lunch with my co workers in the office, and it was just it was just a lovely break to the day that you wouldn't get from, you know, being at home. and not only that, but it also adds to the vibrancy of the entire community. and you have people going to restaurant. lots of people going to coffee shops. people walking around on the streets feel safer. it feels more exciting. um and i think that we are going to probably see more and more companies. returning to part of that. i mean the chronicle now has a more or less mandatory three days a week. salesforce has it and that was just mentioned and i think there is this recognition. that if there's no reason for people to come downtown except for on the weekend or after work then you know what's happening during the whole rest of the day, and there needs to be something that's kind of uplifting. the community. >liz>i am curious because this was true before the pandemic, but san francisco is known for being a great place for young folks. who maybe don't have kids. but then a lot of young families and believing leaving the city for a better education, more space. i'm curious. could you see yourself doing that?

>live>yeah. a great question, and i don't honestly have an answer because it's hard to know. you know where >liz>i'm gonna >live>to have to 10 years, but, you know, i been talking to some of my friends here who you know, are young are starting to have kids. and i do know that the quality of the education is a big issue, and that's why we saw so much of an uproar in the past few years surrounding the school board and the policies and, you know, now there's declining. enrollment. there you begin to close schools. so i do think for me. that would be a big point of consideration. and i think also you know you, you you want your kids to feel safe? you don't necessarily want them. passing feces. or beatles. i just saw a dead rat on my way to work today that quite a jarring scene. it was all ..., which was horrible. so you know there are things that you take into account. um but i also do feel like there is a certain vibrancy in a certain beauty here that is hard to match in some respects. >liz>it's a world class city still, all right. emily, hoping with the san francisco chronicle. thanks so much. >live>thank you so much, liz. >liz>well, still ahead, a major

change for one of the icons. of san francisco's union. square how saxes switching up your shopping. experience. yeah. >>yeah. >>yeah.

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>>a luxury department store. and unions. square is change. how you shop there. starting next. month. you will no longer be able to stroll into saks fifth avenue. you got to put an appointment. this comes as some nearby stores continue to struggle. after the pandemic to attract customers, while others deal with crime. shoppers. we talked to say this takes away kind of the fun of just browsing around stores. the idea that you have to make an appointment. to go into a store. makes absolutely no sense. besides competition. with macy's and neiman markets if they're not going to do that, as well. then what did we do? >liz>sack says it's always looking for ways to meet the evolving expectation. of its customers and the switch to appointment only will allow them to offer. more more personalized experience. this

month sacks for the avenues parent company also bought neiman marcus and a deal worth more than two. billion.

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tonight on the cbs evening news. >liz>and coming up tonight at five, a consumer horror story. something being called zombie. debt. how mortgages thought to be paid off are coming back to haunt. homeowners. that story with much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up tonight at five. and thank you so much for joining us for today's conversation about the efforts to revitalize downtown san francisco. and bring some workers. back we'd love to hear what you think poster thoughts online. using the hashtag kpix. x the cbs evening news is next local news continues on our streaming. service. cbs. news bay area lcu at five. >> are you ready to get to work? [cheers and applause] >> norah: tonight, vice president harris hits the campaign trail in the battleground