all the >my >>family. >>and it was another. there is do parents have the right to know their child's most sensitive secret? >he >>was forced out. and, um principal higher school. today we dive into a new state law meant to protect trans students. young yeah. yeah. and why attacked? titans? says this is the final straw. >going to have others on the

other side tried >for >>schools. >>secrets >>from >anne>i am anne makovec info. for liz, and that law drives draws a line between the classroom and the kitchen table banning schools from alerting parents if their child changes their gender identity. it's meant to keep trans students safe. but should their families be left out of the loop? we're going to have more on that. conversation coming up in just a few minutes, all angles first look at your news headlines. the biggest wildfire in the state has destroyed more than 100. structures so far, and it is still burning out of control. park fire more than tripled in size since yesterday. near chico in butte. butte into hema counties. more than 4000. people have been evacuated. at fire torched an area more than four times the size of san francisco. there's zero containment on the peninsula two people died after their car plunged a few 100 ft.

down devil's slide. it happened just after 11 o'clock this morning. the chp is investigating what caused that car to fly off highway one. police in san jose just released this surveillance video. it shows someone in a hoodie ripping a purse from an elderly woman and throwing her to the ground was has happened at a parking lot on a key road last month. after the woman went to the bank. the suspect is 17 years old. he is in custody. governor newsom. urging oakland to allow more police chases the governor says the city's current policy is too restrictive for officers and emboldened the bad guys. to act with impunity. oakland set stricter rules for pursuits in 2022 after police chases resulted in two bystander deaths in san francisco's fire chief announced that she is retiring at the end of august. janine nicholson says it is because of medical issues. she's been with the department for 30 years and became its first openly lgbt. q chief. when mayor breed shows her for

the position in 29. 1st alert weather now and more on that park fire burning to our north chief meteorologist paul hagen in our virtual studio tracking red flag condition. on the fire lines, >paul>paul and still read. flag warning for that part of california until 11 o'clock this evening is the combination of hot temperatures low humidity levels and gusty winds. southerly winds gusting up to 15 to 20 occasionally 30 miles an hour and driving that fire further upslope, which is the direction it wants to burn in the first place, so just accelerating its northward movement and taking a look at that fire from a distance, one of the alert california cameras shows just the widespread smoke plume, but this is an entirely smoke everything in the mid levels of the atmosphere and below that is smoking. produced by the park fire, but this brighter white here picking up that is actually a fire induced. clouds. pyro cumulonimbus clouds the fire literally. creating its own weather and those are visible from space where focused on the smoke plume from the park fire, but those white blotches there. those are those pira cumulonimbus clouds which are

capable producing their own cloud to ground lightning as well. which you don't want to see in such dry vegetation. this particular. part of california hasn't had a wildfire in over three decades. that specific vicinity which is why there's such abundant and very dry fire fuels for the fire to continue to grow so rapidly and produce milk. a lot of smoke as well. it's all being blown away from us, and that looks like it's going to remain the case as we head into the weekend, but as the mid level winds do weaken that smoke plume is going to kind of spread out in every direction that's really being driven by any strong winds. but it's looking like it's still going to stay just to the north. of the bay area, something is going to have to continue to track. as we head through the weekend and into early next week in the short term story around the bay area is returned of cooler temperatures for inland parts of the region. it's still in the eighties right now and concord and in livermore, 87 degrees in livermore. but that's your normal high temperature this time of year, right at 80 in san jose and santa rosa, a far cry from the triple digit temperatures that we had just a few days ago. and it's in the sixties in san francisco and oakland, just barely 60 degrees right now in san francisco with

that fog, definitely getting a bit deeper, and that's going to be the case as we head through the rest of tonight. the fog spreading out as the giants take on the colorado rockies first game of a three game series. first pitch at 715. about 60 degrees at game time, dropping into the upper fifties and there will be a noticeable breeze as well. the fog rolling in to make sure you layer up appropriately that fog and low cloud cover is going to make a big inland push. deeper marine layer is able to overcome the terrain obstacles around the bay, so we'll start off with gray skies for most of us as the sun comes up, but that fog inland isn't going to last all day. we'll see plenty of sunshine peeking through around the bay morning clouds and afternoon sunshine is going to be the rule of thumb for the next several days while along the coast. it's going to be morning clouds. afternoon clouds evening clouds nighttime clouds just a lot of clouds. what you expect in late july temperatures tonight dropping down mostly to the fifties. so finally inland, some free air conditioning open up the windows and get some of that fresh air into the house. high temperatures tomorrow. the coolest that we're going to see for awhile, barely cracking 60 along the coast. near 70. seventies. down the peninsula. mostly mid seventies in the santa clara valley, only 75

degrees for san jose. some of the warmest spots touching 80 degrees, but just barely again. most temperatures east of the oakland hills this is where you around 105 degrees. just a few days ago. only going to be up into the low to mid seventies. tomorrow sixties around the bay low seventies for much of the north bay until you go farther and farther inland. still a few nineties dotting the map for inland, mendocino county and lake county in just a couple of isolated locations, the most of your temperatures. as well are going to be staying in the eighties. let's take a look at the seven day forecast. we do have temperatures that are going to warm back up as we head through next week, but returning to just normally hot levels beginning tuesday, continuing through friday as we go into the first couple days of august upper eighties and low nineties we can handle that, in the middle of summer time. it's the kind of heat that we expect, not the crazy heat that we had inland for so much of july, not sure what happened to thursday there, we'll get that fixed a little bit later on, but the temperatures i know are right temperatures are going to be around the bay going from the sixties, saturday and sunday back to the low to mid seventies. as we go through the last days of july and into early august, while along the coast. grace guys overhead temperatures not changing much

just stuck in the lower half of the sixties >anne>and all right. thank you, paul, a new law here in california says that schools cannot force teachers as to notify parents if their child changers their gender identity. supporters say it's to prevent so called forced outings of transgender students. are kelsey thorn spoke with the a former student who advocated for the change. after seeing the impact firsthand. they were nice about that. sometimes they would even say 20 year old kai grew up in rockland. suburb. just north of sacramento. he says as a transgender kid, it wasn't always easy going to school there. always always knew i wasn't straight. um and i didn't really understand that there were people who wouldn't like that. i says for the most part, kids his age weren't shocked when he came out as trans but that didn't stop some of them from bullying him. i didn't really have a whole lot of friends. um, that's when you know everyone decides. oh,

we're going to hang out in these different groups, and i didn't really have anyone. to hang out with um and i didn't know. that many other trans people are queer people. um so i felt really isolated. thankfully for chi he had very supportive parents who worked with him to get him into an alternative. school that he felt safer in. it was a huge difference. from traditional too. the alternative. chapter and charter school. he wanted to go to school. there were so many you know other lgbtq people are neurodivergent people or, you know people who just i saw myself in them and we could sort of be friends. but not every queer kid in rock. was as lucky as chi. he says his roommate was actually outed by his school. he was forcibly outed. ah! by his principal, to the entire school and his family, and he had

really bad experiences. from that, like it could have cost him his life. i says. says unfortunately, he knows several other kids who did take their own lives after being forcibly outed. that's why. when kai learned last year that the rockland unified school district school board voted to implement a mandatory gender identity disclosure policy that would require schools to out students even though he had already graduated. he knew he had to speak out. you know, i thought about those people and i thought about how lucky i was. and how sad it is that i was lucky. to have a good experience. and, you know i knew i had to speak up. skyteam. up with equality, california. to lobby for a state bill that would, ban schools. from implementing forced out in policies. like the one in rockland. the bill, maybe 1955 known as the safety act, was officially introduced

by assemblymember. chris ward. in may. forced outing policies have a measurable impact on mental health of lgbtq. students and have led to a rise in bullying harassment and discrimination. and we know that when one population of a student body is bullied, harassed and discriminated against all students are impacted. by was there alongside assemblymember war during that press conference. he says, sharing his story and the stories of what his friends went through on that stage in front of lawmakers. is something he will never forget. it was very overwhelming. um but in a good way. and it felt i felt felt like i was contributing something. good to the world. skies moms. cynthia's says. it's also something she will never forget. it's been a tough road for chi. but she says she is so happy to see him finding for his own rights and the rights of the next generation of kids growing up in rockland. and beyond. yes. that i'm very

proud of him. he's a very strong individual. and, uh, we'll always be that his is back to protect him and help him. no matter what it is that he wants to do. and with his parents support, cai says he plans to continue. to advocate for a variety of lgbt q cause if it's not, you know. the plan. spot or just lgbtq issues in general. it's something else. i'm definitely a loud mouth. he says he hopes his story will inspire others to get involved in. and show everyone just how important protecting lgbt youth. is. >anne>and then there is the other side that says parents should not be left in the dark. still ahead. we're going to talk to the california family council. why they say the new

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the new california law banning policy. that require teachers. to tell parents it. their child changes their gender identity. is also affecting the business world billionaire elon musk says he's now moving two of his companies out of state in response. arlen len ramirez spoke with an lgbt advocate who insist the bill is about protecting children.

elon musk took to his own social media. platform. to announce that his company's x and spacex would be leaving. california. citing in the new law that prohibits mandating schools to notify families about student gender identity changes as the last straw. must said the law and others like it are attacking both families and companies, and he would be taking his businesses to texas. the bill was signed by governor newsom after a fierce battle in sacramento. >it's going to uh, have others on the other side. try to force school districts to keep secrets from parents. and i think that's a nonstarter for me. but lgbtq rights advocates were quick to criticize. must slay latest >move. and just because he's rich doesn't mean he even understands the issues. he has is making. comments about gabrielle. antonovich of the billy defrank center in san jose. says she lived through the experience of having her school notify her parents that she was attracted to women. >and they did not stand. what was going on. that what

horrible thing had i done? and then you know all these fights happened in my family, and it was none of their business come ming to my parents with that the new law comes after several school districts in california past policies. requiring the parents be notified. if a child request to change their gender. identification. and talovic says it could protect some students from so called forced outings. >schools need to be a safe place for young people to experiment with who they are. what to wear. um the look of your hair. gel. gender you feel most comfortable in nationwide at least six states have requirements. at school notified parents when miners disclosed that they are transgender. >anne>arizona and idaho. also require schools to provide certain information. to parents. but they do not specify gender expression or sexual orientation. joining me

now is greg bird. he is the vice president of california. family council, greg thanks for being with us today. >live>thanks for having >anne>me your organization has a lot of concerns about this new law, so let's break some of them down first. you say that it's actually dangerous for children. how so? >live>well, children need their parents. i mean, children are very trusting. um they're easily manipulated by adults, and they need their parents to protect them. and so the question is. how can parents actually protect their kids? if at the schools are keeping secrets about something as important as gender identity? changing your generation identity is it is a big deal. and children. need their parents. you know? they need their oversight. parents are legally and ethically responsible. for carrying. overseeing. their the raising of their kids. and that doesn't that responsibility doesn't belong to the teacher. or administrator or even a politician. so >anne>is dangerous. the right

word, though, when we're talking, you know a child using a name or a pronoun. what is really the harm in that? >live>well, the danger is the this this particular bill that was passed? allows teachers to lie. actually lets them deceive. parents about the gender identity of their kids and you would think most parents, uh, would be really concerned if an adult told another little your own child, whether they should keep secrets or not from their parents. i mean, you wouldn't want that adult around your child and so it's a terrible president. for the schools to incur. ridge, a teachers and students. from to keep secrets from their own their own parents. we should be encouraging kids to talk to their parents about the things they're going >anne>through. okay, >live>so this creates a secret. uh, secret secrets only. breakdown relationships and caused distrust. >anne>i think we can agree that all parents are not equal in this society. you know, we have

some that would explore this with >live>the child >anne>and others. that would be frankly. angry or hateful. toward them. so do you agree that there could be negative consequences? for a child in some um, families if this were to be >live>revealed yeah. listen, we know that not all parents are perfect. right? and these are really sensitive issues. but the solution is to encourage parents to have good. conversations with their kids and encourage kids to have those important. conversations with their parents. this is a policy that puts the state uh in the position of making kids. distrust their parents. everybody is now suspect all parents. are suspect. that's a terrible thing to tell kids. that's a terrible thing to call. tell teachers we have teachers who don't want to be in the position of lying to parents. and deceiving them, and that's what they're being forced to do. they got kids. multiple kids. that they have to keep track of what a pronounce to use this school

and then when they talk to their teachers, they have to go around. and use the original pronouns and the original names. parents. teachers don't want to you have to do >anne>that. now what? >live>what >>about cases of some families where i mean you could agree? i'm sure that it would be dangerous for some kids. to have their parents knowing this kind of information about that. >live>well, if if there are any parent who would harm check their kid out of of their home. abuse them. because of this, we have a system already in place. uh, cps. that's abuse. that should be illegal. um that's neglect. and so we already have. but what's what's happening >anne>is, >>um, they're now saying the government is now saying people parents i don't just simply believe that biology determines gender. those parents are harmful to their own kids. but the majority of parents are still telling their little kids when they're young. what their gender is because they believe that biology determine the gender. those parents aren't in

endangering. their kids. this is really what it's doing is it's saying if you have traditional beliefs about gender and sexuality, you're a danger to your own kids and because of that, the schools are now going to keep secrets about your own children in your own schools that violates the constitution. >anne>s that gets to my next question. is there's already a court challenge in this, so can you outline that legal argument? >live>right. the first court challenge happened down in escondido. um uh, too. teachers down their father lawsuit against their school district because they were being forced to keep the gender identity of their students. seeking from their parents. they did not want to deceive. parents. they did not want to be involved in that. and so they took their case to a federal judge last september. the federal judge agreed with them. and said the school should not be forcing teachers to lie and these particular teachers were christians. and they didn't

want to be involved in this deception. and so the school district actually stopped their secrecy policy. so that policy could now be applied to the entire state. um, it's it's still in limbo. the judge is supposed to decide whether it now applies to every school district in the state. with filed was a chino valley. that was the first school district just a privacy policy, which would started this whole >anne>thing. >>um and they father lawsuit against a b 1955. saying that uh, that law violates the constitution. because parents have the ultimate responsibly to guide the care. and >anne>upbringing. >>falcon children in this violates >anne>that, okay, okay. yes. so certainly a lot of legal issues here, but i do want to point out for accuracy that this bill does not require any teacher. to hide this from families. it just make sure that school districts do not require them to tell them so. >live>for but all but every

almost every school district in california has a secret. policy that the state government has said has been mandated by state law. so most teachers are being told by their school districts and it's illegal. to tell parents if their child changes gender >anne>identity, okay? and most that is not accurate, though they are. it's not illegal for them to tell that, but yes, there are different. rules. >live>attorney general is telling >anne>schools different school districts, all

today we are talking about calais. new law. banning policy. that require teachers to tell parents if their child changes their gender identity. we also want to look at another school issue that has governor newsom attention right now he wants to severely restrict the use of smartphones during school. our statewide he's citing the potential threat to students. mental health and the distraction. that can come with the use of cell phones and social media. so far, the idea of a band at school has a lot of parents talking and some california school districts. including the state's largest los angeles

well, thank you for joining us for today's conversation. about cal. ban. on rules requiring schools to notify parents of a child's pronoun change. there's a lot of emotions. on both sides of this, and we love to hear what you think should schools be forced to tell parents. should it be up to the students post your thoughts online? using the hashtag kpi. x, the cbs evening news is coming up next on kpi x. and our local news continues on our streaming. service. cbs ne bay >> the fire is still out of control. >> major: from canada to california, dozens of wildfires

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