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news. >> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, elon musk is trying to back out of the deal to buy twitter, but the san francisco tech giant isn't going to make it easy. we'll tell you what the company's legal options are. fires around yosemite are triggering evacuations. we'll tell you what areas are being evacuated. plus, bay area residents and lawmakers are voicing their frustration over the federal response to monkeypox. what's got them so upset. good morning. it is saturday, july 9th. i'm devin fehely. let's start with a quick check of the weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> start off by checking in on the drive into the city at the toll plaza for the bay bridge. look how cloudy it is here. it'll look that way near the water this morning, just like the last few mornings when we had a gray start. but it'll be more sunshine than anything else inland. not only now, that's a real pretty view from the top of the mountains on the west side of santa clara valley, it'll be sunshine throughout the day. a little cooler for daytime highs than yesterday. probably not enough that you

notice, but just on a technicality, temperatures come down a little from where they were. upper 50s now. mid 80s today, sunny and warm if you're inland. low 70s in the heart of the bay. pick out numbers for your part. the bay area, i'll have the whole forecast in a few minutes. devin, back to you. twitter is vowing to sue elon for the $44 million he promised in the takeover bid as he tries to back out. even if twitter wins in court, the social media site may lose just the same. >> reporter: elon musk wants out of his drama-filled bid to buy twitter, and the company isn't happy about it. in a letter addressed to twitter at its san francisco headquarters, musk's lawyer wrote twitter made false and misleading representations, and noted musk would be ending the deal. chairman bret taylor fired off a warning shot to musk on his own platform, writing, quote, the twitter board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with

mr. musk and will plan to use legal action to go forward with the agreement. we are confident we will pr prevail. >> twitter can take it to court saying, look, he criticized our executives, questioned the fundamentals of our business, criticized everything we do, and they could argue that before they can't return to being the business they were before he showed up. >> reporter: musk expressed doubts about the deal on june 21st during an economic forum. >> well, there are a few unresolved matters. you probably read about the question as to whether the number of fake and spam users on the system is less than 5%, as twitter claims, which i think the probably not most people's experience when using twitter. so we're awaiting resolution on that matter. that is a very significant matter. >> reporter: no matter what happens in court, some believe that twitter may have already taken a major hit. in fact, the company's shares

were down 6% late friday, while musk's tesla gained ground. >> no matter what, whatever twitter is at the end of this process is going to be a very fundamentally different thing. and it may not be able to survive this whole process. >> reporter: musk is the richest man in the world, but cost him. no matter what happens with any potential lawsuit, he's already agreed to pay $1 billion if, in fact, he backs out of the deal. i'm sara donchey, kpix 5. to the fire watch in i yos yosemite. mandatory evacuations have been ordered. highway 41 is also closed in the area. crews are battling the washburn fire, nearly 500 acres in size. now, so far, no buildings have been destroyed, but the flames are close to the mariposa grove of giant sequoias. a team is moving in to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil. if you're headed up to tahoe for the weekend, you may encounter smoke from the fire. and the national weather service

says smoke from the electric fire in the western foothills could also drift into the tahoe area. back here in the bay area, cal fire stopped the forward progress of a 5 acre fire that prompted the evacuation of 20 homes west of morgan hill. now, this is off of armsby lane, northeast of the reservoir. you can see how close the fire got to at least one of the homes at the bottom of that hill. and in lake county, to the north, a fire that started in a structure spread to 20 acres in lower lake. no buildings were damaged. cal fire is mopping up the blaze. an innovative plan is in the works to help women in states where abortion is banned. kpix's betty yu introduces us to the bay area doctor who wants to offer her services at sea. >> this is all about bodily autonomy and choice, and so, you know, people have a right to be pregnant and have a pregnancy but also not to have a

pregnancy. >> reporter: dr. meg otrie said she had the idea for a vessel that would provide surgical abortions and reproductive health care services for a very long time, but it was the recent supreme court decision that helped inspire her to kick it into gear. she's now spearheading the prowess, which stands for protecting reproductive rights of women endangered by state statutes. the vessel would be located in federal waters in the gulf of mexico, near states where abortions are banned. she wants to offer the services at low or no cost. >> people that care deeply about access to reproductive rights know that we have to be innovative and creative in order for a patient to be able to continue to have access. we know internationally that when access is limited or abortion is illegal, patients die. >> reporter: the cost, at least

$20 million. dr. otrie said the prowess is looking for donations and, ideally, a donated boat. she knows that pulling this off won't be easy. the group is already working with a team of attorneys. >> there's operational logistics. there is the whole idea of maritime law, and then there's, obviously, security. there's liability. i mean, the challenges are countless. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. depending on funding, she hopes to launch the floating clinic in about a year. president biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion services. >> we cannot allow an out-of-control supreme court, working in conjunction with extremist elements of the republican party, to take away freedoms. >> the president's order directs the health and human services department to identify ways to protect access to abortion. medication and to ensure emergency medical care for women

experiencing pregnancy loss. next week in congress, the house is scheduled to vote on abortion bills. one would codify roe v. wade as national law. another would secure the right to go to another state for an abortion. neither bill has the necessary support to clear the senate. cases of monkeypox continue to rise across the country. this map from the cdc shows all the cases in each state right now. california is at the top of that list with more cases than any other state in the country. kpix 5's reed cohen says the tone in the community has changed from concern to anger. >> friends will be texting me and saying, i'm trying to get the monkeypox vaccine. i may have been exposed. >> reporter: in the palm of his hands, christopher vasquez shows me the alarm he and others feel through text messages about monkeypox, phone to phone. >> nobody knows what is going on. the information is not found easily. >> reporter: vasquez tells me knowing monkeypox is spreading,

knowing a vaccine is needed, and not knowing where to get it, there is fear. >> cases double around the country with gay men, specifically. it is terrifying for a lot of people. >> reporter: today, he is walking his dog, having had his first of two shots to be protected against the virus that leaves people with terrible sores and flulike symptoms. where he lives, his friends are foregoing handshakes. watch this. >> i understand. we're actually doing a -- >> i don't want the monkeypox. >> -- word of mouth. gay men are watching out for ea sprding as much information as they can. >> reporter: today, senator scott wiener put out a statement on twitter, saying we have no time to spare in stopping the spread. >> if we don't get ahead of this virus and contain it, it's not just going to be affecting gay and bi men. it is going to move about into the general population. >> reporter: the two leaders also say it is unacceptable the federal government has released so few vaccines. a trickle by the hundreds when vaccines by the thousands are

needed in the bay area, and needed now. activist honey mamahogany. >> we should have learned the lessons back then, during covid, and applying the lessons now. >> reporter: going into the weekend, christopher vasquez says while he is proud the lgbtq community is rallying for more shots in more arms and getting more information out, it shouldn't, once again, fall on gay should ters to do jobs heal departments are supposed to do. >> we shouldn't have to do it on our own, which is where the frustration is. we're being failed by our health authorities again. happening today, a long-running tradition returns to san jose's japan town for the first time since the pandemic. a scaled down version of the o boban festival will be under wa. in historic japan town, it'll be filled with traditional japanese drumming and the aroma of chicken and beef teriyaki. the festival will include game

booths and the traditional line dances where participants dance in kimonos or happy coats. >> i'm so thrilled and excited about a two-year hiatus. i don't think a lot of people know, this is one of the largest obon festivals in the country. >> the festival is free and begins at noon each day. 6:11. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, scammers targeting restaurant owners. how thieves are trying to steal from businesses without stepping foot inside. thousands of californians may be able to breathe a sigh of relief soon. rent relief ese lo outsidd to b. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 6:14. a bay area restaurant had an unbelievable string of bad luck. first, the pandemic. now, burglars. now, the husband and wife owners are battling blackmail demands. the restaurant has been flooded with one-star reviews from scammers in a foreign country. >> reporter: luchos is a family-run restaurant in the lakeside neighborhood. as you know, reviews are everything. when the owners started getting one-star reviews every day, it was devastating. >> we thought, oh, my goodness, what did we do? who did we upset? >> but it is horrible. feels like, oh, man, they're going to take my business down. >> reporter: the husband and wife own luchos, a small uisine

with flavors of the yucatan. during the pandemic, thieves broke into their business three times, and now they're getting hit again. this time, online. scammers are leaving negative, one-star google review ratings about their restaurant. >> if you go from 4.8 down to 4.0, i mean, in ratings, people don't read, you know, they don't read why. they just assume that something is wrong with the restaurant, right? then they go ahead and they might not come visit you. i mean, it can really destroy your restaurant. >> reporter: in all, they received 11 one-star google review ratings. then came the emails from the scammers themselves, saying they were from india. threatening to keep sending one-star reviews unless they were sent a $75 google play gift card. >> oh, i think that's awful. yeah, that's awful. small businesses, you have to support them. >> reporter: kelly and luchiano

reached out to google for help. at first, google said they reviewed the negative ratings and did not find any violations of its policies. but then, a few days later, the one-star reviews were taken down. >> love for people to come and support us. >> and nobody hates us, hopefully. that's the first thing you think, right? oh, my gosh, someone really hates us out there. hopefully google can keep this under control, right? >> yes. >> we still wake up every morning and wonder if there is going to be another review. we don't know if this is the end of it. >> reporter: through this whole ordeal, the owners of luchos just want google to have a better system in place to check these scammers so this doesn't happen again. in san francisco, mary lee, kpix 5. >> google allows reviewers to leave star ratings without accompanying text. so far, the company has not responded to our request for comment about the polpolicy. a judge says california can

no longer deny applications for covid-19 related rental assistance. a lawsuit filed last month claimed the program rejected hundreds of thousands of renters without an explanation or really giving them a chance to appeal. now, an alameda county judge ruled the state cannot continue to reject applications until it can prove renters have been granted due process as required by law. the statewide eviction moratorium, which protected rent ers still waiting for relief money expired the end of last month. it did not protect those who had applications rejected. happening today, a gun buyback outside a church in fairfield runs from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at mount calvary b baptist church. firearms unloaded can be in the trunk of the car, no questions asked. they'll receive gift cards in return. outside now, we're getting a major dose of no sky july this year. let's switch over to first alert meteorologist darren peck for a look at the forecast. >> in addition to the low

clouds, devin, the first thing i'll start off with, actually, is a little smoke in the air. especially if you're in the community of pittsburgh, up along parts of the delta. small grass fire has been burning here since yesterday. cal fire is well aware of it. it'll smolder. it is a difficult spot to reach, and it'll burn it out. it is putting a decent amount of smoke into the air. while the smoke catches your eye from mount diablo, this is the outskirts of pittsburgh with downtown sitting off, you know, to the edge of the screen there. it is enough smoke to impact air quality today. be aware of that. if you think you're smelling smoke, you're probably seeing it, as well. there's pittsburgh. pretty good onshore breeze is going to stay fairly sustained. it shouldn't be -- the fire shouldn't get any worse than it is, but you might have some smoke lingering in the area through today. those are clouds. this is the view over the santa clara valley. the camera that sits on top of

the west end of the valley looking out over toward the east. so you're waking up to some low clouds here. certainly seeing it in the tri valley, as well. here's the camera from dublin. but it is not terribly gray for the majority of us. i'll show how widespread the clouds are in a second. temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. it is 55 in redwood city. san jose is 58. concord is 58. here are the clouds. you can see why dublin would be waking up to them. they've made it into the tri valley. certainly the east bay shoreline, good part of the peninsula. watch all of this melt back as we get into the late morning and early afternoon. so you will get plenty of sky today once you get into the afternoon for the majority of us. but the coast, the immediate golden gate, just like yesterday, you'll be looking at the low clouds stubbornly hanging on for much of the day. daytime highs are a little bit cooler today than they were yesterday. a little more of an on yn shore breeze. low '8080s for much of the sout

bay. inland east bay in the low 80s, few upper 70s with san ramone at 79. pittsburgh with a somewhat smoky 86. livermore goes to 82. back on the peninsula, just south of the city, there's daly city at 65. alameda, 69. san rafal will hit 81. 85 in santa rosa. the numbers will be in the upper 80s for mendocino and lake county. we are getting a little bit of an assist with the cooler than average setup on the temperatures. very subtle. you see it on the water vapor. big trough out here. you can see it better on the futurecast. there's a little spin in the clouds out here, right there. see it? very subtle. but that area of low pressure is helping to keep the onshore breeze going, which is why we're a little cooler today. but it is gone by tomorrow. watch what happens. we're going to start warming up. so numbers go back up into the mid 70s for oakland over the next few days. we'll see the temperatures for our inland valleys warm up into the mid 90s sunday and monday.

by the time we get back into the second- half of next week, thos temperatures for all inland locations will be the mid to upper 80s. places like san jose, inland, you'll be near 90 by the time we get to sunday and monday. both days will be fairly warm. especially the inland valleys of the east bay, as well. >> temperatures were nice yesterday. it was warm but it wasn't like i'm standing in a skillet hot. >> today will be a lot like that, maybe a degree or two cooler. first half of the weekend, if you like that kind of thing, better than the second half of the weekend. >> thank you. >> see ya. the warriors tip things off in the nba summer league last night from las vegas. moses moody went off. he showed star potential. wait until i read his stat line. as for what took place in lake tahoe, clearly something awesome. steph curry feeling good. the shot that led to this reaction is next.

giants and padres last night in san diego. first, it was announced outf outf outfielder joc pederson will be a starter. the lone summer appearance was with the same dodgers team in 2015. wearing the city connect jerseys for the first time. manny machado homers for the second straight night. three-run shot. see ya! david has been waiting for the hanging breaking ball his whole life. his first major league home run, a solo shot. giants didn't get closer. cronenworth, unneeded insurance runs later in the game. bell homered with two shots in the ninth, a two-run shot. too little, too late. padres, 6-3 winners. giants lost eight of their last nine. nice day for baseball at the

coliseum. astros in town. paul blackburn on the bump. he's been oakland's best player but not a great outing yesterday. maldonado, three-run shot, his eighth of the season. astros win, 8-3. paul blackburn, 4 innings, 6 runs. his record takes a blemish. 6-4 now on the year. nba summer league in las vegas. james wiseman unavailable for the warriors last night. he expects to play sunday against the spurs. it'd be his first appearance in 15 months. moses moody, his time to shine and shine did he. first quarter, moody driving, stopping, step-back, and moody, nice touch. third quarter, ball movement from the dubs. the rock finds moody at the top of the key. pump, fire, and, indeed, moody strong. 34 points in 27 minutes. new york did win this one,

however. 1 101-88. to tahoe. charles barkley's golf game has improved. steph curry, his golf game has always been real nice. the par 4 13th, spins it back for an eagle. 100 yards out, no problem. curry is tied for tenth place right now. the leader of the 54-hole event after day one, how about nhl player t.j. oshie? tennis, novak djokovic facing britain's cam norrie in the wimbledon semis. fourth set, djokovic near court, precise on the flip, then the easy tapper to win the point. novak victorious in four sets to advance to sunday's final. he'll take on nick kyrgios. joker is going for his fourth straight wimbledon crown. dominant. hockey. the sharks used their last draft choice to take san jose native

re labach, who played for the san jose junior sharks as a kid and said he was, quote, the biggest sharks fan around. hard to argue when you look at the wall behind him and see all today. have a great rest of your day, everyone. coming up, san francisco's ne. we hear from some of the very people she says her policies are designed to help. drive an suv? better check your tires before every trip. the unusual protest leaving some bay area drivers feeling deflated. and join us starting on monday for our new 7:00 a.m. newscast. it'll be streamed live on cbs bay news area. pluto tv, channel 1021, and any platform using the free cbs news app. here's a live look outside before we head to break. we'll be back in a moment.

>> announcer: live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> the time is 6:30. welcome back. thank you for joining us. i'm devin fehely. let's start this half hour with a check of our weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> start off with the camera we'd typically use for our traffic reports, devin. the one that sits on the bay bridge toll plaza. it is great for weather to get a vantage point of how widespread

the marine layer is. pretty gray here, and for much of the east bay. inland to the tri valley, that's the view over dubdublin. tri valley is waking up to gray this morning. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s for most of us. low clouds now, and it is the immediate bay shoreline and tri valleyuds mtack by mid-morning. beautiful, sunny day today. mid 80s, in general, for the inland locations. it'll be low 70s on the bay. see the whole forecast and everyone's number in a bit. for now, devin, back to you. new era. brook jen kins is the new d.a. the former d.a. was accused of being lax on crime. kpix 5 spoke with a struggling business owner who says change can't come soon enough. >> this is an azalea plant. >> reporter: flowers have always been a part of sola's life.

>> even when we go on vacation, i always get into a flower shop. i have to smell a flower. i have to see their designs. yeah, it just brings a lot of joy to a lot of people. that's why i think that neighborhood really, really can use a flower shop. >> reporter: but just ten months ago, her flower shop burglary a. it is something the neighborhood is too familiar with. >> it got so bad, he decided to burn the place, just go upstairs and burn the place down. so it seems like these incidents, it's just got worse. it's just getting more serious. >> reporter: she says her shop of 35 years has been the victim of crime before, but never this extreme. >> who did this and why? and you wonder if anyone -- if he got caught, all these

questions. it's like, yeah, it was just, like, um, why did this happen? this is just a flower shop. >> reporter: these questions, she says, haven't been answered, and so far, she says, not enough has been done to help. >> i just want him to get -- to be caught, you know? i want the police to catch him. and if he is caught, based on what i've heard, i've seen on tv, that he probably will just get a slap on his hand. >> reporter: as san francisco gets a new district attorney after dean was recalled, some shop owners like sona are excited the change is coming. >> i'm sure she is going to do her best not to disappoint all her supporters. any change is a good change. >> reporter: but change, she says, is something she'll have to see it to believe. >> because of no stiff punishments, you feel like this is going to happen again for someone else.

>> reporter: as for what's next, sona says she's not planning to rebuild her flower shop, but does hope that someone takes it over to continue providing flowers for the sunset district. in san francisco, kpix 5. the japanese and american flags are flying at half-staff at japan town in france. it is in honor of japan's former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot friday morning while speaking at a campaign rally near osaka. he died a short time later at the hospital. police say the 41-year-old suspect confessed to the assassination, saying that he believed that the former prime minister was associated with a group that he hates. abe last visited the bay area in 2015. scholars say he was a rare politician who truly cared about hearing different perspectives. other experts credit the former prime minister for helping to boost the bay area economy. >> he put out the word that he thought japanese companies really should come and be here. >> he was one who, at least

certainly in my interactions with him, never shied away from an actual intellectual debate. >> abe was the longest serving prime minister in japan's history. he was 67 years old. san francisco police are offering a $100,000 reward for helping solve a 21-year-old murder. paula breen, a mother of two, was last seen in 2001 near the bar near 6th and mission. she was found dead hours later near harriet street. the suspect is a male, of feet tall, driving a red car. he had a muscular build and wore short pants. call the 24-hour tip line if you know anything or send a text to tip 411. j santa rosa police seized a dozen of ghost guns from a home. also, a man used a 3d printer to

illegally manufacture and sell the guns. a 10-year-old child was left alone in one of the homes and had ak seccess to guns. if you drive a large suv, make it a habit to check your tires. activists have started deflating them to call attention to climate change. kpix 5's dahlin spoke with some of the victims in vacaville. >> we invest a lot of time. >> reporter: vacaville mom ellis walker has two boys with autism. she and her husband coach youth sport, focusing on kids with disabilities. >> they can accomplish anything you set your mind to. >> reporter: she also works adds a registered nurse. between her job, her kids, the kids on her team, and taking care of a disabled aunt, she puts a lot of mileage on her suv. tuesday morning as she was driving to an appointment, her tire pressure sensor came on. >> sensor on my tire was on 6. >> reporter: sarked the car and found the prob >> m tire wa.

noticed the paper on my windshield. >> reporter: the flyer says a climate activist has deflated the tire because suvs are bad k. i was just angry about that because my gas guzzler does not kill. >> reporter: she says her suv is a lifeline in her community. it helped her transport special needs children to many sporting events. >> shame on them. very disappointing. it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: the same thing happened to her vacaville neighbor around the same time, a few blocks away. >> it said my tire was down to 1 psi, and i could feel it. so i just turned around and parked. >> reporter: nicole waters found the samefullyflyer on her honda pilot. >> i get where they're coming from, but you can't affect someone else's personal property. >> reporter: it appears they are removing the valve cap and letting the air out in the middle of the night. vacaville police are aware of several reports on social media,

but, so far, only one person filed a police report. >> oftentimes, we'll be able to piece things together and use evidence from various crime scenes in order to give us leads. so we're encounsraging anyone w has information to give us the information. >> reporter: these appear to be some of the first incidents targeting suvs in the region. a group of anonymous climate activists started the vehicle tampering in europe, and now it is spreading to the u.s. but for the two vacaville moms, the action hurts the message. they say a flat tire on the freeway can be dangerous. >> it backfired because they attacked an innocent person. it could have killed my family. >> reporter:? v in vacaville, i'm dahl asda lin. the tire extinguishers they they were involved, and they plan to expand the scheme to other cities. today, a new exhibit opens

about east san jose and the people who shaped it. it is called eastside dreams, the untold stories of the east side. our lynn ramirez is featuredart. the exhibit is at the library through september. coming up, this jefferson award winner helps patients figure out what is next. the services he is offering to every california cancer patient.

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california is cutting back on water usage, falling 3 % fro may of 2020. that's far from the goal of 15% set by governor newsom. the local numbers vary depending on where you look. >> we took our lawn out by hand with picks and shovels and stuff and got some dirt hauled away, then just put rock down. >> reporter: josh wafer is one of many residents in marin county that has taken the step to cut back on outdoor water use, thanks to the storms last winter. the reservoirs are still full, 101% of the average storage for this state. >> any little change you make will add up. just get used to it. because there's a lot of water on our planet but not a lot of usable water. >> reporter: in the east bay, water conservation efforts got off to a slow start early this

year but saw huge gains in june. the east bay municipal utility district imposed a 10% mandatory cutback and exceeded that number with 12% last month. east bay hopes the numbers hold steady. >> at this point, it is a matter of getting through the hot summer in a way that is smart about how we use that water supply. >> reporter: east bay m.u.d. doesn't see further instructions until it re-evaluated next spring. some residents changed their nd. says it finds d showers,thde ways hidden beneath your home. >> even inside, one out of four houses still has a leak. so there's still opportunities to conserve. those leaks, even though it is a drip here and a drip there, it sl absolutely adds up. >> reporter: andrea nakano, kpix

5. >> valley water saw customers cut back a little bit. customers cut back 2% in may compared to may 2019. live look outside now. looks like we're going to see another cool day out there. let's switch over to first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> before i get to the forecast, devin, just updating you on the plume of smoke that is coming out of the smmarsh north of pit b pittsburg. if you're in pittsburg, you might be smelling smoke. i checked the air quality centers there, and all are reading good. last night, they attacked it, and it was able to resprout out of the marsh. they don't have concern on its ability to spread, but it might continue to put smoke into the air for anybody who is in the delta. the breeze will keep going with about a 15 mile an hour onshore breeze there. okay, that covers that aspect this morning. look how sunny it is in san jose. we're not all waking up this sunny, but down in the santa

clara valley and much of the south bay, we are. if you have good eyesight, you s pas the airport. there is a little bit of stratus out there. if you're in the city this morning, you're waking up to cloudy skies. it'll stay that way until the late morning, then we all get sunshine today. mid to upper 50s out there now. you can see how widespread the clouds are. clear down here from the santa clara valley. waking up to gray in the tri valley. everything will melt back. by the late morning, it is another sunny day. just a good overview on that. let's get caught up on where we go for daytime highs today. we'll find ourselves back up into the low 80s, south bay. peninsula, mid me70s. union city, 74. low 80s for our inland east bay communities. there's pittsburg going to 86 today with perhaps a slight tinge of smokiness to the air. walnut creek, 82. east bay shoreline, around 70.

81 in san rafael. we'll be in the upper 80s for most of the inland locations in mendocino and lake county. temperatures are a little cooler than yesterday. a little bit of low pressure off llee a littln ithe beautifullyh cloudsht there, lite curly cue. doesn't look like much, i know, but it is tied into another area of low pressure. a weak little trough right off our coast in july. very out of the ordinary. it's been helping to keep the temperatures behaved so far this early part of july. it was even helping us through mid to late june. since we lose it over the next few days, you can see the influence in the temperatures. that little low goes away, and look what happens. san jose, you have to warm up. 80 today. 88 sunday. 90 on monday. you'll cool to the mid 80s for

the week after that. microclimate, we see a similar story here. we'll warm to the mid 90s for sunday and monday before we cool back down into the mid and upper ai 80s for daytime highs early next week. that's where the forecast stands for now, devin. >> i can co-sign on the 80s. i'll lodge an objection to the 90s. >> i know. >> but, thankfully, looks like it's quick. >> short lived. one thing to keep in perspective, it'll feel hot, warmer than we've had, but it is not far above average for this time of year. we've been getting off easy. >> it is july. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> see ya. yeah, it can be shocking and terrifying to hear that you have cancer, and patients often seek a second opinion to better understand their diagnosis and the treatment options. but that can be expensive. as sharon chin shows us, that's where this week's jefferson award winner comes in. ♪

>> when people get a diagnosis of cancer, it's an earth-shattering thing. >> reporter: retired oncologist howard clekner says that's why patients hear only half of what doctors tell them. some patients turn to dr. clekner and the second opinion. the 53-year-old san francisco bay's non-profit he leads. it gives free second opinions for california cancer patients and their families, especially those in underserved communities, to fgive them peac of mind. >> we make ourselves available to everyone, whether they have insurance or they don't. >> reporter: the non-profit conducts about 120 second opinions every year. >> free second opinions. >> reporter: a panel of three medical professionals reviews each case and meets with patients and their family to answer specific questions. the in-person consultations have moved to zoom in the pandemic, expanding their reach statewide. >> these are the baby birds that were in one of the nests. >> reporter: gladis and her

husband, larry marks, turned to dr. clekner with questions about her chemo treatment. >> howard is the ideal person to have the scientific as well as the empathy to treat and counsel cancer patients. review panel chair lessen says dr. clekner ensures each patient gets the information and emotional support they need. >> dr. clekner is the heart and soul of the second opinion. he is very inspirational. he is warm. he's kind. >> oh, great. >> he listens. >> reporter: he's expanded the non-profit. >> they should actually participate. >> reporter: in his 12 years as medical director. >> how soon could we have the panel? >> reporter: he's increased outreach, private donor funding, and recruitment, so some 70 medical professionals now volunteer for the panels. >> this is sunshine the dog. >> reporter: for patients who can't wait two to three weeks for a formal review, he started phone consultations that help

about 50 patients a year. >> we may not have said ain is f feeder. >> but sometimes they understood it for the first time. they go away reassured, back to their doctor, that what they're doing is the right thing. >> reporter: for making sure that every california cancer patient has access to a free second opinion, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. howard clecleker. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> you don't need a referral for a free second opinion, and there are translators for spanish and chinese. call or apply on the second opinions website, and the staff will even get

♪ happening today, the bill picket rodeo will be in the east

bay. it is a celebration of black cowboys and cowgirls and their contributions to building the west. it all started nearly four decades ago, when oakland resident lou went to a rodeo show in wyoming and didn't see black performers. that inspired him and his wife to create the african-american rodeo association. 38 years later, it is still going strong. lou's widow says one in four cowboys were african-american, and that's important not to forget. >> you don't see it in the movies. you don't see it on tv. you don't see it on the history books. so it is important for us to tell our own story and tell us correctly. we developed the west. we developed this country. we have skills as cowboys and cowgirls, and we can do anything that we want to do. >> the rodeo will be at wild ranch rodeo in castro valley today and sunday. it starts at 2:30. the sounds of bluegrass will

take over san francisco on sunday. old ycrow medicine show will tae to the stern grove stage this weekend. kpix 5's betty yu sat down with the artist. ♪ ever since i was a young boy ♪ >> reporter: the grammy winning americana band, old pro medicine show, has played at many san francisco venues, including the fil fillmore, but sunday will be their first time thrilling the crowd at stern grove. >> we come from tennessee, but we're kind of more like california to a certain degree. >> i mean, we both drive gas-guzzling diesel engines, so maybe not that part. >> reporter: a lot of californians still do. ♪ >> reporter: the acoustic ban began on street corners in the northwest more than 20 years ago. today, they're dedicated to entertaining fans and sending powerful messages about social,

political, and environmental issues. ♪ there used to be a mountain here ♪ >> reporter: the frontman and guitarist said their new song "used to be a mountain" raises awareness about climate change. >> almost 100% of surface mining is kentucky. that's when they take the mountain down. they cut right through it. so because we are singing with gratitude to the roots, which are so much from the appalachian region, with our fiddles and our banjos, we think the environment there is worth singing about, too. >> reporter: old crow medicine show said fans can expect a bit of a musical buffet out of their performance sunday. >> a lot of times, we end up on the east coast more often than not, so going to the west coast, seeing the scenery, being on the coast, it is actually, like, some of the most exciting shows i feel like i get to play. ♪ two trees in the forest ♪ >> reporter: molly tuttle, who grew up in palo alto, will be

the festival opener. ♪ four hours north of san francisco ♪ >> reporter: her baddad is a bluegrass musician and teacher. >> i grew up hearing this music and later learning guitar from my dad, who taught me to play, and going to all these bluegrass festivals we had here. >> reporter: molly says her latest title track is about embracing who you are and our differences. she also uses her platform to raise awareness about alopecia. >> i lost my hair when i was 3 years old, so i'm wearing -- this is a wig. it's just felt like it's a way for me to help myself feel confident in who i am, but then from there, it brachb branches other empeople. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. join us monday for our 7:00 a.m. newscast, streaming live on cbs news bay area. find us on pluto tv, channel 1021, and on my platform using the cbs news app.

let's get a quick view of things outside this morning from our camera that sit on top of the roof here at kpix. a little cloudy, certainly to be expected. those clouds are pretty much confined to the usual places you'd expect to see them. it's cloudy right through the immediate bay. the tri valley is waking up to low clouds. it'll melt back by late morning. everybody gets sunshine today. another cool day. it is only going to be the low 80s for san jose today, but

you'll warm up to 90 sunday. sunday will be noticeably warmer than saturday. if you're splitting the weekend, just factor that into your plans. saturday is certainly the cooler day for many of us. you can see it show up for the inland valleys. 83 today. 93 tomorrow. more coming up in the next full hour of news. for mnow, devin, back to you. in the next hour, states moving to outlaw abortion. a bay area doctor is proposing a unique idea to provide the services. and a long-running tradition is running to the bay area today. what you can expect in san jose's japan town. that's all coming up next.

>> announcer: live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, elon musk is trying to back out of the deal to buy twitter, but the san francisco tech giant isn't going to make it easy. we'll tell you what the company's legal options are. fires around yosemite are triggering evacuations. what areas are being evacuated. plus, bay area residents and lawmakers are voicing their frustration over the federal response to monkeypox. what's got them so upset. good morning. it is saturday, july 9th. i'm devin fehely. let's start with a quick check of the weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> pretty gray to start, especially in the immediate bay, but also in the tri vall