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news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello. i'm sara donchey. tonight the asian american community is standing up against hate. today marks the second anniversary of the atlanta spa shootings that killed eight people. six of them were asian women. tonight people in san francisco not only remember those victims, but honored a hero in another mass shooting, the one that happened in monterey park in los angeles county. brandon tsai wrestled the gun from the shooter before he was able to carry out a second attack. brandon was in san francisco tonight and andrea nakano had a chance to speak with him. we know he served as a source of hope for the asian community and beyond. >> reporter: brandon tsay, so many people coming up asking for a picture shaking his han. he was pretty uncomfortable with the attention. he seems like a very humble man that felt like he just did what he did to protect his loved ones. >> i think i am a support for some people who look up to me.

i feel i'm proud to be a support icon for them. >> he is a hero. i mean there's no way around that. he saw someone with a gun that was about to attack his community, his people, the people around him and he didn't cower. >> reporter: tsay's life changed during a lunar new year celebration at his family's ballroom. he wrestled a gun away from 72- year-old huu can tran who was trying to continue his shooting spree after killing 11 people at a dance hall in monterey park. it was an incident that has changed ttsay's life. organizers say tsay is not the only hero. >> acts of heroism can happen every day and it can happen with you. so i just want everyone to take that message away and know that they can be a hero and they should be a hero. >> reporter: the rally in san

francisco paid tribute to the lives lost in the atlanta spa shootings, at monterey park, and the massacre in half moon bay which took seven lives. the event was also to heal the wounds of the asian community and to recognize the rise in asian hate crimes. >> i know you mentioned he's kind of shy. i've seen him in other media appearances and he definitely seemed to shy away from the spotlight a little, no question he's a hero. how he has dealt with all the attention? he's kind of got this national profile now. >> reporter: yeah. really the spotlight just was spun on him just in a night's time. he said he's kind of uncomfortable with it and doesn't really like it. he has no background in communications ordealing with the media. he's actually a computer programmer. so he's just dealing with it, though, and he is thankful that he could be a beacon of light for the asian community. >> no question that he saved lives and he seems like a very

nice man. thank you so much. nearly 13,000 people across the bay area don't have power. a lot of them have been out since tuesday and they might not get it back till friday. most of them are in the south bay and peninsula. tonight people in east palo alto talked about their frustrations. they weren't just affected by this storm. last month people didn't have power for days and days. some people said they felt like the city and pg&e were literally keeping them in the dark about plans to restore power. >> when you are not in a place of privilege, it hits a lot different. when you have to look at your kids and if you can't even entertain taking them to go get something to eat, let alone not knowing what's going on in your fridge, that's a lot different. >> pg&e says they've got extra resources to help get power on as quickly as possible, but a lot of people are still in the dark and that is not always e of the stories beyond

just the atmospheric rivers themselves is this. the drought is almost gone, right? >> a lot of people are getting sick of storm after storm after storm after storm, but look what it's done to the drought map. the drought situation across california has improved dramatically. so much of the state is not classified as being in drought conditions at all. we'll talk more about that in a second. >> i mean it's pretty incredible. now that the drought is easing, it is the perfect time for san francisco to consider building a huge heated floating pool right on the bay. this is a thing. well, it could be. >> okay. >> state senator scott weiner want to build a pool near pier's 30 through 32. the city has to approve the plan. if you thought the embarcadero was a tourist trap, just wait. >> just go to redd's, get yourself a burger and beer and head up to the floating pool in the bay. the pool might be heated, but it's san francisco. eventually you're going to have to get out of the pool like think of being in the hot tub

in tahoe when it's 10 degrees outside. >> that sounds nice, though. this may not be quite as pleasant, still dripping wet getting out of that in the chill of gloom whenever the june gloom is back. at least we've seen improvements in the drought situation. the situation over the bay area has dramatically improved, not categorized at all for most of the bay area. still some abnormally dry conditions in the north bay. it refers to the long term precipitation patterns and still just a little piece of napa county and northern solano county technically classified as being in moderate drought conditions. let's look back in time. a year ago the entire bay area was either in severe or extreme drought conditions, same thing six months ago. even that exceptional drought, the worse category in the central valley three months ago. in december we were still in severe to extreme drought. now currently almost all of that has been erased. it's been a similar story across the state. we can track it the last year with this chart. the less maroon, red and

orange, the better. we're now over here with all this green showing up. over half the state is not classified as even being in moderate drought conditions, but we'll need some more rain to completely erase that. i know you don't want to see it short term. we have a couple more dry days coming. we'll talk about the next chance of rain headed our way, which is headed our way ira up e beas taarng up. well. he's a little frustrated. >> it was my best growl. >> give him a break. coming up tonight, talk about a blast from the past, same-sex marriage has been legal for years, but people could vote on the prop 8 same- sex marriage ban from 2008 yet again. we hear from one of the couples that fought against prop 8 in the first place and won. >> so many people were devastated by the passage of prop 8 and it was shocking. a busy weekend ahead, it's almost time to put on your green and go out to those pub

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same-sex marriage has been legal in california for about a decade now, but prop 8 is technically still in the state constitution. it hasn't been in effect since 2010, but people may have to vote on it again to officially repeal it. we talked to the couple who sued to overturn prop 8 and won. >> reporter: it was ten years ago this june that chris perry and sandy steer were finally able to get married. >> people just filled up the city hall somehow. >> lots of people at our wedding, we didn't know most of them. >> reporter: you may recognize perry's last name from the supreme court case hollingsworth v. perry. chris and sandy were one of two couples who sued the state of californias over proposition 8. >> so many people were

devastated by the passage of prop 8 and it was shocking. it literally i don't think even the morning we woke up after the election we could really believe it had happened. >> reporter: prop 8 passed by california voters in 2008 banned same-sex marriage in the state. chris and sandy, who by that point had been together for years and had four kids, knew they wanted to do something to fight it, but weren't sure at the time exactly how. >> lucky for us that there were people thinking about how to fix it while everybody else was walking around going oh, no. this is a nightmare and we were lucky to be contacted by them to be plaintiffs in the case. >> reporter: over the next five years chris, sandy, and their lawyers battled it out in the courts eventually making it all the way to the supreme court in 2013, where they won and soon after officially tied the knot. >> it was a beautiful day. we had the one son with us. everybody else was off living

in different cities or traveling. chris' mother was able to come. she had been shopping nearby and the san francisco gay men's choir, fortunately a bunch of them showed up and serenaded us on the steps as a wonderful surprise. it was a beautiful, if not a surprise, wedding. >> reporter: now a decade later chris and sandy are like any other couple. their kids are grown and out of the house. they spend their weekends making tea, going to lunch, and local shows, but recently prop 8 has been back in the news. >> the fact that this discriminatory language exists in the california constitution in a place like california that espouses acceptance and inclusivity, i think it's something that we have to overturn. >> reporter: tony wang with equal california along with several local lawmakers are pushing for prop 8 to be wiped from the state constitution once and for all. >> in particular, advocates came together and really looked

at how do we rectify this in the california constitution after the dodds decision last year that rolled by roe v. wade? >> reporter: activists worry lgbtq rights could slide backward given the political climate and want to insure same- sex marriage is protected in the state moving forward. chris and sandy agree it's a good idea but wish it wasn't necessary. >> i want it out of the constitution, but i don't like the idea that voters out there are looking at the issue and thinking maybe i want to discriminate against my fellow citizens again. >> reporter: both chris and sandy told me they do feel like a lot has changed for the lgbtq community between it 2008 and now. they're hopeful that if this went on the ballot, voters would choose to rescind prop 8 and while they say they're so proud to have been a part of history in overturning the law, they'll be even more excited on the day they don't have to talk

about it as much anymore. >> we were just saying if for any reason whatsoever there was another trial or another case associated with proposition 8 for whatever reason, it would have to be a younger person's fight. >> we would not do it again. >> i don't think we're the people anymore. we did what we could. >> federal law is a young person's game. it really is. it's like parenting is for young people. it's just too hard. >> yeah. >> reporter: california could follow in the footsteps of nevada which became the first state to insure the right to same-sex marriage in its constitution in 2020. coming up, why people are roasting the house speaker's march madness bracket and vern is here in a t-shirt. straight ahead in sports, uva alum, 16 ncaa double tournament games today, 16 tomorrow. what happened today was painful for fans and alums of the

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casual thursday. >> college night. >> college night. >> why not? it's the ncaa tournament. >> yeah. we're all excited. we're going to talk about our brackets in a little bit, but we're comfortable for a reason. >> that's right. >> you are uncomfortable inside because of what happened today. >> yeah, yeah. uva, another heartbreak. >> i know. >> i'll talk about the real winner later on in the show. march madness up top and today's games, well, hit with a bang. a couple high seeds same region gone. two seed arizona had a 12-point lead on princeton. two minutes left, princeton down one. ryan langmore drove in and

banked in the layup and the 15 seed tigers have a one-point lead. seconds left. princeton scored the last nine points of the game, stunned the two seed arizona, 59-55, third straight tournament a 15 has beaten a two. here's my emotions. earlier today four seed virginia back and forth with 13 seed furman. furman went full press, trapped clark in the corner and he just heaved it in the air. the paladins got it. virginia couldn't believe it. they blew a 12-point lead, drew up a play for reese bateman, had a good look at it, but no. 13 seed furman, hadn't been to the tournament since 1980, showed virginia the door. 68-67 the final. those were painful highlights

for this uva alum to voice over. so tomorrow at 11 a.m. st. mary's faces virginia commonwealth in their first round game. 12th-seeded bcu has been a trendy pick to upset the gaels. this tournament will be the final run for gaels senior and st. francis mountain view alum logan johnson. he's seen the best of his play so far this season scoring 20 or more points in six of st. mary's final eight games. >> logan means everything in our program. he's one of our three leaders and he's an alpha. he's not into all the fluff, into the -- it's all about me. he's not into that. you can about count on him to bring it every time he steps on that court. >> you know who the real winner today was? our colleague jocelyn morant from the morning show. she had furman, maryland, san diego state.

she office a roll today and friday the women's tournament games start with sacred heart, a 16 seed, facing number 1, stanford. it's march madness. you live. you learn. >> you get mad. >> you hope to keep playing. >> and you cry. >> you get mad, march madness. >> my phone blew up after that game. >> i know jocelyn pretty well. we hang out. we go to concerts together. something's not right. something's not sitting right with me. got some insider info. he was also a little upset today, too. >> texas a&m. >> is it better to lose by one heartbreak style or just roll the ball out and get the doors blown off? >> i think if you're going to lose, you might as well get whacked. >> i knew halftime this was over. a&m just got destroyed of penn state couldn't miss and my team couldn't make a basket. >> maybe good weather news. >> how did your team do? >> come on. >> yeah. talk about weather. >> kick him out of here. get him awa.

some passing clouds the next couple days. it will be warmer tomorrow and saturday which means a return to almost normal temperatures. light rain chances return to the forecast sunday. let's look at futurecast and track what's going to happen. the dry weather continues tomorrow, tomorrow night, into saturday, even most of saturday night. we're going to see a gradual increase in cloud cover throughout the day saturday. the bulk of the clouds hold off until late afternoon. the moisture is hanging out off the coast after the sun goes down saturday evening, but it arrives before the sun comes up sunday morning. we lost the weather graphics. let's see if we can get those back. i was just getting to the good part where the rain moves in. the rain back in place heading through sunday morning, brief heavy downpours, not lingering long enough in any one place to lead to a significant flooding threat. the rain continues pushing east and by sunday afternoon we're

to a few lingering off-and-on showers. sunday afternoon looks tentatively okay. saturday outdoor plans look great. we'll see rain chances returning heading into next week. monday brings another chance of showers, maybe heavier rain, could be monday night through tuesday night. the best chance looks like tuesday maybe a half inch to three-quarters inch of rain. temperatures tonight while we're waiting on the next system dropping down to the upper 30s and low 40s inland, low 40s along the bay and coast. highs tomorrow upper 50s along the coast, otherwise 60s in the santa clara valley, 67 in san jose, mostly mid-60s in the inland valleys of the east bay, low 60s in san francisco and oakland, almost exactly normal for st. patrick's day, mid- to upper 60s for the north bay except along the coast. one of the warm spot should be st. helena getting to 68 degrees, lake county mid- to upper 50s. temperatures are going to back

down from the near normal levels we enjoy the next couple days to cooler than normal. readings for the last full day of winter sunday and for the spring equinox monday and the first few full days of spring tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. the best chance of rain is the sunday, monday, tuesday time frame and heaviest rain likely tuesday, a few lingering showers by wednesday and thursday. >> paul, thank you so much. sorry about your team. we'll talk about that in a second. it's almost time to get your green on and avoid being pinched, where you can go around the

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tomorrow is st. paddy's day and there are plenty of places to celebrate in the bay area. the leprechaun pub crawl kicks off in san francisco tomorrow afternoon and in oakland a party in jack london square. you can head to fort mason's craft market. prepare yourself for lots of cabbage, corned beef and shepherd's pie. >> my favorite. >> speaking of food, we'll continue the food theme. we're bringing vern in. the producer wants him on tv more now that he's in a t shirt i think. vern, would you ever eat oyster ice cream? >> sure. >> really? >> sure. >> i'll taste it. i'm not going to clean the whole bowl. i'm taste it, sure. >> there is a new seafood restaurant opening next week in san francisco and that is what they will have called afotic described as a moody seafood

restaurant, whatever that means. >> what kind of mood is the oysters going to put you in? >> i don't know. seafood will be on or in everything, but it's kind of expensive. $230 per person for ten courses and it's part of their tasting menu. i think we'll go get burgers after this. that's a little bit out of our league. >> sliders sound much better to me. >> i agree. >> with the shepherd's pie. >> absolutely. still ahead, it seems like almost everybody's march madness brackets are busted. we'll tell

well, it's march madness and most of our brackets are in shambles. >> because we picked our alma mater. >> i wouldn't say shamble. as long as you got your final four intact. >> do you? >> yeah. i got arkansas, texas, alabama, and marquette. they're all still alive. >> everybody's talking about this. somebody posted this video on twitter saying everybody's bracket right now --

>> oh, oh. >> -- seems very appropriate. president biden's bracket is busted. he had arizona winning the men's basketball championship. >> oh, no. >> here's mr. biden's not really holding up there. >> no. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy getting roasted for his bracket, not for who he picked, but for his penmanship. i don't know what any of that says. >> gosh, i can't even read that. >> serial killer penmanship. >> somebody on twitter said he missed his calling as a doctor. one person tweeted a picture of winnie the pooh saying, "me trying to read the speaker's hand writing on his bracket." questions. >> yes. >> our brackets, ours are not well requiring some intervention. >> had arizona in the finals. >> oh, wow, you did? >> not winning it, but in the finals. >> yeah. you're done. thanks for playing. >> did you have furman? >> jocelyn morant had furman from the morning show. i almost laughed as we did our little march madness show on

wednesday, but, man, now she's a prophet. >> i came out of this and i said who you can play online. it's a little bit late, but check out our brackets on kpix.com. >> i posted mine yesterday on social media and said it's going to be a complete dumpster fire. >> at least i have the 2019 national championship. ♪♪ >> we understand. >> we understand the feelings of embarrassment of failing teeth and tooth loss. >> we understand the pain of not being able to chew or feeling confident smiling.

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