tonight, from a place of punishment to a place of rehabilitation. san quentin about to undergo a ground breaking transformation. >> this is about getting serious about addressing the issue of crime and violence in our state. but doing things differently. >> we go inside another california prison where those reforms have been in practice for years. but do they work? another student stabbed on campus. this time in san francisco. we have reaction from parents tonight. it's too much. the kids are out of control. they are not getting the resources they need.

the support they need. >> and the madness continues big time. students at saint mary's are celebrating as they watch their schoolmates advance in the ncaa tournament. hundreds of people are celebrating the luck of the irish here in san francisco from saint patrick's day, march madness to of course friday night. bars and pubs are welcoming the crowd. i'm mary li. welcome to the special 10:00 edition of cbs bay area news. san quentin is about to get a major transformation. it has the largest population of death row inmates in the state. now the governor want to transform it from place of

punishment to more of a rehab. and reentry program. it is an approach that is proven successful in many scandinavian countries. on whathe details. >> reporter: built in 1852, this is the oldest prison in california. at one point held the largest death row in the united states. now san quentin will be transformed, renamed even. as part of a rehabilitation effort that has never been tried on this scale in this country. >> being incarcerated, i never would have imagined having a camera in my hand. learning how to do film. >> reporter: among the crowd of journalists covering the governor's announcement, edmond richardson and dante jones. both serving sentences at san quentin while also serving in the prison media center. one of some 80 different programs offered here. all with the hope of keeping inmates out of prison once

they are released. >> we are the only incarcerated film crew in the nation. >> no one who has been in this media center has jail. right? has come back to jail or prison. has been re-arrested or gotten a ticket for that matter. right? so this place is all about rehabilitation. >> reporter: two-thirds of folks come out of the prison every single year. >> at least within three years, violate some probation order. commit another crime? i mean, two-thirds? and we perpetuate that system and call it public safety oriented? where is the public safety in that? >> the goal is to turn all of san quentin into a kind of reentry platform. >> reporter: death row would be dismantled, and entire portion of the prison would be rebuilt for classroom and

workshop space for expanded programs. >> they provide the necessary skills that we need to reintegrate back into society. >> what if we took this facility? look at this. and reimagine this. and scaled the work. >> reporter: the governor rejected any direct comparison to the so-called scandinavian model. he talked about the california model who borrowed some of those ideas and be more tailored to the state's needs. >> we want to be the preimminent restorative justice facility in the world. that's the goal. san quentin is iconic. it is known worldwide. if san quentin can do it, it can be done anywhere else. >> i hope he comes in and implements this. and shows that people incarcerated people are more than their crime. they can do more and have second chances to get out the and be productive

citizens. >> reporter: the news team theater group san quentin has long been on the cutting edge of rehabilitation programs. this fits with the tradition here. the next phase will start with 20 million-dollars for the planning of the transformation. the governor says he hopes to see some kind of result by the year 2025. we want to bring in our reporter. >> about two hours south of san francisco. was just like any other correctional facility in the country. focused on punishment and deterrence. but then, in 2019, it changed course breaking cardinal rules an doubling down on something you would be hard pressed to find in any prison today.

humanity. >> reporter: there isn't much ed borla hasn't seen in his 24 years in california's criminal justice system. an associate warden at salinas valley. these days salinas is leading the day when it comes to prison reform. >> it was the 80s when we did lock them all up and throw away the key. and then, over time, we learned that wasn'tworking. >> reporter: since 2019, salinas has been implementing changes they learned from norway where relapse rates are a third of that in the u.s. the idea behind the norwegian model is simp million. the punishment should be the loss of freedom. not the loss of dignity. >> it is basically insert humanity into the prison system. >> reporter: one of the biggest changes, addressing prisoners by their names rather than a number. >> i was worried about you. >> reporter: prison officials

are trying to better understand why these inmates landed here in the first place. one of the ways they are doing that is by bringing in experts like fritzy horseman. the founder of a non-profit called the compassion prison project, she has been educating officials and inmates about the long term effects of childhood trauma which she believes is why many end up behind bars. >> being told you are not good enough. being beaten up by your parents. this is damaging to their ability to perform well in school. their ability to keep a job. >> reporter: using a cdc quiz, horseman heps prisoners assess their own childhood trauma. >> if a parent or other adult in the household often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or threw something at you, step inside the circle. >> reporter: the rougher your childhood, the higher your

score. >> step inside the circle. >> reporter: terrance ford who is serving 26 to life for armed robbery says this new approach has given him hope. >> this is the first time we have ever had action that truly showing our humanity. instead of just our mistakes. >> reporter: moving away from managing prisoners to creating good neighbors. >> so again, this was salinas valley state prison. you did this story, you covered this a few months ago. a lot of people maybe saying what is the success rate of the program? do we have the numbers? >> that's a great question. so it is pretty new still. at salinas. they started in 2019. then the pandemic happened. threw a wrench into their plans. it is right now focused on their psychiatric unit. very small limited number of people. so far, they are saying they are seeing some success, less violence, less suicide. still hard toll say in the long run how that will work here. it is a much different scenario than say scandinavia. i can tell you, though, in scandinavia, norway

specifically, it went down from 70% on par with the u.s. down to 20%. but that took a few years. >> i'm sure it did. let's talk about victims' family members and how they feel about this concept. >> yes. great question. depending on where you fall on the political spectrum here. right? there's the more liberal side, the scandinavian side that believes that if once you get to prison, all bets are off. your punishment is being away from your family being incarcerated but once you get to prison, it is how to make you more successful once you get out. and you will get out. 95% of prisoners do come out eventually. the other side of the spectrum says these people committed a really terrible crime. they should pay for it. it's about punishment. again, i will say this. the liberal side says yes it's about punishment and we do want the punishment, but it should just be, being in prison, if we don't do that, when they come out, they commit more crimes. >> i appreciate this rare look

and the window into it you gave us and we'll see what happens in california and beyond. a pleasure, thank you so much. appreciate it. all right, we will continue on with more news and you can also find his stories. he did a number of story ins a series on prison reform. along with the governor's plan. that is on our website at kpix.com. now to san francisco. where a student was injured. in a stabbing at san francisco middle school. we heard from parents so upset, they are considering taking their kids out of that school. >> this is not okay. this is not okay. it is not safe. >> reporter: tracy rodriguez's son goes to francisco middle school. he sent her a text. no parent wants to get from their child who was at school. >> he texted me from school saying somebody was stabbed. >> reporter: a reported argument in the library and a female student stabbed and students left trying to piece

it all together. >> i don't know why. i think they got in a big argument. the principal is with her right now. >> what if she died? >> reporter: now some parents are wondering if they want their kids to return to ayand yeah. we are looking at private school. we will pull him out. >> reporter: a steady police presence, but parents say that is not enough. >> the kids are out of control not geting the resources they need. not getting the support they need. it's bad and no one is paying attention to what is happening at the school. they need help. >> reporter: until then. >> he is not coming back. he is not coming back. >> reporter: it is a sentiment parents in other school districts have echoed after a number of violent incidents involving students across the bay area. you may recall the deadly stabbing of a 15-year-old in montgomery high in santa rosa. the district is trying to figure out how to move forward, but there have been a number of troubling incidents

on campus including one today. two students were arrested after an off campus fight. here is a look at what police found on them. a knife, brass knuckles and marijuana. in the south bay this week, a student at san jose's sunrise middle school was taken into custody after stabbing a 15- year-old classmate. that victim is expected to be okay. you may have noticed the cracks and the potholes, well now there is a price tag on the damage to our roads from our recent storms. also saint patrick's day celebrations are in full swing in the bay area. we will take you to san francisco where business owners are hopeing to see green and lots of it. today's temperatures were almost exactly normal for saint patrick's day. how is that for a change after a long stretch of cool weather, most of us returned to the 60s . even made the upper 50s along the coast. even warmer temperatures tomorrow. then changes. i'm tracking the return of the

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saint patrick's day falling on a friday led to some lively celebrations around the world. and right here in the bay area. in fact, in oakland, an irish pub celebrated with a bustling block party. they brought in four irish bands and irish dancers all the way from dublin. across the bay, in san francisco, mary lee has been at another block party. >> reporter: it is a saint patrick's day party. hundreds are celebrating just like they did before the pandemic. and bars and pubs are happy they are back. we caught up with partyers celebrating saint patrick's day in san francisco for years. they say it is just like it was pre-pandemic and they are loving every minute of it. >> the energy is so

refreshing. we had a few years off with covid. it is so nice to have everyone back together again. and just dancing and having a good time. >> i have never been to ireland. this is probably as close as you will get to ireland. because the way they have this set up on the block party is replicating dublin. and all the irish areas. so it is pretty darn cool. >> reporter: the irish bank's block party outside lasts until midnight. but the party does not stop there. you can head inside the irish bank to continue celebrating saint patrick's day until 2:00 a.m. >> mary, thank you for that. let's check in with paul heggen. certainly a dry night. you think they are still out there partying? >> i don't know. >> yeah. >> be careful on your way home. >> the festivities continue. dublin, saint patrick's day

festival happening this weekend. it will be dry the first half of the weekend. break from the rain is going to continue with high pressure in control of the weather in the upper levels of the atmosphere. instead of a mountain of air er sloping hill. not that strong. and it will be displaced by the next rainmaker that will spread some snow into the sierra but it will be light. the first time in a while, okay, travel conditions. to head up that way. keep in mind, they are dealing with all of the snow they have received including the weight on all of the rooftops. at least temperatures are going to be pleasant. mid 40s tomorrow. around 40 degrees sunday which means at lake level, it will be more of a mixture of rain and snow. not much accumulation with this weekend system. road conditions should be okay. but they are under a winter storm watch already for next week. goes into effect at 5:00 a.m. monday. goes into midday on wednesday. they are talking two to three feet of snow and gusty winds once again, that's the system with the potential to have more rain to the bay area. let's track the next rainmaker. that will be tomorrow night

into early sunday. tonight, we will see passing clouds, an increase in cloud cover through the day tomorrow. but we stay dry during the daylight hours on saturday. here comes the rain approaching the coast. and then finally, hitting the coast. around midnight tomorrow night. other forecast models try to speed it up but midnight looks like the best chance of rain across the bay area. the time frame of sunrise on sunday morning. locally heavy downpours but they will not lead to any significant flooding threat. and we are back to some off and on light hit or miss showers as we head through sunday afternoon. sunday night. this forecast model again keeps us pretty dry on monday. there are others that give us a decent chance of showers. it is something we will keep an eye on. but the forecast monday has been trending in a drier and drier direction. the first rainmaker headed our way will drop anywhere from less than a 10th of an inch of rain to a little more than that where some of the heavier downpours do stick around a bit longer. half an inch to three quarters of an inch.

over a long enough period of time, i'm t ansignificant flood threat but it is still a wetter than normal pattern. six to ten day outlook from the climate prediction center in the eight to 14 day outlook, well, may as well finish the month of march the way we finished most of it with rain chances headed our way. but a few breaks in between. that does help. looking outside, temperature ins the low to 50s . concord disappeared. you are in the mid 50s as well. temperatures dropping down mostly to the low to mid 40s and highs tomorrow really nice day. we are enjoying this dry break. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s further inland. a big drop in temperatures from saturday to sunday. a six to 12-degree decrease. we will see temperatures way below normal as we head through all of next week. that next good chance of rain heads our way tuesday. we will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. just a few showers in the forecast on monday and

wednesday and friday. so, two widespread rain chances tomorrow night into sunday and tuesday. >> all right paul, see you soon. here is a look at the latest pg&e outage map. seeing improvement compare today recent days but there's still pockets of outages mainly in the south obey. and to the south bay in santa cruz county. they are dealing with significant road flooding. firefighters had to rescue a mother and a child who got stuck north of watsonville. they are okay but the chp tweeted out these photos urning other drivers not to attempt to cross flooded roads. california highways and roads have taken the brunt of it. $640million in damage since the first downpour in late december. and more is expected to come. caltrans reported 47 road closures due to damage, flooding and snow. but this is down from a high of 94 closures. just weeks ago. gone but not forgotten.

coming up, the somber community remembrance for alexis gabe who would have old amazon delivery imposters out and about in oakland. the warning tonight from police.

the city of oakley and her loved ones honored alexis gabe. andrea nakano has more. >> reporter: not only is it alexis' 25th birthday, the city of oakley dedicated this bench to her. it was an emotional day of happy and sad tears. the best birthday present would be to find justice for alexis.

>> happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you. >> alexis gabe would have turned 25 years old. the family and the community of oakley held a celebration in her honor. >> you are supposed to be celebrating. she is supposed to be celebrating her birthday with us. >> happy birthday to you. >> reporter: this was alexis' big 21est birthday celebration just four years ago. the family continues to struggle with the loss of a dear daughter and sister. >> the longer i feel that she is not here. i don't know. it's really hard. >> reporter: alexis gabe was murdered last year after visiting her boyfriend in antioch. the family has not been able to bring her home. some of her body parts are still missing after her killer

scattered her remains in amador county. but alexis' torso has final by been found. >> we were appreciative. what they found was a big part of her. that is actually the part that the da was looking for. that is what they are asking for. they want to know how she died. >> reporter: the gabe family can't say exactly what was found but a lot of evidence was collected. he hope this leads to charges for those responsible for covering up the murder. investigators believe she was murdered by her boyfriend marshall jones but the family is convinced others were involved. jones was killed by police as they tried to serve an arrest warrant. this is a case that has deeply touched the oakley community and now alexis' memory will live on at this memorial. >> when we are home, we always talk to her. and we always feel her

presence. but having a place where she can have her own bench is awesome. >> reporter: the gabe family says their attorneys will have a meeting with the district attorney's office on tuesday. they hope charges will follow soon. >> andrea, thank you. elizabeth holmes doing everything she can to avoid starting her prison sentences. why she told the judge she should remain free indefinitely. and saint mary's ncaa dream continues. we were there as the gales took a huge step in the big dance.

it is march madness time and the bay area is pinning its hopes on the gales. there was plenty of school spirit on cap campus and our da lin was there. >> reporter: saint mary's was the higher speed and expected to beat its opponent but the students here know not to take things for granted because upsets are a big pert of march part of march madness. two rooms, plenty of ups and downs. >> i was watching the start of the game in class. >> reporter: third year student steph couldn't focus on his lecturement he had to be here. >> the atmosphere being together in that community to cheer on people we go to class with. you can't beat that. >> reporter: he says they get to know some of the players pretty well. with roughly 2,000 undergraduate students, saint

mary's is one of the smallest schools competing in the march madness tournament. >> as much as they love it, they want to be considered like normal students. i think that is good for the school. >> reporter: the gale haves been here before. reached the sweet 16 in 2010. >> even though some of those schools with 20, 30, or 40,000 kids, they can only play five. we will match our five against theirs. >> outside of the private catholic college, people don't expect saint mary's to go very far, in fact, most people have no clue where it is located. >> the team love to be the underdog. >> reporter: covid pushed students apart. the college hopes to tournament will bring them back together and boost school spirit. >> saint patrick's day at saint mary's college? you can't beat that combo. high expectations for not only a win sunday, but moving

forward. and in is what it is all about. >> reporter: saint mary's pulled away in the second half. students believe the gales can go all the way. >> i don't think anyone here at school doubted it. everyone knew it was going to happen. it sucks to be you i guess if you didn't have them in your bracket. >> reporter: those still wondering saint mary's is miraga. >> so fun, love the bay area spirit. now we want to hit the sweet 16. >> get a run, win the next game. get to sweet 16. that is when they had a player who famously went after taylor swift. he wanted to romance her like kingdom come. oh yeah. she never responded. anyway. so let's continue this ncaa talk. 32 men's teams are left.

many people, the gales did it without the freshman scoring a point. so okay. bill murray loves college basketball. in albany. his brother brian doyle went to saint mary's. the shot clock running down. scored 13 off the bench. 11 minutes left. gales up three. look how the gales beat the press. and they made bcu play with mitchell slamming it home. now an eight-point game. logan johnson buried the three. saint mary's won this game 63- 51 as they move onto play connecticut sunday in the round of 32. >> saint mary's has struggled in the second round. what would it mean for you to be on the team that gets into the sweet 16? >> coach has been to the sweet

16 before. plan to make another one. >> all right, let's kick it over to matt painter. took on fairly dickinson. shawn moore from deep. knocked it down. put the knights up. he needed a bucket. down three. good look from the corner. they pulled off the stunner of top seed purdue. 63-58. the final, boilermakers join virginia as the second number one seed to lose to a six team. stanford threw it down before they hosted sacred heart in red. back pedaling as hailey jones blew it by.

late third quarter now with 29 points. all the touch ahead to agnes. cardinal ran sacred heart out of maple pavilion, they will face mississippi on sunday in the round of 32. how about the pros? the nba? the warriors? at atlanta. no draymond green. steph curry played through a thumb injury. the fourth quarter, 114-108 hawks. curry. from way outside. cut the deficit to three. steph led the dubs with 31. warriors down one. off the jump ball. klay thompson for the lead. no. that's the story there they could not get the key bucket. golden state. 11 for 40 from deep. a minute to play. four point game. curry lost the dribble. this break away.

by trey young. atlanta won it 129-119. that is 10 straight road losses. warriors are 36-35 with 11 games left. the warriors, sixth overall in the nba standings. they are at memphis tomorrow night. you can't get a break on the road. they cannot win a game. at some point, at some point, it has to happen. we just want to hope it is not too late. >> and you don't have green on, so there you go. >> ouch! that pinched! >> thank you vern. we have new developments in the elizabeth holmes case. the convicted theranos founder's third appearance. and a mother of two. they are hoping it will push back her fraud sentence after an appellate report reviews the case. they say she won't flee because she has young children to take care of. the judge will make his decision in early april. she is set to start her 11 years behind bars april 27th.

now a week after silicon valley bank collapsed as the second largest bank failure in u.s. history, its former parent company svb financial said it filed for bankruptcy and is no longer affiliated with the failed bank. the fdic took over silicon valley bank after its collapse. has since allowed it to open again to access to fed's facilities. also in washington, the biden administration is pushing for new penalties on executives of failed banks. it wants to bar them from holding future jobs in the history in the industry that is. and impose fines. president biden preached bipartisanship. >> i agree with the speaker. there is no reason we couldn't hope to know to change the direction. >> cbs news confirmed the

justice department has launched a probe to investigate the collapse. the wall street journal reported the firm's ceo and cfo both sold stocks just days before the bank's failure. the dow lost 400 points as fears continued to swirl around the u.s. banking industry. police are warning residents in oakland they have seen an up tick of burglars disguised as delivery drivers. suspects wearing amazon delivery vests have been ringing doorbells to see if anyone is home. they will break in, take several items and leave. police are encouraging residents to make their homes look occupied and secure all entries. all right, let's get to a story now that is certainly getting a lot of attention. a cnn reporter who was doing a story on crime in san francisco got robbed herself. i hate reporting on someth this whole thing just cruel,

cruel, irony. let's bring in sara donchey. >> reporter: totally, you can't make this up. the reporter was at city hall with her crew and hired security guards watching their cars. that is common in the news market. but that wasn't enough to stop thieves. they took her and her producer's bags. she had to go to the airport without her id. apparently some of that stuff was recovered. we will talk more about that. you and i both know that our crews go out with guards very often. in many parts of the bay area. because of things like this. robberies at gunpoint. this is pervasive. >> it is very scary. another black eye for the city. >> she loves san francisco. she lives in la. i talk today her before. but yeah. a lot of problems. >> nice green. >> thank you, you too.

>> see you at what time? >> 11:00, same time every night. >> i just want to know if it changed or not. >> i'll let you know if it does. >> all right, thanks . ldgate bridge are going up for auction. why these pieces are no longer needed. plus. it's a workout for your inner child that is now reaching new heights. why people are jumping on the trampoline fitness craze. calm conditions across the bay area. just looks beautiful out there. nice to have our third consecutive dry day and we have one more to go. we will talk about the changes in the first alert forecast.

well it is a new craze in fitness. there it is. if you have been having trouble losing weight. we may have a way to bounce the pounds off. >> reporter: it looks like any other fitness studio from the

outside. but walk in, and you might find yourself jumping for joy. >> jumping up and down feels buoyant. you feel light. let your shoulders roll back. >> reporter: lisa is the owner of regulate. a studio in san francisco exclusively dedicated to tramp leap workouts. also known as rebounding. it is the latest craze to hit the fitness world where the number one rule is keep an open mind. try not to jump to conclusions. >> trampoline workouts are an amazing way to get lots of high intensity interval training with low impact. you are working your muscles and getting tons of cardio and it is improving your balance and your core is working the whole time. >> reporter: rebounding has been around for decades. these days, it's getting a bounce from big name celebrities like eva longoria and kate middleton. don't take their word for it.

a nasa study found rebounding is 68% more efficient than jogging and much gentler on your joints. but perhaps the biggest benefit is what happens to your brain. >> there is just a really beautiful shift that happens organically. once they get on. there is this move and a freedom that takes over. >> reporter: while it may look like child's play. it's big business. the trampoline global market is expected to hit $4.1 billion by 2027. up from 2.9 billion in 2020. miriam woods said she was skeptical at first. but then, decided to tabling a leap of faith. >> when i do it, i feel crazy intense leg burns. and just really good cardio. it is fun to feel child like and be bouncing. >> arms out. >> reporter: so, if you are tired of the same old workout routine. >> stop.

>> reporter: you may want to try rebounding. and who knows. it may just put a spring in your step. >> i'm inspired. are you? >> no. >> absolutely not. >> so many broken ankles. >> negative. >> i would fall off. >> i would think they do the trampoline in a hot yoga. >> temperature up to about 105. do the trampoline workout. then go to hagen daas. what a night tonight for people out and about. >> sure. >> and. >> i can't wear green because i have the green screen. >> no touching. >> hr. oh gosh. let's take a look at what's going on. one more warm dry day in store for us. we have green on the weather maps. that counts. that green approaches as we head into the second half of the weekend. the rain chances return by late saturday night into

sunday. it will move through quickly. tomorrow will be dry and warm. above average temperatures. it will feel like spring even with increasing clouds overhead. more clouds than sunshine. then the rain will move in well after sunset. likely around midnight with the bulk of the rain late saturday night early sunday morning hours. the heaviest rainfall, some locally heavy downpours but they will not linger in any spot long enough to lead to any significant flooding threat and the majority of that rain is gone by late morning. a few follow-up showers will be possible the rest of the day. but it will be intermittent activity. be flexible with any outdoor plans, you might be able to get some stuff done for the latter half of the day sunday. more lingering showers possible sunday night. i mentioned it earlier. this version of futurecast keeps us dry on monday. i just checked some additional data and there are a few other forecast models with a chance of light showers monday. they are just not going to amount to a whole lot.

it is lower than a 50/50 chance of rain monday. tuesday, it's not. looks like slightly heavier rain headed our way. neither of these systems is associated with the atmospheric river making landfall over the bay area. good news there. there will be gusty winds from time to time on tuesday. we'll have to monitor the rain and the wind threats though it is not going to be a high impact event like the past couple of systems that have paid a visit to the bay area. let's add up the rain and these different waves. the first one, amounting to anywhere from a 10th of an inch on the low end to three quarters of the inch in the north bay. but i don't think significant flooding will be a concern. not much rain on top of that on monday. just a few hundredths of an inch in we see the showers developing at all. but the more substantial round of rain on tuesday looks like it will add up to about a half inch to three quarter of an inch on a more widespread basis. and if it falls in a short enough period of time, it is not necessarily the amount of rain it is how heavily it comes down. if it comes down all at once, we are looking at the potential for localized flooding problems. i done think it will be a

widespread issue. then some minimal amounts wednesday and again on friday. two good rain chances and a bunch of little rain chances along the way as we head through next week. right now, it is nice out there. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s across the board. we will drop down to what is normal. mostly low to mid 40s . highs tomorrow, a few degrees above average. low 60s along the coast. near 70 down the peninsula in the low 70s as you head into the santa clara valley, 72 degrees. six degrees above normal. near 70 degrees inland in the east bay. not bad at all this time of year. mid to upper 60s around the bay and mid to upper 60s in the north bay not quite as warm as other parts of the bay area. you will get the cloud cover just a little earlier than other parts of the bay area. let's take a look at the temperature drop that happened from saturday to sunday. it will feel well, like winter as we round the corner from winter into spring. spring equinox is monday. just won't feel like it.

lingering showers possible. again on friday. if there is one additional day that has the rain chance pulled back entirely, i think it might be friday. yosemite national park will reopen to visitors after the storms forced a three week closure, the park itself will be open from sunrise to sunset over the weekend. yosemite valley will reopen 24/7. the main roads and overnight lodgings are open. smaller roads and campgrounds will stay closed for now. because of all of that snow. an east bay county takes aim at racial disparity ins maternal help. a new group helping black moms get the care they need before and after their babies are born.

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highest infant and maternal mortality rate ins the worldment especially among african american women. but, public health officials in alameda are take ago new approach to prenatal and post partum care to help black women navigate the joys an the channels of pregnancy. our justin andrews has the story. >> reporter: mother hood can be rewarding and sometimes frustrating. >> my sleep changed. >> reporter: sabrina is now a mom of two. her newest, four week old bundle of joy amari warms her heart. sadly, worry can, too. sabrina and other black mothers face disproportionate disparities in health care. the cdc finds nationally black moms are two to four times more likely to dry from pregnancy related causes. >> they are quick to hurry up and try to take the baby and do all the cleaning and stuff. they won't let you get that real bonding one on one time when a baby first comes out. >> reporter: it is weekly

check in time. while this is not amari's first car ride, it only took one drive for sabrina to realize she is not alone in her worry. >> it's okay. >> reporter: throughout her pregnancy, and now during early post partum. she is among several other black moms at group care called beloved black birth centering. led for, by, and with black people. this group care focuses on racial and cultural understanding because there is a level of comfort and trust for black moms with their health care providers looking like them. access to health care, healthy foods, adequate housing are factors that contribute to health disparities, too. >> they help me find this place and help me with the deposit. so it is just more than material. it is more of a family based thing, too. they really make you feel like you are part of a whole family. >> reporter: sabrina's midwife created beloved. she is also a mom. >> beloved birth black centering is part of this

broader birth justice movement. recognizing that it takes this kind of activism. >> reporter: the root cause of complications? racism. so beloved is working to cut the cords of racism that leads to complications like post partum heart failure, blood pressure disorders, low birth weights, among others. >> my passion is to be able to see mothers like sabrina participants and beloved who come in feeling worried about being discriminated against and the care interaction and their health care. being afraid. >> they taught me a lot about the medicine they give newborn babies when they first come out. they told me the benefits, the health risk. >> reporter: so with the help of beloved, sabrina and her family feel confident in advocates for her rights. and beloved being the change in how health care systems respond to the needs of black

moms and their children. >> and the ment o social services awarded $5 million to abundant birth providing stipends to black people to reduce racial health disparity. up for auction, how you can own some very large piece of the golden gate bridge. ♪♪ i'm here for- your annual eye exam. because i'm having trouble- reading? exactly. they sort of make me feel... like i'm the most fabulous thing you've ever seen? exactly. i'll take 'em. ♪♪ ♪♪

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two hiker ins southern utah were found dead after being caught in flash flooding earlier this week. crews rescued more than a dozen hikers by helicopter. they were trapped in the narrow sand stone canyons when they began to fill up with water. the area is a popular destination for hikers from all the world but things can turn dangerous when the weather changes. in addition to the two that died, one other was taken to the hospital an treated for hypothermia and other injuries. pieces of the golden gate are up for auction after a north bay man happened upon 60 tons of material taken from the bridge. santa rosa's justin mcgraph

found them at a yard sale. people have bought small corners and rivets. but e are trusses intact for $12,000. a bridge district spokesperson said the pieces appear to be from retro fitting work in the early to mid 2,000s. all of that can be yours. thanks so much for watching. the late news coming up with sara donchey. that's just in a few minutes. have a wonderful weekend. but stick around, we have more news for you coming up.

have a good time. let's do it. >> basically we're just suckers for a good time. >> now at 11:00, lots of beer, green, and leave music. it's st. patrick's day and march madness. what could be better for business? from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> good evening. i'm sara donchey. after a rough couple months of storms, bad weather, bay area businesses have been waiting for a weekend like this. march madness, st. patrick's day and a nearly perfect weather day, the kind of friday bar and restaurant owners have

been begging for. [ music ] >> st. patrick's day is a big deal in san francisco. it's kind of our thing. this year people ve