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community alive how many are mourning the legend from kpix this is the late news on cbs news bay area hello,good evening the sudden death of a legend in the san francisco drag community is getting international attention tonight heklina, as she was known, died in london on tour she was 55 years old she was not just known for her performances she was keeping the drag scene alive even as it continued to shrink tributes have been popping up all over the city it comes as a time drag performers are mourning one of the tributes is and we go live with betty yu, betty? reporter: this tribute has been growing. this evening all night long people have been stopping by to pay their respects bringing

flowers and posters of heklina. tonight i spoke to people who knew her personally and those that just were big fans of her work. >> and the marquise reads "rest in power, heklina" this is on 18th and castro. ken burk and drew live in the neighborhood. >> heklina was a legend. dedicated fans of golden girls christmas show. we booked out the whole front row with his family, my family when they visited for christmas last year. and, you know, it was, we just wanted to see the tribute. reporter: they are known for their drag show and performances. there was an empty chair on stage with flowers as a memorial on monday night. >> always an incredible show with her. >> known for having a sarcastic sense of humor. she would rag

on people about, people that know about drag, drag race on tv. reporter: a few days before she was going to star in "mommy queerest." at mannys in the mission, drag king spoke about the doors heklina opened. >> gave me a lot of my chances, you know. i have a club called kingdom. and she and darcy supported the club for us and gave us nights and gave us space and as you know they are not the most popular in a sense. it is always about our queens. reporter: the cause of heklina's death is not known. her work is known in san francisco and beyond. >> incredible, edgy form of art that was as provocative as it was beautiful. >> hilarious. >> she is so funny.

>> comedian as much as an artist as well. reporter: betty, it seems like a lot of her fans had a special connection with her. it felt like they knew her, we heard that a lot. as far as people who were friends with her, her family, friends, acquaintances, what have they said about how they are processing all of this? >> they are still trying to process this. i spoke with drag performers and a owner of a local bar and nightclub here. they are just too emotional to put in words what they are feeling right now. a friend of hers says she was the og drag performer, it is going to be a huge loss for the entire community. >> that say good way to put it, betty, thank you for bringing us that story. appreciate .

they are organizing a march from san francisco city and pretest. after the march there will be a live slow in union square. today, the big story, of course, the country saw something it never has seen before. a former u.s. president in custody and facing down felony charges. former president trump says he is not guilty. he is saying, once again, he is the victim of a political witch-hunt. the da that charged him saying his investigation into trump was thorough. trump seemed serious and somber during his appearance. did not stop him from rallying his base in florida and doubling down on his 2024 campaign. >> usa! reporter: former president trump got a hero's woman back at mar mar at at.

>> at mar-a-lago. >> everyone that looked at there case, rhinos and hard core democrats saying there is no crime. >> concealing hush money payments to three people who were threatening to reveal negative information about him. one of former adult film star, stormy daniels and another was mcdougal and the third a doorman trying to sell information about a father he claimed he fathered out of wedlock. >> under new york law it is a felony to falsify believe records for fraud or concealing another crime. reporter: in court trump pled not guilty. a judge had a special message for the former president. do not provoke unrest on social media. his supporters insist the indictment is thin and politically motivated. his biggest critics echoed "nobody is is above the law. qudz.

." >> it is criminal in new york state. that is the end of it. it is straightforward. >> sources told us he is gaming out how the arrest helped him. his campaign is offering not guilty t-shirts with a fake mug shot of the former president for a $47 donation, how would it impact trump's political future? analysts say it is the million dollar question. you should not expect the base to retreat. >> they will go down with that ship, for sure. >> one way you can tell they might be edging away is if they start to say things like, well, i still really support him. i really like him, i like his policies. i am not sure he can win. reporter: trump's legal team has until august 8th to

file chases. 3,000 miles from his legal drama trump won a victory in another court. stormy daniels was ordered to pay trump's attorney $120,000 in legal fees after she lost a lawsuit against him. that is on top of more than $500,000 in court-ordered payments trump attorneys, to the trump attorneys she has been required to pay out. you can read the full trump indictment on the 34 felony counts on our web site, kpix.com. rebounding. >> now, draymond played sure the thunder did not get it. >> a big come-back when they needed it. the warriors are 10-0 when they hit at least 20

threes in the game. hey, the top six make the playoffs. enter the night in fifth place. how will they figure out an oklahoma city thunder team with the pyrotechnic shooting performance in the first half. scoring 79 points. no klay thompson. the game flipped in the fourth quarter. the game tied, no. look at the hustle to get it to steph curry. but it was draymond green, in the past, oklahoma city raised the white flag and cleared their bench. won the game. 136-125.

outscored okc, 67-46 in the second half. so, the warriors are a half game ahead of the lakers and clippers who play each other tomorrow night. the warriors home record ends at 33-8. the championship year at home, they were 31 at 10. they are on fire. i am coming back in sports with a guy on the warriors bench tonight who really delivered an emotional spark to the team before the game. >> they kind of needed that spark. they have been needing that spark. >> the spark, the home crowd, fed off of them. everything worked. can they make it work two more times in the regular season on road games? >> which has been the struggle. >> it has been the bump. >> all right, thank you for keeping us posted. she was supposed to return to her cruise ship. she never got back on board. the search going on right now for a woman who vanished after stopping here in the bay area. and, did you feel the earthquake today? the latest on the quake thle ae

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. san francisco police are looking for a woman who was reported missing after she did not board a cruise ship here in the city. the report came in late yesterday evening. she is from out of state and supposed to board at pier 27. the police are asking for the public's help in finding her. she is a 33-year-old white woman, they say, 5 '4, black hair, brown eyes, no evidence of foul play at the moment or of her having any risk factors. a magnitude 4.5 quake hit today. it was centered about a mile, five miles away from holister. a lot of people felt it. some people felt it in the north bay and parts of the central valley like modesto. we felt it in the news room. i was

the one screaming. >> you do that a lot. >> i know. >> people strong, shaking, 15-20 seconds, glassware came crashing down at a restaurant while wait staff was getting ready. >> it tarted shaking, i just went from there. scary. have not felt that big of a one in awhile. >> squeezing juices. that is one way to describe the fear that happens after the earthquake. okay. fortunately this was just a little reminder, no damage, no reports of injuries. when i felt it here in san francisco and people in the newsroom, some of us, you did not feel it, right? i felt it, i saw it before i felt it where you can see things moving around. it was a little jolt. i imagine in holister where that guy was it felt strong. >> and it is far away to feel it in san francisco. i will talk about the reason why. we

will talk about the usgs map, did you feel it? outlines on the map green colors more people raising their hands saying yes, we felt it. in the blue, lighter sensation, weaker end of the scale. but getting the reports feeling it in parts of the north bay and a lot of the east bay. a lot of reports from the east bay coming in, people feeling the rolling sensation with the earthquake and the reason is because of the way the vault system is arranged. and you can see another at the end of the east bay. they happen to run close to together. just to the southeast of holister. the energy traveling up the system. this was a relatively minor earthquake overall. just minor damage, hopefully releasing a little bit of tension along

that part of the system. let's talk about weather. we are in for more of clouds and sunshine. cool temperatures, warmer than today. we will change things heading into late thursday, thursday night. showers will be moving into the bay area. light shower activity. no atmospheric rivers heading for the bay area. just the mix of clouds, sunshine in store for us. the bulk of the moisture aimed up to the north, into oregon and just a few showers. we will see the shower chances potentially worse in the north bay before the sun goes down on thursday. the rest of us have to wait until after sunset, after midnight for the best chance of rain to move in. it will be light shower activity moving through during the late night and then early morning hours, friday morning. i would count on spots through the friday morning commute. the bulk of the shower activity will wind down at lunchtime. that is good news for the giants game. we will keep you updated on that. the home opener is friday afternoon. we should dry out later in the day on friday. the first of a few

rain chances. it looks like easter weekend will be unsettled. each rain chance will be light. few hundred inches of rain. and a similar pattern anticipated on sunday. no one of the systems will result in an all day wash out. we will keep you updated on the timing as we get you closer to easter weekend. i would not cancel anything. just be flexible and we will adjust from there. 30 around the bay. despite that chilly start, the temperatures are going to warm up into the upper 50s in oakland as the a's finish up against the guardians, temperatures topping out close to 60, layer up a bit. highs will be about four to six degrees below average. warmer than today. still, below what is normal for early april. middle 50s for the coast. lower to middle 60s in the santa

clara valley. lower 60s. warmer spots reaching the middle 60s. upper 60s to near 60 degrees. temperatures near or above 60 degrees for most of the north bay until you go farther north into the lake county where you will be in the upper 50s. three straight daying of rain chances, friday, saturday and sunday, easter sunday will have rain but flow one day will be a wash out. be flexible with outdoor plans. a chance of rain. not like the rain that we endured for the last several months, it will be hit-or-miss stuff. we will give you more chances as we get closer to it. >> we will have to run for cover. >> bring an umbrella. >> okay. thank you. coming up, what this man did in three minutes th ightahead insp whaa show in

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. okay, so, i know a lot of people from the sports perspective, performance perspective are happy to see wiggins back. >> oh, my gosh. yes, in this day in age they never let the story get out. they locked it down. what was going on with him. never got out. i praised golden state for that one. back to the return of andrew wiggins to the warriors after a 22 game absence. just at the right time. the forward got a standing ovation at chase center tonight. he had been away dealing with a family matter. no timetable for a return to court. he has been practicing. he got in shots today. he believes it will not

be long before he is in the lineup again. but, today, he talked about what was really important. >> when you are in a certain situation it requires your attention and your life, that is my first priority. family is always first for me. always be that way. i felt like i was in a safe space to, you know, to come back. i feel like we got everything settled. not fully settled but, you know, in a place, a safe place where i can come back. >> peyton started out with the bonus highlights. the drive of the game. first half, watch him follow this shot. rocked the rim. played solid defense. the warriors held oklahoma city to 46 points in the second half. what about moody? shout out to the bench. 26 minutes in the

absence of thompson. five of seven shooting. a big night for the second-year guard in time, 126-125 win. now, tonight, a tied game, a pitch, he walked it off. a single into right field, ryan came on down and that is how the a's won it, 4-3. the a's can win the series tomorrow. they are one game out of first place in the american league west. the giants were off today. white sox, thursday, friday, home opener against the royals, i will be honest with you, sara, warriors, the kings, playoffs on the line? it is a bigger game on friday. >> i know. you and are always right. as i have learned. already, vern, thank you. believe it or not san francisco actually has wild parrots flying around. now they are inspiring legislation at

city hall.

. blue note jazz festival is coming back to the bay this summer. it will be july 28th through the 30th. also slated to return as host of the festival, dave chapelle. he was not happy about the city's strict noise ordinance ending at 10:00 p.m. last year. looks like he reoccurredded that reconsidered that. three day passes start at $550. tickets go on sale friday at 9:00 a.m. tonight, there is really interesting proposal from san francisco supervisors to make

wild parrots the city's official animal. yesterday the chronicle ended an online survey and wild parrots won over sales, i thought the over the seals. recognizing it as the beloved icon of the city. the proposal will head for a vote next tuesday. and the museum is excite about it. tweeting out pictures of colorful parrots in works of art in their collection. why parrots? they were brought here as exotic pets and they got out and they breeded their own parrots. you can hear them before you see them coming. they are loud. okay, this guy is famous for eating more pork rolled sandwiches. that is next

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would think fast, but apparently they should leave it to the professionals. they did. joey chestnut paid the detroit pistons a visit. >> it is time to find out. >> three, two, one. >> so, joey had three minutes and 13 seconds to eat as many chicken wings as he could. that is the detroit area code, by the way. the team was cheering him out. gave him the final countdown. he ate 38 wings in that amount of time. >> he probably broke a sweat. let's face it. nobody is going to beat joey chestnut at anything. >> 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes. >> pride and joy of san jose. >> he was not happy with the end result when they told him le thats it isto for a food bank. the champion. >> he is. >> if you can watch the hot dog

eating contest you are another kind of person. the water in between -- >> no, i can not do that. he could not eat 38 of the wings that i made. >> i have had his wings. >> a little spicy? a little kick? >> a little dab from hot lands. >> that was not a kick. >> it was heat radiating from the crock pot. intense experience. it was super bowl, right? >> right. >> i am not coming back. [ laughter ] >> i the following program is sponsored by the international fellowship of christians and jews. as the holy season of passover approaches the war in ukraine has reached catastrophic proportions. leaving hundreds of thousands struggling just to survive.