f0 know at 11:00, state law enforcement action and maybe even military personnel being called to the streets of san francisco. the latest effort to crack down on fentanyl in the city. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey. on cbs news bay area. hello, i'm sara donchey. major reinforcements are coming to the front lines of the war on fentanyl in san francisco. the governor announced a plan today that includes sending the state national guard and chp to the city to try and crack down on drugs in the tenderloin. now, this was announced days after governor newsom made a surprise visit to the tenderloin to see for himself how things look there. now,

this isn't necessarily a new idea. a lot of city officials, including mayor breed, have been asking the state and feds for help for a long time. there are a few things this plan outlined, and a few things we still don't know. chp will still be patrolling parts of the city. the role of the national guard is still unclear. here's an illustration of what they're dealing with. a map of the fentanyl deaths in the city since the start of 2020. that's the map. the highest concentration of those deaths were in the downtown area. 23% of the overdose deaths in the last three years were in the tenderloin per the city. 18% were in soma. a vast majority of all drug deaths in the city are people of color. 200 people died of overdoses in the first three months of this year alone. most of those deaths involved fentanyl. so what does the new plan mean for

people impacted by this crisis? betty yu took a look at the issue tonight. i know you were in downtown, and what were people saying about the plan? >> as far as the problem goes, sara, this grocery store owner said it's out of control. he said he's lived in san francisco for nearly 50 years, and it's become so unsafe in his neighborhood, he won't walk anywhere. he'll drive about a block and a half to get to work every day. >> so, this is in front of my house. >> reporter: this is a look at what gilles says every day outside his window. when he arrives at the 8th street grocery store he's owned for nearly 20 years, the picture doesn't get much better. >> i feel like i'm living in this weird dystopian world. i see it where i live, and i come to work and see it again. it's in your face every day, and i

can't escape it. it gets really tiring. i notice when i travel somewhere else, my brain changes because i'm not on alert all the time. >> somebody just broke spot store again. >> reporter: the 71-year-old long time san francisco resident says harvest urban market has been broken into at least five times this year. he witnesses stealing multiple times a day, and believes the store bathroom is used frequently for drug transactions? it's getting violent. i've been knocked out, accosted, bitten. they come in here with machetes and knives. >> reporter: he shared photos of bite marks after he tried to stop shoplifters. he welcomes the plan to bring in the chp and national guard in partnership with the da's

office and sfpd. >> we need a major intervention somehow. it looks so spread out and so vast that the local police can't really get a handle on it. there's just not enough officers out there. >> reporter: the governor paid a visit to the tenderloin this week, and the mayor said he's been working to take aggressive action. >> you're not talking about a military state. the national guard goes into many places and helps out. we'll do that in a way that's consistent with the values of the city. we don't know what that looks like yet. all this is very fast moving. >> reporter: gilles said he often witnesses overdoses and the intersection of mental illness, homelessness, and drug abuse at his store. >> the way we're doing it now sporadic and doesn't hold. so you might try to clean up something, and the police go away, and three days later, everything will come back. >> he says whatever efforts are put forth need to be long standing and consistent. but not everyone is pleased with the approach. the city's public defender's office says this is

just more of the same things that have proven to not work, saying in a statement today, no amount of law enforcement will solve what is really a public health crisis in that this is just an escalation of the failed 50 year plus war on drugs approach. >> all right, we'll be following that story and the debate about it in the coming days. thank you. and over in the sunset district, a new approach to a different kind of problem. community ambassadors will walk along irving and noriega streets after an increase in robbery and assaults. but these are all retired police officers offering to help out businesses friending off property crime. >> we're walking up and down the street, checking in with merchants, seeing how everything is going. some minor things we can help out with. if someone needs help, reach out. if there's a homeless person, reach out. offer them police services. also we're out there

visibly. >> visibility is a big thing to have on irving street. to see them walk around in blue, they don't carry weapons, but they have the eyes and ears of retired cops. >> the program already has about 50 ambassadors. the hope is they'll eventually be replaced with police officers. twitter looks a little different today. a lot of those legacy blue check marks for verified accounts are gone. part of elon musk's plan to overhaul the app. it wasn't just celebrities, though, that lost the check. bids, local police departments, and emergency services did too, like in fairfield where this video was tweeted out saying people were looting at the wal-mart there. turns out that wasn't true, but the damage was already done. andrea nakano is in fairfield where police are trying to warn people about who to believe online in this new era of twitter. >> reporter: as soon as the fairfield police department found out about a tweet regarding a wal-mart, it sent out a response saying it was

untrue. the probable is by that point, the tweet had gone viral, sending panic into the community. this is the video that went viral. a wal-mart trashed after looters ransacked the store. >> honestly, sometimes, i don't believe some of the stuff i even see. that's how i think. >> reporter: april is very careful about content she scrolls through on social media. but this tweet fooled a lot of people in fairfield as 911 calls came in one after another. >> one of the biggest things is instilling fear in the community that results in them calling us, clogging up the emergency line, and then people that have an actual emergency and need to get through and need services will have to wait. >> reporter: the fairfield police department went online right away to dispute the accuracy of the tweet. but by

then, the video had received more than a million views. officer jennifer brantley says the department reached out to twitter asking for help to correct the situation, but the company only responded with an asterisk message roughly a day later. >> it's becoming increasingly difficult to report fraudulent accounts and to report misinformation. that's a cause for concern because once something goes viral, it is out there. >> reporter: the fairfield police department is asking its community to verify information from reputable sources. >> especially if it comes from social media, you have to fact check, confirm, verify your source. we even do that as a law enforcement agency. >> reporter: officer brantley says the department keeps a close eye on social media to avoid these types of incidents. there's a problem that's en going on for awhile, but become even more prevalent since the recent removal of blue check

marks. those were a badge or verified accounts on twitter. for april, she just avoids certain social media platforms. >> i actually try to stay off of it because it is so toxic sometimes. sometimes it's depressing and you don't want to, like, just see the bad stuff, you know? >> reporter: we did reach out to twitter for comment, but didn't receive a response at this time. one of san francisco's busiest streets could get a makeover to help cyclists say safe. but why are some saying it could make things worse? and the a's could be headed out of oakland for good soon. some fans aren't happy, but some say this decision could cost them their livelihood. and the weekend minutes away. what to look forward to, including a festival that's gone to the dogs. and the weather is cooperating with what ever your plans might be. we hit a lot of 80s inland today. i'll show you how many more we'll do tomorrow, and why a lot of

seven-day forecast is going to look like this. and here are tonight's

today, the u.s. supreme court decided to allow a commonly used abortion pill to stay on the market, at least for now, as a case to try and ban it moves through the lower courts. they blocked the ruling by a texas judge banning it. the case is moving to the court of appeals to be heard next month. back here in the bay, hundreds of people got together outside city hall today in san francisco on the day before earth day telling politicians

you must do more on climate change. this was organized by the group youth versus apocalypse. one of san francisco's busiest streets getting a makeover, supposed to make it easier for cars and bikes to share the road. bike lanes are comings to the middle of valencia for several blocks, but some cyclists wonder if it will even be safer. >> like, when a car needs to turn left or a cyclist needs to turn right, what's that traffic pattern look like, and is everyone ready for that at every single intersection? >> we waited a minute to hear from her, but katie says she understands the city is trying, and she'll try out the new lanes if they're built despite concerns. >> they'll get the cyclists away from parked cars and ban left turns and protect pedestrians from the turning vehicles. >> the lanes are scheduled to open in may, and similar

prompts are in store in contra costa county. that plan has been in the works for years. a protected bike lane would one down the center of pleasant hill road. the city is still trying to raise money for that. darren is here now. really beautiful day. i was in the city for the majority of the day, but inland it was even warmer. >> yeah, got into the 80s for a lot. with a jump of ten degrees from yesterday to today. now we'll sit here for awhile. we've gotten into the time of year where we can color code how the temperatures will behave across the bay area in general. looking at how it plays out, we leave behind a very pretty time lapse of sunset. looking at a map we should get familiar with. the color coded map for how daytime highs will go. this is for saturday. didn't put numbers on here because i wanted you to

see the spread in the microclimates. green near the coast, yellow east bay, and orange inland. that's how it plays out when you start to get into the extremes. 60 will be the general theme for locations in the green near the coast. the bay in general, yellow 70s. and these numbers correspond to tomorrow. low 80s inland. this is now, you know, it's very much the summer spread although the spread will get bigger when we get into summer because the 80s, 80s will be a gift before long because it will be 90s and 100s. 57 in the south bay. that's just one location. 50s for the most part up and down the bay. current numbers right now, the drive up and down 680 is still warmer. you've got a lot of low 60s over here on this side of the to the warmth

overnight hours. let's get the daytime highs for tomorrow. south bay around 80. 80 in morgan hill. 78 san jose. numbers inland, east bay warming to around 80. temperatures right back in the heart of the bay that are a little cooler tomorrow than today. this is the only place we'll notice a change today into tomorrow. slightly cooler. not a big difference. sunday will be more noticeable. still in the mid-80s for most north bay communities. sunday morning we'll fill the bay in with some of the marine layer. also another sign of the seasonal change. sunday's temperatures, and monday's, go down a little. you don't notice it a lot for san francisco and oakland. you're back down to the upper 60s in location, but you warm thw h bay valleys going back to the low 80s. this is why i said we'll be staying here for awhile. we cool down sunday and monday,

but you're going right back. much of next week, lee it can south bay. san jose, those are your numbers. 82 by wednesday, and when we look at the inland east bay compared to the coast, usually we're going to see the warmest numbers over here. that was the tall orange bar we had on there. you do get a bit of a break, but going right back to that by wednesday. this is the time of year. we're pretty much going to get into cruise control for awhile. >> that one is my favorite. >> plenty more where that came from. >> thank you so much. if the a's leave oakland, it will cause a lot of hearts to be broken, but some people say it would keep them from making a living. vern? ahead in sports, a's trending down eld, but a soft landing in its plummet in the division. and why not hear from the defending nba champs two days before another pressure cooker of a

game to save their playoff

well, we know how a's fans feel about the team leaving oakland. a lot of four letter words we can't say on tv. what about, though, our other baseball team in the bay? the giants put out a statement saying the a's are quote, such a big part of bay area baseball history, the east bay, and greater community. if this comes to be, it will be a loss not only for a's fans, but all baseball fans. that news hit one group of people especially

hard. business owners near the coliseum. and business owners near what could have been a newly constructed ball park. had the a's gone and built a ball park at howard terminal, a lot of businesses would get a big boost, and some were counting on it. >> it was always, okay, just wait until the a's get here. that will be great. there will be a lot of new customers, and we were just waiting for that. >> and george rodriguez still thinks oakland is a beautiful city with a lot of potential, but he has a problem with the a's slogan on the coliseum rooted in oakland. >> i mean, we rooted in oakland? why is it called rooted in oakland? why? now what? they're leaving. >> reporter: a lot of people feel the same way. economists say the project would have created some 2,000 construction jobs, many going to locsinesses all right, vern, i mean, not necessarily the biggest

surprise. certainly a disappointment. but a lot of people are not happy about that. >> i'm going to go it's not over until it's over. >> oh, okay. >> in fact, i'll talk to a guy tomorrow who's very much in the know of what's going on, and i'll just find out from him. whatever he says, well, i'll have to go along with it. that's a little bit of a tease. >> all right, not looking good, but there's still hope. >> yes, that's what i'm saying. now, the a's baseball season has gone kind of like my table tennis performance at the company clam bake tonight. it's been a struggle. but today they avoided a league leading 17th loss. a's at the division leading rangers. no move to las vegas questions here. jp is a lefty, and he threw gas all afternoon. about 11 strike outs over 6 innings. the rd diaz with a laser shot to left, and that's your game winner.

oakland a come from behind 5-4 % streak, and diaz, that was his first career home run. what a win for a kid called up to the bigs on wednesday. look who was at the giants game tonight. 49er quarterback brock purdy causing quite a stir. mets again tonight, and in the 5th, the giants had some issues. joey bart, his throw to get the runner found right field. if it wasn't bad enough, but the very next pitch, pete alonso, it just sounds different when he hits them. first a double digit big flies with his tenth. mets win 7-0. the giants' record this season, 1 and 7 in night games. as we ahead for the weekend, a last look at the warriors, who struck from inside and out to cut the

kings' lead to 2-1 without draymond green who will be ready to go sunday for game 4. the nba wanted the suspension to hurt the warriors, but what they might have done is poke the bear. >> they say draymond has a history, so do we. >> it was a bad decision. we've accomplished a lot on this stage, and you have to dig into that identity a little bit and who we know ourselves to be. definitely gave us a lot of life. nice way to respond to these last 48 hours. >> all right, so sunday's game four, we set the table like this. the warriors with the chip. how about more of a boulder on its shoulder for this one as they've set themselves up to try and win the series with a win on sunday. tip off at 12:30. >> excited to see how draymond plays. >> everybody is. >> all right, vern, thank you so much. next, a north beach staple

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