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people get off the streets and into housing. we have heard tha before, right? your proposal in south bay. the head of police about to retire, we will talk with him about the changes he has seen and the challenges tha remain for the transit agency. questions in the world of sports, a game changer? big development as the warriors tie up the series with the sacramen of kings. i see vern glenn putting on a microphone across the studio. we will have more with him. starting with a new proposa to make it a lot easier for unhoused people to get off the streets in san jose. let's brin in anne makovec. what is different about this plan? >> it is all about moving very quickly to get people off the streets and into temporary housing. this all starts with modular homes. the group dignit moved says it only takes a few weeks to get set up of the problem is land. it cost a lot to build here in the bay area, but cities and counties have empty land which is waiting to be developed into things like stadiums and libraries. so, thi
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bill would let temporary shelters move in while those sunt peent hoing way. nobele engh crisis is now. people ar wishing on our streets and the is done and the harder it is fo them to return to self-sufficiency. >> we have been working on thes solutions for the last three years, but have until now reall limited ourselves to looking at public lands. >> there are already communitie like this across the state. her is time-lapse video of one goin up, and also temporary shelter in san francisco. dignity moved says they are currently buildin enough units to house all of th homeless people in santa barbara county. now, another ke part of this bill, private landlords would be able to leas their property for housing. dignity moved says they already have hospitals that have offere undeveloped land for these units. the next hearing for tha bill, is set for wednesday.
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>> thank you so much. other stories we are following today, one person is dead and four others are injure after a shooting in sentences goes north beach neighborhood. this happened at the corner of columbus and broadway, right neub stht. here is what we know, police say the victim who died was a 23-year-old man from solano county. for other victim injured in the shooting are expected to survive there wins. police say this was not a rando attack, but they still do not have any suspects caught or emotive. we are watching that one closely. climate protesters blocked the entrance to wells fargo headquarters in downtown san francisco. activist have been calling on banks to stop investing in fossil fuels. the locked their arms in front of the building today to put their message out there. so, we asked wells fargo about what was goin on, on the sidewalk out front. they tell us they are committed to an orderly energy transition and a sustainable future. the nba playoff series putting the golden state warriors against the sacrament of kings. it is all tied up. no
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there is a big development ahea of game five. hi vern. >> this caught our attention early this afternoon. kings guard fox, averaging over 30 points per game in the series, has a broken finger on his shooting hand. he looks pretty good on the last three at the end of the game, but this happened somewhere in the flow of this came. now, he is officially listed as doubtful for game five. given the stakes i expect him to play . after all, he is the clutch performer of the year for the kings at eight 2-2 series tie they canno win without him. remember curr caught in a trap come out of timeouts, he called one anyway. that is a technical foul. they were up 5 but they won by 1. they can chuckle about it now, but that game finished closer than it should have. >> i thought it was the smartest play in the world, whe i got the ball, turned around, saw the trap and realized there was no outlet, instead of
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turning it over, kind of a heady play but it turned out not to be, i looked over at the bench and everybody was shaking their heads. good learning lesson. thankfully we came awa with the win. >> on that play, draymond green today, said that it was his fault. he said he should have been the trailer in the backcourt when curry brought th ball up and also he said that h is usually the one to tell the rest of the team hey, we've got no timeouts. but, it is on to our critical game five. >> you got your double backpacks. get ready to knock the crown off those kings. we know you will have us covered o game five, that is wednesday at golden one center in sacramento the chief of police is one week away from retirement after several years of serving our communities , and more than 25 years with the department. a lo of changes and a lot of challenges. b.a.r.t. police chief ed alvarez joins me today thank you for being here and your years of service . getting
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the chance to talk as you look back on your career. somebody said, when we get a lot right a b.a.r.t., everybody just is silent, there are no cheers . but when we get one thing wrong there are many jeers . as you look back at b.a.r.t., what do you think the greatest challenge remains that has been the same thing year after year? >> one of the toughest things w are facing today is recruitment the retention of good people that are doing the work, continuing this profession for the long-term >> do you mean art operators o within the police force? >> police, law enforcement in general, across the country. this is something we are struggling with in general is to keep people in the profession. it is still a very noble profession, something tha i signed up to do 25 years ago which is why i continue to make my career. this is something we try to push through everyday to make this work. >> when you look at safety on the trance, we talk about the cisco and there's been a recen
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conversation, we know so many people who live and work here and also those who visit here say they don't feel safe. what is being done to make sure that the b.a.r.t. writer feels safe with the child holding an ipad next to them on the train. >> we have done a lot of things recently last month, the 20th o march, we did our deployment strategy. the way we put our officers, and anyone wearing th b.a.r.t. police uniform back into our system, because i believe in my tenure as chief, that presents equal safety. by putting more people out on the system, this will get our riders back and making them fee safe so they can go to school, go to work, and do things that we want to do using b.a.r.t.. >> this goes to the jeer part o the conversation, videos show homelessness and drug use on large transfers let's talk abou homelessness first. money has been thrown at that in recent years. tens of millions of dollars, what is being done wit that money? >> sir, i created the progressive policing for engagement bureau, to help house our crisis intervention specialist and transit
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ambassadors but they are out there in the system to provide services to folks that do come into our system that are in crisis, either a mental crisis, drug-induced, or just mental issues. that is where some of the money went, in order to get the unsworn staff into our system. >> what about delays? i know there is an app where if people see something they can say something but i talked with one writer said he did it and it took me several stops to be abl to see that presents what you say is so vital, so important? what about the delays, how do w bridge that gap so the response is immediate when somebody sees a problem? >> there are priorities. our dispatch center takes the in progress calls first . if somebody is getting attacked, o getting robbed, that is the cal they will handle first to make sure that we get an officer out to that call . our app is designed to take nonemergency calls so that we prioritize those over the ones that are currently in progress. so, tha is kind of how our dispatch center triage is our calls but there could be a bit of a delay if they are calling in a
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homeless person or an unhoused person sitting on the train car by the time our dispatch center gets that, it might be a bit of a five minute or 10 minute dela depending on the system. >> drugs are a major problem on b.a.r.t. trains. some mornings or afternoons people are seeing it and talking about it, what i being done with that wouldn't w rider to intervene in any way that they do need to call for help. how do we attack the drug problem on trains? >> it is a national issue. sentinel is used a lot. but, what we did is , anybody wearin a police uniform in the field, they carry narcan and we use it a lot, unfortunately. but, you know, with that, helping folks that are in need of help that could be drug users looking for a place to go, they are the ones that will help us bridge that gap to get into the system >> talking about recruitment, and how difficult it is, it's the same situation in san francisco. alameda, oakland, i
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the present is not there on every car, which we know is not possible, can a person feel saf riding b.a.r.t.? >> absolutely. safety in numbers. as we get riders back there are more people in the system, more people on the trai cars, throughout the day. peopl are less likely to commit crime when there are many people on our system. >> final question, and i think after years of service, what will you be doing for retirement? >> a lot of nothing at first. improve my golf game, hopefully relax and try to get back to normal. >> deep breath. >> we appreciate the community conversation. >> ed alvarez, how many more days? >> five more days. >>
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you just saw on the screen, berkeley stories . a berkeley man has made it his mission to walk every single inch of the city. he is not doing it alone, part of a growing group called every street. he tells us that completing his journey has not been easy. here is why. >> reporter: generally speaking when people say to take a hike, they usually mean get out of town. but for brian bischoff, i sparked a mission to actually explore every inch of his town which, in this case, is berkeley.
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>> david letterman once said anything worth doing is worth overdoing. >> reporter: using an app to track his progress ryan, his wife valentina, and their husky is on a mission to clear some of the stubborn bits of red off his map. >> no red is good news. so, when it is weekly gold colored, that is the thing you are seeking. >> reporter: it all started during the pandemic when brian, a mathematician, would go on long walks with his dog to pass the time. soon, his daily strolls turned into a numbers game which needed to be solved. >> i got more into it. every single walk had to be unique. i kind of smiled spiraled. >> reporter: brian as part of a growing number of people called every single streeters, urban adventurers who, during the pandemic, gained a deep appreciation for hyper local expiration. >> what i have noticed is, ther are quite a few people just in
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my circles, who are getting int this. san francisco is really popular. i know some people ar trying to do oakland. >> reporter: in the last three years, his app says that he ha walked 289 miles, though the real number, he suspects, is much higher. >> every walk that i go on has lot of miles in addition to wha is new and unique because i hav to get there, or, there are connecting roads that i have already done. >> reporter: so far, he has gon through five different pairs of shoes, pounding about 99% of berkeley's pavement . but, the last percent has been a challenge. >> reporter: do you think you'l ever get to the point where you can cross off that last percent >> so, there is a sort of -- th answer in short is no . >> reporter: some roads are blocked off. others are privately owned, not to mention that digital maps are constantly being updated with more streets and back alleys added on a daily basis. either
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way, he says, it has already taught him an important lesson life really is about the journey, not the nation. destination. >> and now when i travel, one o the things i do is walk around lot. that is a really amazing way to see more places. >> reporter: while you might no understand his obsession, try not to judge, at least until yo have walked 289 miles in his shoes. >> 289 miles. brian says a recent matt update set him back a little bit again but he's not giving up. he has also set his sights on another city. he has now walked 50% of the update, keep on walking. feet on feet of snow piled up in the sierra and temperatures are rising . scientists say there could be some consequences. listen. >> the big melt is now here. this is that week, we were wondering all season, we said
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there would eventually be some week between about march and may, where the rate of snow dramatically increased, either due to a heat wave, or a late-season warm storm. i think that this is probably that week now. >> the time has arrived. chief meteorologist paul heggen join me now. usually we are bracing for fire season but now we are worried about floods? >> too much water with snow melting rapidly. overall, a wee of warmer than normal temperatures is less dire than if we had a substantial late-season warm storm. warm rain into the snowpack probably causing even more problems. we will be seeing above-average high temperatures for the next several days through the rest of the week as a strong area of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere will b building almost directly overhead. what it basically means is that there will be a mountain of air on top of us which pushes the air downward. depresses it to ground level an that warms it up, so bay ar. course that alsoent of
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ancldsun week. we the very lon rainfall forecast, and there ar hints that we might see a couple of early may showers. rain chances this time of year are set to be very sparse and light but we will keep an eye o that heading around the corner from late april and early may. with dry and warm weather this week, we expect the pollen coun to be pretty high. medium-high category every day for the rest of this week. mulberry, oak, an grass pollen are the top three, but there are plenty of other plant stuffs in the atmosphere as well. we can see mt. diablo no problem. the warm air has not kicked in just yet. warm in concord with temperatures in th upper 70s. santa rosa and livermore right at 70. 60s in san jose and oakland. we will see temperatures dropping a couple of degrees through the rest of the evening. we open up the series against the
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cardinals , temperatures thgameso make re u layer up apt there will be future ca is not mperates tomorrow arjumpfrom wh have out this afternoon. we start off close to normal. most of our low temperatures in the middle and upper 40s. that is typical territory for late april, temperatures around the bay will only be a few degrees above average. close to 10 degrees above normal further in land by tuesday afternoon with warmer temperatures in store fo wednesday, thursday, friday. resume in for a closer look. lower 60's along the coast. don't lose that influence just yet. 70s in the peninsula and near 80 degrees in the valley. inland, reaching mid 80s from fairfield to antioch and brentwood. there is not as warm
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air around the baby temperature for the north bay and mix of upper 70s and low 80s on the map. temperatures will continue . temperatures peak on thursday in the middle and upper 70s. it's not record-setting, but i is warm. through the seven-day forecast, ba to bytempsaturday and sunday as we reach the month of may on monday it looks like we will be seeing below average high temperatures. a trend that is likely to continue, along with a slight chance of showers heading our way th h ll our eyes onugxt ve . introducing young girls to the world of sports. how members of our communit are helping them get interested and stay with it. watch us anytime and anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. watch our live newscast plus news at weather update all day long.
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it has been 50 years since title ix opened the door to women and student athletes. but there is stmisconception that girls are not as intereste in sports as the boys are. a major miss conception. john ramos shows us how some bay are bridge builders are working to change what it means to play like a girl.
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>> reporter: in just the second year, the play like a girl festival is s g ar 0 yoscathletfieldsspts. >> we are getting girls playing sports, keeping them playing many fits to sports. >> reporter: the girls got to try their hands at 22 different sports with instruction mainly coming from women coaches. 7-year-old lila for for all had good technique for someone who had never tried the long jump before. or, had she? >> i have done it many times bu today is my first time doing it >> reporter: marie was not letting anything hold her back as she tried sprinting while wearing a resistance parachute. >> reporter: do you like doing things that are kind of hard?
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>> yeah. >> why? >> because, you never know unti you try. >> reporter: trying something new is the whole idea of the event. while some sports might already be familiar to women athletes, like soccer or volleyball, the cal rugby players were teaching something that may not come as naturally, like making a hard tackle. >> if they can tackle a bag they can tackle somebody on the field. yeah. >> and they can play rugby? >> exactly. >> reporter: the challenge in sports is often getting them to stay with it. there is a high dropout rate during adolescence but, if anyone needed inspiration, there was dana ballmer. she set a world record in swimming in the 2012 london seven olympic medals she wondering her career. she says she thought about quitting many times, but her message was abou encouraging young women to keep working, even when things aren' going well. >> to move their bodies, to stay active, to fail, and to learn that is kind of the point of sport is to fail and get bac
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california is blooming, and one of the most unique way to see it is by zip line. >> jamie, thank you. we will catch your story next on cbs evening news with norah o'donnell. coming up at 5:00 we will dig into a potential water rate hike in one north bay community why nevada wants to raise rate more than in years past and the want to do it soon. in this era of so much extra water the chance of roots th, and autonomous shuttle company. it' perfect. the shuttles will serv the bishop ranch area of san ramon. the route will connect people to the city center and corporate offices. to dock
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