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this is cbs news bay area with reed cowan. >> the man accused in the
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deadly stabbing of a tech executive facing a judge to enter a plea, why the attorney is questioning the timing of his arrest. a group of nonpfi this is happening more often, how they are working to draw attention to the cases which they say too often go unnoticed. and how the biden administration plans to fight the homeless crisis in california and in major cities across the country, thanks for joining us this afternoon, i'm anne makovec. we start with that case that drew national attention in the murder of a tech executive in san francisco. the suspect won't be going anywhere anytime soon. >> this comes about six weeks after the stabbing occurred, court documents show bob lee was stabbed three times, one that went at least four inches deep, the judge also proved a motion to detain him but highlighted this is not because he believes he is a flight risk
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but rather he believes momeni was a flight risk. they said the handle of the knife was covered in momeni's dna while he should be detained because he holds an iranian citizenship and could flee before his next court appearance because the u.s. does not have an extradition treaty with iran but in the not guilty plea, the lawyer pushed back on prosecutors arguing that this is not a case of whodunit but rather a case of what happened. she said the incident was a mix of accident in self-defense and if momeni were to have
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planned the attack, he would use a crocodile dundee knife that momeni carries in his car regularly. >> i'm not suggesting anything, but if you read the pleadings , you know it is pretty clear, but everybody knows my client carries a large knife in his car. >> reporter: in court today, we saw momeni enter in that orange jumpsuit , there was significant presence of friends and family in the court. speaking to reporters, the defense attorney highlighted a time gap in between when the stabbing occurred and when momeni was arrested. she said police may have interviewed momeni and claimed that if they had done so, he would not be facing the charges he is facing today., brooke jenkins later told reporters that momeni has repeatedly declined to speak with police, something that is evident of a murder. >> many murder suspects do not agree to speak with us. or speak with the police at the time they are arrested.
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>> lawyers for both parties are expected to meet again tomorrow to set a hearing date which we can expect to happen sometime before june 2. >> we will have much more on this hearing and the leader newscast, you can always get the latest breaking news streaming 24 seven on cbs news bay area. we are learning more about the health of senator dianne feinstein, the office confirming she was suffering from undisclosed complications during her nearly 3 months absence because of shingles. the office confirming with us that the senator had ramsay hunt syndrome which can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss. we are also told she suffered from encephalitis which causes swelling of the brain. the senator returned to the senate earlier this month. the biden administration is taking on the growing problem of homelessness in america, and just announced a new program accelerating efforts in certain areas like
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our state, it named los angeles, phoenix, chicago and the entire state of california, the u.s. interagency council on homelessness and its 19 member federal agencies will partner with those governments and the goal is to fast-track efforts to house homeless people. >> california's partnerships are taking a person centered approach with a focus on veterans, youth and older adults. we are focusing on these californians because there is a pronounced need and profound opportunities to join forces and take real action. i love the wording that talks about un-sticking bureaucracy, if anything we know that our current system on the federal , state, and county level isn't designed for the emergency that we are f >> the larger federal goal is to reduce homelessness by 25%
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by the year 2025. this comes a day after the mayor of california's largest cities came together to talk about solutions, they are asking the state to increase the budget for the housing assistance program to $2 million per year permanently. in contra costa county we got our first taste of fire season this year, this brushfire breaking out in martinez this morning, firefighters are mopping up right now, this is just east of mcewan road . also a heads up for bay area drivers, the state just authorized making highway 37 a toll road. that is expected to eventually cost about eight dollars round-trip to drive the 21 mile route between vallejo and marin. the money will eventually fund highway widening for congestion and eventually raise the flood prone road above sea level. opponents say it is just punishing commuters who often work in more affluent sonoma
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and marin. >> they need to commute because they can't afford housing in marin, so you are taxing people to go to work in essence. >> the toll won't go into effect until 2027 at the earliest. oakland police just arrested three people connected with violent crimes in a neighboring city, they say officers saw people looking into some car windows of some parked cars. the car was wanted in connection with the recent homicide so officers detained one adult and two juveniles, they also found a gun in the car and later find out it had been carjacked. also in oakland, several nonprofits are banding together to call attention to a problem that is often ignored. they say a growing number of black girls are targeted by kidnappers. >> it is scary, it is very difficult.
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>> 16-year-old oakland student says she walks to the bus every day in fear of being abducted. >> i get scared because maybe one day it'll happen to me. >> reporter: when a black girl goes missing, it is not always talked about. >> of times, it has never hit heard it fronof acatfami omit went missing. >> reporter: nonprofits are sounding the alarm, too. >> about 27 or so nonprofits gathered last week to come up with a game plan to address actual kidnappings and attempted kidnappings that have been happening to black girls in the community. >> reporter: vanessa says this isn't a new problem but an increasing one. >> two black girls in broad daylight on the bus, walking around their neighborhoods at lake merritt and walking around stores.
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>> reporter: we reached out to oakland police regarding the public's concern about the missing black girls, and they told us that the city has not issued a state of emergency regarding kidnappings. although, the community has, adding that unfortunately, many kidnappings and attempted kidnappings go unreported. but, community leaders are looking to do more. and use tools like the proposed alert system. which is a bill introduced by senator stephen bradford that would operate like the amber i somewhat relieved that something like this is going out for us, especially for us, i feel very ried and a huge weight off my shoulders. >> councilwoman reed plans to introduce a new bill later this month. still ahead, uber with
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new features to keep young people safe. plus, there is overdue and then there is this, a bay area library trying to find a book, that was returned after almost a century. blue skies for a lot of us, the fog is still lurking behind downtown san francisco, just hovering over the coast, we will look at how far inland it is going to
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uber just announced several updates and new features, they include rides tailored specifically for teenagers, the option for a car seat if you are traveling with a younger child and there's also a new group grocery feature that is good for splitting the bill. you can also now call to order your ride. we wanted to take a closer look at the accounts for teenagers, parents can create the accounts to help teens get to sports practices and other activities. they will include live tracking and audio recording features and an option for parents to contact the driver directly to monitor a trips progress. >> it's got safety built-in from the start to finish. we
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have the best drivers who are the most experienced and have the best ratings. at the beginning of the ride, there is a code that the team has and the driver has, they have too much so you make sure you are in the right car. >> the teenage accounts will be available in select cities in the u.s. starting on may 22 but the bay area does not appear to be included in the first wave at least. every now and then we hear a story about a library book being turned in years after it is due. this one is a little more extreme, juliet goodrich has the story from napa county of a book almost a century overdue. >> i'm afraid to touch it but i can show it to you. let's see. oops . it is falling apart. so it doesn't have a spine anymore. >> reporter: this library book is in bad shape, but can you blame it? it has seen a lot over the last 141 years.
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>> one of my staff members brought it , came up and said somebody returned that book. and they thought it was really cool, it was a really old book and we didn't realize just how old it was. it is falling apart. >> reporter: falling apart and past due to the library by 96 years. >> all of us are just wondering where the book could have been for so long, from being checked out in 1927, and actually none of us have seen a library book that was checked out in 1892 or anything else. and to have it be from this library from that far back is really incredible. >> reporter: in fact, the book is older than the library as we know it today, published in 1892, it was one of the first books available back when the library was a subscription service. think of it like the netflix of its day, $.25 per
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month to check out a book, had somebody wanted to browse the pages, they would have done that here, this was the reading room in 1886. and this is what the library looked like in 1927, after it became public. >> almost 100 years since we assume it was in the building. so i would just love to know where it has been. >> reporter: the books title? a history benson lossing , a mystery man returned it last week with little explanation. >> the gentleman just said that something about his father, but i didn't catch anything else, he didn't give his name. it wasn't somebody atshe recognized . other staff have no idea who this gentleman is. so, we would love to find out more about the story. >> reporter: the library hopes to add its own chapter to the
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story of this long missing book. but, the man who returned it is watching by chance, there is some good news on this past-due bill, estimated at more than $1700 . >> it would have been a lot but, i don't think that we would have charged that much. at any point. >> and the library does not charge late fees anymore but they do want to find the man who returned this book, so if you know who might have owned it, give the public library a call, they are hoping to somehow display that book. today is bike to wherever they, it used to be bike to work day, but some people are working from home. in the bay area, we saw some people riding their bikes downtown today. it is a fun and healthy way to get to work or school or wherever you're going, and it's not a bad day for it. chief meteorologist paul heggen is
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joining us with the forecast. >> and you have your choice of biking through the fog, along the coast through some fog and some sunshine, and we are not going to see much change as we head into the weekend. the onshore breeze is going to continue, the back-and-forth fog pattern is going to continue and the normal temperatures are going to continue for the next several days as well. there's the fog hanging out , downtown is only 58 degrees and it's not much warmer across the bay and oakland, near 70 in san jose, into the 70s further inland. livermore and concord, almost 80 degrees but remaining just short as of 3:00. let's check the fog for the rest of tonight, futurecast shows it making a decent push by early tomorrow morning, but like the past several nights, it's going to be a very shallow layer of fog and it should back up to the coast pretty quickly. we
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will see sunny skies and even over san francisco and the peninsula. temperatures tonight dropping down to the low to mid 50s, high temperatures going to be impacted by the onshore breeze and we will end up where we are supposed to be this time of year. the wind is going to be picking up first along the coast by late morning and lunchtime. with wind gusts even stronger, 30 to 40 miles per hour right along the coast as we head towards late afternoon, while inland, the strongest is going to be 15 to 20 mile-per-hour. it's going to be noticeable but not problematic , it'll be refreshing. the high temperatures tomorrow reaching only the upper 50s along the coast, should be mostly in the 60s around the bay with 70s around the peninsula and mostly 70s inland. the exception is from the north bay, from santa rosa north, about 80 degrees and east of mount diablo, you have a better chance of getting into the 80s on friday. that is a degree or two of what is
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normal for this time of year. for the weekend, the temperatures are going to be in the mid-50s at the start of the run, we managed to find a picture that is safe for television, and by the time you are finishing up, temperatures around 50 degrees or so. around memorial day weekend, a slight chance of above average temperatures for inland part of the bay area but the 14 day outlook shows just a pretty close to normal late may and early june weather pattern sticking around for the next couple of weeks which means temperatures are going to talk about in the 60s in san francisco. the warmest day is going to be sunday and monday, that is when you have a better chance of hitting the 70s in oakland and a better chance of getting around 80 further inland and into the low 80s for a day or two, even a couple of mid-80s in the east bay to begin next week, but it is right back down to near average temperatures. not bad. still ahead,
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golf with a bigger purpose, we will tell you about the effort to use the game as a form of therapy. and remember, you can watch us anytime, anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area, you can catch the news and weather updates throughout the day.
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today's bridge builders, a
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group of veterans who just traveled across the country to represent the bay area in a national competition, it is thanks to a military program called pga hope. the organization does way more than just teach the game of golf to our brave heroes. >> so we are representing northern california and we are going against the other sections to see who can have the most fun, actually. >> earlier this week, the northern california division of pga hope competed in the eighth annual secretary's cup. >> it's a competition and somebody wins but you know, everybody wins. >> there was a lot more than bragging rights at stake, veterans across the country gathered to share their strategies in supporting their military communities back home. >> we are get toth wi arou the and see how their programs work, see how our programs
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interact. we are going to share come back better off then we left. >> this vietnam veteran said pga hope saved his life when he was introduced to the program 3 years ago. now, a pga hope ambassador, he has found a new appreciation for life, supporting other veterans facing the same challenges he faced. >> i had no idea that i would find friends. i mean, try going 20 years without a friend, it is tough. i'm trying to give the opportunity for any other veteran who was in the dark place i was , the opportunity to find themselves again. >> right now, there are 162 pga hope programs across the country that are working to address veteran suicide by using the game of golf as a form of therapy. coming up, a couple reasons to get outdoors, bay area attractions you can check out this weekend. coming up on the cbs evening news, the new york city
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ballet recently promoted its first ever asian american female principal dancer , what it means for increasing diversity on stage.
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with the weather warming up, there is more to do around the bay area outdoors, things like the contra costa county fair , yes, it is that time
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already, believe it or not. it starts today, you will find exhibits, and a lot of food, and it runs through sunday. >> new this year, the cheese carver and camel rides, if you haven't seen those before, come on out and enjoy those as well as other free entertainment. >> and san jose raging waters are getting ready for opening day, we saw stacks of tubes and inflatable life jackets, they are getting ready. the slides also got a paint job for the summer. the general manager said they are always looking for ways to enhance your brellawe are training the team members to make sure we are ready to go. we have more chairs out for seeding, so a lot of new things that we the weekend. >> raging waters will also have a new large cabana by the wave pool, it fits 12 people and offers mobile orders, i'm a huge sucker for
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>> we were talking about fair food, you like the deep-fried. i like the mini donuts and the kennel ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, chair of a new video shows police exchanging gunfire with a high school senior in new mexico. the team was firing indiscriminately in a quiet neighborhood. police are saying about the shooter's motive. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ speaker he got an automatic weapon. to be on body cam video shows a scary moment a sergeant was hit by gunfire and how the 18-year-old gunman was taken down by police. >> subject is down! cease-fire! cease-fire! ♪ ♪ >> a five-alarm fire in south charlotte has dozens upon thousands of firefighters and >> it was just black smoke rolling. ♪ ♪

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