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this is cbs news bay area with reed cowin. this just into our newsroom, one person interest in connection with that big fire. we're following the investigation. othehurdle thnt
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vegas.ome pal bay area. we hav next in the process to make that a reality in las vegas. good afternoon. i'm reed cowin. so despite the huge show of support by you, the fans, this week, it appears more and more likely that oakland and their a's will move to las vegas . and it is here with the latest development. we don't like this. >> no, but, you know, here it is. the commissioner of major league paul laid out what those next in their approval process for the a's moved to vegas. that is up to the nevada legislature approved public funding for the ballpark yesterday , and nevada's governor is expected to sign off on that deal. the mlb's commissioner, rob manfred , says that he feels sorry for the fans in oakland, but the city never had a real plan to help build the a's a new stadium here going forward .
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he says the a's will file a relocation application that a committee is going to iron out the details and make a recommendation that will eventually go to the mlb owners for a final vote. we spoke with oakland's mayor today , and she says despite all of this movement in vegas, she's not giving up on the a's staying here. >> if the owners and lead one team in vegas, they should approve an expansion team. but they should allow for the oakland a's to stay rooted in their hometown of more than half a century. >> well, the mayor cited tuesday nights reverse boycott at the coliseum , where thousands of fans packed the stands, encouraging a's management to sell the team to somebody who would keep them in oakland, either by revamping the coliseum or building that new waterfront ballpark at howard terminal. now, that often was looking viable for a few years, but as the mlb commissioner said today, it never resulted in a firm financed plan. the a's wanted more public money contributed to the project than the city was able to give. so right now, the a's lease at the coliseum
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expires in 2024. after the 2024 season, rather. and that new stadium in vegas would open in 2028 at the earliest. so who knows what would happen in between there? >>whs hee. >> this thing has been up and down, so you really never know what's going to happen. >> oh my gosh, all right. thanks. look at this. on that game tuesday night, almost 28,000 of you pack the coliseum in that reverse boycott, but then let's contrast that. last night, a little more than 7000 showed up. the a's lost 6-3 to temper, ending their win streak at seven. for your calendar, they're back at it right now in oakland. we're watching it. turning now to get an update on the fire at a handsomely stored slowly. arson investigators have arrested a person of interest. the fire started on blossom hill road near cottle around 6:30. some houses in that area were shaken up as a result of a series of explosions that really started popping off, one after the other. fire crews worked overnight to try to put out those hotspots and prevent the flareups. we're glad to tell you despite what you see there by way of the intensity of the
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flames, nobody got hurt. new development in our state's governor's plan to combat the fentanyl crisis in san francisco. get this, in the first six weeks of partnering with the chp and the california national guard, governor got a nuisance says chp sees more than four kilograms of fentanyl in the tenderloin and nearby areas, so what four kilograms, right? they say that that is enough fentanyl to kill all of san francisco's population nearly three times over. officers also seized a sizable amount of meth, cocaine, and heroin . 92 people arrested as a result. other headlines from around the bay. san francisco police have made an arrest in the mass shooting that injured nine last friday in the mission district. javier campos is now in custody. police say campos had several outstanding warrants. the sf chronicle reports those warrants included one for a homicide in oakland. let's go to walnut creek, over the bridge now. it's prompting a new warning about the lithium batteries that a lot of us use all the time, so listen up here, and look at this video as a case in point.
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on tuesday, flames swept through this house. it's on amesbury court, and the attic even scorched a couple of cars there. contra costa fire says it was caused by a lithium battery inside a cordless vacuum cleaner that was being charged at the time inside of a garage. this is the third lithium battery fire in the county in less than a week. >> anything that you use by way of an electrical device, electrical appliance, that you , uses electric power and doesn't have a cord plugged into the wall, well, it's guaranteed to have a rechargeable battery. >> so looking at this devastation and this fire, what do we all do to protect ourselves and our houses? con fire says move devices to the garage if you can, and don't leave them charging for days at a time. so go out of town, unplug it. the spokesperson says there is evidence to suggest improper charters may have been to blame. department and national agencies are looking into the exact cause of this rash of battery problems. heads up if you live over in the east bay. your water
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bill might be higher as soon as next month. east bay municipal utility district says it's going to raise service right over the next two years to support a nearly $3 billion improvement program. that includes upgrading its water treatment plants , replacing aging pipelines, rebuilding neighborhood reservoirs, and updating wastewater facilities. we spoke to a person who lives up there who does not agree with paying more. >> i don't know why they need to increase the waterways, you know? especially this year, i have more water. >> a lot of you asking that. wastewater customers who live in the berkeley oakland hills area will see rate increases in 2024 and 2025. still ahead as we celebrate pride month, we look back on a former bay area boy scouts struggle because he was . >> to go into the national platform the way i did so early, i, i certainly also received a lot of hate, and in addition to all the praise i was receiving. this was my uniform. >> the lessons learned now more than a decade since having the courage to bring the story to light. plus, the colorful san
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francisco display about to let up once again for pride. might be illuminating a little bit of fog later on tonight. the fog retreated all the way to
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hope. love. pride. proudly presented by pet food express and broadway san jose. look at that. the pride lasers. we know those. they'll soon be letting up market street in san francisco. the six rainbow beans will go live june 23rd. it's called the world's largest pride flag. six colorful beams shine from the their building right over to twin peaks. the light show is put on by aluminate, the company behind the now dark bay lights. this project is sponsored by peak design. want to take pictures of the beams, and if they like your picture, they'll donate $10,000 to the trevor project in your name, of course. the trevor project that reaches out to our youth who are struggling with somebody difficult issues, like a moraga teen who made history more than a decade ago for being denied his eagle scout award because he's gay. as we mark pride month, sharon chin finds out where he is now, plus the lessons learned, and the memento that he cherishes years later. >> reporter: ry andresen's back in the rearview mirror of life on a painful journey. >> gosh. it's so emotional, because that was such a
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different place i was in back then. >> reporter: ryan andresen made nationwide headlines in 2012, despite nearly half 1 million petition signatures the moraga 17-year-old was denied the boy scouts highest honor because he was gay. >> getting my eagle award taken is totally devastating. hearing that it's happening to other scouts is also totally devastating. more than a decade later, ryan, now known as ry, returned to the eagle scout project with >> first of all, it's amazing that it's still standing here. and a wall of tolerance the team created with friends at walkie moraga intermediate school. >> that was a really hard time. so to have a wall like this up on the school , where so much harassment had happened, i mean, i got beat up in that bathroom right there, and it's just, now this is here for them all to see. that, that is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: today, the printing is faded, the words are not. >> be the change that you want to see, you know? peace, respect. true to you. >> reporter: messages ry
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wished ryan the teenager would've heard more in school and scouts. >> it really just kind of solidified the way that i felt as a lower-class member of society that, that didn't deserve the same as others deserved. >> they did probably my favorite article out of all of them. >> reporter: and the media spotlight didn't make it easier. >> to go into the national platform the way i did so early , i, i certainly also received a lot of hate in addition to all the praise i was receiving. this was my uniform. >> reporter: but today, ry shares the experience produces resilience. the san francisco resident is more confident, embracing they enzyme pronouns and wearing nail polish and earrings as they reminisce with their sister, alyssa, one of their main pillars of strength. >> really talking with people that believed in me, and strengthening those connections, really helped me find the power in myself to be myself. >> reporter: ry marvels at the recognition from the city and state assembly back then. >> oh my gosh, i also have
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this. >> reporter: but there's one memento ry still keeps on their desk. >> this was on my dressing room. the ellen show. >> reporter: it's an empowering reminder of ry's contribution that helped overturn the gay down in scouting. >> it's easy to look back and remember how insecure and how sad i was, but i , it had an impact. and, i never would've expected anyone to listen to someone like me, but they did. >> reporter: now, ry encourages young people who feel different and alone. >> just hang in there, because really, you are, you are so beautiful, for all of your imperfections. >> reporter: ry hoped sharing their story can help others steer confidently into their own future, strengthened by the pain of the past. >> so, because ry found purpose in advocacy work and comfort in nature, they earned a bachelors degree in environmental policy from uc berkeley and marketing masters degree in energy and resources. and we want to highlight a historic moment in our nation's healthcare. the american medical association's new president, dr. jesse ehrenfeld,
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was inaugurated this week. he is the first openly gay leader of the country's largest group of physicians and medical students. anchor norah o'donnell sat down with him to talk about the solutions facing doctors and patients today . you can watch that interview coming up on the cbs evening news. and you can see all of our pride stories under the special pride section of our website, kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. we will add all of those news stories all month long. we are in the month of june. i'm still getting over the atmospheric river of the spring. let's get a look at our first alert meteorologist paul heggen. that tends stake of pride hits. >> summer arrives in less than a week, officially. astronomical summer. we're in the middle of meteorological summer, which we kind of ran things often and say june 1st, it's summer. t towards alcatrazom lesforce tower. we arsome hardc
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pahy fog as thst of night,t ke it's going bea pretty ed moerin at spre in the landva. cleang fy, e ci e ek g olr the nd halof the weekend and that's going to continue into the juneteenth holiday on monday. switching perspectives, a look at san jose. bright blue skies right now off the santa clara valley, and the temperature there is a 74 degrees. nearly ideal weather. they degree cooler in santa rosa. other inland spots, especially the east bay, a little warmer. hovering around 80. 60s around the bay, that's close to normal for this time of year. let's track the fog as it spreads out tonight. again, futurecast indicating there's going to be some of it, but it's not going to be too widespread, and it's not going to make a huge interest in the inland valley, and it should back up quickly toward the coast. little tougher to shake right along the coast but similar to today, though, we are going to see
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that sun peeking through as we head into early afternoon. temperatures tonight dropping down mostly the low to mid 50s. the warmest spots will stay in the upper 50s, but 50s across the board, which is average for temperatures tomorrow topping out pretty close to normal too. upper 60s in the city, low 70s for oakland. mid-60s along the coast, little additional fungi needs will be a degree or two warmer. only low to mid 70s for the north bay. coolest bottle inland but it's likely to reach the low 80s and the santa clara valley. low to mid 80s inland and the east bay. temperatures over the weekend are going to be warmest on saturday. it's not going to be that warm in san francisco on saturday for the first half of the weekend, but cooler and breezy on sunday. so if you're heading to the north beach festival, the a lot of folks out and about, all over the place. we got a bunch of stuff going on this weekend. editors are going to be cooler, and it is going to be breezy on sunday, so make sure you layer up properly. something if you're heading out to the first stern grove concert of the season. pepper is going to be hovering in the low 60s throughout the afternoon with a fair amount of that june gloom overhead. but some glimmers of sunshine will be filtering through. our temperatures do go up and down, but generally, just kind of staying within about five degrees of what's normal for this time of year in both san francisco and oakland. the
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coolest days will be the two holidays, first sunday on father's day and for the juneteenth holiday, monday. temperatures inland a little more turbulent, especially inland in the santa clara valley. from 80 to 1 saturday all the way down to only 74-bidart on monday. then we bounce back a little bit, back to the mid-70s tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. kind of settling into the inland pattern that we've seen for so much of the month of june, where tempers are going to be pleasantly cool, but running several degrees hello what's normal for this time of year. >> all right, thanks so much. still ahead, second chances and new skills. the program helping inmates get back on track, all with the help of horses. hey, remember, you can watch us anytime, anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area there you can catch
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as your community station, we love to highlight bridge fillers in our community, and today, we take you inside an innovative program that could benefit a lot more people than just the participants. each tie hard reports. >> out here, i just let go of every troubles me. i just come
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to ease the pain . hey, handsome. but every morning, julio sanchez heads over to the barn and rooms his favorite horse, slicy. >> you can see them when they come in, dusty and dirty, and just room them up. enjoy it. >> reporter: a year ago, he'd never even seen a horse up close. now, it's one of the few things he looks forward to. >> knowing that a horse is big, the size, the power it possesses, it under my command. you know, that's kind of fulfilling. >> reporter: at first, the story of a man and his newfound love of horses may not seem all that remarkable. until you realize the entire farm is smack dab in the middle of pleasant valley state prison, where an inmate. julio is part of a program by the thoroughbred retirement foundation called second chances , which teaches inmates
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to become groomers unstable cleaners using horses that were rescued from the slaughterhouse. >> they got a second chance, just like we do. >> reporter: here, amidst the concrete and barbed wire, redemption and empathy are found in the company of these animals. >> you're going to start them with the shorter -- >> reporter: heidi richards is a correctional officer and the farm manager. she says that while the idea is to give inmates a skill they can use on the outside, the program has proven valuable in more ways than one. >> resources work magic on them. they break down the walls, and these guys start caring about these horses, which in turn, it teaches them to start caring about themselves and others. >> reporter: about two thirds of inmates will return to prison after their release. >> perfect. >> reporter: programs like second chances are known to reduce recidivism rates. of the 100 inmates who completed the program , only one has been rearrested . >> why should they be allowed to be out here with these horses?
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>> i think the biggest thing is , everybody deserves a second chance. it gives them an opportunity to go out there and have a job so that when they go out, they don't reoffend. >> come on, boy. >> reporter: julio, who has been in and out of prison most of his adult life, is up for release in october. but now, he says, he's determined to make this stint his last. >> i've come to understand that these guys got a second chance. i can also have that second chance and be better, successful. >> reporter: helping retired racehorses find a new beginning. >> come on! >> reporter: while getting his own life back on track. >> so the trs second chances program is located at correctional facilities in eight states. the programs have been saving horses and changing lives since 1983. coming up, they're blending sounds from across american musical trip and other parts of the world. we have a evprw ie
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all right, those of you in marin county, listen up. you may see a little bit of smoke , marin county seeing some fire equipment over the coming days. coming up at 5:00, how fire crews are working to get ready for the season ahead. that story and more with liz cook and ryan yamamoto. it's coming up at 5:00. the stern grove concert series kicks off this weekend with a group of talented jazz musicians that started playing music together in ll they're called ky've together
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two decades. gianna franco reports the founder never really imagined that their large group and unique sound would be a big part of their music career. >> ♪ >> reporter: in what started as a fun thing to do in college -- >> ♪ >> it was just a group of college friends getting together and playing music on friday. >> reporter: turned into a music career that has spanned two decades. >> and i had no idea that we would still be around, like, almost 20 years later, you know? we turned 20 in june. >> reporter: that's michael lee, the founder of snarky puppy. the style, sometimes called jazz, funk, rock, fusion -- but i try to avoid describing it, because i feel like any name that i put on it, at a certain point, the band does something that then contradicts that. so i just the instrumental music, because that's consistent. but also sometimes it's not, because sometimes we sing. >> reporter: for michael, the sound is unique, and sometimes it's just hard to describe. >> the main vocabulary that's
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been used on stage every night is jazz vocabulary. everyone in the band is a jazz musician, even if the band is not necessarily a jazz band. >> ♪ >> so i would say what we do is wait combine elements of various forms of black american music . obviously, jazz, funk, blues, rock . >> reporter: but it's a sound that works. >> the grand total number of currently active musicians in the band is 20 . we normally tour with between nine and 12 at a time. we kind of rotate people in and out. it's almost like, kind of like line changes on a hockey team or something. >> reporter: and are the people in the band that have been there with you for almost 20 years that are part of the original snarky puppy group? >> we have five of the original 10 still playing, yeah. >> reporter: building playing stern grove for the first time.
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>> this tories really about playing the music. we'll you and maybe a few old things. >> reporter: as for the name ? >> it was a band name that my brother was going to use. he was five years older than me. for a band that he had when i was in high school. so that name just kind of always stuck in my head, so i just used it. i was like, oh, snarky puppy, that's funny. i made a little poster with 10, that had 10 puppies on it, put it -- everybody's name over the puppy, posted on the walls of the school. i thought, i need to do something funny to get people to come to the show. >> reporter: clearly, it hit the right note. >> that's what we got ready for the show to this music. snarky puppy place this sunday with isaiah sharkey and dj lady ryan. if you can't make it out there, we'll be carrying the show live on our kerry system. and streaming on cbs news bay area, i'll be there as your host this sunday. that you can get through the cbs news app. it all starts sunday at 2:00
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p.m. it's going to be a fun day. >> one of my favorite parts of summer, stern grove. >> you can have summer without stern grove. >> we hope you join us there on the street. hey, cbs evening news is next on kpi loca ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, the u.s. government hit by a major cyber attack, potentially one of the largest extortion events in cent history. what sensitive and personal information may have been stolen. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ the fbi warning about an ongoing threat after a group inside russia is suspected of hacking multiple u.s. federal agencies and american universities. ♪ ♪ >> major cleanup efforts are underway across the south after severe storms pounded parts of the region. >> today into tonight there will be several rounds of storms that are going to pump out the hail, lightning, and strong winds. ♪ ♪
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