now at 11:00, it is a headline that reads like a broken record these days. stores going up stakes in downtown san francisco. so why are so many businesses suddenly lining up to get in? >> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i am sara donchey. san francisco has had a business problem. it can feel like it is in a downward spiral. but tonight we are talking about the exact opposite. hope for downtown. a whole lot of people say they want to open up shop there. the city is trying to reinvent its downtown in the wake of the pandemic and everyone moving out of their offices and onto living room couches. the vacancy rate is the highest it has ever been. at last check it was 32%. the city has an idea to bring businesses back, and they say people are into it.

max darrow shows us what they are up to. >> reporter: it has been two months since philip opened up his restaurant in downtown san francisco. he did not decide to open here for what downtown is like today. with a record amount of vacant office space and for lease signs up on almost every block, for him it is a long play. >> we wanted to set our roots down at a time and without the financial district needed people to do that. we wanted to make sure that we were not behind the curb. >> reporter: revitalization efforts in downtown san francisco are underway. this includes the pop-up program, where small businesses will fill vacant businesses for a three month period in hopes of bringing more people downtown.

>> through our program we will be able to show what a vibrant downtown could look like. >> reporter: simon bertran says the first of three application periods recently closed, and the responses of nearly 900 applicants exceeded their expectations. >> we are offering free rent and a stipend, but i don't think that is the thing that is driving the large response we are seeing. was driving the response is people in the region who care about this city and want to see it reach deeper. >> reporter: walking through his new restaurant, philip hopes that the program helps out, but he says it is one piece of a bigger, trickier puzzle. >> i don't think san francisco can be held down for that long, but until we see a market reset from a commercial and residential standpoint, it will be a long road back.

>> reporter: as he writes a new chapter, he would like to see downtown have less of a corporate and tech-driven environment. >> i think diversity means a lot of things, diversity of culture, but also of business. i think that will be a big part of making san francisco a more well-rounded city . >> reporter: a place where his business and neighbors old and new will be able to thrive. >> so max, this seems like a problem they are trying to tackle. this is not the blanket solution for everything, right? >> reporter: no, this is just one solution to a very complex issue. this business owner said he will be cheering the sun. he knows that this is not one-size-fits-all. he does have some skepticism in the idea that businesses that are

opening up here are going to need more support than just the initial support they are going to get from the pop-up program. we will see this summer when it unfolds! if you are already counting the days to a long weekend or a shorter work week next week, good news. if you are making outdoor plans, consider this. paul has been promising this for days. you were here to deliver on these promises. >> it is going to warm up everywhere, but it is a matter of how much. this will be the first real heat wave we have had all season. let's take a look at the heat advisory that goes into effect for all inland parts of the bay area. so this is going to be a fairly short heat wave, especially when you think back to the labor day heat wave we had last year. this will be just a three day stretch of above average temperatures running from

inland parts of the bay area to 105 degrees far inland. make sure you are planning to stay hydrated, stay out of the sun whenever you can, and find some air-conditioning. you see the temperatures on saturday, which will be the heat peak. further inland we are going to be well above normal, but still a good 10 or 15 degrees in most locations away from record territory, so it could be a lot hotter by this time of year. by the time fourth of july rolls around, we coast back to what is normal. we have details coming up in just a few minutes. >> i think we will count our blessings because we have had some disastrous circumstances in the past when we combine those things! >> could be a whole lot worse. yeah. >> despite all the hot weather on the way, so-called safe and sane fireworks just hit the

shelves in the few bay area cities that actually allow them. generally these fireworks are the kind that do not explode or fly , like sparklers, ground spinners or poppers. cities that allow these include dublin, union city, newark, san bruno, pacifica, gilroy and cloverdale. let's face it. flying is rarely fun. airport crowds, security lines, very, very cranky individuals causing a scene. most people would tell you it is a chore. but this week it has been especially hellish. today thousands more flights were delayed or canceled and it could actually get worse as we head towards a busy travel weekend. we checked in with people at airports and the bay area and elsewhere where patience was starting to wear thin. >> you know things are bad when the customer service line at the airport looks like this. it was a mess at airports across the country wednesday, thanks

to severe storms that forced airlines to delay some 30,000 flights this week and cancel almost 7000 more. even our mild weather in the west could not save us, with airline crews out of position and passengers separated from bags. there were a lot of uncomfortable people at sfo. >> when we asked for more, they said they did not have any more. they ran out of water and food. they had cheese it's an goldfish, but you cacan't live ofoff of thatat, you know? >> reporter: united airlines pointed the finger at the faa and the faa said weather has made things difficult. all passengers care about is getting where they are going however they can. >> i went from memphis to baltimore to nashville to rhode island and i almost lost it on the last leg. >> reporter: some people said they waited for 10 hours for customer service only to be turned around. others showed up at the airport to be told you are not going anywhere.

>> i am pretty disappointed. i wish we would have gotten a cancellation email. >> so as uncomfortable as all those stranded passengers definitely were, the ones on this flight probably had it worse, if only for a few very scary minutes. their plane had to make a scary landing without a nose gear. passengers had to brace for impact after the nose gear would not come down. the pilot had to do this. the plane skidded to a stop on the runway without it. amazing, none of the 96 passengers or crew were hurt. at least 16 people were hurt when an amtrak train bound for the bay area ran off the rails in ventura county. the 10-car starlight was headed north from l.a. to seattle and it was going to stop here . there were plant stops in san jose, oakland, emeryville and martinez. it did not get far

before hitting a water truck crossing the tracks in moore park. >> it had a severe impact in a bunch of jolting and things flying through the air. i saw the big yellow tank or fly through the air. >> there were about 200 passengers and crew, 15 with minor injuries. the truck driver was badly hurt. investigators say no indication there was anything wrong with the truck. the coast guard say they have recovered presumed human remains from the wreck of the titan submersible. the debris was pulled into a canadian port today. the sub imploded on its way to tour the wreckage of the titanic last week in the deep sea. we still do not have an exact reason for the implosion. experts say all five people on board would have died instantly. a remote-controlled plane crash nearly turned deadly in the north bay because of the

mess it start up on the ground. >> the bees were uppity and they picked on him. so they attacked all of us. a's fans finding something to cheer about at the coliseum, it's just that it was for the other team. and this athlete finished last in the 100 meter hurdles

a small plane crash in petaluma sent an 89-year-old man to the hospital, and not in the way you are thinking. adriana nakano reports that he crashed his remote control plane near a hive of honeybees. >> reporter: four of them went out to test model airplanes. this the attack was so severe that one of them had to start cpr right away to save their 89-year-old friend. victor had never experienced what he saw wednesday. it was a beautiful morning to fly model airplanes, that is until a friend crashed a plane near a beehive. a beekeeper ran over to get help.

>> somebody drove their car here to warn us that he was being attacked. that is when we saw him staggering back here. >> reporter: the victim was an 89-year-old man from san rafael. he fell to the ground, gasping for air. >> he collapsed here. i gave him cpr until the ambulance arrived. >> at one point he said somebody placed a blanket over them to keep the bees away but it just ended up trapping the ones underneath. luckily help arrived quickly. >> there were still bees swarming around the patient and first responders, so in order to make everything safe we moved to a safer location. >> reporter: bradley added that two firefighters were also stung by the honeybees. barbieri says that he has never

seen such vicious bees in his life. >> bees come around, but never this viciously or aggressively. i think something -- i think they are doing something over there at the hive, i am not sure what they are doing. but the bees were uppity and they picked on him. when he came back here, the bees followed him. he attacked all of us. >> reporter: the plan is to be transferred to a hospital in marin or to be able to go home. biologists have seen a massive die off of kelp forests, which are essential to a healthy ecosystem. the problem is an explosion in the number of c origins. where do the otters come in? >> they eat a lot of c origins. by eating a lot of c origins

they help to defend the kelp from overgrazing. when the kelp is protected it creates resilient kelp beds. >> there used to be thousands of otters living on the west coast until they were hunted to near extinction. let's bring back paul because a lot of people started calling 911 in lake county today because of that! yeah. people thought it was a wildfire in hidden valley but it turns out it was what? >> a dust devil! a very well organized dust devil. it almost looks like a clear sky tornado. but this can develop based on how different landscapes get heated up. if the train funnels it in the right way, you get that swirl that goes up. i can see how that would get your attention, especially during fire season. >> i would run! even if it didn't seem like a threat i would run anyway. >> nothing to be worried about. it is a concern as we head into

the weekend. let's talk about the changes over the next few days. big mountain of air in the atmosphere that will basically take over the big picture pattern over the weekend as it sets up camp on top of us. that compresses the air at ground level and warms it up but it is just one of the impacts that an area of high pressure has. what we have had for the past several weeks, more or less, is an area of low pressure and a parade of ripples overhead. low pressure means less atmosphere on top but also a much deeper marine layer, so the clouds and fog that form within the marine layer are able to push very far inland. the coastal ranges really keep up. as high pressure takes over, again, the atmosphere will compress the marine layer. you will see it

become more dense at ground level. dense fog is still possible. we don't lose the marine and fluids entirely, but it will have a hard time making its way further and further inland, so it has to find a little gap in landscape to make it through. it will not take very long for it to back out of inland valleys. the other consequence of this kind of weather pattern is that it tends to trap urban pollutants, specifically ground-level ozone. that is something we will watch climb over the next few days. we had good air quality across the bay area today. it looks like we will spend most of our time in the moderate category over the weekend, but these kinds of heat domes can lead to some unhealthy air quality. if we have any orange dots on the map, it will likely be on saturday, the hottest day within this upcoming short heat wave but it will still be a heatwave. there is the fog as we look out from the mark hopkins hotel. temperatures in the 50s across the board. the

fog will make its way through the gaps in the terrain in the bay area and find its way into some of the valleys around in the parts of the bay area, but we should be fog free by 5:00 at the latest and should be back up the coast in the morning with sun peeking through those clouds to begin the day tomorrow. temperatures are in the mid to low 50s with not much change from where we currently stand. highest tomorrow are low 60s along the coast and 80s for the most part in the santa clara valley. upper 80s and low 90s inland with the warmest spots and hottest spots hitting mid-90s already tomorrow. these temperatures are close to normal. mid 80s as you head into the north bay until you go much further inland, where temperatures will be significantly hotter by tomorrow. our heat advisory kicks in friday, but around the bay, 70s in san francisco before back down to near normal temperatures monday, tuesday

and wednesday. the heat wave peaks on saturday, but it will still be toasty on sunday. if you want to beat the heat entirely, buy a house along the coast. temperatures will stay in the 60s for the next several days. vern? straight ahead, history tonight at the oakland coliseum! the story of picture ((♪)

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baseball up top, and how many perfect games have there been in the big leagues? 23 when we woke up this morning and 24 now. we got the story of domingo german who had been lit up for 17 runs in his last two starts, but tonight his stuff was electric. nine strikeouts. 99 pitches. 72 were strikes. they were on their feet in the ninth with two outs, mostly yankee fans, and german got a groundout and it was over! the

last perfect game was in 2012. there were three that year. first time oakland has been no-hit since 1991. it was the first complete game german has ever thrown in the biggs. the giants got six hits at toronto but just one run. former giant random belt teed off on logan webb. the jays led five minus one after one. webb just didn't have it tonight. toronto won 6-1 and stopped san francisco's 10 game road win streak. tonight's nhl draft. san jose sharks took will smith with the fourth overall pick. players in attendance got to choose a walk-up song. with a name like will smith he went with the theme song to the fresh prince of bel air. >> i am trying to own it and i

love the song, too. >> and using it for us? >> right now on camera? >> why not? it's espn, let's go! >> in west philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where i spend most of my days chilling out maxing relaxing all cool and shooting some people outside the school. >> here is our version. in west philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where i spend most of my days chilling out maxing relaxing all cool and shooting some bebop outside of the school when a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood. i got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said -- >> you are moving with your auntie and uncle in bel air! south koreans

tonight madonna has had to postpone her world tour after a major health scare. a bacterial infection landed her in the hospital. her manager says she is expected to make a full recovery but it could take a while. her tour was supposed to start in mid july and it includes two sold-out shows at chase center in october and another in january. next time you mess up at work, remember this. a janitor pulled the plug on 20 years worth of research. he was trying to turn off an annoying alarm on a freezer in a college in upstate new york where he was working. he pulled the circuit breaker and ruined about $1 million worth of cell cultures and specimens. now the school is suing the cleaning company. 50 million people in south korea woke up today a year or

two younger. the country is putting an end to traditional korean age where you are considered a year old when you are born and add a year every january 1st. korea also uses calendar age . now it will just use the international age we are all used to where you started zero and become a year older on your birthday. they will keep the traditional system for military conscription or starting elementary school. she came in dead last in the 100

this last story is the definition of taking one for the team. a belgian shot putter says she has never been more famous after something she did to make sure her team wasn't eliminated from a global competition. she competes in shotput. she had to take on the 100 meter hurdles, which is very unlike shotput. so she did, and while she did not win, she did try! she is gingerly stepping over the hurdles. you don't want to get hurt, obviously. this was the european athletics team championship. she finished 19 seconds behind the next slowest athlete. but she looks on the bright side. >> in my head it looks a little bit more elegant than what i have seen on the video, but it

could be worse! >> she went for it and she finished. good for her! >> we have seen some blooper reels of actual hurlers just face planting. >> are you are to explain the difference in skill sets needed for shotput and 100 meter hurdles. >> you see the challenge there. >> have you ever tried the hurdles? >> i have since i was 11! >> i am not graceful enough for them. >> not for me! >> stand over there and we will try. >> after the show off ca (upbeat music) - hi everyone, and welcome to legal help center.