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with reed cowan. >> the supreme court bans affirmative action for colleges and university, what it means for colleges across the country. and cracking down on fentanyl, the new effort with the help from the mexican government. and a struggling downtown san francisco, who is opening up shop. good afternoon, we begin with the major ruling from the u.s. supreme court saying that college admission policies that consider race as a factor violate the constitution. we have more on this decision and its impact moving forward. >> reporter: this is going to change the landscape of college admissions, with thousands of students in the years to come and the universities who are trying to make diversity a priority on campus. chief f jujustice, jojohn roberts said harvard and university of north carolina's race conscious admissions programs violate the equal protection clause of

the 14th amendment. lawsuits against the school allege the policies discriminated against white and asian american applicants. in her dissent, justice sonia wrote the decision rules back decades of precedent and momentous progress. and in a separate comment, justice brown jackson called the decision a tragedy for us all. president biden weighed in after the decision was announced. >> we cannot let this decision be a permanent setback for the country, we need to keep an open door of opportunities. we need to remember that diversity is our strength. we have to find a way forward. we need to remember that the promise of america is big enough for anyone to succeed. >> reporter: a lot of universities that have been bracing for this decision were already thinking about alternate ways to increase diversity on campus. >> we might see colleges and universities put more weight

for instance on where you grew up, do your parents have graduate degrees, what zip code did you grow up in? >> reporter: in california, up to this point, dozens of private institutions have been free to consider race but affirmative action has been banned in public universities since 1996. that is when voters approved proposition 209. >> we celebrate diversity, but the impact of proposition 209 has been profound and consequential and now the impacts will be felt at private universities, not just public universities. the impact will be felt at stanford and caltech and other universities that have struggled. >> reporter: is the president of santa clara university issued a statement, expressing disappointment, they said our diversity including race is a part of our human identity through today's decisions therefore plays a substantial

burden on our freedom to recognize aspiring and current students as whole human beings. and usf professor who specializes in immigration law and asian american studies wrote this is a sad step backwards in the long road toward racial equality, the decision fails to recognize the institutionalized racism against many minorities in the united states. as recently as 2016, the supreme court upheld using race as a factor in college admissions programs that was before the court's makeup moved sharply to the right with the conservative majority. >> and to add some context to this, joining me is the university diversity officer from cal state east bay. thank you for joining us. as we mentioned, in california, the state university ended affirmative action back in 1996. what has and has not worked and what are the challenges that remain for colleges here in california? >> sure, i appreciate the

opportunity to speak on this. i certainly want to say that the impact , first of all, the impact of proposition 209 in california has been chilling. what we know is right after the imposition of proposition 209 , we saw a 40% drop in black and latin ex-students in the uc system. so, what happened is when you think about how important it is for us to have a representative number of students in our institutions , the inability to look at race or ethnicity and also proposition 209, granted it looks at gender as well, as a part of a holistic admissions has really impacted the quality and quantity of people in our higher institutions. so the impact has been a long road. we have

done many different things at different institutions including very targeted outreach , a lot of professionalization of the support , the technical support we provide for communities, working with community organizations, working with families, working with people that have been in areas that have formerly been redlined for example. and working with people who are coming from schools who are under resourced. and trying to help people build a pathway to our universities. so that has been a lot of work, a lot of heavy lifting, it involves funds and personnel and a lot of relationship building. those have been mildly successful. we have gotten the numbers back up and even up into graduate school, but they still have fairly returned in some schools to the levels prior to 1996. some universities have not even returned to the levels that we had in terms of percentages in 1996. it has had a detrimental effect. >> i appreciate your insights ,

thank you very much for joining us. the u.s. supreme court has more big rulings to come, including president biden's student loan forgiveness program. back in the bay, santa clara county now partnering with the mexican government to try to crack down on fentanyl. the country is working with the consulate general of mexico on the left, to get the word out about the dangers and prosecute dealers. >> fentanyl is an equal opportunity killer, it is more dangerous than a bullet. users are putting a metaphorical gun to their head. it is a heartbreaking tragedy. dealers are selling the ammunition and the guns without caring about the consequences and that is murder. >> the county sent the suspected dealer was arraigned

just yesterday and it was before such case where a fentanyl dealer has been charged with murder. the partnership with mexico focuses on sharing information, educating communities and making available the drug naloxone. in san francisco, governor newsom announced he will double the number of chp officers to fight the crisis in the tenderloin. he wants to crack down and deploy officers and the military to assist local police. and downtown san francisco in the meantime is dealing with an image crisis between retail stores closing down, property crimes, and complains about open drug use . it can feel like the city is in a downward spiral , they even have a name for it, they call it the doom and gloom, but today we are talking about the opposite. hope for downtown. and a lot of people say they do want to open up shop. the pandemic shifting offices to work from home has caused the city's vacancy rate to be the highest it has ever been. the city has an idea to bring businesses back, and they say people are into it.

>> i'm interested, by the way. >> it has been two months since tristan opened his restaurant in downtown san francisco. >> we wish there was more foot traffic but things have been good, as well as could be expected. >> he didn't decide to open here with how downtown is like today. with vacant signs up on virtually every block, and a lack of people. >> we wanted to set our roots down, in a time when the financial district needed us to do that. there was more of a boom time that we were already in place and not behind the curve. >> reporter: efforts to revitalize downtown are underway, that includes the city and the new deals vacant to the vibrant pop-up program where small businesses will fill the space for three months with pop-up experiences from food and beverage, to arts and entertainment, retail and more , in the hopes of bringing more

people downtown. >> we are going to be able to show what a vibrant downtown could look like. >> reporter: simon, the executive director said the first of three application times recently closed and the response of nearly 900 applicants far exceeded their expectations. >> we are offering free rent and $8000 stipend. but i don't think that is the thing that is driving the large response that we are seeing. i think what is driving the response is people in san francisco and in the region who really care about this city and want to participate in building its future and re-envisioning the future. >> reporter: walking through his new neighborhood, he is encouraged by the enthusiasm and hopes the program helps out , but he says it's just one piece of a bigger puzzle. >> i don't think san francisco can be held down for that long, until we see a real estate reset and a market reset from commercial and residential

standpoint, it's going to be a long road back. >> reporter: as he writes a new chapter, he would like to see downtown's new chapter have less of a corporate and tech driven environment. >> just making this more of the center of culture and diversity, and i think diversity means a lot of things. also diversity of business, that is going to be a big part into making san francisco a more well-rounded city and a more well-rounded downtown. >> reporter: a place where his business along with neighbors will be able to thrive. >> there were nearly 900 applicants for the spaces available in the first round of this pop-up program. still ahead, the waiting game continues for a lot of travelers across the country, we check in on the cancellations and delays at sfo ahead of the holiday weekend. going to the beach? that sounds good, but some bay area spots are getting some attention for all the wrong reasons. there's going to be more

people heading for the coast as temperatures heat up inland, primarily east bay and the santa clara valley, a big jump in temperatures, and we will continue that climb tomorrow. details on

it's another tough day for

travelers at sfo, there have been dozens of flight cancellations, nearly 200 delays just today. the disruption started saturday at airports all across the country, stemming from rough weather across the midwest, compounded with a staffing issue at one airport . one customer stood in a customer service line for 12 hours after her flight was canceled, and still could not get on another flight. >> they had to take several naps on the floor while we were waiting, i had to drag him at one point as i was going to lose my spot in line. >> today is the busiest day to fly ahead of the fourth of july holiday. a lot of us will be going to the beach to cool down over the holiday weekend, but you may want to do your homework before heading out, pacifica is among the five bay area beaches that made this year's beach mers list , that annual list looks at fecal bacterial . half moon bay also made that list. three beaches in foster

city made the top 10 list , and kelsi thorud shows us that some longtime residents may be to blame. >> reporter: francisco contreras and his family just moved to foster city a few months ago. he told me he was initially excited to live in a quiet neighborhood by the bay , and even more excited to take advantage of one of the many small beaches, lining the city's lagoon. >> i had the idea, like getting into the water with my dog, but they said no, the water is toxic and polluted. >> reporter: soon after moving here, francisco learned that foster city's beautiful lagoon has a bacteria problem. the issue is so bad that according to the organization, which puts out a beach report card every year , foster city has three of the top 10 most polluted beaches in the state. francisco says that news came as a shock. >> we haven't gone swimming

because of that. >> reporter: all three parks are within a few miles of each other and they are not what many people would think of as a beach. they have grass and playgrounds and only a sml section of sand leading into the water. in a statement sent to us from foster city, officials say they remain committed to improving the water quality and efforts are underway to achieve this goal at the identified locations. as well as throughout the rest of the lagoon. city officials believe the culprit for the pollution could be canadian geese. the city says hundreds of the birds have taken up residence in the area and are creating a health hazard. officials are currently looking at ways to get rid of the birds and hope that will help to improve the water quality. francisco told me he hopes that works and works but fast. >> especially the high rates

of houses, we expect a nice, safe place for us. like paying $6000 for the house, even though the water is right next to you, you cannot touch it, i think that is sad. >> reporter: his family will continue to walk by the water but not in it. that he hopes one day soon the city finds a solution to the problem, so his kids and his dog can enjoy the beaches they were initially so excited to move close to. time to look at the forecast, with paul heggen . a lot of people will be heading to the beach this weekend. >> i think the coast is going to be crowded, as temperatures continue to heat up, the warming trend is officially underway. the heat is edging closer to the west coast, it is close enough that we have seen

a significant jump in those inland temperatures today, it is going to build right on top of us. the dome of air that is going to be pressing down the higher pressure that will warm up the air, but also track pollutants. we will see air quality in the moderate category for the next several days. as we head into the fourth of july weekend, if we are going to see any orange dots on the map indicating unhealthy for sensitive groups air quality, it would likely be friday, saturday and sunday when this heatwave is going to peek. the other consequence , it really squashes the marine layer, we still have the fog , but you can see this is a very compressed area of fog that is now swallowing up the golden gate bridge . the fog is going to be out there and retreat quickly to the coast and it's even going to dissipate along the coast for at least a little while every day over the next few days. temperatures only in the low 60s in san francisco, 70s in oakland, low 80s in santa rosa. that is the kind of temperature map we are supposed to be seeing in the

month of june. temperatures tonight dropping down to the mid to upper 50s, the warmer spots in the east bay reaching only the low to mid 60s by early to mid morning, and the heat is officially on, temperatures around the bay, 70s in san francisco, just short of 80 degrees in oakland. still in the 60s along the coast. low 90s for much of the north bay and the santa clara valley, mid to upper 90s for the east bay with temperatures far inland around antioch and brentwood topping 100 degrees already tomorrow. we track the excessive heat risk which is basically the threat of overexertion if you're not careful. today's heat risk in antioch, one of the hottest spots, in the moderate category, temperatures in the 90s already. tomorrow it'll be in the high category as the temperature climbs up to around 105 degrees. even into the high category on saturday but even during the peak of the heat wave, we will not be setting any high record temperatures. be aware of the

difference of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, how your head or skin feels, you want to know the difference whether or not you just need to sit down and drink some water or whether you need to seek attention . temperatures are going to back down through the holiday weekend , the fourth of july is on tuesday , we will be back to near average across the board. so this is a hot stretch of days, then we are back to comfortably warm temperatures inland, even a little bit below average for the beginning of the abbreviated workweek wednesday and

hope, love, pride, presented by petfood express and broadway san jose. >> we know the lack of early action to combat hiv and aids created a playbook for how to better respond to a health crisis including the early covid response. so, when m-pox hit, the same strategy came to life again, led by lgbtq leaders. as warning of a resurgence of m-pox , jos÷ martinez shows us why bay area leaders are proud of that fast action to stop the virus in its tracks. >> everyone was a little bit in denial and sort of like what is this? >> he knows how to organize

and activate, when m-pox broke out in san francisco in june 2022 , it was showing up in painful sores amid bay area men like david watson. >> it's like sitting on shards of glass, and i hope that is pg enough , it is the most painful thing i have ever experienced in my 47 years on this planet. >> it is spreading very quickly, specifically between men who have sex with men in the lgbtq community. that really raised some red flags. >> reporter: those red flags were raised in the lgbtq community but also on the federal level . the vaccine was still to come. >> that was scary and disappointing because it felt like the lgbtq community could not rely on our government to keep us safe. >> reporter: what the government was allowed to do, let the vaccine get into

healthcare providers hands, and it was fast . they got the word out to places where they gather. >> everyone chipped in, we really rallied and provided community spaces for vaccination drives. >> reporter: remembering lessons learned during the aids crisis . >> san francisco is great in making sure the vaccine was available, there were some people who were having a hard time getting it but people did their best. and they pretty much nipped it in the bud , we got it under control pretty quickly. >> reporter: now a new challenge, warnings from the cdc about a potential resurgence, with the new warning, old-style san francisco activism bringing pride in our community once again.

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