f0 now at 11:00, was it too much? >> one of the most violent responses we've seen the police conduct in san francisco. >> or not enough? tonight, the police chief defends his department. >> so, the helmets went on, and rightfully so. >> after things got heated on dolores hill. >> we started it, and the police were just trying to shut it down. >> a riot is basically what happened out there. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. hello, i'm sara donchey. the streets near dolores park were very chaotic this weekend, but the fallout after police descended on the event, some of

them in riot gear arresting dozens of minors, has carried into the week. there's so much disgreat disdisagreement about this, it's become a hot topic online. every year hundreds line dolores street and watch people bomb the hill. basically skate and bike very fast downhill, often falling. it might be a tradition, but it's not a sanctioned event, and critics say it's gotten wilder and less safe over the years. here's part of what it sounded like this weekend [ cheering ] [ bleep] [ screaming ] >> again, that was just a small piece of what happened. police did have to throw on the riot gear as fireworks and bottles were flying, but some say the police went too far after rounding up dozens of people,

many minors, some for hours. others say someone had to do something and the vandalism and lawlessness was getting out of hand. betty yu, you covered the story all weekend. it feels like the hot topic, and again, people are very divided about this and about the response. >> and they are talking about this on social media and in the community here in san francisco. today, chief bill scott wanted to make it clear that this was not an innocent event, though perhaps at one time it was. the dolores hill bomb was also not about sfpd officers versus skateboarders. in fact, the chief said officers did not cite a single person for skateboarding. this is what they cited people for, what chief bill scott said was brazen, dangerous, and unlawful behavior. he also emphasized that officers only suited up in riot gear after arriving on scene and after fireworks, we're talking mortal style fireworks and m-80s, there were

thrown their way. one officer not wearing a helmet was injured after being punched in the heat with a sharp object. >> what's excessive about officers wearing safety equipment after they were punched in the face and hit? they didn't have it on before that. we went into this trying to prevent the event happening in the first place. mind you, somebody died from this. somebody died from this. people have been hurt. skull fractures, serious injuries, broken bones from this behavior. >> and while he acknowledged some people showed up to strictly skateboard, officers seized guns, knives, and backpacks full of vandalism kits. three muni buses were vandalized, which is a felony, and the damage is estimated to be in the tens of thousands. chief scott said almost all the people they arrested have been released. the juveniles were

released to their parents. >> we gave people plenty of enough time to leave we warned them to please leave the area. not only did they not leave, many of these folks were engaged in criminal behavior. and it doesn't really matter if they're juveniles or not. if anybody thinks that it's okay because someone is 15 or 16 years old to do some of the things they're doing, that's just flat out wrong. >> and the chief says police made numerous attempts to tell people to leave over the span of 90 minutes. only after that did they begin giving out citations and arrests. some call the response excessive saying juveniles shouldn't be treated this way, calling it far too heavy handed. >> i know you were at the rally and protest, and people were genuinely upset about this. upset about the police response

and how they handled this. what were the other complaints? >> they were very passionate. they were upset that the juveniles were held, detained in the street shivering at 3:00, 4:00 at 4:00 in the morning. they felt others were swept up and weren't causing destruction or violence. >> and we spoke to some involved in the event, and some had some surprising answers saying they thought maybe that this started in a different spirit and got out of hand with the smaller group. a lot of people saying a lot of things about this, and we'll continue to talk about it here, betty. thank you. san francisco police have paid out millions of dollars in overtime since 2021 to patrol union square and prevent things like this. but today, thieves hit yet another luxury store, the gucci store on stockton street. that heist wasn't the beginning of end of it. police say the suspect vehicle was involved in a different armed robbery, and they chased it,

but the car got away on the peninsula, and no one was arrested. if the weekend left you wondering where did the summer go? well, paul says it's coming back. >> yeah, just took a little break. cool breezy weekend, but temperatures warming up today, and real heat looming later this week into the weekend. let's look at the transition underway. we haven't lost the fog yet. it's just swallowing up downtown san francisco. high thes today in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. much closer to where we're supposed to be in the middle of july. tomorrow we'll be back to almost exactly normal temperatures if not slightly the positive side of average. but everybody within three degrees on either side of what's normal for the 11th day of july. the real heat builds late this week. friday, an excessive heat watch goes into effect. that continues through sunday. inland, parts of the bay area, all inland parts of the bay area under the messive heat watch with highs ranging from 100 to 105 on the high end

of things. just have a plan to stay safe in the heat this weekend. this is likely going to be upgraded to a heat advisory for the bay area and an excessive heat warning, that's a category worse, for the central valley where temperatures top out in the 110 to 115-degree range. it's going to be cooking across not just the bay area, but much of the state and much of the western u.s. >> yes, and this is why we're talking about it on monday. >> exactly. getting you ready. >> all right, paul, thank you. we appreciate it. if you have any business to do with the city of hayward, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way. over the phone or in person. the city's website is shut down while the fbi investigates a ransomware attack. it was discovered on sunday, and tonight, the city is not saying a lot about payment demands or threats to release information. not saying much at all. but they do say nothing has been released so far, and all emergency services are up and running. back in

february, the city of oakland made headlines for something similar. thousands of city employees and residents had their personal information leaked. the city is now facing a class action lawsuit over that attack. it will be at least another month before robo taxis get the green light to operate 24/7 around the city. state regulators were supposed to vote on this thursday, but it's been postponed for a second time. the vote would impact the self-driving cars seen usually at night around san francisco. sometimes during the day. they'll vote to let them operate without safety drivers and charge passengers for all rides that were largely free until this point. this is some of the worst landslide damage we've seen in a long time. houses basically attorney in half and caved in in southern california. but this could be a threat here too, months after our big rainstorms ended. we hear so

much about problems in the tenderloin. tonight we meet a group so committed to stay there, they worked out a unique real estate deal. >> i think people's struggles with the city, the neighborhood, even more so empower the need to do work like this. >> the nonprofit bucking the san francisco exodus and created a place for artists to stay rooted. all right, we love a low rider here in the bay area, but this takes it to a whole new level. like seriously, the ground level.

in a lot of way, things have been looking grim for downtown san francisco. major chains, even west field are jumping ship. the vacancy rate was the highest ever recorded at the start of the year, and as leases expire it's expected to get worse. but there's a nonprofit in the tenderloin so committed to staying here, they pulled together the cash to buy their building. shawn chitnis shows us what they're doing differently to keep their artists rooted in the city. >> reporter: maddie is always looking for more ways to help others in her city feel seen. >> i just believe in creating more space for more voices to

be heard. >> reporter: maddie started the tenderloin community quilt to do just that, making arts more accessible so everyone can speak their mind. she has almost 150 stories already woven into the project. >> i felt like a quilt was the perfect way to tell individual stories in a collective way. >> reporter: much of it on display in the neighborhood at counterpulse, a gallery, studio, and performance space all in one. maddie is their first curator in residence. the progress made with the quilt was part of the celebration earlier this year as counterpulse acquired its current home thanks to a unique funding model. >> in the buys of their building, they're able to support their community of artists, but also able to support artists in the community directly in the tenderloin. >> reporter: seven years spent raising $7 million while the community arts stabilization trust held the building before the arts organization could own it. counterpulse executive and creative director julie phelps says they've seen ups and downs

in the market. she hopes they can be an anchor in the community because they don't have any plans to go somewhere else. >> the arts have a unique ability to kind of migrate and evolve through broader economic ebbs and flows and crash and boom and kind of stay stable and stay equitable and involve community. >> reporter: and as san francisco goes through another transition, she hopes the business world will look to places like their building as a model of what's possible. encouraging more of a mix downtown with nontraditional tenants and residents. >> and the arts is a really important and sustainable sort of, um, enriching part of that equation. >> reporter: and for maddie, the quilt she started in 2021 remains a metaphor for her city and what it needs. >> the tenderloin is a beautiful, dynamic, and vibrant place and needs more places to help shine a light on the beauty that's here.

>> reporter: as someone that regularly works with people that have been unhoused and may still need help finding a home, she loves shining a light on their stories through this collective art project. >> i think people's struggles with the city, people's struggles with the neighborhood even more so empower the need to do work like this. >> reporter: squares telling singular experiences around san francisco, but coming together to share the beauty of one community. >> counterpulse also offers space for rent for classes or special events. tonight, our state of california is sending an urban search and rescue team to help with catastrophic flooding in vermont. the eight team members come from five california task forces that specialize in swift water and flood rescues. part of vermont has already seen eight inches of rain with more flooding on the way. flooding has washed out roads. dozens of rescues have taken place from cars, trees, and homes. a woman

was swept away and killed in front of her fianc÷e. tonight we learned 16 more homes are at risk after a dozen already slid down a los angeles hillside. the slow motion disaster has been going on for 48 hours. the first evacuations were ordered saturday as the ground started to give way in the rolling hills neighborhood. people were given just 20 minutes to pack up and leave. >> how can you think that fast? you know you need to get your papers and medication, but what about all your memories? >> so it's still unknown how much farther the land could crack. we've spoken to experts here and elsewhere about this threat all over the state of california including the bay area. >> the danger doesn't just shop once the rain stops. some of the deeper, larger landslides, it takes the water longer to seep to the destabilize layers, it could take weeks or months for the danger to be passed. while we're talking about

southern california tonight, you mentioned earlier, you know, we have the big rainstorms. we don't know yet what caused that exactly, bought because the rain stopped doesn't mean the threat is over. that includes us here. >> it just takes a long time for that water to make its way, as you said, down through the layers of soil and down to a layer that might be unstable. so we're talking about the impact of the rain from months ago along with a heat wave in the next few days. we'll stick around with normal weather for july for now, but way out in the corner of the screen here, that big blue h will build closer to it. that's the next heat dome setting up camp close enough to directly influence our weather. our temperatures are going to be really reaching upward by friday, saturday, and sunday. that's the type of weather pattern that also will impact pollution. our weather quality was good across the board today, but we'll start to see yellow dots across the area the next couple of days.

moderate across the board on friday, and maybe even unhealthy for sensitive groups by saturday and sunday. the heat will back up early next week, but we're likely to continue with the above average temperature pattern as we round the corner from the mid-point of july into the latter weeks of the month with above normal temperatures likely to continue not just around the bay area but most of the western u.s. it's all in the future though. for now, just a typical july evening. the fog swallowing up the buildings downtown, but it's a more compact marine layer than over the weekend. temperatures a mix and 50s and 60s. we back into the 50s across the board by early tomorrow morning as the fog tries to spread out. but the compact marine layer doesn't make it as far inland, and where it does, it will back up quickly. around the bay, it takes a little longer, but by the mid-morning, the sun should peak through. temperatures tonight dropping into the mid to low 50s. highs tomorrow going to be just a couple

degrees above average. low 60s along the coast. low to mid-80s for most of the santa clara valley, but 90 around morgan hill, gilroy. the hottest spots into the delta in the mid-90s tomorrow, but that's normally hot for this time of year. upper 60s in the city. mostly low to mid-70s for oakland and the east bay. low to mid-70s for the north bay. temperatures more likely to heat up inland into the 90s. the heat risk is going to build. thursday not a huge problem. temperatureswill still be near normal. friday, we start to see more moderate heat risk showing up. by saturday, saturday and sunday will be the hottest days. more of that high heat risk indicating that even folks who ordinarily don't have health related issues with the heat may have complications with the heat settling in for a couple of days. 70s in san francisco this weekend. around 80 for oakland. three straight alert days with the excessive heat

watch in effect friday, saturday, and sunday. inland temperatures mostly well into the 90s, and some of the hot spots, primarily unland parts of the east bay in the triple digits. all right, ahead in sports, a bay area pro football team clenched a home playoff game tonight. huh? and we have a nice father and son story to tell from the home run derby to start the all star break.

all right, vern is back. we love a good sports challenge. >> you're pretty athletic. how far can you hit a baseball? >> well, i can't do math so i can't tell you, but when i have gone to the batting cages and had chance to practice and connect, i impress myself. but it's my probably shakier sport. >> true story, years ago they had a home run derby at oracle park, and they brought us out there. grant jones was crushing

them. brandy chastain, crushing them. me? not crushing them. all right, yes, what's the entree to the all star game? the home run derby. 16 years ago, 2007 home run derby. vlad guerrero sr. won it. tonight in seattle, marshawn lynch modeled the trophy. rodriguez put on a show blasting 42 home runs. most ever in a single round! wow! but in the semis, rodriguez was eliminated by toronto's guerrero jr. he then turned it on in the finals. he put up 25 home runs. would that be enough? well, tampa bay's randy arosarena needed a little more. he failed two shy of the

champion vlad jr. first time a father and son have won the event. wimbledon featured american christopher eubanks since sispidas. eubanks stopped just in time to avoid contact with the net, that would have been a penalty. and he ended it with a big forehand winner taking his opponent out in five sets. and on what would have been arthur ashe's 80 birthday, he's the first black american man to reach the quarter finals at wimbledon since washington in 1996. sap center, indoor football bay area panthers hosted the san diego strike force. how do you finish a game? like this. how about a near 50-yard pick six by trey meadows? second pick of the game. and it came

at the expense of former 49er quarterback nate davis. panthers set a franchise record 75 points in the game and won it 75-40. this victory clenched a home game for the first round of the playoffs. the panthers record is 9 and 5. last season they only won one game. i used to get in trouble all the time for playing ball indoors. but, it's indoor football. it's allowed. >> i was going the say, you might have struggled with the home run derby, but i feel like you'd be better with this. >> well, i was a running back in my younger days. >> all right, we'll get some clips for the next show. thanks, vern. it's being called the most wimbledon warning ever. why tennis fans were told to stick a cork in it.

popping champagne is apparently such a problem at wimbledon, one umpire asked fans to cork it, literally. >> ladies and gentlemen, please, if you are opening a bottle of champagne, don't do it as the players are about to play. >> don't you love that? that's from the australian umpire looking after the match. >> the most wimbledon warning i've ever heard. >> and yet totally unrelatable! someone in the crowd had just popped a bottle when a player was trying to serve. you can bring your own champagne to the matches for buy it for $122 a bottle. paul approves that sort of thing. how low can you go? a car so low to the ground it looks more like a roomba.

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roomba or another kind of robot vacuum. >> it looks like a cgi trick. >> but you have to drive it. look at this, you lay in it to drive it and drive with like a remote game controller thing. this was made by the group carmageddon, an italy-based car modifying group. >> what about a speed bump? >> oh, the suspension is nonexistent. >> why? >> because they could. i would do this. wouldn't you? >> no! >> oh. >> no. >> i'd be a little scared to squeeze in, but it looks like it's swimming in the asphalt. >> these guys had way too much time on their hands. >> it really does look like it's sweeping through the black top. >> sweeping up after a party. >> you could repurpose it for that. >> as promised, we'll have vern's high school highlights on the show tomorrow. he'll do the whole play