this is cbs news bay area with reed cowan. >> bay area brewery tapping out after more than a century in business, why anchor brewery is calling it quits. you can soon get a speeding ticket without getting pulled over, a push for speed cameras and how privacy advocates are pushing back. and the oakland a's moving to las vegas, how the mayor is taking it up directly from the mlb commissioner. good afternoon, i'm ryan yamamoto. the historic brewing company announced today it will close after 127 years. the company says they can't keep operating in the current economic

environment. we spoke with customers and employees about that surprise announcement. >> of the decision to close came as a shock to those who lived and worked nearby, even though the employees said they were surprised to learn that they will stop operating out of this location in san francisco. the company gave workers a 60 day notice today, the pandemic made it too difficult to stay open. they have seen declining sales since 2016 , they will keep distributing beer through july. prolonged time residence, this is just another blow as san francisco continues to lose businesses and jobs because they can no longer operate in the city. >> each loss that has come with covid and the tech stuff and seeing the tenderloin take a turn for the worst, i have never lost hope , each thing that leaves, it hurts.

>> reporter: they date back to 1896, surviving the 1906 earthquake, prohibition and previous threats of bankruptcy. but the company had to limit sales to california and cut production. today's announcement also explained repeated attempts were made to find a buyer but they could not strike a deal. we are told employees were supposed to take part in an all hands meeting today. back to you. >> definitely a loss of an institution here in san francisco, people are sounding off on them closing online, a lot of them said it is sad and one user said it has been a touchstone of his adult life. you can share your thoughts using the hashtag kpix. oakland's mayor is making another pitch to try to stop the a's from moving to las vegas, this time she took her fight to the mlb commissioner at the all-star game. anne makovec has more on what they

talked about. >> reporter: she asked for this meeting with the commissioner after she learned that he made comments about the city not working with the team. here is what he said about a month ago. >> what is it that oakland was prepared to do? there is no oakland to offer , okay, they never got to the point where they had a plan to build a stadium at any site. >> they met in seattle ahead of the all-star game, and telling the chronicle that she ga the commissioner 30 copies of a report detailing the negotiations between the team and the city. she said that report included timelines and proof that the city had already secured funding for the ballpark and surrounding development. the mayor said, before undertaking this very consequential vote, i want the commissioner and every mlb owner to have all the facts so they can make an informed decision. i have been a fighter all my life and i will not stand by and watch the city

lose our team without a fight. the a's belong in oakland. mlb owners still need to vote on the potential relocation to las vegas, that means 75% approval needed to pass, and programming note, the mayor is going to be here on the afternoon edition tomorrow to talk about the effort to keep the team in oakland . just when you think it's over. >> we have a lot of questions to ask. other stories we are following around the bay, oakland police are searching for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run involving a person riding her bicycle. this happened at 29th avenue and international boulevard this morning. our chopper was over the intersection afterward and police found the person unresponsive, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. air quality regulators issued a notice for the martinez refining company a day after it released petroleum coke dust into nearby neighborhoods, the refinery said the pet coke was released in a steam room and released in about a half an hour.

hazmat teams are now investigating. in san francisco, the city will receive $1 million for a new drug testing program and they will not test people , instead they will test the drugs those people are taking. the money will fund four new vans that will operate on city streets and at community events, basically they will check recreational drugs for potential lethal additives like fentanyl , no questions asked. in the south bay, a suspected serial arsonist is in custody, the 33-year-old confessed to setting 15 fires in morgan hill and gilroy. the two cities had nearly 30 suspicious fires since april. state lawmakers are considering a first of its kind proposal for california to slow down drivers and potentially save lives, that plan would require cameras to be watching your speed and automatically issue tickets for speeding. there will be six citi in

the statewide pilot program, that includes san francisco, oakland and san jose at jos÷ martinez spoke with a san francisco woman who says she is reminded every day why something needs to be done. >> i'm here on mission and 22nd street, you can see this area could be one of the candidates to get the speed cameras installed as a part of this project in san francisco. it has been more than 10 years since jenny's nightmare. >> my mom was struck by a car that was speeding and turning left. >> reporter: her mother survived but suffered severe brain traumatic injuries. >> our streets are supposed to be shared by everyone. they are supposed to be shared to make it a usable community area, and do not wait until you become a victim. >> reporter: she turned this experience into advocacy, she's one of the hundreds of members

in the san francisco bay area , hopeful about a piece of legislation that would allow speed safety cameras to be legal in california , that is a green light in sacramento. >> that is why i put my story out there . i don't want you to become part of my statistic. >> it definitely has to be dispersed throughout the city. >> reporter: the executive director says it is an epidemic that can be over through the approval of this bill by the senate judiciary committee. >> it is a thoughtful bill , and there is neighborhood consideration and input that has to go into it. there's city agencies that are deciding the most dangerous roads where this is going to be the most helpful. >> reporter: the cameras would use speed measurement devices to detect speeding and capture evidence. fines will start at $50 for anybody caught driving 11 miles over the speed limit and go up from there.

>> there is going to be a process where you will get a warning before you actually get a ticket . so everything is baked into the bill so that it feels very fair and balanced. >> reporter: that is why jenny has a message for everyone about safety on the streets. >> i want you to listen to what the bill is about, and why there is a group of people with certain supervisors and legislators trying to make this legal. it's to make the streets that you are going to travel on, your loved ones, your kids, your grandparents , safer. >> this might take some time to become a reality but advocates tell me they are ready to work with the community to get their opinions. >> not everyone is on board, privacy advocates have expressed concerns that people's personal information could be misused and the

california assembly members is the cameras will not use facial recognition. the fed is getting closer to reaching its inflation goals, a new report shows a cooldown for the 12th month in a row. the consumer price index found inflation slowed to 3% in june. that is a sharp drop from june of last year when inflation was at 9%. experts say easing prices for things like gas and groceries is helping to lower costs. hiring trends show it is getting tougher to find a job and a recent survey found there is one job opening for every two applicants but some remote positions to remain open including professional services, i.t. and media. new employees may have to pick up new skills especially in artificial intelligence. a linkedin career expert explains the trends on cbs mornings. >> why is it that people are staying at their jobs a lot longer? there is internal mobility and they are seeing the headlines and thinking, i'm going to stay put. the other thing is that there's multiple people applying for jobs, and

probably jobs they should not be applying for. >> there's also a shift in qualifications for jobs , more companies are dropping requirements for four-year degrees and shifting to school-based hiring. still had, a different kind of takedown for one bay area mma fighter, how police say he used his skills to catch an arson suspect. a dog allegedly held for ransom in the south bay, how officials tricked the suspect to rescue him. temperatures are warm across the area but not hot, at least not yet. one more day of normal

police say an arsonist is in custody all things to a samaritan with some real mma skills, it happened at the intersection of admiral callaghan lane and turner parkway on saturday. the man told police he saw a man deliberately setting a fire with a flare so he jumped into action. the suspect ran across the street and got into a black tesla , you can see from the photos, the charge was still plugged into the car. before he got away, the bystander said he pulled him out of the tesla and held him in a double arm

bar until the police arrived. officers say they found more flyers inside the tesla. a sunnyvale family has their dog back with the help of officers. on monday, they reported the dog named norm was lost in somebody tried to extort money for them in exchange for the dog. the department of public safety set up a fake meeting and arrested the suspect and rescued the dog. we are talking with the family, we have more coming up tonight at 6:00. time to take a look at the forecast with paul heggen. i know you said today was a little bit more normal but we are gearing up right now. we are preparing. >> we are trying to get used to what is in store for us, because we have been cooler than average the past couple of weeks. we have another heat wave coming up, let's take a look at the bigger picture pattern here. we have the normal weather that is going to

stick around for one more day, then the heat dome is going to expand its influence towards the bay area. this is going to last a few days. the peak of the heat wave is going to be saturday and sunday. those temperatures are going to be well above average but not record-setting. the temperatures are going to climb rapidly, you can see the short duration nature of this upcoming heatwave. near-normal temperatures again tomorrow, above average on friday and closer to 15 degrees above normal saturday and sunday, but backing down quickly and spending most of next week normal. and even the hottest day on saturday, we are not likely to set any records around the bay area. even farther inland, we will still be eight degrees shy of record territory in santa rosa , even with a high temperature of 103 degrees, we are going to be about 10 to 15 degrees above average and we are not likely to set any records. the excessive heat warning from the national weather service has issued is a little bit

overstated, this is more of a heat advisory situation for the bay area. just based on the threshold for these advisories, the excessive heat warning is excessive for the central valley. just stay hydrated and put on some air conditioning whenever you can. this also tends to trap urban pollutants, maybe some air-quality readings in the moderate category in the east bay on thursday. right now, we still have the fog along the coast, trying to creep over twin peaks and sutro tower. only 66 in oakland, temperatures farther inland anywhere from 76 degrees in san jose up to 80 degrees in concord. the fog is going to try to spread inland, once again a compact marine layer becoming more squished as the heat dome will build on top of us in the coming days. the fog will dissipate quickly in the inland valleys, backing up to the coast by the middle of the day but one more day , it's

going to get hard to get the sunshine to peek through along the coast. temperatures tonight around 60 degrees, highest tomorrow low 60s along the coast and mix of upper 70s and low 80s around the peninsula in the south end of the bay. a mix of 80s and some low 90s in the east bay but the low 90s, that is hot but it is normally hot in july. mostly 80s for the northbay, where you are supposed to be this time of year, until you go much farther north . temperatures in san francisco and oakland don't get that hot, low 70s at the warmest in the city, upper 70s and around 80 for oakland. two days are alert days, saturday and sunday, that is when the excessive heat wave is in effect , then we backed down quickly. this is going to be about a 48 hour peek for the worst of the heat . along the coast, no heat, temperatures in the mid 60s over the weekend. tom cruise's new mission impossible movie , dead

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means s the crew had d onone c to get this shot. this movie comes from paramount pictures which of course owns cbs. neighbors helping each other to protect their homes from wildfires. the door-to-door efforts in the east bay. calendar, brought to you by broadwaysan jose. >> delicate beauty on display, more than 100 tistare showcasing their work at the th annual play stival, that is at the palo art center from 10:00 a.m. through pm. and, the san francisco silent film festival runs through this weekend. check for times. ♪ >> and tickets for the san jose premiere of the tony award-winning best musical hades town go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., get yours at

now to our new series, project earth, taking a look at the climate stories that will shape the future of our planet. lauren thoms has a closer look at how the city of berkeley is preparing for wildfires that will burn hotter and longer than ever before. >> reporter: in the berkeley hills, it is an idyllic

neighborhood , but here the community runs deeper than the redwoods run tall. >> you have some neighborhoods that change the people that move into it, and some neighborhoods that are changed very quickly by the people that moved in , and i think this neighborhood is one that changes the people that move in it. >> reporter: susan is on a mission to protect the historic land, she moved us to the area 30 years ago from hawaii and she quickly learned about the wildfire risk. >> i didn't have to worry about wildfires before, but i have lived here for 30 years and you know, i want to keep it and i know i would like to keep it safe. >> reporter: today she's on a mission to do just that, keep her neighborhood safe. each week , they go door to door educating others in this high wildfire risk zone on how to protect their homes during fire season. this year, the risk is

even greater. >> in years where we get a lot of rain , and the sort of base vegetation and the grass has extra water to grow , then in the summer when they dry out, they can be an extra source of fuel so we want to make sure we are prepared going through the summer. >> reporter: the unlikely team paired up through the wildfire protection plan that was adopted by city council earlier this year, their number one goal is to educate others on the states latest defensible space laws that go into effect at the start of next year. but acting now can mean greater protection this season. >> you want your vegetation to be clean and alive and not to clustered. you want to think about your house as a big log, you don't want to have little bits of tender around it to light it up. >> reporter: residents grapple with the reality of sacrificing parts of their gardens or trimming back the trees, but susan says it is more valuable

to protect your home from a fire. she has already taken matters into her own yard, she made the tough decision to tear up her english style garden and establish a defensible space, instead planting vegetation with high water content that is less flammable. >> everything is done in a way that i can get rid of it quickly if i have to. i am getting used to the new look. it's just a matter of taking these little steps . >> reporter: and the neighborhood is following suit, susan says, all in the name of protecting their slice of paradise. >> the berkeley fire prevention program was passed by voters in 2020 and established an $8.5 million dispersal tax.we are going to take a closer lo at how wildfires are a part of the changing climate and protecting communities.

coming up, a new glimpse into a world that is hundreds of light-years away and it's thanks to a new tool that is spararking

coming up, we will need to a bay area college student who spent nearly a decade helping pediatric patients, how she's tapping into her own talent to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. nasa's james webb

telescope is marking a huge milestone and they just released this brand-new image. check this out, the colorful close-up shows a starforming region about 390 light-years away, that is the closest star forming region to earth, it was one year ago today when the world received the first images from the $10 billion telescope, floating 930,000 miles from earth. nasa says every new image it sends back is a brand-new discovery. did you look at this one? >> it is hard to believe it has been a year already. >> you re so ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, the deadly heat wave continues across much of the country, causing dangerous conditions for more than 100 million americans. and in the northeast, thousands of residents begin cleanup after historic flooding.