from cbs news bay area this is the evening edition. now at 11:00, lightning spotted in the north bay causing concerns about potential fires. we're monitoring any flare-ups. then gunfire on bay area freeways, what's being done after an 8-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire this week. >> a lot of these shootings are

injuring and killing innocent people and it's getting out of hand. at the same time we're sitting down with alameda county district attorney pamela price as a recall effort begins by people outraged by her handling of high profile shootings on bay area freeways. >> good evening. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. the extreme heat warning may be behind us, but lightning has been spotted in the north bay. >> let's send it straight over to darren peck. >> anytime there is lightning this time of year it's something we'll watch very closely. we go to first alert doppler, we had several strikes in sonoma county, happened in the 9:00 hour. we'll look at two locations specifically that would have experienced this in the 9:00 hour. we'll clear out some of the radar and come in for a close-up look. this is near healdsburg. we can come in for more detail on that. look at the time. that's between about 8:45 and 9:15. there's

cloverdale. here's healdsburg. this is up along 101 in the mountains that separate those two communities. it's likely with as dry as the landscape has gotten at this point in the summer, there probably will be some new fire starts from this. it's not incredibly dry. we're not looking at high fire danger, but with lightning strikes like this on the landscape in california, that's going to have to be monitored very closely. if you live there and saw anything or see anything overnight, notify the authorities. this should be quite manageable if anything did start. there was one other area here in southernmost sonoma county just south of sonoma, same time frame. that's 9:23. we had a cluster of lightning strikes here south of sonoma. the good news is over the last hour i haven't detected any more lightning strikes, doesn't mean we're done, but it's not nearly as active now as it was in the 9:00 hour and the high resolution futurecast shows us

a lot of the showers moving away. this needs to be monitored overnight. i'll be back with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. we still need to talk about the heat. >> thank you, darren. an 8-year-old boy is still in oakland children's hospital after being struck by a bullet during a shootout on 580. >> it is the latest in a number of freeway shootings with children ending up as innocent victims. da lin is at oakland children's hospital for us tonight with more on what's happened and what's being done to stop it. >> reporter: the 8-year-old victim remains at oakland children's hospital. the chp did not give an update on his condition because of his age and privacy laws. the freeway where he was shot, i-580, is one of the most dangerous freeways. >> i said oh, my god. i had just literally driven east on highway 580 and it gave me an eerie feeling. >> reporter: independent filmmaker doug harris says he drove on this stretch of 580 an hour before a rolling gunbattle injured an 8-year-old boy

friday evening. the latest freeway shooting ripped open an old wound. his best friend, gene ransom, was shot and killed on 880 in downtown oakland last year. gene was a basketball star inducted to the cal athletics hall of fame. >> just out playing ball, you know, i think about my brother gene and i miss him so dearly. >> reporter: investigators arrested a suspect in gene's killing last year and said the shooting was over road rage. chp detectives are still looking for the gunmen involved in friday's shooting. they say people in a dark gray suv and a maroon suv were exchanging gunfire on eastbound i-580 near harrison street when a stray bullet struck the 8-year-old victim in another car. >> a lot of these shootings are injuring and killing innocent people and, you know, it's getting out of hand. >> reporter: according to an analysis by the san francisco standard and numbers provided by chp, officers responded to

435 shootings on bay area freeways from january 2020 to april of this year. alameda county was the worst and saw 204 shootings in that span. 11 people died, including two kids, jasper wu and eliahna tomo. >> we have to look to our legislators to make more punitive laws to punish these people that get out on these freeways and shoot. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom says the state will install freeway cameras along 580 and 880. it's supposed to happen sometime this year. doug says he's worried every time he's on the freeway. >> freeway cameras is a step in the right direction, but once again, there needs to be stiffer penalties in our legislation, new laws set up, you know, to deter this type of activity. >> reporter: a chp spokesman tell me once those cameras are installed they will not reveal the exact locations to the public. speaking of safety in alameda county, the effort to

recall district attorney pamela price is moving forward. organizers of the recall say her progressive approach has them concerned. we have made several attempts to interview her about the recall and some of her more controversial decisions, but she has always refused saying she was just too busy. that was until today when betty yu faced her in a one-on-one with the embattled prosecutor. >> reporter: family members of victims are saying that the decisions you have made are unfair to them, that sentences that criminals have been given are excessively lenient and that perpetrators are favored over victims. what's your response to that? >> i feel definitely my heart goes out to the people who have lost loved ones in this community. we at the district attorney's office are very, very committed to making sure that we're providing the best services. some people are not able to actually appreciate the

work that we do. >> reporter: the work of pamela price has been focused on progressive reforms, including alternatives to incarceration and not charging juveniles as adults. now official paperwork to launch a recall has been filed. there are people who say that we are here because they don't feel safe. >> i was elected because the people in this community didn't feel safe unfortunately. we know that crime under my predecessor was, you know, pretty much exploding. the d.a.'s role has really no impact on crime. >> reporter: oakland police have recently warned residents about a surge in violence, including an uptick in home invasion robberies. do you feel safe living in oakland? >> yes, i do. i live in east oakland even and i know a lot of people think oh, that's terrible. i feel safe. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. betty, i don't think you asked about the achievements of the first six months. >> reporter: no. that was my next question. less than

halfway into our 15 minute interview, price's pr person pointed me to ask about her accomplishments. what are the metrics that you're using to gauge your success? >> i think the metrics are we're beginning to create a baseline for the data that we have. unfortunately we got here and the technology is pretty much outdated. >> reporter: families of victims believe price has been pushing for the shortest possible sentences. >> there's a lot of families that are victims pamela price's and the victims she's trying to create and it will be three months tuesday of my son's death. >> reporter: her son blake was shot to death by a shoplifter who stole a charger for a power tool at this pleasanton home depot. the prosecutor on the case told her the accused killer will face a murder charge and an enhancement that carries the least at of prison time. our story with the mohs

family caught the attention of lawmakers on capitol hill, where she recently testified. >> we should be charging the case based on facts and not on personal opinion or personal agenda. >> since i haven't had any conversation with her, reading me some statement that she made, i think that's not fair. >> reporter: would you like me to play it for you? would that help? >> no. >> reporter: price refused to address any specific cases. she has argued that adding enhancements disproportionately affects black and brown people. >> anytime that we can divert someone from the criminal justice system, that is a goal because the criminal justice system has been shown to be racially biased. >> reporter: in your pursuit of achieving equity, it is favoring perpetrators over victims. >> oh -- >> reporter: is that correct? >> -- that's absolutely not true. often what studies have shown and it's true in alameda county, many times people who are perpetrators or labeled as

perpetrators were victims. >> reporter: price's pr person pushed to wrap our interview before our allotted time was up. >> i hope moving forward we will have more access to you. >> i doubt it, quite frankly. in other news tonight, a beetle from the mediterranean has made its way to sonoma county. it's starting to kill oak trees in santa rosa and now they're trying to stop the bug from spreading. the invasive beetle is called the mediterranean oak borer. it's prevalent in france. it was first discovered six years ago in california near calistoga. they think the insects might have gotten a ride on imported oak wood used for making wine barrels. >> typically the tree service would remove it, take away the wood and wood chips. that's what tree services do. with this once we move the wood, we might infect a new site and we're starting to see new sites start popping up with new dead

trees here and there. >> schlumberger thinks the county should create a quarantine zone away from disease-free oaks to give tree cutters a place to dispose of infested wood. golden gate fields in albany is set to close permanently after their final race this year. it opened in 1941 and was the last major racetrack in northern california, but now the track owner wants to focus more on their track in santa anita and will relocate employees and horses to southern california. scott cheney, executive director of the california horse racing board, reacted in a statement saying they are aware of the impacts this will have on employees and contractors and are working to create new roles and opportunities for those affected by the closure. meanwhile berkeley city council member kate harrison says, "i'm glad to hear this news. the horse racing industry inflicts unnecessary pain on horses by keeping them confined for very

long periods and using pain-inducing instruments." in oakland some city council members want more money for the mayor, even as oakland faces the largest deficit in history. the raise would bump mayor sheng thao's salary up $75,000 up from her current pay two of hundred 2,000, a 37% increase that would bring her to the maximum allowed salary by the city charter. the pay bump would make her the third highest paid mayor in california behind only san francisco and l.a. the city council is expected to consider the salary hike tuesday. still ahead tonight, we'll head out to san francisco's aids walk. but first this weekend's heat potentially to blame for a massive fire that broke out in this backyard.

a look at redondo beach earlier today, the weekend heat sizzled parts of southern california, but many headed to the coast for heat relief. up in sacramento temperatures soared past 100 degrees, but that did not stop a lot of people from hitting the state fair cooling off with the help of some water rides and the ice cream. the heat played a role in a backyard fire in the el dorado hills. the flames started overnight just hours after the

person who lives there says he had new mulch put in and he said the mulch caught fire in a case of spontaneous combustion. >> this is new to me. i've never heard of bark literally catching itself on fire. >> it was like 108 yesterday, so that could have probably cooked the bark pretty good. >> good theory. he was able to put out the flames before it spread, but it serves as a reminder spontaneous combustion in a backyard is one more thing that can go wrong as temperatures hit record levels, which we're not going to be hitting in the next while. >> we're getting a break. we need it. there's enough going on with the heat from this weekend and current concern over lightning. we've looked at the lightning at the top of the newscast, a little explanation. how does that even happen? how does that appear out of nowhere? out of a sudden there's lightning off the coast. look at first alert doppler. we're looking at the last several hours. the radar is on an oversensitive setting picking up a lot more stuff. it's the best available to use. i want you to see the lightning

strikes. we looked at that in detail and put a real spotlight on sonoma county up around healdsburg and just north of healdsburg where we did have some lightning strikes, but how did this happen? where did this come from? we have to go back to the afternoon looking at the satellite imagery. we saw that plume of thunderstorms developing off the coast. that's part of the story. okay. it came from there, but why are there even thunderstorms over there? here's what happened. we're under this ridge of high pressure that's so dominant it's could end of circulating the atmosphere in a clockwise direction. all summer long the thunderstorms live over here, the summer monsoon, if you've ever been to arizona or the four corners in the summer, a big thing, phoenix, tucson. when you get into a pattern like this, look at the steering winds. this high was in the perfect lows to take those thunderstorms or the moisture that would develop those

thunderstorms and throw them up along the coast and wrap it back into northern california. this can happen in the summer, does not happen super often, but it's not unheard of. that's what happened this evening and the good thing is we're seeing some of that energy clear out and abate a little bit. if you watch the center of high pressure shift east over the next few days, this is another good sign for two things. one, it's taking the heat with it. center of that high is moving that way. you could see the big red blister by tuesday, more over new mexico than nevada, which means we aren't in the steering winds to get the thunderstorms anymore, but it also means we'll cool down. that's the other part of this forecast that we really need to spend a little more time enjoying. we're done with the heatwave, still going to be hot tomorrow. if you look at the numbers for the inland east bay, you're in the low 90s tomorrow, but it was 104 there today. so you're still above average by 4 or 5 degrees tomorrow when you do that, but you're much better than you

were. it's going to get better by wednesday. san jose, you're going to 87 tomorrow. we'll go to 94 in santa rosa. we still have that spread in the temperatures when we look at our microclimates because it will be 92 in pleasanton and on the other side of the hill it's going to be 84 in fremont. you can see the influence. there's enough onshore flow coming through the golden gate it's helping anybody near the water, oakland, san francisco. oakland will be down to 67 by wednesday. you'll warm up to near 80 saturday. when we look at north bay valleys, you'll go from the mid-90s tomorrow to 88 on wednesday. there's another warm-up coming. you can see that back here for friday, going up to 98. it's not going to be as hot as it was. we don't anticipate needing any excessive heat warnings there. we're not putting first alert status on it. enjoy the cooldown for the middle of the week and there's another modest warm-up coming friday. guys, back to you. >> thanks, darren. with electric vehicles growing in popularity, federal regulators are having to

rethink their approach to keeping pedestrians and other vehicles on the roads safe. is there anything steph curry can't do? >> steph curry is the winner. the giants keep steamrolling along and the deadhead hype is real. >> there was nothing that night that was not spiraling the right way. >> those sports stories plus interviews with charles barkley, aaron rodgers, and steph curry himself on gameday at 11:30. tetest tetest test test test te test

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welcome back. crash tests show electric vehicles stand up very well in a collision. all those heavy batteries help protect passengers inside, but they also pose a greater threat to other vehicles or pedestrians. the batteries add several thousand pounds to the vehicle's overall weight, sometimes as much as doubling it. according to a study from 2011, just 1,000 pounds of extra weight on a car increases the likelihood of a death in a crash by 47%. >> it's simple laws of physics. the crash for the other vehicle when you're heavier is going to be more severe. >> auto industry reps say their engineers continue to develop new technology to make vehicles

safer like automatic emergency braking systems that can react faster than humans, a system soon required in all new vehicles whether they're electric or gas. after the break, more than 30 years of raising awareness, the san francisco aids walk still fighting for a cure.

more than 35,000 people are

diagnosed with aids every year and every year the san francisco aids walk works to raise money for local organizations. max darrow went to today's aids walk where people affected by the disease continue to fight for a cure. >> reporter: around 2,000 people marched through golden gate park on sunday for the annual aids walk san francisco, including susan mcclain and her daughter. >> it's hard for me to believe i'm 55 and in 1985 it was thought to be, you know, over. we would find a cure, but unfortunately we're still fighting. >> reporter: people have been coming together for this walk since the 1980s as a way to raise awareness, education, and money for hiv aids research. event director bert champagne was pleased with the turnout even though the walk doesn't draw quite the crowd it once did. >> there's so many wonderful people out here supporting people with hiv and we're very excited about this year. there's so many things that are going right for people with aids, but people are still dying and people are still needing our services. >> reporter: the first aids

walk san francisco was in 1987, around 3,400 people showing up. >> i think one of the best things about san francisco has been that everybody has come together to really fight aids in every way, shape, or form we can. this is just one effort on a sunday morning. >> reporter: the epidemic would get worse, however, for several years. in 1992 cases peaked in san francisco and in 1994 aids became the leading cause of death for all americans between 25 and 44. since then a lot has changed. new hiv infections and aids-related deaths have both significantly declined and treatments have significantly advanced, but there still is no cure. >> so many individual stories. it tears you up inside. >> reporter: that was on lee johansson's mind as he took a few moments to take in some of the stories and tributes seen on the aids quilt. >> people are still getting infected, perhaps not at the rates they used to get infected. it's still a problem.

just because we have drugs today that make it tolerable to live with it doesn't mean it's gone away. >> reporter: promoting education and awareness and keeping the story alive are just a few reasons why susan showed up on sunday. >> it still needs to be talked about. people are still passing away from aids and we still need to do more in awareness for our young people to know today it is still something we fight to this day. >> reporter: the event had raised around $1 million by the start. proceeds will benefit 15 aids services organizations. >> good for them. good day for a walk, too. after the break we'll head out to stern grove. we'll have all the highlights of the concert series and what's ahead

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♪ the stern grove concert series back in action this afternoon with angelique kidjo as the headliner and the crowds turned out. the weather was almost perfect there. this wasn't kidjo's first time at the festival, having played stern grove a few years before the pandemic. >> i grew up in a household where my father played the banjo, my mom have passions for theater and played the clarinet and sing, too. so since i was a child music has been a centerpiece of our home and in my life. >> there are five shows left in the season. next week's headliner is the san francisco symphony followed by buddy guy on august 6th. a live look at coit tower tonight with that giant laser team. it's the final night for the installation that first went up friday. i don't think you can see the laser beam. there you go. it's the third of

four installations put on for the summer of awe, this one called the coit candle. hill i had lily hitchcock coit left money when she died to build a monument befitting the city and coit tower was the result. what a character. when she was a kid in the 1800s, she saw a fire on telegraph hill, threw down her books, rolled up her sleeves

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just like the man said, game day for july 16. a lot to get to tonight including steph curry. i feel like we ran out to describe them a long time ago. today, another reason to shake your head and marvel. he had a hole in one yesterday. today, a walk off, not basketball, but with a putter. south lake tahoe, the backdrop, the stage for the final round of the 34th