this is cbs news bay area with reed cowan. homes and businesses broken into. we hear about it all the time. this time, 20 cases tied to one suspect. we will have what we learned about the arrest and a list of other alleged crimes. what is going on here? chances are you saw this on your social media feed this morning, a chaotic scene on a bay area street and a car is speeding backwards. a closer look at the proposal and why some say we can do better.

thank you for joining us at 3:00. let's start with that story in san francisco where police just arrested a suspect in more than a dozen burglaries. anne makovec, once again, is on the case. >> 29-year-old patrick potter has been arrested in connection with 18 burglaries around the city and he is now facing several charges. police say this man ransacked his nurses, community centers, homes and vehicles, stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of stuff over the last five months. potter was arrested in a hotel in oakland this month. he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday. today, da brooke jenkins and police chief phil scott said they will continue to fight these types of crimes in the city. >> these types of crimes are unacceptable. at me be clear about that. they are unacceptable in our city . anyone who thinks it is okay to victimize people in this city must learn they will be arrested and held accountable. >> potters pulmonary hearing is set for july 25. if convicted, he faces the possibility of 25

years in prison. overall, chief scott said burglaries in the city are down 8% compared to last year. a san francisco carjacking getting national and world attention online. take a look at this. it is chaos happening right here where we live. this is a previous speeding backwards, drivers side door wide open. last thursday, a delivery driver was picking up an order from square pie guys when somebody tried to take up with his previous but the car, at the time, was in reverse. two more delivery drivers chased after the car to try to help out all while the previous driver was running after his car, holding onto the pizza. this, while youtuber was trying to talk to him. richie caught the whole thing on video. >> the crime has gotten out of control. let me tell you, people are robbing individuals right in broad daylight, reversing down the street with the door flipped off. it is

wild out here. we need to clean this whole situation up. >> he is a voice for that, definitely. he has gotten a lot of attention for other viral videos in the city life but he said this case even surprised them. >> when they have seen one of their coworkers getting robbed for their car, i felt like they had empathy for him. we will follow this car until the police arrive on the scene. it was very hard to decipher what was going on. the video was so wild, it feels cinematic. >> it is unclear whether police have recovered the carjacked previous or the pizza inside. we have not heard that anybody got hurt. police in san jose are investigating a tragedy. a pedestrian crash that ended with the death of the baby, mother and sibling injured. around 11:30 last night, a car struck a family. the car was approaching a green light and was walking outside of any

marked crosswalks. the mother and her other child were rushed to the hospital. we understand they are expected to survive. sadly, the baby dried but the driver stayed at the scene. >> we hope that the positive outcome to this is that people take care as they are driving on the roadways, they follow the rules of the road, that pedestrians are aware of the crosswalks, went to cross, when not to cross. >> it is a problem in that community. this marks the 27th traffic death in san jose this year alone. let's go from san joand whe shot and killed in three separate overnight shootings. the suspects are still out the say this is how it we down. just before 1:30 this morning, two people were fatally shot on 89th anu if you don't know that area, westof international boulevard. separately, hours later, somebody ot and killed a person over on 18th avue not

too far away from the first one. police say somebody showed up to hospital with gunshot wounds but they had no other details to give us about that incident. we will continue looking into that. the mayor of oakland getting a raise but nowhere near as much as she could have gotten before there was some committee pushback. >> there is nothing wrong with getting a boost. there was nothing wrong with that but getting something -- what has she done? we don't have a chief of police. we don't have, now, a fire chief. we don't have any of that. specs and the adams there. here are the numbers. the mayor currently earns about $203,000 a year. the city charter requires that amount be reviewed every other year and then gave arrange for salary from between $216,000 and $277,000. the council voted for the raise amount in the minimum range, 6.5% increase. that will be stretched over 10 years.

striking academic workers brought the uc system to a standstill last year and now some of them are back in the picket line saying the university just is not honoring the contract they fought so hard to get. they were, out there for quite some time . they were protesting outside of the uc regents meeting at san francisco. that is the group that governs the uc system. >> they have seen our power when they organize. >> the uc president's office issued a statement saying they respect the right to protest but any allegations should go through the university complaint procedures. we know that california lawmakers are looking on a measure designed to keep the transit moving and avoid the fiscal cliff and the service cuts. this all playing out as agencies like b.a.r.t. continue to struggle over the ridership and recovering from those pandemic lows. in fact, they

are trying to come up with ideas to make the pivot, proposing temporarily raging bridge tolls to prop up the transit system. we know a lot of you don't like that idea. some residents are not key on the plan. >> reporter: right now, it costs seven dollars to drive over the state owned bay area bridges which means all of them except the building a bridge. if lawmakers approve sb 532, the toll would go up to $8.50. transit advocates say this will help keep the bay area transit systems running before they struggle to have funds running up at some residents are skeptical about putting the bill and say they want to see operational changes. lawrence lee grew up in san francisco, has made a life here, and plans to stay here. he knows public transit is critical for san francisco in the bay area but, to him, maintaining the status quo is not going to cut it which is one of the few reasons why he is not thrilled about the proposed bridge toll hike.

>> i can see the need to avoid the fiscal cliff. god help us if we have less public transit. how is this working? what about some of the concerns about how muni, b.a.r.t., these organizations are spending money? >> lee sometimes takes public transit to get around but sometimes he drives. the potential rate hike won't have a drastic impact on him as he only goes over a bridge once a week or so but he is concerned it will have a major impact for those who go over a bridge every day. >> every single day, an extra dollar? this will affect so many people's choices. will i pay more for driving from vallejo to san francisco to teach? >> i will not pretend there is and easy solution. stroke state senator scott wiener says the agency is in the throes of a dire fiscal emergency as ridership collapsed during the pandemic is not roaring back. >> if we don't step in with one sort of funding solution, you

will have to start cutting service. >> the toll hike would be temporary, in place for a five-year period. the revenue would fund public transit improvements and also help transit agencies bridge the gap between now and a likely regional funding measure in 2026. >> you can't have recovery or reform of a system that has fallen apart. if people don't like the idea of the increased bridge toll, then tell me how we should fund these operational deficits? i am totally open-minded if there are other ideas. >> lee is not competent the revenue would lead to significant system improvements, nor would it get temporary. >> they need to cover what you do to help things succeed going forward. at the same time, are they doing enough? are they

doing enough for finding places to cut costs? >> cutting the scope of public transit could not be good for the bay area. without major changes, it will not fly. >> we are watching this story and we can make sure it is not a done deal. we are watching this. a new multi-million-dollar pledge from the state to help out our farmworkers, when we come back. what is with all the haze out there? no doubt you have noticed. if you have been outside, it is not as bad as what we are breathing down on the ground. i will explain that and then there is another heat advisory that was just issued by the national weather

welcome back. california farmworkers have a new way to get help if they are caught in a labor dispute. governor gavin newsom just announced a four and half million dollar pilot program. where does the money go? it will help undocumented farmworkers who are part of state labor investigation. they will get their cases reviewed, legal advice, even legal representation. the governor says this means an employer can

no longer threaten farmworkers with deportation if they complain about working conditions. let's go to oregon now. a wildfire glowing there in the hills. it is affecting our bay area skies. you are looking at the flat fire. it has burned about 12,000 acres since saturday in the rogue river-siskiyou national forest. this is a live look from our salesforce tower camera looking east here . actually, we are going to punch up the black mountain camera right there. you can see the skies are less than clear. i know that is not an official meteorological term but less than clear is what i am calling them. let's bring in the expert, darren peck. >> that is totally meteorological a sound. it looks a lot like that. this is a smoke coming our way from

that fire in southwest oregon. we have been trapped under a dome of high pressure that is keeping everything we put into the air here. we are going to use walnut creek as our example. that is walnut creek down there, a view from mt. diablo. what is the air-quality down here? if we put the reading on, the needle does not go that far. yellow down here for walnut creek, just moderate. could be a lot worse than that. you probably don't want to be out overdoing it like training for a marathon today but you can go about your daily lives outside and not be overly concerned about the actual air-quality. the camera we looked at was over the santa clara valley. it looks that hazy and that vantage point. here is the view in downtown san jose. the same story plays out here. watch the needle and it only goes up to write about moderate. again, that is as bad as i can find. i picked up the two locations that would have the most notable reading. look where the smoke is coming from. there is the fire. tonight, by

11:15, it brings in another patch of smoke. we will wake up tomorrow morning and we will have as much of this stuff around as we have now. we are going to do it again. as we go into 11:00 at night on friday, another batch will come our way. as long as the fire continues, we will continue to pull in smoke. what about this warm-up? that is quickly becoming the headline. san jose, 79 degrees right now. that is a pretty nice day. 81 would be the average. these numbers are going up. as we look ahead from here and put this into the 7-day forecast, let's switch. take a look at saturday. you are only going up to 87. saturday is the warmest day i've gone on here. it will be warmer than that in the inland these spay valleys. there are some places in the north bay valley that will get pushed on. let's use livermore.

a good sample for the tri-valley. saturday, up to triple digit heat. there is good news back here . once we get into next week, we will cool down below average. the green shows you the numbers that are coming in below average. there is good news in the long run. with numbers like that, we have an excessive heat watch in place and we want to spotlight all of these communities. look at the difference. you get on that side of the hill. as we saw from san jose at 87 , it is like 7 degrees above average. when you go into the hundreds on saturday, you are getting well above average. here is tomorrow. you are on the mid-90s for the inland valleys. san francisco, oakland. oakland will warm up to 80 on saturday. that is not too big a deal. look at the top line. this will

impact the northvale little more. you will hit 100 on saturday and then you will get to break going into next week. even a break for the northbay valleys will be around 90. san jose is the poster child for that. if you are forecast for a car, i would buy it. tonight could be the night that you get very, very rich. somebody's got to win, $1 billion up for grabs. this is the third-largest prize in the history of powerball. there is a chance of winning, the odds are slim. you are more likely to be struck by lightning, more lilyto get attacked by a grizzly bear or become president of the united states, assuming everybody has an equal chance of winning. good luck, nonetheless.

empowering young people of all backgrounds to step into tech. a south bay teenager gives them the tools that they need early on, when we come back.

welcome back. the supreme court's recent ruling striking down affirmative action could have ripple effects beyond college campuses. why? we are told that tech executives are concerned it could impact company efforts to recruit a more diverse workforce. there is a trickle-down effect. we know diversity is already a huge challenge in the tech industry. data from the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission shows black workers make up just 7% of the tech

sector nationwide. latinos, 8%. women make up only 36%. a south bay teenager is trying to tackle that problem by getting students interested in tech careers at an early age. shawn chitnis is about to show you how she creates her own organization that teaches kids and girls from low income backgrounds, bringing them all into teach them the basics of coding. >> reporter: standing out and standing alone is nothing new. in eighth grade, she quickly realized there were not enough girls interested in tech, as the only one in a room of 30 kids signing up to join the coding club. >> the passion for technology is not something that we need to address when people are in the workforce. it is something that is important from a young age. >> reporter: she grew up in a digital age, constantly exposed to games and apps and she knew she wanted to help create the technology she admired primarily in her childhood.

but, she also felt everyone should have a chance to be a part of this industry. at the age of 14, she created tech power for all. >> what motivated me was the mission of trying to tackle this problem from early on. that way, you can be inspired and later on, hopefully they will feel passionate. >> reporter: tech power for all offers workshops that cover the basics like coding software and even artificial intelligence. she trains other students like her to teach these workshops all around the world. she already has 20 chapters and eight countries and estimates they have reached around 1500 kids and teens. >> tech power for all seems like a fun organization to be a part of. >> reporter: one of the newest recruits, by training her on how to run a workshop, she can spread the knowledge to even more students and reach more kids who may not have thought about studying and working intact.

>> i thought it would be really fun to spread the knowledge to younger people and hopefully also increase my own knowledge. living in silicon valley, in many ways, opened my eyes to the lack of diversity. >> reporter: she continues to learn more about coding in high school classes and on her own time. >> when you go into these offices and you see who the workers are, they don't necessarily represent the diversity of the people who live here. >> reporter: while she sees a future for her closely connected to computer science, she believes that is only possible for many of the students she is helping when the outreach begins as early as middle school. kids are not discouraged from pursuing these later in life. >> it is inspiring to me when we see you want to change this. >> reporter: one training at a time, she and other teens are working to get more kids who look like them interested in

tech. >> you can find more information about the tech power for all workshops in the story on www.kpix.com. coming up, it is not a fair increase or a new grant . find

coming up, a new approach to help revive downtown san francisco. we will look at mayor london breed's request for the university of california to consider a new campus in the city.

we know b.a.r.t. is dealing with a lot of budget challenges. that has driven a lot of conversations. there is one thing that is expected to bring in tens of thousands of dollars to the agency. here it is. >> it is kind of ugly and i can say that because it is, by their own admission, an ugly sweater. this is the ugly holiday sweater. it is complete with a horn sound and l.e.d. trackway. it is available for preorder. b.a.r.t.'s communication officer says there have been 1800 preorders already, bringing the estimated profit of $55,000, not enough to solve the agency's overall budget woes but it is no small chunk of change. >> as a self professed transit geek, i think th is anything ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, widespread damage and severe weather after a tornado hits the south fear for the ongoing threat with millions coast-to-coast facing