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putting on its best face, but the show did not exactly go as planned. plus, it might be the swank a student housing ever. why san jose says that turning high dollar hotel rooms into dorm rooms makes a lot of sense. when hilary cut power to this hospital, most patients left but then a brand-new one arrived in the dark. >> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i am sara donchey. b.a.r.t. has an image problem . we have seen that over and over again with some of them showing drug use and crime inside train and at stations. just yesterday somebody overdosed at the powel street station and died. in 2015, this video of people lining the floor using drugs made headlines and put the agency under a lot of pressure to crack down. now with the financial crisis exploding ,

fatal overdoses in stations hav been going up since 2020, but today the b.a.r.t. general manager took our crew and reporters on a tour of trains and stations to tout what b.a.r.t. says they have done to make trains safer and more reliable. our jose martinez was there to ask writers what they think. >> reporter: passengers with their heads down, buried in their phones. he makes this trip five days a week from antioch to san bruno. but today wasn't exactly a regular day on b.a.r.t. this was a carefully orchestrated event meant to showcase the transit system at its best. b.a.r.t. police and even politicians were along, wh said things like this.

>> b.a.r.t. in 2023 is laser-focused on the customer experience. we have doubled the officer presence in the system. you will see officers walking the trains and the platforms. w have doubled the deep cleaning of our vehicles. >> reporter: of course the customer experience on b.a.r.t. can be bleak, from watching crimes to people overdosing. >> i parked my motorhome in castro valley and came over her to score but it is cheaper over here to get it, you know? incredibly cheap. >> reporter: earlier this month we met people who were taking b.a.r.t. just to use drugs inside one of the stations. thi was at civic center, the very same station where we began our ride along today. that was for him the entrance and riders jus trying to get from point a to point b. b.a.r.t. leaders know

this and say they are trying to crack down to make sure passengers feel safer and therefore keep writing their trains. that is part of the effort for riders and ambassadors. >> we are here to make sure the public is aware of what is happening at b.a.r.t. there is lot of frustrations. >> reporter: he has seen people skipping out on fairs, too. b.a.r.t.'s answer? replacing fair gates with newer models by 2026. west oakland will get som in december. b.a.r.t. police sa they have been keeping a watchful eye on trains from thi operation next to lake merritt

station. >> can you see if they can get the elevator open? >> reporter: but on a rush hou commute that screeched to a hal in the transbay tube, we fanned things screeching to a halt wit the people trying to keep thing moving. >> i cannot imagine the people who are running the tour love that, jose. >> reporter: yes, i had to take a picture to prove that it happened, but i want to point something out. this holds the passenger elevator for the b.a.r.t. station. this is an elevator they use. we got out after 15 minutes. but overall the people who were there with me say they are invested in making it a good experience for people who live here. >> and we will have to check in

to see if that is the case for people down the line! thank you very much. we appreciate you being here. there is a trend of owners walking away from major buildings in san francisco . with landlords struggling and abandoning their loans, we have seen it happen with the city's biggest shopping mall and hotel and tonight one of san francisco's biggest apartment towers is having the same problem. this high rise opened 10 years ago with the owners promising a luxury lifestyle in the mid-market neighborhood, bu as betty yu shows us, that prim real estate has now become a massive financially ability. >> reporter: we saw a man rolling around traffic in fron of a construction zone. another man was seen in front of an apartment entrance with a toy gun. outside businesses, homeless people camped out. the luxury high-rise is now at risk of imminent default on its

mortgage. >> living in nema is wonderful it has everything you could ask for in an apartment. >> reporter: rent is still substantial. apartments.com lists a 478 square foot studio for nearly $3200 a month. compass data shows that san francisco rents this year are roughly the same as this time last year. >> very san francisco! >> reporter: during our interview a man interrupted and started yelling obscenities. >> it is safe, generally, but you have individuals like that who will come up a little bit agitated. >> reporter: the developer

stated that they do not have enough cash to cover monthly debt payments and several other commercial tenants, including westfield mall and two major hotels have stopped making payments and surrendered their properties amid a slow recovery nearby whole foods announced it closure in april after one year >> my experience, it has been positive and negative. there ar people you see that our characters but also people who are nice. i am also new to the city. i just moved two months ago. >> reporter: in 2022, nema was mostly occupied but the current occupancy rate is unclear. >> i had an idea of what i was moving to with moving to san francisco in general but i gues i did not appreciate how dramatic it would be. >> reporter: we reached out to the developer but we have not yet heard back.

san jose state student struggling to find housing coul end up living in a luxury hotel the city is proposing to conver part of the former fairmont hotel into college dorms. sounds like a weird idea and definitely not what you picture when you think of a bare-bones dorm room, but san jose state could buy the south tower of th hotel. it has got more than 260 rooms. the fairmont filed for bankruptcy two years ago and reopened its signy a hotel. the university has to do something. they only have 4300 campus beds with a waitlist of 450. >> my friend had to skip the semester because they could not get affordable housing. i got lucky because i am on scholarship and my parents have been saving for a while. >> reporter: for now, this hote idea is still just an idea and nothing has been finalized. a neighborhood trapped in mud from hilary days later and

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crews lifting a roof that was torn off of a home. a mudslide came through that area and they are looking through the mud and debris for a 75-year-old grandmother, kristi rockwood wh has been missing for two days after her mobile home was carried away in the mud. earlie today, 13 other people who were trapped were evacuated by helicopter. >> all of a sudden the lights went out and we heard a big roar. i come out of my porch on the water was coming up, about 20 feet away. >> animals have been impacted a well. one rescue crew had to hike two miles to save stranded dogs. they carried them across creeks before eventually reuniting them with their owners. hilary disrupted all kinds of things and cause all problem at an l.a. hospital which lost power and then the backup generators failed. that was not good news for a woman who was trying to deliver a baby. she ended up having the baby in the dark is hundreds of other patients were being evacuated.

>> the doctors just ended up using flashlights and phones. >> oh boy. jacob arrived safely thankfully. she said that the nurses were cheering her on through the entire thing. this evening we saw a nurse get out of her car near the bay bridge to help a motorcyclist t crash near the toll plaza. that crash caused quite the backup heading into san francisco at the height of the evening commute. in san mateo county, a kayaker had a close call with the shark. the sheriff's office got a report of aggressive shar behavior. all of this happened south of pescadero of pebble beach. the good news is the kayaker was unharmed. paul joining us now to talk weather. we are saying goodbye to the humidity, i have noticed >> yes. it is gradually going t ramp down. by late afternoon it should be better. by thursday, back to where we should be wher the humidity is not here and is somewhere else where it belongs

yeah, you certainly have to have noticed the past several days. our temperatures will mak up for it and he dome will flex closer to us, so hot inland readings on wednesday but with an extra ripple in the atmosphere getting closer to us to cool us back down to near average by the end of the work week. you can see that progression as we look at the heat risk. moderate to a few high patches. make sure you tak it easy during the hottest part of the day. the heat risk shrinks a little bit on thursda and almost disappears by friday as we returned to near or slightly below normal and then it is up the other side of the temperature roller coaster again. keeping an eye on air quality we have a lot of moderate yellow dots which indicates smoke drifting down from the smith river complex along the oregon border. that was more concentrated earlier this evening and it will

gradually thin out a bit, but still, enough of it for another air quality advisory from the air district. so gradually we will see more and more green dots on the map, but one more day tomorrow in the moderate category pretty much across the board. it is not anything into the unhealthy category, not eve healthy for sensitive groups. right now clear skies over san jose and temperatures a mix of 60 and 74. 74 in concord, 65 in santa rosa. temperatures later tonight will drop down to the upper 50s and low 60s. the fog is not going to make its wa too far into the inland valleys but where does it will not last long. we will see plenty of sunshine take hold already by mid-to-late morning, even along the coast, and that will help temperatures to warm up. we start slightly below average in the upper 50s and low 60s to temperatures running five to 10 degrees above normal tomorrow .

mid-to-upper 90s in the tri-valley and the delta, low 90s for the north bay and aroun 90 in san jose with a mix of 70 and 80s around the bay, almost 70 degrees along the coast. it is temporary. temperatures will cool off this week. everybody cools off later this week with a slow warm-up kicking in over the weekend and into early next week. temperatures around the bay will stay in the 70s while inland readings will gradually return to mid-to-upper 80s with some of the hotter spots climbing into the 90s with lower temperatures in the 60s. matt? ahead in sports, kyle shanahan might make some fans angry with this quote about his quarterbacks, but i think most of it is fine. plus, a debut to remember for the giants

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all right, matt lively is back with sports. so the giants i understand, are getting creative to try to figure something out? >> they are. promotions are pretty much part of the gig at this point. i want to know, if you ever had a fun promotion? >> i have not had many fun jobs but i did work at a call center for the american red cross! i ended up maybe not being promoted but working my way up little bit. what about you? >> i worked at chick-fil-a, so was maybe hurting the heart of the americans. i'm just going t go to the forts cast! the giants have not been afraid to promote from within this season, just like my bosse at chick-fil-a. patrick bailey, not even a top 15 guide to begi the year, has become a star. recently guys like elliott ramo have been called upon and it wa no different on tuesday but it was a much bigger deal. the

number one prospect finally got the call. kyle harrison made hi major league debut, his family in attendance, at citizens bank park in philadelphia. harrison showed off his arsenal of pitches and he struck out five phillies batters over 3 1/3 innings, throwing just 65 pitches before gabe kapler pulled the rookie out. giants trailed 2-1 but a timely hit from joc pederson flipped the game. jock golfs one into left center field and adjust slides beyond the reach of johan rojas the ball sends in two to give the giants the 3-2 lead. and then camilo doval in the ninth, the shutdown man, and bases loaded. with trea turner at the plate, this happened. bad bounce, sneaks through the infield, game-tying run comes and the game winning run. a heartbreaking way to lose, 4-3,

and it gets even worse for the giants. panic is officially setting and for this team. they no longer own a wild-card spot. they have lost six straight serious. since august 5th they are 4-12. the lack of a major trade has been paramount. the promotions and emotions are happening almost daily in the last two weeks. one thing is certain, the giants to have a bright future, but the flame could be running out this season. to the minors. there has been a lot of talk about their quarterbacks. this season the depth chart has been all over the place when you ask members of the media. on tuesday, kyle shanahan made it simple for everyone, keeping three qb's on the roster. have you seen this team's history? the order doesn't matter as long as those three are there. >> you keep three when you have three. it is hard with a 53-ma roster, but if you have a third

that you don't want to lose because guys are -- it is hard to have quarterbacks and keep them on the practice squad. tha is what you have to do. >> he said that you be too will not be decided until the regula season. brock purdy is the only person that really matters. he is the qb one. >> we have had qb one, qb two, all kinds of qb issues, so we have to be prepared for anything. >> as long as they are just there, i don't care about the order. i can tell that you hav just been stressed about this! don't stress. >> thank you, matt lively. we appreciate you sorting that out for us. taylor swift is not the onl

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more accurate than the people and they were faster. the bots solved the tests 100% of the time, according to the study, and they did it in less than a second. it takes us mere mortal 15 seconds to do the same thing and we only got the test right 50 to 84% of the time. >> maybe that is the test! >> it is never for anything important. not like banking permissions. it is like i clicked on an ad headline to ge to a gossip site. >> for some reason those just really grinds my gears. >> i am with john mulaney on this one. >> have a >> play ball! baseball fans from coast to coast gearing up for opening day! >> this season will look a little different thanks to some new rules. >> the new changes speed up the game and add some more excitement to america's past time.