challenge after challenge for the city of oakland. the latest efforts to come back crime as the fired police chief fights to clear his name. the air is so bad in parts of the bay area right now, some of you can smell it. we check on our air quality in the first alert forecast. and the latest covid vaccine hits bay area pharmacies as we are seeing an uptick in the virus nationwide. >> good afternoon. i'm elizabeth cook. we begin in oakland. the city council is meeting as we speak in the wake of a series of challenges for the police department. with the crime rates up, no permanent police chief named and the loss of a multimillion dollar grant. anne makovec is following the latest developments. >> reporter: today the council is set to adopt a resolution prioritizing public safety. it looks like it's very popular but how much will it accomplish, the jury is out on

that. crime is up about 28% from last year. this resolution was introduced by dan cobb who is running for state senate. it calls for the city administrator to evaluate options for increasing police and 911 dispatch staffing and grant known buy more security cameras. oakland's fired police chief leronne armstrong says he was vindicated in a new report from a judge who heard his appeal citing wrongful termination. all sides say that report cannot be made public because it contains private information about other city employees. we did just get our hands on it. we will look over it and have more in the newscast later today. the report can't force the chief's reinstatement but the police commission made it clear they thing armstrong should get the job back. the commission chair said at the next regular meeting they will discuss whether to recommend to the major that armstrong be reinstated or on a short list of candidates. the vice chair echoed the sentiments last

night. >> who could know what potential effect his presence would have had on public safety in the last six months. i sincerely doubt it would have hurt. many feel it would have made a significant positive difference. >> those who do not support reinstating armstrong say it will result in the same outcomes they have seen the past decade. we have a request for comment from the mayor. she declined the request and said armstrong was fired about statements he made about an incident. so, the bottom line, a lot going on in oakland when it comes to the pd. we will keep an eye on the public safety resolution at the council meeting going on. headlines we are talking one on one with arm strong and we will have that interview at 6:00. a lot going on. thanks so much. meanwhile, the oakland branch of the naacp has been

calling forearm arm's return since he was fired. some of the members say the branch's other positions go against the wider goals. >> these people are losers. they lost the election anded now they are running the local chapter. they lost in their campaigns to get support and they are using the language, tactics of the right wing. >> one of the biggest sticking points to this, the local chapter is backing the recall of pamela pratz. at 5:00, john ramos will dive into the criticisms. other stories around the bay, a fiery crash on 580 in oakland turned deadly. the chp says two cars crashed near beaumont avenue around 11:00. then one of the cars caught fire. one woman died and another person is hospitalized. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a shelter in place order has been lifted in parts of el

cerrito and kensington after a gas leak. police issued the alert after 9:00 this morning. the chopper was over the scene while crews repaired the break. to pleasanton. the city council is expected to make a final decision whether to increase water service rates. the city says it's necessary to keep up with growing cost and demand if approved. it will start with a 30% increase this november followed by an additional 20% increase in january of 2025. and another 12% in january of 2026. for the average single family home in pleasanton, that wouould translate to an extra $33 on ever by monthly bill for rate hikes alone. speaking of money, on the money watch, instacart is on the stock market. its ipo is exceeding expectations. the grocery delivery company priced shares 69 initial public offering at 30 bucks. that is

more than $2 higher than last week's filing. instacart raised $660 million and is valued at nearly 10 billion. soon users of x, formerly known as twitter, may have to pay for more than the blue checkmark. owner elon musk is debating on charging all users a monthly fee. musk claims that's the only way to truly rid the platform of bots. he says the monthly fee would be less than 8 bucks a month that verified users pay for x premium known as it twitter blue. updated covid vaccines are available. nearly all cvs pharmacies are offering it or on a rolling basis. this comes as covid cases and hospitalizations continue to increase nationwide. the latest cdc data shows more than 20,000 hospital admissions for covid-19 in the first week of september up 7.7% from the previous week. health experts

say people 65 and older and those immunocompromised should get the updated vaccine now. it's available to people six months and older. shawn chitnis tells us how important the new vaccine is for some residents. >> reporter: julianna got the latest covid shot at this cvs in walnut creek as they start a new week ready to give out more of the vaccine. >> i like being first. >> reporter: more than three years since the start of the pandemic and multiple boosters, medical experts are even concerning people to look at this version like the flu shot, something you should get every year. >> it's prominent. covid is prominent in the u.s. >> reporter: the vaccine targets the latest strains of covid-19 causing most infections across the country. julianna noticed plenty of people getting covid. >> everyone is getting exposed lately, neighbors, friends. so,

instead of delaying it, just come in and get it. >> reporter: for the sake of others, she wants to do what she can to keep it from ineffecting the most vulnerable in her life. >> concerned about not spreading it to elderly relatives and such. being more careful going in public spaces. >> cvs recommends making appointments online but walk-ins are welcome. according to the cdc, it's safe to get the covid and flu shots during the same visit. keeping san francisco city streets clean is a big challenge, especially in one neighborhood where street sweeping is banned. coming up, why it hasn't been allowed there in decades. the effort to change that. plus, a new report card grades the effects of the pandemic on bay area latinos as we mark hispanic heritage month. we look at how the

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there is a neighborhood in san francisco that hasn't had street sweepers in decades because they banned it. now the community is trying to get the service back. >> reporter: phoebe douglas

lived in russian hill her entire life. her mom bought the apartment she lives in now years ago. she can't imagine living anywhere else. >> it has a lot of character. it's very walkable. one way is go to polk street. the other is north beach, aquatic park. i like that about it. >> reporter: one thing she doesn't like is that russian hill doesn't have street sweeping. >> to try with a broom to sweep, just all the l of it accumulates. >> reporter: russian hill is one of the only neighborhoods in san francisco that doesn't get regularly scheduled street sweeping. the reason rachel gordan says because decades ago back when the city first introduced street sweeping, people who lived in russian hill fought to keep it out of the neighborhood. >> they didn't want it because they didn't want to move their

cars. >> reporter: in the years since that decision, phoebe says the neighborhood and the times have changed dramatically. >> like uber people park overnight, puddles of pea. people, unhoused people will live blankets around. >> reporter: that's why phoebe is leading the campaign to get street sweeping in the neighborhood but getting that done is a lot more complicated than simply asking the department of public works to add a route. >> we don't have the resources to have a regular route. we are actively looking at doing that, particularly in the high need areas, perhaps the high street corridor with a lot of businesses and trees dropping leaves. >> reporter: rachel says dpw wants to make sure that a majority of the people in the neighborhood want street sweeping before the city goes ahead and adds a permanent route. that's why they asked phoebe and other supporters to

gather signatures from the neighbors. but february bee told me that can be hard to do when a majority of the housing on certain blocks is apartments. >> so, the petitions are rather a joke. i did some of them and i would pick blocks not the dirtiest but the ones with the fewest houses. from any point of view, this is a silly way to do street sweeping. >> reporter: the city is standing by that way. they say right now they sweep the neighborhood once a month and are looking into doing more sweeping once they approve of neighborhood support and more resources. in the meantime, february bee told me she isn't giving up. she hospitals a neighborhood street cleaning event every month and continues to gather signatures to hopefully get city sweepers to help the neighborhood she loved her whole life shine a little brighter. >> now, according to public

works, street cleanings take care of 90% of streets in san francisco and remove 25,000 tons of trash every year. we are marking hispanic heritage month with a series of special stories. today we look at the effects of the pandemic on the latino community. they bore the brunt of covid-19 in the bay area. latinos are still suffering from setbacks in education, financial stability, health and housing. >> reporter: she has a good full-time job with benefits. she works at a charter high school in east san jose. >> my work is helping parents provide information about the school. >> reporter: she started as a parent volunteer and so good at

supporting spanish speaking students and their parents that she was offered a job. with her oldest daughter entering uc irvine this fall and her younger daughter gabby college bound, she worries if her family can pay for college and still keep a roof on their heads in silicon valley. >> university is very expensive. but i don't want to, you know, say no because we don't have the money and the possibilities to afford. >> reporter: their struggles are common theme for latino families. it gets worse foremost according to the new latino report card. latinos are falling farther behind nonlatinos in financial stability, housing, health and education. >> if this was my report card, i would hide it from my parents. >> reporter: ron gonzalez is the ceo of the hispanic foundation of silicon valley and says the report cards, mostly ds and cs provides proof

of how crippling the pandemic was. >> this is the first report card we have done since the pandemic. it's very clear from the data that the pandemic was disastrous and catastrophic for our community. >> poer: the report shows third grade reading and eighth grade math ofiency dropped since the last report card in 2018. half of latino families reported technology barriers to education during the covid shut down compared to a third of nonlatinos. and eyreported higher numbers of covid related isolation and work stress. the numbers are latinos that reported having to go without food, health care and housing doubled since 2018 and two times higher than nonlatinos. >> this says this is the state of affairs. this is the level of quality of life for almost

30% of our general population for santa clara and san mateo counties. >> repoer: there was better news on incomes. households earning more than $100,000 a year rose by 35%. but that can be a trade off. she got a salary upgrade when she left heine mum wage job to work for the school system. now their completely bind income disqualify them for college financial aid. >> we move one step up but for us, it's hard. >> reporter: ava and her husband don't plan to leave san jose despite the bad report card for latino, they say there are good jobs and educational opportunities for them and that is worth the hard work and sacrifice of staying. >> the family plans to take out loans to pay for their

daughter's tuition. tonight the community will come together to help farm workers facing financial troubles in the wake of the half moon bay mass shooting and the winter storms. the nonprofit earth to table will host a benefit concert in menlo park from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. tickets are $50. on to first alert weather now. you may be seeing hazy skies over parts of the bay area due to the fires to the north and in oregon. meteorologist jessica burch has an update. >> cloudy on the coast. no matter where you live in the bay area, we are below average. that feels like fall despite we are a few days way from the first day of fall. into the evening hours, cloudy into half moon bay. sunnier skies in the east bay later this afternoon. the east bay, as low pressure moves in, it will cause breezier conditions in the east bay and north bay, too in the

wednesday and thursday forecast. expects breezy conditions. take outdoor objects and bring them in. the pollen count, throughout the next couple of days, we are in the medium category. some of the top allergens, ragweed and elm are flooding around. here is what we are looking at when it comes to the aqi. air quality hasn't been the best this morning and into this afternoon. we are keeping an eye on this. in the north bay, that's where we are seeing the moderate to unhealthy category for sensitive groups. we will continue to monitor it in the next couple of days. here is what we are looking at for rain, nonexistent. the models show a slight chance up in the north bay. i will show you that as we get closer. here is what we are looking at into the daytime highs. this afternoon it's a beautiful forecast. in the north bay, 70s in sight from napa to santa ross say . we are warming up in the 60s near san francisco. once we

head to redwood city, 70s. let's go to the inland areas. 80s and 70s for us today. that is a similar forecast. i want to show you what is going on in the next seven days. starting off with with the inland areas. 70s turning to 80s into the first couple of days of fall. a warm set up with sunny skies around the corner. that's the inland areas. watch what happens as we head into the bay. we are seeing a similar trend. 60s turning to 70s throughout the rest of this week. even mid-70s into the weekend. beautiful weather for us. we will keep you updated with the first alert weather forecast. >> thanks, jess. two gains and two wins. how the niners offense showed so far this season and why some players aren't quite satisfied yet.

the 49ers next game is thursday against the giants. the team is off to a solid start. two games -- the first two games, the off fence has

been a model of consistency. >> reporter: the 49ers domination of the rams continued sunday as san francisco beat l.a. for the ninth straight time in the regular season. the niners offense was consistent scoring 30 points for the second straight game as they improve to 2-0 on the year. some in the locker room wanted more on the scoreboard. >> 30 today. we left a bunch of stuff out there. >> it's been two games. you put up 30 points in each. >> keep doing. that we are clicking early. the last couple of seasons we started slow, didn't look great, whether it's offense or defense. that's what you want to see of an offense. our offense should be moving the ball. that's good for the niners. coming up, they can't read themselves but let's see how the pups are boosting children's literacy. they are cute. remember you can watch us

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it has been a whirlwind for one san francisco pet store owner. at 5:00, we will have an update on his offer to give away his shop so he can retire. a great story. well, some four-legged friends are lending an ear to young readers in washington, d.c. they are paired with kids to ease the anxiety and encourage them to open up. studies have shown the presence of a dog can improve reading proficiency and cognitive performance. >> quite a shy kid. seems like when she started reading and talking to the puppies, she started to take initiative. so, it's nice to see her open up a bit. it's been a really sweet exchange, you know, to tampa bay able to see what an impact just this simple presence of one animal can do for children.

>> the dogs are part of a program called people animals love. her dog has been volunteering to help children read for eight years. she is so sweet. "cbs evening news" is up next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service cbs news bay area. i'll see you at 5:00. ♪ ♪ >> norah: the message tonight from president zelenskyy, issuing a stark warning on the world stage of that russian aggression as a threat to other countries. and the call for unity and action that ignited nations for president biden. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ as the debate over $24 billion have more aid continues in washington, president biden takes to the world stage with an impassioned message about democracy. >> if we allow ukraine to be carved up is