f0 >> things get better for a day or two, but goes back to normal. now at 11:00, the sweeping change that could be coming to san francisco sidewalks. and toxic dust blanketed their east bay homes. >> i hope there are no long term consequences of that. i just don't know. we don't know. >> the questions they're finally getting to ask almost a year later. and this lady could teach a drill instructor a thing or two. how she pushed past a big health setback and landed in the record books. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. hello, i'm sara donchey. it is hard to imagine an issue in

san francisco that has gotten people more fired up on all sides. homeless encampments on city streets. and tonight it seems like the city is getting ready to start sweeping camps again, even as a yearlong battle over the issue plays out in court. betty yu says it all comes down to the definition of a single phrase. >> reporter: the city says the majority of people in homeless camps they offer shelter to routinely turn them down, but now they can't just stay on the street under new court guidance. on any given day, willow street is lined with trash and tents. >> it's really infamous and gotten really, really bad for two years. it's gotten really unsafe. we've seen electricity being stolen. we've seen fires and vandalism. >> reporter: and on friday night someone captured a rare

drug bust on the street. >> focusing on willow street which has been a problematic street for many years. >> reporter: last month mayor london breed posted a video of her visit to willow street, showing workers cleaning it up. she said the goal was getting people off the street and into shelters. by the next day, the the encampments returned. >> things get better for a day or two, but then things return to normal. >> reporter: but the court will now allow the city to enforce laws against people lying or sleeping on public property. >> if there are specific offers of available shelter to unhoused individuals and they refuse that offer of shelter, then the laws on the books can be enforced against them. or if they have shelter otherwise or have the means to get shelter, they're not allowed to keep a tent on the streets. >> reporter: the city attorney says this means we'll see fewer

encampments over time and cleaner streets. still, the lawsuit brought on by homeless advocates is still pending. but the mayor said we now have a path forward to enforce laws against those who are voluntarily homeless. >> i'd say it's a really good thing that they clarified it, because first of all, a lot of these people need homes. being able to push them and tell them that there's a home for you, would do them a lot of good. but then the ones who do not want to be moved, p we believe, at least some of us believe that a lot of them create a lot of trouble. >> reporter: since i first reported on willow street nearly two years ago, a new encampment has popped up on van ness and it's grown. >> now there's no excuse. now

at least some of it will be cleaned up. >> some critics call the sweeps humane and a violation of people's civil rights. the city attorney says they're still working out when to sweep certain encampments, but they'll know more in a few weeks. the trial date for federal court has been set for late next year. and starting next week, san francisco judges will be able to order people with severe mental illness off the streets and into treatment. it's one of a handful of california counties launching the governor's new care court program. opponents say the approach criminalizes the mentally ill and violates their rights. here's what the governor said to this on 60 minutes last night. >> someone could end up in conservatorship. isn't care court saying comply or else? >> we have people ending up in conservatorship all the time. and i get why people don't want to see more. but we have that

system already. here's all i ask. prove us wrong, don't assume us wrong. your compassion is not superior to our compassion. >> the program is set to go statewide by the end of next week. and governor newsom and florida governor ron desantis have agreed to a formal debate. it will be televised on fox news moderated by sean hannity. desantis has been trying to break through a crowded primary field in his quest for presidency, and newsom isn't even running. he still denies it in spite of a lot of people questioning him about that. the debate will happen in georgia on november 30th. president biden is coming back to the bay area tomorrow to make a few more withdrawals from the campaign atm. he's going to fundraisers in san francisco and meeting with science and technology advisors on wednesday. now we turn to martinez where neighbors are demanding

answers and change after the big hazmat release from the local refinery. that was ten months ago. we were there tonight as the people impacted finally got to blow off steam. >> reporter: it's been about ten months since this happened, and people are still upset, understandably so. they're concerned for their health, the health of their loved ones, and they want accountability. >> our concern is why we weren't notified when it first happened and why cch wasn't notified when it first happened to we could bring in our animals and make sure our families weren't outside breathing this. >> i'm concerned that this report minimizes the the impacts of heavy metals. >> reporter: residents who live near the martinez refining company want answers. they had the chance to voice their concerns to the contra costa county health department. heidi taylor is one of the residents that listened in virtually. >> i hope there are no long term consequences of that, bejust don't know. >> reporter: she's one of the resident that is woke up to

white ash in november of last year. they later learned it was the release of spent catalyst. >> this was going to be our garden. >> reporter: we spoke to letter earlier in the year when she and neighbors were told not to consume anything grown in their yards. but then in june, the health department said there were no lingering threats in the soil stamps. -- samples. >> i think this is the lone survivor of the orange garden i think it's oregano. can we meet our vegetables was one issue, but now i want to know why it happened. we're always on alert. >> reporter: for heidi and many other residents, it's about accountability and making martinez saver. >> martinez is defined as a refinery town, but it's really a town with a refinery. >> reporter: the town says when

the company released the spent catalyst, they didn't know about it until a few days later and weren't notified beforehand. >> residents formed the healthy martinez accountability group and are demanding the refinery install a scrubbing system to remove contaminants from exhaust before it hits the air. being a working parent is hard. add a commute to that, even tougher. but how about biking 16 miles every day to and from work. a sacramento dad did it, but he's about to spend a lot less time on the road thanks to kind people who wanted to help him out. >> reporter: as isaac taylor heads to work thursday night, he's practically giddy. >> yes, nice ac! >> reporter: it's the first time he's driven to work in six months. his family's only car was totaled in an accident, and

ever since, he's ridden his bike every day eight miles to his job and eight miles back, then walking his young kids to school. >> after working a full graveyard shift, ten-hour shift, it's very tough. >> reporter: but taylor knew he had to do it. he had kids to feed. >> this is my 18-year-old right here. this is my baby. >> reporter: he's a father to six, in fact, and a father figure to more. >> i've been through a lot, so struggle is just a part of getting to the next big thing. >> reporter: the next big thing came with a big green bow thursday morning. a car paid in full. a priceless gift. >> i cried like a baby. >> reporter: thanks to caliber collision, traveler's insurance, and promise of sacramento. >> how can i feel like i deserve it knowing there's people that go through worse situations? howdy become so fortunate? >> reporter: positive perspective from someone who's no stranger to hardship. taylor was in and out of homelessness

for years. on his feet now and doing well. >> but i have peace. i have a peace of mind. >> reporter: it's a story of success and driving hope. >> i got some music! i got tunes! >> reporter: wishing now for the day he can pay it forward to someone else. >> it's amazing. i'm living the dream right now. this is definitely my best life right now. >> the company that donated the car has given more than 500 cars to people in need. okay, this guy took a tumble into a very tough spot, and the rescue itself was nearly as scary as the fall was. see it all from high above the bay area coast. also, she calls herself the lavender legend. this bay area woman just set a record for doing the most of what most of us probably like doing the least. and an east bay man apparently faked a devastating diagnosis to bluff his way into

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okay, tumbling down the side of a cliff seems awful and scary, but wait until you see the rescue. and if you're

afraid of heights, brace yourself. >> pretty close. >> okay, let's climb up. >> this is video of a rescue off land's end yesterday from the chp helicopter crew's point of view. an elderly man slid 30 yards down the side of a clip where a thick tree branch ultimately stopped his fall thankfully. the chopper crew sent a man down to harness him up and air lift him out. then came the heart stopping ride above the water back to safety. this next story will have you asking how low can you go? a vallejo man says he lied about having terminal colon cancer so he could raise money to compete in a poker tournament in vegas. rob mercer said he lied and said quote, what i did was wrong. he created a gofundme and raised around $30,000 to play in the world series of poker. gofundme said it yanked the fundraiser and refunded the people who donated and banned rob from using it again. but rob also

told the las vegas review journal he'll not repay the money he has because he thinks he has undiagnosed breast cancer and because people made the donations because he was sick. a bay area woman just set a world record for something you probably tried to get out of in gym class. push ups. but they helped a fitness buff bounce back from a devastating diagnosis. >> going to 40. >> reporter: holly reese is no amateur when it comes to push ups. she can crank them out like clockwork all while keeping perfect form. >> and that's my in introduction to my workout. >> reporter: it started decades ago when she was a kid taking martial arts classes. >> i was the only girl in the class for a long time, and i was keeping up with the guys. >> reporter: her instructor encouraged her to keep going

with her push ups, and she did. as an adult, she kept up on her training, becoming a health coach always staying in peak shape. but in her 40s, the unexpected happened. >> it hit me in 2001, and by 2004, this is where i was. >> reporter: holly says she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder. her days went from hitting the gym to barely being able to get out of bed. >> in pain all the time, every cell. >> reporter: holly says it took over a decade for her to recover, and she spent the next decade getting back into shape. but then last year she had to get a hip replacement. >> i waited until i could handle the pain no more, and then i was like i've got to do this. >> reporter: the surgery went well, but holly knew the recovery process was going to take time. she needed something to keep her motivated. that's when she came up with an idea. >> i was like of course,

fitness, duh. what's your favorite exercise? push ups! whose favorite exercise is push ups? mine. so i checked guiness. >> reporter: holly reached out to guiness world records and told them her plan. she was going to try and set the record for the most amount of push ups down done by a woman in an hour. they gave her the green light and off she went. >> this is my logbook. from the time i started training and it goes all the way through. >> reporter: for the next year, holly trained in her studio doing hundreds of push ups every session. she scheduled the date she planned to set the record for september 30th, and a practice run for august 19th. but then, during the practice run, she actually did it. >> and i sent it all to them, and they came back with you did

it. you got 1,036 push ups. >> reporter: holly was shocked. she got the certificate in the mail and now has it on her wall. but just because she set the record during her practice run doesn't mean she's scrapping the big event on the 30th. now her goal that day is breaking her own record. >> the number in my head is 1,060. >> reporter: and not only does holly say she's confident he can hit that number, she's also confident those that come to watch her will be thoroughly entertained. >> lavender legend is my stage name. i love it because i love anything lavender. >> reporter: it's a night she hopes not only has her accomplishing a goal she's worked her entire life for, but also a night that inspires others to reach for their own goals. okay, paul is getting ready to do his push ups at the virtual reality studio.

normally he's standing with me here. today he's just on the other side in another room entirely, but still very much in our hearts. >> and i'll be stand next to you at the end of the newscast as per usual. but yes, we're take advantage of this space to do weather in a different way. we've got our floor map here of the entire bay area. we're going to project different data on there, but not completely disorient you and stop doing weather the way we always have. we'll meld the elements to begin this. but we have a chance of showers in the forecast tonight. some parts of the bay area, this is a typical autumn rain chance, will just get sprinkles. this will move out quickly. we see normal late september temperatures tomorrow through thursday. just a bit of a cool down to hit the end of the week for friday and saturday which also finish off the month of september. here's the doppler, and showers moving into the north bay. this is activity actually hitting the ground. the first waves of rainfall evaporated on the way in, but now we're seeing actual

shower activity, and it will continue to move across the bay area through the rest of tonight. but what's on first alert doppler right now is not necessarily how it will look throughout the night. as the band of showers works east, it's going to start falling apart as it moves across the bay area. the farther inland you go, east bay and santa clara valley in particular, the the lower the overall rain chances and less the amounts you can expect. and it's out quickly. we clear out by mid-morning tomorrow. plenty of sunshine for the rest of the day. so how much rain are we talking about? let's bring in the numbers on the floor map and navigate around different parts of the bay area. for the santa clara valley, minimal totals. similar amounts inland in the east bay. 0 or barely a trace. the numbers go up a little as we get around the central bay for san francisco and oakland. maybe a few hundredths of an inch of total

rainfall. the best chance is the north bay. but even in those location, we're not talking about much at all. a few hundredths of an inch. even santa rosa where the rain is coming down, it's less than a tenth of an inch of total rainfall. it's not going to put an end to fire season, but we'll take what we can get. in terms of where we stand right now, there's the cloud cover looking out from salesforce tower. temperatures in the 60s for the most part. a few spots hanging on to 70. and we're not going to see much change to the numbers throughout the rest of the night. we're likely to wake up in the low to mid-60s across most of the bay area. with that clearing quickly, we should be generating plenty of solar energy. a little more than today because the clouds rolled in and knocked the numbers back a little bit. the equivalent homes powered by trade's sunlight was 64,000. let's talk

about how much it's going to warm us up, and we'll navigate around the different microclimates of the bay area. some of the coolest inland spots are the north bay where highs reach into the mid to upper 70s. it's very normal for this time of year. that's the theme across the entire bay area tomorrow and wednesday and thursday. exactly 80 expected for a high temperature in san jose tomorrow with temperatures inland in the east bay maybe a degree or two warmer, but still very close to what's normal for this time of year. bringing in the seven-day forecast. always doing this in a new way to visualize what the weather is doing. basically we'll see a lot of sunshine. once the clouds clear out tomorrow, warmest days will be the next two or three days, then we back down a little bit. a lot of 70s

on the map by the time we end the work week and head into the weekend which also brings the month of october into the forecast. cooler days into the weekend, and along the coast, you typically see the least amount of variation. that will be the case throughout the rest of the week. mid-60s for a couple of days. the coolest days, only two or three degrees cooler. we can handle that. and back to the back and forth fog pattern once the current light shower maker is out of the way. but nice to talk about a few showers in late september. >> i'd like to jump into one of those tubes. i don't know why. >> no promises. >> that's what i think when i see those. but seems fun. thank you, paul. a swift spike in sales for one nfl player after what happened in the crowd during his game. and ahead in sports, two more nfl games tonight complete week 3. how many unbeatens left

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this is a scary one. two people ended up in the hospital after a thrill ride at a canadian amusement park left people hanging. the ride is called lumber jack and advertised as taking guests on a ride on two singing ax, but the problem was the ax didn't fall, so people were stuck staring into space upside down 75 feet in the air for almost a half hour until they were finally frequented. and there were kids on that ride, and i cannot imagine, because i never go on those, seeing my kid up there. >> i'm not a fan of those rides either. kids want to go, okaying i'll see you at the end. >> that's how i am with you and sports. here's the ball, take it away! i'll take the ball and try not to drop it. the giants playoff status, it's like one

of the medical shows where they say i feel a slight pulse! giants fight another day. flava flav threw out the first pitch, and it was a perfect pitch for a strike! logan webb battling a cold, balled out. but how about some runs. down 1-0 in the eighth. conforto with the bases loaded. a timely two out hit. that scored two runs. giants got on the board and led 2-1. and webb came back out in the ninth to finish it. runners at second and third. grounder to lamont wade jr. he threw home and got him. webb pitched his second complete game of the season. giants2, padres 1. what does it mean? the giants kept playoff hope alive. four and a half games back of the final nl wild card spot. they need to

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said there's no chance, i'm staying until the end. >> and contestants are allowed one 15 minute bathroom break every eight hours. >> that's too much. >> too many breaks? >> no, too much laying down! >> i'll >> chaos at the oscars, will smith storming the stage and slapping chris rock after a joke directed at the actor's wife. >> just a short time later smith won the academy award for best actor. >> he gets up under a song ovation from the crowd just 40 minutes after he assaulted chris rock on stage. >> "the late show" has obtained oscar footage of how will smith got a standing ovation moments after assaulting chris rock