now at 3:00 new details about the bay area man killed in yesterday's avalanche at palisades. what is being done now to try to prevent another disaster. which stations are next in line to get the new gates aimed at preventing fare evasion. how an east bay city is punishing side shows. palisades tahoe is back open a day after a bay area man was killed in a tragic avalanche. a live look at the ski resort. some areas are off limits to skiers including the

kt-22 terrain where yesterday's avalanche happened. it's an area designated for experienced skiers. 66-year-old kenneth kidd died in the disaster. we spoke to a woman that got caught in the avalanche and rescued from the mountain of snow. >> we will try to clear you out. >> reporter: video shows people digging frantically to rescue man buried after an avalanche in this northern california ski resort. >> sounds like somebody got buried. >> reporter: jen witnessed the avalanche while she was on the lift. >> we got asked to help and start probing and start trying to just find people. >> reporter: several people were pulled from the snow. including janet. >> i couldn't pull myself up. the snow was so heavy on top of

me. i was buried. my face was in the snow. >> reporter: but 66-year-old kenneth kidd could not be rescued. >> this is a sad day for my team and everyone here. >> reporter: the avalanche happened near the kt-22 lift which just opened for the season where expert skiers and snowboarders can face 2,000 feet of steep drop. >> the resort operators say they were conducting avalanche controls ideas but they didn't say what was being done to maintain prepare or groom the run. they had ski patrols on the slope since sunday. sadly, yesterday's avalanche is not the first. i spoke to a filmmaker that documented the fallout of an avalanche in 1982. tahoe is no stranger to deadly avalanches. >> right from the top to the

base. >> in march of 1982, tons of snow came crashing down the mountain at alpine meadows. seven people lost their lives. >> you know, avalanches are hard to predict. it's a sad day for the community. >> reporter: perhaps no one knows the dangers of the avalanches better than stephen stigg who produced a documentary series on the alpine meadows disaster. >> any hope to find any survivors, time was of the essence. >> the tragic story and we wanted to share the story to actually help people be more aware of avalanches. and being the largest avalanche in north america, it was the story that we felt compelled that we had to tell. >> although resorts have plans to deal with avalanches, the danger cannot be ignored.

>> they are unpredictable, hard to understand. there is a science associated with it, but when it comes to avalanche professionals, there is an art form as well. >> reporter: the netflix series tells the story of a ski patrol and avalanche teams on duty and responded to the 1982 disasters and how the community came together. >> they were more like celebrities because they were working everyday. there was the men and women going out and putting themselves in danger. >> reporter: he said as winter sports draw more and more people to mountains, skiers and snowboarders need to understand the risks. >> people sometimes feel complacent when they are at the ski area. and they feel that you are safe just because you are in a ski area and the ski patrol work tirelessly to, you know, try to make the mountain as safe as possible. but the mountain is never safe. >> well, winter is just getting

started. that means the avalanche risk continues. stay with us for reports on the sierra, on air, on our website, kpix.com and streaming on the free cbs news app. a group of angry pg&e users are calling for the utility to halt and roll back recent energy rate increases. those increases now have rate payers shelling out hundreds more dollars itch year and more increases could be on the way. pg&e says it needs the extra money to improve the grid. in sacramento, a bill banning tackle football for kids under 12 is moving forward. it's headed to the full chamber after advancing in the assembly committee. supporters say it's the best way to avoid serious injuries including brain damage. opponents say it cuts off kids from a source of exercise. work crews are busy on a stretch on southbound 680 through fremont. a number of cars had a run in with a

pothole. it formed near the washington exit. we had a few reports of damaged vehicles. beginning today in hayward, anyone caught watching a side show could face jail time or a fine. maximum punishment is a thousand dollar fine and up to six months in jail. they are trying to cut down on side show crowds. bart announced the next eight stations to get the fare evasion gates. there are five station in san francisco. this station has one of the highest rates of fair evasion on the system along with three in the east bay. the fare gates are being tested out at the west oakland bart station. they are taller to try to stop stuff people from jumping over them. they acknowledge the new gates will take a little while to open after you swipe your card but bart insists the issue will be fixed by the time they roll out the rest of the gates. google is the latest tech

company to announce layoffs, hundreds. the company says it's -- it will affect workers encore engineering, google assistance products and the pixel smartphone. it's part of the ongoing effort to lower costs and switch to products and services related to ai. faculty at call state are planning a trike. they are demanding a 12% pay increase. student administrators 5%. educators want more parental leave. if they can't reach a deal a strike begins january 22nd. coming up, the warriors looking for answers after the latest loss. they sit at the bottom of their division. plus, meta makes a move to help protect teenagers but do they go fa

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mental health. i'm joined by vicky from psychiatry and behavioral science. thank you for joining me this afternoon. >> thank you for having me. >> how much of an impact do you think it will have? does it go far enough? >> it's certainly a good step. but there is a long way to go to really feel like young people are totally supported on plat forms. i think what it does acknowledge is that it makes sense to have age appropriate experiences online. young people should be protected and have a different experience that is safer for them. but there is a lot that can be done to really help in terms of privacy and, you know, making sure when they report something -- and we haven't figured out age verification. so the steps to protect teens, a lot of people can change

their birth date then the block wouldn't potentially apply to them. >> it's scary to see the impact that social media can have on a teenagers brain. they are still developing when they are in their teen years. even past the age of 281. can you talk to us about what social media can do to a young brain that is still growing. >> yeah. i mean, people can use social media in so many different ways that it's not -- what they do online and what their experience is. very individual advised which makes it harder to address the risks. young people are attune to peer influences, trying to figure out their identity. they are susceptible to message that they see online and peer groups mean a lot to them. if they see something that makes them feel

like they don't fit in or who they are isn't being accepted or mad fun of, that can have a strong impact and the messages that we see around eating, body image, that his really concerning during that phase of life and people are at risk for adopting that behavior. >> what can parents do. a lot of teenagers, they get to a certain age, they height a lot of stuff from their parents, especially something on their phone, looking down. sometimes the parents around aware of what they are consuming. what can moms and dads and guardians do when they think their child is negatively impacted by social media? >> it's definitely a challenge of parenting in our generation. the best advice you can give is to have open conversations with your young people and have those start early when they first get devices and access the technology. there is a lot happening. so, we need to have open conversations to help support them in making some of

the judgment calls and understanding that they may have to think critically about what they are doing. parents can monitor young people and make sure that moods aren't changing dramatically or spending so much time on their phone, that they are avoiding other things that they enjoy. so, really maintaining open communication and setting the expectation with your teen that -- or young child that the parent will be asking questions and that they can talk to them and not overreact if there is something startling that they have encountered. >> so many pressures on young people these days. not only do they have to navigate what is happening in the real world but on their social media lives as well. it's a lot. a lot of pressure. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. well, turning our attention to your first alert weather

forecast. sunny but a chilly day across the bay area. let's send it over to jessica burch for details for the weekend. >> a rainy cool day yesterday. today we are drying up a lot. clear skies and breezy conditions like yesterday on the coastline with wind speeds from 25 to even 30 miles per hour on the coast. lighter winds in the inland areas. enjoy the dry skies while we have them. the same trend tomorrow. more clouds roll in. in the saturday forecast, late friday, early saturday morning, more showers from offshore as we gear up for heavy rain. that will be widespread throughout the bay area. so much so we are seeing the same system stretch out in the sacramento valley into the sierra tahoe, too. they will get a lot of snow heading into the saturday forecast clearing up to sunday for the long weekend ahead of us. next week, we have big changes in the forecast. we

will talk about that. first thing first, long range models show wetter than usual conditions for the next 8 to 14 days. just because the rain comes to an end this weekend doesn't mean we are done yet. you will see that in the seven-day forecast. the daytime highs today, 50s in the forecast. keep in mind on the coast, a lot less windy on the inland areas. 50s all hand in hand whether you live in the santa clarey valley, tri-valley or in wine country, too. as i put the map down and show you the next seven days, you can see what the weather looks like. we have a nice bit of everything. today sunny skies. tomorrow the clouds move back in. luckily the 50s hold on tight until mid next week. 60s return as early as wednesday. saturday is the game changer. rain rolls in on saturday clearing up to sunday. left with dry conditions for early next workweek. wednesday of next week, more rain makes its

way in like the climate prediction center said. hunter biden pleaded not guilty to nine federal tax charges. prosecutors say he engaged in a four year scheme to avoid paying more than a million dollars in taxes. the legal drama playing out as congress weighs whether to hold hunter biden in contempt for defying a subpoena. >> they ridiculed my struggle with addiction, be littled my recovery and tried to dehumanize me to embarrass and damage my father. >> in the california tax case, if convicted, he could face up to 17 years in prison. his lawyers say the case is a result of republican pressure. now, at the same time, former president donald trump spoke out during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in new york city today. this comes days before the iowa

caucuses. bradley blackburn has details from the courthouse in manhattan. >> reporter: with closing arguments under way, it's new york civil fraud case thursday, former president donald trump made his case directly to the public. >> this is a political witch hunt the likes of which nobody has seen before. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, trump who wanted to give a closing argument himself spoke briefly calling the proceedings a fraud on me before the judge cut him off. >> now we will see if we get an honest verdict. we didn't have a jury. no rights to a jury. >> reporter: letitia james brought the case accusing trump and his company of financial fraud by inflating the value of real estate properties in order to get better loans. the states is seeking $370 million in penalties. the case could end up barring trump from doing business in new york. >> the state's argument is clear which is we have put on plenty of proof that the former president inflated his assets by a huge amount in order to enrich himself and his family.

>> reporter: before the trial started, the judge ruled that trump engaged in fraud. the big issue to decide is what if any damages to award. >> i'm not sure you can show a high level of damages or ill gotten gains from the transactions. >> reporter: trump disregarded limits from the judge in his comments and used them to maintain that he did nothing wrong. >> we did everything right. >> reporter: the hearing came hours after judge arthur even engoran's home received a bomb threat. up next,

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nice to see the blue skies after yesterday. warriors fans suffered another home loss. they couldn't get anything going against a red hot new orleans pelicans team. pelicans dropped 46 points in the first quarter and dominated

throughout the game. warriors lost 141-105 and got booed by their own crowd. after the game, curry admitted that he felt on joining the boos. >> i am booing the team in my head because of the way we are playing. fans will react the way they want. it's our job to, you know, give them something to cheer about. we have not done that. >> this loss marks the dubs worse home loss of the steve kerr era. record is 17-20. the 49ers are practicing hard this week. for one player on defense, that takes getting used to when he joined the team. vern glenn explains. >> this is the volkswagen red and gold report. >> reporter: 49ers defense will get a boost next weekend with the return of eric armstead. he missed the final five games

with a foot injury. the guy next to him is just as important. >> defensive tackle jayvon har graph was the big addition in the off season. seven sacks and selected to the second pro bowl. he said practice here is a lot more intense than what he was used to in philadelphia. >> over here it's work. everyday. you are about to get it. >> reporter: with the red and gold report, i'm vern glenn. >> join us tonight at 7:30 on our stream for the launch of our special show red and gold fan club. we talk to hard core niner fans as we head into the

play-offs. you can find it at kpix.com or the free cbs news app. still ahead, viral tiktok food critic cliff lee makes

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again for girl scout cookies. no new flavors this season. they are taking one away. the new cookie the raspberry rally. you have to pay more for a box. it will cost a dollar more up to six bucks. online orders start shipping next month. i like the thin mints, a classic but you have to freeze them. staying with food, viral food critic keith lee is making his rounds in the bay area. that brings a lot of attention to the businesses he visits. the first stop was double decker burger. he followed up with chef green in oakland. >> the chicken sandwich. >> this is the grilled chicken in between two-pieces of bread. this is good. 8.5.

>> that's the best thing i had since i have been here. potato salad. >> that is so good. many times when lee gives a solid review there is a line out the door afterwards. social media calls it the keith lee effect. he has a cool job, right? "cbs evening news" is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service cbs news bay area. i will see you at 5:00. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening. i'm norah o'donnell and thank you for being with us. tonight we are just four days away from the iowa caucuses and there are a number of major stories that are top of concern to the american people and will