goodrich starts right now. >> thank you. coming up at 6:00, one of the final steps before alameda county has a new d.a. after voters september the previous one packing. >> they need to really pay attention. >> reporter: angry voters and community leaders make their voices heard at a public interview. >> we are suffering because of this system. >> reporter: as the seven finalists for d.a. will make their cases to be alameda county's next top prosecutor. plus a state of emergency over a battery plant fire that would force hundreds from their homes. creating environmental concerns. what we're learning about the plans to clean up the area. >> we're obviously not even close to that process yet. >> the questions about the technology that is critical to the energy strategy. and plus safety concerns amid the clean up in southern

california. >> everything that's covered in ash. >> and why some say it is too soon for sending their kids back to the classroom. >> he's a full on pioneer. >> the bay area will pay tribute after the death of the slanted doors trail blazing chef, charles phan. good evening, it's been two and a half months since they recalled former d.a., pamela price. and this time next week, we should know who is finishing out the term. unlike the oakland mayor's race, there is no special election. it's up to the board of supervisors to name a replacement. publicly interviewing to serve as interim d.a. until 2026. all right, let's take a live look at the meeting that is underway, making their pitches

to the board, answering questions on what they would do if given the office. and as katie nielsen explains, whoever is selected for the job will have a big impact on the community. >> they are not another cog in the wheel of county government, but instead, will set the tone for how criminals are held accountable for their actions. and that is why the families of victims say it is critically important the board of supervisors will make the right choice. virginia nashida doesn't usually come to the board of supervisors meetings, but this one is different. she wants to hear from the candidates as the board is one step closer to picking the next district attorney. >> and their position is extremely important, not only for victim families, but for victims themselves or even the people to feel safe. we need to feel safe on our streets. >> reporter: her husband, kevin, is a retired police officer, shot the day before

thanksgiving in 2021, while working private security, protecting a tv news crew. he died a few days later. virginia said she wanted justice, but didn't find that with recalled district attorney, pamela price, who took over the case shortly after she entered office. >> and her administration will come in and the gun charges are released. then all of a sudden, the circumstances are dropped. and then all of a sudden, it was almost to the point where two of the suspects were going to be released in december of 2022. >> if you never get held accountable, you will keep continuing to do the same thing over and over and over. we will see that every single day on the streets of oakland. >> the group safe or save alameda for everyone is behind the recall of former d. a., pamela price. >> for the people. for the people. >> reporter: they held a rally

shortly before the interview started. >> they need to be a leader to make changes and to revitalize, so we could regain trust from the community. it should be a clear message to the board of supervisors. >> and those people spoke in this county if they do not listen to those voices and to hear us speak, we're going to have another pamela price situation. >> reporter: they are not expected to take any action at their meeting on january 28. they will include a court judge and a state attorney. six out of the seven have worked or they are currently working in the alameda county d.a.'s

office. when asked about their priorities and what it will be in their first two months of office, here is what they had to say. >> budget, budget, budget. the personnel. backlog of cases, both charged cases and also cases that are awaiting trial. >> we'll have to figure out what is our budgetary situation and what the picture looks like. i will be asking for any kind of funding, if possible, with the board, immediately to hire a forensic accountant. >> and i'll work internally to meet with the people in the office to assess the needs. i've been here, so i know someone that needs it. they will exist. but i do not know every need that exists. >> the most important thing to me on day zero is to get charging done right. i'm also committedded to ensuring cases are not timed out. there is nothing more important than getting cases reviewed. >> and so as you saw that clock

on the lower right-hand side, they would have two minutes to answer the question. as we mention, the board is expected to announce their appointment at the next meeting on january 28, one week from today. all right, now to san jose where police say they are searching for the suspects who opened fire at two police officers in plain clothes. officers were doing surveillance on unrelated options last night around melbourne avenue and mclaughlin avenue. two suspects drove towards the officers and at least one of them fired a gun and hit their patrol car. an officer fired back, but they got away. this was san jose's first police shooting of 2025. >> last year, i stood before you more times than i care to remember. recounting the number of troubling incidents involving our officers. some of these attacks like last night, we were fortunate not to have them injured. other times we were not so fortunate. >> and so police say it is unclear if they were injured or

if they knew they were shooting at police. onto monterey county, declaring a state of emergency after last week's major fire at the battery plant in moss landing. today's special meeting gave updates on the fire and ongoing response. and wilson walker reports while the fire has burned itself out, there's a lot of questions from both local leaders, neighbor hads about what is next. >> this was in the beginning from my boat. >> reporter: josh contreras looked out to see a ball of fire on the horizon. >> i walked up the docks, then i took more photos of it because you could see the flames, probably almost as tall as the towers that stand here. >> reporter: and now that the fire is out, many others in this area, they are thinking about what will come next here. >> and if they do battery

packs, they should keep it in more deserted areas. >> this technology is a head of government's ability to regulate it and industry's ability to control it. >> reporter: the monterey county board of supervisors were asking similar questions at an emergency meeting on the fire, a representative from vista says they are just now getting access to the burned out lithium battery facility. at least one supervisor said the fire was enough to draw this conclusion. >> this battery storage is essential, the direction we're going. as i said last night and i have tried to emphasize, we just can't put that above safety. that's got to be the priority at this point. >> we're on a steep learning curve with the battery safety still, and we are figuring it out with these batteries that will catch on fire. we're

figuring out how to suppress them. >> reporter: he says the fire will be a wake up call right down to the people who will ensure these batteries and a lot of people will want to know what wept wrong and where in a plant that is a hodgepodge of battery technology. >> had and that is an example of different ways to design it because it was built in different phases where they would take different advantages to put things in those places. they will cause them to reflect on how they have built these things because they have to be better neighbors to the community. >> reporter: and the community reflecting on what it will mean to have them as a neighbor. >> and i don't think you should be out on the desert somewhere. and when they live in this beautiful area by the ocean. >> reporter: there is one local street alongside the plant that will remain closed. and here in the parks for the beaches that

have reopened. they say the water quality is not as high of a concern as the air quality was during the fire. >> and so they set up a website for updates about air quality and the battery storage newsroom. for more information, go to mosslandingresponse.com. let's go to southern california where the small fire you see was knocked down after burning about three acres near some apartment buildings. and in northern san diego county, the lilac fire has charred about 85 acres in the world community. and so far, no one has been hurt. residents affected by the l.a. wildfire are preparing for possible rain this weekend.

that's bringing their own concerns for the potential landslide and the toxic ash, runoff out to sea. they warn that burn scar areas are much more prone to hillsides, toxic runoffs, and debris flow. crews started to distribute sandbags and barriers in those areas. >> a part of our mission is to protect lives for the environment. we are doing our best with the time we have and this area, it is affected by the fire where it will be a lot more impacted by the rain. >> and some parents are upset with l.a. usd leaders. they will survive the fire. they're making it safe for kids to return to school. the school's zip code is under a do not drink notice. >> and i guess they're rinsing things down, wiping services, but there is carpeting if these classrooms, where that will

need to be ripped out and replaced. i'm concerned in 20 years, they will have something for being exposed to the toxins. >> reporter: they are planning to visit the wildfire affected areas. today on the first full day. and in the private sector to build that super computer that will help develop the next generation of artificial intelligence. and it is called star gate where it will start with a data center project in texas. it's a collaboration between san francisco based open a.i. along with oracle, and the investment firm, soft bank. each company's ceo will join them at the white house for this announcement. >> reporter: and this is a resounding declaration for america's potential under a

new president. >> openai's ceo was on daniel lurie's transition team among the big tech executives in yesterday's inauguration. and california is among the states taking legal action against key parts of the trump administration agenda. we have their preview. and coming up on the cbs evening news, the sweeping crackdown on ice rage. and that and more headlines tonight on the cbs evening news. still ahead, he would shake up the food scene with vietnamese flavors. how they're paying tribute to the

another major blow after 20 years, bloomingdales will close their store in early spring. including nordstrom in 2023. and a company spokesperson told us we are hopeful to be back to serve the san francisco community in the future. the bloomingdales locations in palo alto and san jose will remain open. a shocking loss in the bay area is being felt across the culinary world tonight. chef charles phan, an acclaimed san francisco chef and owner of the slanted door has died. a

statement from the phan family through the slanted door's instagram page said they died from cardiac arrest. he was 62 years old. kevin ko spoke to bay area chefs who would not be where they are today without the life and legacy of charles phan. >> what color and also a sliver of butter to add a little bit more butter flavor. and they would start with that hot pan. >> reporter: this is charles phan in cbs2. cooking his famous dish, shaking beef. >> the reason we will call it shaking beef is because we shake it off the pan. >> reporter: this is one example of what they did for decades, bringing vietnamese cuisine to the forefront when it did not seem possible. >> and he was like a full on pioneer. i remember growing up. being in awe of like a place like that, right? just thinking to myself wow, we could actually do the same thing with

chinese food. >> reporter: kathy is the owner of the restaurant. her family owns the house in chinatown with their own show and the first all-american cast on the food network. >> i honestly don't think we would have been able to do like i would have been able to do the things that i do now if it wasn't for people like charles phan who started out in a similar time as my dad and even my dad would, you know, look up to him and be like this is the type of thing that we would want to accomplish and do. he brought forth that like for asian americans to say like well, you can do that, right? you can get prestige and honor amongst westerners, and change their perception of our food. >> reporter: bringing their cultural identity through years of hardship and training. he fled vietnam with his family when he was 13. he learned vietnamese cooking from his mom and aunt while learning western

cuisine through tell vis. and then was able to eventually open the slanted door in 1995. restaurant now has multiple locations. phan's other businesses including chuck's takeaway, a vietnamese sandwich shop in the mission. >> the food here is great. it is really something special. i was sad, i was shocked and saddened. >> and it is too bad. i know they have been san francisco's institutions. >> when we were in the same. radio, we would have him being a legend. what he would do without him, there wouldn't be a chef too. >> reporter: chef two, owner of gigi's wine lounge in san francisco is a vietnamese chef who says he made it acceptable to bring new narratives and ideas to vietnamese cuisine worldwide. >> when you say without charles phan, there is no chef. what do you mean? >> i mean he created pathways where he fought battles that we need to fight. identity

battles, the ability to pair vietnamese food with wine. i have an influence wine bar. he was the first one to do it. when i think of charles, i think of shaking beef. [ laughter ] right? and his shaking beef was pretty famous. way i'm going to be paying homage is the shaking beef dish this week. >> in a statement released on slanted doors instagram page, the family says in part, charles was a trail blazer, a dreamer who would refuse to settle for the status quo. we are grateful to our community for your support and kindness. if you want to recreate their famous shaking beef that he would share with us back in 2002, we have posted the full video of his step-by-step instructions on our website, kpix.com. nice weather across the bay area once again today, also nice to see a hint of daylight on the horizon. the days are

getting slowly longer. they made it up into the 60s despite those short

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in the worst category and extremely critical. let me narrow in where they were today and with all the warnings and the maps instead. it will be in one category tomorrow and critical, but what you're seeing on the maps, the red flag warnings in effect. those are in effect all the way through 8:00 on thursday. now around the bay area, well, we have the freeze warnings and advisories in effect. so it will be chilly, but not record setting about four to eight degrees below average. and we're going to stay with the wind patterns where we will have plenty of sunshine and so to had fog will sneak in and high temperatures will remain above the rest of the workweek as we would cool off over the

weekend. some passing clouds, but we will be dry. and right now, retreating a little bit down the 50s for the cool spot and the least cool spot is a whole lot warmer in san francisco. with clear skies and light winds, no factors will hold too much warmth, as we would drop off the rest of the night. forecast lows, which will be coldest, dropping down exactly freezing in santa rosa and down to 21 in fairfield. temperatures will be a mix of the 30s for about four to eight degrees below normal. but we will make up for it and end up above normal and so all the way to the upper 60s. even the cooler locations making it up into the lower 60s, you will climb up to 37 degrees and so

that is sunshine doing as much work as they can to warm things up where they will be from petaluma and this sweet girl with temperatures starting off in the lower 50s. and we'll put up the details inland in the east bay. it will be for the moderate category. which we are not going to and a bump of rankness had that will be fog. but for southern california, what they need is some light rain. it's not heavy enough to lead to debris flow. but that is exactly what they would have as we head into the weekend. finally they are making their way towards them. we will keep an eye on it. but right now, it

looks like exactly what they need. around the bay area, we will dip temperature wise on saturday and sunday. but then we will warm back up to a couple of degrees below normal as we would start the last full week of january. >> thank you. when we would come back, how families displaced by the wildfires i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. but thanks to skyrizi and clearer skin--i'm all in. with skyrizi, i saw dramatically clearer skin. and many even achieved 100% clear skin. don't use if allergic. serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight them may occur. before treatment, get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines.

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it's been two weeks since the fire started. staying in the evacuation shelter. for many the road ahead is still unclear. the people at the shelter are given three meals a day and connecting with resources like fema. but finding housing has been tough. many are desperate to find a new place to live. >> so the fire was getting faster and faster as you could see it as it was going. it was running from fair oaks to poppy fields, poppy fields to the floors. it was coming from my property. >> my life was taken away, okay. it's still here, but it's a the most important thing. the fire, that could be, you know, replaced, but your life can't. >> if you would >> 1500 for a pardon. >> norah: tonight, the fallout after president trump pardons nearly 1600 january 6th defendants. >> i think we are in a pretty dark period.