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exceptions. that policy had been on hold since the start of the pandemic, but its return comes when the number of families on the street is skyrocketing. so san francisco conducted its most recent point in time count last january. the report found 405 homeless families in san francisco. that is up 94% from 2022, though the city says part of that jump is because their data collection practices have improved. nearly a third of those families were unsheltered. so city officials say reviving this policy will help them prioritize families with the most urgent needs. so our kara st. cyr spoke with one family who just got notice their time in the shelter will soon be up. >> reporter: maria's family came to the salvation army harbor house from honduras last
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october. she told us through a translator the move to the u.s. was a necessity. >> translator: i came to this country looking to improve my daughter's health because in my home country she can't receive the treatment and resources she needs. >> reporter: her 6-year-old daughter has a disease called clipper syndrome, a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. maria said the best care for her daughter is in the u.s. but is now jeopardized by a policy that changes eligibility for who gets priority staying in the shelters. >> reporter: i panicked. i'm frustrated. i have a child with a disability. >> reporter: we've learned harbor house with two other homeless shelters in the city sent these letters to residents who lived in the shelters over 90 days. the letter pictured gives families a final 30-day extension before they have to leave. maria said her deadline is february 10th. she's devastated. >> translator: i don't have the slightest idea what we're going to do. we don't have
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family who can help support us here. it's just me, my husband, and my children. we're all we have and i came to this country to help find a treatment for my daughter. >> reporter: san francisco's department of homelessness and supportive housing rolled back covid era suspensions for families staying in 90-day shelters since december. the new policy allows up to three 30-day extensions based on individual family circumstances. it's part a larger reform meant to reduce shelter wait lists and prioritize families in most urgent need. hsh told us in a statement the intent is not to push out families prematurely, but to insure shelters are an emergency resource. when we first reported on the policy change in november, hope with family services said she worried the new policy would only put more families back on the street. >> providers want flow. we want families in a short shelter stay, interim housing, permanent housing solutions, but what's happening with these changes is a family will flow from shelter back onto the
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street. >> reporter: maria says time is quickly running out for her family. she was told there's no possibility for an extension. >> again, more than 400 families in san francisco face homelessness with about a fourth of them sleeping in vehicles. just last month the san francisco board of supervisors overturned the sfmta's decision to ban rvs from parking overnight on public streets. meantime san francisco continues to carry out homeless sweeps. the city ramped up its enforcement after the supreme court ruling last summer that gave cities the green light to clear out encampments even if shelter beds aren't available. it's been two years since seven people were shawl at two mushroom farms in half moon bay. anne makovec has more on tonight's memorial and what's happened since that deadly day. >> tonight there is a candlelight vigil in half moon bay to honor and remember the seven people who were killed just doing their job, 10ing to mushrooms at a coastal farm.
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the suspected shooter who used to work at the farm shot and killed seven of his co-workers and injured an eighth. the murders happened at two separate mushroom farms in had half moon bay. authorities later arrested a man in the parking lot of a san mateo county sheriff's office substation. that man, 67-year-old farmworker cheung lee zhao, prosecutors say he's a disgruntled employee. he's been in jail awaiting trial since his arrest. today was a day of remembrance in half moon bay in the park where the city is unveiling design proposals for a permanent memorial, a tribute to remember the victims of the shooting and honor contributions of farmworkers all along california's coast. the city unveiled some proposals and took community feedback on the designs. >> some they really like the color. some really like the landscape portion of it. the other ones like the peaceness, calmness, the quiet. so i think they're all very different. so we're ready to hear all kinds
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of feedback from the community. >> the city council will ultimately choose the memorial's design. it's going to be built at fernandez park. they're still looking for grants to fund the project. the shooting also revealed the deplorable conditions many migrant workers were forced to live in, including converted shipping containers with no running water or electricity. the city of half moon bay and san mateo county are working on two new housing projects specifically for farmworkers. one is under construction, a mobile home community on pine road with room for 47 families and priority going to the people displaced by the shooting. >> they worked so hard their whole lives that they deserve to have a space to call their own. when our community says yes, we belong here, yes, you are worthy of dignified housing, that creates an inclusive community. >> the first move-in date for the mobile home project is
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expected in may. the second development planned is a five-story affordable housing building for senior farmworkers that will be along kelly avenue. san mateo county supervisors say there's also a $2 million grant that will soon be announced to improve existing farmworker housing, not a moment too soon. >> thank you. we are also keeping an eye on several wildfires burning in southern california. tonight crews battling the hughes fire near castaic are making progress. it exploded to more than 10,000 acres in hours. the fire is now 36% contained. still residents remain on edge after weeks of warnings. >> my brother just lost his home over in the altadena fire and now i'm like oh, my god, now it's my turn. >> the border 2 fire is the latest fire causing concern. it sparked several hours ago and has already burned more than
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200 acres in san diego. it's just one of eight active fires in southern california happening right now with another burning near la jolla. earlier the laguna fire grew to 50 acres in less than two hours and forced evacuation of the csu channel islands campus. that campus has since reopened after crews were able to stop the fire's forward progress. wind still is a major factor in all of these firefights. let's get right over to chief meteorologist paul heggen for an update. >> after a couple weeks of critical fire weather conditions, i finally get to be the bearer of good news, not short term, but the winds will be offshore weakening through tonight and then those winds become onshore in southern california and see the swirl working down the west coast as we head into the weekend. that's associated with a storm system that will bring the first significant chance of
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rain to southern california that they've seen in the past couple months. let's switch over to futurecast. you aren't seeing anything at the beginning. notice snow in the sierra and then rain showers developing in southern california saturday, saturday night, and continuing sunday. this looks like it's mostly rain that will fall lightly enough the threat of debris flows and mudslides, both threats we have to watch in the wake of any significantly sized wildfire, that threat should be minimum, but not zero because embedded in the showers could be a couple thunderstorms that could lead to heavier rainfall rates, something we'll continue to monitor through the weekend. rain chances around the bay area are not as impressive, but not zero either. we'll look closer at our forecast coming up. >> see you soon. let's take a live look at the state capitol. california will spend $2.5 billion in aid to help the los angeles area recover from the devastating
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wildfires. governor newsom kinded the package this avenue during an event in pasadena immediately releasing the funds. the money will go toward helping with evacuations, sheltering survivors, and removing household hazardous waste. lawmakers also approved $4 million to make sure local governments streamline approvals for rebuilding homes. the governor said he is looking forward to greeting president trump, who is expected to tour the damage tomorrow. >> well, i certainly plan on being there at the tarmac and look forward to continuing to work not just with him, the administration as it relates to the disaster recover and our efforts to collaborate with multiple federal agencies as we organize our approach to immediately address the debris removal. >> another $1 million was approved to support school districts and their rebuilding process. if you'd like to help, you can go to redcross.org/cbs to donate or call 1-800-red cross or text
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a deadly crash in the east bay caused major b.a.r.t. delays this morning. investigators are still trying to figure out how an suv ended up on the b.a.r.t. tracks on highway 4 in pittsburg. the driver was killed in the crash early this morning not far from the pittsburg bay point station. b.a.r.t. said it caused "significant damage" to one of the rails. service was halted between antioch and north concord a few hours before everything was cleared. this is video of crews working to lift the wreckage. b.a.r.t. says this kind of crash has only happened three to four times in the last decade. in oakland the police commission will decide to recommend changes to the department's pursuit policies. currently officers are only allowed to follow after crimes involving violence or firearms. last month governor newsom warned he may not send highway patrol to support oakland's police department if the policy doesn't change. opd gets the
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final say over any changes. if the recent wildfires in southern california are showing us anything, it's how quickly they can level entire neighborhoods in the right conditions. sooji nam went out to contra costa county where firefighters are taking preemptive actions to mitigate the danger in fire prone areas. >> reporter: captain brandon earhart of the contra costa county fire protection district is working along his firefighters in the rossmoor neighborhood as crews burn piles of wood on steep terrain by these houses, managing fuel on the ground to prevent vegetation dense areas like these from becoming targets to wildfires. >> basically they're using drip torches to aid in ignition. we put in some scratch line around each pile. try to eliminate a lot of the
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dead and dying fuel that's on the ground. that would serve as a ladder fuel to carry fire into the canopy of the trees. >> reporter: fire season typically starts between may and june, but preparing for the next fire season actually begins a year before. >> these piles were constructed probably 12 months ago. >> reporter: through the lafayette walnut week shaded fuel break project, fire crews work through about 268 acres along 11 miles of open terrain in the east bay. >> really since we had the paradise fires, fires in santa rosa, we have realized that the way traditionally we've expected fire seasons to go, fires to be fought, we need to change the whole game plan. >> reporter: candace anderson, chair of the contra costa county board of supervisors, wants to remind neighbors of their community warning system
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in case disaster strikes. >> go cws and the community warning system. you can sign up for your cell phone, your email address to be notified of alerts. it's an automatic reverse 911 to your landline, but not everyone still has a landline. so we want to encourage people sign up and you will receive alerts. >> reporter: on the cws website you can sign up for genesis. that alerts you when there's a wildfire and evacuation order nearby your zone. >> we want people familiar with that. >> reporter: after witnessing the horrific wildfires across southern california, these first responders want to be extra prepared. >> oak woodland and grasslands combined with the topography where we've got homes that are basically sitting at the top of a hill, it can be prone to having some significant incidents. >> reporter: helping to prevent those significant incidents while also encouraging neighbors to stay extra
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vigilant ahead of the upcoming fire season. >> a number of resources had been sent to l.a. to help fight the fires, but all those units are back in the bay area. tonight on the cbs evening news, inflation was one of the main issues that propelled president trump back to the white house, but will his agenda actually help consumers? norah o'donnell has a preview. >> hey, juliette. we head to a car dealership where buyers may see price hikes in their future, the impact of president trump's policies and why it could impact the cost of car parts and repairs, that and more headlines tonight on the cbs evening news. when we come back, how this sacramento county sheriff's department cruiser ended up cruising streets more than 5,000 miles away in eastern europe. hey, jonny moseley here,
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before your pack up your boards and load your toyota, let's have a glance at the sierra. >> it seems like the same old story, no new snow over the past 24 hours, but there is a chance of snow heading into the weekend. light snow will start friday night continuing through saturday and saturday night before winding down sunday, a couple inches at lake level, 3 to 6 inches of new snow in the higher elevations. it will be cold and breezy this weekend, single digits and teens for lows and highs in the teens and 20s. for snow lovers, it does look like we'll get into a much more active weather pattern heading into february. for this weekend be safe,
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(light gentle music) you may have seen viral videos of this sacramento sheriff's car cruising the streets of poland last month and wondered how did it end up in eastern europe? a reporter from our sister station in sacramento reached out to a bunch of random car club members in poland and was put in touch with the polish driver who happens to be a huge fan of american tv. he bought the sheriff's cruiser at auction which was sold to him stripped down. it took him about half a year to get it back to its original form. >> there was a car from
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sacramento police department and he fell in love with the colors, the way the police cars look. >> he says in poland lots of people are happy seeing the cruiser and often ask for rides. he uses the car to travel and raise charity. i want to know who the reporter is who tracked him down. that was a good job. >> used to be you'd have to travel to europe to do that kind of reporting. now it's just open the laptop. >> interesting. let's talk about our weather. do we have any changes? >> we do heading into the weekend. let's look at the reason why. we'll talk about the big picture pattern that's been stuck the past few weeks which has kept the storm track pushed way to the north. there's a storm system that will drop down. we're tracking air in the midlevels of the atmosphere sweeping down the west coast and this swirl is a storm system that will bring showers to southern california and a chance of a couple pop-up showers to the bay area. you
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can see it dropping down the west coast. this big bulge in the lighter colors is the very calm weather pattern that will rebuild once this storm system moves out. this is not a prolonged change to the big picture pattern, but a hint of moisture headed our way, very welcome moisture for southern california. that's what we could use. let's look at what we have now while we wait on that system to arrive, clear skies through the rest of the night. temperatures are dropping off a by, still 50s and 60s, 60s and 70s for highs earlier, still 63 degrees in san jose, down to 54 degrees in livermore. temperatures will drop to the 30s and 40s and bounce back tomorrow, not quite as warm as today, but another good dog walking day for an adoptable dog in the dog walking forecast. this is mistletoe who has a christmas-themed name, pretty good weather in dublin while she waits on her forever family to discover her, low to mid-60s with a little more cloud cover floating through. the east
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county animal shelter in dublin does fluffy dog fridays where the adoption fees are free. tomorrow would be the day if you're interested in a husky to adopt as your own. let's look at the temperature details for the rest of the bay area, 30s and 40s tonight, mostly 30s inland whether it's in the north bay, east of the oakland hills or the santa clara valley, low to mid-40s around the bay and the santa clara valley, 42 degrees in san jose, upper 30s around morgan hill. temperatures tomorrow will still be above normal, 60s pretty much across the board. the exemption is along the coast, upper 50s because while we have a bit of cloud cover, we also have the return of an onshore breeze. it's not overly strong, but it will be enough to drop temperatures back to the upper 50s. then we'll track a chance for a couple showers headed our way, futurecast trying to bring some pop-up showers saturday afternoon and another wave of
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scattered rain showers saturday night. this is more miss than hit. your odds of seeing more than a couple sprinkles are about one in three, at best. the atmosphere will get squeezed enough that we have a wind advisory. it's been posted for the north bay mountains and includes much of the central valley and the sierra. that's where they'll be adding up some snow with this system. the first wave doesn't amount to a lot and another wave comes in saturday and saturday night. the first new snow they've seen on any of the slopes over the course of the past several weeks and we have another chance for showers to make their way into the bay area at the very end of the seven-day forecast. it's also only about a 30% chance, but at least signs we'll break out of this very tranquil pattern heading into february. here's the seven-day forecast, which includes the two very modest rain chances for saturday and again thursday. in between temperatures still
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running a couple degrees above average, even though we're closer to normal for the last week of january. we'll have to wait and see what february has in store for us. when we come back, we'll look back at norah o'donnell's tenure leading the cbs evening news as she gets - man, i need some serious help with this health insurance stuff. - check out covered california. it's a free service from the state that helps you get health insurance. millions of people have used it.
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the cbs evening news is up next, but tonight is a special night. it's anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell's final broadcast in the anchor chair. just last year i had the chance to work with norah while both of us were covering the lead up to the super bowl in las vegas. working with her was my super bowl personally. norah is personable, professional, and hard working. don't worry. she's not going far. she's still be part of the cbs evening news family as a senior correspondent. her reporting these last five years has been hard hitting, historic, and also compassionate and kind. >> tonight the u.s. army is responding to our exclusive cbs news investigation into sexual assault in the military and acknowledging they must do better. how many of you think
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there needs to be something massive that happens like a me, too movement for the military? if i'm a parent in your state, i'm like what's congress doing? why are you taking so long. >> reporter: tonight a special edition of the cbs evening news from the republican national convention in milwaukee. >> reporter: something we noticed as sirens went off in tel aviv, strangers helping strangers, but still they made sure everyone got to safety. ♪ >> who loves running? >> me! >> starting monday, the cbs evening news will be anchored by john dickerson and maurice dubois. let's send it over to norah one last time for the cbs evening news. our local news continues on our streaming service. we're back right here at 7:00 after norah. thanks for joining us >> norah: bracing for mudslides. the concern tonight as a battered southern california prepares for
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