and take over san jose streets to protest president trump's immigration crackdown. >> we're not going to take it, we're going to fight back. >> alameda county leaders set to name the new interim d.a. , but some in the community say they're concerned about the inner workings of the process. >> as close as we are, at any moment i feel like the rug will be slipped out from underneath us. later, trying to unravel the mystery behind a treasure trove of never-before- seen photos capturing the rise of the counterculture movement. >> so it really represents the history of san francisco. >> this is "cbs news bay area. " good evening. we begin with the dangerous new fallout from the fire that ripped through a lithium ion battery plant in monterey county earlier this month. and tonight, researchers are shedding light on the early environmental impact. so we're talking about the moss landing plant right off highway 1. it's also situated right

next to the elk horn slew reserve. hundreds of acres of marshland and waterways that feed directly into monterey bay. so the fire broke out january 16th. while the flames didn't spread outside the vistra corporation's facility, the results of soil testing are raising alarms. brian hackney explains. >> what went up in the moss landing plant fire must come down. and it has. in the form of toxic metals littering this, one of california's ecologic jewels, the adjacent elk horn slew. >> we have been monitoring the area adjacent to the power plant for many years. >> reporter: ivano is a professor with the moss landing marine land. his team made an alarming finding after the fire. >> three metals. that were detected

in higher concentrations. >> reporter: nickel, manganese, and cobalt all would have been present in the plume of smoke that poured for hours from the plant. >> these three metals resulted in much higher than previously measured at all sites. >> reporter: in fact, new measurements within two miles of the plant show heavy metal concentrations have spiked. >> some places was ten- fold, some places 100- fold, some places probably even more than that. >> reporter: the adjacent elk horn slew is booming with life within sight of the plant. >> we've got a resident population of 130 sea otters. >> reporter: the tourist trade here attracts thousands, and the slew attracts animals both on the surface and underneath that are threatened or endangered here. and it's a no- brainer that heavy metals and biology don't mix. >> all three metals are known to be toxic. >> a lot of researchers want to understand if there could be any impacts interior sea otter program manager jessica fuji

aquarium. >> the aquarium responds to stranded sea otters, and we haven't seen any increase in the surrounding areas where the fire occurred. >> reporter: as for you in moss landing, what's the most important thing to do now? >> the most important is to get the science going here. because this is happening as we speak right now. going to the field to collect more data. manganese . 08 -- >> that's what he did, out there again today, seeing how far the heavy metals have spread. >> cobalt .03 -- >> a similar story in southern california, where two major wildfires left behind a mountain of debris. experts are worried about toxins from the palisades fire that may have washed into the ocean from the recent rainstorm. teams from the nonprofit heal the bay have been collecting ocean water from beaches along the coast of malibu and pacific palisades. bacteria, heavy metals, benzene, and mercury are just some of the

toxins they're testing for, especially in front of ocean properties that burned to the ground. they tested the water before itit to get a baseline, then again after. the results won't be in for a few weeks. the final evacuation orders were lifted yesterday in pacific palisades. people started making their way back, surveying the damage and starting the salvage process. in the eaton fire burn zone, there is a fight over where to temporarily store debris. some of it, including lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, is hazardous, and people are worried about their safety. >> what is going to happen in this area? with contaminants? we're taking a crisis and compounding, making a new crisis. >> so federal officials want to dump it at a staging area just north of the 210 freeway in azusa, but the foothill city along with neighboring cities have announced their joint opposition to the plan. they say the epa never notified them.

and all day long, join us at cbs news bay area, today on instagram, as we host an insta- thon partnering with the american red cross to help those impacted by the california wildfires. follow us to donate or donate to redcross.org/cbs. now on to alameda county. it's been nearly three months since voters recalled their d.a., and tonight, the board of supervisors plans to pick one of the seven finalists to replace pamela price. the community does not have a direct say in the choice, but plenty of people are making their own opinions and making them known. lauren toms joins us live from oakland where the mooelg meeting is still under way. >> reporter: juliette, no decision just yet, but within about the last 15 minutes, all seven candidates to replace recalled d.a. pamela price addressed members of the board and members of the public

directly, explaining why they feel they deserve this appointment. but for many, victims of violence, they tell me that they just want a d.a. who will listen to the people. clutching a photo of their loved one, j.j. , gunned down in hayward in 2019, mother- daughter duo angel santos and krista creech wait. the pair say j.j.'s killer has not been held accountable while behind bars. >> we have 14 times of the defendant not showing up to court. there's no accountability as of yet. and it's been almost two years. since he's been incars rated. it's a waste of people's time and money, and quite frankly, it's retraumatizing us, the family. >> reporter: the pair have backed superior court judge ursula dixon and contra costa county assistant d.a. annie esposito for the

the board is considering to fill the vacancy after the recall of pamela price. other candidates include elgin lowe and jim wilson, yben chen, deputy attorney general venus johnson. >> i'm very anxious. because i feel like, as close as we are, at any moment i feel like the rug can be slipped out from underneath us by shading us, so to speak. so i'm just hoping that's not the case, and we look forward to positive turnout with all of our hard work. >> reporter: public safety group s.a.f.e., who led the recall of pamela price, worry that california attorney general rob bonta may be tipping the scales towards his pick, venus johnson. the group says johnson's policies align too closely with price's. but johnson has earned support from parts of the community including former bart police chief kenton rainy. >> the person that you want

opening that seat needs to have the temperment to make those decisions, taking in mind, keeping in mind victims of crimes. she's going to -- venus johnson's going to give an ear to the victims along with the law enforcement agencies, and she is not going to be vindictive in prosecutions. >> reporter: all seven candidates listened as 200 community members voiced their support or opposition to their appointments. >> he demanded justice. >> reporter: and while angel and crystal have their pick, their hope lies in justice and accountability. >> moving forward, i will give them grace. and hopefulness that they do their job. and do it correctly.

>> reporter: voting is expected to begin shortly and will continue through several rounds until one candidate receives a majority by at least three members of the board of supervisors. now, that choice will begin the job next week and continue until 2026, when a special election will take place to determine who will fill out the rest of price's term till 2028. >> yeah, it's a crucial job. we'll have more coming up at 11:00. we'll see who they picked if they did tonight. in san jose, hundreds of community members took to the streets this afternoon to take a stand against president trump's threat of mass deportations. our chopper was overhead as protesters blocked traffic at the intersection of king and story roads for more than two hours. the rally also caused major traffic backups on 101 and 680 as officers directed traffic away from the protesters. they shut down the on-ramps to 101 and 680 around 4:00 p.m. those have since reopened.

no justice, no peace! no justice no peace! >> so the protests started at overfelt high school where students led a walkout, holding signs and chanting as they marched through the streets. >> show the community that we stand with them and they're not alone and i.c.e. is not welcome in san jose or in the united states! >> so this all comes after mayor matt mahan and an immigrants right group confirmed at least two i.c.e. operations in as many days in san jose. also today, leaders in san francisco doubled down on the city's designation as a sanctuary city. they joined community activists at city hall to say they're ready to stand against the trump administration as it ramps up the rhetoric to crack down on illegal immigration. >> when donald trump first came into office, he came after san francisco. he tried to cut off federal funding because we are a sanctuary city. the lawyers in my office stood up, fought back, and we won.

and i'm here to tell you that we will do it again if we have to. >> vice president j.d. vance has suggested deporting 1 million people a year, that's roughly quadruple the number under president biden's last fiscal year. i.c.e. says the search for immigrants in the country illegally led to nearly 1,000 arrests today nationwide. meantime, i.c.e. raids are continuing in cities across the country. "the cbs evening news" got an up- close look. >> we went with federal agents on a sweep for undocumented migrants. >> you may be surprised how it went tonight on the "cbs evening news. " a federal judge has put a temporary hold on president trump's order to put a freeze on all federal grants, loans, and other assistance. in a memo sent last night, the office of management and budget ordered all federal agencies to assess their programs and activities to ensure they comply with president trump's recent executive orders

directing assistance be temporarily frozen. the pause aimed to target programs addressed in president trump's recent executive orders. the administration says that includes funds for immigration, foreign aid, and climate programs. the memo created confusion among states about how their programs would be affected. meals on wheels san francisco says they are glad it was temporarily blocked. >> we would have immediately faced a really significant shortfall in our funding, over $250,000 a month that we right away would have had to try to make up. >> the white house says social security, medicare benefits, and assistance provided directly to individuals would not be impacted. still ahead, san francisco's counterculture history captured in thousands of never-before- seen photos. the local photographer trying to uncover their origins, and the plans to share them with the world.

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a local photographer's on the hunt to figure out who took thousands of photographs that were recently uncovered. the photos are a portal back in time to what life looked like

in san francisco in the 1960s. amanda harry explains why he wants to figure out who took them, and how he plans to share them with the world. >> the potential of using this space as an exhibit space is just thrilling. >> reporter: bill dellzell is working to solve a mystery. he wants to identify and celebrate the photographer who captured important pieces of bay area history. they're stunning photos transporting you back to time. protests outside san francisco's city hall. black panther rallies. the grateful dead in the middle of a set. >> there's intimacy to that work that really comes through. >> reporter: he has big plans for the photos, possibly involving this prime property on market street. dellzell is a photographer himself, a family friend connected him with the owner of the photos, who wants to remain anonymous. the photos were discovered as slides and undeveloped rolls of film kept in a storage

facility. >> this work is really unique. it captured everything from the 1960s to 1970. the counter cowl tour movement, the music movement, civil rights ansar allah, summer of love, on and on and on. it really represents the history of san francisco. >> reporter: he's in talks to display the photos here at the flood building at the corner of market and powell. >> so there's something really nice about a raw space. it suggests a transitional time. >> reporter: dellzell feels san francisco is still in a transitional time, adjusting to the world post- covid and the photos were taken during a different transition, the 1960s. the flood family heard about dellzell's mission and are considering partnering with him so more people can view the historical photos in a space that is a major part of sf history itself. the flood building was built back in 1904 by james leery flood, a wealthy businessman. it was one of the only major buildings that survived the 1906 earthquake. >> get a look over

here. you'll see you have a panoramicpanoramic of market street. >> reporter: now one of his descendents, karen flood, is working to keep the building relevant in the present with a nod to the past. >> and i feel like culture and art and entertainment, food, is all a part of our next chapter. >> reporter: the space used to be a gap clothing store. >> i texted my daughter that i was coming to this building, and she said, i spent most of my youth shopping here. >> reporter: all of this was made possible by an all-or- nothing kickstarter campaign titled, "who shot me? " it raised half the nearly $50,000 goal in the final day. it promises to process the 75 remaining rolls of film with likely thousands of photos on them, preserve the work for public access with the internet archive, and continue to look for the missing photographer. that part is gaining traction on social media. >> literally thousands of clues have come in, from agnes burdock to uncle joe. it's unbelievable houbl

people think they might know who the supervisor is. >> reporter: for now the answer is still unknown, but their work lives on. dellzell plans to document his research in a book and film. temperatures across the bay area toy today were cooler than montana monday but a mix of 50s and 60s, which is pretty close to where we're supposed to be in late january. not too many changes tomorrow and thursday, but things shift as we finish the month of january and head into early febr

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let's get to weather. i got the inside scoop as i paul talk to our director. he said he's going to california first. >> imagine. >> going to california. >> the creativity to start with where we live. >> i thought that was brilliant of you. take it away. >> i think really outside the box sometimes. let's take a look at what we're in for. we'll start with the wide perspective of how things are going to play out. zooming through future cast over the next week or so, we're going to get into more active patterns, especially off to our north. the north coast is going to bear the brunt of this moderate strength atmospheric river. we'll be on the southern fringe but a better chance of rain across the entire bay area as we head through early next week. it's going to be the first of several days of rain chances as this first wave of moisture heads our way friday. that's still a couple of days away. take a look at what things look like right now as we look out, light on the horizon. 6:22 in the evening. also some fog redeveloping.

that's one of the shifts that we are tracking as we head through the next days. a return of the marine layer, then onshore breeze. temperatures low to mid 50s already. not as warm today as yesterday. tomorrow another step back in our temperatures. still close to what's normal this time of year wide receiver clear skies overhead. the fog is not going to be efficient at holding much warmth. temperatures tonight dropping into the 30s and 40s. as we try to disperse that fog early in the day, it's going to slow down the warmup. highs only going to be into the low 50s along the coast. that's where the fog is going to be stubborn. temperatures in the north bay reaching into the mid to upper 50s. maybe a degree or two below what's typical for this time of year. same for san francisco and oakland, 2 or 3 below average with highs east of oakland in the upper 50s. a couple of spots cracking 60 degrees. 61 san jose. 60 morgan hill by tomorrow afternoon. let's taught the fog and how it's going to spread out the rest of tonight. it's going to become

widespread through the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning. allow a couple extra minutes on the way out the door for the wednesday morning commute to navigate reduced visibilities. fog should be backing up to the coast as we head towards midday tomorrow. in terms of the dog walking forecast tomorrow, an adoptable dog as we do every tuesday. this is tony who is adoptable from lily's legacy in petaluma. we'll put up a link on social media to his information if you're interested in adopting. it will be a fog dog early in the morning, north bay valleys. fog until late morning but sun breaking through together with temps warming up to the middle 50s. dry weather tomorrow and again thursday. get your pup some exercise before that next chance of rain which is going to happen just before the sun comes up friday morning. we'll see light to moderate rainshowers around sunrise. the intensity of the rain is going to be variable across the region. a decent chance of showers for most of the bay area on friday. the heaviest and steadiest rain is going to fall north

of the golden gate. north bay is going to pick up more than every other part of the bay area before south, not as substantial both friday and friday night chance. then continuing chance of showers saturday and sunday. then everybody will get in on the action monday and tuesday. that time frame is contained within the six to ten- day outlook, a strong chance of wetter than normal conditions as everybody gets in on the action monday and tuesday. beyond that, the first half of february looks like we are going to get back into a more typical winter weather pattern for the bay area. we're tracking rain chances day by day as we head through the next several days. the seven-day forecast which has a couple of dry days still to go. wednesday and thursday. then the showers move in on friday. showers likely for most of the bay area. then they're possible saturday and sunday. the best chance is going to be for the north bay. everybody else is going to be intermittent, hit-or- miss activity. the showers become likely again monday and tuesday of next week. kind of different waves of moisture headed our way. it adds up to much- needed

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we are just five days out from the 2025 grammy awards. more than a dozen bay area artists are up for a grammy in dozens of categories that stretch well beyond record, album, and song of the year. our local nominees run the gamut of grammy- worthy music. >> tenor, opera, vocalists, classical composers and producers, jazz trumpeters, heavy metal rock 'n' rollers. >> reporter: including taylor epstein, up for best contemporary instrument album. ♪ ♪ for best jazz instrument album, the east bay's ambrose akinusiri. local composer john adams has a nomination for best opera recording. girls of the goldenwest tells the story of california's gold rush from those who lived it.

and essa pecasalaman up for two grammys, for best orchestral performance, and with the san francisco chorus, best opera recording. >> incredibly intense experience putting it together. the piece is extraordinarily timely. >> reporter: the nomination is for the world premiere recording of adriana matter, set in modern times in an unnamed country on the brink of a brutal civil war. and you can watch the grammys live on cbs news bay area. it all starts at 5:00 p.m. sunday on kpix or streaming on paramount plus. good luck, bay area artists. "cbs evening news" is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service. we're back right here in 30 minutes with more news at 7:00. see you then ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from cbs news headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening