>> alessandro: let's have a bite of flowers. >> anthony: oh, man. >> alessandro: they're delicious. >at's what i'm here to find out. >> rene: did you add the moss? >> anthony: we know that noma has been said to be the world's best. >> noma cook: this is a dish that takes twenty man-hours of work a day. >> anthony: and what we've heard outside of denmark is that rene sources his ingredients exclusively from the nordic region. mostly from within 60 miles of the restaurant. >> rene: get a better one than this. >> noma cook: we need a better vessel. quickly, come on. >> kitchen staff: yes chef! >> anthony: think about that. denmark is not exactly the mediterranean. summers are short. >> rene: service. >> anthony: what rene and crew started, what they're famous for, is foraging for ingredients. >> rene: reindeer moss with last year's harvest of sep mushrooms. >> anthony: and color me, dubious. >> alessandro: did you ever eat moss before? >> anthony: no. that is incredible. >> alessandro: wow. >> anthony: there's no way that this is going to look convincingly delicious on tv, but it is real

. >> alessandro yacobelli said his hometown was less than an hour away from where the quake hit. it was a scenic get-away for his family and now that town is reduced to rubble. >> it's italy. it's our country and it's not a good thing to hear. >> reporter: alessandro was walking home from his restaurant when his mom in rome texted him about the deadly earthquake. >> everything is on the ground. it was swept away in a heartbeat. >> reporter: rescue crews are racing against time tonight using everything from bulldozers to bare hand to dig out survivors from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake. >> it's just devastating to me the fact that it hits so close to home. this is a historic town, you know, they build a long time ago. so they have to please make retrofitting. it's just horrible. >> reporter: alessandro grew up 40 minutes away from amatrice, the town hardest hit by the quake. he told me his family would take weekend trips just for the food. >> it's not something you want to see, especially a place you're so familiar with. >> reporter: he and his staff struggle to watch images broadc

. >> reporter: alessandro is the owner of a restaurant nestled in san francisco's italian north beach neighborhood. he was walking home from work when his mother in rome texted him about the deadly earthquake. >> everything is on the ground. and swept away. >> reporter: rescue crews are racing against time using everything from bulldozers to their bare hands to dig out survivors from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake. >> just said the fact that it's so close to home, this is the town built long time ago so they don't have retrofitting. it's just horrible. >> reporter: alessandro grew up 40 minutes away from amatrice, the town hit hard by the quake. he told me his family would take weekend trips just for the food. >> it's not something you want to see especially a place you're so familiar with. >> reporter: he and the staff struggled to watch the images broadcast on italian networks. >> you're so far away, every news you get, it goes more, you're not there to see it so you hear it bits and pieces here and there. it's hard. >> reporter: cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> alessandro's restaurant will

let's go. >> alessandro: it's so much less about "wooo" you know? it's about bang!

. >> >> alessandro's restaurant is hosting a charity dinner monday night for the victims. we have information on our website at cbssf.com. >>> it's 6:31. let's check the weather. i love ann's coined phrase fog-ust. >> i can't today credit. >> i might have heard it on kcbs radio. >> we have had a carbon copy this week with that deep marine layer about 2,000 feet deep. it's been expansive and extensive. it's shrouding sfo. i have been watching this very carefully. the ones arriving we have up to 54-minute delays on some arriving flights. temperatures right now 53 degrees santa rosa to 57 degrees in livermore. oakland in the 50s, as well. westerly components throughout the bay area. that's going to clean out the atmosphere east of the bay. but we're seeing southwesterly flows around the peninsula and the santa clara valley. you will see some haze due to the fires to the south of the bay area. numbers we should be at 69 in san francisco. instead, 64. in august we have only had one day at 70 in san francisco. remaining cool along the coast. 59 degrees daly city and colma. 70s a

. >> reporter: alessandro, the owner of a restaurant says he got a call from his parents. >> my mom and dad live in rome. they woke up because the house was shaking. >> friends and family are all fine. but the scenes of suffering pull at his heart. >> we want to help, somehow you want to help. but you're on the other side of the world. >> reporter: a world some say that remembers in these moments of deep pain and loss, our deepest humanity. and compassion. >> we pool our energies together and there is no evil without some good. >> reporter: jacob pebley the owner of the restaurant said he wanted to do something so he is holding a fundraising dinner on monday. and donating the proceeds to disaster relief efforts in italy. i also spoke with staff and they say they have established emergency hotline for anyone trying to reach someone in italy. in the devastated area. we have posted that on our website. >> jana katsuyama in san francisco tonight. >>> two years ago to the day that a powerful earthquake hit the napa valley, 6.0 quake damaged hundreds of billions and as alex savidge reports, f

. >> alessandro's restaurant is hosting a charity dinner monday night for the victims. we have information on our website at cbssf.com. >>> in san francisco, a woman goes for a walk and is jumped by a stranger on the attack. a brutal beating caught on camera from a pacific heights condo building. it happened at around quarter to 8:00 inside near lafayette park. the suspect punched the woman repeatedly pinning her to the sidewalk. he didn't take anything. so this is not a mugging. the block where it happened usually is busy with dog walkers and pedestrians. some feel unsafe. >> i grew up around here too and went to high school and elementary school around here. i always felt safe. so it's scary. >> the sfpd says the attack appears to be random and officers aren't sure if the man was drunk on drugs or mentally ill. >>> in san jose, a gang bust has brought in massive amounts of cash and drugs and even a baby alligator. besides the unusual animal and $200,000 in cash, the crackdown turned up 4,000 ecstasy pills, 60 pounds of marijuana and 23 arrests. one of the suspects arr

also joining in with local customs, billy bush got a full brazilian wax with alessandro >> but for all this, he did at least get a standing ovation for his bravery. >> we started off so strong with all the highlights and then that. >> he's a little less the bush man today. >> oh,al. only you would go there. >> that's good. that's good. >> one of my favorite moments from the week, michael phelps, that face. >> phelps face. that was good. >> your favorite? >> i loved having little boomer here he was so cute. a beautiful little boy. >> he looks like a little old man. all babies look like little old men, though. that's adorable. >> my favorite would be the final five, seeing simone and ali, that hug at the end and speaking of simone and ali, we have their parents here. we'll talk to them in a little bit. >> and simone manuel. >> oh, simone manuel, amazing. a good day for simones. >> good day indeed. >>> how about a check of the forecast. >> not a good day along the eastern seaboard. we have heat and humidity, extreme heat, the bermuda high pumping up all that moisture. the feels-like tempe