amanda hari is live at a vigil in alameda whe gonzalez's family just spoke moments ago. amanda.mario gonzalez's death and while you would think it would be a sad day for the family and it still is, they do have some hope today and that is the energy that is happening here right now. look behind me. you can see all of this dancing going on. that hope comes from s the vigil, what they were calling it, but right now we have this traditionalaztec ll to celebrate gonzalez's life now that he's passed. people are coming by leaving flowers, paying their respects. as 26 years old when he died during what his family says should have been a simple wellnecheck. this week d.a. pamela priceÁoffice announced they'll file an involuntary manslaughter charge onzalez's mother spoke with us. ssays this decision is monumentaland it makes today a little bit easier. >> i feel like a light to receive something, you know. nobody can give me my son back. my son, he's already gone unfately. my son, you knois not here no more, but i'm here. i'm still fighting for him. my son right here and his son, 7 years

our amanda hari se with them in alameda tonight where they celebrated harging decision. >> say his namerio >> reporter: april 19th will always be a sad day for the gonzalez family. k in 2021 mo gonzalez died in police custody, but for the family it goes beyond tragedy. they've ays felt his death was a crime. his mother says she thinks about hievery day. here. i'm still fighting for . my son jerry right here r and his son, 7 years o we always missing him. >> reporteshe says this year she actually feels lighter. that's because she recently received a call from alameda county district attorney pamela price's office saying they would be filing involunry manslaughter charges. >> i'm thinking and thinking it's going to happen, it's going to happen. thankgod they open the case again. >> reporter: she says it feels like a gift on a day that marks one of the hardest days of her life. this is my present today, you phone call to say we reopened the case. >> reporter: if convicted, the officers cd face up to four years in prison. family friend amanda blanco says it's a start.3 >> we all know obviou

amanda hari has a closer look at the fallout for the city of oakland and where things go from here. >> reporter: close to 80 million people have come through these gates to support the oakland a's over the years. now this will be their last season here. it's another crushing loss for the city after they've recently lost both the warriors and the raiders. >> this is a louisville slugger upside the head. it's a gut punch. >> reporter: the sports and local community are reacting after a's owner john fisher announced this will be the a's last season in oakland. i asked sports executive and consultant andy dolich what this says to the fans there. >> we don't care about you. we care about your money. >> reporter: dolich said fisher knows the team's value will go up with the move. >> it has a market value today of 1.2 billion. sports economists who are way smarter than me have said once they're in a new ballpark in las vegas it will be worth $2.4 billion. that's what john fisher cares about. >> reporter: oakland city council member noel gallo stopped by the stadium after the news broke. >> i

and amanda hari has that story. >> reporter: tensions are growing again in the middle east. >> i was a little bit surprised when i heard that it was a swarm of drones and potentially missiles that were headed towards israel because these are fairly slow moving. >> reporter: san jose state university political science professor says she was surprised iran gave israel so much warning. >> when i thought about it in more strategic terms, it became clear that these were intended to send a signal to iran's own domestic population and also to fulfill a promise that the iranian leaders had made to their people. and they weren't really intended to inflict military damage. >> reporter: she says these waves of strikes appear to be in retaliation for the bombing of the iranian embassy in syria. >> the fact that it chose this one is in some ways a hopeful sign, but it doesn't mean that the danger has passed, because the option remains for iran to escalate further if it chooses to. and it also depends on how israel reacts and how the rest of the world reacts to today's incidents. >> reporter: incl

. >> our amanda hari spoke with the victim's lawyer and sister about her fight. >> reporter: the victim who is listed as jane doe on the criminal complaint says she went to the dean when she was 15 and says she did nothing. now she wants to hold the school district accountable for what happened. >> it has impacted every facet of her life. >> reporter: lauren cerri is the attorney representing the victim in this case. she says she met the victim about a month ago. since then she learned everything about her case. >> she was 15 years old. she did something very brave and something that took a lot of strength and courage and she reported it. she was very clear about it that mr. thomas was having sex with her at 14 and 15 years old. she was a freshman in high school. this is 2003. >> reporter: cerri was given leigh high school year books from the victim. there's a photo of the suspect, shawn thomas, both a teacher and a coach. in the staff and administration section a photo of his wife at the time, sarah thomas, listed as a dean. that's who the victim says she reported the abuse to. cerri s

our amanda hari spoke with a local fishermen about how this is impacting his life and his business. >fishermen say they knew there was a chance this was coming after last year's salmon season was canceled. still that doesn't make the news any less difficult. one fisherman tells me that salmon accounts for 70% of his income and now that money is gone. >> what's the next step, you know? where do i go? what do i do? do i have to get a land job, you know? am i going to have to walk away from something i love? >> reporter: those are just some of the questions matt is asking himself after a federal fishery disaster declaration is closing the salmon season before it even begins for the second season in a row. >> it's a huge impact on myself and other fishermen. >> reporter: he says after last year he has no savings. now his family is cutting back. >> instead of just going to the closest grocery store, we wait and go to like budget friendly grocery stores. getting the water to go get it. >> reporter: he's been a commercial fisherman over a decade. he bought this boat about three years ago spe

our amanda hari spoke to workers about the violence they face on a daily basis. >> reporter: these parking control officers say they've always felt at risk while doing their job, but since the sfmta announced they'll be cracking down on parking enforcement, they feel like they have an even bigger target on their backs. >> it's very stressful. i have anxiety and it's scary. >> san francisco on a union town. >> reporter: dozens of parking control officers with the san francisco municipal transportation agency took a break from enforcing the city's laws to rally and fight for themselves, including mishan snakesnader. she says two years ago she had an experience she'll never forget. she placed a parking citation under someone's windshield wiper and drove away thinking that interaction was over. she was wrong. >> someone got upset because they got a ticket. so he followed me about two or three blocks, waited for me, punched the window and it cut my eye. >> reporter: the glass from the enforcement vehicle's window cut her face and her eye. she couldn't work for ten months while she recovered. >>

as our amanda hari reports, the victim claims she went to the school 's dean for help, and the dean witnessed the abuse, she says, but did nothing. >> it has impacted every facet of her life. >> reporter: lauren is the attorney representing the victim in this case. she says she met the victim about a month ago. since then she learned everything about her case. >> she was 15 years old. she did something very brave and something that took a lot of strength and courage and she reported it. she was very clear about it, that mr. thomas was having sex with her at 14 and 15 years old. she was a freshman in high school. this is 2003. >> reporter: she was given lehigh school yearbooks from the victim. there's a photo of the suspect, shawn thomas. he was both a teacher and a coach. in the staff and administration section, a photo of his wife at the time, sarah thomas, listed as a dean. that's who the victim says she reported the abuse to. >> she said i can't believe you did this to me, after everything that i've done for you. so that is why most people remain silent, because they're not believed. and t

amanda hari spoke with librarians about the threats they've encountered while on the job. >> we got the power. >> we were not trained to do this type of work in library school. >> reporter: library workers across the city say they're being forced to do a lot more than recommend books. every day they're ones making sure the libraries are safe. nicole has been working in the san francisco library system for more than 30 years. she says over the years things have become worse, and she fears someone is going to get hurt. >> we could fill a whole library with all these incidents. >> reporter: jermaine brought a stack of incident reports with her, all from the past month. she works as a branch manager at the children's library. she says they bargained for a guard back in 2022 after they had an incident that could have become a tragedy. >> i have nightmares about this one to this day. i will never forget it. >> reporter: she says it was a normal day after school let out and the library was filled with small children. >> and then i saw a half-dressed man clearly mentally unstable wielding a wea

as amanda hari shows us, some neighbors are turning on each other now. >> reporter: people in these neighborhoods been parking like this for years and suddenly they're seeing sfmta issue citations. the issue is what you see here, cars parked in short driveways forcing them to spill over into the sidewalk. then people have to walk around them to get by. >> i was like thinking about am i going to, you know, wake up with like a ticket in the front? >> reporter: david cho regularly house sits in the sunset and says he's in an internet group message and people have been talking about uptick in citations for cars parked in their own driveways. the offense listed on the ticket, blocking part of the sidewalk. cho has parked sideway like this for years leaving room for pedestrians, but now he's concerned that might not be enough. >> this is my electric car and i park it here because the charger is on this side and so i can run a line here to charge my car. so if i park it out there, then the line would be on the sidewalk and i don't want people to be tripping on it. >> reporter: throughout the inner sunse

amanda hari reports from lake merritt. >> reporter: dozens of people gathered here to tell their stories about how crime has impacted their lives. the idea behind it is that when survivors speak, change happens. >> healing but not healed, and i have to remind myself that that's okay. >> reporter: like this 15-year-old. >> i've been through, you know, emotional, physical abuse with my mother in the past. >> reporter: her mother was an alcoholic. she says she grew up in fear but now she's finally safe, living with her aunt, going to high school, and focussing on getting into a good college. one of her favorite hobbies is writing spoken word poetry. >> survive for the day, but always thrive for tomorrow. >> reporter: she started writing and sharing her poems to help her process her trauma. >> at first it was a way to get my feelings out that i couldn't tell other people, but then it became something that was really dear to me. >> reporter: she says it was especially special sharing it during this healing vigil hosted by californians for safety and justice. >> it's nice to know, you know, i'

. >> coming up at 6:00, our amanda hari speaks to fishermen about their struggle to survive in the face of a second straight year with no income. >>> back to our weather now because we are about to get a little bit of whiplash. anybody who was enjoying the spring or even summer-like temperatures we've had have another thing coming. >> yeah, they do. this was the day. it's still going on right now, temperatures in the low to mid-80s out there. enjoy this one. tomorrow it's 15 degrees cooler. saturday nobody gets out of the upper 50s, maybe a few places in the low 60s in the south bay. most of us are upper 50s for daytime highs by saturday and saturday's got bigger issues. let's find this storm. we can see how much progress it's made. it's a lot closer than it had been the last few days. we'll see that develop, turns into this beautifully wound up area of low pressure which comes in directly for us. how weird is that? it's going straight down the coast and right when it got to our latitude, it was like no, i'm going left and make a direct beeline for the bay area. that's kind of the main

amanda hari was there and has a preview of what comes next. >> welcome to the stud. >> reporter: a moment for use in the making. lgbtq bar, the stud, reopening at a new location in the soma. >> all men. all women. and all the rest of us. >> reporter: the sisters of prefectural indulgence, blessing 1123 folsom before the first patrons walked inside. john, was the first person in line. he said he has been saturday that's supporting the stud for years. >> it has been a great party and a good time and lots of good people and it has been fun. every time. >> it is wonderful. >> reporter: this is one of the co-owners. he said the collective ownership group decided to close early in the pandemic. >> if we had tried to stay we would've ended up with a lot of small businesses in debt. >> reporter: he said over the last four years, they have been hosting events and selling t-shirts. all in hopes of collecting enough money to reopen a new location. finally, they bought this space, that used to be a sports bar. >> there is a commercial kitchen bacteria. that we need to remove. there is no need to have

as amanda hari shows us the issue has some neighbors turning on each other. >> reporter: people in theseeighborhoods say they have been parking like this for years. and suddenly they are seeing sfmta issue citations. the issue is what you see here. cars parked in short drivers, forcing them to spillover, into the sidewalk and then people have to walk around them. to get by. >> i was thinking about, am i going to, you know, wake up with a ticket? >> reporter: david regularly house it's in the interest sunset and he says he is a neighborhood group message and people have been talking about an uptick in citations for cars parked in their own driveways. the offense listed on the ticket, blocking part of the sidewalk. he has parked sideways like this for years, leaving room for pedestrians, but now he is concerned that may not be enough . >> this is my electric car and i parked here because the charger is on the side. so i can run a line here to charge my car. if i parked it out there, the line would be on the sidewalk and i don't want people to be tripping. >> reporter: throughout the inner

our amanda hari spoke with librarians about the dangers that they've had to face while on the job. >>do this type of work in library school. >> reporter: library workers across the city. say they're being forced to do a lot more than recommend books. every day, they're the ones making sure the libraries are safe. nicole termini-germain has been working in the san francisco library system for more than 30 years. she says over the years, some things have become worse and she fears someone is going to be hurt. >> we could field a whole library with the incidents. >> reporter: termini-germain brought a stack of incident reports with her all from the past month and she works as a branch manager at the portal edge children's library. she says they bargained for a guard back in 2022 after they had an incident that could have become a tragedy. >> i have nightmares about this one to this day. i will never forget it. >> reporter: she says it was a normal day after school let out and the library was filled with small children. >> then i saw a half dressed man, clearly mentally unstable. wielding

our amanda hari spoke with a local fisherman about how this is affecting his life and business. >> what'su know, where do i go? what do i do? you know. am i going to have to walk away from something i love? do i have to get a land job? >> reporter: those are just some of the questions matt juanes is asking himself after a federal fishery disaster declaration is closing the salmon season before it even begins, for the second season in a row. >> it's a huge impact on myself and other fishermen. >> reporter: juanes says after last year, he has no savings and now his family is cutting back. >> instead of just going to the closest grocery store, we -- wait and go to like -- budget friendly grocery stores. get in the water to go get it. >> reporter: juanes has been a commercial fisherman for more than a decade. he bought this boat about three years ago, specifically so he could fish more salmon. >> this is our salmon sticker. commercial salmon sticker that i never put on the boat from last year. yeah. just -- $100 something. just thrown out the door. >> reporter: he says he understands why the

our amanda hari spoke with the workers about the dangers that they've had to face while on the job. [ry school. >> reporter: library workers across the city. every day they're the ones making sure the libraries are safe. nicole germane has been working in the san francisco library system for more than 30 years. she says over the years somethings have become worse and she fears someone is going to be hurt. >> we could field a whole library with the incidents. >> sr. she brought a stack of incident reports with her all from the past month and she works as a branch manager at the children's library. she says they bargained for a guard back in 2022. after they had an incident that could have become a tragedy. >> i have nightmares about this one to this day. i will never forget it. >> reporter: she says it was a normal day after school let out and the library was filled with small children. >> i saw a half dressed man clearly mentally unstable. wielding a weapon. he was walking around the library. cussing at people. and threatening to stab them. >> reporter: she called library security. th

our amanda hari spoke with a local fisherman about the impact on his life and business. >> what's thedo i go? what do i do? you know. do i have to get a land job and am i going to have to wake away from something i love. >> reporter: some of the questions matt is asking himself after a federal fishery disaster declaration is closing the salmon season before it even begins. for the second season in a row. >> it's a huge impact on myself and other fishermen. >> reporter: he says after last year, he no savings and now his family is cutting back. >> instead of just going to the closest grocery store, we -- wait and go to like -- budget friendly grocery stores. get in the water to go get it. >> reporter: he has been a commercial fisherman for more than a decade. he bought this boat about three years ago. specifically so he could fish more salmon. >> this is our salmon sticker. commercial salmon sticker that i never put on the boat from last year. yeah. just -- $100 something. just thrown out the door. >> reporter: he says he understands why the season has been canceled. and he wants to see