african- american student spoke out against the murals, and the school abhorred then refuse to dewey crumplercommissioned to create a new mural display, an alternative mural that depicts african-american, latino, and asian americans attacking oppression. it was unavailable to the public today. >> the art has the capacity to heal, but also to complicate. >> reporter: crumpler says feelings were strong five decades ago, just as they were today. he hoped the school board will reverse its decision to erase the murals. >> i feel their pain, but i think the remedy is the wrong one. and the board should be able to understand that they are there for education. not destruction. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the school district says in ing sts. much as $600,000 to ea n liafter a dectursa diego. the blaze broke out just before noon in otay mesa. a pallet business was destroyed. up to 70 homes were evacuated as crews battled the intense flames from the ground and in the air. the fire burned nearly 500 acres and is now 50% contained. in contra costa county, a grass fire spread in several homes in t

finally, i want to mention that i would love dewey's crumpler -- dewey crumpler's response. it is like a poetry smacked down where both sides get to put their best visual forward. i would like to challenge the school board and the students to collaborate on a mural of their own about their own lives in 2019 where they can show the things they think are good about their lives, whether it is a good class, first love, whatever it is that they want to show, but also the stuff that is bad about their lives. maybe it's bullying, maybe its discrimination, whatever they think is important. it is important that we allow people expression of what they feel in a time and place. after thinking long and hard about this, it is my opinion that these murals should not be literally whitewashed, which would instead be preserved and shown, supported by a student mural or at least additional commentary from the students, singh what they want to say about the murals. and a minimum, the murals should be protected in situ. i also want to say, i appreciate the information provided by heritage. he g

and the c4pvresponse to that wa that they commsioned an artist, in bathe area dewy crumpler, to createhe achievements of minority communities and that mural is still around today and he is whsomebody has spoken out in favor of keepg the mural. the creation of the mural seemed, at the time, to sway the nngative feehi7tthat the community felt, at least to a degree. n>>en and -- and now we have the whre recent time e things flared up again as of last year with students, teachers and other community members ming forth and ramirez, on the board of the american indian ltal center but an alum of the public schools. were studts complaining abou this mural when you were in high school? >> yes. and i remember myself being upset by this mural when i saw it at washington high school. just because i did not go to washington, i graduated in 1916 never means i saw it in person. i went there for sports. i have been to thschool and remember thinking why does one of my cestors look like a decoration while here and dead in this mural. to me that does not look like decoration. i have been an active partic

. >> dewey crumpler, an artist who painted another mural at the school spoke about it today.said the mural is a tool to teach children about the sometimes ugly reality of our history. >>> the fire is now 100% contained, but crews are n rural contra costa county. 12 separate fires threatened several homes over the weekend along rd outside es burned. firefighters will continue to patrol the area for the next several days. arson is the likely cause. >>> and a fire in our own front yard, literally, a vacant field across the street from our nbc bay area studios caught fire this afternoon. the flames on north first street near tim rimbltrimble. it could be linked to homeless people living in rvs next to the lot. >>> america nay not be safe that is the warning coming from government leaders in other countries around the world. the escalating number of mass shootings here has them urging their citizens to skip vacationing in u.s. jean elle is live at sfo with more how tourists are handling the warnings. jean? >> reporter: international travelers arriving here in the bay area tell me

it was pointed by artist dewey crumpler who opposes thechool boars decision this time. >> the board should that they are there for education, not destruction. of education. but the making of education. and art is education. >> that is exactly what art is supposed to be about, period. except apparently if you got elected to the school board, you didn't get that class. >> reporter: the school board says it will decide soon how it will hide the mural, either by covering it with solid panels or painting over it. but there are lawsuits in the works and signatures being gathered to give san francnciscs the opportunity to vote in november on whether or not to save the mural. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm nikki battiste. have a reat day. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, august 9th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> panic at a walmart in missouri as a heavily armed man wearing body armor walks into a store. what happened next. >>> action on gun control? after back-to-back gun shooting, senate majority le

it was painted by artist dewey crumpler who opposes the school board's decision this time. >> it's thereucation, but the making of education. >> that is exactly what art is supposed to be about, period, except apparently if you got elected to the school board and you didn't get that class. >> reporter: the school board says it will decide soon how it will hide the mural, either by covering it with solid panels or painting over it. but there are lawsuits in the works andignatus being o give ss a vote in november on whether or not to save the mural. for "cbs this morning: saturday," john blackstone, san francisco. >>> real fascinating debate. >> yeah. >> so interesting to hear how people are thinking about it and talking it. >> is it something to learn from or a past you want to put away and not look at. >>> right now, it is about five minutes after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> just like a character in one of his novels, one author had almost given up hope before a plot twist that saved the day. straight ahead, how adrian mckinty went from being evicted from