i am ryan yamamoto gritty conditions in the sierra are only going to get worse. snowfall today and tomorrow making travel in the mountains nearly impossible. this is what it looks like on interstate 80 at donner summit. right now completely covered in fresh snow. chain controls in effect along interstate 80 and highway 50 caltrans. no warning people to avoid heading up until after the storm. hundreds of officers patrolling the roads right now to help keep drivers safe. >> if we are not getting any calls, we are constantly driving this freeway. and when we see a person stuck, we assist them. i have had luggage packed in this patrol car and people stuffed in here. we get them off the hill. we get them to safety. >> the heavy snow and strong winds can cause an avalanche. that is forcing ski resorts to close. this is video from palisades. 17 inches of snow. by the end of the storm, they could see over 100 inches of fresh powder. palisades and alpine are closed for the day. kirkwood off the -- also announced they are closing. not all resorts are shutting down. emily s

ryan yamamoto with the dodgers debut just a few minutes ago, not a great day, the giants won. love how it is all basketball today and tony is talking about baseball, it is in your heart, thank you so much. >>> the federal reserve wrapped up its policy meeting yesterday with an announcement about interest rates. jill schlesinger is here to tell us what happened and what to expect in the coming months. good morning to you once again, and what did the federal reserve decide? >> as widely expected, they held short-term interest rates to 5.5%. the central bank said that it would like to see further improvement in the inflation rate before they start cutting. remember, recently , consumer and wholesale inflation reports have come in a bit above expectations, the fed wants to see that reverse course and start to see the inflation rate come down toward their 2% target. >> realistically, when can we expect the fed to start cutting rates? >> you could have been in the press conference yesterday because they asked jerome powell that question and he basically says it is data dependent, so

i'm ryan yamamoto. the public will get its last chance to weigh in on at&t's push to stop landline service right here in california but some people argue we are not ready to cut the cord completely. there are still some neighborhoods in the bay area with spotty cell service at best like montero, a coastal area in san mateo county. it was rated by pc magazine as one of the worst cellular dead zones in the united states. we recently met glenn eastman of moss beach who says he needs his landline for emergencies and for his internet connection. >> when everything else goes bad in an emergency, or even if people don't have internet or a cell phone, you can always get 911 on a landline. i would say at&t is giving up the responsibility to loyal customers who have been with them for years and years and years. >> at&t says they want to put their efforts into upgrading their wireless network to make it more reliable. >> we are going to continue to provide existing voice service for as long as it is needed. that i

i am ryan yamamoto. a massive search is underway for six people still missing after the container ship lost power and rammed into the francis scott key bridge. take a look. the ship struck one of the supports causing the structure to collapse like a toy. it tumbled into the river in seconds and the crash happened overnight long before the busy commute. but there were people on the bridge when this happened. the six people unaccounted for are believed to be part of a construction crew that were repairing pot holes. two have been rescued. one was not injured and the other was taken to a local trauma center in very serious condition. governor moore says the ship's crew issued a may day before the crash. that allowed authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span. a live look now at the francis scott key bridge. you see the container strip is still out there as authorities investigate what went wrong. ntsb is also at the scene. ryan hughes is following the latest developments from baltimore county. >> repo

i'm ryan yamamoto. wind advisories in effect for parts of the bay area prompting a first alert weather day. those strong winds could cause more power outages. here is look at the paging outage map. 30 minutes ago, crews restore power in orinda. at one point, the outage was impacting b.a.r.t. >>> let's check in with meteorologist jessica burch . >> temperatures warm up and we start to see drier conditions. we are matching that with some really gusty conditions as well for many of us in the bay area under wind advisory until 11:00 a.m.. we will keep a close eye on the wind gusts through the early morning hours where up into napa, sonoma, we could see wind speeds hit the 60 miles per hour mark. once we head into the afternoon hours tomorrow, that is when we will start dying down. let's start this out. closer to the 1:00 hour, winds closer to 40 miles per hour in the northbay near sonoma, calistoga. notice the east bay as well, areas like danville will be seeing gusty conditions into the overnight hours ton

i'm elizabeth cook in for ryan yamamoto today. the protest impacting travelers at the international terminal . let's get right to max darrow live at sfo. what can you tell us? >> reporter: liz, that protest wrapped up a couple of minutes ago. as of right now, it is back to business as usual at sfo. people are coming in and out of the gates at the international terminal. let's take you live outside. our chopper is flying above. you can see traffic moving in and out of the international terminal as if nothing had happened. earlier, that was not the case. let's take you to earlier video today. this will show protesters blocking the entrance to the international terminal. cars could not come in or out of the area. passengers were rerouted to other parts of the airport. inside the international terminal, different groups of protesters blocked the security gates at the a gates and the g gates at the international terminal. the protesters were chanting things like stop the siege on gaza. shut it down for palestine. free gaza . there was

i'm ryan yamamoto. the speech is not only a status update on the nation but a chance for biden to convince voters to give him a second term in the white house. the president's address set to begin at 6:00 tonight and will likely be his largest television audience between now and election day. skyler henry has a preview. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! >> president biden delivers his third state of the union address to the nation tonight, which could be his biggest audience before the november election. >> this is a chance for the president to talk about the strides that our economy has made under his leadership, adding more jobs than any president ever. >> the president will be looking for support, addressing key issues, urging congress to restore the expanded child tax credit for low and middle income families and to cap out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2000 a year for anyone with private insurance. voters have mixed feelings about what to expect tonight. >> i don't agree w

good afternoon, i'm ryan yamamoto. federal investigators recovered the data recorder from the ship which is essentially the black box. they are beginning to develop a timeline of events. >> it will provide us with a number of parameters, everything from location to positioning of the ship to speed. >> and yesterday's crash was caught on video. it shows the moment the ship slammed into a support column sending a large portion of the structure into the river. a closer look at the video shows the ship heading south about 1:24 a.m. when the lights go dark but quickly on again. a minute later plumes of black smoke can be seen billowing from the ship's chimney. it appears it loses its lights then a minute after it comes back on, being then the vessel slams into the bridge. >> the whole bridge just fell down. everybody, the whole bridge just collapsed. >> was traffic stopped? >> i can't get to the other side. the bridge is down. we have to get somebody on the other side. >> recovery efforts resume for the six construction wor

i am ryan yamamoto. repliys walked out and hit the picket line this morning aimmediate ongoing contract negotiations. >> we are the workers, two, a little bit louder, three, we want justice, four. >> they say the hospital's new health plan does not work for them. it's either pay thousands to keep access to doctors or change to the new plan which workers say makes it difficult to find hospitals or doctors that will take the insurance. >> we should have healthcare everywhere. we work for a hospital and workers are not getting proper healthcare. what does that say about the hospital? >> the hospital plan does not adequate amount of physicians for our plan. some people have not been able to locate physicians or specialists. the paid plan, they do not accept our insurance here. i have been trying to get an mri on myself and i have been unable to get authorization for that. >> in a statement, the hospital says we are disappointed with the union's decision to walk off the job in the middle of negotiations at th

i'm ryan yamamoto. 33 new speed cameras will go up next year at some of the city's most high risk areas. sf mta announced they plan to install these new speed cameras. here is a map at some of the locations. they include areas in north beach, vanness and soma. officials say the karma will help curb speeding, traffic crashes, injuries and deaths. drivers will get a ticket but it is unclear how much the pines will cost. the camera is part of a statewide safety pilot program. oakland and san jose will install speed cameras. >>> a new crackdown at civic center's plaza. you might see a family or a group of skaters strolling through but a night, police say it is a much different story. police gave us this video showing what illegal vendors are hawking at the plaza, everything from sulfone cases, baseball cards to bags of candy and nasal spray. officers are working with public works and public health to give out citations and impound what vendors are selling. >> we will have to give you a citation for $250 and impound all of your items that you don't have proof of purchase for. it is illegal i

i'm ryan yamamoto. the plan is to install 400 automated license plate readers at 100 intersections across san francisco. moments ago, mayor london breed and other city officials were in the sunset and they say the new tech will be a game changer when it comes to public safety. >> automated license plate readers can play an invaluable role in helping us to track some of the perpetrators. >> the city and county of san francisco is the tech capital of the world. now, our officers have the technology that they need to better address the crime challenges in our city. this is a very, very exciting thing. >> police say over the next three months, license plate readers will be going up across the city. the news first came out earlier this year. that is when we spoke to a business owner in the tenderloin who tells us he welcomes all the help he can get. >> always, people need to see that. it is not like just to feel it is their. >> we are a big city with big-city challenges. we have crime and retail theft. one o

i am ryan yamamoto. tomorrow is of course super tuesday, busiest day of the primary campaign and a crucial moment for president joe biden and donald trump who are the overwhelming front runners for democratic and republican presidential nominations. more than a third of delegates are up for grabs tomorrow with 15 states including california and one u.s. territory holding their primary elections. voting in california is already underway. people have been dropping off ballots. mail ballots must be post marked by tuesday to count. the highest profile race in california is the one to succeed dianne feinstein. the crowded field includes democratic representatives schiff, porter, lee and former baseball star and republican steve garby. a poll shows garby is favored by 27%. schiff is at 25%. porter 19%. lee received 8%. the most consequential proposition on the state ballot is probably proposition one. governor newsom is in san francisco today to get last minute votes for the measure this weekend. the governor

good afternoon, i'm ryan yamamoto. this could be the last opening game for the athletics in oakland. that is sparking some tension between the team and their tan base. thousands of fans are expected to arrive today. many will not spend their money to buy a ticket and go inside. they want to send a message to a's owner john fisher, they want the team in oakland, not move to las vegas. >> our intent is not to go to any games whatsoever. john fisher doesn't deserve our money. they do not deserve the love. >> the raiders weren't as tough as this. this is a slow drawn out vindictive relocation process. >> fans that are boycotting plan to pack the parking lot with a massive tailgate. there are fans that still love the team and shawn chitnis has the super fan that remains optimistic. >> reporter: if wearing a suit and tie shows people you are serious about what you do, then todd wants fellow fans to know he is a pro when it comes to cheering on the oakland athletics. >> sometimes people forget the ushers are the host to the b

i'm ryan yamamoto. we are following developing news out of pacifica. cabrillo elementary just reopened following a threat that sent the threat -- sent to the school early this morning into a lockdown. the district alerted police that the campus was closed pending a search. police swept the school and gave the all clear to reopen unknown. school officials say students are allowed back on campus at this hour to make sure they have access to their lunch. >>> the faa is investigating after a united air lines jet rolled off the runway into the grass in houston, texas this morning. the plane had just landed at george bush intercontinental airport and was turning onto a taxiway when it happened. there were 160 passengers and six crew members on board. no one was hurt. it looks like it lost some of its landing gear. >>> a live look at sfo where boeing and united airlines want to know why a wheel fell off one of their planes headed to japan. >> there is a tire going down the runway. >> it happened just after the flight took off around 11:20 yesterday morning. c

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up a 5:00. >>> the cbs evening news is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. i will see you at >> these brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated. >> norah: tonight, crime in america. new york's governor deploys national guard troops to patrol the country's largest mass transit system

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> and looking live at the coliseum right now. the a's will host the giants in a spring training matchup tonight. first pitch is at 6:40. across the bridge at oracle park tomorrow night, world series champion and two-time all star, plays in what could be one of his final games in a giants uniform. >>> and march madness will continue in the stanford women that are moving on to the sweet 16. stanford and iowa state will battle it out at maples pavilion. when people are calling it an overtime classic yesterday. kiki iriafen finished with a career high 41 points. here is what they had to say after the game. >> whoa. what a great game. kiki, my hats off to you. you're an absolute warrior. we have our own 40-point scorer. that was an awesome, awesome performance. >> and i started off the game hot and in that second half, i remembered where we were last year and that this whole season, we've had that loss last year in the back of my mind. didn't want that to happen two years in a row. >> and stanford will face

i'm ryan yamamoto in for elizabeth cook. we know harvey milk is one of the bay area's best-known civil and gay rights leaders. the navy ship just arrived for an historic visit and over the next half hour, we will check in with our group live on the water for more on the ship itself which is now crossing underneath the bay bridge. the significance of this trip to the bay but first, let's get a look at today's news headlines. >>> tonight could be the a's final home opener in oakland. they will take on the cleveland guardians inside the coliseum but most of the fans could be outside in the parking lot, staging a boycott. many fans hoping that by not buying tickets for the game, they will send a message to a's owner john fischer that they want the team to stay in oakland rather than moving to las vegas. the fan group save oakland sports is behind the tailgate party. organizers are planning not to go to any games at all this season. they are calling foul on a move by the a's to keep the lot closed until just two hours before the

i'm ryan yamamoto in for elizabeth cook. a bay area doctor arrived back home from his medical mission in gaza. we have been following his emotional journey from the very beginning. anne makovec is here with his return and today is other news headlines. >> dr. mohammad subeh is a palestinian american who works as an american doctor on the peninsula. he journeyed to the gaza strip this february to offer much needed medical help and he just returned to his wife and kids in an emotionally embrace less than 30 minutes ago. you can see it here. dr. subeh was separated from them for five weeks, treating shrapnel in gunshot wounds as the war raged on and now he has made it home safe. israel continues to bombard the fight in the wake of the hamas attack, dozens of hospitals have been reduced to rubble. he described what he saw there. it was terrific and hard to hear but he says that is the reality. >> you have the sounds of screaming babies, screaming mothers over their dead babies' bodies every day. kids with their brain blown out.

good evening, i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we have seen a number of high-profile incidents over the last few years. state lawmakers are discussing a package of bills, aimed at stopping organized retail theft. the measures include increased penalties and a requirement for online retailers to have records to prove their goods are legal. john ramos spoke to authorities about a recent bust in the east bay that shows just how sophisticated some of these operations have gotten. >> reporter: police tracked down the stolen merchandise inside a home in oakland. they're not revealing the location of the home, but alameda police chief says the stolen merchandise was arranged as if it was on display for shoppers. >> much of the loss item still had their tags on it. they were on hangers. the operation, when i say it was similar to any other retail store, there were specific locations at this resident where certain items were being stored. >> reporter: aside from $10,000 in cash and several vehicles, officers recovered eight truckloads of s

. >> and i'm ryan yamamoto. recently bought fruits and vegetables at the store, chances are it was picked by the farmworkers in the united states. >> that could change with new technology in agriculture including robots and ai. >> later this summer, the biden administration is expected to seek financial help for people displaced by a i and all kinds of jobs. >> for now, it is the robotic wild west. that is where we find dave malkoff. >> reporter: this is the world agriculture expo in california . >> we live in the future. there's drones and flame throwers and sprayers and spreaders. >> reporter: this is like captain picard's vineyard. >> exactly. >> reporter: star trek imagined this is what farming would look like in the dawn of the 25th century, but the future has come faster than imagined. >> this is a laser weeder. we kill weeds with lasers. >> how did this happen before you had a laser weeder? >> you had to have people out there with handtools brain chemicals. >> reporter: now, artificial intelligence recogn

she dealt with the trauma through performance and art but as ryan yamamoto reports, the healing begansed the tragedy to help change a nearly 50-year-old california law that now gives victims of medical negligence a way to recoup losses from pain-and-suffering. >> everyone knows the tragedy of the dead. but let's talk about the tragedy of the living. >> reporter: how someone heals from trauma -- >> i felt scared. >> reporter: can come in many different forms. >> perhaps there was too much shame to how she die. >> reporter: for susan, she found answers as a performing artist with a one-woman play who most recently as an author with the release of her memoir, the manicurist daughter. >> seeking the truth was how i would avenge my mother's death. >> reporter: her mother, known by her american name jennifer, ahead on two mail salons. the vietnamese immigrant who had made a life for her family in the bay area. in 1996 while undergoing a tummy tuck and chin implant, she went into a, and later died of a botched plastic surgery. the doctor had been at the center of multiple complaints , having

. >> i'm ryan yamamoto. julie watts explains cbs is not just suing to get the video, but preventing them from writing law. >> reporter: we have been working with law enforcement to avoid this lawsuit. but one local agency is simply refusing to release its full video, which the public has a right to see. if we don't push back, their interpretation of the law could have a ripple effect across the state. >> and it is the binoculars. >> these days, 7-year-old sawyer is always on the lookout. >> i keep thinking about that guy. >> he has good reason. >> it was really scary. >> reporter: his mom decided to take the kids to this popular park last april during spring break. >> there were kids all over. kids at camp and kids without parents. >> little did they know a highway patrol special task force had already made what turned out to be a fatal decision to serve a planned high-risk search warrant to an armed felon at a public park without clearing the park or notifying local police. >> i just really don't understand

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself tonight at 5:00.ally here at 3:00, an american adventure seeker just set a new world record for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an all electric vehicle. 25-year-old lexi elford crossed the finish line in nice, france on tuesday in a ford electric explorer, earning a special certificate on the record sector organization. the florida native began her epic journey on september 8, traveling over 18,000 miles, through 27 countries and six continents before finishing where she started. elford says the trip did have its challenges including freezing conditions, power outages and a lack of charging infrastructure in some countries. >> i found everything from unique charging solutions like domestic charging, using household outlets, to solar panels, even to battery packs to try to get me to where i need to go. >> elford is known on social media as lexi limitless. >>> the cbs evening news is next here on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. have a great d

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> the cbs eveningews is next right here on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. i will see you at 5:00 . ♪ ♪ >> it's tremendously lucky that it didn't go over. >> norah: tonight, the daring rescue. >> we are willing to list a lot today save a lot. >> norah: a semitruck dangling off a bridge. however rescuers brought a driver to safety. >> saw these were serious hero steadier. they were able to get her back up here to safety. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts right now.

good evening, i'm ryan yamamoto. >> yo, what -- oh my gosh. >> eyewitness video shows that moment that cargo ship slammed into a bridge support, bringing the whole thing crashing down. there's another perspective of that disaster. you can see it was a direct hit on that pillar. and here's a live look from baltimore right now. the coast guard says it's unlikely any of those six missing people will be found alive, and their rescue mission has now turned into a recovery mission. reporter ryan hughes is in baltimore with more on the investigation and how something like this could have ever happened. >> reporter: ryan, the united states coast guard just announced the search for the six people missing has been suspended based on the length of time that they have been in the water and the water temperature. maryland's governor wes moore say he is had a chance to speak to some of the families impacted and his thoughts and prayers are with all of them. >> the whole bridge just fell down. >> reporter: video shows the moment a massive container ship struck support pillars of the critical overpass

i'm ryan yamamoto. >>> the county registrar announced a manual count to be put to vote and both sides are proclaiming this a victory. >> reporter: the head of the elections officer said they took a random sample of the signatures that were turned in, about 5%, but the result came back inconclusive. from the small sample they could not be sure there were enough valid signatures, so now they'll manually hand count all of the signatures. this east bay mother volunteered and collected signatures to recall district attorney pamela price. >> i'm okay with that delay for them to get it right. >> reporter: patricia harris is used to waiting. she said she's still waiting for justice over the killing of her son, jaron purvis who was working at apple and getting his master's degree at the time of his death. she said the man convicted was released after serving 2 1/2 years. >> had pamela price not come in, we would have gotten some form of justice. there would have been some form of justice served, but when you take away a gun enhancement, you take away ten years. >> reporter: harris and recall o

i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we will be here with you breaking down the big races and up to the minute results. polls are still open until 8:00 tonight. >> here is a live look inside san francisco city hall where volunteers have a long night ahead. that is where we find our jose martinez. >> reporter: it's been an active day hoar at city hall, where voters have been showing up to cast their ballots, hoping the selection could actually bring some positive news to the cities that battled against homelessness and drug addiction. he has been a voter in san francisco since 1968, when they moved from new york city. >> i'm ready to vote. i did it over the weekend. and i figured i would bring it in. >> reporter: just like many others, she got to city hall ready to cast her vote with some concerns in key issues in mind like homelessness and a drug epidemic. >> i'm a little nervous and i guess frustrated the way things are going in general. just seems like it's kind of hopeless on one side, and on the other side, if we don

. >> and i'm ryan yamamoto. >>> in the last several hours those protesters announced they reached an agreement that will allow them to avoid jail time. our wilson walker was in court today and joins us with the details. >> reporter: well, the case of the bay bridge 78 is effectively resolved for now pending some further developments. we'll get to those in a minute. this came out in the last couple hours. we just heard from the district attorney's office in the last 20 minutes. i'll give you their take in a moment, but first, yeah, for the protesters, they are calling this a full victory. the bay bridge 78 walked out of the courtroom to the cheering crowd that had packed the hallway to support them, the outcome in the words of one organizer, a complete vindication and victory. >> essentially the judge dismissed our case as of may 15th with a diversion offer of five hours community service and a little under 4,500 in restitution. i think that the d.a.'s retaliatory charges were an attempt to put a chill on globalization. >> reporter: as for some kind of precedent, we have seen incident

. >> i'm ryan yamamoto. >>> car thieves figured out a way to start camaros using key cloning devices. now some cities in california are seeing an uptick in thefts. as max darrow reports, police are warning people who own camaros to take extra steps to protect their cars. >> reporter: san francisco pd and los angeles pd both report an uptick in camaro thefts. a consumer watchdog says individuals should take extra steps to protect themselves and that action is needed higher up to make sure consumers are better protected. chevy camaros high on car thieves' radars right now in northern and southern california. here's a look at sfpd's numbers, 21 camaro thefts reported in 2022, 46 in 2023, and through the first 2 1/2 months this year 15 camaro thefts. in los angeles the problem is even more prevalent. around this time last year lapd reported seven camaros stolen. this year 90 so far. lapd sergeant arnold castellanos tells our team police often find many of these stolen camaros at illegal street takeovers or the thieves try and resell the camaros. >> quite often find them where they're actu

i'm ryan yamamoto. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. >>> look at the scene from our chopper. you see the water just shooting high into the air. it took quite some time to get that water finally turned off. here's some perspective from the ground. you can hear just the sound and the power of all that water. >> this all happened today in the 1700 block of wawona street. our jose martinez is live with the incredible images and concerns moving forward. hey, jose. >> reporter: not only that, but it's been an intense day for everybody here in parkside in san francisco. look where i am now. this area has been closed since this morning when those firefighters and utility crews responded to a water main break. it's not the usual view andrew trinh is used to seeing every morning outside his house, a gusher of water shooting at least 60 feet into the sky. >> initially i walk out to my side yard and i heard a crack and then a boom, loud noise. i think it was between 9:35 to 9:40, my estimate. >> reporter: when you heard the crack and you heard the -- >> and i saw the water started shooti

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up a 5:00. >>> the cbs evening news is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. i will see you at >> these brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated. >> norah: tonight, crime in america. new york's governor deploys national guard troops to patrol the country's largest mass transit system submitted an uptick in violent crime. >> because i don't think that makes people safe. >> sometimes i'd rather take the bus because it's -- it's not safe. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night, and we do want to begin tonight with a rising crime rate in new york on america's largest subway system. with millions of commuters and tourists writing every day. well, now, next ordinary new approach by the governor there to bring down crime in the big apple. the democratic governor announcing a major crackdown, hundreds of national guard will begin tonight patrolling subway platforms

. >> i'm ryan yamamoto. >>> despite the treacherous conditions, not everyone is heeding warnings to stay off the roads. we'll have much more on that in a moment. >>> but first let's head to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking some nasty weather moving into the bay area. we can hear it hitting the roof of our studio, paul. >> yes. heavy downpours, a lightning strike over the bay bridge in the last 15 minutes or so. the statewide impact has been directed at the sierra. this is the live view from the central sierra snow lab's cameras looking every direction and seeing the snow piling up. they continue to be under a blizzard warning through 10:00 a.m. sunday. the most intense snowfall is going to happen this evening, overnight into the first half the saturday. wind gusts over 100 miles an hour, the strongest gusts recorded so far in the sierra, one of the peaks above palisades tahoe, 167 miles an hour. that is unbelievable. we are under a wind advisory through 10:00 a.m. saturday. we've had numerous gusts in the 30 to 40-mile-an-hour range and even 40 to 50-mile-an-hour gust

that story and much more with ryan yamamoto and myself coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> the cbs evening news is next right here on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. i will see you at 5:00 . ♪ ♪ >> it's tremendously lucky that it didn't go over. >> norah: tonight, the daring rescue. >> we are willing to list a lot today save a lot. >> norah: a semitruck dangling off a bridge. however rescuers brought a driver to safety. >> saw these were serious hero steadier. they were able to get her back up here to safety. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts right now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we have several major stories that we are following tonight, including that massive blizzard out west, plus president biden's big announcement before gaza as hundreds of thousands are under threat of starvation. but we begin tonight with new developments in that terrifying accident and dramatic rescue in louisville when a semitruck was left dangling off a bridge. nearly 100 feet over the ohio river. the female driver miracul

here is ryan yamamoto. >> reporter: you can feel the tension coming from gail as she watches the cast it to life on stage. >> this is the really stressful time because we are so crunched of time. >> it is a journey that began five years ago. when gail along with her friend, wrote a children's book. telling the story of filipino immigrants who arrived in america only to find themselves working in the central valley fields as laborers. >> larry wasn't sure if he would ever become a lawyer but he could still help people get justice. >> reporter: larry organized the filipino farmworkers starting the 1955 villano grape strike and joining forces with cesar chavez, cofounding the united farmworkers. >> i think this is a story for anybody who is an american, just like the boston tea party, it is absolutely essential to america's identity. this story, filipino americans in labor history should also be central to who the united states is and what american schools teach. >> reporter: now, this story will go for a theater production on stage called larry, the musical. the show will debut in the m

ryan yamamoto introduces us to one business owner who was a victim of a crime and is especially interested in the outcome. >> move it over 25 years. >> reporter: for a quarter century -- >> almost 26 years. >> reporter: -- he's surrounded himself with diamonds, gold, and all things precious. >> i love the jewelry business. >> reporter: but almost two years ago, that love was put to the test. >> as soon as they walked in, they bear sprayed me in the face and then one held the door open, another eight, ten guys came and start breaking my cases. >> reporter: his santa clara store was hit by an organized smash-and-grab. he lost thousands of dollars in merchandise. >> you know, life has to go on. >> reporter: with the fate of law enforcement on the ballot in santa clara, he's closely watching measure b, because as a victim of crime, safety is a top priority. >> if my customers don't feel comfortable coming inside the store to shop, if they're afraid that inside the store somebody's going to attack them or something like that is going to happen, of course, it's going to reflect on our business.