. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey, on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i am sara doncheyjust when we thought we had made it to spring, we were already planning out our summer, darren is a here to put a damper on your weekend, the timing once again, darren is not great for people web plans outdoors. >>> the weekend is the reason why we went into first alert status. we had widespread rain but tomorrow, the character of the rain is going to be different, we will have more isolated on and off again showers with the occasional thunderstorm mixed in. just take a look at what is going on right now. you can see the back line, that is the cold front and, so we still have a couple more hours to go on this, it doesn't clear until midnight but watch what happens on the future cast, the last of the showers will edge out of the south bay by the time we get into the early hours on sunday, and then there's a break, there was a window of time while people are sleeping where it doesn't rain but if you skip ahead and use the long-range model, right about sunrise, showers will start to come

. >> watch the late news with sara donchey. >> it is done she. rhymes with donkey. not that hard.et him up but i never know what he will do. >> the late news with sara donchey and the late show with stephen colbert. weeknights at 11:00. >>> download the cbs news app and watch kpix news for free. anytime, anywhere. get breaking news 24/7, as it happens. no sign up, no subscription required. get up to date forecast on a virtual weather center. >> it is amazing . >> download the app and click on live and choose cbs news bay area. the power of kpix news, now available on the new cbs news app . download it today. >>> i pick my bracket strategically based on statistics. >> i divide everything by the multiple of 68. >> picking a winner is random. >> you need a little block. >> there has to be some random element. like blindly throwing darts. >> i love how unpredictable it is every year. >> yes. >> pick your brackets with a game day selection show. today at 4:00 on kpix. >>> i feel things when people talk about their struggles, about their problems, especially families. i have a kid. when

i'm sara donchey. it's been so nice outside this week. sun and warmth, and darren had to come in here and give us the news. man, i want to shake you, but i know i'll be dismissed from the premises. >> there's a safe room to take out your aggression on the meteorologists. but we had nine days where we didn't get rained on. >> and finally when we start to see the weekend coming rain. >> that's the downer. the timing is it's weekend rain, it starts tomorrow. let's show you what's coming our way. looking at live first alert doppler, there's one thing i want you to see off the coast. watch that spark of lightning effect. i'll go back and stop it right there. that was right about 10:00 tonight. the only reason we're looking at that is because it's proof that this system has the ability to produce lightning and thunder already. when we fill in the rest of the story, you can see where the rest of the storm is. that's arriving late tomorrow morning and will march across the rest of the bay tomorrow afternoon and evening tomorrow. you can see the a

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara donchey. we do not want to see things flying out of the sky over an airport runway for any reason at any time. certainly not a vital piece of the landing gear of a plane. but that is what went tumbling out of the sky over sfo today. and it made a crash landing in a very interesting place. >> yes, there's a tire going down the runway. >> we had to close the runway because somebody lost a tire. >> just after united flight 35 took off around 11:30 this morning, a camera captured the moment the wheel fell off. they were headed to japan with 149 passengers and crew, but of course they couldn't continue. it was rerouted to los angeles and managed to land safely at lax. back at sfo they had to deal with some collateral damage because the tire fell straight from the sky onto a car in the employee parking lot. >> you say the wheel fell off where? >> from a plane and lands here. >> what the? >> i mean, i was so lucky, man. yeah, just two cars away. i'm almost the one. >> that was william counting his b

sara donchey here in our virtual set with more on that, sara? >> i don't think anyone was expecting anything else for the most part, so let's go ahead and pull up the numbers. a clean sweep for joe biden tonight. he won the democratic contest in 15 states. there was one sign of worry for biden tonight in minnesota where he lost 20% of the vote to an uncommitted campaign over his israel policy, a major sticking point far lot of voter who is say they may not support him because of that. president biden is the projected win over the california democratic primary after sweeping every single county in the state. a commanding victory here. in the republican primary, so far donald trump has dominated in 12 states, but the results are up in the air for utah and alaska. a big question now, where does all of this leave nikki haley? she scored a surprise upset against trump by taking vermont, but so far that was her only win today. she had promised to stay in the race until super tuesday. no word yet on her future plans. perhaps we will be hearing somethin

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara doncheyotesting is a long time part of bay area culture and history. we've seen a lot of it lately this year especially, including criticism about how people go about it. dozens of pro-palestinian protesters were arrested last november for blocking the deck of the upper bay bridge for hours. that protest didn't just keep people from work, but delayed life saving operations as organs for transplant were caught in the grid lock. but when the da announced charges against the protesters, reactions that the decision was split. but today the 78 people facing a possible trial scored a major legal victory instead. wilson walker reports. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the bay bridge 78 walked out to the cheering crowd that packed the hallway to support. 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 tha

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara donchey. the night of march 4th was a bloody and frankly disturbing one near santa rosa. as we reported, 53-year-old jose luis cevantes died after a shoot out with police. it was so frenzied, it was hard to keep up with even after the department released video of it shot from multiple angles on multiple body worn cameras. even though some of the video is censored for content, it may be difficult to watch. >> reporter: what was probably one of the most chaotic shoot outs imaginable started with a couple of midnight calls to 911 from a night club in southwest santa rosa. >> yes, we have a guy come pulling in here and he's got like a rifle or something. >> reporter: ominous, yes, but it wasn't until just after the first deputy arrived that the chaos would begin. almost as soon as he did, the suspect started shooting at his car. >> got one subject in the car moving around a lot shots fired. shots fired. >> reporter: and almost as soon as more help arrived, it was a full on shoot out. most of it c

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey, on cbs news bay area. >>> hi, i am sara donchey pretty nice we begin with a truly bizarre sequence of events that not only scared a lot of people, it left some wondering how did we get here? so it began with a man who should not have been there, but turned up at a south bay school, and ended with police and firefighters walk into what can only be described as a -trap ready to explode. police say 46-year-old software engineer marcus beck was caught last week looking around in elementary school. theodore down. two days later police arrested him for a dui crash nearby and say they found multiple loaded guns in his bmw including an ar 15, the filed a gun violence restraining order. when they showed up to serve it they say officers were overwhelmed by the smell of gas spewing from earners. on the kitchen stove. the chimney and the fireplace were plugged up and strangely there were cell phones strewn around the house. the d.a. thinks maybe to try to remotely ignite a fire. the neighborhood was evacuated and the elementary school was put

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i'm sara donchey. nobody should be afraid for their life while they're out far walk, but last july an older woman who was out far walk was suddenly found bleeding on the ground in the bayview. she died two days later. now, san francisco police thought it was an accident. community activist, though, called it a violent attack. tonight eight months later, police say they're taking a second look at the possibility she may have been killed. kelsi thorud's here now. so kelsi, why are the cops revisiting this now? >> yeah, sara, so the cops say they have new evidence that gives them reason to look at this whole thing differently. and they're under some pressure from a local group who wants them to lay everything out on the table. now, police say they have video of the moments before that 63-year-old asian woman ended up on the ground. they even talked to a person of interest but decided that whatever happened to her was just an accident. that's where community activist groups, the asian justice movement, co

. >>> from kpix, this is the laid news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara donchey. depending on whether you were on this bus or not, it was either in the wrong place at the right time or the right place to stop an out of control car that had already crashed once. 16 people were hurt, and people who live near this oakland intersection tell our andrea nakano the street where it happened may have been part of the problem. >> reporter: this is the ac transit bus that was involved in the crash, and it wasn't even directly involved in the crash. the collision happened a little bit up the road, and one of the cars violently flew into the front of that bus. daniel saw the crash and aftermath that happened at the peak of commute hours just after 5:00. he helped us translate what he witnessed. >> the car was right there. the people pulled out the guy, and he was just, they left him on the floor because, i don't know. and it looked like his leg was like, swollen. >> reporter: he says he saw at least one of the cars going roughly 100 miles per hour. according to the spokespers

>>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara donchey. oakland businesses large and small have told us that crime is making business as usual truly impossible. so in the past few months, a starbucks and a denny's near the coliseum shut down. in-n-out is closing its popular restaurant there, and raising canes had to close their dining room. the businesses all point pointed to crime at their explanation. now a taco bell franchise is closing the dining rooms in four oakland restaurants. our john ramos went to the store where owners say after four robberies, they've had enough. >> reporter: plywood still covers the window from three weeks ago when robbers used a pickup truck and cable to steal a safe from the taco bell at 35th and mcarthur. of the four robberies the store has endured in as many months, two occurred when the restaurant was open for business. kimberly works at the metro wireless store across the street. >> they just pull up out of nowhere. it's not like they're robbing the store, they rob everybody in there as well. it's not a

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> hello, i'm sara donchey. >> and i'm paul heggen. we're tracking the storm bringing rain and windy conditions to the bay area and flat out blizzard conditions to the sierra. >> yes, this is truckee tonight. the storm has really ramped up in the past couple of hours. it really is only getting started. obviously snow on the ground. >> right. >> freezing cold. >> and it's just going to intensify tomorrow. the heaviest snow will actually fall 24 hours from now, and it will just be adding up between now and then. >> this is clear why everyone is told to stay off the roads. that should be no surprise to anyone. >> right, and if you see this and think oh, it looks like the start of a great ski weekend! no, no, no! near whiteout conditions at kirkwood today. already reports of 145 miles per hour gusts at the top. >> i don't think that's conducive to carving down the hill. >> no, stop the lifts early. other resorts are doing the same. sierra tahoe has already said they'll be closed tomorrow. so let's talk about what's

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i'm sara donchey do want to start off with that breaking news. a quick update for you, i-80 has just rehoped in richmond after being shut down for over an hour because of a possible freeway shooting that sent one person to the hospital. the chp told us a man walked into the hospital around 8:45 tonight and said he was shot while driving. officers had to close westbound 80 at mcbryde to look for casings. it caused quite a backup. richmond police have been checking surface streets too. so far no details on a potential suspect or about exactly what happened. >>> about 30 minutes away in pleasant hill, a murder suspect has been on the run for nearly 2 hours now. kelsi thorud reports within seconds of the killer pulling up at a normally quiet condo complex one man had been fatally shot and another was fighting for his life. >> reporter: people we spoke with here at this apartment complex told us this is the first time they have seen such violent crime in this area. and they say it all just happened in a ma

. >>> from kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i'm sara donchey. uc berkeley is no stranger to protests and demonstrations. in fact, they've been part of campus culture for decades. but a group of israeli students says one demonstration got scary fast when protesters broke down the door of their oncampus event. our itay hod spoke with a student who was forced underground to escape. >> i saw a girl get grabbed by the neck and shoved. i saw my friend get spat at. and i saw just how much anger and hatred they had towards us at this moment. >> reporter: for about half an hour last week, sharon, a 19-year-old berkeley student, says she feared for her life. >> i couldn't understand, like, where this loud noise was coming from, and it's just them going like, like this with all of their strength, all their might to the point that they shattered the glass completely. >> reporter: on february 26th, hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters broke down the door of uc berkeley's play house, where an israeli speaker was set to address jewish students. the demonstr

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >>> i'm sara donchey. so you could make the argument that oakland a's fans are some of the most loyal and hard core in all of baseball. just not to the people who run the team. and they made that loud and clear when they showed up in force on opening day, but stopped short of walking into the ball park. today was the a's smallest opening day crowd ever in a non-covid year. the party was outside the park, but this wasn't just a party. andrea nakano tells us it's a protest meant to send a message straight to the top. >> reporter: i've covered think share of opening days, but none of them has been like this one. there's the excitement of a new baseball season, but many fans captain can't shake the feeling of sadness that an era might be over in oakland. it's a feeling that's somewhat hard to describe. >> it's a lot weird. it's like weirder than weird. >> i am a die hard raiders fan, so i've been here before. and it really breaks my heart. >> reporter: alexandria and melissa are sisters that have been coming t

, i'm sara donchey.ight we begin with a story of loss so incredibly painful it seems to have touched the hearts of anyone who's even heard about it. a violent crash in san francisco's west portal killed nearly an entire young family, a mom, a dad, and a little boy who would have turned 2 in august all died after a speeding driver slammed into bus stop saturday morning. the family's 2-month-old baby was very badly hurt and is fighting for their life in the hospital this. happened right outside of west portal station, and several people said they'd seen the family thrown in the air after the impact. some said they were so disturbed by what they saw they couldn't sleep that night. >> i am just like unable to move forward and i need to have closure with what i saw. i can't really unsee the carnage that happened here. i was just standing here, and i just couldn't believe what i'd seen outside my own house. i'm a therapist, you know, a mental health therapist, so i like deal with other people's traumas all the

. >>> from kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i'm sara donchey. by now you have seen this video on your phone, on tv all day probably and no matter how many times you see it, it doesn't seem to get any less shocking. it shows baltimore's francis scott key bridge crumbling into the river below, taking with it everything and everyone on it. it happened after a cargo ship lost power and rammed into a support column. tonight this is the closest look we've seen yet of the aftermath here. part of the bridge is laying on top of the dolly. there's a heap of shredded metal. this was ground zero for a desperate search for six construction workers who were on that bridge when it went down and who all disappeared into the water. tonight the u.s. coast guard had some upsetting news. >> based on the length of time that we've gone in this search, the extensive search efforts that we put into it, the water temperature that at this point we do not believe that we're going to find any of these individuals still alive. >> fbi divers with robotic cameras were in the

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey, on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i am sara doncheyt to spring, we were already planning out our summer, darren is a here to put a damper on your weekend, the timing once again, darren is not great for people web plans outdoors. >>> the weekend is the reason why we went into first alert status. we had widespread rain but tomorrow, the character of the rain is going to be different, we will have more isolated on and off again showers with the occasional thunderstorm mixed in. just take a look at what is going on right now. you can see the back line, that is the cold front and, so we still have a couple more hours to go on this, it doesn't clear until midnight but watch what happens on the future cast, the last of the showers will edge out of the south bay by the time we get into the early hours on sunday, and then there's a break, there was a window of time while people are sleeping where it doesn't rain but if you skip ahead and use the long-range model, right about sunrise, showers will start to come back. on-again off-again, 8 to the

juliet goodrich, devin fehely and sara donchey will be following all of it from 7:00 until 10:00 on pix+ and streaming online with another 90 minutes of coverage right here on kpix starting at 10:00. >>> throughout the bay area today we are talking about upper 50s and lower 60s for the daytime highs with cloudy conditions and a light chance of showers in the forecast. all the way down into the santa clara valley , we are sitting in the mid 60s and we will see a warm up throughout the rest of this week. we have unsettled weather today and tomorrow, meaning there is a light chance of showers anywhere in the bay area. luckily as we head into the evening hours tonight we will see a dry break as we gear up for light showers in the south bay tomorrow. i want to show you that on future cast let's look at what is going on right behind me. here are the light speckles of showers building in from offshore today with the cloudy skies. we will get wind gusts up to 15 to 20 miles per hour as the storm cell mostly stays offshore until tomorrow. this is an area of low pressure and it works in a counter

. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> good evening. i'm juliette goodrich in for sara tonight. >>> it's something that a lot of us do, sit in our cars in a driveway or parking lot, we might be on our phones or waiting for someone, but tonight oakland police say that is exactly what smash and grab thieves are hoping you'll do. our andrea nakano spoke with one woman with who says just weeks after her car was stolen a thief followed her all the way to her driveway in her replacement ride. oakland police say they have seen an increase in smash and grabs, specifically targeting parked cars with a driver still inside. one oakland woman we talked to says the thieves were quick and precise with how they carried out their crimes. aria has lived in the highland park neighborhood all her life. she's always felt safe until she became a victim of a car theft and smash and grab all within a month. she wanted to talk to us about how the robbery unfolded. she said the thieves spotted her on east 14th street and followed her home. >> they slammed their

max darrow and sara donchey are tied for first. you can barely see it. i ♪ ♪ >> tonight major legal developments for donald trump, a new york appeals court throws the former president of a lifeline, reducing his bond by nearly $300 million. >> we

devin fehely, sara donchey, and i will be following it all from 7:00 to 10:00 on pix+ and streaming online. we've got another 90 minutes of coverage right here on kpix. that starts at 10:00. >>> all right, still more news to cover. still ahead, a safeway worker fired after trying to stop a theft. well she fought back. now a judge has weighed in on the controversial store policy. >> i've been in practice for 54 years, and this is the cruelest case i've ever seen involving an employee. >>> and then the special party in the east bay for a world war ii veteran turning 104 years old. >>> and we've got another chance of showers, yep, i said it. then a change you might like. paul is tracking the wet and dry days is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with our 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? - your data, too. there's even round-the-clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. with comcast business, reliability isn't just possi

juliette goodrich, devin fehely, and sara donchey will be following all of it from 7:00 to 10:00 on pix+ 44 cable 12 and streaming online with at 909 minutes of coverage right here on kpix that starts at 10:00. reed? >>> 6:10 in the morning. the push to oust controversial alameda county da pamela price is now a shove. now there's a clock ticking to certify signatures calling for her ouster and of course there's pushback from her camp. >>> and later, it's lottery fever. the mega millions is back tonight and your chance to retire early. well, maybe. "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porter's housing plan has "bipartisan-friendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down." and the chronicle praises "her ideas to end soft corruption in politics." let's shake up the senate. with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. with nurtec

. >>> from kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> good evening. llo. i'm juliette goodrich in for sara tonight. >>> not the most ideal conditions for the easter bunny, but we're kicking off the holiday weekend doing it right with some rain and wind. meteorologist darren peck is here to answer all the questions you probably have heading toward easter sunday. it's all on you to tell us. >> easter sunday is the best part of this forecast. >> okay. >> this storm will be done by then. >> good. >> in fact, the storm is winding down. we've still got an issue tonight. let's start out with the here and now. there's still plenty of showers off the coast and they're still getting pulled onshore, particularly through marin, the city and as we look down the peninsula, looking at first alert doppler, our crop of showers. every once in a while one of these comes together with a little more intensity than the others around it and you get a brief little downpour. there's still potential for an isolated thunderstorm. we haven't seen a lot of that tonight. that's at

devin fehely, sara donchey, and i will be following it all evening from 7:00 to 10:00 on pix+ and streaming online. we've got another 90 minutes of full coverage right here on kpix 5 starting at 10:00. so we've got a jam packed night right here from our virtual studio in store. i'm going to send it back to you because we've got to start getting ready for the newscast. >> you've got to start repairing. thanks. >>> up next, scott peterson winning a major victory in his effort to have his case re-examined, two years after he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child. >>> and the a's taking another step towards leaving oakland. a look at their newly released plans from las vegas. >>> just keep busy. i'm busy now. >> and we will introduce you to a bay area world war ii veteran, celebrating his 104th birthday today. >>> a few showers across the bay area today including this one making their way through the santa clara valley right now. very light rainfall, but just another damp day. is there light at the end of the tunnel? we have the answer coming up in take that up a little bit higher.

. >> we will get a look at sara donchey's therapist. >> as the young person amongst us, what you do something like that? >> it's not my style but maybe i'm playing pickup basketball and you happen to be a cute girl next to the court , you know? >> all right, let's try it again. >> let's get out of here. >> hr is going to call us tomorrow. all right, have a >> in deciding to take up the issue of presidential immunity, the supreme court has effectively delayed the most far-reaching criminal case against donald trump, raising the real possibility that the trial in that case could be pushed back to late summer or fall or possibly unter

. >>> hi, i'm sara donchey. so we have seen a few of them. picket lines can tend to look the same.'ve got the striking workers, the signs, the chance, and a lot of times the demands sound kind of similar too. higher wages. everybody wants that. more staffing. that kind of thing. but this strike today in daly city called out something different that sounds like the ultimate irony. 400 healthcare workers say their healthcare is so bad it is actually putting them at risk. they're demanding the hospital reverse recent changes to its healthcare plan. they say starting in january, they were given an impossible choice. bay $6,000 to keep seeing their regular doctors or accept a much more restricted plan that severely limits access to pediatric and ob/gyn care and only at a few select facilities. >> i've been trying to get an mri myself, and i have been unable to get authorization for that because they don't want to take their own workers here as patients. >> another worker tells our kelsi thorud the new plan is limiting coverage for her family. >> reporter: rochelle otua has worked here f

max darrow and sara donchey are tied for first. you can barely see it. i ♪ ♪ >> tonight major legal developments for donald trump, a new york appeals court throws the former president of a lifeline, reducing his bond by nearly $300 million. >> we appreciate and respect the division very much. >> norah: and the date is set for the first criminal trial of a former president. when code jury selection began? >> we did nothing wrong. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, i am norah o'donnell. thank you for being with us prayed we will get to the big legal decisions for former president donald trump in a minute. but we want to begin with some breaking news. the department of homeland security abraded multiple homes, the music mogul sean diddy combs this afternoon. u.s. officials tell cbs news that the raids in los angeles and miami beach are a possible ongoing sex trafficking investigation. the 54-year-old founder of bad boy records has been accused of sexual misconduct including rape and assaulted by several women sinc

taking a look at the leaderboard, max darrow and a sara donchey tied for first with a score of 102. at 84. and read, you have fallen from first, moved down with 74 points, not quite the bottom of the barrel, but how did it feel to have a day or two, to be the reigning champ? >> it's like, i'm an imposter, i'm so not deserving. it's comical. but i'm glad to see them at the top, we like them. >> sarah knows sports, and so does max, so i'm sure they took time to think about the bracket. i'm just assuming. >> i knew deflated position is well deserved. >>> bridge builders committed to holding -- helping children when we come back. >>> and parisian waiters are ge charged with style. the fully-electric audi q4 e-tron. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. charged with style. the fully-electric audi q4 e-tron. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. >>> from cbs news bay area, this is the morning edition. >>> 6:29 in the morning. good morning, everybody. we are your community station and so glad you tuned in. let's talk to darren peck about our forecast. it looks like

. >> hello, i'm sara donchey. so we have a team of reporters here in the bay area and across california keeping up with all of this. plus we are checking in with the cbs news election data desk as we get more insights on how california voters are feeling and how they're weighing in. >> well, let's get right to it. it's been an eventful night. one of the most expensive and closely watched races is the open u.s. senate seat in california. so that was held by the late senator dianne feinstein. so let's take a look at the numbers right now. the check marks on this graphic, they really tell the story tonight. so adam schiff, 36.4%, steve garvey at 29.4%. congressman adam schiff the former dodgers and steve garvey, the two headed far general election showdown. what's become interesting, though, is that the schiff campaign, when we were expecting to hear from adam schiff, we heard a lot more from some protesters. so let's get to katie. katie, what did you see? what did you hear? what went down? >> reporter: so, juliette,

our sara donchey is talking trash in tonight's project earth. >> reporter: it's lunchtime at glenwoodch bags and boxes -- >> cheese and tortilla roll. >> chicken noodle soup. >> half asian burrito. >> a cucumber and radish salad. >> some pistachio nuts. >> reporter: but before students head back to class, a trip to the recycling bins. these kids know what goes where thanks in part to the school's green team. >> the green team is a group of really dedicated kids who care about the environment and they're trying to help our whole school learn how to sort their waste. >> reporter: and there's a lot of waste, about 2 billion tons generated each year around the world. not only that, but 40% of all the food we bring home ends up in a landfill and that landfill mix is helping to fuel climate change by creating a potent greenhouse gas. >> it creates methane. methane is a greenhouse gas that can lead to pollution to our environment. >> reporter: 15% of greenhouse gases come from landfill if organic waste like food or soiled paper is not composted. it rots and produces methane and that's contri

our sara donchey reports in tonight's project earth. >> reporter: it's lunchtime at glenwood elementary in san rafael. tucked into the lunch bags and boxes -- >> cheese and tortilla roll. chicken noodle soup. half asian burrito. it's a cucumber and radish salad. >> reporter: a trip to the recycling bins. these kids know what goes where. that's thanks in part to the school's green team. >> the green team is a group of really dedicated kids who care about the environment and they're trying to help our whole school learn how to sort their waste. >> reporter: and there's a lot of waste. about 2 billion tons generated each year around the world. not only that, but 40% of all the food we bring home ends up in a landfill. the that landfill mix is helping to fuel climate change by creating a potent greenhouse gas. >> it creates methane. methane is a greenhouse gas that can lead to pollution to our environment. >> reporter: 15% of greenhouse gases come from landfill. if organic waste like food or soiled paper is not composted, it rots and produces methane. and that's contributing to more extreme