the planning. >> mary allen carol is executive director -- and joined the mayor and others to highlight and remodel a 911 center that they say is now ready for the future. >> we had to get ready for our next generation 911 technology, our new computer aided dispatch system that we will be getting over the next two years, and just in general make room for more advancement and technologies so that we can expand as we grow. >> the space upstairs is fantastic. it's modern, it's new, it's ergonomic furniture. got climate control. as comfortable, and there's lots of natural light. >> that includes a new training room, revamped -- and a supervisor work space reconfigured for better oversight. five more dispatcher workstations with room to grow as needed.

wilson is a dispatcher and union leader who says the renovated space is half the battle. the other half is finding the dispatchers that san francisco and nearly every other u.s. city desperately needs. >> the real issue is staffing. we have a staffing crisis and we need to update our systems. >> the city says the pushing to -- years ago. >> we are finally starting to see a turn in that crisis. so, for instance, we were unable to fill our academy classes, not even by 50% over the last two years. we are going to seat a class next month that will be almost full and then we have two more classes scheduled that we are very confident will be full. >> reporter: in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. happening right now in san francisco, singing for cecil, past and present choir members of the glide memorial church ensemble are honoring the late reverend williams. this is a live look now at the iconic church in tenderloin. this is a special tribute to honor the reverend who through the month of may, people are just starting to show up, gathering for a special

rehearsal. reverend williams died on monday at the age of 94. for more than six decades, he serve the community. not only is the cofounder of glide memorial but as a civil rights activist. as you might know, he's a community haven for people of all walks of life. on its website, clyde says a memorial for the reverend is now being planned. let's go ahead and take a live look right now from the usc campus, where protests are coming to a head over the war in gaza. again, a live look. our sister station in l.a., cameras on the ground, sky ranger, as you see here overhead, as lapd officers are moving in to break a protest on campus . you see a number of those protesters in a circle there. officers have issued a dispersal order, but processors are refusing to leave. you see them their linking arms. we already saw them clash with protesters earlier this afternoon over a campus camping ban. shortly after 5:00 this evening, officers gave two 10 minute warnings for people to disperse before officers

started moving in just after 5:30. protesters told our sister station that they are preparing and expecting to be arrested. the lapd just told us that they will arrest everyone who doesn't leave. you are not taking a live look at on the ground there. we of course will continue following this as it develops. let's go ahead and take you look back here now. protesters are camping out for a third night at uc berkeley and they say that they are not leaving until their demands are met. they are demanding uc berkeley ever all ties with israeli institutions, and divest financially from companies supporting israel. university officials say they are committed to free speech, but with finals approaching, they are also committed to making sure they are not impacted by the encampment. they also say demands for the university to divest are not up for discussion. this is happening on campuses all across the country. 20 people were arrested at the university of texas austin

campus after the group was told they have two minutes to disperse or face criminal charges. protesters have also -- were also arrested at columbia, yale, and nyu. tents -- intense and hectic day for abortion supporters and opponents. both rallied in front of the supreme court is the nine justices hear a case that could decide whether state bans on abortion violate federal laws that require aid be given in emergency rooms, even if that aid violates a band. at the same time today, here in california, governor newsom announced new plans to counter what he calls an extreme abortion ban in arizona. the governor is proposing legislation that would allow arizona medical professionals to perform abortions in california.

it comes as arizona debates whether to uphold a law that bans abortion with nearly no exception. an analyst at san jose states anything could still happen in arizona and expects california to go ahead with its plan even after arizona's legislature considers a new motion to repeal the ban. >> i think it still makes sense to make it easier for opted rations, for different kind of healthcare providers to get licensed in california. this might be true for arizona, with this law truly going away, but it is true that people from all over the united states are coming to california because they cannot access safe, legal care where they live. governor lou some -- newsom has repeatedly -- including measures to pay travel expenses for those fleeing states that have banned the procedure. and the big story tonight, what next for tiktok? is it really going to be banned in the united states? >> scott budman is here with the very latest. scott? >> reporter: well, audrey and raj, the house, senate, and the president have sold signed off

on it either being sold off from bytedance or being banned here. many users tell us they understand the concerns people have about the platform, but say losing it would hurt their business. >> yellow. these food prices? >> reporter: she is a tiktok content creator. she says if the platform goes away, it will likely affect her bottom line. >> is there money on the line here? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. there's money on the line in numerous ways. >> we don't walk away from our allies. >> but president biden forcing the chinese owner to sell or face a u.s. band starts the clock ticking towards the end of what she calls a boost to her career as a marketing professional. >> what's great about tiktok is you can put out your expertise in a way that just goes straight to the consumer and whoever your target audience is. >> reporter: 170 million

americans used tiktok, but the app is owned by a chinese company and that has u.s. politicians nervous about the data it collects , who that data goes to, and the messages it sends out. >> everyone seems to think in congress that this poses a threat to our national security. >> reporter: enough of a threat that some tiktok users are concerned. >> when i talk to some of my students, they actually share some of these same concerns that their peers are starting to believe conspiracy theories and information that is clearly false. >> reporter: for its part, tiktok is not going away without a fight. the company's ceo spoke today on the platform. >> rest for sure. we are not going anywhere. we are confident that we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. >> okay, scott. so he sounds pretty confident that the app will be sticking around. but how likely is it that it's actually going to survive this legislation.

>> it's interesting because the legislation comes down pretty hard, audrey. but they do have nine months to try to come up with a deal. either to fight this in court and say hey, it violates the first amendment rights or to try and come up with some sort of a money changing hands kind of deal where bytedance somehow spins off tiktok to an american owner, keeps perhaps enough shares so that it can get enriched if there's some sort of an ipl, there's a lot of money to be had. it's been very successful. the chinese government, how much of a role do they play? we don't know but bytedance does not want to give this up. america does not want people to stay and give their data to a chinese company. they, there's at least nine months to try to come up with some sort of a resolution. >> so many people are on tiktok. hundred and 70 million of them in the u.s. >> yeah. and other companies like snapchatted and instagram, google, youtube, they are all saying hey, we can get rich off of this and get a whole lot of

those tiktok users. but a lot of people, especially the content creators, they say they get with tiktok what they can't get from other companies. and they really wanted to stay. >> nine-month sense like a long time, but is it really? >> you can imagine the deals are already starting to be formulated now. >> sounds good. thank you scott. is something he will be following closely. follow him on twitter or x , his handle is @scottbudman. a split second decision --.to help, ended up pulling a burning man out of that building you are looking at there. this happened at 61st and mark luther king junior way around 10:30 this morning. the 20 security guard heading to meet up with one of our news crews spotted a fire in the

apartment building and decided to stop to help out. he found two men who had already escaped the flames trying to get back into the burning apartment to rescue another friend. one used a flashlight to direct a man to a window and then grabbed him. >> we were just screaming. like i can't see. i don't know where to go. i can't see. so i can't hear. he was banging the walls. my first instinct was to pull him out of the apartment. and when we went to the apartment -- and his close, i went to my car and -- >> reporter: all three men worked him to the hospital. two are still hospitalist tonight, including one man in critical condition. we are told the empty apartment was being renovated by the three men when that fire started. fire investigators are now trying to figure out what sparked that fire. also, people in the other three apartments have been displaced until power can be restored. we continue to follow our developing news. people across the country, this is a live look down in los angeles on the usc campus. protesters lining up against

authorities and law enforcement there. no word of any clashes yet, but it is a tense situation. we will continue to update this story from the usc campus when we return. >> and chief meteorologist. a

we are marking earth week here at nbc bay area, and the occasion to draw -- to the ways that we impact the planet and how we can improve that relationship. >> -- who spent her career fighting for the forest. >> reporter: these are magic places for all of us. i feel at peace, calm, inspired. there is a feeling that she gets when she --

>> i live in this park for 25 years and so i know it like the back of my hand. every tree, every trail. every smell. >> her love of the force and the natural world is not just a passion, it's a calling. for more than three decades, she has waged legal battles on behalf of forest just like this . >> you know, when i was young, i saw the destruction of the natural world happening all around me, especially in the ocean. i decided i was going to dedicate my career to do some thing about it. >> reporter: when she graduated from law school in the 90s, she went right to work. one of her first projects was helping to convert the presidio from an army base to a park. >> part of the reason why i have such a affinity for this world. it started out as a clean water -- under the clean water act to save san francisco bay and clean it up. she helped pass prop 12, which

helped improve conditions for farm animals but early in her career, and she battle to protect forests from logging in humboldt county, frustration setting, causing her to take a break from law. >> in fact, i left the environmental field for whole stretch of years because it was hard to feel outstanding. but -- which began taking the fight for nature beyond the u.s. >> we actually go around the world trying to change the law or reimagine the law to protect nature, to give nature a voice. >> reporter: the group utilize the cutting-edge legal strategy to protect forests called the rights of nature. >> rights of nature is giving them a formal little voice in the legal system, where they have a personhood, they have a day in court, they have a voice . the very first country to put

rights of nature in the constitution was ecuador in 2008. that was followed by bolivia. that was followed by panama. >> reporter: recently, lahren's fight has been closer to home. the earth law center helped lead the charge to tear out dams on the l wall river in the state of washington. >> you saw them returning to the streams, it was so inspiring. >> reporter: but her group then sued the state to stop them from selling adjoining land to timber companies who plan to log it. when the judge allowed the sale to continue, lahren created the documentary film to raise awareness of the issue. >> on our last day of filming, on day 10, the state decided to revoke the timber sale, and so it's a big win. there's so many reasons to fight for a forest. there's biodiversity, there's the carbon to draw down, but there's also intrinsic value to me for them to exist. >> here in the presidio is where lahren recharges her

batteries. >> i sit in front of that cemetery all the time. i was think, you know, everything in nature is either being born or dying. >> reporter: but through her career, she has chosen to battle for the living. >> oh my god, look at this flower! >> reporter: giving a voice to the nature she believes is worth fighting for. joe risotto junior, nbc bay area news. a nothing on the breaking news we have been following through the evening and actually throughout the day, this is on the usc campus down in los angeles. protesters are now clashing with police officers. we did see them start to throw water bottles and other objects at police officers. this is a live look in l.a. officers have given multiple protesters -- but it looks like they might start to be disbursing. the protesters told a reporter down there with the sister

station in l.a. that they are prepared and expecting to be arrested. you see that large group there from the nbc chopper? this is just one of the many protest happening across the country at various college campuses. a lot of tent cities at uc berkeley and at columbia university and at nyu, but this is the scene in los angeles. we have just understood now that officers have told everyone in the area that they will start marching in and making arrests because those people are refusing to disperse. this is going to unfold, we presume, throughout the next hour and throughout perhaps the evening and this is happening at so many campuses across the country. we will continue to follow this breaking news. let's go and take you outside now. we are taking a live look at san francisco this evening and jeff, it's cold today. we are expecting , i guess it's

windy. >> it is. about 50 miles per hour and along with that, the chance of may be some showers coming back into the mix, as well. let me roll into that microclimate forecast tonight and we are going to begin with a satellite radar picture and we are basically sandwiched in between two different systems that we have one off towards the south that brought the class today in the cooler temperatures, and then another one that's knocking on the doorstep here, just off to the north and that is why i think at this point, we will hang onto the clouds here as we had through tomorrow morning with a chance of some spotty drizzle through the coastline. will be another day where we had to the afternoon and the cloud cover is just not wanting to clear out. so we will see some breaks of sun through the afternoon but overall, still expect those high clouds to be streaming across. morning temperatures will begin like this back down to 53 of the peninsula, south bay at 52 and we will continue with that trend over the east bay, san francisco and the north bay. a light jacket to start. then as we head into the day,

plenty of 60s, 64 in cupertino, 67 in morgan hill. let's move it over to the east bay. 69 in antioch, 65 here in fremont. down towards palo alto, 65. san francisco, up towards the north bay, 67 in santa rosa. now rain chances, i do think we will see a few of those spotty shower chances coming in by friday from this storm. it continues to look like it's going to develop over the land. we are not thinking high rain totals. trace amounts, maybe a quarter into the higher elevation, but it's the wind. that's what i think everyone will start to get impacted by. tomorrow, it's more breezy. 15 to about 30 miles per hour but as we head into friday's

forecast, i think we will see a quick burst of winter the afternoon and early evening and could get up it

here's something we don't see every day. horses running wild. this is in london. five military forces spooked by a noise from a building site bolted through the city. look at that. several vehicles, including a tour bus were damaged.

all five horses they are okay. they've been returned to the barracks in hyde park and they are being looked at by vets. >> glad they are okay. >> it was once considered one of the finest hours. the david he was building in the mid-market neighborhood is making headlines after being sold for a bargain basement price. the 15 story office building on the corner of market and fifth street just sold for -- than what it was last sold for in 2016. that's right. the building was valued at $62 million just sold for $6.5 million. used to be the headquarters for burning man and before the pandemic, it was usable working space for we work. but it's been -- and the former owner defaulted on the loan last year. the building is just across the street from tenderloin neighborhood and the city has been struggling to make it safer. for commercial real estate experts, the bargain price of the building and others downtown they also represent a sign of a turnaround for the

city. >> i think we've reached the bottom, as it relates to office space and this growing -- of a cover story. >> according to commercial real estate researchers, -- interest and leasing a commercial property in the city have been on the upswing over the last year. that includes companies looking to relocate from other parts of the u.s. and from other countries, as well. more than a third of the office space in san francisco remains vacant. take a look at this. this barbie is a gold medal winner. toymaker mattel just revealed a new doll based on bay area figure skater kristi yamaguchi. the doll wears the same outfit that yamaguchi were for her performance at the 1992 winter olympics. yamaguchi grew up in fremont and was the first asian- american woman to win a gold medal.

her barbie will be released in may for asian american native hawaiian pacific islander heritage month. yamaguchi calls the doll a huge honor. >> they said they got the hair right. the poopy hair in the 1990s. >> they did. up next, it's time to celebrate business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. see why comcast business powers more small businesses than anyone else. get started for $49.99 a month plus ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. don't wait- call today.

we continue to monitor the live students there on the verge of being arrested, according to police officers. also our students here and protesters on other campuses breaking the law. we are joined by a legal expert. and a much lighter note, the planet of the apes. >> oh! guys in costumes riding horses there. we will expand why they are in town. that's coming up at 7:00. looking up next. but first, a nightly news.

former college football star reggie bush is getting his heisman trophy back. 14 years after having it tonight, the tonight, the violent clashes and new arrests as pro-palestinian protests spread to more u.s. campuses. police in riot gear on horseback moving in on students at the university of texas after hundreds walked out of class. at usc, the massive crowd, officers entering the encampment forcefully making arrests. house speaker mike johnson visiting columbia university calling for the school's president to resign saying, she can't keep jewish students safe. our report from campus. also tonight, the gop-controlled arizona house voting to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban as the supreme court hears a major case on emergency abortion access. what the justices signaled. president biden signing that foreign aid for ukraine and a provision that could ban tiktok in the u.s. the defiant message