say they are being unfairly blamed. >> people are accomplice conceived into thinking blight is us. like we want to live like there. that is not the case. >> reporter: and, this earth day turning trash into art. meet the local artist with an important message. >> i want people to realize that they have a social, environmental and personal responsibility to take care of our earth. we only have one. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> good evening. we begin with breaking news. heartbreaking news, a san francisco leader, known for his compassion and dedication to the city's underserved community has died. reverend cecil williams was the co-founder of glide memorial church. he died peacefully surrounded by his family and friends in his san francisco home today. he was 94 years

old. annemakovec is here with more on his life and reaction to his passing. >> reporter: he was known as the heart and soul of san francisco. glide called him the minister of liberation, he was an author, social activist and true community leader. he used the terms, radical inclusivity and unconditional love. he was a champion for the poor and marginalized. glide offers wraparound services for the home expls feeds anyone hungry hot meals every day of the year. thanksgiving is a big celebration there and reverend williams always a staple. here he was in 2016. >> engaged in unconditional love. >> we had to dig into our archives for this one. he had his own show called "vibrations" right here on kpix

back here in the '80s. >> you are going to love this. i bet you will make another request for this show, you watch, you watch. here we go. it focused on how to tell the story of the black experience. we also found an old interview from 1971 with former kpix anchor. >> people tell me, there is the first time we went to church and felt good. most people go to church and feel guilty. i don't know why churches want people to feel guilty. we work out our problems together. >> tributes to reverent williams are pouring in. san francisco mayor london breed writing in part, as a young girl i never would of dreamed i would grow up to work with him. we benefit from him, we would not be who we are as a city and a people would cecil williams and we just heard from a glide employee. >> he was awesome. very sad today. like i said, he lived, he is going to continue to live

with this glide name and his vision. we will make that happen. >> many of glide's employees were once the organization's clients. he always believed in hope and that everyone deserves another chance at a better life. we spoke to the chief operation officer who knew cecil for almost two decades >> he gave us all opportunities to be part of an amazing movement. to be, you know, loved and cared for. also he held our feet to the fire on many social justice issues and really taught us to stand up and fight for the people that we serve. >> williams wife and co-founder died in 2021. they married back in 1982. together they were one of the power couples. one of the biggest in the bay area history. he taken more of a back roll at glide in recent years as he grew older but his influence was always present

and his legacy will never be forgotten. >> we celebrated his 90th birthday. had a wonderful story on that and how many people were paying tribute then. we will hear so many more now >> it was interesting to hear the coo said it was not expected. a little more of a heartbreaker for a lot of them to hear this news. of course, he was 94 and a half >> thank you, anne. warren buffet pictured here has been a big supporter of glide for over 20 years. he auctioned off an annual private lunch and raised more than $53 million for glide. just this year buffet announced salesforce ceo is taking over the lunch, bidding starts may 5th. and, here is cecil williams with other big names over the years. president bill clinton and his daughter, chelsea, visited glide memorial church back in 2000. the reverend

williams marched alongside willie brown and late senator dianne feinstein and later with kamala lairis and then, mayor, newsom. governor newsom paying tribute saying he embodied california values of unity, generosity and acceptance, all of us can take inspiration from his legacy and renew our commitment. >> now, to washington, d.c. where the supreme court heard arguments ited in a historic case on the rights of the unhoused. stems from an anti-camping ban in grand pass, oregon. the city was fining homeless people for sleeping in public and the lower court ruled those fines violated the eighth amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. so the question is if he can

conduct sweeps. homeless advocates held a rally today. telling us that the unhoused are being unfairly targeted. >> well, so many people involved in this protest had personal connections to homelessness or housing issues. we actually spoke with a man who we first met a few weeks ago who has dealt with homelessness here in the bay area. here we asked him how this supreme court case could impact him personally. >> reporter: he is just one of many people at this protest worried that the supreme court's hearing of a case involving how cities and states are allowed to sweep homeless encampments could have a real life impact on him. >> i can see it becoming more violent. i can see losing more people, i can see losing more family members. i can see the destruction of homeless people. period. what will be next? i can not exist because i am

ugly? >> reporter: we met him a few weeks ago at an event after the encampment was shutdown a year ago. he lived there. he said since it has been closed his life is harder >> i am staying inside of a camper now, i was, but it got infested. it broke down, i don't have money. sleeping on the corner wherever i can with a blanket over my head hoping no one sees me. >> it is a huge building it can house people at night. >> reporter: he told me he had friends die in the last year since they were forced out. he says he knows cities offer some housing options to the homeless but says he does not feel safe in any of those. >> they breed bullying, they breed drug trafficking, they breed sexual abuse. and i would rather not be a part of that. if you are going to offer me something let it be safe. >> reporter: that is why he

says he will remain on the street. he says all he wants is a safe space to live and sleep. >> i have a right to exist. >> he worries that the supreme court case could have a significant impact on whether or not that will be possible. >> i am optimistic. i think not hopeful as much. just because of the way that things are going, right? i mean, people are misconceived into thinking that blight is us. we want to leave in these environments like this. it is not the case. we want to be in clean, safe environments but the city and federal governments are not helping us. >> reporter: now, we, of course, expect to get a ruling from the supreme court on this case in june. until then, advocates like him say they will keep on speaking up. making their voices heard. san francisco is limited to

how they can enforce encampment cleanups because of lower court rulings the city has been trying to address the homeless crisis on the streets. officials say they only cite or arrest unhoused people when they refuse offers of shelter and only clear encampments if they are a public health issue. in the tender loin, sweeps happen several times a week near 11th avenue. one business owner supports the city's effort to keep sidewalks clear >> it is blocking people, walking through the sidewalk trying to get to here and that is something, be that is something to be concerned. people will be afraid to come to businesses here when they see a lot of people gathering or on the street. >> reporter: the business owner says he noticed a difference on the sidewalks in the sweepsism the ruling on the homeless case is expected -- sweeps. the rules on the homeless case is expected in may. black and jewish people may

have been intentionally left off of juries in death penalty cases and now all of those cases are under review. she says they found proof of the misconduct while reviewing a case from 1995. her office released the notes that says prosecutor making comments about races. they are looking into 35 cases from the past three decades. >> the evidence that we uncovered suggests plainly that many people did not receive a fair trial in alameda county. as a result we have to review all of the files to determine what happened. >> so, she did not name the past prosecutors she is accusing of past misconduct. one plan's trash is this artist's treasure. meet the local woman who is celebrating earth day with pretty unique creations.

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. escalating protests on college catch campuses including at uc berkeley. they pitched tents in front of the building calling it a solidarity encampment calling it an end to the war in gaza. columbia canceled in-person classes as protests stretch into a sixth day on the eve of passover, jewish students don't feel safe, and the white

house condemning the unrest calling it anticemettic anti-semitic and dangerous. it is earth day. cutting down on pollution. we are introduced to a local artist who is recycling in a unique and fashionable way. >> as the country celebrates earth month, one artist is reimaging tin cans from the lens of fashion and education. they say one man's trash is another man's treasure. treasure is all around her. the artist uses recycled materials to create jewelry and sceultures sculptures and tin cans are her favorite for carving. >> i always wanted to be an artist after working with recycled materials for 35 years my goal is to make sure it does not look like trash. >> reporter: she collects every

day consumer waste and creates compelling displayed that shows society hyperconsumption. her work has been displayed at museuming all over the world, at first, not everyone understood it. >> one of the hardest parts to me about using recycled materials is how difficult it can be for me to find an audience because i am really ahead of the curve. >> reporter: now she is sculpting the curve one art piece at a time. she makes not only jewelry but takes the time to clean each container she acquires. >> when i make my work out of plastic, i am looking at the shampoo bottles or the takeout trays, materials that people throw away and yet thousands of dollars are invested in these materials. >> reporter: she is ringing the alarm to a deeper issue.

according to the environmental protection agency, the recycling rate for plastics typically hovers around 8-10%. lower rate due to contamination issues, she is doing her part creatively she wants others to do their part >> i want people to realize they have a social environmental and personal responsibility to take care of our earth because we only have one. >> because her greatest treasure is mother earth herself. >> amazing. living proof there, wearing her creations, i love it. let's go to paul heggen to talk about our mother earth and our mother weather [ laughter ] >> reporter: now, you can say good-bye to the above average temperatures that we enjoyed. let's take a look at what we need to know. the last week of april. clouds, fog, spreading out. plenty of sunshine as you

saw there. we are going to be back to close to average temperatures from tomorrow through the end of the workweek and into the weekend. thursday, friday, the coolest days. we have a chance for a couple of showers to sneak into the bay area. and the weekend is looking nice. a dry weekend, again, two in a row, can you believe it? let's take a look at different perspectives, switching to mark hopkins hotel. it is going to spread out. the temperatures have been in free fall since this afternoon. 83 degrees this afternoon. san jose and concord. now you are down to the upper 50s. that cool air will be making itself right at home as we head through the next several days the fog will continue to spread out, a mix of clouds at ground level in the form of fog and clouds higher up in the atmosphere. keeping the temperatures from falling down too far going through the rest of tonight and the fog back up in the coast. should see late april,

temperatures dropping down to the lower 50s. close to average temperatures, close to inland. the high temperature for the 23rd of april in san jose. middle 60s for los gatos. some of the warmest. 67 degrees at the peninsula in redwood city and the coast, half moon bay, you will be hovering into the upper 50s. average high temperature in the city of 63 degrees. 63 in oakland. middle 60s for the north bay as well. the fog, the clouds, a bit more stubborn. that puts the brakes on the warm up. now, lookinga the temperature trend, it can be close to average tomorrow anded with. another drop by thursday and friday. running a few degrees below average. associated with our next chance of showers. bouncing back to near or slightly above temperatures as we move ahead through the weekend and into

early may. no warm spells, but, appropriate weather heading into the new month. a chance of showers later this week. it is just a chance. not even up on the 50/50 line. the best chance we have seen in a little while. out of the way in time for the weekend. two dry weekends for the first time since october of 2023. it has been awhile as we look forward to that. checking out the seven-day forecast. back to near normal temperatures, around 70 degrees on a day boy day basis. warmer than that on sunday and monday. notice the phrasing, showers possible. not a guarantee of rain. more likely that the showers will miss you as opposed to giving you free lawn watering. it is the only descent chance looking beyond the seven-day forecast in the extended data. we will keep an eye out. until we get to memorial day. this is the time of the year when the rain opportunities tend to be quite a bit more scattered. when it

does train does not amount to more than a trace of rainfall if we get the showers to pay us a visit on friday. along the coast, adding up to moisture and drizzle. the fog thickens up. it is doing as we speak. that is the case heading through the rest of this week as well. joules? >> thank you. still ahead. get to vegas in half of the - temperatures cooling down as we head into the weekend and stronger onshore... ah, i stepped off the coast again. - the winds are really picking up. - fog spreading farther inland. - and in the north bay, you're gonna get soaked. (water splashing) - [narrator] presenting the bay area's only virtual weather studio. next level weather. - as i lift this, you can actually see... - [narrator] on kpix and pix+. (wind blowing) it's that real. (water splashing) - let's move on to the seven-day now.

. ground breaking today on a long talked about bullet train from southern california to sin city. the official start in building the nation's first high speed rail line called the bright line west. it is an all new electric, all electric train spanning 218 miles between southern california and las vegas. expected to take half of the typical travel time that drivers deal with right now. >> with there project we have proven that public/private partnerships actually work. >> if you are in your car you will be still better off because of this train. there will be less congestion on the 15. >> you can sleep on the way home. >> the project is expected to cost $12 billion. the federal government to cover about $5 billion of that from various sources. no more cutting the line at

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