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now at 11:00 -- >> i don't recognize my own neighborhood after midnight, and that's crazy. >> closing time, why business owners in one bay area neighborhood say being forced to close early is not the answer. and -- >> that moment where your heart stops and you go this can't. >> a mother whose son was shot and killed during a robbery says she's been revictimized by the alameda county d.a. how she's taking her fight for justice to the ballot box. we're standing in solidarity with our people in palestine. >> these protesters say they're not going anywhere any time soon. why they say the cal campus is a perfect spot for their pro-palestine protest. and these could be some of san francisco's most famous

new residents, when two giant pandas could be moving in. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. there have been so many ideas about how the city of san francisco should address troubles in the tenderloin. drug use, drug dealing, crime, homelessness, blight, they've all been hotly contested issues. most people agree something needs to be done, but getting people to agree on what to do about it hasn't been easy. and now a new idea from the mayor's office has business owners pretty mad. the city is trying to restrict what certain corner stores can sell after sun down. tonight our lauren toms talked to a man who thinks this idea is the wrong approach. >> i want my neighborhood back. >> reporter: at what cost? >> there is no cost. i used to have a cost, but not now. i want my neighborhood back. it's not fair. >> reporter: he's called san francisco his home for nearly four decades, even being dubbed

the unofficial mayor of the tenderloin, but after dark, the neighborhood he knows and loves turns into an unrecognizable nightmare. >> when i was living there and when i was on the streets, by 9:00, 10:00 at night we went to bed in the tent, on the mattress, wherever. now the tenderloin don't even start until 10:00 at night. >> reporter: that's when many of the community services like urban alchemy leave the area as part of their contract with the city. but the city is trying a new tactic to crack down on open air drug markets. mayor london breed announced a plan to ban stores in the area from selling prepackaged food or tobacco products between midnight and 5:00 a.m. >> when we looked at the data around some of our kind of corner store operations, we discovered that that was where we had the most problem, especially at night. >> reporter: breed pushed the plan at an event for small businesses in the tenderloin that have struggled getting customers in the door because of the scenes outside.

>> we got to clean up our streets first. no one will come. >> reporter: but the idea of restricting sales at corner markets isn't welcomed by everyone. we talked to one shop owner who pins the problem on the city's housing struggles. >> they're just trying to blame businesses for, you know, for being open all night. but i don't think that's the issue, so homelessness has been going on in san francisco for like more than 10, 15 years. >> reporter: but it's a strategy the city has tried before in the area. seymour remembers when the city restricted alcohol sales to curb related crime and even 25 years later he's confident it could help, but alone it's not enough. >> maybe 20%, 30%. that's what i'm predicting. because i was here when it happened before. we were never this messed up. >> reporter: even so, his efforts to return the tenderloin to a place he loves are unconditional. >> if the board of supervisors passes the reinstruction for corner store, they would start

as a one-year pilot program. across the country we're seeing student protesters pitch tents and even occupy buildings on college campuses as tensions rise to a fever pitch over the israel/gaza war. in some cases, those protests have turned violent. cal poly humboldt actually closed its campus today after hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters barricaded at least two buildings and clashed with riot police. as of today, students are still occupying those buildings and are demanding the university divest from any ties with israel. back here in the bay area, a group of uc berkeley students are camping out on campus fielting for the same thing. they told our john ramos they won't budge until the university meets their demands. >> reporter: overnight the uc berkeley campus once again became a place of occupation. cal students protesting the bloodshed in gaza created the encampment in solidarity with a

large occupation happening at columbia university. >> we are standing inspired by our students over at columbia who we consider to be the heart of the student movement, but more importantly we're standing in solidarity with our people in palestine. >> reporter: campers say they will remain until uc cuts ties with all israeli colleges or companies connected to arms suppliers and formally recognizes israel's action as genocide. they also want the school to stop the alleged repression of student protesters, but christina brought her daughter to the protest precisely because of the school's proud legacy of social protest. >> the free speech movement started here. like why are we surprised that this is springing up on college campuses all around, you know? >> reporter: it was on these very steps that mario led a protest in 1964. since then, the vietnam war, apartheid, and occupy wall street. the current effort isn't gathering quite the same crowds, but it was

enough to inspire this student to spend an uncomfortable night in one of the tents. >> last night i was thinking, you know, hey, here's my position on the struggle there and i think that it is also my duty to follow up on what i believe. >> reporter: the organizers said the campers aren't going anywhere, and just like at other universities, she expects police will be brought in to forcibly remove them. >> it's only -- when student organizers are present on campus they're criminalized. when they graduate, they are celebrated. any tour of berkeley they will proudly say these are the mario steps and say how much they celebrated the free speech movement. i would not be surprised if they do the same thing to us 50 years from now. >> the university gave us a statement saying that with three weeks left in the semester, they will make sure the protest doesn't disrupt operations. the statement also said there are no plans to change the university's investment policies. all right, staying in alameda county, you may

remember the story of blake. last march he was killed while trying to stop suspected shoplifters at his job at a pleasanton home depot. we first met his family two months after he was killed. his mother was troubled with how district attorney pamela price was handling her son's case. >> she's not allowing us to grieve. that's the reality. is she's got us so focused and stuck on fighting for justice that we don't get to process any of the emotion. >> a month later she was telling her son's story to lawmakers on capitol hill calling for a crackdown on organized retail crime. but tonight we've learned about a plea deal in her son's case. the suspected shoplifter and shooter pleaded no contest to second-degree murder. she's facing a sentence of 19 years to life in prison. and the person accused of driving the getaway car, 32-year-old david guillory, plead nod contest to being an accessory. his

sentence could be around 7.5 years. our katie nielsen has been following this story for months. she spoke with blake's mother today, who says her fight for justice isn't over just yet. >> reporter: it's been almost exactly a year since laurie lost her son blake. it was april 18th of last year when he was shot and killed during an attempted shoplifting. >> it feels like yesterday but it feels like ten years ago. that moment where your heart stops and you go, this can't, like this can't. there's that moment that happens when you've got it. you've got the deal done. and you can breathe. >> reporter: she says she pushed for the plea deal because it can't be appealed, but more importantly because it finally brings closure to their family. she says over the past year her family has been fighting with the alameda county d.a.'s office to get appropriate charges filed against the suspects.

>> they erased his future. why would i have to fight for justice for him? >> reporter: it's part of the reason why she's been an outspoken advocate trying to get district attorney pamela price recalled from office. >> i voted for her. i made a mistake. she doesn't do anything for victims except revictimize them. she doesn't give them details as to how to get justice for their family. she just looks out for the people that did it. >> reporter: she says at this point she's relieved to have the case behind her so their family can move on. she hopes the same will happen for the suspects. >> my goal for them in this is that the time that they're going to serve that they make it productive, right? they get some job sill, they find their faith, they find a redeemed life for their kids. >> sentencing is set for june 6th. we heard back from the d.a.'s office on this case late this afternoon. they wrote in a statement that their office and its victim advocates

have been in continuous contact with the family over the past year. san francisco is going to get two very important and very large new residents. how the city hopes to roll out the red carpet for two giant pandas from china. and ancient monuments look like they are on the martian surface. what's causing orange skies in greece. we had a lot of cloud cover over much of the bay area today, but enough of a crack for the sun to peek through as the sun was going down. this is the view from treasure island. nice to see beams of sunlight. we'll take a look at the rain chances and the weekend forecast coming up. if anyone at kpix would face off against team usa, it would be our very own vern glenn. >> uh-oh. >> oh. what did you do to the ball? >> i added just a little bit of

spin to that one. >> how vern fared against olympians. and a boy didn't want a hamster or a dog, he was desperate for an octopus, but his parents could not have imagined

mayor london breed is fresh off her trip from china, and people want to know more about the pandas coming from there to here to the san francisco zoo. tonight she had a little tease about when we could expect them to arrive. >> san francisco has had its challenges and we need joy. and pandas represent joy. but we do expect that we would probably see pandas some time next year. >> so the next step would be actually building the panda enclosure at the san francisco zoo. she says that's what she's trying to work out. >> the conversations are happening. it is is exciting. i

mean, again, i go back to there's nothing like a panda in person. i saw it the first time at the shanghai wildlife park. the panda, it was a female, and she came up, pulled up the food, sat down like a person, and ate with her hands. it was incredible. and looked directly at us. they have five pandas at this place, so we're excited that we'll be getting two. >> the sf zoo hasn't had giant pandas from china since 1985. if you were wondering when you'll be able to see them, the mayor say a you heard, possibly the beginning of next year, but we're still working on an exact date is what she said. the famous acropolis perched high over athens looked like it was on mars today. look at this. dust clouds the the sahara blew across the mediterranean sea, turning the skies across southern greece orange. the strong winds fanned dozens of wildfires that broke

out over the past 24 hours. the skies are supposed to start clearing tomorrow, but paul, it looks very similar to our infamous orange sky day back in september 2020 when the smoky skies created this orange glow across the bay area. >> seems like yesterday that that happened. does not seem like it's coming up on four years ago this fall. that was smoke that blew down from wildfires that were burning in oregon. that was an exceptional fire season. we will hope that the recent rain is going to keep that as far in the future as possible. in the short term, what we're going to be seeing is very little change to our weather over the next 24 hours or so. similar conditions on wednesday. i think maybe we'll see more sunshine breaking through a bit earlier in the day. two upper-level storm systems merge to our east. they're going to squeeze the sphere eand produce some gusty winds by thursday and friday. those winds are going to make it feel cooler than the already cool temperatures that we are going to experience. that we're already experiencing right now. lot of cloud cover out there

right now spreading farther inland like last night. temperatures in the 50s across the board. 51 degrees in santa rosa for the cool spot. 59 degrees for the least cool spot in san jose. those numbers will drop a bit more but not too far. most of us end up in the low 50s early tomorrow morning. some of the coolest locations briefly dipping down into the upper 40s, but the clouds are going to hamper any warm-up to any great extent as we head through the day tomorrow. up to 70 degrees in san jose. the sun breaks through earlier, so you climb up to your normal high temperature. the only other spot that hits 70 is antioch. otherwise mostly upper 60s. coastal locations in the upper 50s even while the rest of the bay area has an up and down pattern. mostly down for tomorrow, even through the end of the workweek on friday. only mid-60s for high temperatures in the valleys of the north bay thanks to that persistent cloud cover that isn't going to yield much of a shower chance. as we head through the day tomorrow, the giants wrap up

their three-game series against the mets. game-time temperature around 60 degrees. not warming up a whole lot from there as we head through the rest of the day. the clouds are prevalent. but a few breaks in that cloud cover like we saw late this afternoon and evening. futurecast shows some occasional breaks in the clouds, even by this time tomorrow night. the clouds fill back in tomorrow overnight, and we are going to see more clouds and sunshine throughout the day on thursday but nothing being squeezed out of those clouds. this system is going to have access to much moisture, so futurecast does its best to produce a couple of radar freckles here and there. a couple of sprinkles could be the extent of what we're going to see in terms of rain. no measurable rain expected as we head through thursday boo thursday night. and then through friday while it's still breezy, we are going to see changes as the skies start to clear out. we should be back to full sunshine as we head into the weekend. the winds are going to be very noticeable, though. noticeable tomorrow and then blustery by thursday and friday. we're tracking the wind gusts here every six hours from thursday at 11:00 a.m. through friday at 5:00 p.m. you can see thursday afternoon and

then much of the day on friday a lot of orange and red tiles in the background indicating the 20 to 30 and 30 to 40-mile-an-hour gusts. some of the strongest gusts reaching 40 miles an hour friday afternoon into friday evening. not strong enough for a wind advisory, but it's a factor as we head through the end of the week work. temperatures bounce back as the winds die down, we're back to calm conditions for the upcoming weekend. through the rest of the workweek, we see that persistent cloud cover giving way to more sunshine. by saturday and sunday, mostly sunny skies inland, returning to the low to mid-70s, where we're supposed to be inland in late april. returning to near normal temperatures around the bay, that also means that the warm-up isn't going to be quite as noticeable. mid to upper 60s saturday and sunday. we'll keep temperatures in the upper 60s as we head through next week. the change in temperatures, well there isn't really one along the coast. the change you will notice is after several more days of persistent cloud cover a mix of clouds and

sunshine for the bay area by saturday and sunday. similar conditions monday and tuesday as we finish off the month of april. well, we'll have to wait and see what may decides to bring to us. >> paul, thank you so much. if you're ready for summer and summer music festival, outside lands dropped its lineup today. they're coming back to san francisco's golden gate park august 9th through the 11th. headliners include tyler the creator, who's been busy. he performed at coachella. the killers are performing. post malone is also coming back to outside lands, but for a special country set. organizers are also bringing back the soma tent with house and edm music. last year people had to be evacuated from it twice after attendees say the floor gave in. but organizers say this year it'll be an open air tent. if you're planning to attend all three day a general admission pass will cost you $465. that's before fees. three-day tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00. coming up, we've seen him

tear up the racetrack and show off his putting skills, now our very own vern glenn is facing off against team usa, vern? >> oh boy. you don't want to miss that one. hey, straight ahead in sports also, a's put on a show in new york on monday. let's see if they could back it up today on baseball's grandest stage. and as a kid, logan webb wanted to make it as a giant. his performance tonight impressive again. so were the wooden bats.

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all right, vern, did the giants give us something to cheer for tonight? >> i'd say the giants showed up and showed out. >> oh. >> yeah. i mean, they're kind of coming together. >> yes. >> i've been kind of impressed. >> pleasantly surprised one might say. >> yes. there has been noise you've been hearing near third and king street, sara, and that's been coming from the giants. sounds like it's a good string of games. strongest string of games this season's first full month. winners of four of the last six. their grip tightened on this series with the mets tonight. thanks to number 62, logan webb. had command for eight innings, struck out four, scattered six hits. he's 3-0 in his last four starts, so you can sense confidence spreading through the team with when the rocklin native is out there. scoreless into the fifth. check out this offensive gem. michael conforto bullet stitching in shallow

left. and webby let him know how he felt about it. yeah, that a boy. he still had a shutout going in the eighth. and with two men on base, here's how he got out of a jam. manager bob melvin let him finish and walk off to a standing ovation. webb has not given up a run in his last 19 innings and the team is a game below .500 at 12 wins, 13 losses. the giants needed some offense, right? so they called on mike yastrzemski in the fifth inning. two runners in scoring position, came through with a clutch hit. he accounted for two more runs in the seventh to secure the lead. then it was time to go clubbing. sara, in the ninth, club duval time, and the closer inherited some base runners and in another save opportunity duval handled it, struck out his first batter and forced a ground ball for the final out.

duval picked up his fourth save. giants won it 5-1. giants fan, bring your broom for a sweep possibly tomorrow. paul blackburn on the mound for a's at the yankees. looking for back-to-back road wins. a's haven't lost with him this season, but it was rough today. anthony rizzo, there he goes, a two-run shot to right field. made it 4-1, yanks, in the first inning. the a's could not overcome. yan ekeys hung on and won 4-3. that three-game seriesened on wednesday. if you want to be a good ball club, sara, a manager told me you have to get the .500 ball first and then worry about if you're good. as i understand it, we're not done talking about sports tonight. >> we are not, no. i know. so the summer games are almost here. very exciting. counting down for that. it's -- i watch as much as i can. >> okay. >> every sport. who better to train with team usa than you?

>> what? because of my physical prowess? my awesomeness in the playing field in that must be why. >> and your just breadth of knowledge. >> you know what, i was with the u.s. tennis team today. they train in burlingame until they go to paris in july. and so i was there for support, maybe lend a hand wherever i could on the table tennis field. >> i think my middle school french will get us through. >> reporter: but before they go to paris, the usa table tennis team is training right here in burlingame. lily zhang will compete in her fourth olympics. it will be the first time for teammate rachel sung. >> i started to cry. i was just very, like, in shock. i couldn't believe it. >> this is the dream, you know. this is the highest sporting stage in the world. it's every four years. it's what we've

worked for, you know, our entire lives. >> reporter: on this day, it wasn't just the olympians that grabbed a paddle -- what's it like playing against an olympian? let's find out. hey, i'm volleying. >> there we go. >> reporter: oh. i went one on one with n'keal kumar. he started playing when he was 5 years old. >> just my head to my shoulders and my racket i'm hitting the ball up here instead. >> reporter: did you ever think it would come to this? >> i hoped at some point it would. >> reporter: really? >> i always dreamed about it, but i didn't think about how realistic it could be. there we go. >> reporter: oh, god, too strong. >> oh, here we go. uh-oh. >> reporter: oh, what did you do to the ball? >> added just a little bit of spin to that one. >> reporter: whoa. oh. that was a point, did you see that? >> i'd like to thank the crowd

for that applause. >> creative editing, let's just say. you know, speaking of creative editing, you showed off your table tennis skills, but we wanted the full effect of what you'd look like in the middle of a real olympic game. look at that impeccable form. >> oh, look at that. and he maintains the smile right through the serve. >> the makings of an olympian. >> oh gosh. >> oh. >> it's like forrest gump, everybody. >> the head size. >> the awesomeness. >> the proportions are off, but shout-out to my producer, sophie, who did that herself. she has zero graphic design training, and it shows. >> nice. >> we love it. >> i will tell you this, a regular table tennis paddle --. >> mm-hmm. >> -- 20 bucks at a sporting goods store. that guy i was playing, his paddle, $700. >> wow. >> custom made with whatever. >> yeah, right? >> he could do funny things with the ball. >> thank you for educating us, and it was truly an

inspiration. all right, did you ever have a friend who when you were younger who had an interesting pet? well, the kid we're about to introduce yo

before we go, jeanne moos has the story of a boy and his pet octopus. >> reporter: you may not think of octopuses as lovable, but this is the face of a kid seeing his pet octopus for the first time. 9-year-old cal

clifford cried with joy. >> you didn't have to do this. >> reporter: when his parents gave him the tank -- >> we're going to build an octopus tank. >> reporter: -- the octopus itself was delivered in a plastic bag to this oklahoma family. they named it terrence. >> terrence loves to welcome us every time we visit her. hi. >> reporter: as in high five but with eight tentacles, within weeks cal's dad cameron says -- >> we found out that he was a she. >> reporter: and terrence, now terri, started acting weird, laying eggs but no one imagined they'd been fertilized. >> the uh-oh moment was definitely when the first one hatched. >> reporter: hatched right in dad's hand as he examined an egg. cal got emotional. getting a first look at the hatchlings suddenly one octopus had become many. >> 50. >> reporter: 50 babies and each had to be cared for in a

separate container. >> the babies will actually cannibalize each other. >> reporter: the babies got names like jc and his boo seance. the family learned octopuses make for expensive pets. leaks in the tank system required vacuuming carpets and relaying ruined floors. it was all documented on tiktok --. >> i wish my son's favorite animal had been a hamster. >> reporter: almost half of the baby octopuses survived and so has terri. usually the mom dies after laying her eggs. the babies are destined for educational institutions. as for cal, he's so into octopuses he even dressed up like one for halloween. no wonder he was overwhelmed when they gave him his first tank. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: tanks a lot, dad and mom. >> that is so cute. i love

- it's so fun to watch jessica in this space. - this is a look at those clouds right now in real-time, but let's head underneath this cloud layer and take a look at our rainfall...