yeah. and right now, in the after edition. of fire. rips through a residential. neighborhood in san francisco. will show you the aftermath and the community is trying to pick up the pieces. good afternoon. i'm ryan yamamoto is a busy morning for san francisco firefighters battling a 2 alarm fire as heavy smoke and flames

destroyed this 3 story building in presidio heights. it happened in the area of lyon in clay streets all around 445. this morning. about 60 firefighters responded to the blaze. vacant 6 unit residential building appeared to be under renovation. you can see huge. flames coming off the roof of this building with the fire, ripping through all floors of the structure. as a precaution, firefighters did have to evacuate people living in the surrounding buildings and the smoke was so heavy other residents in the area were asked to shelter in place. we spoke to 1 neighbor who lives across the street, and she says she has never seen a fire like this. >just huge flames. you know, obviously on the coming off the roof and it looked like it could quickly spread. and so you kind of wonder. you know, >reporter>you have to >what's going on, but the fire department was amazing. with getting your right away and just getting the flames contained. immediately. >ryan>well, thankfully, no 1 was inside that building and no injuries were reported.

residents in that area should be able to return to their home by this afternoon. president a community is mourning in mourning after a tri valley family of 4, including 2 children were killed in a fiery crash. happened on wednesday night on the western edge of the city on foot hill road between stoneridge drive and west last proceeded boulevard. yesterday, friends of the family showed up to leave flowers. at the crash site. >it's very shocking. very nice person always. you know. energetic and it was always player to work with him and, you know, talk to him, and you see a lot of conversation. >ryan>no other cars were involved in that accident and that foothill road and pleasanton has had a tragic history of deadly crashes in the area, including 4 in the last 2 decades. the latest 1 happened on christmas night on 2019. 20 major brothers and their friend were killed. the vehicle also slamming into a tree. turning now the weather

as we take a live look at treasure island right now, as we expect some windy days and windy friday, meteorologist darren peck with your 1st alert for 4 cat >pretty dramatically. looking sky out there today. and this week storm that's moving through the region. is going to give us a mixed bag of a bunch of things, actually. plenty of blue sky but mixed in the blue sky out there. you'll see the clouds which are going to look a bit brooding. and every once in a while, we will get a chance for a shower because you can see it. as we go through the afternoon and evening. there are a few showers that kind of gray's along coast. none of them really make it onshore. look what happens over here. that's going into the late afternoon and early evening, perhaps some more intense showers and occasional thunderstorm. even going through the central valley, maybe even grazing the east bay, but i don't really see rain in our forecast here in the bay area today. it will be plenty of blue sky. interesting looking clouds and most importantly, wind. so when you look at the future cast, you see how the wind speeds pick up here. that's when we're going to see our 40 mile an

hour gust along the coast when we get back together again, we're going to look at that in more detail. will put some specific numbers on what that means for your part of the bay for the afternoon wins. and then we'll talk about the weekend. coming >ryan>up. well, we have the latest on the national wave of protests on the war in gaza on college campuses all across the country, starting at stanford university, where their students have joined the fight this was the scene on stanford's campus last night, hundreds of students set up tents and signs saying divest now and hands off. rafah. they plan to stay until the university meets their demands. we talked to 1 student protester who says he's risking a whole lot for a cause he sees as bigger than himself. >yeah. hayward, a good arrested. there were to be expelled or suspended from the school. that was deeply impact me and my family because i like support them with money that i get from here. and understanding that i waited personal. consequences. and my own personal beliefs and felt compelled to do what i can to be out here, >ryan>ramirez says. stanford sent out mass emails to a student body that suspension or

expulsion as possible. and they violate student policies. meanwhile, students at uc berkeley have entered day 4 of their camp out in front of sprawl plaza. they demand the university named israel's actions in gaza as genocide. and cut all corporate ties with the country as other campuses across the country see arrest by police, you may be wondering why we have not heard of any arrests on bay area campuses well, cal released a statement. saying. they will not involve law enforcement unless it's absolutely necessary to protect the physical safety of the campus community because of experience. of nonviolent political protests. well, governor gavin newsom says he's also monitoring the campus demonstration and his working with university trustees to make sure they remain peaceful. and ucl, a students at their own on their campus have also started their own camp out in front of royce hall. yeah. on both sides of the conflict showed up to the demonstration with some shoving and grabbing signs of protesters hands ucl,

a factor released least faculty says, they support students protesting as long as they remain peaceful. meanwhile, students who were not involved in the conflict say they are torn on what side to stand on. >i feel like i know people from both sides. as the conflict. yeah. well, generally, i don't take a side. yet. >ryan>it's unknown. how long the demonstrations will last. ucl officials say they have no plans to force them out just yet. well, witnesses in the criminal trial former president donald trump again taking the stand today, starting with the publisher of the national inquire, david .... bradley blackburn has the latest >reporter>yeah. president donald trump called his criminal trial rigged as he headed into a new york courtroom friday. but still seemed pleased with the testimony so far. >yesterday went very well. in this courthouse. right? it was sure. be over. the case is

over. you heard what we said >reporter>trump's lawyers are continuing their cross examination of former national enquirer publisher david ... during his days long testimony, ... explained how he and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, worked together to catch and kill negative stories about trump in an effort to prevent alleged affairs from becoming scandals during his 2016 presidential campaign. >case is really rises and falls with david peckers testimony because he is the linchpin behind. their theory of this sort of conspiratorial. scheme. to influence the election. >reporter>trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. he's accused of funneling so called hush money payments through michael cohen to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. >it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. >reporter>the presumptive republican presidential nominee has repeatedly expressed frustration that the trial is

keeping him off the campaign trail today, he expressed frustration that it's keeping him from celebrating his wife. melania's birthday. >ryan>and the former president also says he's been following the arguments as the serene court and his immunity case. calling his arguments were brilliant and the justices questions were great. still ahead at noon and streaming on cbs news bay area. housing bay area scientists are working to get a better understanding of our feathered. friends. and local artists are working to shine a light on negative views of their city where you can find her work on display this weekend. >we're dealing with an interesting weather day out there. we got a weak storm moving through northern california. a mixed bag of clouds. sun, maybe some light rain, but more importantly, wind. we'll look at the wind coming up in the forecast. >ryan>and let's give you a live. look outside before you head to the break. we could sutra tower reaching up and touching those clouds. we'll be right back.

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birds play a critical role on earth. and in the bay. area. they pollinate plants spread. seeds and help control. insects. but in the past 50 years, nearly 30% of the birds in north america that's 3 billion billion birds have vanished due to primarily to habitat loss, pollution. and now climate change. and tonight's project earth of cutting edge technology. now in the bay area is helping scientists work

together, too. better understand ways to help them here's len ramirez. >reporter>the wild birds come here. at the southern edge of the bay area surrounded by urban sprawl. native and migratory birds have found a safe haven. on a tiny strip of forest. >and this is a little island of natural habitat for everything that lives here. specifically, we watch the birds. >reporter>barbara is with the san francisco bay bird observatory. over the past 40 years, volunteers with a nonprofit have studied birds at the coyote creek field station in milpitas. notice they have seen a worrisome decline in some species >with climate change these ecosystems are being impacted the species are being impacted often. in a negative way. >reporter>to shed light on the issue. katie and her team collect data using a traditional research method known as banding >very big personality.

>reporter>the birds like this little chickadee. are gently caught their feathers inspected. by softly blowing on the bird. researchers can check for fat and signs of molting >bracelet, so it rolls it goes up and down. >reporter>a lightweight band engraved with a unique number is fitted around its leg. the bird is then really least if the bird is caught again, the idea allows scientists to keep track of its movement. but >you reek. recapture of very low percentage of all the birds you band. so you have to band. a lot of birds to have any of them turn up at another station >reporter>now a game changing. technology is blowing researchers away. >we've never been able to see data like this on the west coast before, so it's been very exciting. >reporter>this system is called modus it uses radio transmitters to track wildlife as it travels vast distances across the globe, revealing incredible new details. >we've had detections of western meadowlark 6. here in the valley when in the northern part of the valley that were

tagged in montana, >reporter>levi sousa heads up the modus program for the california department of fish and wildlife. so far, california has more than 50 motor stations with antennas strategic placed from the oregon border to the salton sea. this 1 located on grizzly island in solano county is run by levi's group, >usually 1 station for properties all that's really required to cover anything that might be moving by or using that >reporter>problem. with motus. researchers attached tiny tracking tags to small birds, bats even butterflies and bees. when the wildlife flies by a tower. the tag emits a unique encoded radio signal that gets picked up by the antenna. >those red flashing lights, all right. at the along the bottom >reporter>the signal then goes to the cloud. and ends up in a central database. >available for the public to take a look at >reporter>what's key researchers. are sharing data. the hope that scientists will more quickly. understand where the birds are. spending time and identify which areas are

the most important to protect. as the planet continues to warm. >very concerned >reporter>back at the coyote creek field station, there's a motive station katie low. barbara hopes the data and humans will help give these birds of fighting. chance. >the more we can slow climate change, the better >reporter>in this case, aiming for more than just a wing and a prayer. >ryan>well, some of the tags are solar powered. others have batteries they're much cheaper than gps tags, which are better for bigger animals like whales and sharks. they're now 1200 motor stations across 31 countries that monitor at least 250 species of birds, bats and insects. to see where they are traveling. just had to kpix.com. back to our 1st alert weather right now it's giving another live. look outside. you can see a little bit windy out there. that flag is kind of blowing there in the breeze and the cloudy outside, but i see some blue skies. let's check back in with meteorologist darren peck, >alright, the bigger issue today. besides any light rain is going to be the wind. and if you look off the coast, you can see these 40 mile an hour gusts

that are moving down along the coastline. let's get specific on that. what's that mean for your part of the bay because we're not all going to feel that the 40 mile an hour gust a pretty much exclusive. to the coastline. and maybe the hills through san mateo county and marin, if you look inland, most of the rest of us have, like a 25 mile an hour breeze. so that more importantly than anything else is going to make the day feel cooler going to give you a wind chill factor. and temperatures today for daytime highs, which are going to be able to warm up into the mid 60s. in fact, let's look at the daytime highs today will use the virtual map for that. there's a lot of low to mid 60s on here, but the numbers are a little deceiving because if you've got it, let's say a 25 mile an hour wind over here coming through the bay and even for those inland valleys. to make these numbers feel lower, probably more like the upper 50s for daytime highs today, so the sky continues to look pretty dramatic throughout the afternoon today, you can't rule out the chance that maybe you get a a stray. isolated shower, but it wouldn't be much unless you're in those inland. really

far inland. east bay like out by ultimate past. maybe you might pick up on some of those isolated thunderstorms there and that would be a factor really for the commute because it's about that time. through the late afternoon and early evening where we could see some of the showers over there so that covers friday. by saturday, there's much less wind. more blue sky. we start warming up a bit. and my sunday was turning the wind off. and we really start warming up from there. so by the time we get into the middle of next week, we got daytime highs that are approaching the 80 degree mark plenty of sunshine and daytime highs that will warm up to near 80. let's take a look at how this will play out for our micro climates within the immediate bay and you can see we maybe don't warm up to 80. but you're going to be up into the low 70s with plenty of sunshine. by the time we get to the middle part of next week, and you've got a nice weekend. it's just still going to be a little breezy leftover on saturday with daytime highs a few degrees warmer. yeah. >ryan>well coming up a bay area artist is shining the light on her city. we have the latest on

a san francisco art fair happening this weekend. and remember, you can watch us anytime anywhere in our streaming service, cbs news bay area gadget oliver live newscast. plus news and weather updates throughout the day you can find us on the free cbs - lift the clouds off of... - virtual weather, only on kpix and pix+.

well, if you're looking to see some art on display this weekend the san francisco are fair. has opened through. sunday as 85 different galleries from all over the world come together under 1 roof, shawn chitnis got a preview of the work of local artists featured in the show. who helped to shine a bright light within this negative views of san francisco. and the bay area. >it has all right, has always been a leader. and you know force. whenever there have been challenging times. >reporter>cheryl derek a is an artist who has lived in the bay area for 12 years. and 1 of the challenges she sees currently her community framed with negative images, too often. so she is painting a picture of her home in a positive perspective.

>san francisco is really been thriving. and anyone who takes a look at all of the great artworks a lot of new businesses and galleries. which have opened in san francisco. since the panda is really a story of resilience and recovery after the pandemic. >reporter>is curated a collection of pieces at the 2024 san francisco art fair with other local artists their work united in the message we didn't get the memo. because in their eyes and through their art the doom loop narrative doesn't tell the whole story, they say the bay area has so much to celebrate, including nature. >all part of the same system and we need to treat it as such. >reporter>cheryl's own work showcases the redwoods in our region. part of a range of art forms, portraying the landscape of where we live. and saying there's plenty to be proud of here. >the opportunity to gather this way. at the san francisco

art fair is, you know absolutely a privilege. and also, i think just a really important collective moment for people to be together. in the spirit of community. and art. >ryan>well, coming up. we take you to the oakland zoo, where you can meet their newest furry editions and some yeah. oh, that's how it looks like a good weekend they're enjoying some downtime. >reporter>i would like to see the headlines at the national press picks up on it and say, look, there is another side to the bay area. we take those headlines a little step further. to sort of connect all these wonderful communities here really embracing the positivity and hopefully spreading it. the bay area's will is an amazing innovative changemakers. people that are out there making a difference. privilege. that i get to share those stories. wake up with the morning edition - 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.

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>ryan>we'll move to allow the regulated use of psychedelic just clear. another hurdle in the state. senate. coming up at 3:00. we break down what it would change how supporters say it could benefit people and why opponents stay is a dangerous move. join us for that conversation at 3 with liz cook. >with the 31st pick in the 2024. nfl draft. yeah. san francisco 40 niners. ers select

rick pierce saw why receiver. florida. >ryan>14. is used their number 31st pick to take a young man who they hope will add to their offense. the speedy ricky paracel caught 65 passes 965 yards last season with the gators. he started his college career at arizona state, where he was teammates with then brandon. aiyuk back in 2019. pick came with amid speculation the niners could trade accord deebo samuel during the draft, but you can approved of the selection. in oakland horn barbecue is making a comeback today fired towards the restaurants. and parkway location last year, and they are not able to repair the damage. today. the restaurant is holding a grand reopening at its new location on a street and check this out. the oakland zoo's not so mighty lion club joined some hammock time. her name is willow seen here enjoying a stretch and a quick cat beth and her sister maple, were adopted by the zoo after their mother was killed in a

road collision. the sibling these won't be at the zoo for long, though. as he california

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