to our north, but calmer conditions for the weekend as well. it's all coming up in the first alert forecast. the 49ers newest draft pick is introducing himself to the 9er faithful. we'll meet ricky parasol. >> it's a real moment for sure. i'm just trying to soak it all in, man. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. well, things got pretty heated in one bay area university today as pro palestinian protests continued to spread to campuses across the country. >> good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. stanford is one of the latest schools where demonstrators have now set up encampments. this was the scene in palo alto within the last few hours. our kelsi thorud spoke to protesters and their critics about the growing divide on campus as they wrap up the school year.

>> reporter: rahina spent her friday here by her and fellow pro palestinian protesters who are calling on the university to cut ties with companies that do business with israel. >> we're planning to stay here to insist that the university discloses and divests from occupied palestine and i think so many of us are willing to be here for as long as is necessary for the university to hear us. >> reporter: this encampment at stanford is just one of dozens of similar protests popping up on college campuses across the country. she told me students here want the administration to know they have a stake in this conflict and will use their voices to try and create change. >> i think that we have a very unique responsible because we're the ones who will inherit the future of the earth. >> reporter: but she and her classmates aren't the only ones with strong opinions on

the conflict between israel and hamas. at one point emotions flared when a parent confronted the protesters. >> we condemn genocide. we condemn complicit in genocide. we condemn war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> reporter: the parent was on campus with his daughter who is slated to start at stanford in the fall. he told me he's jewish. he fled his home country of iran as a child to israel and lived there for years. he said seeing the encampment in the middle of the university was just too much for him. >> i couldn't resist anymore. i had to open my mouth and try to understand what's going on in here. they are brainwashing people in stanford? they have to be the smartest kids in the world. they should do the research on their own, not to listen to a bunch of lies that

these people are creating here. >> reporter: but mahina and her fellow protesters are standing by their opinions saying they will continue to occupy the center of campus until the administration meets their demands despite any consequences that may come. >> the bigger risk is to stay silent. the bigger risk is to be complicit in the university's investments in deep military violence. so i think we're willing to take that risk and we're willing to stay here as long as we can, as long as possible to really change their minds and to hold space for awareness about this. >> reporter: stanford university officials did send us a statement saying that these student protesters are in violation of university policy. they say they have already submitted the names of these student protesters to the university and started the student conduct process. this all comes with just a month and a half left in the school year.

>> protests over the war in gaza have erupted on campuses all across the country. at uc berkeley protesters have been camping out on sproul plaza for days now calling for universities to divest from companies involved in israel's war effort. meantime on other major campuses protests have led to clashes between demonstrators and police. >> and this was the scene yesterday at emory university in atlanta, georgia, video from cnn showing pro palestinian protesters forcibly arrested, among those detained, at least two professors. >> i am a professor. i am a professor of economics. >> those two police officers on top of economics professor carolyn folin and campus unrest has been boiling over elsewhere around the globe, too.

>> pro palestinian demonstrators blocked access to a campus building at the paris institute of political studies. later they were met by pro israel protesters. in london encampment protests have been taking shape on college campuses as well. meantime u.n. officials are warning of a devastating toll left behind by israel's military campaign in gaza. according to their figures, months of fighting and bombing has created more than 37 million tons of debris. they estimate it could take well over a decade to remove. gazan health officials estimate that more than 34,000 palestinians have been killed since the fighting began. we'll have all the very latest developments from gaza and the campus protests here in the u.s. head to our website, kpix.com, or download the free cbs news app. we're learning new information into the investigation of that tragic

car crash in pleasanton that killed a family of four, including two children. police say the car could have been speeding and it appears the driver lost control when it crashed into a large oak tree. this happened on foothill road. first responders say they tried to save the life of one of the two children at the scene but were unable to do so. we'll have more details on the investigation as police release them. i'm anne makovec with more on the final good-bye for an oakland police officer critically injured on duty more than five years ago. he died last week. officer jordan wingate was 29 when he passed away last saturday from injuries sustained in that terrible car crash in august of 2018. he was responding to a call about a suspicious person at the port of oakland when he collided with the car and a big rig. he had to be cut from his vehicle before being taken away in critical condition. today's memorial was held at the three crosses church in castro valley. among the speakers, oakland interim police chief

darren allison who said officer wingate had a warrior spirit and a guardian's heart. >> for five years, eight months, seven days, despite his pain and adversity, jordan courageously battled his injuries fighting every minute to live. while confined to a bed, he showed his strength, his determination, his warrior spirit. >> wingate was born in walnut creek. he became an oakland police cadet in 2013 and then in 2018 he was awarded rookie of the year by the oakland police officers association. jordan wingate was the 55th oakland officer killed in the line of duty. >> thanks so much. we all know many businesses here in san francisco have been struggling since the pandemic, but iconic bookstore is bucking that trend. at 5:30 we'll introduce you to the buyer responsible for all the books at city lights.

>> i think i'm one of the few independent book sellers who can say they went straight from jail to the job in book selling. >> how his journey took him from the front lines of anti-war protests to the cozy confines of his beloved book shop. turning to weather now, we're seeing some powerful winds, even possibly some thunderstorms heading into the weekend. this is video showing the trees getting blown around in concord this afternoon. it was a bad hair day. >> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking it for us. the wind is the worst, paul. >> the wind is pretty strong today. stay below the wind advisory threshold and, ryan, i would say any day my hair is still attached, it's a good hair day. i do not look a gift horse in the mouth. let's look at current wind speeds which are certainly elevated, 20 to 30-mile-an-hour sustained winds, but the gusts are even stronger. sustained winds on the low end are around 15 to 20 miles an hour and that's

strong enough to move you around on the road a little bit. on the bay bridge a little while ago the wind was definitely trying to adjust which lane i was in. the gusts are over 40 miles an hour. the winds will die down later this evening. the weekend is not going to be nearly as blustery. we're keeping an eye on first alert doppler because there are some showers and even thunderstorms to our north and northeast making their way down to the central valley. most of this activity is clustered around sacramento. it's on a trajectory that would keep it through the central valley and just avoid the bay area. that activity should fall apart, also, once the sun goes down this evening. we'll look at it with futurecast and talk about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, paul. you may encounter slushy conditions if you drive up to the sierra this weekend. it's the end of april, still there, all that snow. here's i-80 at donner summit where they had chain controls in effect for part of the day, but smooth sailing now had.

north bay drivers, westbound highway 37 will be closed all weekend for caltrans to work on major pavement repair. the 12-mile stretch begins at sears point and ends at vallejo shut down from 9:00 p.m. tonight to 4:00 a.m. monday. the recommended detour takes you up highway 12. the same closure is scheduled again for the following two weekends. tesla issued a massive recall to fix its autopilot software. federal traffic officials said in december their investigation found about 1,000 crashes when that feature was engaged. now they will launch a new probe in response to reports of 20 more crashes involving vehicles that actually received the software update. still ahead, nearly 30% of the birds in north america have disappeared over the last half century. we'll meet the bay area researchers using cutting edge technology to reverse that trend. >> we've never been able to see data like this on the west

coast before. >> it's been very exciting. gridlock at the state capitol, why battles over crucial issues can drag on for years, even longer all thanks to a single lawmaker. the 49ers' first round draft pick is teaming up with a former rival. we'll talk to him about his discussions with brock purdy next.

today 49er fans are getting their first chance to hear from their first round draft pick. >> the selection of ricky pearsall could create a bit of a logjam for the 9ers star studded receiver corps. >> matt lively joins us live from santa clara. we heard from pearsall and his family today. >> reporter: yes. i am at levi's stadium. i am not at the oscars and it looks like

this because the 9ers quite literally rolled back the red carpet and pulled back the curtains for their first round selection, ricky pearsall. he and his family flew in today and met the rest of the staff. there are a couple guys he's familiar with on this team. he was teammates with brandon aiyuk at arizona state for one season and he's pretty familiar with his new quarterback. pearsall and brock purdy played against each other in high school and he got a call from purdy earlier today. what was that conversation that you had this morning and how excited are you a couple arizona guys are taking the field here? >> for sure. the first thing he told me was my arizona brother. we played against each other in high school. he put it on us. i'm not going to lie. i'm just glad i'm on the other side of things now and we get to play together. it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: the nickname slick rick, where's it come from? >> i guess it's sticking now because now one person called me, now everybody is calling me. that kind of started in

high school and it kind of stuck. >> fun to research that game in arizona. slick rick, as his nickname is, he played for corona del sol. he lost to brock purdy's perry pumas 70-24. purdy accounted for four touchdowns and pearsall accounted for two. he still did his part, but brock purdy blew the doors off corona del sol 70-24. now they get to team up. as he said, he's just happy they're on the same team now. >> i wonder how often that's going to come up in practice. >> every single time. >> do you remember that game? >> digging and digging. thanks, matt. for those brave enough to take on a marathon, most make a big point of staying hydrated with water or gatorade. tom gabley had a different idea. he just ran the london marathon while blind taste testing glasses of wine every mile. that's 26 miles. 25 stops and

sips across 26-miles in total while attempting to guess the grape, variety, and country each time. >> apparently tom did pretty well. he finished the race. that's pretty good. he fully or partially got through 21 out of 25 correct. all this was for a good cause, raising more than 20,000 u.s. dollars for the sobel house hospice in honor of his mother. >> that sounds like torture. >> did he spit it out? did he have a little spigot? >> i don't know. that's cheating. >> he must have had the worst headache known to mankind after that. >> that's a hangover. >> no, thank you. >> those last eight miles or so probably were numb. >> there's got to be an easier

way. >> don't do it. >> there you go. say no. >> highly recommend. let's look at what's happening weatherwise if you're attempting something maybe a little more modest than a marathon and sipping wine along the way. the weather will calm down heading into the weekend. today was another cool, breezy day and a few showers trying to make a a run towards the bay area, but the bulk of the activity has stayed in the central valley. some actual thunderstorms are rolling down towards sacramento, going to get loud there in the next hour or so. once the sun goes down that activity falls apart. futurecast shows it dissolving past sunset this evening. we'll see a few fair weather clouds, but clear skies for most of us, just passing high clouds early tomorrow morning. otherwise we'll be back to a lot of sunshine, not only saturday, but through the duration of the seven-day forecast. things are really heading in a much calmer direction, including the winds, which are still blustery now. both hands on the wheel if you're watching us on our live stream before you leave work.

it's going to be windy for your drive home. wind gusts in the 30 to 40-mile-an-hour range, especially closer to the coasts. those winds will calm down as the sun goes down. it will take a little bit longer along the coast, but tomorrow morning should be back to normal april conditions. the winds will pick up again tomorrow, not nearly as gusty as yesterday and today. looking outside at san jose, fair weather clouds, but a lot of blue sky, only 66 degrees in san jose, 66 in santa rosa, one degree warmer for the warm spot in concord, 58 degrees in san francisco. temperatures will drop down the rest of this evening. if you're heading out to the giants game, layer up, not just as temperatures drop to the mid-50s, game one of a three-game series against the pittsburgh pirates begins at 7:15 this evening, prepare also for the gusty winds present for the first few innings. layer up appropriately for april baseball at oracle park. temperatures tomorrow morning,

more of a mix of 40s and a few low 50s, closer to normal for this time of year after we've had warmer than average overnight lows with the clouds the past several days. temperatures tomorrow will warm back up to pretty much average for this time of year, maybe a degree or 2 below normal inland, upper 60s to around 70 degrees for most of the santa clara valley, 70 in san jose, low 70s for most inland parts of the east bay, around the bay a few degrees cooler, not bad, another day in the upper 50s along the coast, 57 half moon bay. you've got a warm-up in store in the seven-day forecast, low to mid-60s in san francisco and oakland, 63 and 66 precisely tomorrow's normal highs and inland in the north bay should reach to the upper 60s and low 70s. a little farther down the line once we have a warm pattern taking over through the duration of the seven-day forecast, it flips again. the eight to 14-day outlook sends us back to below average temperatures along with a chance for maybe a little moisture to sneak back towards us. we'll worry about that

once it starts to get closer. in the short term it is a substantial warm-up that kicks in as we finish april tuesday and head into the first several days of may. inland temperatures get up to around 80 degrees the first few days of may. this time yesterday we were talking about maybe a two-day warm spell tuesday and wednesday. the change is it's a little later to arrive, now peaking beginning wednesday, but it will last a little longer. thursday and friday look like a continuation of the above average temperature pattern. even along the coast into the low to maybe mid-60s by thursday and friday, plenty of sunshine over the next seven days, no rain in sight as we finish the month of april. >> thank you. up next, you may wonder seemingly simple issues never get anywhere in sacramento. we'll take you inside the state capitol for a look at how things get done or don't get done. what would you do if you were told your lifelong dream

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from cops called on elementary school kids for behavior issues to the state storing and sharing your dna without information. >> we showed you how our cbs news california investigations have lawmakers pushing for change. now julie watts is giving us a glimpse into how things really work inside the state capitol. >> reporter: the state capitol doesn't generally work the way most people think it does and these bills prompted by our reporting provide a pretty good example of that. this was the fourth time c.b., an 11-year-old with special needs, was handcuffed at school, this time for refusing to get up and walk to the principal's office, one of 10,000 times in a single year that law enforcement was called to a california k through 8 campus, including for

things like tardy mediation, inappropriate behavior, and disrupting school activities, which is technically a misdemeanor. >> we're using valuable resources having cops come to campuses thousands of times a year for very minor incidents. >> reporter: so assemblyman kalra introduced a bill intended to reduce calls to campus. many people don't realize one person has the power to quietly kill any bill before anyone gets a chance to vote. >> they will not be heard today. >> reporter: last year the assembly education chair simply chose not to schedule this bill for a hearing singlehandedly killing it. >> i want to clarify for the record there were many amendments taken to the bill. >> reporter: this year, however, he's supporting the bill with changes that clarify administrators can't prevent staff from calling cops and they must notify law enforcement of drug sales and weapons. >> i still have concerns. >> reporter: but if a chair supports a bill -- >> i, too, am a little concerned. >> reporter: -- it usually

passes and this one did despite concerns it could lead to underreporting of campus crimes. it now heads to the appropriations committee where many bills go to quietly i do in the dreaded suspense file like last year's newborn genetic privacy bill prompted by our ten-year investigation. nearly every baby born in the u.s. gets a heel prick shortly after birth. the newborn blood fills six spots on a special card used to test the baby for dozens of disorders that if treated early enough could save their life. the test is crucial, but it's what happens after that has many concerned. the leftover blood spots become property of the state and may be purchased by researchers or shared with law enforcement without your knowledge or consent. for years everyone from parents to privacy advocates have called for more transparency. >> what are they trying to hide? >> reporter: in fact, three different senate committees passed a bill last year that would give parents the option to opt out of storage and research before the state stores their child's dna, but the full senate never got to vote. why? money and politics.

the state health department claimed it would cost millions to give parents that right. so the bill was sent to something called the suspense file where in a budget deficit expensive bills go to die. that's when the senate appropriations chair singlehandedly chose to kill the bill even though -- and this is important -- it wouldn't have cost taxpayers a dime because researchers pay for the program. so now there are two new bills, one prompted by our recent reporting that would require the state to publicly disclose who is using california's blood spots. the other would require the state to get your permission before storing or sharing your dna. >> the vote is 7-0. >> reporter: the first bill was so popular it passed on consent without a hearing. the second was pulled by the author in a closed door deal to resurrect last year's popular bill that died in the suspense file. >> i ask that all members of the committee -- >> reporter: because this year there's a new appropriations chair which means a new chance of survival for the newborn genetic privacy and school safety bills.

coming up next at 5:30, you'll meet one of the people helping to keep the iconic city light bookstore alive as businesses in downtown san francisco close all around them. >> a good bookstore is still the best place to go. you'll hear the emotional response from accusingers of disgraced movie producer harvey weinstein after a new york court overturned his rape conviction. they got a very big personality. >> the remarkable bay area volunteers studying the movement of birds in order to save them from

right now at 5:30, the message former president donald trump had for current president joe biden as he faces charges in a hush money court case. the search for an unusual suspect in connection with a fire on the peninsula. data showing more storefronts are sitting empty than ever before. the city's retail vacancy rate has nearly reached 8%. >> but there are businesses booking the trend including a book shop that attracts tourists from all over the world. >> loureen ayyoub spoke to the owner of city lights. >> reporter: nothing like the tangible experience of walking through a bookstore. i'm at city lights, the world renowned bookstore in san francisco, where the team iski