5:00. cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right now. >> thank you so much. we begin with the cbs news special investigation. they've served their time, and the state says they are ready for a second chance. what happens to sexually violent predators in california with no place to go? >> you should not be allowed to be in our neighborhoods where we have kids and families. >> it's a decision that often sparks push bank finding a suitable home for convicted sex offenders. >> there is a gap in the law. >> reporter: inside the battle to change the law. some worry it might be putting public safety at risk. the head of berkeley schools grilled over claims of anti-semitism. >> antizermatt haddic incidents in our schools are never acceptable. >> what prompted a federal investigation. >> our superintendent was the only person testifying and could not flat-out say we have an anti-semitism problem. >> the small handful of parents

are complaining about political discomfort. and later a proud day in east oakland. students declare their chosen colleges. the celebration of success against some tough odds. >> it was nice to be able to see where all my friends are deciding to pursue their careers. being able to showcase our accomplishments. gusty offshore winds bringing warmer temperatures across the bay area. tracking how long the strong winds will last and how long they will get warm weather to stick around in the first alert forecast. good evening, thank you for joining us at 6:00. the housing crunch is one of california's biggest challenges. we're learning about a specific housing problem. raising some public safety concerns. sexually violent predators who served their time are coming up for release and no place to put them. a large part of that is

because it is hard to find anyone who wants them living nearby. when word gets out of the predator's release. in 2021, there is strong opposition in east palo alto when the convicted rapist who was no longer deemed a threat by the state was allowed to move into a neighborhood. and now cbs news california has identified a sudden spike in violent predators. set for release into communities across the state. julie watts shows us there is a fight at the state capitol with a place nowhere to go. >> reporter: do you feel an attraction to children? >> i think there is always going to be an attraction. >> reporter: you're watching a 2006 interview with sexually violent predator timothy boggs. some people will say what you have is a sickness you cannot be cured from. >> i'd say that's 100% true. the worst thing that a sex offender can say is that i'm cured. you don't want somebody to say there is no attraction

because it leads to high-risk thinking. >> reporter: we got a glimpse into the mind of a legally designated sexual predator known as an svp, someone convicted of sexually violent crimes who serves their time, but also diagnosed with a mental disorder, which the court rules will make them likely to engage in sexually violent criminal behavior. instead of relief, they are sent to the state hospital for treatment until a state doctor determines they're ready for conditional release back into the community, where it is the state's job to give them a home and supervision. in boggs' case, they were taking too long to find him a place to live. they needed to consider things like schools, etc. he was the first svp released on transient status. >> i don't feel safe in my own neighborhood. >> reporter: he wasn't the last. >> reporter: as more are being released across the state. >> protesters argued that the neighborhood is filled with children. >> reporter: it is becoming increasingly difficult for the

state to find them homes. >> they would like this sex predator to be released elsewhere. >> reporter: historically it was pretty rare for them to be released. roughly 20 out in the community just last year. but state data indicates a sudden spike. potentially doubling with at least 42 sexually violent predators either pending or already released. costing the taxpayers over $400,000 a year. in part because the state will pay a premium for their housing if they could find a house at all. >> they should not be allowed to be in our neighborhoods. >> reporter: one sexually violent predator with plenty of money for housing with no place to go. >> stevenson has already failed his conditional release. >> reporter: triggering action by lawmakers. court records reveal william roberts stevenson has a long history of treatment and reoffense dating back to the 80s. after serving about half of his 31-year sentence, following the hospital. in 2014 doctors

determined it was safe to release stevenson into this northern california. >> with the view into our backyard. >> reporter: where he was arrested again when offices found child pornography on his computer. neighbors have a plan to build a daycare or park in the area, so no sex offender can move in the future. >> reporter: and they said stevenson was well enough for a release. this time they can't find anywhere to put him. >> we would prefer transient release at this time, they have a 50% failure rate. noting most were placed in motels where they were tempted by prosecution and drugs. he argued if lawmakers felt transient release was unsafe. >> they could have put that language into the law and they have chosen not to. ladies and gentlemen, it's unsafe, so

let's fix it now. >> reporter: in response to our original reporting, state senate minority leader ryan jones made multiple attempts. >> so did northern california assemblyman. >> stevenson has pointed out. that you can't put people out on transient status, but we will qualify that. >> at least they're. there were seven different bills this season. including one of patterson's bills that would have prevented sexually violent predators from being housed in motels. >> that's not working. >> reporter: which died when every democrat on assembly kevin mccarty's senate rob stained from voting, automatically killing the bill without anyone voting against it on the record. meanwhile the senate committee did pass

jones' amended bill requiring the public safety when placing sexually violent predators in the community. >> the point of stating emphatically that public safety is the number one priority underscores the ridiculousness of the whole issue in the first place. >> reporter: opponents like the aclu when public offenders argue that the bill will make it harder to find housing, which could lead to more transient releases. even on transient release, and 24/7, gps monitoring. and he acknowledges if the state can't find a home that at some point transient relief becomes the only option. >> there are dew process rights that they have. >> boggs who is now dead was never reassisted, and he said

he understood why people still did not trust him. >> how could i look at somebody in the community and say you're wrong. we don't need to be locked up. i paid for my crime, and i have done everything and my. that i do deserve a chance. >> the judge has an issue, but at least two bills prompted by his case are still making their way through the legislature. meanwhile state hospitals tell us they haven't analyzed the reason for the increase in svp releases, but says the average property stay is about 12 years. the more svps will be released. for more information or to see similar story, head head. scroll down to cbs news california investigates. turning to the nation's capitol where the head of berkeley school district testified on the first hearing

of anti-semitism in k-12 schools. the superintendent has received nine formal complaints from incidents at berkeley schools. she said the district has addressed those incidents and argument dem schism is. >> our babies sometimes harmful things. we know our staff are not immuned to missteps either. we don't ignore them when they occur. >> this comes a day after the office of civil rights opened a formal investigation into the complaints within the district. some jewish parents say their kids have been pulled from classroom after complaining of anti-semitic bullying and harassment. >> our superintendent was the, that we have an anti-semitism problem. we couldn't do it. and that was a punch to the got. >> . the complaints are coming from a small vocal group of participants. >> yes, of course, this are

instances of hate that happens, that happens everywhere and it happens here too. but with these small handful of parents are complaining about is political discomfort. and political discomfort is. within hours of today's hearing, a new civil rights complaint was filed alleging discrimination and those that support palestine. it's not just berkeley unified that is facing allegations. back in january, they opened investigations into oakland unified and san francisco unified. because of elevated carbon dioxide levels in a science lab. total of eight students, two teachers had a part time breathing. the

hazmat today searched for the source of the co2. officials did not specify what that source actually was. but they think it was likely some chemicals from the lab. onto first alert weather. a warm and breezy day. we can't blame you if you wanted to play hooky at the beach. a lot of people enjoying the warm temperatures. even reached 80 degrees in san jose. so let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen with how long we're going to have this warm weather. hey, paul. >> reporter: jules, around the water, one more day of warm temperatures. further inland, several more days of warm temperatures. it's breezy out there this evening. the strongest winds are what we expected with the sustained winds at 22 miles an hour for napa and 25 miles an hour for with stronger gust. over 30 miles per hour for that gust in san francisco, making their way down towards oakland. some of

our observation points are closer to sea level. up in elevations with some 45 plus miles an hour gusts today. that's where we have a wind advisory through 8:00 tomorrow morning. more of those gusts up to around 45 miles an hour possible overnight into the early morning hours. but later in the day tomorrow, temperatures are going to warm up and the winds are going to back down a little bit. right now it's still warm out this evening. down to 63 degrees for half moon bay. mid to upper 70s for oakland and a mix of 70s and low 80s. we'll see how long that inland heat is going to last in your full forecast. a room full of cheers and high fives as east oakland students proudly announce their chosen colleges. why this declaration day is such an important success story for oakland schools. >> you know, they have violence, crime. but i usually try to stay away from it whenever i see something and just try to focus on life. >> okay. and they are just days

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i love these stories. students getting cheers from east oakland, where we would hear about how they're falling

short. but today, the seniors at the charter school celebrated the monumental success. >> a day for lighthouse seniors that is more than the making, declaring for college. many of them overcoming the life and challenges to do so. the culmination of the academic career. the students at the charter school cheering one another on as they announced where they will be pursuing higher education. some students have been a part of the school since kindergarten. i was super excited. >> it's a first generation

american, the first generation college student. >> it means a lot for me and my family because they are immigrants from ethiopia who would work really hard to receive the higher education. so being able to go through the university in the world is just meaningful for me. >> reporter: over the last 13 years, this moment of walking up on stage announcing he'll be attending berkeley seems like a distant dream. born and raised in east oakland, but credits the tight knit community for keeping them focused. >> they have their ups, downs, violence, crime. i try to stay away from it and focus on my education. >> reporter: the ceo of the public schools, says that they will try to focus on bringing out the best in each kid. for

themselves and their families and they want to connect with their path. >> reporter: they say the school's leadership team will understand that supporting children in oakland will come with their own challenges. but there are ways to of come. >> so we would have a wraparound model where we would make sure that students are connected to the local agencies that will provide support. it will take the community to lift up the opportunities for young people. >> and berkeley is just the next step in pursuing bigger goals. >> my dream is to be a digital marketer to use my platform to support causes that i care about and portray a positive message. >> reporter: 91% met the minimum requirements to be accepted into the uc school. leaders here hope that other oakland schools could be inspired by what they have accomplished here. >> a recent report for the group families in action will show half of oakland's black and latino students don't meet

the basic eligibility requirements for a four-year college. coming up tonight, an exclusive interview. a whistle blower breaks his silence about quality issues at a boeing supplier. here is norah o'donnell. for the first time a whistle blower breaks his silence. allegations that spirit arrow systems cut corners and risked passengers safety. we've got that and more tonight here on the cbs evening news. >> norah, thank you. still ahead a warm and windy day. it's going to heat up even more tomorrow, so paul will fill us in on what to expect as we get closer and ( ♪♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save?

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let's get to the all-important first alert weather with a very important weekend ahead. a little pressure on you. mother's day weekend. >> that's right, yeah. i dropped that cart in the mail yesterday. phone calls are always good too with a little facetime over the computer for mother's day. we'll try to do that too. make sure you have some plans as you would have a few days left to get those plans in order if you have not done it yet to the children. let's take a look at what's happening as we would get closer to the weekend. halfway through, making some progress. but they won't shift a lot in the short term. another warm day tomorrow and warmer as they

will continue. but then the squeeze on the atmosphere is going to relax a little bit as we would get closer to the weekend. the temperatures on the coast and around the bay will retreat to closer than average as we would hit the weekend as well while it will be warm, farther inland. but the winds are still noticeable right now in the 25 to 30 miles an hour range. we are zoomed in to the north bay inland. the higher elevations especially in the north bay and still the 25 to 30 miles an hour gusts as the sun will come up on thursday. those winds will start to relax a bit where it will be a noticeable breeze and that offshore wind. the wind will calm down and shifts directions where we will get that breeze returning along the coast and around the bay. temperatures in san francisco will hit the low 80s by 2:00 in the afternoon. it will be a 15 to 20-degree drop over the course of the 24 hours as they

will allow them to creep back in. the winds regardless of the direction are going to be dispersing a lot of pollen. we will be locked into the medium, high category to finish the workweek and throughout the entire weekend. looking outside right now towards downtown. no clouds out there and those winds that will keep the skies entirely cloud free. temperatures in the moment, 74 degrees in san francisco. for the warm spot on the map right now. we'll drop down into the 50s where they are remaining in the low 50s. then temperatures will take another step up into the 80s, including for it roman here who will have their eclipse glasses. early on in the day tomorrow before the temperatures will get too far into the 80s, which will happen

closer to the water. the mid to upper 80s, where it is well above average. in fact temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the entire bay area. and in the east bay, also the mid-80s for fremont. mid-70s along the coast, dragging the warm air all the way to the coast. but once that wind returns, these temperatures will tumble quickly. but then down to 61 degrees by about 8:00 in the evening. temperatures will reach the mid to upper 80s in the north bay and they are going to hang on to the warmth. and sunday and monday, temperatures are still going to be close to 10 degrees above average. then the retreat closer to normal temperatures by the end of next week. temperatures will be the warmest inland for the next

couple of days. temperatures are backing down into average by sunday and monday and then we'll get back into our back and forth fog pattern into early next week as well. the temperatures are going to crash the party earlier once again, moon walking out of the picture. mother's day is on sunday, where you can't make that appearance too early yet. temperatures along the coast getting back down into the upper 50s by sunday and monday and then just a degree above 60 by tuesday and wednesday. now you can come back. i apologize. >> thank

the oakland airport is getting one last warning for the city across the bay before a final proposed name change tomorrow. the san francisco bay oakland international airport. but san francisco has filed a lawsuit to fight it. they set a new letter urging them to reconsider and avoid legal action. oakland officials say the suit is premature since the proposed name change hazmat officially been approved. this couple decided to tie on

harnesses, propel down at union square, why? it's a part of the city skyline challenge. of course it is. so they were joined by the professional rock climber from the sisters of perpetual indulgence, that is with some local internet influencers, of course. all in an effort to raise money for the san francisco based non-profit. so the young couple says after this level of stress, hey, that wedding will be a piece of cake. >> and a little tom cruise moment from mission impossible. but yeah, it did get windy as we bounced along, but i loved it. but the wedding is okay. but this, i was most nervous for. >> all downhill from >> norah: multi-day tornado outbreak. >> power flash, look at that. >> norah: with more than 50 million americans bracing for severe weather. >> it felt like all of the air came out of our cellar. >> norah: the threat now in its third day. communit