worker chased after the men who robbed him. that chase led to him getting shot. >> the tamale pizza food truck was robbed on the foothills and 34th in the fruitvale district. da lin talked to one of the victims with the story. >> reporter: workers say robberies around here are pretty common. one of the victims chased after the robbers who had a rifle and a handgun. the victims were working at this food truck on friday night when two gunmen stormed in demanding money. describing the traumatic experience through a translator. >> i was just afraid, terrified. just had my head down to put the guns on the back. >> reporter: she asked us to protect her identity because of safety concerns. the two gunmen took the money and repeatedly hit her husband. >> they started getting frustrated or mad because there

wasn't enough money in there. and the owner comes often to take the money. >> reporter: her husband and their 16-year-old son got in the car to follow the robbers to try to write down the license plate number. she says the gunman fired at least 15 shots from their moving car on davis street. one bullet pierced the windshield and hit her husband in the shoulder. doctors tell them it may be more dangerous to remove the bullet, so the bullet remains in the shoulder. >> when i see my husband, i'm sad because there's an object inside him that i know is hurting him, but we can't do nothing about it. >> reporter: she and her husband are also frustrated because of the repeated robberies and the burglaries, targeting small hispanic businesses on foothill boulevard in the fruitvale district. the late chef anthony bourdain once featured tamales on his show, saying this was his favorite oakland food truck. >> we're going to have the community resource vehicle. >> reporter: oakland police

recently announced they will deploy foot patrol and increase presence in the district. police responded to over 3,200 robberies city wide so far this year. it's up 35% compared to last year. >> i get it, we're super frustrated with everything that happens in the fruitvale district, and trust me, like it hurts all of us as a community. >> reporter: the fruitvale business owner reminds people to be good witnesses. >> it is not worth chasing or worth fighting back. the money you could replace. >> reporter: her home country is safer than east oakland. >> i am shocked mostly because i barely have three months here. and if i would have that opportunity to go back, i would. >> reporter: and they are hard working people back at work. he was shot two days ago. he did not want to be on camera, but tells me he is managing his

pain. >> and there is no word yet on any arrests in that case. crews continue to take down security barriers just days after the apec summit wrapped up in san francisco. lots of barriers were stacked in several piles along howard street earlier today. it's not too far from us where the apec summit was taking place, for the dignitaries during the high-profile event. >> with the death toll among palestinians now reaching 15,000, most of them women and children. protesters worldwide are demanding a ceasefire in the middle east even as hamas continues to hold more than 200 hostages. people rallied outside san jose city hall today. they say they are rallying for all the innocent children who have lost their lives in the conflict. meanwhile the white house says officials are working around the clock to secure the release of the hostages. the news comes after a blast rocked a u.n. school on saturday that was

being used as a shelter for thousands. it is unknown what caused the blast killing dozens of people at least. and an investigation is underway. the world is saying good-bye to rosalynn carter, the former first lady who has died at the age of 96. the wife of jimmy carter was known as one of the most politically first ladies in u.s. history. the first to sit in on cabinet meetings as well as briefings from the national security council. as first lady, she was a mental health advocate working to protect those with mental illness from discrimination. she and mr. carter were married for 77 years. the carters have left a legacy here in the bay area. max darrow has that story. >> reporter: former president carter and his wife, rosalyn, last visited the bay area in october of 2013. the carters

helped build new town homes in east oakland. >> so this is my room. >> reporter: earlier this year, we visited one of the homes they would work on inside one of those homeowners, who showed us a tribute to the carters, hanging by the front door. >> the carter family could see how we take care and we appreciate or this gift. i say my house is a gift. >> reporter: they spent some time with us in the 1980s. >> would you give a nice warm welcome to former president first lady and jimmy and rosalynn carter. the former president and first lady were in the kpix studios for an appearance on the show. people are talking back in 1987. they were here to talk about life after the presidency as well as the book they wrote together

called everything to gain. >> and we agreed to write books, raise money for the presidential library, and everything that just kind of piled in on the switch that was good and they kept us busy. i remember when they were laughing because we were having a good time when they got home. we could ride the bicycles out of the country with no crowd around us that's exciting. >> reporter: the carter center released a statement from president jimmy carter saying rosalyn was my equal partner in everything that i accomplished. as long as rosalynn was in the world, i always knew somebody loved and supported me. and still ahead at 6:00, they lost their family members in traffic crashes. now they're demanding change. why they say local leaders are not doing enough to keep people safe. in the first alert forecast now that we're done with that system that was around for five days. it gets breezy in the hills tonight. we'll talk about that wind advisory for the mountains. we'll look ahead to the thanksgiving holiday to see what the pacific might have in stored in terms of where the storm track might go next. the

forecast is coming up.

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as john ramos reports, the program to reduce casualties is nowhere near reaching the ambitious goals. >> reporter: in a big city like san francisco, traffic collisions, even fatal ones rarely make the news. but for those left to deal with the loss, they are stories that never really end. they are

bound together for a moment that no one could have predicted and now no one could escape. that's how it is for elizabeth chavez. ten years ago her 5-year-old daughter, eileen, was hit and killed in the crosswalk by a driver in san jose. >> so she was basically a couple weeks away from graduating from kindergarten where she was happy and she was going to go to first grade. >> reporter: now eileen will be 5 years old. in some ways her life will be frozen in time as well. >> there's times where, you know, they're talking about her, you know, remembering how she was. but then there's times like today that as if it were like yesterday. because you're

really here living again. what actually happened. >> reporter: but as painful as it may be to attend the annual day of remembrance, they say it also helps to be around others who will understand what she's going through. >> but it is also to let the decision makers know it's not okay that people are banning together and angry that this is happening that we might be hurt and devastated and the hearts will go out with a lot of anger because this is not something that is unsolvable. traffic crashes, it can be eliminated. >> reporter: they would call them crashes, not accidents because they believe they can be prevented. one idea to do that is gaining momentum in san francisco and across the nation, prohibiting right turns at red lights. the supervisor says the danger will come when drivers naturally look to the left to watch for oncoming cars. >> that'll create the situation where the drivers are hitting the gas to make that sharp turn without really focusing usually on what's on the right side and

often that is a cyclist or a pedestrian crossing on the intersection. >> reporter: a pilot program that's banning the turn will exist in the tenderloin and studies show 92% of drivers are actually obeying the signs. similar bans are being considered in denver, chicago, seattle, washington, d.c. san francisco supervisors have asked their transportation department to look into the feasibility of banning right turns on reds city wide. if that happened, it would be a major add u.s.ment for drivers and no one would know precisely how many lives it would save. but if the group assembling in san francisco every year could have a few less members, they say it will be worth it. we are now turning our attention to weather and darren peck will join us as you said we will have blue skies this morning as we would have blue skies. it was a gorgeous day. >> i love it when that plan will come together like that. >> and they recognize that. >> yes, they did. thank you very much. >> you're so welcome.

>> so let me show you what's coming next. getting windy in the mountains. we will talk about thanksgiving with good news in the forecast if you wanted a relatively uneventful, you don't have to worry about rain to show you where you live in any visit. this will be that thanksgiving, which will be nice around here. but first let's talk about tonight. any time a storm passes, clear skies, normally it will get cold the next morning. it's not necessarily the case for tomorrow morning. we are pretty much mostly in the mid-40s, even the sheltered valleys in the north bay will get too close and 41 in santa rosa. but we're not talking about frost advisories. the reason for that is because we will have offshore winds overnight going through the mountains. that's another thing that will typically happen when the storm passes, right? when we would look at the last 24 hours, there goes the storm. if we visualize this a different way, you will see the wind will go with the storm. as they leave, the wind will rush in to fill in what's left. it's classic that we would get north winds

through the central valley, which will turn into offshore winds here at home. here is what that looks like on the close up view. overnight tonight, most of us will have a 10 to 15 miles an hour breeze. 43 miles an hour gust in the mountains. they will down slope into the valleys. that wind will actually kind of be beneficial because it is going to mix up the atmosphere and it doesn't allow things to get as cold when that happens. so really all this does, it keeps the morning lows relatively warm with that system that came through. not to mention we are still feeling the benefits of last year. it is not a fire weather concern. it would have been if those two things were not in place. but since it is, instead it is a wind advisory for anybody above a thousand feet. you may not even notice that it is all that breezy, but it will feel warmer in the mornings. the daytime highs for tomorrow, a little bit warmer than today. we even have the 70 on there for santa rosa. 69 in san jose. now we get to the

forecast looking down the road. if we take the long range and color in the map for where it is going to rain from now, not just through thanksgiving, but through the end of november. and pull out for a little bit to see the pattern in the pacific. there is a very exaggerated pattern that is about to take hold and you can control the weather at least as far as the storm track is concerned for the rest of the month. all the deep shades of fuchsia will show you where the storm will deliver the storm after the storm track will deliver the storm after storm up to canada. nothing down here, even for seattle and oregon. it's one of the rainier times up there in november. they're not getting anything. maybe a little bit over the next few weeks. it doesn't quite resemble what you would expect to see. once we get into january, february, march, the three most likely months to start to see the storm track

aim more towards california. we will take it seven days at a time in your seven-day forecast as you can make plans knowing that you've got no weather issues. it will be great. all right, back to you. hey, straight ahead in sports, the gauntlet of the 49ers tough games. they drop today. no pushovers. that included the buccaneers. the first of two games in five da

and the 49ers, why not? the next stretch of games with tampa included as they needed the mentality of the all gas, no break coming in. locked in to get after it, three touchdowns, no picks. and that

wide open christian mccaffrey to light up the score board. the first quarter 7-0 lead under pressure, taken down by nick bosa. ball out. who caused it? on his 27th birthday and he punched it loose. they were ready to go just before half though. he hit his target. the bucs would get the ball in the second with a big stop here on third down. a clutch break up on this pass. a few plays later where he stepped up, looked deep and gone, 76 yard scoring play. 176 yards. he would trot it into the end zone. the next possession, purdy through the third touchdown of the game. the back of the end zone. that was really the knockout blow. but they

wouldn't go away with the quick score here to make it a two-score game with plenty left. mayfield would look to the end zone. the ball deflected off the helmet into the arms of brown. that would do it. and a short turnaround as they would play at seattle on thanksgiving night. >> how much money was it today? >> a lot of fun. what does it mean in that catch? >> it is a 76-yard bomb. >> dang, he had a perfect pass already? >> the best in franchise history. >> oh wow. i mean that's incredible as he's a baller, man. the 49ers again, a short week as they would get ready to play in seattle on thanksgiving as they lost today. san

francisco, now has a sole pow association first in the nfc west. >> what a great fan base as they hate us. >> would you rather have a thursday night off on a regular thanksgiving meal? >> you know, holidays are always put on the back burner when you play football. >> and anything special on the menu? >> just turkey. and all that great stuff. all right, local interest, antonio pierce, taking the third straight win to get by in miami. 64 yards for adams with the first touchdown since week three, putting vegas up 10-7.

knocking out the door in the back field and the second touchdown pass for tua. 14-10 fish. the fourth quarter, three minutes to go with some problems on fourth down. they grabbed it out of the air and the miami linebacker, also had two sacks in the game. the vegas defense gave them the stop and o'connell, aired it out here for the side. the two dolphin defenders were there. jalen ramsey came down with the second pick of the game. miami won it 20-13 dropped to 5-6 as they will host the chiefs next sunday. >> i want to take my time to address the broncos. they are on their way to the pop warner

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downtown san jose's ice skating rink returns to the holiday season located between the san jose museum of art. the rink circles around more than two dozen palm trees. i would not aim for those. >> no. >> it opened on friday, but the grand opening celebration is tomorrow at 5:30. tickets are $21 per person for a 90-minute skate session. can you ice skate? >> i can, kind of. i'm not very graceful. >> we'll stay away from the palm trees. thanks for watching. th

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- [tony] and families of crime victims seeking justice and accountability. (protesters cheering) (car horn honking) a movement to recall district attorneys who say they're just doing their jobs. - the people of alameda county elected me to do this work, and we're doing it. - [pat] and will he run for president? the man who gave gavin newsom his political start gives us his take. - so when you hear him say, "i have sub-zero interest-" - i don't believe it. i don't believe it. (spirited orchestral music) - hello and welcome to "bear politics." i'm pat harvey from "cbs los angeles." - i'm juliette goodrich from "cbs news bay area." - and i'm tony lopez from "cbs sacramento." we're just about a year out from the 2024 elections, so our cbs newsrooms have come together and pooled our resources. - we're zeroing in on some of the most talked-about issues unfolding on california's political landscape. - so let's get right to it. we've seen the contentious meetings.

our children's schools are becoming the new political battlegrounds in our state with conservatives holding almost no political power in sacramento. they're setting their sights on school boards. "cbs news los angeles" reporter, tom wait, uncovered who's funding some of these school board battles. - no, no, no, no, no. (protesters yelling) - [tom] in the suburbs of la and sacramento- - this transgender crap is wrong. - [tom] in the bay area- - i am deeply troubled. - [protesters] leave our kids alone! - [tom] and in orange and riverside counties, it has been a year of heated and sometimes violent standoffs at school boards across california. - we need education, not indoctrination. - as a culture war rages over pride days, pride flags, book and lesson bans, and parental notification rights, we wondered, how did this all start and where is it all going? is this part of an organized effort across the state? and what, if anything, is it leading to?

that's what we set out to learn. seven school boards have approved parental notification policies in california, in anderson, rocklin, roseville, chino, orange, murietta, and temecula, policies that require school staff to report students who want to change their pronoun. all the policies are similar to a bill written by republican assemblyman, bill essayli, of riverside last spring. the bill required parental notification in every california school. "this bill would provide that a parent or guardian has the right to be notified in writing within three days of the date any teacher, counselor, or employee of the school becomes aware that a pupil is identifying at school as a gender that does not align with the child's sex on their birth certificate. democrats killed the bill without even giving it a hearing. but supporters came up with a new idea. why not use the defeated bill as a blueprint and encourage conservative school boards across the state

to adopt notification policies, creating battlegrounds one district at a time. and conservative christian pastors from three influential megachurches rallied to help. they recruited, funded, and helped elect candidates who pledged to pass notification rules. - that's where i found a need to get involved and actually replace the school board. - [tom] nowhere is the school board ideological battleground more high profile than temecula in riverside county. one of the first cities in southern california where the divide played out and went viral. - the vast majority of this valley is very, very conservative, has been for decades. i've lived here for 40 years. and in those 40 years, we know this was the bible belt of southern california. - [announcer] so it's time we take back our schools. - [tom] pastor thompson set out to recruit candidates who shared his views and held a forum he called draft day for his congregation. - i know there's a lot of patriots in this room. it starts with school board. - joseph komrosky was featured, and he went on to win

and became temecula valley's school board president. - i believe in god. i stand for the virtues of character. - [tom] according to county records, pastor thompson and his pac poured tens of thousands of dollars into the campaigns of his chosen candidates. all three of them won. they took office last december. their impact was immediate. - and my question is, why even mention a pedophile? - [respondent] he's not. - i beg to differ. - [tom] using that baseless accusation as justification, the conservative board members tried to ban a book that included information on gay civil rights icon harvey milk. the state intervened, threatened massive fines, and the curriculum was ultimately restored. the conservative members also moved to restrict teaching critical race theory, imposed a ban on pride flags, and approved the teacher notification policy. edgar diaz is the president of the temecula valley educators association. he says, advocating for the rights and protections of lgbtq students

has made teachers a target. - they're calling us indoctrinated. that's insulting for me. it's insulting for my colleagues. - [tom] diaz says, since the conservatives took over the majority on the school board, teachers and students say they feel less safe in their classrooms. - and now our teachers are looking over their shoulder, wondering, when am i gonna be attacked or when am i gonna be reported? - get your people (indistinct)- - [tom] thompson and others in this movement have allies, supporters call them culture warriors. critics call them outside agitators. - ericsson! ericsson! - [tom] like bryce henson from san diego, who regularly drives hundreds of miles to districts where he has no children and confronts critics and disrupts meetings. and lausd parent, manuk gregorian, who leads the group, leave our kids alone, gregorian has led protests against what he says is excessive focus on lgbtq curriculum in multiple districts. - if a child wants to change their gender identity

or transition, they're not involving parent. all this is wrong. you know, parents should be involved in their children's life, and plus the curriculum itself. - we have students afraid to go to school. - [tom] christie hurst is a parent and former chino valley school teacher. she founded our schools usa, a nonprofit that advocates for inclusive learning. she says it's clear conservatives are using the issues of what they say are parental rights to gain a political edge, and they are spending a lot of money. - this is a long game. so you saw, you know, 20 years ago there was this push to fill judiciary nominees and now you're seeing this push into local levels. and what they do at these local school board levels is break laws on purpose so that they can get sued and get a case to scotus. - [tom] also, raising the question, should mega pastors or leaders of large churches be pouring money into campaigns for publicly run and funded schools?

is it appropriate for a church to have such a large voice in a government run school system? - okay. so, let me bring some clarity to that. this isn't a church run pac. - [tom] yeah, well, i mean, but you're running the pac and you run a church, so i mean, the line's pretty blurry there. - yeah, well, for me, it's very clear. i'm a pastor of a church and i also have a political action committee that i started, because i saw the need to get the right people elected. - [tom] pastor thompson makes no secret of the fact that he sees the school boards as a chance for conservatives to gain political traction. - last polling i saw was over 80% of parents in the state of california side on the issue of parental rights. so this is a winning issue. it's an issue we, we are going to grab a hold of and capitalize on, because every parent has the right to direct the upbringing of their children. we have that right. we are not gonna give that up. - [tom] and while the pastor thinks this movement will grow, others believe it will come crashing down. it's facing lawsuits and recalls. and some critics say the focus on divisive cultural issues

using public schools as the forum is turning people against them. - what the community is witnessing now is a dismantling of a district not only through legal fees, like taking hostage of taxpayer money, to use it to support their fights in court. - the conservative school board in temecula is facing several challenges to its power. it's being sued over its ban on teaching critical race theory and is facing a possible recall election this spring. - one district is even facing a lawsuit. attorney general rob mata is suing chino valley over its parental notification policy. critics say that policy could force schools to out transgender students without their consent. - certainly a battle we'll be watching. and elsewhere in california, its progressives who are becoming targets of recalls. - we're talking about progressive das. we saw the rise and fall of san francisco district attorney chesa boudin. but up next we'll look at the two other high profile das who have come under fire

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(dramatic intro music) - how do you balance public safety with criminal justice reform? it's been a hot topic in california. - the fbi says violent crime is up in our state. check out this green line in this graph. while in the rest of the country, the yellow line, crime is trending down, and fed up communities are looking for someone to blame. - critics are pointing the finger at progressive da's. there's been a movement across the state to try to unseat district attorneys with a so-called soft-on-crime approach. cbs news bay area's betty yu has the story of two recall efforts in different parts of the state, one that failed, and one that's just unfolding. (car hooting) (protestors chanting) - recall district attorney pamela price, the da that does nothing! - [betty] for the first time in alameda county history, residents are pushing to recall a district attorney

less than a year into pamela price's term. it comes after the high-profile recall of former district attorney chesa boudin last year in nearby san francisco. he was one of the most progressive top prosecutors in the country. boudin's predecessor, and now los angeles county da, george gascón, is also a criminal justice reformer, in charge of the largest office in the country. he dodged two recall attempts in two years. the recall committee has filed a lawsuit against the county, challenging its certification process. gascón called the recall effort an attempted political power grab, but added- - the majority of the people that signed that petition did that because they believed that i was creating insecurity in their community, and to those people, not only do i wanna reach out to them, i will continue, i never stop. - [betty] both regions in california have seen brazen smash and grabs and home invasions.

critics say gascón and price's soft-on-crime policies fuel lawlessness. - if they're not sure how they're registered- - brenda grisham, who lost her son to gun violence in 2010, is a principal officer with save alameda for everyone, or safe, the group leading the price recall effort. - so, here's the thing, i've been in oakland all of my life. i grew up in a village, single parent. my mother was my only parent, and we've always had crime. we're always gonna have crime, but the crime that's going on now is nothing near close to what we have experienced in the years. - [betty] at a recent press conference, price defended her position. - the people of alameda county elected me to do this work, and we're doing it, and so thank you. - [betty] brenda did not vote for price. - okay, that's fine, they did elect you, but a lot of 'em didn't know what you were doing. a lot of 'em had no idea. when she says that she was running on a compassionate platform,

she didn't say who she was gonna be compassionate to. - [betty] more than half of californians say that crime in their local community is a problem, according to the public policy institute of california. do you believe that la county is safer under gascón's leadership? - i absolutely believe that los angeles is safer. - [betty] melina abdullah is co-founder of blm los angeles. while the organization doesn't officially endorse elected officials, she supports gascón's policy directives, aimed at reducing sentences and mass incarceration. he also promised to hold police accountable for misconduct. - tough-on-crime policies actually don't drive down crime. unfortunately, communities are constantly fed this narrative, that that's the solution, but what we know, and i'm speaking as a mother of three children, right, what we know is that what actually creates safer communities is when we have strong afterschool programs.

that virtually eliminates youth crime. - [betty] like gascón, price set out not to charge juveniles as adults. both offices have seen senior das leave over their reform policies. i sat down with price one-on-one six months into her term. - i was elected because the people in this community didn't feel safe, unfortunately. we know that crime under my predecessor was, you know, pretty much exploding. a da's role has really no impact on crime. - [betty] price said she's dedicated to rooting out discrimination in a system that disproportionately punishes black and brown people. - any time that we can divert someone from the criminal justice system, that is a goal because the criminal justice system has been shown to be racially biased. - in your pursuit of achieving equity, it is favoring perpetrators over victims. - oh, i just- - is that correct? - that's absolutely not true.

often, what studies have shown, and it's true in alameda county, many times, people who are perpetrators, or labeled as perpetrators, were actually victims. - [betty] in october, gascón kicked off his 2024 re-election bid. price's term lasts until 2027. - we don't wanna see our boys in jail, locked away for life, but we don't wanna see 'em on the street, recommitting crimes. - [betty] oakland is seeing surging rates of violent and property crime that is higher than those of other major cities. brenda is working with fellow safe officer, carl chan, who has lived and worked here for nearly 50 years. - we are losing so much business, and we're losing so much confidence for people coming to our city, but not only that. we have started hearing from people from different cities in the county just saying that, you know, crime is like wildfire. it's, like, burning, it's going all over. - [betty] the group has until march 2024 to gather enough signatures for it to go before voters.

if it succeeds- - it will send a positive message to the people of alameda county, that we feel that they deserve something better, and then whoever comes in behind her, they're gonna know that we're not playing. - he's been on california's political scene for more than 20 years, but what's next for governor gavin newsom when his term ends? when bear politics continues, we'll hear from a close political ally who says, "a white house run is almost certain."

(upbeat music) - he's been taking on republicans on the national stage. there's also that high-profile trip to israel and china. - governor gavin newsom's certainly working to raise his national profile. so what is he up to? - governor newsom's term officially ends in january of 2027. so what's next when he leaves office? he says he's definitely not running for president, but as cbs news sacramento reporter steve large shows us, even the governor's longtime political ally doesn't believe him. (upbeat music) - [steve] they are pictures from an accomplished political career. - [willie] gavin is no stranger to the national spotlight. he's known for same-sex marriages here in san francisco - [steve] of a san francisco mayor turned california governor. - [willie] and i mean, half of the agenda for this governor is going to be taking on donald trump for the white house. - [steve] turned proxy for president biden.

- [willie] he's practiced at deflecting the presidency question. - [gavin] no, it's not the moment. - [steve] gavin newsom's insistence he is not running for president is not stopping the persistence of people around him from wondering, even from the man who helped launch his career, willie brown. - [steve] mr. mayor. - yes. - steve large, cbs 13. - hello. - [steve] i met up with the former san francisco mayor at one of his favorite cafes. (cups clink) (horn toots) - i got it on time too- - you did too. - don't forget that. - okay. - to talk about gavin newsom's future. so i thought, what better way to look into his future than to look into the person who appointed him to his first public office. - oh, you remember that. - i asked brown, does he think his one-time protege has eyes on the white house? this is the main question i wanted to ask you. do you think gavin newsom wants to be president of the united states?

- there is no way in the world anybody who's ever met him would answer that question any differently. he would like already to be president. (laughs) - that's fascinating to hear you say that. it was back in 1996, brown first appointed newsom into the parking commission in san francisco. - did he ever tell you that story? - no. - how he got the parking commission? - no. (brown laughs) brown appointed him after newsom volunteered on his mayoral campaign by bar hopping to seek support. all around the marina or all around the whole city? - oh no, whole city. - yeah. - oh no, no, whole city. - yeah. brown became mayor. even then, as newsom became parking commissioner, then city supervisor, it was newsom's political future attracting attention. - when they got up to toast him, one of his buddies proceeded to toast him. said that, mr. mayor, the next time we've been toasting this man on his birthday,

it'll be in the white house, 1600 pennsylvania avenue and you're invited. that was before he was anything. - but what do you think it is about gavin newsom that has led to this evolution to where he is at now? - well, i think gavin played his cards right. he played his hands well. - now the former parking commissioner turned governor is a global brand, traveling to war zones, to china, and crisscrossing the us campaigning for the democratic party. - this is a guy, when we look at our crystal ball, who is headed to the national stage to restart the democratic party. you can't even underestimate that. - [steve] david mccuan is a political science professor at sonoma state, who sees newsom clearly campaigning for a new era in politics and a new kind of voter in the rising american electorate. - and the rae is younger, more urban, more diverse. - [steve] newsom would be following other former california governors

in the pursuit of the presidency. his predecessor is governor jerry brown, made his own attempt. ronald reagan is the obvious and only successful example. willie brown says, newsom is next. - he is doing all the things that you would currently do to be a candidate for president. it really is in direct pursuit of achieving the goal that he has long since predetermined. - so when you hear him say in front of camera after camera after camera, i'm not interested, i have sub-zero interest, how does that- - i don't believe it. i don't believe it. i don't believe it. - [steve] the man who started gavin newsom's political career in parking says he is running for president. (gentle music) - and don't forget about that political action committee newsom launched in march to fight republican policies in some red states.

- yes, the governor has publicly pledged his support for president biden for the 2024 election cycle, but that still leaves a 2028 run on the table. - and newsom is only 56 years old, so he still has a lot of political years left on him. - still ahead in "bear politics", a field of crowded candidates, a look at the race for california's next senator. (ceremonious music)

(heroic music) - [juliette] this year, we said goodbye to a political trailblazer, california's longest serving senator, diane feinstein. - [tony] governor newsom appointed laphonza butler to fill her seat, who's already said she would not seek reelection in 2024. - so, it's back to the original cast of characters,

and according to a recent uc berkeley poll, here's where they stand now. the front runners are representatives, adam schiff of burbank and katie porter of irvine. - [juliette] and here is what's interesting. democratic congresswoman barbara lee got only 7% support in the survey. she is tied with republican front runners steve garvey, the former dodgers player and businessman james bradley. - this crowded field of candidates will be narrowed down to the top two vote getters. california's primary election is on march 5th. you can register to vote at any of our websites. - all of our cbs newsrooms will be continuing to dig into what will be a very busy political election year. - but for now, thank you for joining us for this edition, "bear politics." (dramatic music)

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