plus a former north bay mayor will not face charges for allegations. and a spark of hope for some east bay families amid the ongoing housing crisis. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with breaking news out of the middle east. all across israel, the idf along with u.s. forces say they have been intercepting drone strikes launched by iran. here is video of strikes over bethlehem in the west bank. you can see the flashes of light showing the objects being intercepted. this is what the skies of tel-aviv looked like earlier today. reporters in the area say they have heard close close to 30 explosions. so far we haven't heard if any of those drones have hit the city. the israeli military says they are prepared for as many as 100 drones and 150 ballistic missiles incoming from iran. israel, jordan, and lebanon have all closed air space in

response to the attack. >> this is a severe and dangerous escalation. our defensive and offensive capabilities are at the highest level of readiness. >> iran says it's only retaliation for an israeli air strike on their consulate in syria two weeks ago. it killed seven military officers, including a top commander in iran's military. iranian officials are saying it will be an isolated response and it is not the start of an all out war. a few hours ago, iran's delegation to the u.n. released a statement saying the matter can be deemed concluded, however, should the israeli regime make another mistake, iran's response will be considerably more severe. the statement also warned the u.s. to stay out of the con flick. a live look at washington. president biden will not be talking to the nation tonight. he has cut his trip to delaware

short to meet his national security team. biden administration released this photo of the meeting in the situation room along with a caption that says in part, our commitment to israel's security against threats from iran and its proxies is ironclad. the uss dwight eisenhower aircraft is in the middle east. cbs news has learned there are fighter jets on standby. the uk has confirmed they're providing help to u.s. forces, but they are not actively shooting down drones. >> meantime, in tel-aviv, what seems like a strange sight, many bars and pubs were still packed in the early hours sunday. in many people's minds living under the constant threat of an attack is the new normal. >> but we still need to keep going with our life. we have shelter here, actually, so we keep going. and we don't have, like, much to do besides, like, be around the shelter, you know? >> we already got used to being

attacked for the last six months. so for us it's just a usual night in tel-aviv. >> leading up to the attack, the lebanese group hezbollah says they launched dozens of rockets at israel's air defense headquarters. in their statement, the group declared support for palestinian people in gaza. a former cia counterterrorism official told cbs news it's not a surprise iranian proxy groups are getting involved. >> so the israelis are prepared for this. the u.s. forces in the region are prepared for this. but there's a lot of unknowns. as far as escalation goes, we'll have to see over the next 12 to 24 hours what this all means, but there is a significant potential for an escalation. >> coming up at 6:30, we will be speaking with bay area congressman john garamendi, a longtime member of the house foreign affairs committee. cbs first brought you the news of the attack on air this afternoon. you can continue to get the latest updates throughout the night on our

free streaming channel, cbs 24/7, or on our website, kpix.com. back here at home, here is a live look around the bay area. we had some heat in the middle of the week, now the rain is back. and brian is here to look at the current conditions. >> let's take a quick look at the high def doppler, which shows showers over the bay area have mostly eased. if you look offshore from marin county to the big sur coastline, there's another packet of showers that will unload some rain over the bay area and parts south tonight. in general, tendency is toward easing up, but there will be scattered showers overnight tonight. we'll have a complete forecast as to what's next, which by the way, does include a warming trend, when we cover the forecast in a few minutes. first, let's get back to andrea. >> thanks, brian. after the california state attorney decided not to file sexual assault charges against the former windsor mayor, dominic foppoli, some of the accusers and their attorneys

spoke out against the decision today. attorney general rob banta's office said at this time we don't have enough evidence to warrant filing charges on the cases not barred by the statute of limitations. da lin was at the santa rosa press conference and heard from some of the women who accuse foppoli of raping them. >> reporter: attorneys say 15 women have accused dominic foppoli of sexual assault. four of them attended saturday's press conference. the other women say they're dealing with different stages of healing and are still uncomfortable to appear on camera with their stories. fighting back tears and raw emotions, farrah abraham questions the attorney general's decision to not file criminal charges against dominic foppoli. >> i want to just start off with a question, this has been so hard, how many rape victims does it take to get a rapist

criminally charged? >> reporter: the florida social media influencer and reality tv star says foppoli drugged and raped her in 2021. >> reporting my rape will forever be one of the best decisions of my entire life, and if it prevents one other woman, child, man from being raped, this press conference will make all the difference in the world. >> reporter: miss abraham says she initially experienced a lot of internal anguish and self-blame. >> overcoming panic attacks, chronic body pain, completely going to rock bottom, depression, suicide. i've -- am really sad i had to experience this and it affected all of my core beliefs. >> reporter: she met three other women at the prsz conference who also accuse the former windsor mayor of sexual assault. one of the women spoke bravely. >> we are shocked that even with the large number of women from all over the globe who have come forward that this is still not considered enough for a criminal conviction. we are

horrified at the prospect of waiting for the next victim who may or may not have the courage to come forward. >> money was never the focus. the focus was always getting a predator behind bars for the safety of others. but when the criminal justice fails, we find justice where we can get it. >> reporter: attorney tracy is representing seven women in a civil case against foppoli. there are a total of three civil cases going after him. the former windsor mayor resigned in 2021. he has always denied the allegations. he now lives in italy, but after the attorney general's decision, he said in a media report he may come back to the north bay. >> it is not surprising to me that mr. foppoli thinks that he can come back and lead the same life that he was leading. in response to that, i hope he's watching because i hope he does come back. because i'd love to talk to him.

>> reporter: miss abraham says she's still in therapy but wants to speak up and encourage other victims to come forward. >> the one thing that i did was i took myself out of the world for 28 days, and i was put at a trauma center. and that's what helped me get back to where i'm at to continue on to even be able to be around men again. i did a 12-step program for relationships and i'm lucky to have a very supportive partner at this time in my life. >> reporter: the attorneys say two of the civil cases are going to trial next year. >> as mentioned in da's story, dominic foppoli now lives in italy. we reached out to him to get a response. we'll let you know when we hear back. in other news, two cars crashed into a fire truck that was responding to a different incident on 680. one of the drivers was taken to the hospital. none of the firefighters were hurt, but the truck did have to be towed away, and the chp is looking

into exactly what happened. housing problem in the bay area is a tough one, as you know, but one nonprofit took a step in the right direction today and john ramos has that story. >> reporter: they're still putting the finishing touches on some of these home, but habitat for humanity east bay chose this day for a welcome home ceremony, the first one since the pandemic. it's an example of how long-term the challenge is when it comes to building housing and what can be accomplished with sheer determination. the spanish word for hope is esperanza, and it's a fitting name for the newest neighborhood in walnut creek. 23 families will soon move into the homes they helped build next to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station. janice jensen, ceo of habitat for humanity east bay/silicon valley, says these townhomes are an example of how much things have changed over the years. >> back in the day we would

build single-family homes. we don't do that very much anymore. first of all, the land prices here are so expensive. >> reporter: but habitat's workforce hasn't changed. about 80% of the project was built with volunteer labor, 40,000 hours for each house. construction manager ben grubb says it's amazing how quickly inexperienced people can learn the trade. >> well, you'd be shocked. in the first hour on the job feels like a schoolhouse, right? so you're teaching everyone what to do. but then after that, people come out, they're smart, they're motivated. they want to do a good job. we're not the fastest builders of all time but we're thorough and do a good job. >> when they told us we were selected, i felt like we had won the lottery. having to do a lot of work was something that we were looking forward to, learning how to build your house, you know, how to paint. >> reporter: lisa specialized in painting the interiors of all the homes, even though she

had never picked up a brush before. >> now when i go into buildings, into other people's homes, i notice the paint and notice that they probably need a retouch. >> reporter: this new home is a real dream come true for her since her partner guillermo is busy full time raising their son caesar, who faces the challenge of autism. >> the change for the future is so important for us. here i see a place for me and guillermo where we can grow old and take care of caesar as long as god allows us to. >> reporter: housing advocates often say the solution to the housing crisis is to simply build more housing, but that doesn't happen quickly. esperanza place broke ground in september of 2021 and there are still 19 homes to build. ceo jensen says just because the solution seems simple, it is by no means easy. >> incomes have not risen.

costs have skyrocketed. and that creates a -- it creates a problem that is very hard to overcome. and we need better public policy. we need more funding. we need everything. >> reporter: the need is everywhere, but so is the willingness to help. all you have to do is ask the people who dream of a place to call their own. >> fantastic. when it's finished there will be 42 new townhomes. and when it's done, the development is diseasenated to be zero net energy, meaning it will provide more energy than it uses. still ahead at 6:00, the highway is still closed in big sur, but that's not stopping people from visiting the central coast. how

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crash into an energy pole late last night. cars are being detoured through alba road to highway 236 for now. it's still unknown when roads will fully re-open. and speaking of shutdowns, the highway 1 slip out near big sur is affecting a lot of travel plans. and california state parks officials say some other scenic spots on the highway are seeing an uptick in visitors. >> reporter: few drives are more iconic than highway 1 in big sur. tourists come from around the world to get a glimpse at the majestic vistas, but right now scenic trips are at a halt following the highway 1 road slip out. >> if we didn't call my son the night before to tell him the trip, he said, do you know it's closed? i was like, it's not closed. i looked, it was closed. really last minute, otherwise we would have been really disappointed. >> reporter: chp says they've seen an average of 600 cars a day drive along highway 1 even

despite the closure. many continuing to disobey large signs that are placed down the highway notifying drivers that the road is closed. >> out of those 600 cars daily, about 50 of them are trying to travel through highway 1 down to santa barbara, los angeles, and there's just no way they're going to be able to do that. >> reporter: california state parks, a top attraction for tourists, all closed since the slip out. state park officials now reporting a sizable uptick in tourists at all parks north of the closure. this was the line of cars outside of point lobos friday. the parking lot full. >> because we did see it on instagram, we thought, oh, well, we'll check it out. and it's so worth it. it's beautiful. >> reporter: this uptick prompting park rangers to increase their staffing and shift employees from their big sur locations up to point lobos to help. nonessential travel blocked off from big sur also posing a major economic impact. officials estimate a loss of over $1 million a day.

>> we worry about the people with their businesses, with the economy the way it is, and that they're struggling anyway. so the closures make a big effect. >> reporter: it's just nature, right? >> it's just nature, but you can still enjoy it and support the businesses. >> caltrans said this week it expects to complete the highway 1 repairs by memorial day. but until then, they'll have to keep escorting convoys through the area. >> yeah, i was down in cambria -- >> mm-hmm, further south. >> yeah, cambria's south of hurst castle. i was thinking i really would like to go up highway 1. >> yeah, but you would get stuck. >> then i learned that, you know, they've got the convoy every day at 7:00 in the morning and 8:00 in the morning, 5:00 at night, whatever. but they really do want it just for the local residents. i thought -- >> everybody else go around. >> i thought i live in the bay area, is that not -- >> you're not local, no. >> that's why i didn't do it.

but they are going to get it open, i think, by the end of may. >> hopefully, hopefully. >> it's highway 1, you know, just add water. highway 1, off it goes. hopefully they'll get it fixed. not an easy job. my job has been made easier by the fact that this low pressure is finally beginning to head south. you can still see plenty of showers being brought from the south to the north offshore, so don't be lulled into a false sense of security. while things are easing up a little bit, there's still plenty of showers offshore. they will fall as a little bit more rain tonight and through sunday. low's going to be slow to leave. we'll pull it into the bay area, show you where some of the showers are popping. little bit over mount hamilton and just a touch over corta madera. same thing for tomorrow. low pressure will press south. showers will ease up for sunday. didn't do too badly the past three days.

santa rosa pibbed up 0.7 of an inch. here in the city we had 0.016 of an inch. in the east bay, depend on where you look. concord picked up -- livermore, i'm sorry, picked up 0.29 of an inch. in san jose, about 0.5 an inch. morgan hill about 0.33. concord at 47 degrees. san francisco, 51. and 50 in santa rosa. more beneficial rain, as we like to say. as we look out over the horizon, you can see more clouds out towards the west. showers and thundershowers will end by the time we get to the latter part of sunday. and then high pressure sneaks in, and that means increasing sunshine. it'll be warmer on monday. tomorrow a transition day. and on the cooler side in san jose tomorrow we do know better than the low 60s. santa rosa cooler than that. only in the mid-50s for a high and a better chance of some showers lingering. but after today and tonight, shower chance peaks tonight and then it just drops off a cliff for

the rest of the week. ditto for san francisco. a 15% chance and not much for the rest of the week. so it'll be unsettled through sunday. increasing sunshine, it'll be warmer for monday and tuesday. temperatures will warm into the low 80s inland. that's probably the headline. we will turn it around midweek yet again and get into the 80s. and it actually looks like next weekend will be dry. cover the numbers and have the full forecast for you in a few minutes. but andrea is also pulling double duty today as you can tell when you have a look at her and the san francisco giants. . all right, coming up in sports, who said the giants didn't have any power? they lit up tropicana field with their bats today. and seven

the cal bears were well represented on the leaderboard

at the masters with three alums in contention at augusta national. much calmer conditions today after a windy first two days. tiger woods made the cut for a masters record 24th time but really struggled on saturday. shot a 10 over 82 and fell into a tie for 52nd place. one of the former cal bear, morikawa, birdied four of the first eight holes and had sole possession of the lead. and max homa started tied for the lead. then world number one scottie scheffler was two back after a double bogey on ten but on 13 he gets it all back. draining an eagle putt to tie morikawa for the lead, and bryson dechambeau came into the day tied for the lead but struggled on the back nine. that is until the final hole, the approach shot there from 77 yards out goes in for a birdie. pulls the

clovis native within four shots of the lead so. going into the final round, scheffler leads morikawa by one with homa two shots back. one thing that could stop scheffler from winning his second green jacket may be his wife meredith is nine months pregnant and scheffler has a plan in case he gets the call. >> i definitely have a way to get home pretty quickly. and yeah, we have somebody here that has access to their cellphone, if that's all right. and yes, i'll be available to go home when, you know, whenever i need to. >> think she'll call? >> she better call. >> well, good luck to both of them. to baseball, the giants came into saturday homerless in their last seven games, but they woke up from their power slump today in tampa. this little giants fan wanted to see some runs this afternoon, and he got it for sure. san

francisco up 2-1 in the fifth. lamonte wade jr., he hits the ball just over right center wall for his first home run of the year. and that makes it 4-1. wade is hitting .368 so far this season. plenty of run support for ace logan webb, finally. he allows just one one and strikes out four in seven innings of work. and to pick up his first win of the season. now 7-1, giants, in the seventh. jorge soler crushes one. 446 feet to center. a solo shot for him. and that's soler's third home run with the orange and black. three bats later, estrada with his second long ball of the day. two-run blast, and estrada went 3 for 4. san francisco hit five homers in the game to cruise to an 11-2 win. former a's pitcher sean doolittle back in town as a member of the nationals coaching staff. washington starter mackenzie gore tossed five shutout innings and tied a

career high with 11 strikeouts. he struck out the last five batters he faced. top of the sixth inning, nats up 1-0. luis garcia with a big two-out hit to bring home their second run. washington wins 3-1, and the a's still have a chance to take their third straight series with a win tomorrow. in the nba, with one game to go in the regular season, the warriors find themselves back in the ten spot in the western conference playoff race after a tough loss last night to new orleans. the warriors nearly pulled off a double-digit comeback in the fourth quarter, but steph's game-tying three was a little bit off the mark. the pelicans held on to win 114-109. golden state will finish the regular season tomorrow but has accepted the fact they will end up either the ninth or tenth seed in the tournament. >> could you be resting some guys on sunday? >> oh, hell yeah. >> give me a hell yeah. >> oh, hell yeah. if you look

at what we're facing, it's a gauntlet, right? we've got to play two play-in game, and if you can win those two, then you've got game one 48 hours after that. and in college basketball just a couple of days after asking tara vanderveer a question at her retirement press conference, stanford star kiki has decided to transfer. she averaged nearly 20 points a game and was named the best power forward in the country. i'm sure that everyone on the farm is going to miss tar are and kiki, but the girls will do fine. >> andrea, thank you. coming up in our next half hour, a bay area transit agency is trying anything to stay afloat. the efforts to crack down on fare evaders. plus -- >> the work that we're doing is actually making a difference. >> the creative new service making sure reusable and hard to recycle items don't end up in the landfill. and breaking down the implications of iran's attack against israel today with a

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from cbs news bay area this is the evening edition. >> now at 6:30 we continue our coverage of iran's attack on israel. dozens of explosions over israeli skies as the idf and the u.s. military work to

intercept drone strikes. iran has already said this is in direct response to an israeli attack on iran's embassy in syria two weeks ago and that as far as they're concerned the retaliation has concluded. >> but just like many have seen or wondering since the war in gaza started, will this lead to a wider conflict. joining us live now is congressman john garamendi, who represents part of contra costa and solano counties. he's also on the house armed forces committee. congressman, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i wanted to start off by asking you that an attack this weekend was not a surprise to israel or our government. is this the type of force that you expected to see? >> we knew there would be some sort of an attack. i don't believe we thought it would be a direct attack in such a significant way against israel itself. it clearly was not a

this for that. israel did attack the consulate office in syria about a week and a half ago and killed two, three, four generals. and this seems to be a response to that. far greater, far more serious, and really the first time in which iran has directly attacked israel. now, iran's proxies, hamas, hezbollah, and others, and houthis, are -- have attacked israel repeatedly and also attacked the united states. and we're now seeing the united states directly defending israel by trying and successfully knocking some of these drones and some of these missiles out of the sky. it is a very, very significant escalation in every conceivable way. is it over? i doubt it. i

really doubt it. i think israel is going to, in one way or another, retaliate against this all out attack that iran has placed on israel. >> well, all right, if that happens, where does it all end? >> well, that's always the question, isn't it? where does this end? >> there are 33,000 dead palestinians, the hostages are still being held, this is no doubt an active escalation, and if it's just back and forth, how worried are you that this escalates into something that just goes out of control? >> i am very, very worried. if you consider what's happened this last year, i don't need to begin with october the 7th but even before that there were direct attacks on the united states. after october 7th there have been many, many more attacks on the united states on

our allies and certainly on israel. israel's response in gaza has been horrific. 30,000 or more people have been killed, half of them children. and that is not yet settled. so we're looking at a situation that is right now spiralling not out of control but certainly it's escalatory. how far will this go? hopefully everybody will take a look and say, oh my god, how far would this go, a wide open middle east war sucking more and more countries into it. it's entirely possible. i know the president and his security advisors and his secretary of state have been working double time trying to prevent what is actually happening tonight. that is an all out attack by iran directly against israel. obviously, that didn't succeed. i am certain that diplomatic efforts and communication of flashing back

and forth across the entire region will saudi arabia -- where are they in this? they've never been friend throw iran. they have reached out to iran a little bit recently. they've also reached out to israel trying to develop on the abraham accords. so it's very, very unsettled. syria, iraq, turkey, egypt, all of the countries in that area are in one way or another engaged in this issue tonight. we haven't heard -- we do know that jordan and iraq have made their air space available for defensive purposes. that is for israel and the united states to defend. we'll see where it goes from here. >> okay, well, congressman, just to reiterate what you had said, as iran has already said as far as it's concerned, i mean, just to boil it down, you bombed us, we bombed you, we consider the matter at a close,

you don't think israel's going to look at it that way? >> no, i don't. >> okay. >> i do not at all. i think you're looking at a significant escalation in the this for that. bombing one building is one thing. sending 200 missiles, drones into a country is really quite something else. now, will it settle down? we would hope so. iran seems to say, oh, that's -- we don't want anymore. well, i'm not so sure israel says that because i'm quite certain israel says nobody can directly attack us and expect us to do nothing about it. but we saw that directly when israel was attacked by hamas. the result of that is a horrific war in gaza. will this new attack buy iran directly against israel result in israel

coming back with another attack on iran? i'm afraid they will. unless the diplomats in some way are able to settle this down. >> right. >> i'm dubious. >> i think the world is as well. especially, where will it all end. there are frightening answers to that question. thank you for clarifying some of it, congressman john garamendi. >> and the top republican on the senate armed forces committee released a statement saying we must join with israel to ensure that iran's aggression is met with resolute action and resounding strength. our shared enemy, including iran and their proxies, need to know our commitment is unwavering. >> meanwhile, in the israeli occupied west bank, armed jewish settlers vandalizing property and blocking roads after medics found the body of an israeli teen after a suspected palestinian attack. violence had already been on the rise since hamas' shock

attack on southern israel back in october, but civil unrest has risen in the area as israel's retaliation in gaza now enters its seventh month. and for the latest on president biden's response, tune in to face the nation tomorrow morning at 8:30. margaret brennan will be talking with john kirby from the national security council. in other news tonight, b.a.r.t. and muni are struggling to get riders back on board. b.a.r.t.'s weekday numbers are about 60% less than before in 2020. muni says they have an added problem, an increase in people skipping the fare. kelsi thorud has the story. >> reporter: fare evasion is not a new problem for sfmta but executive director jeffrey tumlin says they've seen a significant spike in people not paying to ride muni since the pandemic. >> when we stopped charging fares -- stopped inspecting fares during covid, it's taken

us a while to get our fare collection rate back to where it should be. so what we've seen is about an eight percentage point increase in fare evasion. >> reporter: to try and crack down on evader, tumlin says sfmta will be adding dozens of additional fare inspectors. tumlin says the inspectors will rotate through every muni line in the city. >> we try to make sure that the distribution is random. we also want to make sure that if you're a low-income resident that you're no more likely to get inspected than if you're living in a wealthy neighborhood. so we make sure the distribution across the city is pretty even. >> reporter: tumlin says only about 20% of sfmta's revenue comes from fares, but with ridership still well below pre-pandemic level, every dollar counts. still, he says it's a delicate balance between hiring more inspectors and getting fare revenue up. >> it costs more to get to 100%

than you actually make in fare revenue. so what we're trying to find is that optimization point with fare inspector where is the cost of each new fare inspector is more than paid for through an increase in fare compliance and fare revenue. >> reporter: tumlin says his goal is to make every muni passenger feel like they're all contributing their fair share for the use of public transit. he says passengers can expect to see the new inspectors on buss and trains very soon. as for b.a.r.t., this past december they put up new anti-fare jumping gate prototypes at the west oakland station and just two weeks ago the civic center station got one at its elevator gate. b.a.r.t. plans to install these new gates at these eight additional stations. you can see them right here on the map, and the agency says to expect new fare gates at every station in the bay area by the end of 2025. well, still ahead here at 6:00, reducing the trash that

ends up in our landfill. we look at an innovative service that's filling

in california, items like prescription bottles, bread tags, and pizza boxes often end up in the recycling bin even when they shouldn't. >> the practice is known as wish-cycling. if you don't know what that mean, you're about to find out. devin fehely explaining how a new start-up hopes to catch what falls through the cracks. >> reporter: early mornings when juan lopez heads to his truck, the young man already feels inspired. >> very noticeable that the work we're doing is actually making a difference. >> reporter: a big difference by diverting waste from landfills. >> a lot of positive progress

towards a better future and just like a better -- i guess mindset towards recycling and where your trash is going. >> reporter: juan works for ridwell. the name says it all, and now in the bay area business is booming. >> my drivers are doing about 50 to 120 stops a day. that's a ten-hour day. four days a week. >> reporter: ridwell aims to keep hard to recycle item and any reusable stuff out of landfill. it's a daunting task. reports show that only 32% of waste is properly recycled or composted. most ends up rotting at the dump, which in turn creates methane, a potent greenhouse gas. >> lot of people, myself included, were recycling things that couldn't be recycled. made me feel really guilty to know that maybe perhaps a whole recycling load would be ruined because something was in there that shouldn't have been. >> reporter: tara lee in san jose now uses ridwell to augment her curbside service. she demonstrates how it works. >> they have little bags that

are all nicely labeled, let you know what can go in. >> reporter: tara sorts items into different cloth bags provided by ridwell. >> lots of things that cannot be recycled in our normal recycling stream. light bulbs, batteries, we could take batteries to hazardous waste, but that's an extra trip, right? gas, time, et cetera. this one is all picked up right at the house. >> reporter: on pickup day, she places the bags into a small outdoor bin. that's where workers like juan retrieve them. he takes the sacks, returns to his truck, and sorts each bag into its proper bin. >> i just got a text that says i did it, i'm saving the world one plastic bag at a time. >> reporter: as to where it goes, ryan metz ger is the ceo and founder. he works with local, regional, and national partners to find solutions that will breathe new life into the waste. take for example plastic bags which don't go into most curbside recycling bins. >> so this is a piece of trex.

this is what our plastic film gets turned into. we put it in bails and send it down to nevada where it gets turned into this material that a lot of people use to make decks out of. >> reporter: on special pickup days, ridwell collects reusable household items. some are dropped off at a bay area nonprofit called make it home. >> the best goodies that we're getting from ridwell, we get lots of kitchen utensils and we also gets lots of pots and pans and bakeware and kitchen items that are expensive to purchase and really hard to recycle. >> reporter: each year americans throw more than 12 million tons of furniture into landfills. at make it home, reusable items find new homes. >> we are serving homeless to home. we're serving people who have survived domestic violence. we're serving foster kids who are aging out. >> reporter: ridwell costs $14 to $24 a month. hannah says it's well worth it. >> i think it's worth it to

pay for ridwell on top of the existing city waste pickup because i know that there are more things that are being kept out of the landfill that way. >> reporter: hoping to make a difference, one pickup at a time. and coming up, we've got more showers building offshore of the bay area. we'll tell you what to expect and when things will completely change when we

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today kicks off this year's cherry blossom festival in japantown where thousands come to celebrate japanese culture. the festival includes live traditional dance performances and, of course, the food. some folks even dressing up as their favorite japanese anime characters. the festival will continue through next weekend ending with a grand parade next sunday. and congratulations to this year's cherry blossom queen, claire. she just won last weekend at the lovely program we had. >> okay, can i ask you a naive question? >> yes. >> okay, it's a stupid question, i guess, but do they have cherry blossom festivals in japan as well? >> yes, they do. >> what do they call them? >> you sit and watch and you have a picnic and everything. it's a fun event. >> this is an echo of that.

>> yeah, i mean, we have a different kind of celebration everywhere. >> i hope it clears up. >> i hope so too. i like the fact that next weekend's going to be really nice, right? >> next weekend is nice. by that time darren will be back, and i'll say, well, darren, you forecast this. at the moment we have this. we still have lingering showers around the bay area. all helped along by this low that spun offshore, gave us the showers all day today. you can see there's still plenty more showers building offshore. we are getting a little bit of sunshine poking out as the day ends, but don't be lulled into a false sense of security. there is more rain on the way tonight. could be a few pretty good downpours, even the possibility of a thunder bumper or two. and then tomorrow we begin to clear it out. that's what it looks like statewide. there's even snow in the sierra being ushered along by all of this. and in terms of the numbers, concord right now, it's chilly. boy, it cooled down from the 80s we had earlier in the week. and the rainfall that we got, not a

heck of a lot. closer view of the bay area shows those showers offshore, so in the next few hours you'll expect a little bit more rain on the roof. low pressure that is offshore will head south and east. in terms of how much we got, not a lot. santa rosa, 0.7 of an inch. concord picked up a little bit more than 0.33 of an inch. in san francisco, 0.6. it's what we call in the biz beneficial rainfall. it benefitted the reservoirs, above average from shas to in the north to don pedro in the south. in general the showers and thundershowers will end tomorrow. we'll begin to slowly dry it out, and then high pressure builds in. that'll increase sunshine and increase temperatures, not dramatically, not tomorrow. in san jose, low 60s will do it. in santa rosa, mid-50s. of chilly weather continues. in general, though, we're heading toward increasing sunshine by monday and tuesday. temperatures in the low 80s inland by wednesday and thursday. overnight tonight we'll be in the mid-40s, and daytime highs for tomorrow all

of them will be in the low to mid-60s. with variable clouds and a few scattered showers not nearly as much as we had today, san francisco tomorrow comes in in the mid-50s. and in the extended forecast we all look the same. generally warming up by the time we get into monday, tuesday, and wednesday. and then we'll be in the 80s inland by the time we hit midweek. so there is sunshine ahead. there's also more news ahead in a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, brian. up next, as businesses flee downtown san francisco, one of union

welcome back. an unhappy topic of the past couple years has been businesses leaving union square. like macy's is

going to be shutting down. >> dozens of others have announced plans to close or have already done so. but as loureen ayyoub shows us, there is a landmark that's saying they are here to stay. >> reporter: it's been 120 years since the iconic westin saint francis opened its doors near san francisco. i'm in union square where the hotel historian is sharing with me a bit about the past and some highlights of the future. going up? that's where former busboy howard went when we began working at the iconic westin saint francis back in 197. 2 he started with humble beginnings and worked his way up to manager and eventually official historian. today he continues to embrace new and old memories at the legendary hotel overlooking union square. >> i had a nice note from a mrs. carter, rosalyn carter, when she was a guest of the hotel and stayed here. she just thanked me for my hospitality

and taking good care of them. and we've had several presidents that were here. mr. bush sr. used to stay here, and we always had to put in diet dr. pepper because that was his drink of choice. >> reporter: the hotel was built back in 1904. it survived the 1906 earthquake and over a century later it's still standing today. as it celebrates its 120th birthday, howard is reflecting on a few more special memories that he has had while serving the hotel for decades. like a special moment with legendary actress bette davis. >> i said, miss davis, welcome to the saint francis. we're thrilled to have you with us. i want to make sure i take care of all of your needs. she said nothing at first. i thought, maybe i've overstepped my bounds. all of a sudden she said, come on up. >> reporter: up he went. from superstars to everyday tourists, howard has built a lifetime of memories serving the guests at the saint francis and he's gained a work family too. as he spends time with

hotel manager cliff clark, the two of them symbolize the past and future of the hotel. cliff has been working arduously to bring about new updates to the hotel. as we go up the 32-story tower building to visit the newly updated iconic windsor suite, yes, the one where queen e-liz beth herself stayed, clint says it's what the hotel needs. even with the updates on the horizon, some things will remain, like these original ceiling moldings from 1913. still visible at one of their new restaurants, the westin club. cliff is keeping his team in the loop with all the change, including, perhaps, the biggest change of all, the landmark lobby on powell street that. monumental lobby where the coined phrase meet me under the clock at the saint francis came to existence, thanks to their past installation of one of the oldest master clocks on the west coast, that lobby might be changing in design, but it will be the focal

welcoming point for the hotel. cliff says while there are many shifts happening around the neighborhood, the saint francis is here to stay. >> one thing that's consistent is all of these iconic hotels that have been here in san francisco for over 100 years are still here. >> reporter: and even as times change, when it comes to howard's heart for the hotel in the city of san francisco, well, that's here to stay too. >> like home. this is my home. >> reporter: a home that remains from season to season. >> what would union square

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