>oh, gosh, these prisoners are t their punishment, death row. >> they have committed atrocities that you wouldn't even want to know about. >> but these notes could impact dozens of bay area convictions. >> as a constitutional officer, i'm mandated to investigate and root out unethical behavior. >> today we explore the issue of lawyers accused of lawlessness. >> this is not about left or right or any kind of politics. >> the pain inflicted on the families of victims. >> so i'm sure this must be devastating news. hi there, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. the issue of death row has been a hotly debated topic for decades here in california. should the state allow capital punishment? there has been a moratorium since 2019, but the

future is still uncertain. right now hundreds of inmates are on death row here in california, and the fate of 35 of those inmates is up in the air in alameda county as the d.a. looks into whether or not prosecutors discriminated against potential jurors. today we talk to a local expert about the allegations and the issue of attorney misconduct. that's coming up in just a few minutes. first here are your afternoon headlines. the president of san francisco state is meeting with protesters camped out on campus. this comes seven days after they went up on the campus. and the divestment of the funds to israel. it'll be the first of its kind. >> we hope they will agree to the investment, to declare palestine as being a genocide. them experiencing the genocide.

once we start seeing the implementation and the clear layout of the plans, we not only have to agree, but they are putting into action our demand that we can begin discussing the process of suspecting the camp process. >> the discussions are currently ongoing. a robbery investigation led police to more than 1,400 pounds of illegal fireworks. police also recovered a gun and some drugs during the search of the suspect's home. this happened in september, but police just released this information. they arrested 20-year-old joshua ferry and two juveniles ages 16 and 17. in one hour, secretary of state antony blinken will deliver a keynote address at the conference at the moscone center in san francisco. 40,000 academics and government officials are expected to attend this conference. it's unclear if they will address

the war in gaza. golden state announced their new day. it will be joining the team as they prepare for their inaugural season in 2025. they come to the bay from new york where she was the assistant general manager for the liberty. >> given the estate winning culture, i'm humbled to being a part of this moment for the community and the wnba. >> leading her previous team to three wnba playoff appearances in the last five years. yesterday was the snowiest day of the season in the sierra. this according to the uc berkeley snow lab. it recorded 26.4 inches of snowfall yesterday. that's 2.6 inches more than the previous record set on march 3. all right, onto first alert weather now. we are really warming up this week. i hope you got outside to enjoy it. in the virtual view studio tracking when temperatures should climb into the 90s. wow.

>> liz, how is that for spring? you're talking about the snowiest 24-hour period of the whole winter happening on may 5. now we're talking about temperatures that are going to ride on the verge of 90 in just a couple of days here. not happening today. here is how we will do the comparison if you look at the daytime highs for the day. these numbers are still below average, barely making it up to the upper 60s for some of the warmer locations. watch what happens as we change this. we'll switch from looking at monday on here and we will switch the day to friday. now watch the whole color scheme on here. it will change and the numbers will really jump. that's where we're going to end the week. so think of this as bookends. today and then friday. the numbers here will start getting close to 90. take a look at livermore, we will get to 87 for much of the trivalley. it will be 88 in concord and temperatures even along the bay shore. san francisco is going

to the mid-70s. that's how you know it's a warm up. numbers along 680 will show us where some of the greatest concerns are with this. one way to message this is the visualization here that the national weather service has started using over the last few years. it's a heat risk map. it's color coded. rather than looking at temperature contours, what we're looking at here are color contours that will follow the key up here, which they are trying to say what is your degree of risk? two heat related health impacts from this. the important thing about this, if you're not hitting 90, it is easy to say oh, it's not that big of a deal. it's a lot hotter here. that's true. when you get into the early season warmups like this one that will come on the heels of what was a pretty noticeable cool period yesterday and today, temperatures were well below average. so to go through such a fast change, that's where you start to run into your bigger concerns from the heat related health impacts. a lot of people would not see this coming. it's a fast turnaround

that your body can't adjust to. everybody is going to be hearing about it. there will be a high degree of awareness, and people will be prepared. for a situation like this, they could catch people offguard. take a look at that part of the bay. this will really apply to the inland locations and the places we are talking about. 680 corridor, including you. 580 corridor, that includes you. you're in the moderate risk for heat related health impact, getting us towards the end of the week. we'll take a look at your seven-day forecast in a second. and just a little perspective of what is about to happen. thanks to the storm that was here yesterday, really on saturday that came through and delivered the blockbuster snow and brought our temperatures down. that storm has now moved east, and it is a real excellent example of how storms here that we feel in a moderate way in spring, you can really see what's happening here over the two days from saturday to today. that storm

is right across the midsection of the country. as they work their way towards the plains, it matches it with very dry air behind it. that's your recipe for severe weather, and there is a big red bull's eye today across the midsection of the country for the potential of not only severe thunderstorms, but also long track tornadoes. you can see it lines up perfectly of where our storm today and tonight is bringing in a huge clash of air mass. so we felt it here on saturday, but it's going to be a very different kind of storm over the course of the next 24 hours in the midsection of the country. we'll keep you updated on that as it plays out. take a look at that warm up that will show up. friday on our warmest numbers for some of those inland locations could get to 90 at the very peak of this. then saturday is a little better. sunday is a lot better. while there's a significant warm up coming, you can see how we've got the bookend from the 69-degree high to 90 on friday. it won't last terribly long.

the second half of the weekend, things will be better. all right, liz, back to you. >> darren, thank you so much. the alameda county d.a.'s office is now reviewing 35 different death row cases. d.a. pamela price says a federal judge ordered the review due to possible misconduct from former prosecutors. anne makovec is in the newsroom with more of these allegations. >> reporter: liz, this all centers around notes found in case files that will appear to show prosecutors discriminating against jewish and black jurors. take a look. this note says a banker, question mark, jew. and they wrote jewish about other potential jurors and also wrote no way, must take too risky. this note says one of the juror candidates is pro-affirmative action and the prosecutor wrote that race is no issue, but i don't believe her. and in this one, prosecutors wrote short fat troll in their description of a potential juror. here's price when she made the announcement

in april. >> the evidence that we have uncovered suggests plainly that many people did not receive a fair trial in alameda county. as a result we will have to review all the files to determine what happened. >> price says the first red flag surfaced on ernest dikes, and the attempted murder of his grandmother, bernice. victims services advocates says revisiting these cases could be hard on families who have already lived through criminal trials. >> and my heart goes out to the victims associated with the cases. i'm sure they endured a long process to get to where they are and to get a conviction, and i believe probably with all their hearts that they believe they had some vidalty to move forward. i'm sure this must be devastating news. >> the d.a.'s office has advocates designed to help victims and witnesses in these cases. no timeline though on

how long these reviews will take. liz? >> thank you so much. the california department of corrections says there are currently 640 people on death row. the last execution in the state took place in 2006. governor newsom issued a moratorium on the death penalty back in 2019. he also closed the execution chamber at san quentin. meanwhile san quentin is undergoing a transformation on its own, renamed the san quentin rehabilitation center. all part of his efforts to empty death row and focus on rehab, education, and job training. still ahead, how likely is it that any of these death row cases will be overturned? a criminal justice professor from cal state east bay joins us live to weigh in. alameda county d.a. is reviewing the death row cases as she, herself, faces a recall campaign. we'll have the very latest on the efforts to get her out of office.

welcome back. today we are digging into a federal judge's order requiring alameda county to review 35 death penalty cases. joining me live is dr. lisa hill, a criminal professor at cal state east bay. thank you for joining us.

>> it's good to be here. >> so what is the likelihood that the death row cases will be overturned, do you think? >> well, when cases go to appeal for review, the appellate court has three ashes. once they review the case, they can decide to affirm the lower court's decision. they can modify the decision or reverse the decision. errors that result from prosecutor error increase the chances of winning an appeal. >> so how prevalent is the issue of prosecutorial misconduct? is there a bigger issue at play here? >> well, you know, the data shows in about 20% of the cases, especially death penalty cases, they will go up for an appeal. that doesn't sound like a high number. when you think about the fact that we're

talking about people, souls that have been prosecuted, sent to death, that number will feel even larger. >> and california has not executed anyone since 2006 yet. hundreds still sit on death row. do you see a need for criminal justice reform in the wake of that? >> absolutely. you know the data associated with death penalty cases are alarming, especially when you look at disproportionalty on california, you know, we have about 2,000, actually 500 cases on death row. and a large percentage of those cases are african americans. california has one of the highest death penalty sentencing, you know, in the country. >> so what do you make of the recall effort against pamela price? if she loses her job, do you think it will solve the

issues of law and order in oakland? >> well, it may be contrary to what at least the campaign that d.a. price is looking. she is looking at reforms in the criminal justice system. these numbers, the data that shows the disproportionalty of persons of color, specifically black people, why we have a large gap. it gets larger. >> i'm curious though back to the recall effort, have we seen in the past that recall elections can result in massive changes both good and bad with cities?

>> well, i haven't looked at the data of that, that people are fed up with crime. it's not really their issue. crime is not the issue after the fact. >> you think that she is being unfairly blamed for all of this? >> you know, again, it's emotion with a lot of emotion, you know, people don't like change. it's untimely because

it's during a time when crime rates are really high and people are scared. so they are not really looking at long-term solutions, which is what d.a. price is advocating for. they want something in the here and now. and most people believe that long sentences and, you know, high jail rates, prison rates, that that will impact recidivism rate, but the data does not show that. long prison terms do not decrease recidivism rates. it just marginalizes people. sometimes it has the reverse affect. >> all right, dr. lisa hill, thank you so much for joining us today. and still ahead, what happens next in the recall effort against d.a. pamela price? and what she is doing to try to keep her job? and remember you can watch us any time, anywhere on our streaming service. cbs news bay area. catch all the live newscast and plus news and weather updates throughout the

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welcome back to our conversation on the review of death row cases happening in alameda county. now this is all happening while pamela price is facing a recall. signatures collected by supporters of the recall. katie nielsen was there at the heated meeting. words in the plaza outside the alameda county administration building supporters of current outside the county of current administrative building. pamela price attempting to drown out a

rally by those wanting to remove her from office. >> this is our press conference. this is for the victims. the victims are here. that shows you right here. and so are we. we are the people this way. >> pamela price called on the board of supervisors to block the recall election that could possibly take her out of office. >> current d.a. price questioned the legality of the recall campaign from signature gatherings and even how the county registrar managed the process. >> the registrar is trying to conduct an illegal election. i couldn't know what his

motivation is. and she was the first black woman to hold office. >> this is not about public safety. it doesn't appear to have a basis other than a racism. >> and my name is first on the recall e petition. line number one, my name. >> gresham is one of the founders of safe. the group that organized the recall effort. today they were calling for the board of supervisors to set a special election as soon as possible to let voters decide whether price should stay in office. >> we're not going to wait eight months for a recall opportunity. we are not going to do it. >> reporter: a special election in august could cost anywhere from $15 to $20 million. and to put the recall on the general election. >> i don't care about the money, but about justice and other people behind me getting

their justice too. >> and here is what will come next as they will meet again on may 14 to decide whether to hold a special election or add the recall to the november ballot. and the board will have to appoint a new d.a. to serve until the next 2026 election. now here is a little background on d.a. price. she's a civil rights attorney. but she promised the incarceration under the age of 25, and hold police accountable for misconduct. but when she took office, she drew opposition from prosecutors and community members who view her policies as too lenient. less than seven months in her term, her critics formed a recall committee. we'll be right back.

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