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now at 11:00 -- >> there's dehydration, there's all of the sicknesses. >> -- a bay area doctor trapped in war-torn gaza and surrounded by human suffering. the effort to bring her home as she helps people in dire need. and an act of kindness to giver bay area high school grads a leg up turns into another. >> it feels amazing to be recognized. >> after a young man decides to pay it forward. at most weddings all you have to catch is a bouquet. but this woman's catch shocked more than the guest that was there. >> erica, you're [ bleep ]

wild. >> erica, what the hell? from kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello, i'm sara donchey. hundreds of thousandings of palestinians have now fled the gaza city of rafah. that was the place they were initially told to go to be safe, and now the flow of aid has been cut off as israeli tanks move deeper into that city. and tonight a bay area doctor is stuck there. she's one of at least 20 u.s. doctors who have been unable to leave gaza. she practices family medicine at sutter health in palo alto. she left her family, including her two daughters, for rafah at the end of april for a two-week mission. she shared these pictures with her family before the israeli invasion of rafah, but now the crossing to egypt is closed, and that has left her stranded. her brother has been fighting for her to return home. >> she wanted to be able to do more. i think the, you know, just advocacy from here really wasn't enough. yesterday when

i was talking to her, we had some texts back and forth, and one thing she was worried about was that she wasn't so worried about herself. her spirits were good. but she was worried about that they were running out of supply, medical supplies because of the border crossing and that they couldn't help the people. and she was also worried about she was going to be late back to work so she couldn't see her patients here. which i kind of found ironic, because we're worried about her safety. >> he told us a big challenge with getting her out is the fact it's unsafe to move around rafah. he also says his sister has been treating a lot of children. >> there's a scarcity of food. there's dehydration. there's, you know, all of the sicknesses that comes with being homeless. and you know, being displaced. and so that is, i think, what she is seeing. they had to get relocated because of the intensity of what was going on in rafah. and i think she's

been very careful about what she shares with us. >> he says it's been very difficult to talk with his sister, to communicate, because of frequent blackouts in gaza. he tells us his family contacted anna eshoo's office in getting help. in the north bay, the president of sonoma state university was just put on leave a day after an agreement he made with pro-palestinian protesters on campus and their demands. lee had announced some of the terms of that deal, including establishing an advisory council of students, disclosing investments and divestment, and boycotting academic research institutions with ties to israel. the csu chancellor's office says lee made that announcement about an agreement in a campuswide email without their approval, and the board is actively reviewing the situation. the california legislative jewish caucus says it supports the suspension. it put out a statement saying that lee's endorsement of an

academic boycott was unacceptable and is evidence that he's unfit to lead the university. at least a dozen pro-palestinian protesters were arrested on uc irvine's campus today as police took down an encampment there where hundreds had been protesting. police used zip ties to take several people into custody earlier. the school says protests turned violent, although demonstrators refute that. the school's chancellor says negotiations with protesters will continue. as local students start to graduate, one group of small businesses in san jose is stepping up to help them pay their bills. and they're giving away shol arships to some deserving high school grads. but a twist, one of those recipients decided to pay it forward and to give his check away. len ramirez has the story. >> weer started so small, but it has grown big exer bigger

every year. >> i'll be studying at uc davis. >> reporter: the scholarships were sponsored by small business owner, many of them along east santa clara street. >> we need to help each other out. >> reporter: but one of the recipients, tyler gordon, told the organizers to give his scholarship money to another student. and that's because at 17 tyler is already a millionaire. >> i'm trying to figure out what i'm going to do. >> reporter: he's an internationally known artist, his distinctive portraits often done in a matter of minutes, are sought after by famous athlete, top celebrities, and politicians. his mother, nicole kindell, says the talent turned on like a switch when he was 10. >> he had a dream god told him he could paint. i told him go back to bed. >> how long you been paint something. >> ten months. >> reporter: tyler persisted and became famous as a prodigy and a best-selling author, but

despite the fame and fortune, he remains very humble, partly due to his background as one of five kids being raised by a single mom and partly because he stutters and was bullied throughout his childhood. in fact, he still has a difficult time expressing himself with words. but he wanted to say something about the scholarship. >> it feels amazing to be recognized by my community. >> reporter: it is a community that has had struggles of its own. one of the scholarship sponsors runs a dress and tuxedo shop on east santa clara, luis worked two other jobs as a delivery driver and overnight worker at tesla to keep his small shop open during covid. he didn't stop supporting the students because he remember what is it was like when he got scholarships his senior year at yerba buena high school. >> i wanted to give back to the community again. and ever since that time since 2018 i've been involved with this program, which is, i mean, really good. i feel happy that i'm doing

something back for the community. it's not just something giving to me, but also giving back to them. >> reporter: the scholarship is based on an essay and improving grades through high school, says the founder and business leader. >> how do we push that child to go to college and help him become more productive and more educated person in the society which will help him and his family in the future. >> reporter: tyler wants to take a gap year before moving on to college to work as a full-time artist and support his mom and siblings. >> he told me, mom, you do not have to work another day in your life. >> reporter: the program known as local community heroes was named for the student, like tyler, but it could easily describe the small business owners who keep sponsoring and giving even during hard times. >> since 2017, the scholarship has raised $55,000, 100% of the funds go to the students.

in san francisco, a gathering tonight was meant to honor people who have been killed or injured while biking in the city. roughly 50 bikers took part in a ride of silence. andrea nakano was there and eventually talked to a survivor of a horrific hit-and-run who says the people who've lost their lives on bicycles deserve to be remembered. >> reporter: alex is embracing her second chance at life. >> i'm super grateful that my friend paul didn't have to make a ghost bike for me. >> reporter: in 2022 she was biking home from work when she was hit from behind while stopped at a red light. as a result, she suffered a traumatic brain injury. >> i luckily don't have any memories of the accident at all. >> reporter: she says the accident also wiped out a year's worth of memories from her life. she also has physical scars from her injuries. >> i had a tracheotomy and a feeding tube and i still have pain from the feeding tube even

though it's gone. it's been gone for two years now. >> reporter: for her, this ride of silence is a way for her to honor the victims. the ride has seven stops where bikers lost their lives, but every single victim since 1997 is remembered. >> this was someone's daughter, a son, a pedicab operator. >> reporter: the unofficial mayor of san francisco helped to organize the event. he mourns every life lost, but there is one day he will always remember when two people were killed on their bikes just hours apart. >> i will never forget that day. never forget where i was, how painful that was for me personally and our community. we just did not know why was that -- why did that happen, you know? >> reporter: one of the stops was here at third and mission bay, where clark was killed in 2017. every year his mother comes out to greet the riders. >> i'm grateful. i am. to me

culturally we honor people, family, and this is -- he is greeting his old friends. and i'm honoring those who come to honor him i honor. >> reporter: the goal of this ride is to remember -- >> every single person who has died in san francisco on a bike deserves to be remembered. they're not just a number or a name. they're a whole person. >> reporter: but also to raise awareness about bike safety in hopes of saving a life. >> the city has been working on rolling out some new safety measures to try and keep bicyclists and pedestrians safe. recent through city approved the installation of more than 30 cameras that will automatically ticket speeding drivers. they also lowered speed limits in parts of the tenderloin and installed new protected bike lanes in other areas. still ahead, it is safe to say this is a royal portrait unlike any other. and people have a lot of strong opinions about it. plus a group of bay area

students say they have a solution to a problem that firefighters face every single day. but they're keeping their invention close to the chest. as is so often the case this time of year, the forecast is all about the fog. it is aggressively spreading out across the bay area this evening. above the fog, we had another spectacular sunset. our view from our tower camera on top of mount diablo shows that view earlier. that fog is a factor for the morning commute. and the basics of weddings are usually similar. there's a maid of honor, a best man a ring bearer maybe, but

president joe biden and former president trump have agreed to square off on the debate stage. the first one will be held at the end of june, which is unusually early. the second in september. the debates are not expected to have a live audience, and the biden campaign wants moderators to be able to cut the mic to

limit interruptions. and in other headlines tonight, the nfl is making it clear that kansas city chiefs kicker harrison butker does not speak for them. he gave a commencement speech at kansas college that's raising some eyebrows. he said that most of the female graduates were probably more excited about getting married and having children than their careers. and in the uk, the first official portrait of king charles iii # was just unveiled, and there's a whole lot of red there. the king's entire body is covered in a sea of crimson, and it almost looks like his face is floating there in it all. apparently the king and queen consort are happy with the painting, but reaction has been divisive online. strong on the royal family's instagram page too. one person commented, i'm sorry, but his portrait looks like he is in hell. someone else wrote, is he a tam pax? others posted memes of queen elizabeth ii looking

disapproving. others saw the portrait as a welcome change in pace. one person writing, i think it's a beautiful break from traditional portraits. all right, paul, we just have to get your take. what do you think? >> believe it or not, they didn't check with me. >> i don't think they did. >> what are your thoughts, first?. >> you know, it's abstract. >> it's fine. >> i'm just going to say, i couldn't do that myself. nor could you. so -- >> no, and i really maintain my policy of not really caring about the tale of an outmoded form of government. so there we go. let's talk weather and what's happening around the bay area. the fog is the big story. it's accumulating on the camera lens from the mark hopkins hotel. small day-to-day changes through the rest of the

week. sit a consistent forecast, this overnight and morning cloud cover is going to be widespread, and then it retreats to the coast by midday. temperatures aren't going to change much at all, running close to what's normal for this time of year. more of the same as we head through the weekend and all the way into the first half of next week. let's switch perspectives. just a different view of the fog from the mark hopkins hotel, looking to the east this time. you can see how low it is. over the top of the transamerica pyramid. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. not a lot of variation in those numbers, and won't change much tonight. as widespread and dense as the fog and cloud cover is, it's more widespread tomorrow morning. reduced visibilities for most of the bay area. like the past several mornings, that fog is going to back up out of the inland valleys pretty quickly. might take a little bit longer over san francisco. reduced visibilities by noon tomorrow. i think we see the sunshine breaking through by early afternoon. but, of course, that fog is going to have an impact

on temperatures. we start off mostly in the low to mid-50s. not that much cooler than where we are right now. the coolest spots dipping down into the upper 40s. highs tomorrow going to warm up to pretty much what's normal for time of year. except in the santa clara valley. another day of above average temperature, then you retreat on friday. temperatures a mix of upper 70s and low 80s inland and the east bay. bayside mid-70s for fremont. close to 80 degrees in redwood city. a few degrees warmer than today. almost an identical temperature for half moon bay. 58 degrees. and that is a copy and paste forecast each and every day in the seven-day outlook. 60s for san francisco and oakland. 60s and a few low 70s in the north bay. onshore breeze combined with the fog is going to keep the north bay cooler than other inland parts of the bay area. that changes beginning on friday. everybody on an even playing field. the breeze will be noticeable during the afternoon, but the strongest gusts are mostly in

the 20 to 25-mile-an-hour range mostly during the afternoon. those gusts settle down again tomorrow night. typical for this time of year. we're keeping an eye on the 8 to 14-day outlook, because that includes memorial day weekend. and the long range outlook continues to paint a cooler than average weather pattern not just for the bay area, not just for california, but for much of the west coast and much of the u.s. it's not going to feel like the unofficial beginning of summertime. temperatures over the next seven days hardly any variation. inland spots in the mid to upper 70s on a day by day basis. some wiggles up and down, but this is just consistency at its best. temperatures around the bay staying in the mid to upper 60s. and you want real consistency, check out the coastal forecast. there is a one-degree difference between the warmest days and the coolest days along the coast. every day at 58 or 59 degrees. some of that drizzle more likely to accumulate right along the coast, but otherwise we are looking at just the back and forth fog pattern persisting over the course of the next at least seven day,

sara? >> paul, thank you. firefighters put their bodies on the line all the time in the most extreme conditions and during scorching temperatures while wearing at least 45 pounds worth of gear, and it's no surprise that sometimes they need to be hospitalized for heat exhaustion on the job. but that is where a group of north bayer students come in. and as brian hackney shows us, they came up with an invention that could help firefighters feel a lot more comfortable. >> reporter: these are the problem solving whiz kids of cal san francisco ga high, but which problem to solve? their teacher explains. >> we want them to form a bond in the community. we want them to start inventing for things that matter. >> reporter: how did all this start? >> we went out and interviewed our communities, mostly organizations. >> and every single group said they were very, very hot on their job. especially if they're outside. >> reporter: that group included ag workers outside in the hot sun and robert allen inside his marin art gallery?

>> i run the art gallery, but there's something else i do. i'm the assistant chief of the muir beach volunteer fire department. dehydration and heat exhaustion are big issues for firefighters. >> reporter: and you want to keep them cool. >> we do. we want to keep them cool while they're fighting fires. >> reporter: the kids well remember the massive tubbs fire of 2017. >> there were alerts at 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m. that we had to leave. a huge fireball just a field over. it was really scary. >> because of all the wildfires we've had in this area, we just picked the firefighters because we cared about them. >> and also our agriculture workers because they were mostly our parents. >> reporter: 90% of the students here are latino, so with the lead scientist -- >> and i'm an #34r9 or the. >> i'm the ceo. >> i'm the lead invenner to. >> reporter: -- they designed a cooling smartware, finessing, rejecting ideas. >> i do have to do that sometimes. >> reporter: until their device

did keep a firefighter cool in a hot sauna. so what is the breakthrough device? if we showed you, we'd have to kill you. >> this idea is top secret. >> yes, yes. >> we're hoping to be patent pending by june, and we don't have a pa tent yet, so anybody could copy it, and we'd lose our ability to claim it's our device then. >> reporter: instead, the class is flying to m.i.t. as one of eight finalists in a national competition raising money for the trip. >> we have around $175,000 raised. our goal is $200,000. >> reporter: the real payoff is that this prototype actually works. >> i was just really shocked. i was really surprised, and i was really happy with the results. >> i feel like it was a huge win. >> reporter: and so does this firefighter. >> i think it's an amazing thing that these young people have taken on a challenge of this type. and congratulations to them. >> reporter: as for mrs. brooks. >> we wouldn't be here today

if it wasn't for mrs. brooks. >> mrs. brooks is a ten teacher. >> she has sacrificed so much for us, and we can make a difference. and i just really appreciate her. and i thank mrs. brooks for everything. >> reporter: just really wow. what a great project, what great students, what a great teacher. where else can you see camels and alpacas and play carnival games all in one place? a bay area tradition is coming back in just a few hours. vern? >> straight ahead in sport, the 49ers have an nfl distinction. and it finally happened, yeah, it finally happened. what?

this is a sign that summer's around the corner. the contra costa county fair starts tomorrow. the rides are ready for visitors, and so are the animals. oh, the piggy close-up. the final preps were underway at the livestock exhibit. we saw sheep being groomed, cows trying to cool off, and camels and alpacas ready for kids to visit. the fair opens tomorrow at noon and runs through this sunday. i recently went to a carnival, and i forget how terrifying the rides are. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> some of them are like gut busters, you know. >> no, they were -- >> so don't go on a full stomach. >> they were more rigorous than i expected, and i think i heard some screws loose, but yeah. >> as long as you don't have any cracks or broken bones or strained whatever, we're good.

>> no, i think we're okay. so are the giants apparently. >> that's good. >> yeah, logan webb said it tonight, we were embarrassed about how we played the first two games. both losses to the dodgers, but it ended tonight. webb had not been the winning picture of report before against l.a. this year. so watch out for foul balls. interrupted this lady with her hands full. no score. bottom of the third. until mike yastrzemski did something about it. just reached the distance for a two-run homer. his season's fourth that woke up the -- crashed into the wall. took a homer away. webb's reaction, priceless. six shutout innings for webb. giants had shohei ohtani to deal with in the seventh. eric

miller struck him out. miller was feeling it, and the giants now 20-25. won the game 4-1 and avoided a sweep. their first win in six games against l.a. this season. a's with aaron brooks. first start of in the bigs in five years at the astros. bottom first, kyle tucker shot one into right. it moved jose altuve to third. but the real a ricochetted at second base and that allowed altuve to open the scoring. houston did win it 3-1. the a's now 19-26 have lost 9 of their last 11. critical game five at oklahoma city between the thunder and the mavericks, and the ball just bounced the mavericks way tonight. luka doncic buried it. doncic had a 31-point triple-double and the mavs won it 104-92 and have a 3-2 series lead going back to dallas for game six. in the east, cavaliers star

donovan mitchell out for game five with the celtic, and that was a problem. boston up 11. midway through the fourth, jayson tatum knocked down a three. tatum scored 25. boston won it 113 -98 and won that series 4-1 and advanced to the eastern conference finals for the third straight year. and then the nfl. some matchups for the 49ers 2024 season have been announced the last couple of days, but today the league released the full schedule for the upcoming season. >> finally. >> yeah, rock. some notable niner games, they open the season at home on monday night football against aaron rodgers and the jets. week seven they host the chiefs in a super bowl rematch followed by a sunday night game versus the cowboys at levi's. a trip to miami right before christmas, one of two games on kpix, and then a monday night home game against the lions in a rematch of the

nfc championship game. sara, the 49ers have six primetime games. that is the most in the nfl. so here we are, it's mid-may, and the nfl nationally drives the sports bus. >> mm-hmm. >> when they open their mouths, we listen. >> yes, we do. and i know you're very excited for all of it. >> oh, why wouldn't i be? come on. >> maybe for some time off. you do deserve some. we like a lull. >> it's hard to unplug. >> it is hard. vern is dedicated. i can tell you that. all right, this wedding guest isn't rushing to catch the

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at one wedding in arizona an uninvited guest started making people very uncomfortable. as jeanne moos shows us, the bride's friend was there to save the day. >> reporter: remember the days when all you had to catch at a wedding was the bouquet? >> erica, you're [ bleep ] wild. >> erica, what the hell? >> reporter: erica rodriguez was attending her sister's wedding in florence, arizona, when guests enjoying cocktails on the deck got spooked by the snake. holding her gown in one hand and the snake in the other, erica walked it out of the wedding, earning herself a new nickname. >> the snake wrangler everywhere i go. >> why isn't that girl scared of anything? >> that was me that said that in the video because she has

always been this way. >> reporter: that's erica's older sister sandra. erica took the wedding crasher to some greenery and let the harmless gopher snake go. what's your background with snakes that you can just, like, casually pick one up? >> i was just a wild kid. had snakes as pets as a kid. and i was watching steve irwin all the time. >> and that's a display of aggression. >> reporter: at least erica was wearing cowboy boots. although already married, she's been showered with proposals from bowled over fans. that's a wifey right there. unlike medusa, erica never lost her head. i why just pose for wedding photos when you can pose with a snake? >> erica smile at least, come on. >> the pose. >> at the end, yeah, nice. >> you know, that could be a requirement for you to be able to decide who gets to go to the

wedding. so you spend less. >> must be able to wrangle snakes. >> yes. got