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brian hackney took us there last year for the super bloom. he got back on the road again this year to see how the blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california bloom, carizzo plain national monument, 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads and quite a trip. >> people have never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh, just that i've not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay and found the perfect place for a picnic on overlook hill, which is overlooking soda lake filled to the brim by winter rains, a good excuse for a flower fest feast. >> minnesota winter sausage. >> reporter: you've been coming here how long? smile used to come for birding in the winter. the grass has gotten really high. so the smaller flowers are a little harder to see, but all you have to do is walk on one of the trails and you can get up close to everything. >> reporter: the carizzo bloom may not be quite as robust as lasts year's. >> this year they seem to be sort of staging. so you get one ki
brian hackney took us there last year for the super bloom. he got back on the road again this year to see how the blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california bloom, carizzo plain national monument, 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads and quite a trip. >> people have never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh, just that i've not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay and found the...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight in benicia with a new monument for a world war ii veteran with quite a story to tell. >> john ramos has the emotional tribute and the top secret mission behind the tale. >> reporter: when the pandemic broke out in 2020, the town of benicia began looking for one thing that could bring everyone together, and the more they talked about it, the more it came down to one name -- harold bray. >> from various organizations around town. >> reporter: hundreds of people turned out to christen a new monument with a youthful statue of one of benicia's favorite resident, harold bray. at 17 he shipped out aboard the uss indianapolis secretly carrying the first atomic bo.
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight in benicia with a new monument for a world war ii veteran with quite a story to tell. >> john ramos has the emotional tribute and the top secret mission behind the tale. >> reporter: when the pandemic broke out in 2020, the town of benicia began looking for one thing that could bring everyone together, and the more they talked about it, the more it came down...
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i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> cinco de mayo celebrations turning violent tonight after two people were stabbed near the festivities in san jose and hundreds of cars to part in side shows in oakland. >> oakland police released this picture within the last hour. one of the people arrested for taking part in the sideshow along with his impounded jeep. >>> in san jose two people were rushed to the hospital tonight with life threatening injuries from a stabbing near south king road and lido way. police say the area was packed with cars and people leaving the cinco de mayo celebrations at the time and are telling people to avoid the area until further notice. >>> celebrations were peaceful where hundreds of people came out to enjoy food and music. >> at the bay area's newest cinco de mayo celebration on treasure island our jose martinez was there. >> reporter: treasure island's boardwalk is known for its upscale drinks and area, but today it transformed into a whole fiesta for cinco de mayo. it's the sound of mexican mariachi serving us a soundtrack of the first cinco de mayo
i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> cinco de mayo celebrations turning violent tonight after two people were stabbed near the festivities in san jose and hundreds of cars to part in side shows in oakland. >> oakland police released this picture within the last hour. one of the people arrested for taking part in the sideshow along with his impounded jeep. >>> in san jose two people were rushed to the hospital tonight with life threatening injuries from...
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. >>> live in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in danville where young kids participated in a skills camp this morning created by the local high school football super star. >> one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. that included marco jones. one of the coveted college recruits in the country now. >> growing up, there were questions about whether he would even be able
. >>> live in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in danville where young kids participated in a skills camp this morning created by the local high school football super star. >> one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. that included marco jones. one of the coveted college recruits in the country now. >> growing up, there were questions about whether he would even be able
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. >> i am brian hackney. despite the positive outlook on tourism in california, the reality is that only parts of the state are at pre-pandemic levels of spending . according to the latest numbers from visit california, tourist spent about $1.3 billion less in the bay area than before the pandemic. >> you are how the top three counties with the most tourism's ending last year stack up to the 2019 numbers. there is one specific group of tourists that the bay area is still waiting to return. >> reporter: live jazz, warm weather, and happy visitors. this is music to the ears of pier 39 business owners. >> we just landed yesterday. >> reporter: that is not the case everywhere. >> we are just waiting for the tourist to come in the season to really get going, and as you can see on a sunday afternoon brunch, it's not happening. >> reporter: matt leiber of pier 23 cafe says they are surviving, not driving. in fact, he says business was about 25 to 30% down in 2023 compared to 2019. >> you need people coming through t
. >> i am brian hackney. despite the positive outlook on tourism in california, the reality is that only parts of the state are at pre-pandemic levels of spending . according to the latest numbers from visit california, tourist spent about $1.3 billion less in the bay area than before the pandemic. >> you are how the top three counties with the most tourism's ending last year stack up to the 2019 numbers. there is one specific group of tourists that the bay area is still waiting to...
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thanks for joining u i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. memorial day weekend travel is already breaking records. taking a live look at bay area airports, the tsa says they screened a single day high of nearly 3 million airline passengers nationwide yesterday. >> flight aware tracked more than 8,000 u.s. flights yesterday. they were delayed, and the faa said the nation's air travel system is short 3,000 air traffic controllers. 271 million passengers will travel by air this summer. that's up more than 6% from last year. >> we do have alternate strategies in the event that they do have a day or two where they don't have proper staffing. then we can mitigate that. >> monday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the weekend. >>> and taking a live look at the roadways. a lot of people drive to their holiday get away this weekend. aaa says 44 million folks will head 50 miles or more from their home. >>> and for more on the weather this memorial day weekend, we toss it over to darren peck. >> we got a bit of a cool down in time for the holi
thanks for joining u i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. memorial day weekend travel is already breaking records. taking a live look at bay area airports, the tsa says they screened a single day high of nearly 3 million airline passengers nationwide yesterday. >> flight aware tracked more than 8,000 u.s. flights yesterday. they were delayed, and the faa said the nation's air travel system is short 3,000 air traffic controllers. 271 million passengers will travel by air this...
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. >> i'm brian hackney. tons of thousands of people came out for san francisco's beta breaker race today. >> it brought in much needed foot traffic to local businesses. some of the city hot spots still haven't seen the tourists that we formally see in the spring. >> according to figures from visit california tourism spending in san francisco hasn't made it back to pre-pandemic levels. but as max darrow reports, this year didn't disappoint. catching up with some of the people who ran. >> reporter: the sound of the horn officially kicked off another edition of a san francisco tradition, beta breakers. more than 21,000 people signed up for the seven-mile run and fund this year. some participants are competitor runners. the majority show up in costumes, some crazy, some fun, and there are also some people who choose up to show up with nothing at all. >> this started in 1912. it's one of the oldest running races in the united states. >> reporter: we caught up with several racers during the tortilla toss that mark
. >> i'm brian hackney. tons of thousands of people came out for san francisco's beta breaker race today. >> it brought in much needed foot traffic to local businesses. some of the city hot spots still haven't seen the tourists that we formally see in the spring. >> according to figures from visit california tourism spending in san francisco hasn't made it back to pre-pandemic levels. but as max darrow reports, this year didn't disappoint. catching up with some of the people...
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. >> i'm brian hackney. we'll begin in alameda county where a large fire sent smoke into the bay. >> this is near the port of oakland. you can see stacks of containers are not too far from the dark black smoke. this fire also caught the attention of people driving on the bay bridge. oakland fire says it started from a large pile of lithium ion batteries. the fire was clearly visible from across the bay in san francisco. here is what it looks like during the giants game at oracle park. here is video from the salesforce camera. you could get a better idea of where that dark smoke was coming from, burning close to the containers along the port. you can see smoke was still hanging over the area. there is another angle of the dark smoke that's looking flat, hovering over oakland. >>> well now for more on the weather, it didn't have a great impact on the air quality, but you could definitely see it behind the blue sky. >> it's having a definite impact on how that smoke is dispersing. we could still see it from the
. >> i'm brian hackney. we'll begin in alameda county where a large fire sent smoke into the bay. >> this is near the port of oakland. you can see stacks of containers are not too far from the dark black smoke. this fire also caught the attention of people driving on the bay bridge. oakland fire says it started from a large pile of lithium ion batteries. the fire was clearly visible from across the bay in san francisco. here is what it looks like during the giants game at oracle...
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. >>> thanks for joining us on this saturday afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. it's a day students look forward to after years of studying and hard work, but cal's graduation today was interrupted by anti-war protests. >> hundreds of graduates filled the stands, stomping their feet and chanting during the ceremony. the protest had a mixed reaction from the crowd. >> reporter: many of the new graduates did not have a normal high school graduation four years ago because of the pandemic, so this commencement was supposed to help make up for some of that lost experience. hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters made their voice heard as thousands of people at memorial stadium celebrated the graduating students. >> i'm proud my peers feel they can have a voice here at berkeley. >> reporter: roommates angelina and sydney say they support free speech and the protest doesn't take away from their big day. >> proud that people feel comfortable to express how they feel. >> reporter: many say it was 14 what expected. they're glad cal moved forward with the commencement. >> be
. >>> thanks for joining us on this saturday afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. it's a day students look forward to after years of studying and hard work, but cal's graduation today was interrupted by anti-war protests. >> hundreds of graduates filled the stands, stomping their feet and chanting during the ceremony. the protest had a mixed reaction from the crowd. >> reporter: many of the new graduates did not have a normal high school graduation...
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brian hackney shows us how they did it. >> reporter: inside this room, the world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. marco lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i personally am really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astro physics. >> reporter: but first it somehow has to get from stanford to this remote mountain top in chile. >> it is exciting with a lot of anxiety. >> reporter: travis lang is the project manager and this is not like shipping something on amazon. >> all the treats, they're all color coded. and that will help us when we get on the number of tracks where we will have six trucks come and we're going to load all the crates to the containers to get them to the airport that day and the next day at 4:00 in the morning, we need to take it to the airport. >> reporter: this is the camera, the last to get a look inside the shipping container to push in the ride. >> and it will travel on the 747 freighter. >> reporter: that m
brian hackney shows us how they did it. >> reporter: inside this room, the world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. marco lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i personally am really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astro physics. >> reporter: but first it somehow has to get from stanford to this remote mountain top in...
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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 calistoga high, but which problem to solve? heather brooks, their teacher, explains. >> we want them to form a bond in the community. we want them to start inventing for things that matter. >> reporter: so how did all this start? >> we went out and interviewed our community mostly organizations. >> 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 assistant chief of the muir beach fire department. hydration and exhaustion are big issues for firefighters. >> 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. >> there were huge fireballs a field over and it was rea
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 calistoga high, but which problem to solve? heather brooks, their teacher, explains. >> we want them to form a bond in the community. we want them to start inventing for things that matter. >> reporter: so how did all this start? >> we went out and interviewed our community mostly organizations....
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i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> spring has been put on hold as another storm arrives in the bay area. >> most of it is heading south and out of the bay area as we take a live look this veng. there's still scattered showers around, and here's how it looked at the peak of the storm. this is speeded up footage, obviously, of traffic on the san mateo bridge. i don't know why. the east bay and san francisco areas both under flood advisory this is morning. both expired around 3:00 this afternoon. as for what's happening -- what happened and what's happening next, here's darren. >> we had quite a good band of rain come through here. we got more rain today than we would on average for the entire month of may. we'll talk about this system in more detail in the full forecast. but first, how did we do? look at the last 12 hours. the main wall of rain has passed. we have a chance for scattered showers from now until tomorrow morning, but the bulk of the rain has passed. look how much we got. little perspective on these numbers. the numbers over on the far edge of the screen show
i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> spring has been put on hold as another storm arrives in the bay area. >> most of it is heading south and out of the bay area as we take a live look this veng. there's still scattered showers around, and here's how it looked at the peak of the storm. this is speeded up footage, obviously, of traffic on the san mateo bridge. i don't know why. the east bay and san francisco areas both under flood advisory this is morning. both...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios this afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> we begin in san francisco where hundreds of thousands are expected to be in the mission district for carnaval. the parade is not until tomorrow, but the festival is already underway. >> and john ramos looks at the big party. >> reporter: the people of san francisco are so immersed in diversity every day, that it's easy to take it for granted. so the festival of carnaval is designed to help people stop
. >>> live from the cbs studios this afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> we begin in san francisco where hundreds of thousands are expected to be in the mission district for carnaval. the parade is not until tomorrow, but the festival is already underway. >> and john ramos looks at the big party. >> reporter: the people of san francisco are so immersed in diversity every day, that it's easy to take it for granted. so the festival of...
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last year our brian hackney actually edited himself into the movie running from the bloodthirsty crows. but let's get back on track, shall we? >> okay. >> so there's actually a sea lion invasion on pier 39 at fisherman's wharf. >> of many of them. >> herds of them. herds of sea lions. you can really hear them. take a listen. over 1,000 sea lions were lounging at the pier on monday, something the city hasn't seen in 15 years. turns out they are after the food the bay is filled with. what do you think it is? anchovies and herring right now. >> anchovies. >> the sea lions are packed in for the big feast. lot of people you see there enjoying the view. >> they're so amazing. they're very beautiful. massive. they're so huge. very, very cool to watch. >> pretty cool. i've never seen sea lions in one place before. looks like a bunch of kids vying for a good spot on the couch. >> on the couch. the last time the sea lion count was this high was in 2009 when the docks had a record high 1,700 sea lions. >> 1,700. >> oh, look at them lounging in the sun. >> how does word get around? >> you know, th
last year our brian hackney actually edited himself into the movie running from the bloodthirsty crows. but let's get back on track, shall we? >> okay. >> so there's actually a sea lion invasion on pier 39 at fisherman's wharf. >> of many of them. >> herds of them. herds of sea lions. you can really hear them. take a listen. over 1,000 sea lions were lounging at the pier on monday, something the city hasn't seen in 15 years. turns out they are after the food the bay is...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with a wildlife crisis that's playing out in the bay area and all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. >> video efrom huntington beach in santa barbara county where it is the same story. wildlife rescues overwhelmed with the ia
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with a wildlife crisis that's playing out in the bay area and all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. >> video efrom huntington beach in santa barbara county where it is the same story. wildlife rescues overwhelmed with the ia
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i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. >>> it's hard enough for restaurants to survive in the post covid economy, but multiple break-ins like this one sometimes on the very same night are making it nearly impossible for a former top chef in oakland. >> jose martinez has the story. >> reporter: business in oakland has become increasingly different for restaurants where the owner here tells me he's about to give up after his business got broken into twice in the same day. herman, a well known chef of a popular dominican restaurant in downtown oakland is voicing his frustration after experiencing a series of burglaries last friday. >> basically an hour and a half apart from each other and that devastated us. to wake up to that to see two people taking everything from the bar, filling up garbage bins full of our products, things that we they'd to survive. >> reporter: look at these videos that captured the moment when these individuals broke into his restaurant. he says they took at least $6,000 worth of liquor, the eighth time his business has been hit. >> it's heartbreaking and for t
i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. >>> it's hard enough for restaurants to survive in the post covid economy, but multiple break-ins like this one sometimes on the very same night are making it nearly impossible for a former top chef in oakland. >> jose martinez has the story. >> reporter: business in oakland has become increasingly different for restaurants where the owner here tells me he's about to give up after his business got broken into twice in the same...
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brian hackney shows us how they pulled this off. >> all right. we are hanging free here, guys. >> reporter: inside this room the world's largest digit cal camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margaux lopez has spent five years preparing for one day, the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i personally am really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astrophysics and for the sake of curiosity. >> reporter: but first, it somehow has to get from stanford to this remote mountaintop in chile. >> it's kind of like having your kid go out to college, right? it's exciting, it's also a lot of anxiety too. >> reporter: travis lange is the camera project manager, and this is not like shipping something on amazon. >> all the crates, they're all color coded. we're going to see a whole bunch of different color codes. that helps us at the airports so things get on the correct trucks. >> we've got a number of trucks coming, so day one we're going to have six trucks come. and we're
brian hackney shows us how they pulled this off. >> all right. we are hanging free here, guys. >> reporter: inside this room the world's largest digit cal camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margaux lopez has spent five years preparing for one day, the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i personally am really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astrophysics and for the sake of curiosity....
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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. th
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. >>...
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. >>> good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. day one of san francisco's carnaval festival is officially in the books. >> thousands of people out in the mission today despite some gloomy weather to soak it all in. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> this year's carnaval brings together people from 18 separate latin american and caribbean countries. that diversity reflected not only in the faces around the festival, but in the food, art, dancing, and music behind it all. >> most people think we're mexicans, but it brings out the brazilians, cubans, it brings out the roots and culture of latinos. >> it's like your family. just hanging out and meeting people, it's fun. >> the big turnout translates to a lot of hungry people in the mission once the day is over. >> kelsey thorud spent the day at a local tacoria feasting on the boost in business. >> reporter: chelsea has been working here for a few years now and says every year, carnaval brings in massive crowds. >> the line will be down the street, around the corner sometimes. or it will go down the
. >>> good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. day one of san francisco's carnaval festival is officially in the books. >> thousands of people out in the mission today despite some gloomy weather to soak it all in. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> this year's carnaval brings together people from 18 separate latin american and caribbean countries. that diversity reflected not only in the faces around the festival, but in the food, art, dancing, and music behind...
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. >>> good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we thought we were past these weekend storms, but mother nature had other ideas. >> we saw some pretty solid downpours across the bay area today. this is what it looked like in a time lapse this morning on bay area bridges. definitely enough to cause some problems on the road. >> like this wreck we caught on the bay bridge. you can see the tesla in the far left lane hydroplane, crossing all lanes of traffic before smashing into the barrier on the side of the bridge and spinning into the path of an oncoming truck. the two right lanes of the bridge were shut down for a few hour, but chp says no one was injured. and for more on the weather and whether or not to expect more, here's darren peck. >> there were multiple flood advisories across the entire bay today and this storm did some real impressive thing for rainfall totals. we're going to look at that coming up in the next visit. for right now, i want to get you ready for tomorrow. and we're coming to the end of this system. if you loo
. >>> good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we thought we were past these weekend storms, but mother nature had other ideas. >> we saw some pretty solid downpours across the bay area today. this is what it looked like in a time lapse this morning on bay area bridges. definitely enough to cause some problems on the road. >> like this wreck we caught on the bay bridge. you can see the tesla in the far left lane hydroplane, crossing all lanes of...
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i am brian hackney. >>> governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in 2013. tourists spent $7 billion, nearly back to pre-pandemic levelan
i am brian hackney. >>> governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in...
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i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. even more have been arrested, injured, or are missing, which is what brought dozens to the embarcadero this afternoon in san francisco. our amanda hari spoke to someone who lost a loved one while they were reporting in the west bank. >> reporter: people here say that reporting the news shouldn't be a death sentence. they're trying to remember all of the journalists and media professionals who have already been killed but also raise awareness to prevent more people from dieing in the future. >> it's an ongoing, intentional targeting of journalists. >> reporter: the loss of life in the west bank continues to be felt around the world. according to gaza's government media office, more than 140 journalists have been killed since the conflict started on october 7th. jennifer says journalists have been targeted for much longer than that. her cousin was killed two years ago. >> she was hardworking, honest, compassionate, funny, very funny. she had a great sense of humor. she really cared abou
i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. even more have been arrested, injured, or are missing, which is what brought dozens to the embarcadero this afternoon in san francisco. our amanda hari spoke to someone who lost a loved one while they were reporting in the west bank. >> reporter: people here say that reporting the news shouldn't be a death sentence. they're trying to remember all of the journalists and media professionals who have already been killed but also raise...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >>> i'm andrea nakano. the santa clara sheriff's department is swearing in a new reserve deputy tomorrow morning, but he's a little bit older than your average recruit. >> da lin talks to the former marketing executive turned peace officer about why. in his mid-60s, he's beginning a career in law enforcement. >> reporter: on most days you'll find this man on the move, working on something en
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >>> i'm andrea nakano. the santa clara sheriff's department is swearing in a new reserve deputy tomorrow morning, but he's a little bit older than your average recruit. >> da lin talks to the former marketing executive turned peace officer about why. in his mid-60s, he's beginning a career in law enforcement. >> reporter: on most days you'll find this man on the move, working on something en
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i am brian hackney. >>> governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in 2013. tourists spent $7 billion, nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, and san mateo county was about the same with 2019 spending. we haven't exactly bounced back. the los angeles and orange county have. they saw double-digit increases in tourism bending. on why the southland is doing so well. >> reporter: live jazz, warm weather, and happy visitors. this is music to the ears of pier 39 business owners. >> coming from london, we just landed yesterday. >> reporter: while business activity is buzzing up here, that's not the case everywhere. >> waiting for the tourists to, and for the season to really get going, and as
i am brian hackney. >>> governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >>> i'm andrea nakano. the santa clara sheriff's department is swearing in a new reserve deputy tomorrow morning, but he's a little bit older than your average recruit. >> da lin talks to the former marketing executive turned peace officer about why. in his mid-60s, he's beginning a career in law enforcement. >> reporter: on most days you'll find this man on the move, working on something even though he retired four years ago. >> i was marketing executive for over 35 years. >> reporter: bob yee is about to come out of retirement and do something quite different from his previous career. he will join the reserve ute on monday, serving as a part-time deputy for santa clara county. >> finishing my business career. he first volunteered as a safety ambassador. and during the pandemic. he then organized the workshop to train people on how to use pepper spray to defend themselves. he also attended events to support crime victims. >> this journey with helping the community out, add evocating for violent crimes have
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >>> i'm andrea nakano. the santa clara sheriff's department is swearing in a new reserve deputy tomorrow morning, but he's a little bit older than your average recruit. >> da lin talks to the former marketing executive turned peace officer about why. in his mid-60s, he's beginning a career in law enforcement. >> reporter: on most days you'll find this man on the move, working on something even...
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. >>> live in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in danville where young kids participated in a skills camp this morning created by the local high school football super star. >> one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. that included marco jones. one of the coveted college recruits in the country now. >> growing up, there were questions about whether he would even be able to live a normal life. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: tay say that sports reveal a person's character, but nothing builds character like having to face a little adversity early on in life. if you don't know the name marco jones, you can be shereef major college football team in the country does. he plays linebacker and tight end for san ramon valley high, and has offers from more than 30 colleges including schools like michigan, alabama, usc, and texas. but on this day, it was his team on the field. welcome to the marco jones skills camp on his home field at srv. players and coaches recruited by marco put kids ages 8 to 13
. >>> live in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in danville where young kids participated in a skills camp this morning created by the local high school football super star. >> one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. that included marco jones. one of the coveted college recruits in the country now. >> growing up, there were questions about whether he would even be able to live a normal life. john ramos has the...
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brian hackney took us there last year for the super bloom and we got back on the road to see how this year's bloom's are shaping up. >> reporter: it is the home of the most natural california bloom. 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads, and quite a trip. >> people never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> it is just that i have not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay and they found the perfect place for a picnic on overlook hill. which is overlooking so delay, filled to the brim by winter rains. a good excuse for a flower fest feast. >> sausage from minnesota. >> reporter: you have been coming for so long? >> 20 years or so. used to come for birding in the winter. >> reporter: every year is different. >> the grasses are high. the smaller flowers are harder to see. but all you have to do is get out of the car and take a walk on one of the trails and you can get up close to everything. >> reporter: the carrizo bloom may not be as robust as last year's, -- >> this year they seem to be staging. you get one kind of flour and then another. t
brian hackney took us there last year for the super bloom and we got back on the road to see how this year's bloom's are shaping up. >> reporter: it is the home of the most natural california bloom. 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads, and quite a trip. >> people never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> it is just that i have not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay and they found the perfect place for a picnic on...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios this afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> we begin in san francisco where hundreds of thousands are expected to be in the mission district for carnaval. the parade is not until tomorrow, but the festival is already underway. >> and john ramos looks at the big party. >> reporter: the people of san francisco are so immersed in diversity every day, that it's easy to take it for granted. so the festival of carnaval is designed to help people stop and appreciate it. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> 46 years ago, if we had a hundred people, that was a lot. >> reporter: now it's closer to half a million. and while san francisco's diversity is often celebrated one group at a time, carnaval's organizing ceo roberto hernandez says this event takes a more holistic approach to latin culture. >> most people think we're mexicans, but it brings out the people from argentina, puerto rico, cubans. 18 different latin american and caribbean countries. it brings harmony and educates people about the different roots of our culture as latinos. >> reporter: in fact, th
. >>> live from the cbs studios this afternoon, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >>> we begin in san francisco where hundreds of thousands are expected to be in the mission district for carnaval. the parade is not until tomorrow, but the festival is already underway. >> and john ramos looks at the big party. >> reporter: the people of san francisco are so immersed in diversity every day, that it's easy to take it for granted. so the festival of...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight in benicia with a new monument for a world war ii veteran with quite a story to tell. >> john ramos has the emotional tribute and the top secret mission behind the tale. >> reporter: when the pandemic broke out in 2020, the town of benicia began looking for one thing that could bring everyone together, and the more they talked about it, the more it came down to one name -- harold bray. >> from various organizations around town. >> reporter: hundreds of people turned out to christen a new monument with a youthful statue of one of benicia's favorite resident, harold bray. at 17 he shipped out aboard the uss indianapolis secretly carrying the first atomic bomb. on its return, the ship was sunk by enemy torpedos and 900 sailor, including harold, spent five days in the water trying to fight off a swarm of sharks. it was a scene made famous in the movie jaws. >> i don't know how many shark, maybe a thousand. >> it was a bad experience. there was nothing good about it. every
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight in benicia with a new monument for a world war ii veteran with quite a story to tell. >> john ramos has the emotional tribute and the top secret mission behind the tale. >> reporter: when the pandemic broke out in 2020, the town of benicia began looking for one thing that could bring everyone together, and the more they talked about it, the more it came down...
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. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with a wildlife crisis that's playing out in the bay area and all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. >> video efrom huntington beach in santa barbara county where it is the same story. wildlife rescues overwhelmed with the emaciated birds and more arriving every day. >> and now one local rescue center is desperately appealing to the public for help. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: this public open house at the international bird rescue in fairfield almost didn't happen, but they decided to go through with it anyway, because they thought it was important for the public to understand the crisis they're dealing with. the international bird rescue center is accustomed to dealing with injured or sick birds, but what began slowly in april has suddenly become overwhelming. >> we were all going back and forth like is this a thing, is it not a thing. and then over the last four, five days things
. >>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with a wildlife crisis that's playing out in the bay area and all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. >> video efrom huntington beach in santa barbara county where it is the same story. wildlife rescues overwhelmed with the emaciated birds and more arriving every day. >> and now one...
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brian hackney shows you how bay area strength and smarts made it happen. >> three. >> reporter: inside this room, the world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margo lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i'm personally really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astrophysics and for the sake of curiosity. >> reporter: but first, it somehow has to get from stanford to this remote mountaintop in chile. >> kind of like having your kid go off to college, right? it's exciting and it's also a lot of anxiety that goes along with it too. >> reporter: travis lang is the project manager and this is not like shipping something on amazon. >> all the -- they're all color coded and a whole bunch of different color codes and that helps us when we're at the airports so that things get on the correct trucks. >> we've got a number of trucks coming to -- day one we're going to have six trucks come and we're going to load all of the crates, two of the
brian hackney shows you how bay area strength and smarts made it happen. >> three. >> reporter: inside this room, the world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margo lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shipped off. >> i'm personally really interested in this project because it really feels to me like a progression in astrophysics and for the sake of curiosity. >> reporter:...
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now brian hackney actually took us there last year for the superbloom and he got back on the road to see how this year's blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california blooms. carrizo plain national monument. and quite a trip. >> people had never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh. i'm -- more than -- it's just that i have -- not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay. and they found the perfect place for a picnic on overlook hill. which is overlooking soda lake filled to the brim by winter rains a good excuse for a flower fest feast. >> minnesota winter saucen and a hungarian sausage and then i have some sausage from minnesota. >> reporter: you have been coming for how long. >> about 20 year or so. i used to come here all the time for birding in the winter. >> reporter: of course, every year is different. >> the grasses have gotten really high. the smaller flowers are a little harder to see. but all you have to do is get out of the car and take a walk on one of the trails and you can get up close to everything. >> repo
now brian hackney actually took us there last year for the superbloom and he got back on the road to see how this year's blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california blooms. carrizo plain national monument. and quite a trip. >> people had never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh. i'm -- more than -- it's just that i have -- not gotten here. >> reporter: they are from the south bay. and they found the perfect place...
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brian hackney took us there last year during that superbloom. and he got back on the road to see how this year's blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california blooms. the plain national monument. 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads. and quite a trip. >> people had never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh, i'm for -- just that i have not gotten here. >> reporter: he and friend are from the south bay. and they've found the perfect place for a picnic on overlook hill. which is overlooking soda lake filled to the brim by winter rains. a good excuse for a flower fest fest. >> minnesota winter sausage and hungarian sausage and then i have some sausage from minnesota. >> reporter: you have been coming for how long. >> about 20 years. or so. i used to come here all the time for birding in the winter. >> reporter: of course, every year is different. >> the grasses have got really high so the smaller flower are harder to see but all you have to do is get out of the car and take a walk
brian hackney took us there last year during that superbloom. and he got back on the road to see how this year's blooms are shaping up. >> reporter: it's the home of the most natural california blooms. the plain national monument. 270 miles south of san francisco, not always paved roads. and quite a trip. >> people had never come. >> reporter: are you not a flower man? >> oh, i'm for -- just that i have not gotten here. >> reporter: he and friend are from the south...
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brian hackney shows you how bay area ingenuity made it happen. >> three,. >> reporter: inside this room, a world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margo lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shaped off. >> i'm personally really interested in this project because it really phyllodes me like a progression in astro physics and for the sake of curiosity. >> reporter: but first, it somehow has to get from stanford to this remote mountain top in chile. >> kind of like having your kid go off to college right? excite being a lot orphaning tithe that goes along with it too. >> reporter: travis lang is the project manager and this is not like shipping something on amazon. >> all the -- all color coded and a whole bunch of different color codes and that helps us when we're at the airports so that things get on the correct trucks. >> we have a number of trucks coming the -- day one we're going to have six trucks come and we're going to load all of the crates, two of the containers and get them all to
brian hackney shows you how bay area ingenuity made it happen. >> three,. >> reporter: inside this room, a world's largest digital camera is finishing off ten years of construction. destination? universe. margo lopez has spent five years preparing for one day. the day the camera is finally shaped off. >> i'm personally really interested in this project because it really phyllodes me like a progression in astro physics and for the sake of curiosity. >> reporter: but...