Good evening. You know, we dont have to think too far back to remember just how miserable it could be when the bay area is choking on smoke. Today, theres a new record card confirming we deal with some of the unhealthiest air in the country. The state of the air report card from the American Lung association ranked the bay area the fifth worst for annual particle solution out of more than 200 metropolitan areas. We were seventh worst for exposure to shortterm particle solution, and then 12 worst for ozone pollution. Almost every bay area county got a failing grade for shortterm spikes in particle pollutions. Now driven mostly by all the wildfires that sent smoke our way during the 2020 and 2022 areas when the report collected its data then. So who could forget the day the sky turned that orange in 2022 . Hard to forget. But there is also everyday sources that contribute to our bad air. Amanda harry is live at the bay bring toll plaza with a closer look at the overall pollution picture
Surprise fees in a welcome sight for you at the airport. Thrilled to death. Going through the top Baseball Team in the whole world. How many people can say they played for the bronx bombers . This mill valley native has quite the story to tell on his 100th birthday. Good morning, im Gianna Franco and wow. 100 years old. The oldest living major leaguer right now. How cool is that . Yes, vern glenn has the story right ahead. Thank you vern. Im Nicole Zaloumis and reed cowan alongside me. Say my name. T okay. Just want to introduce the band is back together. So i want to make sure everybody knows. Vern gets the best story assignments. He does. He was like table tennis the other day. Now hes talking to 100yearold baseball players. Good for you vern. All right, lets take a live look outside on this thursday morning. And this is the view from our mark hopkins cam as we say good morning to all of you waking in San Francisco. And darren, i decided to wear sleeves today a little bit of a sweate
Purest traditions of this university are being overtaken right now by radical and extreme ideologies and they place a target on the backs of jewish students. The House Speaker not mincing words over the demonstrations. If you can hear us, im telling you, we are telling you, we love you, stay strong, survive. A glimmer of hope for the safe return of the israeli american hostage with ties to the bay area. Anytime, you know, somebodys hit in the pocketbook, it should kind of wake you up, right . Sick and tired of those surprise fees . A welcome sight for you at the airport. I was thrilled to death. Going to the top Baseball Team in the whole world. How many people can say they played for the bronx bombers . This mill valley native has quite the story to tell on his 100th birthday. And we say happy birthday to him 100 years young. Im Gianna Franco and congrats to him and i cant wait to share the story. So inspire ing and here he is. But hes also firecracker and you got to stay tuned becaus
A groundbreaking surgery. Im lucky to be a guinea pig. Reporter how it gives patients with prosthetic limbs a chance at a more active lifestyle. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Good evening. It is an image San Francisco is trying hard to fight. Scenes of open drug use in the tenderloin, and this is just what you see in broad daylight. The city says what is happening at night is setting back their efforts, and now the mayor is imposing a curfew for Retail Stores to crackdown on latenight drug markets outside the doors. The plan would impact corner stores, liquor stores, and smoke shops between mcallister oak and jones streets but they would have to close between midnight and 5 00 ams could face fines of up to 1000 for every hour they do not comply. The mayor says the idea came out of feedback from people in the community who do not feel safe. But as amanda harry tells us, some Small Business owners say they are being unfairly punished. Once you are in these streets, th
Appeared in a hamas hostage video that was just released this morning. This is a still image of the video. 23 year old identified himself in the footage he delivered a lengthy statement goldberg was 1 of the people taken hostage by hamas. During the october 7th terror attack on israel. He was attending a Music Festival at the time. The video posted by hamas on the same social media channel they used to publish propaganda. Videos. The Goldberg Family says they plan to release a statement a little later today, but we get our 1st sign uh, of how hes doing in this video thats been released more on this story throughout the afternoon, and the evening here on cbs bay area. We turn our attention out of uc berkeley, where protests kick off another week of nationwide outcry against the war in gaza, you know, just like a large occupation at Columbia University in new york, dozens of uc Berkeley Students are in encampments on the steps of sproul plaza. Shawn chitnis is live in berkeley and sean,