Into a better situation. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Good evening. It is a sight that would definitely make you do a double take. Were talking about a stop sign thats just hanging overhead where a traffic light would normally be in oakland. So our da lin noticed it while he was driving through the intersection of east 12th street and 16th avenue in the san antonio district. So he did some digging and it turns out the city removed the traffic lights altogether and replaced them with fourway stop signs after dealing with months of people stealing copper and then tampering with an electrical box. Neighbors tell da the city cant fix this problem until it deals with another one. Reporter neighbors say the stop sign is a sign and a reflection of the citys condition. They say the citys inability to clear the homeless encampment next to the intersection is leading to this kind of issue. A drive on the busy east 12th street, youll come to this high hanging stop sign above the road. Neighbors say city workers replaced the traffic lights with fourway stop signs in the last week. It just is telling us that the city is giving up on us. Reporter courtesy of google earth, this was how the intersection looked before, but neighbors say those lights havent worked in months. They were either blinking red or completely out. This is a brandnew solution to a problem thats taken many forms here. Reporter mason young lives near the intersection. He believes the stop signs are better than nonworking traffic lights which he blamed for this crash that sent a truck into the fence of a repair shop. We got to stop putting bandaids on things, although a bandaid is better than bleeding out. The city did try to fix the traffic light at least a few times, but once they fix it normally in a week or so it will go out again. Reporter tam lee owns the Corner Auto Repair shop, been here over 25 years. He and neighbors blame the problem on repeated copper thefts. Also they point out Homeless People are stealing power from city electrical boxes. Someone is running a wire from this box to an rv. A city Spokesman Says they try to put heavy cement blocks on top of the boxes, but people just drag them out. The city says when people illegally connected cables to the boxes, they knocked out the traffic lights. If you really want to fix the stop sign, i think you really have to clean up this homeless encampment. Reporter thats easier said than done. The encampment stretches about three blocks on east 12th street. The city tried to clear it out for the past five years, but it keeps coming back and gets bigger. Many businesses already closed down on east 12th. I dont know how long were going to be here because once they move to our side of the sidewalk, we will be gone. Reporter mason hopes the city will find housing for those living in the encampment before more businesses and neighbors are forced out. I want to live here and i love this neighborhood and i love how diverse it is, but it affects me in a way that all of my family and relatives that dont live in the area, they dont understand it all. Theyre like youre going to get shot and i cant say no, im not. Theres no gunshots because there are. Reporter the city says the stop signs are temporarily, no timeline when to put the stoplights back up. The city tells da the electrical box tampering caused streetlight outages. They have run wires overhead for streetlights, but if you have ever noticed they arent working, you can report it by calling 311. On to marin county, a novato neighbor evacuated this morning after a large oak tree broke in half and smashed into two nearby condos at cinnamon teal lane and puffin court off alameda del prado. Several homes were evacuated after fire crews found a gas leak in one of the condos that was hit. Heard what sounded like large cans being dragged across the street, a rumble of sorts which i thought maybe was an earthquake, but nothing was moving and seconds later an enormous pop and then i saw the tree just residents are now allowed back home except those living in the condos hit by the tree which had been red tagged. Neighbors tell us the oak tree is the oldest in novato at more than 300 years old. The man convicted of attempting to kidnap former House Speaker nancy pelosi and attacking her husband paul was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He broke into their San Francisco home in 2022 intending to hold nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps if she lied to him. He admitted to attacking her husband after Police Showed up. Drop the hammer. Nope. Hey, hey, hey. What is going on . Police body cam video shows the moment depape hit paul pelosi with a hammer. He suffered two wounds to his head, including a skull fracture. Nancy pelosi was not home at the time of the attack. In a letter sent to the federal judge, the former House Speaker asked the court for a very long sentence for depape. Todays sentence reflects David Depapes lack of remorse and contrition for violently assaulting mr. Pelosi. The courts sentence will insure that depape will not be able to use violence to pollute the political process. In the letters to the judge read by pelosis daughter christine, paul revealed his Ongoing Health problems saying he still suffers dizziness and headaches from the attack. The pelosi family released this statement saying the family couldnt be prouder of their pop and his tremendous courage in saving his own life on the night of the attack and in testifying in this case. Depapes legal troubles are not over. Jury selection in his state trial is set to begin next wednesday in San Francisco. Hes accused of attempted murder among other charges. The south bays largest water agency discussed a new law today that would ban homeless encampments along creeks. They say its become an environmental hazard with the growing number of camps polluting waterways like the Guadalupe River with trash and toxic chemicals. Campers could face fines up to 500 and 30 days in jail. A final vote is expected next month. Of course, how far Government Agencies can go to enforce these camping bans is an issue thats before the Supreme Court. San Francisco City leaders have been fighting for the right to clear out these camps as a matter of health and safety. Lauren toms went along with a man in charge of cleaning up these encampments, a judge he admits few people would want. Lauren got to see how these crews try to approach the difficult task of throwing out someones possessions with dignity and an example of the best case outcome. Reporter this encampment in the mission is about to be torn down and while to most people it may look like another case of cardboard boxes being used by unhoused people to camp out, to Darrell Dilworth its a clear sign of improvement. Six months ago both sides of the streets was lined with structures like the one you see up ahead and tents. Reporter its a daunting task and one of the least desirable jobs in the city. The smells alone would turn off most instantly, but dilworth sees his worth in the process. Theyre doing work other workers throughout the city refuse to do because its so tedious. Youre dealing with hazardous materials. Youre dealing with human feces. Youre dealing with urine. Youre dealing with unknown substances, needles, and not many City Employees really want to deal with that. Reporter a native san franciscan, hes on a mission to not only restore the city streets to the beauty beneath, but provide dignity to the process. That hasnt always been the process. They would just come and take your [ bleep ] out, no respect, no communication. We were like at war with them. Reporter the encampment cleared here belonged to john debella. He spent most of his life housed in the mission, but today accepted help by the Multiagency Team tasked with clearing the area. This process of clearing encampments has seen a huge overhaul in the last five years but remains a controversial process at the center of a Supreme Court battle over who can legally live on the street. As long as they respect us, then we respect them and we just clean up real quick and go. If we have to, we come back later or something. Reporter rewind 72 hours ago and flyers like these were being posted alerting those in the area when this cleaning would take place. Each experience is unique dilworth says. Here an individual with Mental Illness is resistant to the process, an encounter thats becoming more common as they carefully comb through items both cherished and soiled. These are the times we get blamed for taking personal items and this would be the personal items that theyre talking about that were throwing away, stuff we deal unsalvageable. Like i said, soiled with feces. Obviously hes been here quite a while. Reporter this situation was on the verge of escalating but quickly dampened when a firefighter steps in. Ill make some calls and see if we can get you in a better spot, okay . Reporter the man accepted housing and services, a test of how this process is intended to work. In a rare case of added red tape having a positive effect. It makes me feel happy because were making positive progress. Were not just moving individuals. Were offering them services. Were offering them a chance to get out of their situation into a better situation and it gives us an opportunity in the process to actually clean and sanitize the streets as well. Reporter tossing soiled items and policies behind to make room for cleaner times ahead. Just yesterday San Francisco released its latest point in Time Homeless count. It showed overall homelessness was up 7 from two years ago, but the number of unsheltered People Living on the streets or in tents dropped 13 . A big weekend ahead in the city, thousands of runners in costumes or not getting ready to hit the pavement. The bay to breakers race returns to the city sunday. That means several street closures. The 12k race starts at 8 00 a. M. Near main and howard streets. It ends towards the great highway. Multiple entrances to Golden Gate Park will be closed. Street closures start tomorrow night. Muni will also be rerouted. The weather is looking pretty good for bay to breakers. Well start off with low cloud cover and fog. Sunday it wont take long for sunshine to peek through. 50s throughout the run, so costumes definitely a good idea as opposed to going with something a bit more natural. Well check out the full weekend forecast in a few minutes. Still ahead, even something as popular as pandas can spark political tension. Whats slowing down plans to fund a new exhibit at the San Francisco zoo . Its a symbol of survival in japantown, the plan to bring new life to a building thats played an Important Role in the history and culture of the community. Its really important for future generations to understand what struggles an as we celebrate aapi heritage month, a building in the heart of San Franciscos japantown is poised to undergo a major facelift after a Community Fundraising effort. Proponents say its a symbol of survival as other relics have disappeared during decades of urban renewal. Kenny choi got a look at what it once was, now is, and what it will be for generations. [ speaking in a global language ] reporter Diane Matsuda vividly remembers when she came here as a child every week. It was a place where you learned about community and your cultural heritage. I think that was very important for us. Reporter the San Francisco native attended japanese language classes every saturday morning. So did generations of japanese americans before her when Language School opened in 1911. It was always a lively, lively venue for many, many people and then world war ii happened and everyone had to leave. Reporter kim nguyen translated into Golden Gate Institute and they were in internment camps starting in 1942. In exchange for their family name they were given an id number. They were no longer humans, literally a piece of government property. In a sense the building is a kind of a building. Reporter sf state professor munami who specializes in japanese language and crosscultural studies says the racist policies of the San Francisco school board mandating in 1906 that children of chinese, korean, and japanese descent attend an oriental school in chinatown led to a massive effort by the japanese community. The japanese people gathered to set up. Reporter early educators taught japanese and english to newer immigrants. 2031 bush street became a central Gathering Place for the community, but after world war ii many parts of japantown started to fade away. When redevelopment came through and ripped apart a lot of the homes and businesses in japantown, we were lucky that this building was spared. Reporter matsuda and fellow Board Members secured city and state grants of 10 million to turn a dilapidated auditorium into a 21st century performing arts center. They say more is needed to modernize the rest of the Historic Building recently landmarked by the city. It means bringing history to our future. Reporter sifting through old pictures reminds them of kim nguyens past. Its really important for future generations to understand what struggles and what challenges our grandparents had to build this building and their vision for the future and we want to continue to keep the vision of community alive. Reporter its bringing new life into an old part of japantown for the next generation. And the school Board Members expect a groundbreaking and construction to begin sometime this year or next year. Classes are offered every saturday. Theyll continue during this makeover. You can watch our hour long special roots and resilience, an aapi celebration friday, may 24th , at 4 00 p. M. On kpix and streaming on cbs news bay area. San Francisco Mayor london breeds effort to bring giant pandas from china to the city is getting some pushback now. It turns out even something as popular as pandas may be a tough sell in a budget crisis. The city needs to raise 25 million to care and house the animals at the San Francisco zoo, but yesterday a board of supervisors subcommittee voted to postpone breeds fundraising plans. The Mayors Office says they will work with city departments and supervisors to make sure they secure the private funded they need to welcome in the pandas. The supervisor running against breed in the mayoral race released this statement on social media. If we can rally to fund a home for pandas, then we can certainly unite to fund the essential programs our children and working families rely on. We need a budget that shows we care equally about all parts of our community from our beloved pandas to our precious children. Still ahead, weve had several days of that, you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo friday, first alert weather, how about that . I added the friday in there. You cant emphasize that enough, friday. May gray specifically for the city. Yeah. East bay we still have our beautiful sun and all the microclimates everywhere. Were not up at the crack of dawn when there is some cloud cover over inland parts of the east bay. Thats true. By the time were up, oh, its sunny, its always been like this except people up a little bit earlier get to enjoy a little may gray, similar pattern for the weekend. The weather looks pretty cooperative for outdoor plans. Theres a little stripe of fog reaching through the golden gate over alcatraz towards berkeley, cloud cover and coastal drizzle the rest of tonight, very few changes this weekend, subtle changes in store, a little cooler tomorrow, a little warmer sunday, more of a warmup the first half of next week. The weather pattern is generally quiet next week and towards memorial day weekend. Well look ahead at that in a few minutes. The fog reaching over alcatraz, plenty of sunshine glittering offer the bay, 60 degrees in San Francisco, a degree warmer in oakland and a couple degrees warmer than that in santa rosa where it was a bit cool today with highs only in the upper 60s for much of the north bay. 71 degrees in both concord and livermore and also in san jose. Later tonight the fog will make more of a push across the bay and well into the inland valleys if youre up early enough saturday morning, but it backs up out of the inland valleys by 8 00, 9 00 to the coast as we head towards late morning and early afternoon, not a lot of clearing along the coast. I think youll see a better chance of that the second half of the weekend sunday. Temperatures tonight drop down to the low to mid50s, the cool spots in the north bay valleys in the upper 40s, all these numbers within a couple degrees of normal for this time of year. Tomorrows high temperatures will be within about 5 degrees or so on either side of average. Upper 70s in san jose, a touch above normal, mid70s for los gatos and morgan hill. Temperatures will be warm inland in the east bay, upper 70s for livermore, around 80 degrees for antioch, maybe a little cooler for concord and around the bay mid70s fremont, low 70s down the peninsula and along the coast, upper 50s half moon bay. You got up to 61 today, mid to upper 60s for San Francisco and oakland and for most of the n