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fest waot ogoodst azingists on l be a part of. >> reporter: there are no covid-related safety protocols in police. but arroyo decided to wear a mask. >> i have other things to go to, so i wanted to play it safe. >> reporter: others less concerned about covid though initially a bit spooked about monkeypox. >> i got tripping on monkeypox last night and my girlfriend said don't worry about it. i guess, you know, i did enough googling. i am not worried about monkeypox. i just finished having covid, so i'm ready to go. >> this morning i woke up to hear about the u.s. on monkeypox. so i was a bit like, oh, wow, about that. covid, i've learned to hlive wih it. >> reporter: celebrating bay area culture. 96 local restaurants, 36 wineries and 30 breweries are participating in outside lands this year. >> weekend passes are sold out. victo individual single day tickets are available. >> we know what max did after that live shot. probably partied for a little while. so did everyone else. look the traffic around 19th ef a if you plan on driving in that golden gate park area, 19th bad. for more check out our website kpix.com. >> a lot of people making their way to outside lands. another look from live chopper5. it is absolutely crowded there right now. but look it. there is sunshine. >> there will be many more people there about this time tomorrow. >> beautiful weather, right? >> perfect. a lot of times you can't get that perspective because it's fogged in. not the case this evening. looks like it will be nice throughout the weekend. temperatures that we have on the map right now, whatever your outdoor plans are the weather looking very cooperative. almost everybody in the 70s. the warm spot now in fairfield at 86 degrees. in august. this is fantastic. cool spot on the coast in the mid-60s. if you are heading to outside lands over the next couple of days temperatures pretty consistent where they were at golden gate park, mid-60s tomorrow, maybe a degree or two cooler on sunday with similar temperatures for the other event stern grove. temperatures in the low 60s. a couple degrees cooler when people are starting to go in at noon. the gates open. so everybody can claim their spot on the line. the rest of the weekend forecast and next week in a few minutes. there is now a legal block on construction of student housing. a court imposed an injunction. it starts uc berkeley from construction, demolition and tree cutting. protesters have been fighting to keep crews out starting work on a project for students and low-income residents. seven people were arrested, two officers issued as demonstrators squared off with construction crews and police n a statement uc berkeley says they are satisfied with the court's decision allowing them to close and secure the site and the campus is assessing options to get that done. the university also says it remains committed to solving their student housing crisis. security guards were called in to remove protesters from an oakland elementary school. anne makovec joins us live with the latest developments. >> these are parents and neighbors what refused to accept the district's decision to close the school, parker elementary. they have been spending time and holding unsanctioned classes there since june. technically, that's tres passin. staff went to the school to change locks and set an alarm after parents left the premises yesterday. but somebody broke through the locks to get back in. tensions escalated after security guards were called in to force out parents from the building. video shows a physical struggle between guards and occupiers trying to retake control of the school. they say at least one man was detained and put in handcuffs and more than ten people received minor to moderate injuries. parker is one of 11 schools voted to permanently close because of a lack of funding. team are not going away without a fight. >> we're here to serve our community by any means necessary. we have not committed any crimes. we have not done no wrong. if anything, we have done good for our community. we have given back. anything that was given to us, we have gave it back tenfold. >> the school district sent out a statement saying in farther we have directed them to leave from day one and have continued to do so. we continue to demand that they find other ways to safely and peacefully express their concerns. the occupiers say they are not giving up. >> thanks. and that area around barce elementary has been the site of violence in the past. surveillance video captured the moment gunshots started going off near the school. teachers told their students to run. a postal worker hid behind her truck. no one was injured. earlier that year a gunman fired shots into an apartment across from the school. that also sent children running for safety. cain velasquez has pled not guilty on attempted murder and other charges. he appeared in a santa clara county courtroom today accused of trying to kill a man suspected of molesting a young family member. police arrested him back in february. investigators say he was involved in a car chase through san jose where they say he rammed and shot at the car that harry goularte was in. he is the man accused in the child molestation case. velasquez is due back in court september 26. we are getting a glimpse into elon musk's countersuit against twitter. all this as a result of his decisions to back out of the $44 billion deal to buy the company. musk claims he was misled by twitter and according to analysis by his team 10% of the accounts on the platform are fake. twitter has repeatedly denied musk's claims. the case is set to go to trial in october snoot jobs report blew expectations away. we have recovered 22 million jobs lost in the pandemic and the strong gains are easing fears of a recession. shawn chitnis breaks it down. >> reporter: the hiring heat wave is showing no signs of cooling. the labor department says the economy added 528,000 jobs in july, more than double what economists anticipated. unemployment also ticked down 3.5% hitting pre-pandemic levels. >> it's gains broad based among totally different kinds of sectors. leisure and hospitality, business and professional services, government. all of these different areas seeing a big uptick in hiring. >> reporter: despite the gains, leisure and hospitality is still down more than 1 million jobs from the february 2020 level. virginia restaurant owner tony stafford says he just can't find enough workers. >> it's tougher than two years ago, a year ago, you know, even six months ago. >> these are the areas that need to see more help but people are not going there. >> reporter: the salon industry which lost long-time stylists in the pandemic is having trouble staying a cut above. >> if we have jobs for every single one of our students, which we likely do, we still cannot fill the need or the demand in the industry. >> reporter: experts say this overall healthy jobs report gives the federal reserve reason to continue its aggressive rate hikes this year. >> we must see inflation come under control, and the fed's tool of raising interest rates may be a blunt tool, but it's probably the best one we have. >> reporter: consumers are seeing some relief in the system. mortgage rates dropped this week and drivers have seen more than 50 days of lower gas prices. if you are fortunate enough to save some money, that's earning more interest in the bank as well. >> consumers are seeing some relief in the system. mortgage rates dropped this week and drivers have seen more than 50 days of lower gas prices. shawn chitnis, kpix 5. a bit of a volatile day on wall street as investors evaluate what that jobs report means for more rate hikes, the nasdaq and s&p each fell but saw weekly gains. the dow was up 76 points. as soon as this weekend u.s. senators could vote on a key piece of the white house economic agenda. the $740 billion bill is aimed at reducing inflation and cutting the deficit and invest 37 # billion dollars in energy and climate programs. democrats will use a budget tool known as reconciliation to try to pass the measure without any republican support. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on "cbs news bay area," china makes a show of force. the fallout over nancy pelosi's controversial visit to taiwan. and a chapter ending for a beloved south bay bookstore. the search for the right buyer to carry on the tradition. later the special effort in the bay area to celebrate asian american representation on the big screen. for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. now you can save big on supersonic wifi from xfinity. can it handle all of my devices? oh, all that. and it comes with a 2-year rate guarantee. what?! ok! no annual contract. no equipment fees. oh, and a free streaming box. oh, i like streaming. it's all just $50 a month when you add xfinity mobile with unlimited data. will you add a motorcycle? no... did you say yes? the new xfinity supersonic bundle. it's kind of a big deal. . a judge in texas has ordered alex jones to pay the parents of the sandy hook shooting victims $49 million in damages. that includes about 45 million punitive damages and 4 million in compensatory damages. the parents say they are tormented by his claims that the 2012 shooting was a hoax. russia is ready to talk about a possible prison swap involving brittney griner but it wants the discussions to be private. just one day after griner was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug smuggling charges roo russia's foreign minister says the kremlin is open to exchange, but adds that any discussions will be confidential on the presidential level only and during a bill signing at the white house president biden says his administration is working to bring griner home. >> i'm hopeful. we're working hard. >> the u.s. wants to trade griner and paul whelan, who is also imprisoned in russia for viktor bout. he is serving a 25-year sentence in the united states. china, issues like climate change and is ramping up military drills close to taiwan. this is all in response to house speaker nancy pelosi ace visit to taiwan which beijing called malicious and provocative. the latest from london. >> reporter: this show of force and fury of china intimidating taiwan is what beijing wants its world to see. 100 warplanes, warship and a nuclear ship and missiles. beijing is enraged after house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan this week meeting with president tsai ing-wen. today she said her trip was not about changing taiwan's ties with china or asia. >> it was about, again, the taiwan relations, the u.s./china policy. >> reporter: reiterating that the u.s. has a legal duty to give the democratic island of 23 million the means to defend itself if threatened. the taiwan strait is a shipping bottleneck, 80%. world's biggest cargo ships sail through. in a first, chinese missiles are believed to have flown over the island. others landed in japan's waters. also unprecedented. secretary of state antony blinken weighed in from cambodia. >> there is no justification for this extreme, disproportionate and escalatory response. >> reporter: china will continue that response through sunday. many believe a precursor to a full-scale invasion to unify taiwan with china by force if needed. china has announced it is now placing sanctions on speaker pelosi as well as her family, but those are pretty much symbolic. a scary scene in thailand. that fire broke out at 1:00 a.m. during a live music performance southeast of bangkok. the speakers on stage went up in flames and then quickly spread to the ceiling. the youngers perspective to who died was 17 years old. the cause is under investigation. a fire sent up heavy smoke from a building in oakland this morning at edgewater drive and pendleton way. no one was injured. that building was already red-tagged after a fire there several monthsgo >> ue on people killed lightnin white house. they were a wisconsin couple in their 70s. also a 29-year-old man. new video shows the moment that bolt struck near a tree in lafayette square. the fourth person who was also hit is still in critical condition at a hospital. the victims were taking shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm which the national weather service says you should not do. >> literally one of the worst places you can be. >> yeah, you know, you forget, i suppose, they get quite a few storms, but you live somewhere where you don't have that kind of weather, you forget. >> people don't want to get wet. but the tree is a target for lightning and lightning -- electricity travels. it will travel through the roots, the ground and can strike you through the soles of your feet. likely what happened with four people struck by the same bolt in this case. we don't have anything like that around here, even the thunderstorms we had in the high sierra the last few days were showers today. incident of thunderstorms, still some localized flooding issues there. but that monsoonal moisture has pushed to the east. it is going to remain so through the weekend as this area of disturbed weather out of the pacific is going to be getting a little bit closer to the coast keeping the cooler than average temperatures in place. decrease the noticeable mugginess which was slightly better today but still enough moisture for some clouds overhead. been streaming throughout the day. temperatures right now this is unusual for august, usually we see a 30 to 40-degree difference between temperatures near the water and farther inland. instead, it's 10 degrees between 69 in san francisco and 79 in san jose. really comfortable august temperature for inland portions of the bay area. we are going to see fog and low cloud cover spreading into the inland valleys tomorrow morning. the fog shows up in bright white. the cloud cover is the duller shade of gray. going to see more in the form of low cloud cover as opposed to fog sitting at ground level by early tomorrow morning. whatever is out there in the form of gray skies will retreat quickly. back to the coast probably 10:00, lunchtime at the latest with lots of sunshine the rest of the day and a notch lower on the muggy meter. tomorrow morning a mix of upper 50s and low 60s. normal lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. we will be slightly above normal for this time of year. high temperatures close to normal around the bay area and close to normal in san jose but below average in the east bay and the north bay tomorrow afternoon. you are still going to reach up to the mid-60s on the coast, 70s down the peninsula and the south end of the bay with temperatures farther into the 80s. farther inland in the santa clara valley, low-to-mid 80s in august is fine. temperatures inland in the east bay mostly in the low-to-mid 80s. average high in concord 88 degrees. low 90s from fairfield to brightwood. instead you will be in the middle portion of the 80s tomorrow afternoon. upper 60s in san francisco. upper 60s and low 70s for oakland and the east bay. mostly 70s for the inland part of north bay until you go farther north. even inn in north bay until you go farther north. even in in mendocino and lake county also. with the cooler inland temperatures the fire danger is going to be relatively low. unfortunately, it's going to be not zero, but that's never the case this time of year. we are going to see the highest numbers that around a three or four tomorrow. this is unusual. the commute is not highlighting the higher elevations spots for elevated fire threat. usually when we see the numbers this low there are a couple of trouble spots. not seeing that tomorrow. similar conditions on sunday. looks like a nice weekend overall. temperatures aren't going to change a lot into early next week. a little baby warmup for wednesday and thursday. temperatures warming up a few degrees but only a couple degrees above normal the middle of the week and drop down to almost exactly average high temperatures a week from today and again that monsoonal moisture is leaving us with a muggy feel in the air will decrease through the weekend. >> perfect for people at outside lands. >> whatever outdoor activities you have, go right ahead. >> thank you. still ahead, why a popular bay area creamery is closing its last retail store. a lot of things put on hold during the course of the pandemic, including the search for something buried in san francisco 40 years ago. the digs has resumed. the wait list is long. we will take you behind the scenes of the search for treasure. and don't forget to join us 7:00 a.m. weekdays. streaming on pluto tv, channel 397 and any platform using the free cbs news app. a beloved sale as the owner is set to embark on a new chapter of life. it's been a go to bookstore for children in willow glen neighborhood. the store was owned by sisters valley lewis and monica holmes in 1979. for decades kids of all ages have gone there to check out the latest books and find a cozy spot to read. they say it's time to retire and sell the store. >> i could be here until i was 190. think think some people are afraid i might be. but i think it makes sense to exit with grace. i remember coming here for field trips when i was in elementary school. this is the go to place for books and toys. >> some long time visitors brought their children to the bookstore today. they say they he hope the legacy thrives once they sell it. an iconic cheese shop known throughout the bay as announced they are closing their doors. >> yeah, pretty sad here. i used to visit this all the time. after 25 years cowgirl creamery is saying goodbye. one of the bay area's most celebrated cheese companies, they will close their doors on september 5. there is time to visit it one more time. a managing director for the company said they were unable to scale production that met the demand. the company will instead focus on production facility in petaluma and the cheese is still available in stores. coming up new at 5:30, the asian american community in the spotlight in a new mainstream comedy. the special viewing experience aimed at inspiring young people. new video just in. what we are learning about reports of a hollywood actress injured in a fiery car crash. the syria cleans up the damage interest flash flooding, the concern about other burn scarred areas that could be at risk. large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. through project up, comcast is committing $1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. at 5:30. on kpix 5 streaming on "cbs news bay area," new video of a fiery car crash in los angeles. a hollywood actress reportedly badly hurt. and renters facing eviction from an historic san francisco co-op. how they are fighting back against the landlord. also our top story is, long lines at the box office. a special effort to celebrate the bay area's asian american community on the big screen. good evening, i'm sara donchey. >> i'm ryan yamamoto. the long lines for the movie starring jo koy. elizabeth cook has the special screening. >> seeing representation on the silver screen can inspire generations and today that's the goal for several bay area non-profits serving the asian american and pacific islander communities. they are buying out theaters in the city so underserved youth with can watch filipino stand-up american jo koy's newest film easter sunday. going to the movies is an experience we can all enjoy. but today some city youth are being treated to an answer more enjoyable and exclusive experience. they are witnessing representation on the big screen they've likely never seen before. >> can't wait. psyched. >> i'm excited. super excited. i know what i mean? i'm trying to hold my smile. >> reporter: asian american and pacific islander non-profits like asians are strong, gold house and others bought out several theaters for underserved youth. they are watching easter sunday, which features filipino american comedy stand-up sensation jo koy. a man returns home to celebrate easter with his loud and loving filipino family. >> are you coming for easter? >> i don't know, mom, i'll really busy. >> you are going to be a pilot? >> network pilot for a tv show. >> oh, you are playing a pilot on the tv show? >> no, a lawyer. >> you can have been a lawyer if you only applied yourself. >> reporter: like his comedy, the new movie celebrates his filipino heritage and works to bridge gaps and create cultural understanding. it stars a nearly all-filipino cast. locals say representation like this is important for those in the aapi community. >> the bay area on a map, it's amazing. >> my mom came to the country, there was no representation. there was no google. there was no facebook. there was no instagram. she had to find her community. >> reporter: the film is set in daliy city where two weeks ago e was given the keys to the city. >> representing opening doors, literally wringing others along with you. >> reporter: he says families everywhere can relate to the story. >> no way do i want to be like, okay, only filipinos. that's not what i'm trying to show. i'm trying so show the world it's like this is a movie about a family that you know about. you know these peo

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