about the decision to charge the officer involved. praying and od is ood. a car rams into a furniture e in oakland, what we're re learning about this nasty three-car crash. it's the world famous spot tomorrow will people show up an plus this community scholar is going to cambridge university and we there were as she talked about the place that started her love of learnin >> the best professors i've had were here. s is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. ãgood evening. today marks three years since mario gonzalez died in police custody in a case that sparked outrage and protests in the east bay. his family just spoke out the first time one day after the d.a.'s office

against the officers once cleared in his death. >> i just wanted to know your name. i'm officer mckinley. >>e over here. we don't want you to fall down, okay? >> police body cam video shows the interactions that led up to gonzalez's death in an alameda park back in 2021. officers were investigating a possi theft and talked to gonzalez for about nine minutes before attempting to restrain him. he appeared to be incoherent and resisted arrest, prompting officers to eventually take him to the ground. officer pinning gonzalez with a knee. he was held down for five minutes before he became uncious. the coroner's report ruled gonzalez died from the toxic effects of meth and the physical stress of the restraint. former d.a. nancy o'malley reviewed the case and cleared the three officers of criminal wrongdoing, but current d.a. pamela price's

office filed involuntary manslaughter charges just yesterday, just as the criminal about to expire. the charges could carry up to four years in prison. last year the city of alda agreed to pay $11 mion to gonzalez's family to settle a civilrights lawsuit. amanda hari is live at a vigil in alameda whe gonzalez's family just spoke moments ago. amanda. mario gonzalez's death and while you would think it would be a sad day for the family and it still is, they do have some hope today and that is the energy that is happening here right now. look behind me. you can see all of this dancing going on. that hope comes from s the vigil, what they were calling it, but right now we have this traditionalaztec ll to celebrate gonzalez's life now that he's passed. people are coming by leaving

flowers, paying their respects. as 26 years old when he died during what his family says should have been a simple wellnecheck. this week d.a. pamela priceáoffice announced they'll file an involuntary manslaughter charge onzalez's mother spoke with us. ssays this decision is monumentaland it makes today a little bit easier. >> i feel like a light to receive something, you know. nobody can give me my son back. my son, he's already gone unfately. my son, you knois not here no more, but i'm here. i'm still fighting for him. my son right here and his son, 7 years old. we always missing him and birthdays, hristmas, all

my prent today. >> reporter people will be here publicly remembering here publicly remembalez until tonight this celebrationwill be going, on but his family mourn his los. mory and they - >> absolutely. nda hari, thank you. while price announced the charges, she made clear she removed herself from the decision. price campaigned on a platform of holding police accountable for he rolled out the public accounlity unit to oversee c reviews of officer misconduct casesewould not comment on what the unit found to warrant the charges being filed. >> i can't comment on that. i can't comment on that. the matter is pending before the court. so the details of how the pau came to this decision and particularly, what my predecessor did. leave with the alameda police department. the other has left re scheduled to be arraigned 3

next month. an attorney for one of the offers blasted the charging decision saying, "the district rney waited until e 11th hour before the il statute of limitations was set to expire to bring these charges just days after it was confirmed she would face recall." there is no new evidence. this is a blatantly unty sheriff just weighed in. alameda police asked the in. gonzalez's death. it found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing oday, in fact, sherifsaz says she stands by those erifsaz findings. > let's get to some other stories around the bay area. and rash attempt that took olice say the victim, peter popovich, was targeted while making deliveries to cannabis distributors. a shootout followed leading to the death of popovich and one of the

gunmen. other assailants then prevent police say the susts were found in sacramento. you can see from this video, it shows a silver car s the side of a building, the impact so strong it damaged the infrastructure. this happened just before 1:30 on international boulevard and 22nd avenue. no one was inside the store at the time of the rash. no word on any injuries or what causthis crash. in dublin a women's prison srampant with sexual abuse thit was known as the rape and all 600 inmates are od expected to be moved to other facilities now. protesters nearby were calling or the inmates to be set free

rather than relocated, calling for more accountability from the federal bureau of prisons. since 2021 at least eight employees, including a former exual abuse against inmates )s still not clear if the mates prison's closure is temporary or permanent. new protection for renters went into effect today in concord. it comes after a petition challenging the ordinance failed to get enough signatures to get on the november ballot. the new rules will cap rent increases on ab half the rental units in the city at 3% or 60% of the is lower. the andlords would r also be required to pay relocation assistance for no-lt evictions for most rental units. neprotection as line with siar efforts in oakland, berkeley,and richmo students across the bay joined in on protests fighting for environmental and human justice around the world and the war in gaza.

>> free, free, free palestine. >> so protesters say these connected and say it is up to them to speak up about their future. >> we know that our futures are ãdanger and the futures of the children in all these different countries that are going through genocides and war, we're also fighting for th futures. if adults can't see that, then it's on them because a lot of the time adults are the ones who are profiting from the destion of children's homes and their futures3 also happening in downtown safrancisco today, an art exhibit celebrating earth month opening up in hayes valley. it's designed by bay area artistbryan singer and laura hapka. the new installion visualizes na's growth despite urban structures and sylizes people's ability to grow despite challenges as well. the installation will be open to the public through may 8th. afterthat the trees used

in the exhit will be planted throughout san franc. on monday cbs news bay area presents earth day. it is a special look at how bay area scientists and everyday people are working together to protect the planet. our earth day streaming spe airs on kpix.cothe free cbs news app, and on pluto tv. tomorrow we're bringing you back-to-back specials, first at 7:00 p.m. the first alert weather with team looks another year of wild weather that will leave a lasting impact arouthe bay area. then at 7:30 a cbs news climate watch special, we look at the specthreatened by a changing planet and how scientists are protecting life on earth. still ahead, she started taking communiclasses in middle school and now, well, this south bay scholar is headed across the pond to study at cambridge, her homecoming to the place that started it all. >> i think the community

college system in california is one of those incredible, incredible organizational incredibems that really changes many people's lives. i'm really glad to be able to say my journey started here. the stanford scholar who is teaching the collegeclass on taylor st weighs in on the poetry. the fog is swallowing up sutro tower this evening and that fog will spread back out across the city, across the bay, and well into the inland valleys by tomorrow morning. we'll look at how much

let's check the calendar because tomorrow is 4-20, but san francisco's official marijuana festival is not happening at hippy hill this yein fact, organizers couldn't get the money to put on the event at golden gate park. so the city is asking people to celerate their love of pot somewhere else, but wilson walker talked to nearby business own who aren't sure what to expect tomorrow. everyone came from all around and would shop and this is like such a great thing and it's changed in the last teyears dramatically. it's very different. >> reporter: alicia mccord is always happy to see more foot

traffic on haight street, but lack of an official vent only means more questions like how many people might be coming? >> so i really have no idea. the merchant association, we all have talked about it and it looks like it's going to be ort of the same. >> i think it will be good for the merchant corridor here. we have a lot of head shops. the 4-20 scene tends to evolve year to year. >> well, a lot of people definitely did not like the sensing of the whole thing and whatnot. they felt it disrupted of the natural spontas gathering that it was. >> reporter: in some years te crowds, weather, and a long day of drugs and alcohol have all added up to be a little too much for this neighood. >> i think that became a problem, too, like alcohol and

whatnot. it just becomes pre following this saga over the ve- years, now know it's not just haight street, that this event tends to descend upon all the f the park, including fashionable haight adjacent covalley where we've seen some problems. >> and i will not hesitate to hose people down that are urinating in or around my >> reporter: how long you been sitting in this? >> for about 30 minutes now. >> reporter: every year? >> every year this happens, yeah. there are still plans for parking and traffic enforcement as well as portable bathrooms. mccord says she is optimistic for crowds and calm. >> so i think i'm going to our blankets, our 1993nd sell blankets, some bajas. >> reporter: as far as how many people show up for an unocial party, that remains anyone' guess. >> so it's kind of a crap shoot to know what's going to

happen tomow. >> so i really -- i'm not sure how it's going tbe. >> reporter: a lot of people wondering when this neighborhood will look like r the next 24 hours and i will tell you i live in this neighborhood. see? coincide would have it, coming to visit this weekend arring tomorrow is my mom. staying right here in the neighborhood on 4-20. so i myself am hoping that everyone is on their best behavior to one and all living around this end of golden gate arouk. good luck. golden gate >> i called it please be nice to mrs. walker when she's in town. there will be an adult kick ballgamtaking over the area instead. so she can join in on that. san francisco is wrapping up its first ever sf weed week with a series of cannabis events around the city. a south bay student bound for england's prestigious ridge university hasn't s

education roots in san jose. as len ramirezreports, the student takes off for england ihree days but made a quick homecoming to her community college. >> so this has not changed. his is exactly howwas. >> reporteror jenonimohan this was a quiet home place to the place that nurtured her love every learning, the library at san jose. >> i love looking at books ut history, about the world, exncing all that from inside a library. >> reporter: jenoni was a high achieving student from a very young age and she dual-olled in college when she was still in middle school. >> i remember being super young and super intimidated by all the college student around me. i came here for a spanish class actually and it wasn't available to me academically in k through 12 system at the

l i wanted to learn. >> reporter: she wrote for the sent newspaper, including this editorial on why the college should save a service lning programfrom budget cuts. from evergreen she got a b.a. in political science from uc berkeley and a masters in international policy from for the university of cambridge in england where she will work on her phd focusing on nuclear policy and human rights. a lot of changes. i absolutely love it. i was walking arounearlier. >> reporter: but she wanted to and eet ith the urrent to evc interim president, dr. denise nolden and her staff. >> it's such an honor to know evergreen valley college played a part in preparing her to go on to do the things she's doinnow. she's an outstanding role model us and staying in touch with us what's possible when you take w advantage of the opportunities that are here. >> reporter: jenoni says going to community college and taking the required courses for free cademic freedom to pursue

biggeideas when she would univeries later. >> i think the community colleystem in california is one of those incredible, incredible organizations and ss that really changes so many people's lives. so i'm really glad to be able to say >> reporter: a love of lear and helping hands along the way, for jenoni and many, many more. enrled in california community colleges. tonight cbs evening news has anotheinspiraional story for all of us. margaret brennan is in for norah tonight. >> hi, juliette. we goon the road with how heartbreak can helping a young girl honor her late mother, that and more headlines tonight on the cbs ening news. we madeit to the weekend. while it's a little cooler in some parts today, it's looking nice and dry. paill tell us

as expected,arted off with a lot of fog and cloud cover this morning. we're still seeing plenty of sun and a similar weather pattern will repeat itself tomorrow, close ttypical april temperatures in the afternoon after morning foand cloud cover burns off. we'll see changes the second half of the weekend. there's

the fog as we look towards the golden gate rolling back in, 57 degrees in san francisto 70 degrees on the nose in concord. reducedvisibilities for most of the bay area early tomorrow morning, the fog in the brigh white on futurecast. it's going to be fairly widespread making a push into the inland vas to begin the day saturday. temperatures will warm up, a mix of 40s and low 50s early tomorrow and then we warm up to near or slightly above average temperatures tomorrow afternoon. got an adoptable dog and the dog walking forecast with hank who is at the east county animal shelter in dublin. i don't think we'll have too much trouble finding somebody willing to adopt this particular face and ear. he's listening for somebody to say, you're coming home with me. low 70s in dublin, the weather finally cooperating for outdoor plans this weekend. we'll warm up more for the second half of

theekend. let's look at where we top out saturday first, upper 70s in san jose, mostly mid-70s in the santa clara valley, slightlrmer spots inland in the east bay including around antioch up to 80 degrees, above average fremont and redwoodity in the low 70s, upper 50s again for half moon bay. you'll probabl climb to the low 60s sunday and monday as the entire bay area will warm up, but not that much along the coastfor san francisco and oakland tomorrow rnoon with mo oakland tomorrow temperatu in the low to mid-70s in the north bay, a little warmer around santa rosa once the morning fog dissipates. lookat the ten-day temperature trend for san jose, representative of inland parts of the bay area with the warming trendnoticeable sunday and mond around or above 80 degreesthen a big drop monday to tuesday and we settle into a near average or below average temperature pattern. the coolest days will be thursday friday. that coincides with our next chance of light rain showers. it'not a guarantee of rain. we're still lower than 50/50 on our daily rain

chances, but a decent chance. it wouldn'amount to more than a few hundredths inch of together. in fact, friday is the last day of the seven-day forecast. we got a long way to go between now and then. we have the above normal temperatures sunday and monday and the drop kicks in monday to tuesday wishowers in the forecast the very last day of the seven-day outlook. around the bay, a similar half and half forecast, but not quite as far up or down. we'll look ahead to the chance of rain through the weekendinto early next week. it's way too soon to adjust any outdoor plans or obligations in the works for end of next week. it looks like a cooler pattern is likely going to stick around heading going too the last weekend in 'e it two dry weekends in a row, fingerossed. jules?

if you know, you know. swifties know. they go wild for taylor swift's latest album. we talked if you are a swifte, it

was probably a tough day to focus at work. there's a lot

of poetry to break down after taylor swift dropped her 11th studio album "the tortured poet's departmnt" overnight and surprised fans with another 15 tracks just two hours later. ♪i act like it's my birthday ev day ♪. >> so swift takes fans on a journey of heartbreak and sorrow and reflects on her ability to power through. of course, a lot of people are trying to read between the lines to guess who she's writing about with suspected referenceto new boyfriend travis kelce and even kim dashian. who better to dive deep into taylor's lyrics than the stanford teaching a whole class on swift? we first introduced you to ava jeffs last summer, second year stanford engineering student and one of the university's youngesaculty members ching a course on swift's song book. so she gave us her swift's most personal album yet.

to be something that's going to chart maybe on like popular pop radio. i think that that's something that's important, you know, to recognize and see that maybe she's not just creating something to strive úf a creating someng just to pur share about her lived xperience with her fans an update kind of the world on where she's been while in this eras kind of tour journey.3 >> the class considered an activity. it will not factor into [shouting] >> margaret: a horrifying scene in downtown manhattan. >> he takes one can, dumps the can on himself, takes another can, dumps the second can on himself. >> margaret: a man set himself on fire just outside the courthouse where jury selection was being finalized in donald trump's so-ca