this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. six months into the israel-hamas war and there is no end in sight to the fighting. now, a bay area nurse is back from the war zone and she is giving us a first-hand account of the devastation. >> it was a situation that -- this is the situation they are in during day after day. >> thank you for joining us. i'm devin feeley in for elizabeth cook. that nurse is among many medical professionals who have traveled to the middle east to help

treat people wounded in the war. in a few minutes, we hear from how she calls the work crucial but also describes it as [indiscernible]. let's get to news headlines with anne makovec. >> we start in oakland this afternoon where a fire burned a garage to ash. this is on montclair avenue near brooklyn avenue about a block from cleveland elementary. the fire started in the garage and then it spread to the main house. firefighters reported this incident under control at around noon. no reports of any injuries. san francisco public library employees are demanding better safety while on the job. they say the drug and homelessness crisis is spilling into libraries and say most libraries do not have security. library staff, along with other city employees , or under contract negotiations. a spokesperson for the library system says security incidents are down about 13% year over year and says they prioritize the health, safety, and well-being of their staff and public. the city council is considering new rules covering the towing of large vehicles and rvs if they pose a public

safety risk. enforcements of a 150 but buffer zone around schools for tent camping. in the reading of the resolution happens in two weeks. a vote is set for next month. highway patrol says it has seized 42 pounds of fentanyl in san francisco. the governor's office says that is enough to kill close to 10 million people. this is all taken from a 10 block radius in the tenderloin . 25 first republic locations in the bay area will be closing next month. it comes a year after j.p. morgan acquired first republic. the closures slated for may 24 , first republic will reopen nine of those branches either as j.p. morgan or chase. berkeley's mayor used pedal my power today to let citizens know that the e-bikes program is expanding. 500 e-bikes will be coming to two

dozen stations in oakland, berkeley, and emeryville. many of the docs are stationed near b.a.r.t. or muni stops and riders can also access the e-bikes using the clipper card. moving now to our first alert weather. the bay area is warming up this week. some changes are coming. meteorologist jessica burch is in our virtual studio with your forecast. >> it has been a beautiful, warm start to the week with high-pressure sitting just off shore, bringing in the winds from the north and leading up to clear skies in the afternoon hours which are perfect for yesterday's partial eclipse we experienced yesterday but that system will move off into the east later this weekend we have another rain system returning to the bay area, heading into our weekend forecast. this is very similar to last week. i the end of last week, we are talking about breezy conditions. that is happening for us this week as this area of low pressure starts dropping its way down into the pacific

northwest and eventually, just off shore of our california coastline. that will bring rain and for us today, saturday, and sunday too and as it continues to circulate just off shore, it will bring in gusty conditions and the cold temperatures too. compared to what we had today, it will look a lot different. i will show you what we are expecting today. here are the rainfall totals we are expecting. about a half inch as we extend into the next couple of days, considering the fact that we are already above-average for many pockets of the bay area. to give an example, san francisco into santa rosa and san jose were all sitting above 100%. take a look at our daytime highs. we are expecting beautiful conditions. i am talking about 70s from antioch all the way into livermore. low 60s along the coast but it is a sunny day for us no matter whether you live along half moon bay or down into the santa clara valley. expect a gorgeous one. taking a look at the next seven days, wednesday and

thursday are looking perfect. sunny skies, mild conditions. 80s in our inland areas. once that cold front moves in, watch the difference that happens within a matter of a couple of days. 50s right around the corner. we will slowly warm-up into our sunday forecast. by next week, we dry up. partly cloudy conditions right around the corner. new developments today in the israel-hamas war which just passed the six month mark. despite u.s. objections, israel says it has set a date to invade the city of rafah. in the midst of the fighting, many people have traveled to the middle east to help those in need. our jose martinez talked with a bay area nurse who just returned from treating children in gaza. >> sandra adler is back to her day job as an emergency room

and pediatric nurse for kaiser permanente east bay after completing a two week mission in gaza. >> i feel like what we did was a band-aid. hopefully saving lives but, in the bigger picture, again, just a tiny drop in what we can accomplish in the few minutes we were there. >> she and her team saw more than 150 patients a day during her time in southern gaza. the work was difficult. >> we were a trauma stabilization point. we were working with a lot of mass casualty incidents, a lot of pediatric trauma. >> so was getting to gaza in the first place. her journey started in germany with training on how to work in a hostile environment. >> from there, we went to cairo where we procured additional supplies and medical equipment. we brought 32 crates with us of mostly medical supplies and

medicine. it was about a 10 hour trip getting to the border, crossing over and then getting to our home base in rafah. >> sandra is no stranger to this type of work. she has been in disaster zones in places like syria, mexico and panama but says this deployment was the toughest. >> the artillery fire that we heard increased over time. over the last five days, it would be coming closer to rafah. consistently throughout my time there, we heard shelling. >> one of her dearest memories is this picture with a little girl who visited her brother every day while he was receiving medical attention. the saddest one was -- >> my colleague was there, that i knew the whole time that i had a way out but this is a situation that they can't leave. this is a situation that

they are entering day after day after day. >> sandra worked with a nonprofit emergency response organization to get into gaza. this was her 12th humanitarian mission. she says she would like to go back if and when she can. new details on where a major insurance company could be pulling coverage here in the bay area. this caught our attention. the story behind this houseboat floating in the middle of the bay.

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there is living on the water and then there is this. our chopper flew over this two story houseboat floating on the bay this afternoon complete with a white picket fence and skylights. the san francisco standard reports that the home was being towed to sunnyvale from its original dock in redwood city because of a legal battle. we have reported on insurance companies planning to drop thousands of policies in california, citing the risk of wildfires and now we know exactly where that could happen here in the bay area among those covered by state farm. the chronicle reports it will have the biggest impact in sonoma, santa cruz and contra

costa counties. around 40% of the policies won't be renewed around the area of the kincade fire in sonoma county in 2019. in contra costa county, the chronicle reports some policies in lafayette and orinda will also not be renewed. state farm announced it would not be renewing a total of 30,000 property insurance policies this summer across california. we have reached out to state farm for a statement but we are waiting to hear back. other insurers, including all-state, farmers and nationwide have taken similar action in pulling coverage, citing high costs of wildfires. as this is happening, more and more homeowners are turning to the california fair plan which was created in 1968 as a place for people to get fire insurance when no one else would operate. as john ramos reports, as more people into that program, there is growing concern that even just one major fire could wipe out every

last dollar. >> catastrophic wildfires have turned areas that were never seen as high risk into places where fire insurance is not even available . sacramento is beginning to see the scope of the problem. the california department of insurance held a hearing about the state of the fair plan and those who run the program did not exactly have good news. >> the fair plan continues to grow in size as consumers find themselves without coverage. as a result, we have doubled in size in the last three years. >> by law, every insurer operating in the state has to participate in the fair plan but if losses exceed the plan's funding, the rest must be made up the insurance companies who will pass it on to consumers as a surcharge. insurance broker carl sussman says the size of the fair plan now makes that inevitable. >> the fair plan has about $300 billion in total exposure, meaning how much they actually

ensure and about $200 million in the bank. it is not hard to see that in the event of a large number catastrophic event on the they will not have the funds to be able to pay for it. >> for many companies, this financial burden will be too great and they may result in them pulling out and no longer writing insurance in the state. >> that is already happening. state farm just announced it will not be renewing another 70,000 policies in california. the state is creating what is called the sustainable insurance strategy, changing regulations that would allow insurers to charge more for homes in high risk areas. >> what this is going to do is it will allow carriers to come back into the market. right now, we have rates that are extremely high. when you have basically no private industry working and people are relying on this plan with rates high. ones that carriers all come

back and start competing again, we will see rates come down. >> harvey rosenfield, the founder of consumer watchdog says the insurance companies are intentionally forcing homeowners into the fair plan as a way of getting every homeowner in the state to pay the fair plan's losses. >> from our point of view, we see this as creating a scare tactic to create an opportunity for the legislature to bail the insurance industry out, by forcing every homeowner in the state to pay off the debt to the fair plan whether you are in a risky area or not. >> as wildfires grow in size, so does the cost of recovery. it is the cost that will eventually be borne by everyone, which means no one will be very happy about it. >> when it comes to buying a home, the way that real estate agents get paid commission is changing under recently settled a class-action lawsuit by the national association of realtors. kenny choi reports,

that is raising questions about how it could impact the overall housing market. >> has been searching to buy a family home for the first time, learning a lot about the process along the way. >> you got to have patience. it is terrifying when you see the home prices. he is renting in san francisco and works in tech and started the journey before new rules are slated to go into effect in july. they include acquiring a buyer and agent to negotiate and sign a commission rate agreement before the search even begins. >> it seems like it would put a higher burden of proof on the realtors to show their potential clients that they are really good before having to change the lock through the home and show them what it will be like and show the abilities at that moment. >> michael is cofounder of northpoint real estate and is representing ire. she is also

the listing agent for this condo. the traditional model has been to include 5% or 6% commission to be split between the seller's agent and buyer's agent with the seller paying the cost after the deal closes. >> the main challenge i am seeing is being able to communicate the value upfront. >> the new model will allow sellers to opt out of paying the commission for the buyer's agent. that does not mean all realtors will do that. >> having a well represented buyer in a transaction won't impact the seller's advantage in getting to the closing table. >> many leave offering to pay the buyer's agent, even after the new rules kick in, could attract more buyers and ultimately help close deals. housing analysts are trying to determine whether the shift will impact the price of homes. >> it is not going to be a huge change to what folks are paying out of pocket for a home in the

bay area. >> lewis is vice president of public policy on housing or the nonprofit bay area counsel which represents some of the largest employers in the area. >> i think this will be ultimately good for innovation. i think it will be good for competition and i think it will be a slight downward pressure on real estate prices but nothing huge. >> it is uncertain if future data will paint a clearer picture as to how prices are impacted by numerous factors including shifts in supply and demand. what is clear for buyers like ire is the need for a proven agent well before a commission agreement is signed. >> as a buyer, i put way more stock into world -- word-of-mouth. >> his search in the san francisco could soon be coming to an end. i am more informed right now about how i am going through with things and when the right home comes along, and i know i am being patient, at that moment, we can move very quickly. >> the new changes are opening new doors in the art of closing

a deal. >> the national association of realtors recently agreed to end fars landmark antitrust class-action lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating rules on commissions. take a look at this. scientists have just finished building a gigantic 3 billion pixel digital camera designed to capture our night sky like never before. the camera has a five foot wide optical lens and took nearly 2 decades to complete. the camera will be sent to an observatory in chile where it will capture 10 years of long exposure pictures of the night sky. scientists say the camera could create the most offensive map of the stars ever and even yield new insights on the formation of our galaxies. we got a look at the camera back in 2022 at their lab where one of the researchers explained what makes this camera different than the rest. >> with these images, we will be able to detect anything that changes in the sky from night

to night. that is a capability that other telescopes do not have. >> compared to the hubble and james webb telescopes, the camera can capture a much larger portion of the sky at a higher speed. google android users can now track their phones, tablets, car keys and other devices on the new find my device app . the app launches today and works similar to tile or apple's find my app where users can track and pinpoint exactly where a lost phone or tablet may be. they can also share those locations with family or friends. medical experts call it concerning. new numbers on women not getting screened for breast cancer and what is keeping them away. you can watch us anytime, anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. it is always a live newscast plus news and weather updates throughout the day. you can find us on the free cbs news app or on pluto tv.

on the healthwatch, a new cdc report shows that many women, 1 and 4, ages 50 to 74 are not getting recommended

mammograms. the cdc says that is deeply concerning because of 40,000 women dying every year from breast cancer. the cdc found some of the reasons keeping women from getting screened include the cost for access to care, food insecurity, lack of transportation, loss of work and feeling socially isolated. the report found that the more of those health-related, the less likely she is to get a mammogram. cdc chief medical officer dr. deborah howery says these barriers need to be removed. >> it is really important to address these needs now. when doctors are meeting with the patient, they can screen patients for these needs and connect them to community services. if women are uninsured, the cdc has a program in all 50 states with the health department that will allow me to get a mammogram per free. >> while death rates from breast cancer have decreased, they remain high for black women and women with low incomes. it is estimated that 22% of breast cancer deaths can be reduced early screening and

treatment. april is donate life month and a 14-year-old boy just had a chance to raise a commemorative flag at the santa clara county hospital where he received a life-saving kidney transplant. that transplant was courtesy of a total stranger who was diagnosed with a genetic disorder of the kidneys and 2022. he needed a transplant before they failed completely. sarabeth of sacramento saw his story in social media and offered one of her own. they have their surgeries in september and were supposed to reunite monday but sarah had a flat tire on the way could not make it. that did not stop jackson from letting her know how she changed his life. >> thank you for the chance at life again. i really enjoy being back to normal and able to run faster than i used to. >> jackson was also able to think was sarah somewhat face to face over zoom.

it is part of a first for a well-known rapper. we will tell you about missy elliott's upcoming bay area stop and who she is bringing along. - temperatures cooling down as we head into the weekend and stronger onshore... ah, i stepped off the coast again. - the winds are really picking up. - fog spreading farther inland. - and in the north bay, you're gonna get soaked. (water splashing) - [narrator] presenting the bay area's only virtual weather studio. next level weather. - as i lift this, you can actually see... - [narrator] on kpix and pix+. (wind blowing) it's that real. (water splashing) - let's move on to the seven-day now.

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hundreds of millions of dollars should go instead. the bay area is one stop on rapper missy elliott's newly announced headlining tour. it is her purse whenever. >> ♪ >> out of this world, the missy elliott experience, will also feature busta rhymes, ciara and timbaland. the tour stops at the oakland arena on july 9. general ticket sales begin on friday. cbs evening news is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. >> the blood of our children is on your hanto