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>right now at 532. bills that could overturn the will of california voters are making their way through congress. at issue, california's proposition 12, which mandates minimum cage sizes for animals raised for meat. california voters passed the proposition in 2018 by a margin of 2 to 1. it said pork sold in california must come from pigs that, when they're alive, had at least enough space to turn around. and mackovic spoke with some pig farmers here and across the country about the uncertainty in the market. >on a quiet day in windsor, the sows and boars on this little farm soak in the sunshine and the mud.
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>i figure, you know, these animals are giving us so much. might as well give them as good a life as they can. >jeffrey kent has been raising pigs for as long as he can remember, and for the hundred or so now on his farm. it's a life of free range. >it creates a much more natural life and creates a much happier pig, which in the end creates a much better product. >when california voters passed prop 12 in 2018, it reaffirmed what he already knew. >oh yeah. >a recent survey from the nonprofit world animal protection found that 80% of consumers felt concerned when they learned about the treatment of factory farmed pigs. >they can't move. they can't be a real animal. >an estimated two thirds of factory farms house sows like this no mud, no movement, just metal crates where they're artificially inseminated and standing over their own waste. this is video from animal rights group animal equality of conditions and a factory farm in kansas under prop 12. meat
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from these conditions is banned in california. but now new federal bills could wipe that away, allowing meat from crated animals to be sold here again, as long as they're raised elsewhere. lawmakers that represent the highest pig producing states are pushing for the law, like roger marshall, who sent us a statement saying midwest farmers and ranchers who produce our nation's food supply should not be hamstrung by coastal activist agendas that dictate production standards from hundreds of miles away. but some pig farmers like brant, hershey and pennsylvania, already changed his operations to comply with california's rules. >as that all evolved. you know, i started to see that we can't defend this. >now he's left wondering where his business stands. >because we've changed and spent capital to satisfy those markets. and we would say that
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that that's very disruptive. then as you've done that to then to then eliminate it or rip it out. >back in california, kent always went beyond what the law required anyway. >to be honest, i don't think i actually compete with them at all. because the people, the customers that i have aren't interested in buying that kind of meat. jeffrey says when you get to spend some time with these pigs, you see that they all have different personalities and are really quite smart. >and on the day of our visit, a surprise in the back of the field, a new litter born the day before. >you know, you can hear the snorting back and forth. yeah. it's, it's pretty great to see the community and the mothering instincts that they have. >these babies, too, will eventually end up slaughtered when jeffrey deems the time is right. but during their time growing up here, they're guaranteed the simple things in life water, mud, and a little
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room to roam. >well, we reached out to the national pork producers council, the american farm bureau, and the iowa pork producers association, all of whom have opposed proposition 12. they all support the newly proposed laws, but no one wanted to go on camera to discuss it. and we got a statement from california senator adam schiff, who strongly supports proposition 12, and said any attempt to overturn it will face strong opposition. congress should continue to respect the decision of california voters as it would the voters in any other state, and i will push back on any efforts to undermine their voices. >i'm devin fehely, following a developing story, the trump administration is moving to pull $4 billion in federal funding from california's high speed rail project. the department of transportation released a report saying that there is no viable plan to deliver even a partial segment of that project. the 315 page review cited missed deadlines,
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budget shortfalls and questionable projections about ridership. president trump targeted the project in his first term, but funding was restored in the biden administration. construction is underway on a stretch of the line that runs from bakersfield to merced. the republican leader of the senate transportation committee is now celebrating that news. tony strickland says, let's stop wasting california's hard earned taxpayer dollars and put that money towards a better use for all californians, such as lowering the gas tax funding prop 36 or investing in shovel ready projects to start. state senator dave cortese, a democrat from the south bay, fired back. he said it is, quote, shameful that some lawmakers would support taking critical infrastructure dollars away from their own communities. the project has blown past its budget by about $100 billion since its original estimate in 2008. still, 67% of voters have expressed support for continuing that project. that is according to a new poll that was commissioned by
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politico and uc berkeley voters in los angeles and the bay area are the most supportive of high speed rail. brian >devin president trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum went into effect today, doubling the 25% tariffs to 50. american steelworkers believe it will secure the future of their industry, but other industries are sounding the alarm about the potential impact to consumers, experts say. not only are more jobs at risk, higher prices are inevitable on everything from appliances to canned goods to cars. >what this is going to do is jack up the price of steel, which then jacks up the price of inputs for american manufacturers. >and one other note from washington, the congressional budget office now says trump's budget bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national deficit. the news as the president's ally, elon musk is now fighting the bill, calling it a, quote, disgusting abomination. and when we come back, we're going to take you inside the emotional school
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a controversy out of a school district board meeting in the north bay. the contracts of two high school employees were at the center of a heated debate. parents say the two consultants had made a measurable difference for black students, but district leaders disagreed. amanda hari has the details. >to fight that racial resegregation money. >it was standing room only at the tamalpais union high school district board meeting, as the fate of two contract workers were on the line. the community says in just a year,
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they've improved the experience for black and brown students. >overall, just unsafe for the people of color at tamalpais high school. and they made it just a way safer and enjoyable place. >roman cole is a sophomore. he's enjoying school now. >yes. for sure. >but his freshman year was a different story. he didn't want to go. he says some students would call kids of color racial slurs, and that there was even a photo circulating online of a girl with one written on her face. >some people's moms were literally moving them to different schools. like last year, like some people of color, kids are not here anymore because of the situation at sam last year. >in august of 2024, contractors tenisha tate austin and paul austin were brought in. they provide support to students of color by mentoring, working to improve grades, and creating a feeling of belonging. nearly 40 people took to the podium to express their support.
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>if you look up the numbers, tam, right now, black students are doing better than any black students in any in any school in this district. numbers don't lie. >last year, 53% of black and biracial students had at least one d or worse grade. this year, that number has improved by more than 15%. at the meeting, representatives from the district administration recommended extending their contracts one year, but board president cynthia roenisch did not agree. >i find it hard that an educator gets up and makes a recommendation that we need to pay $250,000 for half time work. >throughout her remarks, the crowd got upset. >if the audience cannot be respectful. i'm going to ask you to leave. >she continued, arguing, they never should have been contracted in the first place. >and going back and looking at it, i'm going to say we inappropriately approved those consultant contracts because
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the services that were provided are not specialized services. they are services that are included in the job description of the assistant principals of the dean of teachers, of counselors. >by a vote of 3 to 2, tate, austin and austin's contracts were not renewed. >all those in favor, please say aye. all those opposed, please say nay. nay. the motion fails. 3 to 2. >cole says he was shocked by the decision and questions what will happen next. >it's honestly a shame. i don't know what we are going to do next year, and i hope that what happens next year isn't going to be what happened for my freshman year. >and according to the marin ij, the mount tam football team was placed on probation by the administration last season after multiple reports of racist language directed toward or about black players. >straight ahead in sports giants and wholesale changes
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layer that ryan was just talking about. that's the virtual set. this is updating high resolution satellite imagery. you can see it filling in monterey bay there. you can see it trying to creep back into san francisco here. there's just one other way to look at this, because while yes, we're certainly focused on the marine layer off the coast, it's also important this time of year to look at all that stuff. now look at that in high resolution. those are bubbling cumulus clouds over the sierra. and there are thunderstorms in that. today. we are transitioning into summer. that's what tends to happen. let's go back to the virtual set. we'll get a high view looking down on this. now we're going to come back to the marine layer in a second because that's coming back for us tomorrow. but when we take a look underneath the clouds look at all the rain. this is also taking us into this afternoon. and when we put this into the futurecast, it's going to go like this for the next few days. each afternoon we'll see the thunderstorms bubble up in the sierra. we're not worried about fires right now. there's still a snowpack up there, at least a very quickly dwindling one. but the ground's got enough saturation on it at this point. it's too early for anything above, like the 5000
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foot level to be concerned from a fire weather standpoint or lightning. plus, there's plenty of rain there. but look where those storms are going. see how they got pushed a little off towards the east tomorrow? that's because here at home tomorrow we're going to start increasing the influence going the other way. in other words, the onshore influence through the entire column of the atmosphere is going to start changing that pattern to push things back onshore. if we look at where the satellite is now and instead we transition that to watch the fog advance, here comes our onshore tomorrow. that will push a lot of the energy here off to the east. but what matters for us is we get a little more onshore influence here at home in the bay. so marine layer is coming back in the morning. cooler temperatures will also be a part of this if you're near the water, but nothing too extreme. we're not really going to go through any dramatic temperature swings from this pattern. we kind of as we looked at in the last visit, we're kind of getting locked into a rut. a very good rut considering it's early june. we don't want to have any real intense spikes in heat, and
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thankfully we don't really see any coming our way. so if we take a look at what the daytime highs look like tomorrow across the state and scale that down, let's come back to home and put some numbers on the entire bay, including your part of the bay. these are tomorrow's daytime highs, so i'll get out of the way so you can kind of pick out your little corner low 70s up in the north bay, 72 in oakland tomorrow, 84 livermore, 80 in fremont. and if we can skirt down and pick out the rest of the santa clara valley there, you know, these numbers are pretty much exactly where you should be for this time of year. we're pretty much right on the mark. and considering that we now know that kind of nice to see a seven day forecast that looks like it does, which is staying right here. no drama. and by no drama i mean in june, july and august certainly as well. but this is the month when we can really first become vulnerable to those really intense spikes in heat, not only uncomfortable to live through, but also a problem as we get later into summer and early fall. from a fire weather standpoint, the more heat waves we get in june,
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the more problem we can have from fire weather perspectives in september. so let's keep those off as long as we can, not only because we don't want to live through the heat, but we also don't want to dry out the landscape any more than we have to before we have to. all right, there's the seven day forecast for the bay, and it's the same story on here. marine layer mornings, plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. juliet over to >you. drama a no drama forecast. >yeah, yeah. >thank you. coming up at 6:00, woken up by bulldozers. we'll hear from some unhoused people in berkeley who say they were suddenly told to clear out without any warning, plus a flashy way to fill retail space that would otherwise sit empty in downtown san francisco. how it could be a model for the city's recovery. and we will introduce you to a man who's making a living by literally pinching pennies. truly, how he plans to adjust now that the u.s. is about to stop making them. the news at six coming up in about ten minutes. but let's
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head to my buddy vern for a look at sports. >k p i x sports is powered by kia. learn more at wkyc.com. kia movement that inspires. >all right. baseball up top of the giants. another extra inning loss last night to the padres. and the offense now has scored four runs or less in 16 straight games. wow. over and over again, it's starting to feel like. like groundhog day at oracle park. >there ain't no hill or mountain. >yeah, giants fans woke up feeling like bill murray after san francisco failed to push across a run in extra innings again last night and today, changes to the roster. lamonte wade jr was designated for assignment, along with backup catcher sam huff dropped from the 40 man roster. veteran first baseman dominic smith and
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vallejo native daniel johnson were added to the roster. president posey provided a state of the team address. >we all believe that we're we're better than what we've been with the bats the last two and a half, three weeks. and, it's it's time to go. >break up the colorado rockies. they beat the marlins today to complete their first three game sweep since may of last season. there are now 12 and 50, but as their social media team posted, colorado has more wins in the last three days than scottie scheffler. nfl in the 49 ers. brock purdy has gone from mr. irrelevant to the highest paid player in forty-niners history. they say money can change a man but purdy's teammates aren't too worried. >he threw a route over the middle and jj stopped running. and he yelled at him for not
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running anymore. so hey jj, keep running and so does him expressing his frustrations. and not just like, oh, we'll get it next time. hey, now we're all on the same page. and so like that type of vocal is awesome. >all right. we go from that to the golden state valkyries. they look to get back in the win column tomorrow night in phoenix. golden state came up short again against new york and minnesota, the top two teams in the league, but feel like they put the rest of the w on notice. >if everything goes good. and we keep working hard that everybody is going to be like, ..., we got to play the golden state valkyrie. stay tough. they run, they're athletic. they pass the ball, they move well. we want to be the team that never gives up, never says die. and i think that, you know, is part of our identity. >you can see the valkyries take on the phoenix mercury tomorrow night on kp. why that would be picks. plus our pregame coverage with me begins
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at 630. >and you >know what that >means. >>it'll be time to fill it up. >yeah. you know, it's amazing, though that team does not feel and look like an expansion team on the court. >no. when they come out there, when they step on that floor, it's like, >hey, >>it's that win now mentality i like that. >yeah. all right. thanks, fern. well, when we come back, meet the people in one community who feel like they are under attack and are now learning how not to become victims. >we need to empower community to feel safe in our own spaces, but also to feel affirmed in their
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>well, june is pride month and here at cbs news bay area, we will highlight the triumphs as well as some of the struggles within the lgbtq community. that includes escalating safety concerns, local organizations now hosting self-defense classes specifically for trans and queer people. carra saint-cyr shows us how these classes are helping people find their strength and sense of community. >okay, can you do it one more time? sorry. cal is arming up and ready to
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fight back. >okay, so one, two and then push away. >against an environment they say has become unsafe for people that are transgender. >there's always been violence against trans people. i think it's so important to be able to know peaceful self-defense. i'm not going to be out here punching people in the face, but i still want to be able to safely deescalate someone in case of a crisis situation. eyes open. >slurs and name calling are just the tip of the iceberg. cal says they've been chased with knives and had glass objects thrown at them. just walking on the street, moments where they felt defenseless. >this is why we train. >but not anymore. san francisco's lgbtq center set up self-defense classes so people like cal can defend themselves. >there's a real dire need for not only our community to feel safe, but within the queer community. trans folks are most being attacked during this time period and within the loss of
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trans lives as a result of violence. we don't just want to empower trans people, we want to empower all of our community to feel safe. >a report from the california justice department shows that hate crimes dropped overall from 2022 to 2023, but crimes against lgbtq members rose about 86%. >we need to empower community to feel safe in our own spaces, but also to feel affirmed in their existence. you want me to do like the five in a row and then we'll switch, okay? >this experience left cal with a sense of strength, only reinforced by the community around them. >being in a room full of other people who also want to learn and want to know how to defend themselves in case of some sort of violence that may come up. that feels comforting in a way, in spite of the scary things. >they feel ready for a battle they'll hopefully never have to fight. >well, that's it for the
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news at five cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right >now. ryan thank you. right now at 6:00, people living in a berkeley homeless encampment say they were blindsided by bulldozers this morning. >they were. like. you need to get out. you have 20 minutes to leave. >we'll hear from residents about their early morning wake up call. the battle, over a camp the city says has been a problem for years. >i feel like highway robbery is happening right now. >plus, for the second day in a row, ice agents make arrests in san jose. the latest activity prompting the closure of a grocery store. >that's ridiculous. it's unlawful. and i think it's abhorrent. >how the community is reacting and the response from ice and a creative way to fill empty office space. >this is a brand new idea that we brought to life here in the bay area for the first >time. we'll meet an entrepreneur making art out of high end meals, and how it could help a downtown rebound. and later, pennies are going out of print.
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so what do you do? >here we go. i think it's alcatraz in the background. >if pinching pennies is literally your business model. >good evening. we begin tonight with a community coming together in support of a livermore man who was detained by immigration officials last week. so let's take a look at live pictures. these are people they were setting up for a rally that is expected to begin in just a few minutes. they're gathering right now at livermore plaza to draw attention to the case of miguel angel lopez. he was detained on may 27th, this during a routine check in appointment at san francisco's immigration court. he's now being held at a deportation center that's about 30 miles outside of bakersfield. according to a fundraising page set up for him, lopez has lived in the livermore area for the past 27 years,s
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