standing at 8300, up 7% from 2022. the good news, it appears more people are in shelters. burks the number of people living on the streets or their cars only went down by

1%. this so-called point in time count is done every two years and determines how much funding the city gets from the federal government. the city gets an overwhelming number of calls about the homeless, sometimes it can take police up to days to get to them. well, in comes the so-called heart team. their soul purpose is to respond to nonemergency calls. so far it is pretty effective.. >> reporter: he has been given a second chance at life and he is using to give others a second chance too. >> back to society and all of that. so, i never look at it like give me something, and it is me giving to them what i owe them. >> reporter: that debt comes from serving time behind bars, facing 59 days, eight months,

four days for gang-related activity. he was released after 16 years, today he is using that experience to offer a helping hand to people experiencing homelessness in san francisco. >> i was a person destroying our community. all right. and now i have an opportunity to build up my community that is what i came out here to do, my missioning to build up the community >> he is doing that by giving people a little bit of heart. part of the homeless engagement response team they are an alternative to the police that proved their worth in the first year, responding to call that can take the police days or weeks to get to. >> it helps the police department to focus on things that are more intense. we get more of those because normally 9 times out of 10 it is someone that is homeless, right? and we have that factor where we are

more relatable, more of a commerce situation when we do approach. today he uses that experience to offer a helping hand to people offering homelessness, he responds to a call made by a resident that called the nonemergency police line. instead of a armed officer he responds with his partner, who comes with narcan, snacks and compassion. one of the most successful teams in the city. responded to 14,000 calls in the last year. >> they filled a gap that we did not have before. people to be able to answer these particular level of what we would consider low priority calls. >> reporter: she heard criticism over city spending on the handful of pricey response programs according to a city audit do not always fulfill their promised metrics, each cater to a need of people that face homelessness, substance abuse and illness t. is one

that is proving effectiveness. a little heart goes a long way. >> standing andfixing and fixing myself. i love that i have for myself, i love myself so that is why i can show you that you should love you and this is why i do the work that i do. >> reporter: the city says in the year this program has been around they responded to 80% of 911 or 311 calls related to homeless people. they placed 144 people in shelters. now, we take you to the north bay now. students and local leaders responding after lee sent out an email announcing a deal with protesters on campus. cal state university chancellor garcia says he made that deal without

approval. the agreement included things like an advisory counsel for justice in palestine, a boycott of academic institutions sponsored by israel and a permanent ceasefire in gaza. >> i feel like he was supporting the students and he was actually pushing for a change in the way the system works and helping palestine in the best way we can, you know, as students. i don't think there was anything that he did wrong >> this letter was so tone-deaf to the needs and concerns of the jewish community. you do not need to marginalize one group to uplift another.. >> they would not say if and of the agreements will be honored saying it is a complicated issue and it is still up in the air and admit they don't know when they will have an answer. so, lee sent out a statement, everyone should make sure it is a safe and includive

place. i stand by that statement, i realize now that my message caused more fear, anxiety and uncertainty. this was not my intent. the california legislative jewish caucus supports the suspension in a statement attributed to the co-chairs including scott wiener, his endorsement of a boycott was unacceptable and evidence that former president lee is unfit to lead one of our great state institutions. they are in touch with the 20 u.s. doctors who are stuck in gaza, among them a doctor from sutter health. she left her family including her two daughters for rafah at the end of april for what was supposed to be a two week mission. now, the crossing to egypt is closed and it left her trapped. her brother has been fighting for her to return home. >> she wanted to be able to do more. i think the, just advocacy from here was not

enough. yesterday when i was talking to her it was really, we texted back and forth and one thing that she was worried about was that she was not so worried about herself, her spirits were good but she was worried about that they were running out of supplies, medical supplies because of the border crossing and could not help the people. she was worried that she was going to be late back to work so she could not see her patients here. i kind of felt ironic because we were worried about her safety. >> he says it is hard to communicate with his sister because of frequent blackouts and that his family has contacted congresswoman eshoo's office in assistance in getting his sister back home. in texas the coast guard is working to cleanup 2,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the water after a barge drifted into a bridge. at this point there is no harm to

wildlife. one bay area company came up with an unique invention to mop up spills like the one in texas. the main component? human hair. does not end there. tonight, we show you how our locks, yes, could be the next big thing in the fashion industry. >> reporter: there is a quiet movement going on in the fashion world. it is less what is trending and more about the material at the root of it, human hair. it is sweeping the runway and challenging our sense of style. >> even if it is here, you don't want to touch it. >> reporter: she runs a start up called human material loop. she goes to salons and barbershops, scooping up discarded hair with the help of scientists and engineers, those strands are turned into this. sturdy fibers that get sewn into pieces. >> they have unique pieces,

woven pieces to showcase fibers. >> reporter: the effort is an attempt to reduce the environmental impacts of the fashion world. the industry consumes a massive amount of water. it takes 700 gallons to produce just one cotton shirt compared to the human hair method that uses no matter. from the runway to a sheik haircut in san francisco. >> i have been cutting hair for about 20 years. >> reporter: wielding the sissors, this scissors, her client, no ordinary haircut. >> the hair goes to oil spill cleanup maps. >> they are carefully collected. >> all of the lair is spread out. >> reporter: and turned into a hair mat. thanks to a san francisco nonprofit called matter of trust >> the first thing we can do with this is put the fibers in mats that can go into storm drains and contaminated reservoirs and filter out all

of the chemicals. >> reporter: the hair mats were invented by a stylist who while washing the oiler hair of client he saw oil spill. i have enough hair. this is an entire bag of hair. 13 pounds >> here we have long hair. all loose, it is not stuck together at all. you can pull it apart. >> reporter: matter of trust collects hair, fur, wool, fleece. and uses a special felting machine to create incredibly strong hair mats. >> and just like that we have a completed hair mat. we will put the through once or twice more. >> reporter: the mats are used to cleanup hundreds of oil spills in u.s. waters including the 2007 incident involving the costco cargo ship that accidentally hit the bay bridge

and spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel into the bay. the oil industry is one of the major contributors to global warming and climate change >> it looks good and a good cause. >> reporter: awesome instead of ending up in the landfill it is the newest sustainable fabric. saving water and cleaning up the environment one lock at a time. >> amazing. hair can hold up to five times its weight in oil. to find out how you can donate your hair or pet four. go to kpix.com and learn how to register. delayed flights, lost luggage, no thank you. the sweeping new bill meant to ensure a smooth and safe trip as summer travel gets underway. oh, check out annie's growing chicks, how we can all help name berkeley's newest falcons. we have some ideas. the may gray is spreading back out. lots of cloud cover over the bay already this

evening. our time lapse shows the cloud cover. there will be plenty of fog as we head into tomorrow morning. we will tell you how long it will

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. the tsa says it is ready for the busiest summer travel season ever beginning with the up coming memorial day holiday. the government wants to make sure it is a smooth one. please. anne makovec is here with more. >> there are several things that can be tweaked and this bill runs the gamet. keeping planes safer to protecting passengers from getting ripped off. the bill requires more air traffic controllers to be hired and better trained. requiring improved runway technology to reduce the risk of collisions, aircraft would have to have

longer voice cockpit controllers and taking away fees for families to sit together and most near cash not vouchers, they have to be usable for five years instead of one. i spoke to the congressman that offered part of this package. >> this is when government has to come in because our culture has changed. hopefully with what we are doing we will get back to where the private sector will start making sure that their, it is not just about making money. it making money in the long-term and making sure that the consumers know that they value their safety. >> the bill would give more than $100 billion in funding for the faa as well as $700 million for the national transportation safety board. efforts to boost safety taken on new urgency after a series of near miss incidents and the january alaska airplanes door plug midemergency. >> from my perspective the

system as a cancer survivor your body sends you a signal, the system was sending us a system. it will be safer and we did not have to have a disaster to react to it. >> the concern for a lot of the flying public is could it lead to higher airfares, you know it will come up. he says no, though, this will create a framework with fewer delays, more support staff and everything running smoother with fleets moving more efficiently >> it sounds like a perfect flying world [ laughter ] >> thank you, anne, thanks. let's head over to paul heggen. wouldn't that be great. no delays, cheaper flights and keeping the seats all at the same price. i hate when it is all different price ranges. >> you have to pay for an extra seat belt or something like that. >> yeah, exactly. we can dream. let's take a look at what we were dreaming about a few years ago which is elimination of crowd conditions across california. they have not

updated you on the u.s. drought monitor over the past several months because of back to back winters that removed the drought conditions from the state the update that just came out dropped the number at the lowest category, abnorm alley dry. not drought but dry to begin graded on a curve depending which part of the region you are looking at. it is classified as abnorm alley dry and a dry part of the state to begin w. the last time that number was that low was 13 years ago. in june of 2011, 0% of california was even abnormal low dry. of course, since then, a couple of different droughts, you can so this is the time series of drought conditions going back to 2000 over the past 24 years. you can see how drought is, enjoy the abundance while it lasts. looking outside. moisture, shrouding the skies of the bay area and sales force tower. compete with the may gray. morning fog, afternoon sun, and then the

evening fog, nighttime fog takes over. along the coast, foggy all of the time. the temperatures will remain close to normal for the weekend. it brings few changes to the big picture pattern, a little bit of a warm up for parts of bay area by monday of next week. looking outside, going above the fog and seeing that perspective. beautiful view there. 56 degrees, san francisco, cool location, 8 degrees in san jose. most of them are retreating quickly. as the fog spreads out the temperatures will back down and the fog and down. allowing extra time to navigate your way through the work. it backs the way out of the inland valleys and the coast. taking the fog and a break along the coast for an hour or so heading towards lunchtime on friday. again, any sunshine you get on the coast enjoy that as a bonus over the next several days. temperatures tonight, three degrees on either side of normal. lower to middle 50s for the bay area, similar story for high temperatures tomorrow. everybody within three degrees

of normal. upper 70s in san jose, not quite that warm from morgan hill. not bad. the temperatures close to 80 degrees, livermore, above it, antioch, above that level in concord. hitting the middle 70s. along the coast, 62 in half moon bay, a couple degrees off of that tomorrow. around 60 degrees, that is where you are supposed to be. 60s in san francisco, near 70 in oakland, temperatures in the north bay, the fog will hang on to the valley a little longer. the highs in the lower to middle 70s. not quite as much in the inland areas. heading closer to holiday weekend. the 10 day temperature out look shows roller coaster rides, the baby warm up for monday and tuesday and then we level off with near normal temperatures the rest of next week. a cool start to memorial day weekend a week from saturday. bouncing back as we head through the rest of the holiday weekend. a long day down-the-line. temperatures inland, again, a little bit of a warm up on monday and

tuesday. not lasting long. retreat a little bit. temperatures, wednesday, thursday, the baby warm up will be a nonexistent one because of water temperatures, going up a degree or two around the bay. 70 degrees, monday, tuesday of next week and what warm up? along the coast, may gray, holds on. the temperatures not changing for more than a degree or two on a day-by-day basis over a course of 10 days, really. and potential for drizzle along the coast like we saw last night and this morning. >> all of the above, thank you. ditching

. cities across the bay area are celebrating bike to wherever day. formally known as bike to workday. this year marks the 30th anniversary of the celebration, we caught up with people in berkeley, san jose, kicking off their day with a bike ride. the event encourage people who drive to break out that bike. >> for a long time have had protected by boulevards, now we are adding protected bike lanes on major streets. and, berkeley always been among one of the cities in the united states with the highest bike rating population. >> there were 16 so-called energizer stations set up throughout berkeley where cyclists could stop for free

refreshments and some swag. >> look at this, everyone. can you name these little

. this is really fun. uc berkeley chicks are a few weeks old now, these little guys don't have names yet. a live look. this is from the falcon nest cam at the top of the belltower. so, the cal falcons group launched a contest to name them. there are two boys, two girls, they are vocal. the names as well be connected by a theme. we have a link to submit your nominations. the winners will be announced later next week. let's take a look. this is all live here. we are looking here. that could be cal, then this little guy can be bear, even though it is a bird, and john what do you

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