We want to thank folks here and we will have a photo at the end with the mayors. We wouldnt be here if it werent for the California Coastal commission. Lets hear it for them. The battle for the 35th anniversary of California Coastal cleanup day. It is the largest volunteer day in california. On this day tens of thousands of volunteers remove litter from waterways and shorelines and a thousand locations across california. How fitting on september 21st to do this coming together. California stands as one if not the largest contributor that takes place in the bay area. Thank you to the coastal commission. We have folks behind me. Thanks to the mayors, oakland parks and recreational foundation. Jason mitchell, they are ready they are pumped. Joe ginsburg is here. Elaine thorn, tommy from california train, Golden Gate National park. California state parks as well. Give them a big hand. I might have mentioned there are more players involved in this effort. Right now we will hear from Communi
They are joining us today because we know this work is not easy. Im joined here today by the director of Mental Health reform, grant colfax who is our director of the department of Public Health as well as yolanda who has been a client here for some time and she will be speaking to you later today. Thank you for being here and all the folks who are doing the hard work. We know that Mental Health there is a Mental Health crisis here in San Francisco and i know that we often times hear that were being thrown around loosely. But the fact is that as someone who grew up in San Francisco and know that we have had challenges in this city, including issues around homelessness, what i see is something that ive never seen in my lifetime of growing up in the city and that is people who are in serious, serious crisis. Serious need. And the fact is, in San Francisco, the frustration is that we have a lot of resources. We have a lot we have a lot of dedicated revenues to help spousht support people,
Engulfed the east coast and parts of the midwest. Its going be another day with temperatures in the 90s and oppressive humidity thats going to make it even warmer. All of this hot weather is straining power grids. One county is going to have to suffer through it without water. This morning there are heat advisories in warnings posted from New Hampshire to delaware. The heat is no way to escape it. Its just there. Youve got to deal with it. Youve got to tough through it, you know . Its been three Straight Days of 90plus temperatures in new york city. Yesterday with the humidity it felt like 104 degrees. The citys Largest Power Company activated its emergency command center, and with all of the air conditioners powering at full tilt, its preparing for what could be recordbreaking demand. Alltime recordbreaking history, Something Like 13,200 megawatts sometime probably 5 00 on thursday. Its the same story in parts of the midwest where folks are being advised to stay indoors and drink wate
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. News with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. America today was one nation under a blazing sun. Just have a look at the map. Red hot temperatures from coast to coast. It is darkest red where the mercury reached into the 90s. On the east coast, the high today in new york and boston hit 93. Washington, 95. Baltimore, 96. The National Weather service put out a heat alert that stretches from new york to boston. Three Straight Days of 90plus temperatures in new york makes it an official heat wave. But still far from the record 12 Straight Days back in 1953. The heat is sending the demand for power and water through the roof. We have two reports. First Elaine Quijano in new york. The oppressive humidity means theres little relief even when the sun goes down. That keeps demand for power high well into the evening hours. The temperature felt like 104 degrees above ground. And below ground where we found tyrone barnett,