with juliette goodrich. >> good evening. the war in gaza is sparking tensions right here in the bay area. we start in san francisco, where more than 100 student protesters blocked streets around the school district offices. they are demanding more support for palestinian, arab, and muslim students. they were supported by the arab resource and organizing center, a pro-palestinian organization that has come under some recent criticism. it has a contract with the district to provide services to students. the district is now investigating complaints by parents that the group violated district policy by helping organize a high school walked out back in october. so, it is another example of the debate over political issues spilling into our classrooms. katie nelson spoke to students who want to be clear that they organized this protest themselves. >> zana alcara organized this rally. >> as things collectively, we stand with palestine . we kind of wanted to show that and show that there is no organization forcing us or anything, this is all us and we are doing it on our own as our own people. >> reporter: she also participated in the october 18th walkout in support of a free palestine. after that rally, a parent watchdog group called the sf guardians, wrote a letter to the district asking to enter the district relationship with the arab resource center, saying they violated district rules by creating an environment of discoloration through interest medics look at. >> we don't think school contractors should be using access to students to organize students within the school grounds. >> reporter: the district responded on friday, saying they have opened an investigation into the sections. >> this is a racist investigation. we uphold district policy at all levels. this was a youth organized protest and we are going to support our youth because somebody needs to be there to support the youth. >> aroc is the only organization in the city. if it was happening to another group of people or if the story was different, they would have reacted in a different way. for the parent group says this isn't about aroc's geopolitical leanings, it is about making sure contractors follow district rules. >> there are students who love having that group there and are finding a lot of emotional support from them. i just find it sad that they have done things to put that at risk. >> reporter: the district is conducting an investigation into allegations against aroc and should have more information available within the next 30 days. >> katie, thank you. the role of schools in politics also sparked debate in oakland last week when some teachers organized a pro-palestinian teach in. the teachers say their goal was to give a more balanced lesson plan on the conflict in gaza from a palestinian perspective. but, the district called the material "harmful and divisive." people on both sides of the conflict are condemning a disturbing display of heat in oakland. a large menorah put out for the public at lake merritt was destroyed by vandals. rabbi david lekowski got a text that the nine foot tall menorah was ruined. the larger pieces of debris were tossed in the lake. a pessimistic defeat he was sprayed nearby. >> i feel upset, i feel that the city can do better. it is awful that a symbol that symbolizes love and love and light and hope and spelling darkness and paint should be destroyed by hate. >> oakland police are investigating the vandalism as a possible hate crime. this is a look at the menorah that was put up on friday. it comes at a time when concern about anti-semitism is on the rise nationwide. state senator nancy skinner called the act, "an act of cowardice." mayor sheng thao wrote , "what happened is not just an attack on oakland's jewish community but our entire city and shared values." the san francisco bay area office on the council of american islamic relations wrote, "we are profoundly saddened and outraged by the vandalism of the lake merritt menorah. people are gathering in a show of support. lesla. >> reporter: we have been out here all afternoon, where we see so many people come out to celebrate the seventh night of hanukkah. this is happening in the midst of the midst of the destruction of the large menorah. you can see over 200 people have gathered here and just before we came on here, they relating the menorah together, chanting and singing. i want to share that there are two different groups here and they are all in preparation of letting not one but two menorahs together. one group is going to replace the menorah that was destroyed and a smaller one, as well. we spoke to an oakland resident and the organizer of tonight's event on how the war in gaza is affecting this year's jewish holiday. >> this specific hanukkah means a little bit more. i was trying to do every night like light the candles, it is a little bit more emotional and makes me feel more jewish and part of the community. >> there are people who love to hate on oakland. no, not saying that. let's get together and show folks what oakland is. oakland is a city of love. oakland is a city of so many people getting together and celebrating liberation, which is what hanukkah is about. >> we told you at 5:00 there is supposed to be this large menorah parade going around as well. we haven't seen them yet but they are supposed to come back here to light the larger menorah together at 7:00. we will give you those details coming up. >> lezla gooden, thank you. it is nice to see it calm and peaceful there. in san jose, police are investigating a possible hate crime after a minute caught on video tearing down banners for gaza. >> sir, tonight, do not take the banner down. >> this is video that shows the moment a man took out a knife and started slashing the banner hanging from a freeway overpass above estate 880. this is video posted by the council on american islamic relations. it was happening on sunday. at one point, the man starts tearing down another banner hanging from the overpass. he eventually takes them with him, puts them in his car and leaves. a similar incident happened earlier, on december 3rd. police say banner belonging to the same group was taken down at that same location. they say both incidents are separate but they are both under investigation. stanford university has joined a growing list of schools being investigated for discrimination by the u.s. education department. the pope looking into allegations of anti-semitism and islamophobia. there has been a rise in cases of discrimination on college campuses in the wake of the israel hamas war. this investigation comes as elite college presidents recently testified in a congressional hearing on handling anti-semitism on campuses. stanford sent us a statement saying the university campus is fully committed to be a space free of discoloration and harassment. the university also said they are working cooperatively with the office for civil rights in the investigation. coming up on the cbs evening news, a story of courage from twins who survived the holocaust. here is norah o'donnell. >> our interview with two siblings believed to be the last surviving twins of the holocaust. their remarkable story of survival, family, and miracles. that is tonight here on the cbs evening news. we will look forward to that. the santa rosa city council school board meeting right now about the decision to bring school resource officers back to some campuses. all of this in response to recent incidents of violence. let's take a live look now. here's the meeting, as you can see on zoom. the superintendent asked people to bring ideas for solutions to the problem to tonight's meeting. so many people took her up on that request that they have had to stop letting people in. not all of those people are in support of bringing police back. demonstrators are expected to dress in all black at the meeting to show their disapproval. in fact, some officers have already been brought back on select campuses leading up to the holiday break after several incidents including last thursday, when three students were arrested at slater middle school and a knife attack at santa rosa high school three weeks ago. a retired pittsburgh police officer is facing nine felony charges, including attempted murder of peace officers after a multi-day armed standoff pleasant hill last week. 40-year-old chunliam nai saechao is being held without bail. officers say he barricaded himself in his home thursday after shooting and wounding his wife. she is expected to be okay. he surrendered saturday morning. police say he shot at officers during the stand off that no one else was hurt. tesla recalling nearly all 2 million of its vehicles right here in the u.s. but it is to address an autopilot defect. the automaker says it needs to update the software in all models between october , 2012 and december 7th of this year. this comes after a two-year federal investigation into a series of crashes that happened while the driver assistance system was in use. some of which were deadly. we spoke with an autonomous vehicle expert from carnegie mellon, who feels that tesla isn't going far enough. >> the other companies as they look, if you are not supposed to use it on the road, it won't turn on. we don't see tesla doing that, we see tesla saying we are going to try a little harder. we don't know how much harder that is. there's no measurable success criteria that we know they did what they promised. they just promised to try a little harder. >> tesla is being investigated by the national highway traffic safety administration over several crashes nationwide involving their autopilot phantom breaking, where the system stops the car suddenly and without notice. still ahead, this levee breach marks a move to reclaim the bay. the restoration project years in the making and how it is bolstering one of the days best natural defenses. 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francisco bay grew by 300 acres. the move will protect wildlife and create a natural barrier against sea level rise. this was the moment when the separatist bailey claimed an old 300 acre industrial stop pond in menlo park. use of the making, david lewis was grateful to see. >> it creates hope. >> reporter: lewis is the executive director of save the bay, an organization that works to protect and restore the san francisco bay. this effort was the latest example of progress made by the south bay salt pond restoration project to restore historic wetlands to tidal marshes. >> in just a few years, this dry, crusty salt pond, will be a lush, green tidal marsh that supports amazing fish and wildlife, especially birdlife. >> reporter: tidal marshes around the they have disappeared as the bay area grew and bigger misses the executive officer of the state coastal conservancy. >> since the gold rush, we've lost close to 90% of our tidal wetlands in san francisco bay. it has been decades in the making to restore this spot and other spots all around san francisco bay and to have a much healthier bay . >> reporter: better for wildlife and for the people who live around the bay, says lewis. >> tidal marsh is one of the best natural protections, green solutions to sea level rise and flooding. the reason? >> the tidal marsh acts like a sponge and it can hold that water during high tide and flood events and then release it slowly so that it doesn't pose as big a risk to the adjacent communities. >> reporter:, this particular spot, east palo alto and parts of menlo park are at or below sea level right now. >> with sea level rise, they will be at greater risk. there's going to be a lot of adaptation that is needed, probably pumps for extreme flood events . but, the more we can restore tidal marsh around the edges of these communities, the more natural protection can be a part of that solution. >> reporter: while that future isn't tomorrow, lewis says it isn't part of. >> we will see a significant sea level rise just in the next few decades. we have time to prepare our communities to be more resilient. >> reporter: this won't be the last time you see that they reclaiming what was once a part of it in a controlled manner. the south bay salt pond restoration project and the fish and wildlife service have a goal of restoring 15,000 acres of historic wetlands in the hopes of creating a better future for the bay. >> back in 2003, the south bay salt ponds were acquired from food corporation cargill inc.. the deal was brokered by the late senator dianne feinstein, a longtime champion of the restoration effort. not seeing any fog at this evening as we look at life from the top of mt. diablo toward the tri-valley and bounced from one doctor to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.' the.... ”press 4 to repeat these options.” [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get 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weather, that means a hill of air in the atmosphere is camped out near the west coast. that suppresses the development of anything other than high clouds in the atmosphere. those aren't going to be very efficient at holding much warmth. temperatures dropping off down to 48 degrees in santa rosa. otherwise, temperatures still in the 50s, barely in livermore. the temperature tumble will continue to make. i think we will have nearly as much fog to begin the day tomorrow. patchy fog to go along with temperatures in the 30s and 40s with low to mid 40s along the coast. despite the , high cloud cover, filtering the sunshine, we will warm up to 3 to 5 degrees above average, maybe a little more than that. san jose forecasting a height of 66 degrees. that would be the warm spot around the entire bay area. temperatures for most of us will top out in the low to mid 60s. even the cool spot in antioch falling just short of 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon. low 60s along the coast, low 60s in san francisco and oakland. temperatures in the north bay likely to end up in the middle portion of the 30s. plenty of time to warm up into the low 60s by thursday afternoon. similar temperatures in the forecast on friday and more of a warm-up on saturday. let's take a look at the dog walking forecast for tomorrow. we continue the festive dog steam. no weather problems for cricket who looks festive in her sweater. i think she will need that sort of tomorrow, even with clouds filtering out the sunshine. temperatures in concorde to around 60 degrees by thursday afternoon. really not bad at all for december. the big shift in the weather pattern will occur as we head into the weekend and early next week. we start the model comparison, still at the time frame where we don't get any of the high-resolution forecast model data because the rain is more than 72 hours away from arriving. we compared the american and european forecast models and they are starting to come together on what seems like the most likely scenario of removing into the bay area saturday night and falling for much of the day on sunday. some differences in terms of how far eastward the rain will push initially on sunday but once it takes over, we will see a rainy weather pattern continuing into monday and likely again on tuesday, ripples in the large-scale so in the atmosphere just squeezing out occasionally heavier rain that shouldn't last long enough to lead to significant flooding but maybe street flooding possible or leaves that have fallen may block some of the gutters and the potential for some snow in the high sierra. looks like the tropical nature of this system will push the snow line high up. this won't be a boon for the ski resorts, this is just the beginning of an unsettled pattern. they 8 to 14 day outlook both show a good chance of the unsettled pattern continuing all the way past christmas. enjoy the calm weather over the next few days. that is the dry half of the seven-day forecast, thursday, 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