Alameda. Abc seven News ReporterTara Campbell is there to tell us what its like tonight. Tara yeah, dan and ama. Well, its extremely loud right now. Theres a celebratory spirit here as family, friends and advocates gather to celebrate the charges that were laid down by the da yesterday, we did speak with a family representative yesterday. At the time, she said marios mom just wasnt quite ready to talk yet. She was still absorbing the news that she had just received about her son. But today, that change, she was ready to talk, vowing to still fight for her son. My son, you know hes not here no more. But im here. Im still, you know, fighting for him. My son jerry, right here. And you know, his son, seven years old. And we always missing him in birthdays. You know, christmas and all the holidays. Tomorrow is my birthday. If they do get charged, its just its not going to be enough. And i think we all could understand that. We all make mistakes. But if you make a mistake that big, you should probably find another career. Yeah now we are expecting the celebration and vigil to go on until about 730 this evening. Now, if those officers are found guilty, they face up to four years in prison and they are expected to be in court next month. Dan and ama all right, tara, thank you very much for that. We move now to new developments in the controversy over the university of southern californias graduation ceremony, days after usc drew major criticism for canceling the speech by its propalestinian valedictorian, the university now says it wont have any commencement speakers. Usc said it wouldnt allow for osnat tabassum to speak at graduation because of safety concerns. Now, the University Says it wants to keep the focus on the graduates by canceling all outside speakers. Now to a story. Abc seven news has been following for months. The Supreme Court could soon decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, one that could have a big impact here in the bay area. Starting monday, the justices will hear arguments in the case of grants pass versus johnson. The justices will decide if ticketing those who are homeless amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan has a look at the implications for cities here in the bay area. Handcuffs wont fix the homeless problems. The advocates like jennifer friedenbach. There has never been a situation where a ticket led somebody off the streets. Starting monday, the United StatesSupreme Court will hear arguments in the case grants pass boris johnson. The court will decide if ticketing Homeless People amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. We dont want to see cities, using police and using criminalization and jail as a way to punish Homeless People for being homeless. If grant pass wins, Homeless People could face punishment for using a blanket or a tent to sleep on streets. There are some communities where nothing, nothing will change, and there are some communities where a lot will change. Devin kurtz is with the cicero institute, a think tank focused on domestic policy. He says if the Supreme Court rules in grants pass favor, it would give smaller municipalities more flexibility to address homelessness. I think that those communities are the ones that youll see the biggest change in, not necessarily a place like los angeles or San Francisco. Nisha kashyap is an attorney with the Lawyers Committee for civil rights of the San Francisco bay area. It filed a friend of the courts brief in this case focused in part on causes of homelessness. The ruling from the Supreme Court is not going to change the fact that the True Solutions to homelessness are housing. Bishop argues that politicians too often blame the court for what are really failures of housing policy. She says the Supreme Court ruling wont prevent cities like San Francisco from following through on regulations. Already on the books. The city already has policies that require it to offer shelter to individuals prior to any type of enforcement, to ensure that folks are met with services and Housing First instead of criminal enforcement. In San Francisco, anser hassan, abc7 news. Now to a story from the abc seven news iteam. Its a weekend full of home games for the San Francisco giants, but theres a growing concern outside oracle park, as Authorities Say theyre cracking down on the illegal sale of alcohol outside the stadium. Despite their efforts, including an operation held earlier this month. Abc seven news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow discovered the booze is flowing. She joins us live outside the park. Melanie amber, you can see right here over my shoulder. A couple of people are set up here on king street selling alcohol illegally. I was out here last night and saw the same thing. This not only takes away from licensed businesses here outside the stadium, it also creates a potential health and safety risk. The perimeter of oracle park is buzzing with happy fans during any San Francisco giants home game, but authorities are frowning on the illegal sale of alcohol outside the stadium. Earlier this month, the department of alcoholic Beverage Control held an operation outside oracle park for citations were issued and illegally sold alcohol was seized, including from one individual operating an unlicensed bar. This must be infuriating to all the local businesses that play by the rules and go for licenses. Reporter district six supervisor matt dorsey says the city is seeing way too much of this in ways that are overwhelming. Their ability to respond. Despite the department of alcoholic Beverage Controls efforts in conjunction with the San FranciscoPolice Department and the port of San Francisco, the iteam saw several people illegally selling alcohol outside thursday nights home game. Including one person with a margarita making bar complete with multiple types of tequila mixers and fruit garnishes taking their profits. Thumbing their nose at the law and the rules. All i got was like, i got paper bags. You can see from this seller who did not want to speak with me on camera, told me a ticket he received last year was dismissed and that its a slap on the wrist. Does San Francisco have the resources to be out there enforcing Something Like this when theres so much else happening in the city right now, close to a third of the Police Department were supposed to have, isnt there . There is hundreds of officers who are eligible for retirement, an sfpd spokesperson tells the iteam operations are dictated by available staffing, and that the department is focused on hiring qualified candidates to make up a shortage of more than 500 officers. Writing in an emailed statement, quote, despite the staffing shortage, we prioritize Public Safety issues to ensure safe gatherings in and around these venues. The department of alcoholic Beverage Control tells abc seven news. In part, these illegal sales pose a potential Public Safety concern. This alcohol isnt regulated and these vendors arent carding. We want to make sure that the people who are engaged in the business of selling alcohol are doing it responsibly. We said in an emailed statement. A San Francisco giants spokesperson writes in part, quote, we appreciate the work of local authorities to minimize activities that compromise fan safety, detract from the ballpark experience, and negatively impact the neighborhood. Is this like whack a mole . You give a citation and they just pop back up . We got to be persistent because criminal enterprises are very persistent. Its just completely unfair. And weve got to shut it down. Supervisor dorsey says next tuesday hell be calling for a hearing on this issue before the Public Safety committee. Reporting live in San Francisco for the iteam. Melanie woodrow, abc seven news. All right, mel, thank you so much. And if you have a story for the iteam, you can call this number on your screen. 188840 iteam or go to abc7 news. Com iteam. Still to come on abc seven news at six is it is it time to come back to the Office Full Time . See how many local City Employees are still getting to work from home. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Temperatures fell today. Ill show you when theyll rebound. It does from china, an accomplishment by San Franciscos mayor london breed, during her current visit to china. Abc seven News Reporter luz pena spoke with the San Francisco zoo and gardens Deputy Director about their plans. Loose to get the pandas to the city. Thats right. Its been nearly 40 years since San Francisco hosted two pandas that were here for three months, and that resulted in the highest attendance the zoo has ever had. And soon that could happen again. Its official. Pandas are coming to San Francisco. What do you think about pandas coming to San Francisco . Good. Are you excited accomplishment over a decade in the making that involved mayor london breed formally asking the chinese president on the tarmac last november after San Francisco hosted the apec summit and panda experts from china checking the zoo this year. And now its finally happening. San francisco is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming giant pandas to the San Francisco zoo. The San Francisco zoo will receive the giant pandas as part of chinas panda diplomacy program. When the city hosted the pandas for a three month period in 1984 and 1985, the zoo had over 1 million visitors. We are so thrilled for the return of the giant panda after all these years to the San Francisco zoo and gardens. As you know, the giant panda represents and symbolizes collaboration and also bridges divides between cultural differences. The latest estimates indicate there are less than 2200 giant pandas in the world today. The organization Pandas International said. San franciscos cool weather will be ideal for the pandas. Theyre going to need an enclosure. They can get, you know, out of the elements. Theyre going to need a large yard, so they can walk around and have some space. They will need some enrichment, activities. The zoos Deputy Director confirmed theyve been gearing up for the pandas return. The renovation has to take place first before they can come. Pandas in San Francisco will come with a hefty price tag. Before the pandemic, the estimated cost to build a new facility for the pandas at the zoo was estimated at 25 million. Its definitely worth the investment to bring San Francisco zoo really on the map. As a global attraction. This is a really important investment for San Francisco and an investment in our visitor economy. Regardless of age. Several san franciscans view giant pandas coming to the city as a win, good for the relationship between the countries and good for San Francisco. Are you excited to finally be able to see a panda in real life . Yeah yeah, he and the mayors visit to china is not only bringing the news of the pandas, but also more tourism from china. The sf travel team said theyre in talks with Chinese Airlines to increase flights between San Francisco and china. Luz pena abc seven news. Pretty exciting news. A couple of questions. First, how long will the giant pandas be in San Francisco and i know we have to raise a lot of money, but does the city have to pay china for them . Well, this time were told it will be longer than three months. But the pandas still belong to china, and they can request for the pandas to be returned any time now. How much will San Francisco have to pay for the pandas . The San Francisco zoo will have to pay an annual fee to china of 1 million a year. China is supposed to use that money on conservation efforts. Oh, interesting. Okay, louis, thanks a lot. Well follow this progress. And today on abc seven news at four, our insider, phil matier, told us the panda push is part of the mayors bigger effort to change the image of San Francisco. You cant fight the image of San Francisco. You just try to create a new one. I mean, people, new york has its problems. London has its problems. But you tend to forget that because theres so much going on. So this is one step in that direction. At the same time, shes getting the pandas, shes also on the phone to the ceo of macys saying, listen, we know youre leaving, but can we get you to stay longer or maybe redesign or use a smaller store there . Shes trying to keep that. Shes trying to possibly get womens soccer playing in San Francisco. Another thing is maybe get a Chinese University to locate a branch in the downtown area. In other words, making sort of good noise to keep things happening and have the public and the world aware of San Francisco in a different light. And with the diplomatic part done, phil says the mayors next challenge is raising the money. Private money to pay for the pandas new enclosure. All right. Will it be a good day to get out and visit places like the zoo over the weekend . Thats a great question. Meteorologist sandyha patel is here. Sandy. Yeah, you betcha. Dan and ama, definitely a good weekend to get outside, whether its the zoo or do you want to go for a nice hike . Let me show you a live picture right now from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. You can see the marine layer is advancing, certainly onshore breeze helping to push the low clouds along this evening. If you are stepping out, mix of sun and fog, gusty winds. So i would grab a jacket. If you have friday night plans. Mostly cloudy at 11 p. M. And we will see a mix of fog and clouds overnight with a gray start for tomorrow morning. Might even see a little bit of drizzle to start the day. Onshore winds have really ramped up right now. Sustained blowing from the ocean towards the land 32 miles an hour in San Francisco. Look at the delta breeze 25 miles an hour. Thats whats been responsible for our cooler weather today. Most areas have dropped off four degrees cooler in san jose, down eight in santa rosa. Here is a look at what happened this morning. Widespread gray to start the day. We even had a little spotty drizzle. The low clouds pulled away but theyre pushing right back in again closing in on parts of the coast. So do expect that to expand. Now a weak disturbance is pushing through the sierra, triggering some isolated thunderstorms. Certainly bringing some mixed precip there. Very well defined trough over the pacific. Were expecting that to stay well to our north. But it will reinforce our cooling influence going into tomorrow morning with the marine layer staying in place. A Beautiful Day from our pier 39 camera. Sea lions, visitors, everyone enjoying the weather 57 degrees 60 in oakland. Hayward 63 and 55. In Half Moon Bay. Heres a view from our Oakland Airport camera. You can see certainly some clouds overhead. Santa rosa 62. Right now it is 69 in fairfield, 70 degrees in concord and san jose is basking in the sun overnight tonight. Fog expands at the coast this weekend. Sunshine and spring warmth coming your way away from the beaches and the middle of next week is going to be more clouds and cooler, and were going to bring the rain back at least a chance later on in the week. The marine layer 7 00 along the coast advances rapidly across many parts of our bayside communities. High clouds will increase as well. So overnight its going to turn gray. Tomorrow morning. We may even see some spotty drizzle once again, but by tomorrow afternoon, clouds will clear away. Everyone gets to enjoy sunny in your morning. Temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s. Well call it partly to mostly cloudy to start. And then tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. Just a Beautiful Day. 78 degrees in morgan hill, 77 in san jose. If you want sunshine and you want mild weather, you got it in redwood city, 73 degrees, 60, in Half Moon Bay around San Francisco, 67. Same thing in south city. North bay temperature