san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood, having to pass by drugs and crime. how one group of volunteers is clearing the path. for mariachi music to low riders, mexican culture was in full display for cinco de mayo. i am brian hackney. governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in 2013. tourists spent $7 billion, nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, and san

mateo county was about the same with 2019 spending. we haven't exactly bounced back. the los angeles and orange county have. they saw double-digit increases in tourism bending. on why the southland is doing so well. >> reporter: live jazz, warm weather, and happy visitors. this is music to the ears of pier 39 business owners. >> coming from london, we just landed yesterday. >> reporter: while business activity is buzzing up here, that's not the case everywhere. >> waiting for the tourists to, and for the season to really get going, and as you can see on a sunday afternoon brunch, it's not happening. >> reporter: appeared 23 cafe says they are surviving, not thriving. in fact, he says business was down about 25 to 30% in 2023 compared to 2019.

>> you need people coming to the door to survive. when they are not coming, it is hard to keep the doors open. >> reporter: many small businesses complain they are still recovering from the pandemic. the owner of san francisco deluxe tours tells me his tour bus business is down about 40% in 2023 compared to 2018. >> are the oldest guy out here at 77. >> reporter: his business is down at least 20%. >> we have been having to work harder for less cash, basically. 2019 was good. 2023 -- you know, the thing that has died is the international tourism. >> reporter: that's what industry leaders are blaming, specifically the asian market. scott peck says only about 50% of the chinese tourists have returned . and traditionally, he says, chinese visitors spend big money in san francisco.

>> pre-pandemic, china was our largest overseas market. over $2 billion a year spent in our market. right now, capped by the governments of the u.s. and the governments of china. air service is capped right now to 50% of pre-pandemic levels. so we can't get back to the normal -- we were calling normal baseline visitation because you do not have the seat in the airplanes to make it happen. >> reporter: he says l.a. gets a lot more domestic visitors, and the domestic visitation is pushed the southern california tourism industry well beyond the 2019 levels . experts say socal strong rebound is what is driving up the entire state tourism spending. >> i record-breaking tourism numbers, last year, $150 billion. >> reporter: the governor made the announcement on top of the iconic golden gate bridge. the ceo of pier 39 says they have been fortunate. their sales were flat compared to 2019.

>> the convention business is still down. we expected to be down and not really rebound until '25 and beyond. >> reporter: while tourism spending is headed in the right direction, san francisco still has a lot of work ahead, especially on its image and reputation. >> we are really hanging our hat on it being good , and tourism is going to come back and people want to go out and spend money. >> reporter: the number of chinese visitors will likely return to the 2019 levels by 2026. >> reporter: as for getaways for bay area residents, and wine country, tourism was better than last year than before the pandemic in sonoma. and in napa, the spending was about where it was before the pandemic. >> reporter: oakland is trying to get more international tourists by changing the name of their airports. the final vote is set to take place on thursday. the port commission will vote on whether to change the name to the san francisco

bay oakland international airport. in an initial vote last month, port commissioners voted unanimously to favor the name change. oakland officials hope the modified name will boost worldwide recognition of the air force location in the area. san francisco has filed a lawsuit in federal court to fight the name change. another step in san francisco's quest to invigorate downtown -- just at alcohol and what is being called an entertainment zone. they hope to boost business by allowing controlled public drinking. the entertainment zone is planned for front street between california and sacramento. there are three bars on that block, and they like the idea. >> in my mind, in our collective minds, we have an idea of the vision. but whatever it is, it's going to be spectacular. >> reporter: entertainment zones in california were made possible after a bill authored by state senator scott weiner. it was passed last year. there are still some legal tinkering

to get through at the city level for it to go forward, but the mayor's office is committed to the idea. time for some weather now. let's go over to our first alert meteorologist, darren peck. >> this is a week of dramatic turnarounds. from daytime highs today in the 50s, going to move ahead and were going to focus on the warm-up coming the way. take a look at daytime highs for today and tomorrow. pretty much equal everywhere. but we didn't warm-up a whole lot just yet. now i'm going to show you the difference between these numbers and where we are going to be on friday. how much warmer are our numbers going to be? 20 to 25 degrees warmer between now and friday. and to spare you from having to do the arithmetic, let me put friday's numbers on here. this is where we end the week, try valleys go in there. san francisco is going to 75 by the time we get to the end of the week. what a big turnaround. i will go into much more detail on how this plays out and why

we are not staying this way owing into next weekend. see you in the forecast in a bit. college students continue to camp on at least three bay area campuses. they are demanding a cease-fire in the war in gaza and asking their schools to divest from any company that has a relationship with israel. while the protest in the bay area have been mostly peaceful, or than 2000 people have been arrested in protest across the country. cristian benavides reports. >> reporter: on the campus of university of southern california on sunday morning, lapd moved into clear out protesters and remove a campus encampment. >> dozens came in at around 4:00 a.m. to disperse a warning, at which most of them peacefully left. some of them were chanting, but again, peacefully left. >> reporter: from ut austin in texas to depaul university in chicago, where police responded after tense moments between pro-palestine and pro-israeli protesters. the campus demonstrations have led to

divisions inside the democratic party. president joe biden is in the middle of a tough re-election campaign. a california representative has been trying to court young voters on college campuses at the behest of the biden campaign. >> this is a defining moment for this generation, similar to anti-apartheid protest, anti-iraq war protest . they are telling us that over 30,000 people have died. it's time for this war to end. >> reporter: has been critical of the protest. >> i will say that this kind of protest, having been helpful. >> reporter: ohio state university and northeastern university held their commencement ceremonies. after saturday, students at the university of michigan interrupted their ceremony. >> reporter: right now, we are not aware of any planned disruptions to local commencement's. berkeley ceremony is next weekend.

sonoma state is the following weekend, and san francisco state will be the one after that. all three have active pro-palestinian encampments. berkeley said there are no plans to change the programming. they say graduations have been used for all sorts of protest for many years. this year, like every year, efforts will focus on the ability of graduating students, their friends, and families to safely enjoy and take part in an incredibly meaningful day. >> reporter: students are demanding a cease-fire, but today, hamas said those cease-fire talks are over, at least for now. israeli prime minister benjamin is netanyahu said no amount of pressure will stop israel's war in gaza. while the u.n. estimate that a child is killed every 10 minutes there. the israeli government vowing to move forward with an attack where more than 1 million palestinians are living. at the same time, israel is saying that despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary,

people in gaza are not facing famine. this comes after the executive director of the world food program expressed on meet the press the dire situation in the region. still ahead at 6:00, we introduce you to the volunteers walking kids through one of san francisco's most notorious neighborhoods. cormack plus, snow in may? incredible. just how much snow dumped on tahoe ski results. paddling out to protest . why the kayakers took their message to the water.

the city of san francisco has made a strong push in

recent years to try and clean up the tenderloin, bringing in more portable toilets, increasing police patrols, aching more arrests , clearing tents, and now some volunteers are showing up to help clear the way for kids to go to school. >> reporter: wearing a bright safety vest with the word safe passage on the back, tatyana strides through san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school. she is among several adults who escort dozens of children to afterschool programs. >> we have a lot of things in this neighborhood that are not safe that impacted the lives of the people who live here. and so this is really an intervention of saying, you know, we need this space for kids. we have expanded to seniors, people who need assistance, or residence to feel safe just walking through the neighborhood.

>> reporter: long known for its brazen open-air drug markets, mental illness, and homelessness, the tenderloin is also home to an estimated 3000 children, the highest concentration of children and sanford disco. largely from immigrant families. >> if something happened to these kids when i'm walking, what am i going to do? how am i going to face the families? but they form a very strong organization. that was the best. >> reporter: a group of mothers started the effort in 2008 after a child temporarily went missing. >> safe passage is a program to protect the community, the kids, the senior citizens. just to protect the tenderloin community. >> reporter: the program guides the students along the cleanest and calmest routes. >> when i walked through, i just said, thank you, safe passage for just existing. by helping us.

>> reporter: redirecting them to avoid people acting erratically or overdosing, sometimes stewards use their bodies to block the children from seeing things they shouldn't. >> there's a better way . by our presence, by our examples, by our positive connection with these people. and they hope it will help them. every year, it is a little bit better and better and better. in other news, san francisco youngsters faced off in the kids games today. the fastest runners and the longest jumpers got to compete against each other. at the former home of the raiders and 49ers. those were the days. some of the kids said they were inspired today to produce track and field was a get to middle and high school. >> it's a good time. we thank our sponsors, we get the kids out, it doesn't cost them anything. get the parents

involved. they run track, meet new friends. we feed them and everybody has a good day. >> we do the best we could. the police activities league was founded 65 years ago to give kids an alternative to delinquency. a number of different sports and chess . all free of charge. it was a beautiful day for those kids to be playing in san francisco and a great day to skate in tahoe. the uc berkeley central sierra snow labs says yesterday was the snowiest day of the season so far. the lab reported more than two feet of snow at their site near donner pass. with that, let's go over the first alert meteorologist darren peck were -- no more snow. we have some warm weather on the way. >> a little more perspective on that statistic, because i think that's going to catch a lot of people's attention. snowiest day of the season happened yesterday. look at the snow .

that came from the sierra central snow lab. that is the gold standard when it comes to keeping track of snow. the records go back for decades and they are meticulous about it. the red line is this year. it shows you what average would be, and all the other shades on their kind of show you the ranges of years. you really concerned about how that line has tracked with blue, and the reason they are showing that is because they updated it with you yesterday storm. look all the way at the end. the others a little tick upwards? there's an interesting thing about that statistic. yesterday was a snowiest day of the winter. it wasn't the biggest storm. it was a snowiest 24-hour period. there are much bigger storms that came through a drop much more than the 24 inches that we got for that storm. it just so happened that for the 24 hour period for midnight to midnight on may 4th, that was the

biggest 24 hour period just because of the way the store mine came in right at midnight and snowed through the afternoon. that's just a quick review and nuanced addendum to that really cool statistic. look at the cold air that enable that. the snow level got down to 4000 feet. we are feeling it here. watch what happens over the next few days. the warm air builds back in. is a better way to look at this. the blue on here shows you where temperatures are below average, and that is certainly us today and yesterday. and now if we watch the transition, temperatures are not just going back to average , and then we keep going and we are going to be well above average. in fact, by friday, the national weather service is now messaging a modest heat risk for friday. if we come in for a close-up look at us, they come in closer still. take a look for those inland valleys and for parts of inland alameda county as well. antioch, brentwood. this

applies to you. altamont pass, this applies to you. by friday, there is a moderate risk for heath. let's put a little perspectives. because the area on friday, which would need to be aware, is back there. the inland valleys. the inland county, specifically, in parts of the tri-valley out there. take a look at the difference. see the number out there? look at concord's number getting well into the 80s. livermore, technically, you are included in it. but you are going to be 86 degrees. that is not breaking records. an 86 degrees on its own is not going to raise red flags for people in terms of a heat related health impact. when you go from where we are today -- we are going to use the map that -- these are today's daytime highs. it's like 20 to 25 degrees cooler back there for some of those numbers. that big of a shift, it's the big transitions like

that that catch people off guard, and that can lead to heat related health issues. for friday, which you want to be aware of. let's put this in the seven-day forecast and show how this plays out for everybody. the warm-up shows up for them microclimates. we go to 86 by saturday, 87 by friday. if that's how warm we are going to be inland, this is the time of year now where microclimates matter. we've been doing this for several weeks now, because if we show you that warm-up for the day, nowhere near that warm, but you will make it up to 80. think of this as the i-80 corridor, down the peninsula, and other parts of santa clara valley. >> mr. pat, thank you. p.a.s went fishing. the bay area has a national champion, and this cal bears favorite

baseball up top. giants in business at philly moving pictures on the game day show tonight. and then there is the a's. another series win. in fact, at the start of the day, they had 6 straight wins. so can we say 7? fans all around the colosseum on legally day. what did they see? the a's started joe boyle. the miami marlins didn't waste any time. gordon crushed a first inning homer to make it 4-0. gordon was feeling himself. top six, down 5-2. jonah bryant, a former a, it a double. that scored gordon. and then three pitches later, another former a, christian betancourt, doubled into almost the exact same spot as jonah bryant. he was 2 for 4 after entering the game. he had been 1 for 48 this season. he won to snap oaklands win streak. the record fell to 17-18 and a host texas on

monday. a pivot to the nba. he was ready for a game seven? and the magic. look at trying to go to work inside. banchero finished with 38. but the lead spun away. and mitchell , when they needed him most, delivered in the second half. he scored 39. they outscored orlando by 22. cleveland moved on in the east , 106-94. cavs draw the celtics this round. home team has won every game of the series. shout out to st. mary's rugby in houston. they beat the favorite and defending national champion navy midshipman last night to win the 2024 division 1a nadi. it was the fourth national title

under head coach tim o'brien and first since 2007. congratulations to the gaels. cow softball wrapped up the regular season today with a loss to oregon state. they still won the three-game series as a 19th -ranked bears head to the pac-12 tournament next week and the ncaa tournament to follow. so the outlook looks bright. and orange. >> that's always good. >> reporter: good has been great for cow pitcher ryan orange. the second your picture is looking to make a mark with the program. her grandfather, john carlos, made a mark with the world 56 years ago. and orange has been aware since the sixth grade. >> again brought a book to one of my teachers, and she is like, this is your grandfather. i'm like, yeah. i don't know why it's so serious. i'm on talked to me, ran me through what his name means and what we did. >> when your teacher reacted like that, did b's all of a

sudden become a's? a little more panache? >> no. >> that's great. >> reporter: numbers don't lie. this is a top 20 team. a 30 win team. and orange says this february tournament at louisiana lafayette was a turning point. players chose to kneel during the national anthem. six bears players were verbally harassed with racial comments. >> i could've been the point in the season that really divided us. it lit a fire, kind of. we went on a very hot run after that. >> reporter: cal won the next 11 games , 16 of 17. through it all, orange kept thinking what grandpa said. >> you have to stand for what you believe in, and you have to know what you are standing for and always stand for it regardless of the repercussions that come with it.

>> i tell her, just make sure that you realize where you are going, that you have this cloud over your head and your cloud is called john carlos. >> what you think you get from him in the bloodlines? >> speed. >> i would've thought confidence. >> no, his confidence is at a whole another level. he has, like , out of this world confidence. >> he has a record of 36-16. they face stanford next thursday at 12:30. that's the first round of that tournament. stanford is the host team in palo alto. >> should be a fun game. coming up in our next half hour, san jose going big for cinco de mayo. how the police department rolled into history. a warning -- now that the rain has moved out and the temperatures are getting hotter. when is the last time you washed your water bottle? it's been a while.

from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. is a 1st for cinco de mayo. has something that was outlawed is now the center celebrations. welcome back. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. today is cinco de mayo, and for the first time, east san jose got a celebration of its own. as a birthplace of the low rider culture in northern california, the parade featured hundreds of tricked out cars that have come to symbolize their community. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: you may be aware that cinco de mayo celebrates

the victory over france in the battle of pueblo. but it san jose's cinco de mayo celebration, they celebrated another bit tree, this time in the battle over low riders. as the parade moved down king road in east san jose, it was clear what this place is famous for, and larry renteria couldn't be happier. >> this is our culture, low writing culture. this is east side. this is epic. this is like -- you are in the mecca. >> reporter: low riders, the flashing hydraulically enhanced works of art dominated at the parade that ended at the corner of king and story road, a place known for decades as a center of the universe for the chicano car culture in northern california. it's also been the center of tommy valenzuela's family life. he spent years building his beloved neck and back 65 chevy impala ss can vertical , sometimes having to

choose between the light bill or the chrome bill. for him, that choice was easy. >> for me, it's personal. i built it for me and my family. people have always tried to buy off me. i raised my family doing this. >> reporter: and it may be hereditary, because every member of the family has now built their own car, including tommy's daughter. >> reporter: i grew to love it, and that's why i decided to build my car so that way i could be rolling with my dad. >> reporter: these cars have come to represent family as well as latin culture. but some in the community saw the cars as a threat, and cruising was banned in the 1980s, driving a wedge between the city and its latino residents. >> i just felt like they allow them to pop their fireworks and all their things, but they took our culture away. and now they are finally allowing it to come

back. >> reporter: in 2022, the city reversed the ban on cruising, and is a low riders gathered on story and king, it felt like there is a chance that some fences were being mended. >> i think the culture is starting to come about with the police. they are accepting more. they are understanding that a lot of these guys who have these cars are not out doing bad things. we have jobs, we own businesses. >> reporter: back out at the parade, larry renteria is feeling hopeful about the future. >> is part of our culture. it is still here, it is still alive, and it is thriving. it's a positive thing. >> reporter: now east san jose, the mecca of low writing, gets to celebrate may 5th for a victory of its own. >> there were a number of san jose's cinco de mayo celebrations including an all day parade downtown which began at the hall and headed to plaza. the festival was filled

with food, music, vendors, and wrestling. >> overhears a letter celebration, tradition, and what better to do it than with mucho libre? >> be rty is now just mapping up. san jose police are investigating a double stabbing that happened just about an hour ago near south king road and lido way. lease are asking the public to avoid the area. taken to the hospital with serious injuries. activist took to the sea today protesting from a kayak out on the bay which they hope to see free of chevron oil tankers. dinesh called for richmond to cut ties with chevron, which has an oil refinery in the city. the goal is ultimately climate justice, and there were also a number of palestinian flags and anti-occupation messages. the peninsula begins testing driverless cars in the coming weeks. the google owned

company says its first is expanding its service in san francisco down to sunnyvale. rides will only be given to employees first between the city down to the border of san mateo and birmingham. if you plan to head outdoors, watch out for rattlesnakes. east bay regional parks put out a warning with some snake safety tips, which may seem obvious to most of us, it may be worth repeating. avoid hiding hiking alone. stay on the trails and listen for that buzz of rattlesnakes rattles. we caught up with a mountain biker who says he is not going to let snakes scare him away from his hobby. >> i have been writing for quite some time, and i rarely see rattlesnakes out in the open. it is very rare. maybe one or two every two seasons or so. i mean, i just don't think it is really an issue. >> rattlesnakes are the leading cause of snakebite injuries in

america, but scientists say they rarely bite unless they feel threatened or provoked. you must hydrate. watch out for rattlesnakes, and hydrate. karen k for reports on how using a dirty water bottle could actually make your allergies worse. >> reporter: as a temperatures climb, so can the amount of water it takes to stay hydrated. before you step out with your reusable water bottle, maybe give it some thc. >> we don't want them to do that at the risk of getting an infection, which a lot can happen if you are really not taking care of your water bottle. >> reporter: dr. marianne with the cleveland clinic says the inside of reusable bottles, whether plastic, glass, or stainless deal are moist environments where bacteria loves to grow. >> if you are not getting in there with a bristle brush or really trying to get those mechanisms clean, you are going to leave that bacteria behind. and so it's just another opportunity for things to get out of control and grow.

>> it could also make you sick . potential consequences include gastrointestinal issues and allergy symptoms. >> if you got mold allergies, that mold is going to grow over time . it absolutely loves a moist environment. and so you may have this unexplained constant sniffles. itchy nose, sneezing all the time. >> reporter: give the water bottle a scrub with soap and water after each use and over get to clean tops and straws. ideally, it surfaces exposed to water pressure both inside and out. >> there you go. still ahead, a painful chapter in our country. how are reporting uncovered clues to one family's time spent in a japanese internment camp. bats cleanout pests , but their numbers are going down. the high-tech tool scientists are using to track these creatures of the night.

they have been called spooky and sinister, but really, they are just misunderstood. we are talking about bats. >> are warming planet is threatening their populations. they show us how researchers are tracking where bats take flight to better understand how to help them thrive. >> reporter: they sleep during the day, hunt at night, and, well, often terrify people. but there's nothing creepy about what bats do for the environment. >> they are not only cute, but they do these amazing rolls for our ecosystem. >> reporter: eight at ucla.

without bats, life would be far less enjoyable. >> we wouldn't have coffee, we wouldn't have chocolate, we wouldn't have tequila without bats. >> reporter: over 400 species of fruits depend on bats for pollination, play an essential role in pest control by eating mosquitoes, wasps, and flies, and also reduce the risk of wildfires by gobbling up bark beetles. for all the good they do, there's trouble ahead. bats are declining around the world due to loss of habitat, pollution, and extreme weather events caused by climate change. >> is very daunting knowing that there are these multitudes of factors that are leading to their decline and a general apathy. >> reporter: levi souza is far from apathetic. souza is a senior environmental scientist with the california department of fish and wildlife. his team is tracking bats by attaching small radio transmitters on them. >> this type of technology is

really useful in helping us answer questions about how animals might be impacted by climate change and the effects of climate change. >> reporter: each red arrow is a transmitter on a hoary bat. it shows where the bat is traveling and how they are behaving. chaotic weather patterns can change when bats migrate, and that can impact their habitats and food. >> the way animals move is very much dependent on how the climate is behaving. >> reporter: there are 25 known bat species in california that provide billions of dollars worth of pest control for state farmers. the hope is to learn more about how to preserve these creatures as the planet continues to warm. >> and here's california's official state bats. it's the pallets bat. it's a very social species found in deserts, and woodlands. they are just very social. for more information on these california bats, you can go to our

website. >> the bats are terrific, they really are. the latest on the flooding in southern texas. and you notice the cooldown after today. most of us are in the low 60s, upper 50s. this is now the headline looking ahead in the forecast. temperatures are going to warm up in some places 25 degrees from where you are right now. so much so, the national weather service is starting to talk about a modest heat risk concern. at the end of this week for some parts of the bay, we are going to look at who that might be. details coming up right after the break.

welcome back. the floods in texas have turned deadly. the body of a young boy was found near fort worth. first responders say is family skate at sinking car , but the boy was swept away by floodwaters. more than 200 people had to be rescued across texas. >> there's a lot of weather going on, period. we might see close to 90 degrees this week, darren. >> we were doing the math last time we looked at it and it was three degrees shy for parts of the day. that is dramatic,

considering we are all pretty much upper 50s and low 60s today. you're going to use the virtual map to show a dramatic turnaround. and we are also starting to see a pattern here that starts to show up as we get to this time of year. look at san francisco. 75 degrees for the daytime high. and friday, barely on the upper 50s today. 75 is a noticeably warm day in the city, what really stands out and what we really need to draw the attention -- watch the grade from 75 in san francisco, you are going to go 80 in oakland. notice the stairstep. look back at concord and antioch back there were numbers have gone up into the upper 80s. that's three degrees shy of 90 that we are talking about. for parts of the bay that today are barely at 60 . so there's like a 25 degree difference, in fact, just to show you if we just do the arithmetic on this, is a 25 degree change from the start of

the week to the end of it. that's why the national weather service is starting to talk about a moderate heat risk concern. just watch the progression out here. we had a little system the came through here and gave us more rain on may 4th that we would typically get for the entire month on average. and we were going over a lot of detail on that yesterday when it occurred. we are looking ahead from the transition. watch what happens each day as a warmth starts to build in by friday. a better way to look at this is to watch the change from below average temperatures to above average temperatures, and in the most nuanced way to talk about the change is to change from that perspective and go to what the national weather service has been using to really try and message in more detail the heat risk concerns. this is a map they started using several years ago. let's just come in for a closer view with that. this is inland alameda county. this is not extreme. we are

going into the moderate category on friday. you would think the numbers we looked at a moment ago at 87 degrees is old hat. we are not breaking records. but the reason why they are doing this for friday is because it is such a dramatic change. it's like going from zero to 60. and it is those fast transitions which catch people off guard. you know, when we get into august, a 100 degree day you can see coming in five days down the road and it catches everybody's attention and people know to go easy. this is something that may be able to sneak up on people a little more, and that's why the heat risk map is getting used for friday. what happens after that? is a cooldown for the weekend. looking at it in the pacific, are there any more really odd spring systems coming your way that might deliver more rain into the middle of may? there are. so let's get into the seven-day forecast and see how this looks with that warm-up in mind that we just talked about. how long

might that last? good news if that's not your thing, it will be three degrees shy of 90. as we look at the seven-day forecast, once you get past saturday and sunday, the numbers start coming back down again. we will be back down to 83 on sunday for parts of the day. let's do this for the interior of the bay now just to see how the temperatures are different, and they are. they go to 80 for some of the warmer numbers by the time we get to thursday and friday. >> thank you, darren. coming up next. how two sisters from chicago discovered a missing piece of family history and northern california. >> you can watch us anytime, anywhere on our streaming service cbs news bay area. plus, news and weather updates th

a year ago, ryan yamamoto wrought us the story of the rediscovering of a cache of photos taken in 1942. the images showing the stoic faces of japanese-americans just days before they were shipped off to internment camps. >> after that original story aired, several people reached out saying they recognize their family members. this past month, two cousins from chicago decided to make the journey to northern california with the hopes of learning more about their family history. >> reporter: it's like traveling back in time. an adventure these two cousins, peggy and candace, decided to make together. >> piecing together bits and pieces of what we know. >> reporter: flying in from chicago to the bay area to make

the long drive. to marysville, california. the journey, taking them here. to the our boca assembly center memorial, where in 1942, thousands of japanese-americans were rounded up before being sent to the internment camps. >> this is my mother. this is my mother, and this is my grandfather, and this is my grandmother. >> reporter: the pilgrimage into their past, sparked by a story we erred last year. on the rediscovery of these long-lost photos. taken by a marysville photographer named clyde busch , who unknowingly documented a piece of american history more than 80 years ago. >> this is our grandfather. i saw the first video when my brother sent it to me.

>> he lives in the san francisco area. he forwarded to me, and i looked at it, and immediately spot my mother. >> there she is. >> i spotted her, and then i spotted my grandmother. my brother was surprised, because he had not spotted my grandmother. >> so this is grandma, and you notice she's all dressed up. >> reporter: and for local historians, david reed -- >> it feels like it's the first time. >> reporter: it is a chance to help peggy and candace put the pieces of their past puzzle together. >> our grandfather, and there's a couple of pictures. and then our grandmother . >> reporter: but also learn more about the faces in the photos that they keep. >> that is my mother, and this is her childhood friend. her mother was my mother's japanese teacher. >> i'm looking at a family's private history that needs to

be shared because these are real people, and this is what happened to them. and so that is the story we want to tell. >> is incredible just spending some time with them today and learning some back story of some people that, prior to this, prior to today were just faces in photo negatives. >> our grandmother on her mother's side. >> reporter: for peggy and candace, a chance to understand their own history and to pass it on. >> if we don't pass it down, it is going to be lost. we don't make the record. we keep the record straight and get this information out. it's lost, and that's hard to think about. >> reporter: they will return to chicago knowing their story is well preserved. >> it is really something that they are being recognized, that what happened to them , it means something now. >> reporter: finding meaning by taking a journey into the past

to help future generations understand today. >> both candace and peggy were hoping to identify even more family members . several aunts who were in their teens at the time, but they only found four. her grandfather, their grandfather, peggy's mother, and her best friend. >> they definitely uncover things they can pass down through generations of their family. that's fantastic. thank you so much for watching. 60 minutes is coming up next, and we will see you back here at 11:00. >> the news continues streaming on cbs bay area. until then, good night.

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