The crash happened just before 7 p.m. between two commercial buildings at a storage facility in the 9100 block of N. Mason Avenue, according to Los Angeles firefighters. The aircraft appeared to have landed on top of two shipping containers and several vehicles that were parked in the area.

Circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, but aerial footage showed Los Angeles firefighters working to fight the flames from a large fire that broke out after the crash and spread to the nearby vehicles. 

Firefighters and Los Angeles police erected a canopy over one body after the fire was extinguished. 

"We do have one confirmed patient that seemed to be outside of the helicopter when it crashed," said LAFD Captain Branden Silverman. "That person was declared deceased on scene. ... At this point, we have not confirmed how many victims, or how many people, were inside the helicopter."

LAFD officials later said that two other people were declared dead at the spot of the crash. Two other victims were taken to a local hospital in unknown condition, LAFD Captain Rico Gross said during a news conference late Tuesday night. The nature of their injuries was not immediately noted.

"The helicopter itself, it's pretty well destroyed, so we are going to have to go through the rubble and see how many victims there were on board, as well as identify the helicopter," Silverman said.

Just before 9 p.m., NBC LA confirmed that the helicopter belonged to their station. 

"We are deeply saddened to share that a helicopter providing aerial news coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 was involved in a fatal accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening," said a statement from NBC LA and Telemundo 52. "We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives."

NBC LA identified the two victims on board the helicopter as aerial news reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. 

Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were contacted to assist with the investigation, firefighters said. Los Angeles police are also investigating the crash.

Mayor Bass and Gov. Newsom speak on tragic day

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other city leaders spoke during the news conference. 

"This is a very, very tragic day in Los Angeles," Bass said while speaking during a news conference. "We lost five Angelenos today, and my hearts certainly go out to the families and friends to all of those that we lost. ... This is a heartbreaking night for our city, and my thoughts and prayers are with first and foremost with the families and loved ones that we lost today." 

Supervisor Lindsey Horvath called on Angelenos to support one another during such difficult times. 

"Tonight is a time to care for the people who are hurting, to support our first responders and to stand together as a community," Horvath said. "Chatsworth has experienced an incredibly difficult day. To everyone grieving, recovering or processing what they experienced today, we are here for you and we stand with you."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom also shared a message on Facebook late Tuesday. 

"Our hearts are with the victims and families of tonight's devastating Metro bus and helicopter crashes in Chatsworth, and with the entire NBC4 family. Thank you to the first responders working tirelessly tonight," Newsom's post said.

CBS LA anchors and reporters also spoke on the tragedy impacting the tight-knit news community in Los Angeles after the helicopter's affiliation was confirmed. 

"It was a double tragedy," said CBS LA's Desmond Shaw. "I don't want the poor people that were caught in the bus crash today - I don't want them to be forgotten either ... I obviously just have to give my heartfelt condolences to NBC and the family members of the crew on board."

"Our hearts go out to all of them. This is when we all come together for something like this, even if you've never met the person," CBS LA anchor Pat Harvey said. "I want to say that we have each other's backs."

That helicopter community is a small group of people, and it's just devastating to know that this has happened to one of those people, to our friends and our colleagues at NBC4," CBS LA assignment editor Mike Rogers said. "Our hearts are shattered with you."

This is a developing story. Check back for details.

"I think it's the most beautiful place I've ever done yoga," she said.

As the group focused on their well-being, Simmons, the chief operating officer of the Presidio Trust, also had her mind on the Presidio's well-being.

"Sutter Health's partnership helps us fund this place and makes sure that all of these offerings are available to the public for free," she said.

The Presidio and Sutter Health just entered a new partnership, which the organizations say is the first of its kind.

"It's the first partnership between a nonprofit health care organization and a national park site," Simmons said.

Moving forward, there will be free health and wellness events at the Presidio, including outdoor yoga and an outdoor wellness installation in 2027 through Sutter Health's partnership with the San Francisco 49ers.

From Sutter Health's standpoint, this will help improve accessibility for people to take proactive approaches to taking care of their health.

From the Presidio Trust's standpoint, Simmons says this will provide a much-needed new source of revenue. The Presidio makes most of its money from residential and commercial real estate.

"Those are not enough revenue for us to get after some of the big, deferred maintenance challenges that we have," Simmons said. "We have things like our utilities that we need to take care of that were left by the Army. It's a lot of money to keep this place looking so beautiful and available to the public and safe."

Dr. Nisha Patel is an internal medicine specialist at Sutter Health. She says people are craving things they can do to improve their health.

"The more physical activity an individual can get, for the most part, the better their overall health is going to be," she said.

She is eager to begin prescribing patients time in the Presidio where she sees fit.

"There's a lot of great data out there that shows health benefits from being out in nature – especially with physical activity," she said. "We know that even just two hours a week out in nature can improve our mood and overall sense of well-being."

The Presidio has a unique funding model. Simmons says the move will help them stretch their finances reach.

"We get almost 10 million visits in the park – that is a lot of people that we want to support with a beautiful and well-maintained place," she said. "We have to earn all of our own revenue to do that."

Leaders from both organizations hope this partnership is a model others can learn from.

Natalie Shimizu and her family barely escaped when the fire tore through the Sea Spray condominium complex on August 2.

The family lost everything. Shimizu and her husband had moved in with her parents to save money and eventually purchase a home.

Since the fire, the family has relocated five times.

Shimizu told CBS News Bay Area that she has been moved by neighbors helping one another, even when they have little left to give.

"I had neighbors who lost everything in the fire, offer me their extras. 'Oh hey, someone gave me two kettles. Would you like a kettle?'" she said.

"It's that kind of community that we loved so much about our Sea Spray family," she added.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened a temporary Disaster Loan Outreach Center at City Hall. The federal agency is offering low-interest loans to homeowners, renters and businesses affected by the fire.

"We go to disasters to help the victims of these disasters, the survivors of these disasters," SBA representative Amber Carrillo told CBS News Bay Area.

Fire survivors can apply online, but the outreach center has representatives available to answer questions and guide applicants through what can be a confusing process.

"Our customer service representatives are very experienced with it and they can help," Carrillo said. "We always want people to come into the disaster centers if they can."

Shimizu said her family has insurance but still needs a loan to purchase a vehicle and replace other essentials. Her husband continues to work as they try to piece their lives back together.

The family hopes to remain in Foster City, although the region's high cost of living is creating another challenge.

"We don't want to leave Foster City," Shimizu said. "But the economic realities of living in the Bay can just hit really hard sometimes."

Even during one of the most difficult periods of her life, Shimizu said the support from neighbors has given her hope.

"We had so much outpouring of love from different organizations in the community," she said. "It was really tremendous to see."

The SBA outreach center is located at City Hall, 610 Foster City Blvd. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and walk-ins are welcome.

The center is scheduled to close permanently Oct. 1.

Headline speakers include the CEOs of leading AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia. The conference comes days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay warning of the risks of unbridled AI advances and urging the industry to develop safeguards. The warning came after a former Anthropic researcher warned that AI could grow "smart enough to kill us."

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff began the three-day conference with a keynote speech Tuesday morning and later told reporters that companies should decide for themselves how to roll out industry developments.

"If they feel like they should slow down, then they should slow down. If they feel they should speed up, they should speed up," Benioff said. "And then they should be held accountable."

Amodei repeated his concerns during a panel discussion with Benioff on Tuesday and was followed by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Huang echoed Benioff's stance, saying it's up to individual companies to be responsible with their products, and that choosing between innovation speed and safe products is a "false choice."

"You pace yourself until you are confident that you're releasing something that the market would appreciate," Huang said. "The market forces are already there. We don't need any new laws. We don't need new regulations."

During a later session Tuesday with Benioff, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he is confident in the industry's ability to monitor the safety of its developments and self-regulate, saying "This world should trust that we're going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and because we feel the magnitude of this."

Altman also said that people are "right to be afraid" of AI's exponential trajectory.  

"It doesn't take as much imagination as it used to for [us] to imagine how this could go wrong," he said.

In July, OpenAI disclosed that an artificial intelligence model it was testing went rogue and hacked another AI company, Hugging Face, on its own - a first-of-its-kind incident that fueled the debate over the risks that AI poses. Altman said the incident illustrated how developers need to treat AI models with a new level of rigor on safety and monitoring.

"The Hugging Face incident triggered a real reset, not just in our own company, but I think the whole industry," Altman said.

San Jose State University engineering professor Ahmed Banafa told CBS News Bay Area that in the race for AI dominance, U.S. companies would not unilateral slow down their advances.

"We need an international agreement because if the United States starts slowing down, China will never slow down," Banafa said.

Banafa added that the integration of AI in our daily lives in inevitable; the question really is, how will it be used.

"For the average person, it's not something we have now," Banafa said. "It's what's going to happen in the future." 

While the latest discussions of AI has been dominated by dire warnings from industry executives, many at the conference Tuesday were not necessarily focused on rogue agents. Meredith Chandler, vice president of sales with B2B sales workplace platform Aligned, advised job seekers that if they are not familiar with current AI tools, they are falling behind.

"But we can already see those who are not adapting, and we do this in our own interviews," said Chandler. "One of the first questions we ask is, 'What is your familiarity with AI?' And it's not enough to say, 'I use ChatGPT, I use Claude.' It's 'OK, tell me about a workflow that you've enhanced that you've made better for your org or how are you using it? One of my favorite questions is, 'How are you using it in your personal life?'"

Demetri Salzaggio, vice president of customer experience and operations for Engine, a corporate travel management platform, said he believes such advancements in technology can save lives.

"Like a lot of tools out there, there can be a shadow side to them, but I tend to have more of the optimistic, hopeful perspective on it," Salzaggio said. "I'm a stage 3 colorectal cancer survivor and I think of a world where, you know, AI can start unlocking a lot of things in the health space and ensuring diseases, and, you know, all the positive."

A Salesforce executive said that while the industry is going through its growth spurt, the conference will highlight AI advances and their effect on bottom lines.

"We have lots of critical conversations to have, and we're very excited about the, you know, ROI that our customers are seeing from the AI that they've implemented," said Madeline Schofield, Salesforce VP of executive marketing. "So we've, in fact, built this entire agentic city for all of our customers to experience and see how different industries are using AI in order to build their business."

Ahead of the conference, Benioff on Monday announced $27 million in school grants aimed at integrating AI capabilities and technology in public school districts in San Francisco, Oakland, New York, Chicago and Indianapolis. 

The idea of establishing a coal transport base next to the Port of Oakland isn't new, and neither is the fight it caused in West Oakland. But in July, President Trump rekindled the issue when he signed an order to give $75 million for the project.

"These actions will support over 14,000 jobs and save the American people $50 billion in electricity costs," he said after signing the executive order.

To do it, the President invoked something called the Defense Production Act, intended to maintain the availability of military supplies.

"I was really shocked, shocked that they would find this loophole in making this part of the defense and military commodity," said West Oakland resident Margaret Gordon.  "How is coal part of the defense? For whom? It doesn't make bullets. What does it do?

"Ms. Margaret" as she's known in the neighborhood, has fought hard for years to reduce the amount of pollution coming from the port, and her efforts have led to tighter semi-truck smog controls and zero-emission technology inside the facility.  So, the idea of locating a coal port there seemed odd to her.

"It's such a contradiction," she said. "On one side of an area you're going to have zero emissions, and on the other side, you're going to have this coal."

But the proposed facility at the Oakland Bulk Oversized Terminal is actually on municipal land, and not part of the Port of Oakland. And the city has been sued repeatedly every time they tried to break the lease they gave the landowner. The activists said the lease was granted in 2012 under an impact report that never considered coal or even climate change. So, now they're asking cities along the railway route where the coal trains would run to pressure the regional Air Board to take strong action.

"The air board can require an EIR, a very stringent report, on the impact of coal before any permitting is done on this.  And we are saying that's what we want to see happen," said anti-coal activist Bonnie Lockhart. "They know they can't sell it here. They can't burn it here. But they can ship it if they can get a port to do it."

The city of Richmond has already passed such a resolution. And a bill, AB40, was recently passed in the legislature requiring large coal projects to undergo a full environmental review before approval. That bill is still awaiting Gov. Newsom's signature. President Trump spoke specifically about the Oakland terminal as being a key transport spot for sending the coal overseas, and said he hoped it could be up and running by 2028.  But standing in the way are the activists in West Oakland, as they employ the red tape of local government to try to derail the project.

"So many people are organized against it," said Lockhart. "I think, I'll speak to our odds, I think we have a chance to prevent this from ever happening."

For more than a year, the president has pushed for the center to be overhauled and for its performing arts programming to be shaken up — and his administration has pushed to add his name to the building. 

Mr. Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — whose wife, Allison, sits on the Kennedy Center board — called into the board's meeting Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News. One Democratic member of the board who has sued over the changes to the center, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, alleged in a statement that the president "verbally berated" her ahead of Tuesday's vote.

Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board — which is chaired by Mr. Trump and composed of his Cabinet members and political allies — from adding Mr. Trump's name to the building after he had previously ordered it to be removed. 

"Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress's blessing," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said in his ruling.

Cooper's ruling came in response to the board's vote in August to add the inscription "Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump" beneath the Kennedy Center's name on the building.

The government told the court it plans to appeal Tuesday's ruling.

Last December, the board had voted to rename the center "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," and added Mr. Trump's name to the facade. Judge Cooper ruled in May that Mr. Trump's name had been added illegally and ordered its removal. At the time, he also blocked the administration from closing the venue for renovations. 

Since Mr. Trump's name was removed, the exterior wall displaying the Kennedy Center's name has been obscured by a tarp-covered scaffold.

Lawyers for the Justice Department argued in court filings in the lawsuit that the center's "dangerously dilapidated, outdated, and decrepit" conditions and recent financial losses put the living memorial to President John F. Kennedy in a "financial and structural death spiral" that requires it to be closed for renovations. 

Last year, Congress approved $250 million for the renovation project.

In a Truth Social post shortly after the board voted Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that construction would not begin on the center until after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules on a Justice Department appeal of Cooper's earlier order barring the first renaming, with Mr. Trump's name on the building.

"If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place," Mr. Trump said, adding that he has raised $17 million so far in donations to send to the center to "keep it afloat."

The source of the donations mentioned by Mr. Trump was not disclosed, and it's unclear where the donations are going.

Beatty told reporters the president "threw a tantrum [during Tuesday's board meeting] because he lost in court."

"He was very explicit with his words, and I responded equally as explicit," Beatty said. She added that she and Mr. Trump engaged in a "heated debate" during the meeting, and he "used some descriptive words that I took objection to. I am educated, I'm intelligent, I can read, and I am not doing this for any other reason than it's unlawful."

The White House responded to Beatty's allegation that Mr. Trump verbally assailed her by accusing Democrats of neglecting the Kennedy Center.

"President Trump stepped up to save it, and Trump-deranged Dumocrats like Joyce Beatty oppose anything that celebrates the greatness of our country because they put America Last," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said.

Police tape and cruisers created a perimeter on Eighth Street as officers moved through the encampment, shining lights, waking people up and telling them to leave so city crews in hazmat gear could begin clearing the space.

For more than a year, the city has battled a group of advocates called the Berkeley Homeless Union in court. An attempt to clear the encampment in 2025 led to a temporary injunction after the union took the city to court. A judge recently finalized protections for certain union members with disabilities.

Yessica Prado, with the Berkeley Homeless Union, said that of the 26 people still living at the encampment, seven were protected from Tuesday's sweep, while 19 others were still waiting to learn whether they would receive protection.

"Our expectations were that the city was going to follow the court order. Basically say, 'Hey, who has a disability that would need some help?' and we would go one-by-one assessing the situation, and if the person doesn't have one, then you can go ahead and clean," Prado said. "But they are not doing that, they are just moving in and clearing it out as fast as they can right now."

Throughout the morning, Prado was on the phone with Anthony Price, the attorney representing the group in court. Price appealed for another temporary injunction of the sweep during an emergency hearing.

The judge decided against pausing the sweep but made clear that the union should be allowed to work alongside city staff and not be held behind a police perimeter, as was the case Tuesday morning.

CBS News Bay Area captured a tense moment between union representatives and police minutes after the judge made the decision allowing them past the yellow tape to observe. An officer told them to wait until police received the order themselves. Eventually, the representatives were allowed through.

As for the 26 people who were still living at the encampment, their futures remained uncertain.

Jacqueline Mendoza was rushing to clear the street around her space, hoping the city would allow her to stay.

"Stressful. Really stressful. Really stressful," Mendoza said. "There really are no words."

Leading up to Tuesday's sweep, some business owners along the corridor spoke out in support of clearing the encampment. Robert Eppley, a small business owner whose sports car repair shop is located nearby, said he was relieved to see the city taking action.

"It's not an easy situation for everyone involved but we are definitely happy the city is working on it."

Several city officials were on hand during Tuesday's sweep, but no one was made available for an interview.

Berkeley's Mayor Adena Ishii provided the following statement:

"The Harrison Street encampment is being cleared, except for some vehicles still being addressed under separate legal requirements and those with pending disability accommodation requests. I want to be honest with our community: this was a long, complicated, painful process, and I understand it needed to happen for real health and safety reasons. However, I also want to be clear that clearing an encampment is not, by itself, a solution. It doesn't end anyone's homelessness; it just changes where the immediate problem of homelessness is visible. Our real goal, and the only thing that actually solves this, is getting people into long-term, stable housing. I remain committed to that work."

For now, crews will continue their work clearing the Harrison encampment.

Prado said the Berkeley Homeless Union will do its best to help the people who lived there find somewhere else to go, but there remains significant uncertainty about what comes next.

On Monday, San Francisco police announced the four arrests of alleged dealers, booked on various drug and firearm charges.

"What's more concerning is we're now seeing an even deadlier opioid analogue," Police Chief Derrick Lew said. "Enter the fake pharmaceutical black market: cychlorphine."

Police said the suspects were in possession of cychlorphine, a drug that can go undetected by test strips and is possibly ten times stronger than fentanyl, which itself is 50 times stronger than heroin.

The suspects were arrested last week following an investigation into the fatal overdose of a 16-year-old earlier this year. On April 7, officers were called to a home on Bush Street after the boy's mother found him dead from a suspected overdose.

Police said Monday that cychlorphine was found in the teenager's system.

Investigators said cychlorphine was found in counterfeit pills mimicking Xanax, adderall, and Oxy's.

"They are cobbled together with poisonous chemicals by drug dealers. They are pressed and colored to appear legitimate, but they are deadly," Lew said.

For overdoses, naloxone or Narcan can work, but not effectively if not used immediately.

"Cychlorphine is responsive as an opioid to the reversal aspects of naloxone. Unfortunately, unfortunately people can pass away after they've stopped breathing for some time," said Dr. Hilary Kunins of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

In August, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a temporary-scheduling-order, designating cychlorphine as a Schedule 1 narcotic, joining drugs like LSD and ecstasy. But the deadly drug is so new that it's not even a Schedule 1 or 2 narcotic in California, which makes it difficult to charge anyone for possessing it.

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called on state lawmakers to act quickly, following the teen's death.

"That is not a barrier that we want to have to deal with, nor should we have to deal with. It is clear that this is a lethal drug, and there should be an accompanying state law that ensures it is illegal," Jenkins said.

"San Francisco was caught flat-footed by the fentanyl crisis. We will not let that happen again," Mayor Daniel Lurie said. "We need help spreading the word about this. As a father of a 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son, this hits very close to home, not just for my family but for every San Franciscan."

On Sep. 8, officers arrested 46-year-old Nicholas Wallace and served a warrant at his home on O'Farrell Street. Police said they seized 34 suspected oxycodone pills and cocaine.

Also at the home, officers arrested 44-year-old Sharonee Hyson, who police said was on parole and possessing 11.7 grams of cocaine base and a loaded firearm.

The following day, officers served warrants at homes on Executive Park Boulevard and Newhall Street, arresting 46-year-old Leander Pitts and 39-year-old Starr Lamare. Officers said they seized more than 20,000 pills, including counterfeit Xanax, oxycodone, hydrocodone, cyclobenzaprine, fentanyl and other deadly narcotics.

MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy, black-tar heroin, a semiautomatic assault rifle, a semiautomatic pistol and cash were also found, according to police.

In a statement, police said they are working with the Food and Drug Administration to determine if any of the counterfeit pills seized this month contained cychlorphine.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the fire burned 4,128 acres and is 35% contained, according to Cal Fire. The fire started Thursday morning near the Lake County – Mendocino County line southeast of Potter Valley.

"Overnight, the fire remained within established control lines and crews continued to work on strengthening those," officials said in a statement. "Some evacuation orders have been lifted and traffic control points have been reduced. Residents and visitors should continue to follow remaining evacuation orders and local traffic-control directions."

On Monday afternoon, authorities downgraded evacuation orders to evacuation warnings in several zones but noted that returning residents should stay prepared to evacuate again if conditions change.

"Stronger northwest winds are expected later in the afternoon, which could increase fire activity in areas that continue to hold heat," officials said Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, the evacuation status in 10 other zones has been cleared.

As of Tuesday morning, evacuations are in effect for the following zones:
Lake County
• MNF-E018
• UPP-E023-B

Evacuation warnings are in effect for these zones:
Lake County
• MNF-E016
• MNF-E019
• UPP-E023-A
• UPP-E025
• UPP-E027
• UPP-E030

Mendocino County
• MEN-2POT08-B

On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Forest Service has updated an emergency closure in the Upper Lake Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest. While the Middle Creek, Penny Pines and Deer Valley campgrounds have reopened, roads and trails in the Hunter Point and Middle Creek area remain closed.

No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

According to the Napa Police Department, officers received a report around 9:30 p.m. about a rape that occurred earlier in the day. The victim went to the Herbal Health Massage on Jefferson Street.

Police said the male masseuse sexually assaulted the victim, who pushed the suspect away. The suspect ran out of the room and the victim got dressed and left the business.

Around 3:15 p.m. the following day, Napa police were called to the massage parlor, following another report of a masseuse that had inappropriately touched a female victim.

The second victim told police she was receiving a massage from a male masseuse when she was assaulted. Following the incident she contacted police.

Investigators went to the massage parlor and located the suspect, identified as 50-year-old Liangfu Zheng of Napa. Police said both victims identified Zheng as the suspect.

Zheng was arrested and booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections on suspicion of rape of an unconscious person, sexual battery involving an unconscious person and assault with intent to commit rape.

Additional details about the incidents were not immediately available.

Jail records show Zheng remains in custody on $250,000 bail.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Tyler Olson at tolson@cityofnapa.org.

The fire was reported at about 11:30 a.m. at a building located at 1921 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the city's Uptown neighborhood. The Oakland Fire Department said nine units were damaged, all on the top floor.

There were multiple pet rescues and all residents were able to evacuate safely, the fire department said.

The fire was contained at around noon but there was still active fire in the attic and some of the walls, the department said.

About two dozen firefighters were at the scene. 

There was no immediate word on what caused the fire.

The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said the San Jose man reached the summit around 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 while climbing the Avalanche Gulch route.

His cellphone died soon afterward, and friends reported him missing the next day when they couldn't reach him.

Around 2 p.m., search crews including Mount Shasta climbing rangers, sheriff's search-and-rescue volunteers and a California Highway Patrol helicopter began looking for him.

Authorities said the climber tried to slide down a snowy or icy slope during his descent but lost control and went about 500 feet down the mountain.

He suffered several significant cuts and injuries to his feet. The swelling became so painful that he took off his boots and kept making his way down Avalanche Gulch, crawling through the night, according to the sheriff's office.

Around 4 p.m. Sept. 11, another hiker found the injured climber inside the Horse Camp Cabin and alerted climbing rangers.

Rescuers checked his injuries before a helicopter flew him from Horse Camp to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Officials did not release details about the man's current condition.

The sheriff's office used the rescue to remind climbers to tell someone their route and expected return time, carry backup navigation tools and leave enough daylight for the descent. Mount Shasta climbers are generally advised to turn around by noon even if they haven't reached the summit.

Sanders made the comments in an interview with CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns ahead of his speech at the Pro-Human Assembly conference on AI. Sanders said he plans to introduce legislation next week to permanently ban super intelligence, meaning AI smarter than humans and capable of escaping control. The bill would also pause advanced AI development. As a consequence for violations, Sanders is proposing 20 years in prison. 

"Well, when you are dealing with a technology that can threaten the future of humanity and when you have laws hopefully that will be passed that say, 'You know what, you can't break the law.' And if you do break a law which threatens the future of humanity, I don't think it is wrong to say that there should be stiff penalties attached to that," Sanders said.

Huey-Burns pointed out that those penalties are the same length as for those charged with illegal nuclear weapons development. Sanders said "the analogy is appropriate, exactly." 

"You want to develop a nuclear weapon that could threaten humanity, you should be punished," Sanders said. "If you are moving forward on an AI development that could threaten humanity, you should be punished." 

Huey-Burns asked Sanders if he equates these two things — AI and nuclear weapons. 

"No, I think AI, the potential danger of AI, is probably greater than nuclear weapons," Sanders responded. 

Sanders has been one of the most vocal opponents of rapid AI development, although in recent days, an increasing number of Republicans are speaking out, too. The Pro-Human Assembly featured staunch conservatives like Republican Rep. Chip Roy and Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, as well as Democrats. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he thinks he and top AI company leaders will meet with President Trump at the White House "within the next week."

The uptick in politicians' conversations about the technology comes after AI researcher Jacob Coxon publicly resigned from Anthropic, which makes the AI app Claude, and said that artificial intelligence, while safe for people to use now, could one day threaten humanity as the technology grows more powerful. Other Anthropic employees agreed with his concerns. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in the frontier AI labs, which was quickly echoed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk. 

President Trump, however, dismissed concerns about rapid AI development, calling them a "HOAX," and said all that's needed is a strong and intelligence president. 

Sanders said he hopes his colleagues in Congress understand the urgency of the situation. 

"I hope that they understand that you gotta listen to the people who know the most, the people who have developed this technology, the people who are telling us, we are losing control of the technology we developed. And I think when you have a president, Mr. Trump, who talks about this as a hoax, I think it is embarrassingly stupid for the leader of this country to hold that position. You listen to the people who know the most, and you act accordingly." 

But Sanders said these tech CEOs can't regulate themselves. 

"Look, let's be clear — they are pushing forward and have pushed forward for years to make as much money as they can," he said. "And they have done very well. These are all the wealthiest people on the planet. And I think in a democratic society you're going to have to have government intervening very strongly."

Sanders said he does use AI himself for research, and said it has some benefits. 

"There are benefits to AI," he said. "And I think there are very positive benefits for healthcare and other areas. The goal is to make sure that we gain the benefits of AI for all of our people. And not just allow AI to be developed to benefit the pocketbooks of the wealthiest people on earth." 

The San Rafael Police Department said in a press release that the shooting happened at about 9 a.m. on Monday in the area of Kerner Boulevard and Fairfax Street in the city's Canal Street neighborhood. Multiple callers to 911 reported hearing a gunshot in the area, and witnesses provided information about male suspect who fired a handgun and fled from the scene, police said.

Officers responded along with two police department drones to locate the shooting scene and find the suspect. The officers contacted people who had been involved in an argument with the suspect, who was identified as 21-year-old San Rafael resident Alex Alfredo Velasquez-Perez, police said. The investigation determined that Velasquez-Perez became involved in a verbal confrontation with another person possibly over a street gang rivalry, according to police.

During the confrontation, Velasquez-Perez went to remove a gun from a backpack, but while doing so, he ended up shooting himself in the leg, police said. Velasquez-Perez then fled the area before officers arrived. No one else was injured.

Velasquez-Perez's description was relayed to responding officers searching the area, aided by the two drones. At about 9:10 a.m., one of the drones located a person matching Velasquez-Perez's description walking through an apartment complex on Larkspur Street about a block away from the shooting scene. 

The drone operator directed officers to the location where they took Velasquez-Perez into custody without incident, police said. The officers also saw that Velasquez-Perez had a gunshot wound to his leg and provided him first aid until medics arrived to take him to a hospital for treatment. 

During a search warrant served at Velasquez-Perez's home, detectives found and seized the handgun believed to have been used during the incident, police said.

Velasquez-Perez was released from the hospital later Monday and booked into the Marin County Jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon/firearm and possession of a concealed and loaded firearm in public.

Police asked anyone with information about the incident to call the department at 415-485-3000 or visit https://www.srpd.org/tips.

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' office announced Monday that 44-year-old Orlando Vilchez Lazo received six life sentences, totaling 150 years to life in state prison. Vilchez Lazo was convicted in March on 12 felony counts, including kidnapping with intent to commit rape, kidnapping, rape by force or fear and sexual penetration with a foreign object.

"Justice has been served for these courageous victims," Jenkins said in a statement. "This sentence reflects the gravity and heinousness of Mr. Vilchez Lazo's crimes and holds him accountable for the pain he has caused. It also ensures that his reign of terror on our community permanently ends."

Vilchez Lazo, who was dubbed the "Rideshare Rapist" by police, was connected by authorities to assaults dating back to 2013. He was arrested in July 2018.

According to testimony and evidence presented during the trial, Vilchez Lazo posed as a rideshare driver, picking up young women leaving bars and nightclubs, taking them to remote areas to rape them.

Prosecutors said the first attack took place in 2013, when Vilchez Lazo raped a 21-year-old college student after picking her up from a bar in the Mission District. The incident was eventually classified as a cold case until a second assault in February of 2018, when a DNA sample entered CODIS, the national DNA database.

Two more assaults took place in May and June of 2018 before Vilchez Lazo was arrested.

Vilchez Lazo is a Peruvian national who was living in the country illegally at the time of the crimes, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Uber said Vilchez Lazo never drove for their platform, while Lyft acknowledged he was one of its drivers after lying on his application about his immigration status.  

The trial had been delayed for years because of multiple postponements, defense challenges over the use of DNA evidence, and the efforts of prosecutors to reconstruct events involving multiple victims across a five-year timeline.

"These women were remarkable in calling upon a level of bravery that no person should ever have to experience," said Assistant District Attorney Michelle Brass. "They showed grace, courage, and strength during this excruciatingly long process. I hope these verdicts and this sentence provide them with some sense of closure and peace."

Officers responded around 2:20 a.m. to multiple reports of a shooting on Rocky Hill Road, near Markham Avenue.

At the scene, officers found the Vacaville man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and began treating him until firefighters and medics arrived.

He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he remained in critical condition as of Tuesday morning.

Police said the shooting does not appear to be random and that there is no known danger to the public.

Investigators are still trying to determine what led up to the shooting and who was involved. No suspect information has been released.

Friday, Sheeran made his first comments about the incident. 

Earlier this month, Macklemore spoke out about his pro-Palestinian beliefs while performing his opening act as part of the tour. 

"The truth is, a big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I can stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine," Macklemore said, according to clips from his set posted on social media.

Macklemore went on to perform a song called "Hind's Hall," a reference to a Columbia University building that protesters renamed during pro-Palestinian demonstrations there.

Macklemore's remarks drew criticism from some and praise from others. 

The Anti-Defamation League called Macklemore's comments "completely unacceptable," and the Israeli American Council started a petition calling for Macklemore's removal from the remainder of the tour. 

The concert promoter for the tour announced Macklemore's departure Monday. 

"As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran's U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans. After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates," Messina Touring Group said in a statement. 

Macklemore posted his response to his removal on social media. In his post, he said he is not a victim, that the Palestinian people are. He claimed he was removed from the tour after Sheeran got a phone call from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who owns one of the stadiums where they were set to play. Kraft has since responded to those allegations. 

"Taking a side can cost you," he posted. "Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I've lost all of those things."

In the same social media post, Macklemore wrote that "antisemitism is real" but added criticism of Israel and Zionism should not be "conflated with hatred of Jewish people." 

Sheeran addressed the matter in a social media post Friday. In it, Sheeran wrote he was notified by venues for his upcoming tour dates "they would pull the shows if [Macklemore] was still supporting. I was informed that this stance was based on how Macklemore conveyed part of his message during his performance, rather than on everything that was said." 

Sheeran said he spoke with Kraft, the venues and the tour promoter "to try and find a mutual resolution for all, but the venue's and promoter's decision was final." 

Macklemore's removal "was the promoter's decision, it was not mine. Macklemore's contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me." 

Sheeran went on to write that while he has his own personal views about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, "there is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics ... those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum." 

"I have spent this week trying to build bridges, to find a solution and unfortunately, was unable to do so," Sheeran concluded. "I know who I am, both as a person and as an artist, and those who know my heart know my values too." 

Macklemore has previously been criticized for using imagery and rhetoric that some consider antisemitic, dating to 2014. 

"Freedom of speech is not freedom from responsibility ... a concert stage is not a platform for anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda," the IAC said in response to Macklemore's removal. "When a war is presented one-sidedly, erasing the massacre that led to it ... while the Jewish state alone is presented as the guilty party, the message crosses the line from legitimate political criticism into antisemitism."     

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), however, decried Macklemore's removal. 

"We call on Mr. Sheeran and the tour promoters to reverse course. They should pursue legal options or reschedule his tour rather than give in to bullying by billionaires who care about free speech as much as they care about slaughtered Palestinian children," CAIR Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said. "Macklemore is taking a courageous and moral stand and Mr. Sheeran should bravely stand with him. The companies responsible for this attack on free speech for the benefit of a foreign government must be held accountable."

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep. Joyce Beatty, a board member who sued last year over Mr. Trump's changes to the Kennedy Center. Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, argued that the board's recent efforts to recognize the president violate federal law, and her legal team asked Cooper to issue emergency relief blocking the changes.

"Defendants are hereby enjoined from inscribing "renovated and restored by Donald J. Trump" on the main building or renaming the campus the "President Donald J. Trump Plaza," Cooper wrote in a 22-page opinion. "Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress's blessing. The board resolution bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress enacted."

The board, which is chaired by Mr. Trump and is comprised of his Cabinet members and allies, approved a resolution in August that called for the inscription "Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump" to be placed under the center's name on the building and for the inscription "Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund" to be added if a $100 million fundraising threshold is met. The resolution also calls for the Kennedy Center's grounds to be named the "President Donald J. Trump Plaza." 

Cooper declined to rule on whether the inscription of "endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund" could be placed on the building, finding that Beatty did not show that the phrase would be placed on the building "imminently, if at all."

During arguments on the emergency motion last month, Nathaniel Zelinsky, a lawyer representing Beatty, called the board's vote to again put Mr. Trump's name on the center "deja vu" and an act of "outright defiance" of an order from Cooper earlier this year that barred the center's closure and ordered Mr. Trump's name to be removed from the building. The Trump administration has appealed that earlier ruling. 

The Justice Department said in court last month that "there is no renaming here," and argued that the proposed inscriptions were meant to honor Mr. Trump because of ongoing and future fundraising efforts by the president to supplement a $257 million congressional stipend for a massive renovation project pushed by the White House.