taking place tuesday, october 9th. the chair has at least 10 minutes to talk. this is followed by mayor and sheriff each for 20 minutes. and there is a rebuttal by the mayor and this is a long process. with the board. it's, this is really sort of a more compressed time frame and compressed process so we've got to sort of provide a good overview in a limited amount of of space. >> they spoke to supporters at a rally yesterday. trying to postpone the deliberations until after the november election. he served as a member of the board seven years, and will now face former colleagues. >> i trust that they will do

their home work and due diligence but concerns like many, that there is a question if fairness will collide with those who are concerned about their own sur vileal. >> and so, today, clock starts ticking and there is a 30 day deadline to act to reinstate or permanently remove him from office, taking votes from nine, of the 11, to oust him. >> and parents of a redwood city school student filed a claip against the school district and teacher. the 44-year-old accused of a series of violent attacks on children suffering from developmental disabilities. she taught special education at roosevelt middle school and the little boy had to be hospitalized. >> and there is california

state university wants to increase in state tuition by 5% if voters don't approve the tax increase in november making up for the $250 million in funding they're set to lose if cop 30 fails. and the economy just approve that had plan and it's on track for approval tomorrow. >> and there is two federal agencies announced they've busted two financial aid rings and we're live at the building in sacramento with more on what is being done to stop it. >> a few months ago, more ring leaders were tracked down. >> this u.s. attorney's office

busted several pageor student financial aid fraud ricks in california. 17 people have been arrested in the last month alone from sacramento all the way to el cajon, affecting schools like university of phoenix. and agents recovered a million dollars in california, and nationally, the figure is more than $8 million. >> and there is a. >> this works like this. >> it ais more often recruding students who had no intention of attending class autos once getting the financial aid check, the rest is given to the students and the thieves drop out of school, and spend the money on luxuries. it's easy to get away with, because of the popularity of online classes. students hardly interact with school officials or teacher autos participants in the

fraud rings see these schemes a quick way to make easy money. >> investigators point out in pell grants, every dollar taken by fraud is a dollar not give dwron a needy student. and students are feeling the pinch. >> this is sick, people come to get money and leave? that is disappoint lg. there are people that need the money. >> u.s. attorney sthez is not the end and more cases are under investigation and more indictments are anticipated. >> a financial dispute is escalating today, all nine foundation official as announced their resignation. the college and foundation have been embroied any n.a dispute since the spring. when accusations surfaced. and each year, the college of

marin foundation distributes more than $600,000 to students, and independent investigation and audit is now underway into what is going on z the board of trustees at san francisco city college will hold a special meeting tonight on the school financial crisis. it was revealed in june accreditation commission found city colleges spending too much money ask calling for changes and possibly cuts in order for college to keep it's accreditation. tonight at 6:30 members of the fis skal crisis team are schedule td release reports on the college's troubled financials. >> city leaders want to find out why there is a surge in crime. two meetings being held tonight there is a a police union holding a meeting to give crime prevention tips. the union claims cut backs in

the department for the jump. >> we're over 300 officers short we need to patrol the city streets. and we need to get that up to strength and build it. but to do that, we need funds. >> and the battle over pensions between mayor and officer's union has not died down. there are more on uncertain times head. yesterday, the police chief says he is retiring in a few month autos the san leandro firefighter that we told but that suffered a leg injury is recovering at home tonight. the firefighter was working on a power saw with a power saw on the roof of a tequila grill on east 14th street. a fire broke out around 2:00 a.m. he was cut out with a saw, suffering a gash two inches deep, six inches long. and was rushed to the hospital. no arteries were cut. that is the good news, officials say the fire started in a dumpster and was put out in about 45 minute autos and amtrak police are now

searching 160 miles of rail lines within colorado and nebraska for a firefighter who has been missing since thursday. the 69-year-old was traveling from california to chicago and last seen on a train thursday night. all stops between denver and chicago have been searched. now, family and police believe he may have fallen out of a door while the train was traveling to eastern colorado or western nebraska. >> and san francisco police are keeping watch on occupy profitestors. they returned with tents after demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary all day yesterday. police gave them until 6:00 to remove those tents or risk arrests. they complied and removed tents and they stayed. sargeants -- merchants are not happy claiming the protestors hurt business, police say

they'll move in if tents go back up. >> the governor signed legislation authorizing extensive changes to california's $16 billion worker's compensation system. the supporters say it is a win-win and the bill includes a 30% increase in cash benefits for permanently injured workers. legislation estimated to save businesses $1 billion a year. but lawyer who's represent injured workers oppose the bill. >> and one of the most important measures on the november ballot would abolish california's death penalty. and pros and cons were debated today. the state senator posted a discussion between two panel experts and other, against and the argument and it's

taxpayers staying would be required to fund housing and care for worst of the worst murders into their 60s, 70s and 80s. >> money saved by doing life without parole can be redirected into our law enforcement. >> there has not been an execution in california since 2006. >> there are drivers from marin and san francisco will not have the human touch of the toll booth soon. the bridge board is set to approve legislation making it fully electronic february february. drivers swril option of using fast track to pay tolls. the board is going to meet about new procedure autos coming up at 5:00 yahoo-alibaba deal that could short change shareholder autos a burglar

let himself in through an unlocked sliding door. do you know who this man is? >> and what autumn will bring, coming up. >> thank you and also, we got to tryout space shuttle simulator haeftd bay area fly overwhat. it takes to deliver a mi

information wanted. redwood city police looking to help identify a suspect that was caught by a camera breaking into a home on lion street on august 30th. there is good resolution on this, investigators say he entered and stole electronic equipment, and jewelry. police say anyone providing information could be eligible for a cash reward. >> the city of berkeley could be the first to formally recognize a bisexual pride

day. the city council will vote at tonight's meeting getting underway shortly. if approved berkeley bisexual pride day would be observed next sunday, and that coyons yids with events in los angeles and boston. none of them formally recognizes bisexual pride. >> it's official, yahoo closed it's deal with alibaba giving back a large chunk of the stake in the company. alibaba buying back 20% of the stake in the company meaning a wind fall for yahoo to the tune of $7.6 billion. the ceo is thinking of using money to revive the company by by hiring new talent. yahoo going to keep another 20% stake. >> fda has released a diet drug to help obese people lose weight that is made by a company located in mountain view.

and this sounds promising. >> yes. it's the second diet drug approved this year and so far showing good results. there is a this is another drug working to reduce ravings, patients lost an average of 10% of their body weight. this does need ton used in conjunction with an exercise program and healthy quiet. >> i have done diet asks exer sichls have have done weight watchers and never helped me. i went from a size 14 into a size six.

made fee feel great its available through mail order and not expected to be covered by medical plans. news of it hitting markets sent the stock higher and. >> this sf interesting and promising but other drugs like what? meridia and phen-fen were taken off of the market. >> there are concerns as increased heart rate and fatigue and a main ingredient has been linked to birth defects. and the company did agree to do a study so we can expect that in months still to come. when giving aproveal, it decided that it's benefits outweighed risks. >> that is interesting. thank you very much. there is a major announcement by u systems that is a the

product approved for breast cancer screening, making it the first and only device approved for women with dense breast tissue. >> the space shuttle going to fly over the bay area on friday. on the way to southern california. the teach at nasa ames played a major role. >> and there is a folks sorry to see the program end. >> and they've been a part to everything the program has become. they're sad and optimistic. >> there are part of the team that oversees a piece of equipment that was used to train nauts to land the space shuttle.

friday, it will be piggy backed on the back of a modified 747 and transported to its new home at california science center. >> this is a unique aircraft. most aircraft is like 100 landings. >> it lift would have had close to half a million people lined up to fee it -- see it. cancellation has america hitching into space with the russians. >> this will be a very successful program. >> the ending pushed researchers like him to move in a new direction. >> apply that knowledge to solve new problems for nasa and this enables new mission

autos a retired astronaut that has benefited from work done here directly. he's flown challenger and atlantis, taking me inside to experience just a taste of what he and others experienced when flying this shuttle. >> and he says it will not mark the end of space exploration. >> there is a new planet. this is probably not going to change my life but that is going to change the way we do things in the future. >> and they're hoping that they can predict clear weather and everything can move forward as planned. >> thank you so much. >> a's now center will open doors at 6:00 a.m. on friday. september 21 at the fly oversee vent begin agent 8:00 a.m. and it is free. >> good news. >> and let's talk about the

weather. >> there is some patchy low clouds and fog but should see rapid clearing on friday. there is a live picture of what it looks like looking across the bay. beautiful blue skies out there. i asked people what do you think about the cool summer weather? 650 patrick tweets feels like playoffs, pit bull lady says i'm loving it here. and sow there is live doppler 7 hd. taking a look here, you can see it's clear. near the coast a lot of sunshine out there. temperatures have been running on the cool side. there are low 60s on the coast and there is a narrow range of

high temperatures not what you zpokt see in the summer time. numbers now 59 in half moon bay. 84 degrees in antioch. clouds returning overnight. there are autumn arriving saturday at 7:49 in the morning. is gos to get cooler. and speaking of cool, cloudy and cool. dress warmly. make sure have you a coat or sweater, send off little ones make sure there is an extra layer, area of low pressure here is a persistent weak low keeping us into this cooler than normal pattern. people seem to be enjoying this. this area of low pressure not in a hurry to leave. we'll see high clouds coming in from tropical storm lane that will weaken into a

remnant low. low pressure will pull up high clouds, tonight looking for low clouds. thursday afternoon high clouds coming in. filtering sunshine but there is cooler conditions continuing. highs into afternoon 68 in sunnyvale there is a mild day for los gatos. 74 degrees on the peninsula there is upper 50s near the coast. there is 63 downtown. good eight to 10 degrees in areas. north bay communities, 57 in bodega bay. 71 in castro valley. heading inland there is a mild wattern. 77 in danville. and 70 degrees in santa cruz. 74 inland. accu-weather forecast,

continuing below normal the next couple days. upper 50s to low 60s coast, low 80s inland. friday warming it up to mid 8 owes inland. low 06s coast side. autumn arrives on saturday. only to cool it down sunday. and you know we do get warm weather in october. so things could change, again. >> thank you very much. >> and still to come another off the field incident involving alden smith. >> and ambitious goal for a new exploratorium. i'll show you around that facility. designers plan to have a massive space produce as

49ers confirming another off the field insy kent. the second year player needed stitches to close a cut after a car crash in the east san jess yeah foot hills. a report says smith was a passenger in the car that swerved to avoid a deer, then slammed into a tree. the driver suffered a wrok broken back. neither drugs nor alcohol were involved here, smith played on sunday, however, this is the third serious incident this year in june, stabbed in his home while supposedly trying to break up a fight where two others were shot and was arrested in florida in january. that charge reduced to lex driving. >> there is a lot of parents making critical mistakes when it comes to using car seats for kids.

one one in five parents and the majority of the mistakes include using the wrong shots. killers are the number one accident for children ages 1-12. >> that is a

coming up at 6:00 a simple solution to a dangerous problem. a hospital worker invention to keep himself and fellow workers safe on the job and there is someone setting fire to a play structure in a neighborhood that needs places like this and there is what is going to take, those stories and more coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and world news is coming up next, i'm cheryl jennings. >> thanks for watching. we hope to