undocumented immigrants. >> abc7 news reporter david lui said it was a direct attack on them. he's live at santa clara university tonight. >> reporter: dan and kristen, nearly one in five students here at santa clara university is lati latina. but a coalition of students of different races and ethnicities have banded together to challenge a message of hate they don't want to see go unchallenged. >> free speech is a thing, but there's a limit. you just can't go around saying things that might harm one another. >> reporter: student reaction was swift to this flyer that appeared in two locations on campus, especially from those who are undocumented or come coe from mixed families with family members are undocumented. the stinging message drew students into the debate over daca status and immigration reform.

a group of latina drew this ban for in response. it hangs in a free speech area outside the dining hall. inside the stairs are covered with posters with a message of their own >> we shouldn't have to have this burden on us, this responsibility to always be defending us. >> reporter: university administration put out an email for respectful discourse. a statement from its provost said in part although various students on campus have chosen to express their views in ways that are hostile or intentionally hurtful, i'm certain every one of us will continue to hold ourselves to a higher standard. >> there really is a need for a full-time professional staff person and a center, frankly that would be on par with some of our colleagues in the area,

like the uc system that already has centers for undocumented students. i.c.e. officers will soon be using information from license plate readers that can record your car's location. the department has contracted with the top provider of data captured by license plate readers. a spokesman says i.c.e. is not actually collecting the investigation itself, but will use existing databases to support investigations. an i.c.e. statement says now the department is using a privacy impact statement that includes the most stringent requirements known to have been applied for the use of this technology. a former stanford student who killed a puerto rican tourist more than a decade ago, zacha zachary katz was centered to four years and seven months today for that dui crash. >> reporter: back on october 5,

to 13, a drunk graduate student heading the wrong way on 101 in san francisco crashed into a taxi cab injuring a tourist from puerto rico but today more than four years after that crash, the case finally came to a conclusion. >> we hoped for probation because of the circumstances of the young man, but i can understand a judge youing the same way. >> reporter: zachary katz was sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison. he had been facing a 12-year sentence after driving under the influence. during the trial, the new york native testified that he had been drinking in san francisco's castro neighborhood the night before the accident. the defense that katz's history of epilepsy may have contributed to the crash. >> he has minor psychiatric issues that were related to the epilepsy that were undiagnosed

most of his life. >> reporter: katz came from stanford and spent much of his time out on bail. he wrote a novel, telli ining prosecutors it was one of the few things he could do to make a living. despite the lighter term, some of katz' family and friends expressed outrageous of the courtroom screaming and yelling about the sentence. >> my strongest feeling at this point is relief for the victims that they can now just move on from this, even though it's going to affect them for their entire lives. >> reporter: with good behavior in prison, the da's office says that katz will likely serve only half of his sentence. a driver in a stolen vehicle is accused of slamming into a police cruiser in san leandro today. sky 7 spotted the scene near tudor court and warden avenue. another vehicle ended up on a front lawn, two suspects are in

custody, the officer was not injured. the roads have been especially dangerous for chp officers, the most recent just this morning, two officers were injured during a chase in hayward, also in hayward, an officer was killed on christmas eve. and an officer was hit. in three of these crashes, officers say driving under the influence is believed to be a cause, as melanie woodrow explains, this has prompted chp to step up dui enforcement. >> reporter: the california highway patrol is focusing on enhanced dui patrol. aft five crashes, three of those suspected of being under the influence. christmas eve a chp officer, a

husband and father was killed when a suspected drunk and possibly high driver slammed into his patrol car on the shoulder of southbound i-880, jonathan velazquez were injured. they were looking for drivers under the influence. >> it really galvanizes you and makes you have a sense of a mission of what you're doing. >>. >> reporter: chp officer martin lendway was performing a stop when an allegedly drunk driver ran into his vehicle breaking both of his legs. last friday night a chp officer was investigating a traffic collision in san jose on southbound highway 101 when he was struck by a vehicle, sending him over an embankment. the driver of that vehicle was also arrested on suspicion of dui. and just this morning, two chp officers and a civilian suffered

minor injuries following a pursuit and crash on the eighth street offramp. the stepped up patrols will continue through at least super bowl weekend. new at 5:00, a driver crashed into a house after a high-speed chase in san ramon. you can see the car inside a bashed in driveway wall, police say it started when they tried to stop the driver for speeding. they say the driver took off in heavy fog, eventually losing control and hitting the house at veracruz and montecito drive. a central valley woman is being hailed a hero after jumping into a freezing pond to help rescue a trapped driver last night. the driver was trapped inside his car after crashing through a fence and into a golf course pond. the woman said she saw the

taillights in the water, she jumped the fence, dove into the pond and swam out to the car. she said the driver was pounding on the car trying to get out. >> i have a neighbor who had a similar looking car and i was hoping to god that whoever was in there was okay and i was hoping there weren't children in there also. >> the woman said she tried to break the glass but couldn't, she stayed with the man until firefighters could pull him out. he is expected to be okay. the cost to repair and reconstruct the oroville dam has skyrocketed. it will now cost $870 million that's up 32% from the last estimate. a spokesperson told the sacramento bee it's just now been able to figure out the cost of recovery that includes removal of debris and relocating power lines. the largest expense is the reconstruction of two damaged

spill ways that will cost $500 million. today state lawmakers asked utility companies to find solutions that might prevent these kinds of disasters in the future. wayne friedman is in santa rosa. >> reporter: in the auditor yubl at the santa rosa city hall, firefighting of the legislative kind. >> let's turn our attention once again to utility wildfire prevention. >> reporter: it's a traveling road show of the committee for transportation safety. senator hill, asking what kind of laws the state might pass to prevent tragedies like the ones here last fall. >> it's important to hear the responses from the regulators and we regulate the regulators. so if they're not going to be responsible to protect communities, we need to pass laws to make sure that they do. >> when the senate committee calls, you must show up, like michael picker who told the

panel that there's an effectiveness gap between passing legislation and the pragmatics of implementing it. >> every time you do something, somebody is disadvantaged and they're going to use the legal process to slow it down. >> pg&e vice president pat hogan -- >> these are state wide issues, and we need state wide solutions. >> reporter: mr. hogan is the only one that declined our request for an interview. pg&e fill faces legal action that its power lines may have served as fire source last october. the company says it's been proactive both before and after the fire by cutting trees to reduce risk. well still ahead on abc7 news at 5:00, fewer californians are having babies, the reason behind the state's historically

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in court with scathing words against nassar. one of these victims was skkyle stevenson who said that nassar was a family friend who abused her for years. >> what was really amazing is i sat with these 19 women, was how incredibly similar each and every story was. i asked them, as a group, show of hands, how many of you suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, depression? the majority of them were raising their hands. the good news about this, and what's extraordinary about this event tonight is that they get strength from each other. >> what about alleyalley -- >> by the way i told them that the judge's nickname when she was in the military was barracuda and they all laughed and we're not surprised.

>> vargas also tells me those victims are happy with some recent changes at michigan state university, where nassar also worked. their plea is by the resignation of the school's president, but say a lot more has to be done especially to change the culture of usa gymnastics as a whole. >> and you can watch this special edition of 2020 investigates, tonight at sock right here on abc7 and that's followed by abc7 news at 11:00. california's birthrate continues to stand at a historic low. and experts believe it's because young people are focussing on their careers rather than starting families. there are 12.4 births per year for every 1,000 people living in california. right now state officials don't see that as a problem, but they worry if the trend continues for generations to come, it could be. >> if it doesn't eventually change, you either have to have migration, immigration, or your

population disappears. if the average woman doesn't have at least 2.1 births, eventually there's nobody left. >> california's birthrate is at its lowest level since the great depression, a similar trend is taking place with millennial's waiting to start families. state senate democrat scott wiener has launched a bill to override local zoning laws when it m cops to building homes near transit. backers believe it will help the housing crisis by making homes more affordable while helping our environment. >> if we're going to meet our climate goals, we need to have more people living close to public transportation. that's how we'll reduce driving, how we'll reduce congestion, how we'll stop pushing people into sprawl and crushing commutes. >> reporter: some local cities oppose the bill saying it promotes gentrification.

an injured turtle found behind the -- the turtle has a three-inch crack in herschel and may have been hit by a car. shell cracks are often fatal but but with treatment the shell can be restored. the turtle is getting pain medicine, antibiotics and she was probably not a pet. a fossil found in israel indicates modern humans may have left africa much earlier than previously thought. researchers calculate this jaw is around 180,000 years old. that's 60,000 years older than other similar fossils. the fossil presented friday in the journal of science challenges currently accepted ideas about how modern humans disbursed from africa. right now the oldest evidenced

humans outside of africa were only 100,000 to 120,000 years old. you are good to go for the weekend, it is going to be dry, live doppler 7, not showing you any rain here in the bay area, but mendecino county you could see some drops. rainfall totals over the last 48 hours, most of you fall in the quarter to three-quarters of an inch, .77 in santa rosa, .50 inch in san francisco. in livermore, you got about .45 inch of rain. did it help us? yes, january was wetter than ever, no doubt about it, but we're still behind, 68% of normal in san francisco, oakland 65% of normal. here's where we're going, and that is no rain, temperatures will be rising, liver more's

average high is 57 degrees, you're going to be well above average, especially as we head towards next week, look at the 68-degree reading there on tuesday, a good 11 degrees above normal for this time of year. so you know the pattern is shifting in a big way. and here is a gorgeous view to prove it. from our south beach camera, you're seeing a few wispy clouds and bright sun. take a look at those temperatures right now, low 50s from san francisco to oakland, ni mountain view. we may feature your picture on air or online. low to mid 50s santa rosa to fairfield and livermore. it was a chilly morning this morning, as you take a look from our east bay hills camera, the only thing that's going to insulate us tonight is the clouds.

partly cloudy and chilly overnight, milder tomorrow and we're looking at 70 degrees inland early next week. it is going to be cool with some fog and some clouds early in the morning, 30s and 40s, it is going to be milder than today, then we head into the evening with mainly clear skies. hour by hour we go. overnight tonight, you'll see those clouds increasing tomorrow morning between 5:00 and 9:00 a.m. mendecino county may see a few showers. for the rest of you, mix and sun of clouds for saturday afternoon and then sunday will be brighter. first thing in the morning, watch out for the fog, as you'll notice temperatures will dip down from the mid 30s to the mid 40s, and then for the afternoon, a nice comfortable one with upper 50s to the low 60s, more sunshine in the south bay, less sun in the north bay with the cloud cover. temperatures will trend higher, look at sunday, 68 inland, 60 along the coast, then minor dip

on monday, only to rise again with near 70 degree readings on tuesday, we'll just see minor fluctuations in temperatures, you can download the accuweather app and keep track of those temperatures hour by hour, minute by minute. i looked at the forecast a good ten days out and there's absolutely no storms. >> zippo, nothing. >> we can't change it, but hopefully we can start to see some more rain. >> we are behind. >> by the way, the sierra snow pack is 30% of average. so it did boost the snow pack. it's almost time for michael finney's friday are free stuff. including free concert tickets. details next. then at 5:30, "world news with david muir." the deadly plot that was

overheard by students and what authorities have now discovered. and now with regard to the flu, what every caretaker should know. details coming up. also dancing goes high-tech, or is it the other way around? coming up at 6:00, the unique dance troupe that's using

we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us it makes a tremendous team during a moment of crisis. i rely on them, the firefighters in this department rely on them, and so we have to practice safety everyday. utilizing pg&e's talent and expertise in that area trains our firefighters on

the gas or electric aspect of a fire and when we have an emergency situation we are going to be much more skilled and prepared to mitigate that emergency for all concerned. the things we do every single day that puts ourselves in harm's way, and to have a partner that is so skilled at what they do is indispensable, and i couldn't ask for a better partner. the world's most powerfl rocket now has a launch date. the spacex falcon heavy rocket has 27 engines. this is company video showing a test launch two days ago. today nasa space flight reported the first real launch will be february 6, with the 7th as a backup in case there's bad weather. there's a lot of excitement because the heavy is the most powerful rocket since the launch of the space shuttle. it will blast off with 5 million pounds of thrust, the equivalent

of 18 boeing 747s. there will be a tesla roadster that will be aboard the flight. facebook will set up a tip program. an estimated 500 million people worldwide regularly watch online gaming content. one-fifth of those are in the u.s. did you know you can pay by tickets to watch gamers play in burbank. >> it's huge. >> they have leagues and everything. this just into the news room. it's friday, time for finney's free stuff. >> breaking news, what do you got there, michael? >> a delicate arrangement of sound. music, i believe we have given away their tickets once before and they were very, very

popular. they're playing over on van ness. let me let you listen to a bit of this. you're going to get two free tickets, that's a $50 value, it's taking place the first concert of the 33rd season of the talb atrium theater. it's in the veteran's building, brand-new venue there. you can check this out for yourself. it's on february 5, so see if your call lendar allows there. now we're going to do treasure fest. this is out on treasure island, it used to be called treasure island flee. so we're going to give you some tickets to go to this thing, the tickets are worth 3 bucks, so you're going to get that for free, but hopefully it will spur you on to just go check it out. we're going to give away 5,000 of these tickets. treasure fest is saturday and

sunday, january 27 and 28. it's back in action for 2018. i went there back when it was fleet. it was absolutely a gas, it was a really good time. beautiful views, and so much to do, great food, great wine and a lot of fun stuff to buy. >> how do we get to all this awesomeness? >> right there on your screen, go to abc7 news.com, look for the finney's friday free stuff and we'll hook you up. how about this one, a second chance at the oakland zoo. >> the first new inhabitants of th

coming up tonight on abc7 "news at 6:00," b.a.r.t. goes looking for solutions to ease the crowding conditions at its parking lot. one idea, surge pricing. also cannabis farmers take the state to court over what

they're calling a loophole in new marijuana regulations. and 2018 is expected to be a banner year for travel. "7 on your side's" michael finney explains why there's so many great deals this year, especially to places like hong kong and paris. that's all coming up on abc7 "news at 6:00." the oakland zoo is giving a family of black bears a chance. >> this mother and her three cubs were found in frasier park in cob county where they had become accustomed to humans a raided cabins for food. >> the black bear and her cubs were set to be euthanized. but the oakland zoo stepped in to give the family a new home in the new upcoming california trails exhibit. >> it was a chance for us to give a home to bears that were otherwise doomed and it feels good to fill that role.

>> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. tonight, the new fallout after we learn the president reportedly ordered robert mueller fired. the white house counsel would not do it. when did the president ask for this? even republicans tonight on hill reacting. what does this mean as the any possible obstruction of justice? also breaking today, the deadly plot. what was overheard by fellow students. authorities racing to a student's home, and what they then discovered. late today, news on this deadly flu epidemic coming in. what the cdc has now revealed about baby boomers. and if you are caring for someone with the flu, should you be on tamiflu as well? the entire board of the usa gymnastics resigning tonight, and right here, nearly 20 survivors, olympic gymnasts, with our elizabeth vargas, and what they are now demanding. >