ann coulter takes legal action against u-c berkeley... over her now at noon making good on her threat. anne colter taking action. good afternoon i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. the lawsuit was just filed this morning. it claims uc berkeley is stifling colter's free speech rights naming university and the uc president among those

they are taking action against. colter was originally scheduled to make a speech on the campus this thursday but they changed the venue and time. they cited security issues for the reason behind the change. ? kpix 5 anne makovec explains why some california republicans are standing in their way. >> the president keeps saying make america great again, but the president's proposal would really make america die. >> reporter: a push from local leaders to urge the trump administration to approve a federal grant for the electrify case of caltrain. right now caltrain runs on diesel but the project would change that at a cost of $2 billion. almost $650 million from the federal government is on hold.

>> we must educate the new administration and congressional republicans about the importance and readiness of this project. >> reporter: california republicans have asked the transportation secretary not to release the money. their objection, an electrified cal train would eventually become part of the state's high speed rail system which they oppose. but california's congressional democrats say electrify case would increase ridership and create 9600 new jobs. hearing gets under way in sacramento that could allow those to crack down on those driving over the limit. it would give san francisco and san jose the green light to install speed safety cameras.

the cameras would take a picture of your car if you go ten miles per hour over the speed limit. you would then get a ticket for $100 in the mail. police chiefs of both cities say it would help reduce the number of traffic related deaths. >> there is an endemic problem with speeding in the bay area. >> i just want to make sure that for my family and every family out there that cars are not putting everybody in danger. >> the pilot program would last five years. today's hearing is in the assembly transportation committee. this is a live look at sfo where the airport is still dealing with a backlog of delays stemming from a runway construction project. some delays are running about two hours. the construction project is scheduled to continue on most weekends through mid june. it's been a gloomy day across the bay area. a live look outside right now. roberta gonzalez with when the sunshine and warmth will come back. >> that is a bit on the gloomy

side. we thought all the delays was from the weather because we have layers of clouds and our live high deaf doppler radar is picking up precipitation in the central valley and flurry in the high sierra. we are looking due east toward the port on oakland. layers and layers of clueyness. we've had a few rain drops. you can tell it's a little bit on the blustery side. our temperatures stacking up. 50s and 60s. our winds have been increasing 16 oakland, 14 in san rafael,16 sfo. 16 in the fairfield area. winds will continue at 10-20 miles per hour. what you are looking at there is the first of three weak disturbances coming this way. coming up i will talk about rainfall totals how much to expect and when that sun will come back and shine again. i

it was a scary night for a family in the east bay. it happened on san miguel drive. kpix 5 jessica flores with a look at damage. >> reporter: the home behind me is all boarded up but this is not the first time homeowners are left cleaning up the mess after a car plows through their property. the white mercedes benz ripped through the home going in one end of the room, coming out the other. peter schwartz's family sleeping just feet away. luckily in other rooms. >> my wife was asleep right there and my kids on the other side. >> reporter: the car came around the curb and then went straight into the mailbox, a fence, went all the way down into the home below, narrowly missing the street. >> there is no streetlights. and the guy came down here. i think he got spooked by another guy coming up here. that is why he did what he did.

>> reporter: chp checked out the driver on the scene. they are investigating if speed was a factor. the speed limit here in this unincorporated walnut creek speed at 20 miles per hour. >> this is popular. very popular address for a lot of accidents. this is just incredible. >> upset that people disregard the speed limit like this. >> if he was drive fancy car, i'm not sure how he would have gotten out >> reporter: the driver and family uninjured but the front of their home in pieces. the just has blacklisted 21 employees. the treasury department says they are responsibility for

developing chemical weapons. north korea threatening to sink an american aircraft carrier. the uss carl vincent is starting with two japanese ships in the western pacific. the country is ready to sink the boat with quote a single strike. u.s. officials have said that the boat is part of a strike group near the korean peninsula but it won't be there for a few more days. adding to the tension a u.s. citizen is being detained in north korea. tony kim was teaching accounting for more than a month. so far north korean officials haven't said why he was detained but experts say he could be used as a bargaining tool while tensions are high with the united states. at least two other american citizens are held by north korea. they were detained last year. in france the race for president is now down to just two candidates. while some celebrated the news,

others took to the -- right unpopulous marin lepen. some see the move as a way for heifer to embrace a wider rake of voters. president trump laid out his vision for what he wanted to accomplish in his first 100 days in office. less than a week to go before reaching that milestone, many of the items on that contract remain unfulfilled. >> no particular rush. >> reporter: president trump says the first 100 day mark is not very meaningful. even though it was the president himself who laid out his plans for the first 100 days. in that period he has one consummation withdrawn from the

transpacific partnership trade agreement. but he has failed so far to make progress on tax reform. and plan to repeal and replace obamacare. >> the wall is in my view immoral, expensive, and unrise. >> reporter: they will not support funding for a wall along the mexican border. >> we're going to get paid for it one way or another. >> reporter: if congress can't pass a spending bill, the government will shut down on saturday. day 100 of the trump presidency. craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> despite down playing significance, president trump is planning to hold a ramly on

day 100 in the battleground state of pennsylvania. new at noon former president barack obama is back in the spotlight holding his first be public engagement since leaving office. he was at the university of chicago this morning for a discussion billed as a conversation of civic engame. oh baa mall kicked off the event by emphasizing the importance of community engagement and discussing his own time as a community organizer. >> the single most important thing i can do is to help in any way i can prepare the next generation of leadership. to take up the baton. and to take their own crack at changing the world. >> reporter: obama has kept a low profile. some believe today's event is a warmup for his next phase of public life.

berkeley college republicans not anne colter. we'll have much more on this story tonight at 5:00. aiming for an entirely clean commute. >> plus would you consider a six figure salary low income? apparently in the bay area it is. the latest numbers from the goth. "adlib big board" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in taking a live look at the big board. the dow is up 233 points. we all know the cost of living in the bay area can be pricey and so much in fact that some households bringing in six figures a year are considered low income. according to new figures from

the department of housing and urban development, san francisco and san mateo counties have the highest low income bracket in the bay area. just over 105,000 for a family of four. other bay area counties are not far behind. in alameda and contra costa just over $80,000 is considered low income. >> if i didn't have any family here an my kippedz didn't have any friends, we may be living somewhere else. people think we are crazy. it is what it is. but we call it home. >> reporter: the bay area cut off numbers are among the highest in the entire country. the low income designation is an important qualifier for affordable housing programs. earth day has come and gone but bart emphasizing its commitment to going green by unvailing the largest for -- they are part of a pilot

program and the only charging stations in the entire bart system. they hope to install other charging stations once they figure out demand. >> you ski the solar project is parking cannies and the rest is on top of the station. so when you think about vehicle electrification, you really want to supply that electricity with clean electricity. >> bart riders can charge their vehicles by paying a $6 daily parking fee. astronaut peggy whitson has set a new record for for longest stay in space. >> it is a very expensive endeavor but it is so worthwhile doing. >> we want to try doing it during my first term or at

worst during my second term. >> whitson has spent 535 days in space. she's also the first woman to monday the iss. kudos to her. >> impressive. >> she did it all that time without a burrito. that is the only thing that would keep me on earth is mexican food. [ laughter ] >> that's it? >> hi everybody. good afternoon. not a rain drop in sight. that was in the case earlier today. we are picking up a little bit of drizzle here and there. take a birds eye view out to have pier 9. how about another view. we are looking toward the port of oakland. the visibility is somewhat limited due to the tact that we have areas of fog. so we're in the 50s and 60s right now. very cool day especially when you couple in the wind.

sfo wind right now at 16, 12 in san francisco. 14 along the immediate seashore. 13 pleasanton. 15 san ramon. i think you are getting the gist of this. 17 new in knapp pa. these winds will continue to blow and become more consistent on shore push. west winds at 10-20. right now this is weak disturbance number one. plowing into the state of california. behind it here i have a secondary weak disturbance. i even have a third one that promises to keep our weather pattern unsettled z all the way through wednesday. here's the nice evening commute. may be hit and miss scattered very light shower. if we see any precipitation through tuesday which will have more peeks of sunshine today, or even on wednesday when north bay is the target, all of these rainfall amounts will be quite anemic. so again we have our live hi- def doppler radar up and going. in search of any rain drop be not seeing any as of right now. we will keep it in the

forecast. again our temperatures are slightly below average. we are scanning the skies for any kind of rain. not seeing it. had a little bit of light snow flurries. our high temperature today across the bay area pretty much in the 50s at the beaches. 60s around the bay and into our inland areas. outside number today 67 degrees. that will be in our inland region. we do have unsettled weather through wednesday. and then on thursday and friday more sunshine. and that will set the stage for more sunshine over the weekend. temperatures topping off near 80 by saturday and sunday. >> okay. it can be cloudy during the week. >> and now transfers opening day on the bay. >> yes the boats will be out there this weekend. >> perfect time to tan. thank you. >> we have a natural one. >> me too. >> coming up overcoming obstacles to help others. today's student rising above scholar is proving you can do

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on september 9, 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. this gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. the explosion and fire killed eight people. pg&e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u.s. pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. pg&e was fined, placed under an outside monitor,

given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. we are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno. while an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg&e safer. and that's why we've replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new leak detection technology that is one-thousand times more sensitive, and built a state-of-the-art gas operations center. we can never forget what happened in san bruno. that's why we're working every day to make pg&e the safest energy company in the nation. family to graduate from college...and she want students rising above scholar aims to be the first in their family to graduate from college and she wants to be a teacher. >> her motivation comes from a traumatic childhood and a desire to help others.

>> reporter: in science experiments answers can sometimes be elusive. >> blue. >> reporter: and as stephanie rodriguez has discovered, the same can be said of life. >> throughout elementary school it was hard knowing that one of my parents didn't love me enough to choose me and to be in my life. i wanted a mom and i wanted a dad and i wanted it to be perfect. >> reporter: because both her parents struggled with drugs, she lived with relatives until she was seven years old. once reunited with her mother, they moved to recovery house, a homeless shelter, and finally an apartment. >> all of that chaos made me want to be something better

than i had grown up with. >> reporter: by the time she was in middle school, destiny was focused on grades, sports, and community service. >> college represents a successful future. to one is going to push you but yourself. yeah people will support you but you have to find it within yourself. >> reporter: the ayr gone high senior even got a job at the local whole foods and saved half of every paycheck. >> i didn't think i was going to get scholarships. i didn't think that i was going to, you know, qualify for all the financial aid. and i feared that. >> reporter: destiny dreamed of becoming a teacher. to guide students the way her own teacher supported her. >> she really does have this vision for what she wants life to be like. and she believes there can be a life different than what she

has. it hasn't squashed hope from her. >> me wanting to help others pushes me the most. >> reporter: destiny is one of many young sra scholars. you can watch their stories on our website cbssf.com/sra. for students rising above i'm sherry who. >> and we'll be back after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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rushed a station and swarm a string of robberies on bart. witnesses say dozens of teens rushed the station and swarmed the train forcing passengers to hand over their stuff. we'll have that story and much more at 5:00. >> that is it by kpix 5 news at noon the bold and the beautiful is next. you can debate who's who. >> you are bold i'm beautiful. [ laughter ] have a great afternoon.

♪ >> bill: [ chuckles ] >> brooke: [ giggles ] >> bill: it's not a dream. your ring is back where it belongs, and my sword is back around my neck. >> brooke: all is right in the world. [ exhales deeply ] >> bill: yeah, that's an understatement. i spent the night with you in my arms on top of a bed of cash. >> brooke: [ gasps ] >> bill: how could it be more right than that? >> brooke: [ laughing ] oh, my gosh. we have to save some of this! we have a wedding to plan for. >> bill: uh, i think we'll be okay. i can afford it.