bake goods were priced according to race. lauren blanco is live on campus with how that sale is sparking a debate about equality. >> reporter: these cup cakes and cookies serve as a symbol today. are you for or against senate bill 185. that bill would allow state schools to consider race and gender in their admission process. today this bake sale made students choose a price. >> i will take one caucasian and one african american. >> reporter: not your question, but to buy these baked goods you had to consider more than the pricing of the icing. whites paid one price, asians paid less. >> just like that our bake sale you choose what category you identify most with and that's

the price you pay. >> reporter: the students republican students organized the bake sale. it will force students to consider race. >> i don't think what they're doing is racist toward me, i can't speak to any minority here. i think they are just trying to make a point. >> reporter: a few feet away, students protested the so called diversity sale. >> it shows ignorance i feel like. in not considering what's really going on here and all the constitutional racism it causes an outlook like this. >> reporter: others dressed in black, banded together in silence. a berkeley college republican say they're fine with the demonstrations on either side. >> there was a one sided debate going on in campus before today. now there's a diversity of opinion. >> reporter: the bill is on governor brown's desk. he has until october 9 to either sign it or to veto it. coming up at 6:00, what's the university's reaction. you might be surprised that

they are not staying entirely neutral. for now we're reporting live at uc berkeley, lorane blanco. in just the past few minutes, the oakland school board began debates the fate of the school. board members are considering school closures. >> my girls loved it. so i returned just because they loved the school so much. it's not an option. they can't close lake view. >> we're all afraid we're going to be pushed and forced and relegated to school that are in crime infested neighborhoods. >> reporter: a vote on the school closures is set for next month. union nurses return to bay area hospitals for the first time today since a patient died

from a medical error made by a replacement nurse over the weekend. eric rasmussen with what one of those replacement nurses is saying about the mistake. >> reporter: she called it a nurses worse nightmare. she would not get more specific than that. others describe the error made in a hospital room as a rookie mistake and it's now sparked two investigations. tonight sources are confirming reports that 56-year-old cancer patient ming died when a replacement nurse gave her a nutritional supplement through a catheter rather than a feeding tube. >> i think it's a terrible, terrible thing that happened and i feel sorry for everyone that's been involved. >> reporter: this woman did not want to be identified but told channel 2 she was among 500 replacement nurses dispatched to sutter hospitals in the bay area when nurses went on strike last week. >> everybody was friendly at the hospital. but after the incident, it did

feel a bit misrepresented that none of us were qualified. >> it's clear to us that a number of them were not competent. >> reporter: union officials say their nurses are noticing more problems as they return to work today and could file another complaint with the state. the alabama company that supplied the replacement nurses advanced clinical employment staffing would only say it's preparing a statement. but it's already under fire on its own facebook page where a nurse said wrote it quote possibles the mind that someone caused the kind of mistake that caused the death of judith ming. still this nurse stand behind the replacement nurses. >> all of us were checked, most of us had five to 25 year experience that i worked with. >> reporter: the pay is simply too good to pass up for some of these replacement nurses.

we're putting that package together for tonight. eric rasmussen, ktvu. michael jackson's doctor is on trial for his mistake. the missteps dr. conrad murray says and why the defense says no one could have saved the king of pop. we're continuing to cover a fire burning at hayt and philmore. ken wayne is at the scene, what's the latest on the situation. >> reporter: you can see behind me a walgreens drugstore on the ground floor. this fire started about an hour ago. 145 firefighters are at the scene. fire officials very concerned about this fire spreading. but it looks like they've done a good job of at least containing the damage to this one particular building. there are two floors of apartments but fire officials say right now they are not sure

exactly how many units are in this building. they say the fire started on the top floor on a corner unit which appears to be the corner unit that's facing us. there's a lot of heavy damage in that particular unit. then the fire spread to the attic. firefighters were on the roof battling the flames and they have been opening ceilings inside the apartment building to vent it so that they can get access to the fire and put it out. when we arrived about half an hour ago there was a lot of black smoke drifting through this year. and now most of that smoke is gone. firefighters are going through the building looking for more hot spots. i asked if there were any injuries, and firefighters said as far as they know there are no injuries although there's ambulances ready with gurneys to take anyone if there are any injuries but so far it appears there are none.

obviously the walgreens on the ground floor has been closed and evacuated during this fire. firefighters still mopping up from this four alarm fire on philmore and webster late this afternoon. ken wayne, ktvu. for the first time since he was attacked, bryan stow has gone outdoors during his recovery. bryan left his hospital room friday for the first time since in six months. he called the experience quote magical. san francisco george gascon is under fire over a memo involving the city's dna crime lab. >> we are calling upon d.a. george gascon to release the memo that the court has ordered him to release. the three candidates running against gascon claimed

the memo contains irregularities that could effect hundreds of criminal cases. gascon says the memo includes internal communications relevant only to the da's office. lower courts have ruled against releasing the entire memos. >> what impact the release of those memos would be -- the district attorney defends his record and says he worked hard to improve transparency. ktvu's robert handa joins us to show us how the 49ers are planning their stadium build. >> reporter: the 49ers are already giving potential luxury

suite buyers a look at what's going to take the place of all this empty space. this is a model of the new 49er stadium set up at the tech mart building to show luxury suite patrons what they will get for their money. although the 49ers aren't discussing prices annually, we have learned that each costs up to a million dollars a year. >> it spans the length of the football field. >> reporter: the 49ers and consultants aren't worried about the stadium built although the stadium cost has gone up to $905 million. >> i think it's a done deal, it's happening. we're moving forward. we're going to meet with season ticketholders starting this

january. >> reporter: gary robinson owner of magnum dry wall owner of a suite met with the builders. there are many funding sources including the naming of the stadium. >> the naming rights can be anything up to $700 million. so we're waiting for the naming rights to come in. >> reporter: at least robinson has a safety net. >> we're told if it doesn't get build we get our money back, so that's a good deal. >> reporter: the stadium project will break ground in 2013. as we've been reporting for you, san francisco and oakland have also been vying to provide a new home for the 49ers. ktvu put in a call to san francisco mayor ed lee. his office said the city is still in negotiations with the team on a new stadium. in the first ever government count of its kind almost 132,000 same-sex couples report they're married. that's about 20% of the estimated number of same-sex

couples in the country. the census tally is higher than the actual number of civil marriages, civil unions or partnerships. you probably can't tell but that is actually the voice of michael jackson. the startling evidence at the trial of his doctor just underway today in los angeles. i'm back here in 10 minutes. we have a spare the air day. we're going to show you which day will be the hottest, when the fog returns and if there's a chance for rain this weekend.

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still a few hot spots. a walgreens on the bottom level and living apartments on the upper level. we are keeping an eye on this situation as we get more news, we will bring it to you. solyndra's bankruptcy case is taking it all across the country. tonight a company in delaware denied an attempt to sell the company. solyndra must travel to dallas next month to find a buyer. if solyndra cannot be bought off, an auction will be held next month. we have all the information on the solyndra company and all of its fall out on our website. this photo here shows aaron

vasler carrying an assault rifle and breaking into a cabin. vasler is accused of killing two people. officials have postponed a foot race set for october 16th. the race would have taken runners through areas being searched by law enforcement. the iranian government is denying claims by two berkeley grads that they were held in jail because they were american. shane bauer and josh fattal released to the united states. tonight the iranian government says the two along with sarah shourd were held because of espionage not because of politics. the two say they were hiking and entered iran by accident. prosecutors showed photographs of jackson's dead body. they also played a startling audio tape made by jackson's doctor. in it we hear a drugged michael

jackson slurring his words. >> [mumbling ] >> reporter sandra endo is live in los angeles now where prosecutors laid out their case today against the doctor, sandra. >> reporter: that's right, and day one just wrapped up moments ago we saw members of the jackson family leave the courthouse here and the prosecution is really trying to establish the physical and mental state of the king of pop in the days leading up to his death. dr.conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly administering a lethal dose of propophol. >> it was conrad murray's unskilled hands and his desire

to obtain this lucrative contract of $150,000 a month that led dr. murray not only to abandon his patient, but to abandon all principals of medical care. >> reporter: prosecutors played a dramatic recording of jackson captured on murray's iphone. they said it showed the king of pop highly under the influence of unknown agents. >> [mumbling ] >> reporter: prosecutors say it's likely that dr. murray knew about jackson's troubles before his death. kenney ortega the producer of jackson's "this is it" concert tour "was the prosecution's first witness. he said he was troubled by his

appearance. >> were you concerned? >> he was chilled and he appeared lost. >> reporter: it'll be up to a jury of seven men and five women to decide murray's fate. >> he was concerned jackson would not be able to go through with the tour. >> reporter: and now the jury will be listening to more testimony obviously as the days and weeks follow. if convicted murray faces up to four years in prison and would lose his medical license. live in los angeles, i'm sandra endo, back to you. san francisco is hoping the america's cup will place the local small business for sale. >> we're going to not only invite them in, we're going to continue getting them engaged

because the vendors are going to start showing up. >> the city expects the america's cup will bring 88,000 jobs. another spare the air day has been confirmed for tomorrow. you can see the dry hills despite the cooler temperatures over the weekend and even some rain in the area. pollution levels could hit unhealthy levels tomorrow. ktvu's bill martin our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the situation. >> things are warming up. you look at the brown hills of mount diablo and you know the rest of the bay area and northern california look like this. as we go into the next 24 hours, fire danger goes up too. we're not looking for fire winds, but we will have heat, and we will have low humidities as we go into the next 48 hours. this time of year, any time it

gets to this time of year before you get a big rainfall event we worry about fire obviously. we go outside, there's a little bit of fog sits offshore. you can see those little arrow, those are live buoy readings and they show which way the winds are blowing. that's basically a precursor to an offshore flow. it's not a far stretch for them tonight to swing around and come more northeasterly. that's the first move. they start to do a north- northwest, they do north and then northeast. when they do that northeast direction, things will start to warm up and that's tomorrow. down in san jose, down in mountain view and evergreen as well. a spare the air day tomorrow. we could easily see one again as we go into your wednesday.

pardon me into your wednesday. and we're looking for -- pardon me into your thursday. the forecast tomorrow along the coast lots of 60s and 70s out at the bay. a nice day tomorrow. like i say, fire danger goes up. you will notice it warmer. this was not a crazy heat wave. just kind of what you might expect this time of year. it is a really fluid weather pattern. we have a lot of things going out in alaska that could have an impact on our bay area forecast. we're going to look directly at the five day forecast with your weekend in view and you're going to see some changes. and a move at the monument, how they found a person tabled at the top. and the key roll vinegar role vinegar is playing against

cervical cancer. and researchers are adamant that a bear is roaming around national park. the changes to uniforms that will help officers fight crime. plus google wants to help you go green. the multi million dollars investment the company is making to make solar power more affordable to homeowners. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00, complete bay area news coverage. so i got this new job last week, but their health insurance

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the washington national monument looked like a scene from a movie, but this was no film. >> we need to visually inspect whether there are any damage that could over the years accelerate into something greater. >> reporter: today engineers geared up and stepped out into

historic heights of the monument. the team is checking each stone on the building. when the earthquake hit, a ranger and group of tourists were trapped inside the monument. this is surveillance video showing their escape. tonight the ranger remembered the frightening experience as the building shook and debris fell down. >> i wanted to just run, i wanted to get out of there and run as fast as i can. but i realized i had 20 visitors who were relying on me to get them out safely. so i began shouting at them to go down the stairs. >> tonight the grappling was cut short because of wind, but they will return to work tomorrow. food and drug officials say the oysters were all harvested

from an area of hood canal washington between august 30th and september 19th. the oysters were then shipped to california and 22 other states. new reports find a simple low tech procedure is successfully fighting cervical cancer. the test is used in poorer countries instead of a more expensive procedure. a doctor rubs vinegar on the cervix turning all cancer cells white. do more wheelchair ramps mean fewer lawsuits? the new rules that are on the way. an alert about an imposition imposter is going

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this man says he has forced 1,500 business in california to change their ways and make their buildings more easily accessible to people with disabilities. david stevenson is in san francisco tonight and tell us what the city is doing now to change its ways and make things more accessible as well, david -- >> reporter: frank, violations of the americans with disabilities act can range into the thousands of dollars. now a new push is on to ensure more accessibility for everyone. deputy director for the san francisco's major facility, joanna fraguli says it's difficult to visit many of the

san francisco officers. chu today introduced legislation that prioritizes permits for ada improvements, requirements financial landlords to bring ground floor entrances and exits in line with latest law. the goal is to improve accessibility and cut lawsuits. >> over 300 business have been sues. in fact, some of these business have been sued multiple times. >> reporter: francovich has filed some of those suits. he says he's forced 1,500 business to comply with ada or pay out to his clients. >> they can't get in or can't use the restrooms or can't use the dining area. so the letter goes out, if they ignore the letter there's a lawsuit that follows. >> we had a gentleman that sued us and then eventually settled.

>> reporter: bar owner meets says the cost now lies in bringing the building to compliance. >> the building was built in 1910, over a half a million dollars. we continue to stay on top of developing news. our news chopper 2 is over the building of hayte and filmore. the fire started just after 4:00. when we showed you the scene at 5:00, we could see flames coming out of the roof. as you can see, we see no more flames. you can see how much damage was done by this fire. there are lots of crews there putting more water on the burned areas. monitoring for any hot spots. we do not have any information about anyone who was injured. our ken wayne is on the ground here. he's gathering more information, he will have new

developments for us coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. the two sides have been in contract negotiations for the past four months and are nowhere near an agreement. the city hope it is contract will help offset the budget deficit. four alleged gang members are now charged with murder in a mistaken identity shooting. according to police, the men approached jose baraza as he was walking with his girlfriend and two others after leaving a party. the suspects allegedly accused the group from being from a rival gang and opened fire. the men were arrested last week, they are set to appear in court next wednesday. police in pleasant hill are looking for two robbers who tried to rob two stores wearing

halloween masks and rubber gloves. the clerks locked themselves in the bathroom. footage shows the robbers leaving without taking anything. another example tonight of just how clever people are trying to be when they are trying to steal your money. maureen naylor joins us now and tells us about an imposter who's using your name to get their way in. >> reporter: the alert warns an imposter is calling people and requesting personal or financial information regarding payment in their court case. >> well, it's crazy to know that someone is out there trying to figure out your information. >> reporter: authorities say a man called at least two victims, one local, one out of state. >> when he contacted these people over the phone, he asked for personal information. which the persons on the other

line did not give out. >> reporter: the sunnyvale courthouse handles civil cases. >> anyone with any common sense knows that you should not give personal information over the phone. >> reporter: but this woman says her niece was a victim. >> she is a very sensible person. >> somebody prying in it could be dangerous even. for instance like domestic violence or something like that. somebody trying to look for somebody. it could be dangerous. >> reporter: court employees say they never demand personal or financial information over the phone. if you get a call the court says to ask for the person's name, phone number and the case number they are calling about and then call the court yourself. >> reporter: the santa clara

sheriff's office is asking any other victims to call them. reporting live in sunnyvale, maureen naylor. the families who's family members went down in the gulf of california are not giving up. in an e-mail they say until the recovery, there's a slim possibility that the men are alive in mexico. at least two are from the bay area among those that are missing. at least two marijuana clubs must shut down. ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show.

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apple sends an invitation to members of the media for an event that will likely be the launch of the new iphone. press conference is set for next tuesday, it's at apple headquarters in cupertino. if the apple five is introduced, it'll be the first product introduced since steve jobs stepped down. facebook has been increased

their appearances in california. one campaign finance experts says it's unclear if democrats or republicans will be benefits from this new facebook pack. >> money follows powers with democrats in control of one chamber of congress and with republicans in control of the other chamber, this is likely to boost campaign coffers on both side of the aisle. >> reporter: analysts say facebook could alienate some of its users if it backs a particular political candidate. >> coming up at 5:55, the president making a swing through several western states. the unusual flub his campaign made during the tour. councilwoman carolyn floyd says council member slammed her

in the hand. she says the slam was hard enough to sting and that it follows several instances of verbal abuse. more than 100 pot clubs have set up shop but the city says they are all operating illegally. the new law numbers the number of medical dispensaries to 10. anyone who wants to open a pot club must file an application. pot club supporters say they will fight to overturn this new law. this is the fun and think of this as a gun pointed right at earth. in 10 minutes i'm going to have the forecast that includes a warm up in your bay area city. with another cool down as we head toward the weekend. i'm going to show you specifically which days will be the coolest. new after 6:00 a bear

hasn't physically been spotted but officials are concerned there's one roaming at an area park. and google wants to help you go green. the multi million dollar investment the company is making to make solar power more accessible to homeowners. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. complete bay area news coverage.

the coast of health insurance is skyrocketing in the united states. premiums jumped 19% this year compared to 3% last year. employees are contributing 131% more than they did 10 years ago. one reason for that jump in cost may be more lab tests. 76% of doctors responding to a survey say concerns about malpractice moved them to practice more aggressive medicine. almost half of the doctors said 10% of the patients they saw on any given day didn't need an office visit.

earth is under attack from a solar storm. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is going to show us how in the next few days we're especially vulnerable to solar flairs. >> reporter: experts say our solar grid is at risk vulnerable to power surges. a near realtime imagine of the sun a boiling ball of plasma. and this is called active region 1402 is blasting away at earth. >> the gun barrel is pointing right at the earth just about now. and when this one goes away there'll probably be another to take its place. >> reporter: a massive blow of sun particles blasted off earth yesterday causing auroras like these seen from space a few days ago. earth is now on the cross hairs as the reinvolving sun points ar1302 in our direction. experts call it the solar storm

that won't go away. >> when is this happening? >> now. >> right now. >> reporter: for the next five days more bursts threaten to overload the electric power grid. >> that would be a problem. my business depends on it. >> reporter: threaten radio communication especially with airliners, gps, even communication. >> i guess we're just going to have to hold our breath and see what happens. >> reporter: and this is just the beginning. the sun is ramping up right now in its 11 year cycle to a peak in two years. so be prepared for possible disruptions from our star. reporting live health and science editor john fowler ktvu. president obama wrapped up his cross country trip in colorado. >> hello denver. >> he visited abraham lincoln

high school. he urged the crowd to contact law make toers lawmakers. mark walsh snapped this photo of the press pass. the white states are supposed to be the three that the president visited. that right rectangle on the right is not colorado, that's wyoming. the president had two come pain conferences. today a committee spokesperson said he treated the coast as an atm machine. we're covering all the politics news on our website, just click on the politics tab under the news tab. julie haener is in the news room now with the stories we're working on for ktvu channel 2

news at 6:00. julie. >> new at 6:00, b.a.r.t. leaders are on the hot seat in sacramento. the news we just learned about following two officer involved shootings. the search for a black bear believed to be wondering around a bay area community. what experts say proves a bear is in the area. we're also following a two alarm fire. the latest on the fire fight, we'll have a live report from the scene. these stories and a lot more are coming up in about 10 minutes. state board safety investigators are looking into the death of an oil field worker. it happened last night in ventura county. the worker died when a support beam pinned him to a rig. osha is investigating. a proposal to build the first new nuclear power plants in the united states since all the way back in the 1970s. an atlanta based company wants to build two reactors outside

of augusta georgia. the approval process will not be rushed. >> we had many critics argue that it should be done faster, we're the view that it needs to be done well. and that needs to take as much time as it need. >> a decision in the matter can't be made until the commission formally approves the design of the reactors. that could happen sometime before the end of the year. tomorrow is another spare the air day. we have a live picture for you just east of downtown san jose. air quality officials say with things heating up, air pollution could reach unhealthy levels tomorrow. you're being asked to take public transit as a result. bill martin is tracking just how hot things will be getting the last couple of days. >> with that spare the air day, the upshot is you don't have strong winds. if you had strong winds you would not have the high level ozone concentration at the surface. without winds tomorrow, the fire danger not as high as it could be this time of year. this is the time of year we have the oakland fire deal,

this was the time of year we had those big westerly winds. not the story tomorrow with that spare the air day. it'll be hotter, and it'll be dry but not as windy. you can see current temperatures the highs from today. it was a nice day. temperatures were well above where they were yesterday. we'll go over to san jose right now and you can see 83 degrees in san jose downtown. and tomorrow san jose is going to come up a few more degrees. a warmer day tomorrow hence the spare the air day. it'll be warm again tomorrow as we head into your thursday. starts to cool off as we head into your weekend. remember last sunday, it looked pretty similar to this sunday. the forecast models the last 12 hours have backed off on a weather system in the pacific northwest that will give us a shot for showers. there's still a chance for showers and drizzle but right now it looks dry. what doesn't look dry is next week as this system wants to drop down into the next week.

and it looks like we could see real rain. high pressure center is with us the next few days. temperatures above the average for the next few days. coastal cities in the 60s and low 70s. that means if you're going to the beach. it'll be nice nice weather. the weather is going to be 65, 70 degrees. 91 tomorrow, 92 in antioch. of course this time of year as i mentioned earlier these numbers will get you a higher fire danger what's missing are the strong winds. i'm very happy about that. obviously we'll get a nice day, elevated fire danger but we're not as concerned. the wind this time of year is everything. because there's no wind it went down quickly. you see it cooling off with those clouds, next week looks like a very different week so enjoy this one. >> thank you. >> thanks, bill. google has just become a teenager. the web giant based in mountain

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in just about an hour, santa clara county will honor its top teachers of the year at a gala in campbell. 22 teachers were chosen. tonight's gala includes video profiles of a teacher and a performance by the miller middle school and jazz choir. to learn if your teacher is on the list, visit ktvu.com. craig debro tells us why police had no choice to shoot two dogs and why the family is not so sure. >> reporter: today the torrez family is mourning the loss of two of their family members. >> we're sorry if they were scared. >> reporter: they are dogs but important to their family. >> they turned two in december. they were beautiful dogs.

>> reporter: san mateo police shot both dogs yesterday at about 4:30 at laurie meadows park. bella and jordan slipped out of their property through a broken gate. once at the park, the brother and sister canines frightened adults and several children with aggressive behavior. police were called and animal patrols were just minutes away when they were shot. >> they were really scared and frightened. a lot of commotion. >> the community members there at the park were able to separate the dogs from the children. and hold them at bay until the officers arrived. >> reporter: carla torrez arrived at the park just after her dogs were shot. >> my dad died 11 years ago the same week, it's not a good week for our family. >> reporter: police say the officers involved in the shooting will have an

administrative review of the case. when contacted the peninsula humane society said they would not second guess the officers decision to pull out their firearms and fire because they felt threatened. coming up in 90 seconds. >> union nurses are returning to hospitals and they just told us how a deadly mistake by one of their replacements is affecting them now. hikers should keep a weary eye, why they say eaten berries is a sign that there's a bear around.

b.a.r.t. officials on the hot seat in sacramento answering tough questions about officer involved shootings and the missteps that follow. and signs that there's a black bear roaming the area. what wildlife experts say is proof that there's a black bear in the vicinity. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. developing news at this hour. san francisco firefighters now have the upper hand on a four alarm fire in the lower hayte. we've been following this fire for the past hour and moments ago firefighters told us it is

now under control. ktvu's ken wayne is on the scene with an update now. he's been talking to folks in the area and tells it appears everyone got out of the building safely. >> we're at filmore and hayte street and the fire is out. you can see behind me there's some firefighters inside the building on the roof looking through the window, looking through the area that burned. trying to figure out what started the fire in this 25 unit building. it's three stories with a walgreens drugstore at the ground floor. the fire started in the upper floor. it quickly spread into the attic and the roof. firefighters say they heard small explosions, popping noises as they approached one of the burning buildings. >> we are running short on resources on the third alarm. more precautionary that we