janine de la vega is live in san jose with what parents are saying about it. janine? reporter: maureen, here at trace elementary, you could still see signs of the devastating fire that swept through here. school officials, though, insist that it will open in a month. some parents are looking into whether enough is being done to protect schools in this district. >> reporter: construction crews are working fast making space for newportable classrooms. the main building was -- new portable classrooms. why did it take the fire alarm at the school at least 45 minutes to go off? >> we're still looking in to that. we haven't gotten our log back yet from costco which is the alarm system that the district uses at trace elementary school. >> reporter: while trace had a fire system, not all schools do. 20 out of 43 schools have fire alarms. four schools have fully automated fire detection systems. most of the district's schools have no fire sprinklers in the classroom. trace did not have sprinklers. instead, they had alarms and smoke detectors in the ventilation ducts. that surp

janine de la vega is live with what people hope is the start of a great thing. >> reporter: ross held their grand opening here today. there hasn't been a department store in downtown san jose since the 1970s. some see it as a promising economic sign given that unemployment is still high in the south bay. >> i got these shoes. some dress shoes. >> reporter: jamie moore took a break from his job a few stores away to shop at the new ross story. >> just help the downtown area and the business and it will bring people downtown. >> for retail to be downtown, i think it's refreshing. downtown has got a lot of restaurants but there's very little else to do for shopping. >> reporter: the redevelopment agency says it was aggressive in attracting the retail store to this location. the store is providing 50 new jobs. >> 50 jobs is 50 jobs. right now that means a lot to those 50 people who are filling those jobs and to their families. >> reporter: the latest statistics from the state's employment development department shows the unemployment rate in the south bay was 11.4% in june which is below t

recording from downtown san jose, janine de la vega ktvu ktvu. >>> you can see how the nine counties stack up. sol know county had the -- solano county had the highest rate at 12.1%. >>> the u.s. senate is expected to vote next tuesday to extend unemployment benefits to millions of jobless americans. the bill would restore those benefits through november. about 2 1/2 million unmany employed workers have lost their benefit since the last extension expired in may. the bill stalled in the senate when democrats came one vote short of the votes needed. but by next week, west virginia's new senator who replaces robert byrd is expected to be on board >>> up next, thousands gather for a final farewell to a university chancellor whose impact went far beyond campus >>> san francisco police chief says that crime is down. why some residents say that the numbers don't tell it the whole story >>> and we are learning how a few laid off oakland police officers may find policing work in oakland. >>> san francisco's police chief issued the city's mid- year crime report, hailed it as good news. the cri

recording from downtown san jose, janine de la vega ktvu ktvu. >>> you can see how the nine counties stack up. sol know county had the -- solano county had the highest rate at 12.1%. >>> the u.s. senate is expected to vote next tuesday to extend unemployment benefits to millions of jobless americans. the bill would restore those benefits through november. about 2 1/2 million unmany employed workers have lost their benefit since the last extension expired in may. the bill stalled in the senate when democrats came one vote short of the votes needed. but by next week, west virginia's new senator who replaces robert byrd is expected to be on board >>> up next, thousands gather for a final farewell to a university chancellor whose impact went far beyond campus >>> san francisco police chief says that crime is down. why some residents say that the numbers don't tell it the whole story >>> and we are learning how a few laid off [ music playing, indistinct conversations the charcoal went out already? [ sighs forget it. [ male announcer there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford cha

hair and it finished all square between janine and the return legs of these games were played on change day and wednesday of next week there are more qualifying rounds tonight i.x. among them as they take on grew. in amsterdam martin yell remains the eye exam manager despite speculation he was on his way to full on i want to get a good win at home this evening to affectively settle the tie in the first left. border. you can better play it way for. the situation. it's better for us to. try to get a very good result. to finish it off and. to salonica it is something of an uphill task for them having only one one of their last seven champions league matches they've also got a new manager published to me was brought in after mary berretta left the post after just twenty three days and the current boss isn't fazed by the job he faces this evening. signal support move to this team i feel very good and if i have faith. in the kids talk to some other coach so why not with an important game like this i'm not worried about anything else because it plays to my the visitor and believe in a good res

janine was a weatherperson and had served time in jail where she was given awards for prison activism for the evengood, but e had a record. the secret service would not let her in. the president called down to the gate and said i want her in the residence and i want turnout. they let her in. the rest is history. that was one little anecdote. president bush was very patient about this, and would not take no for an answer. another person whose name i think should be mentioned is dr. henry bets. [applause] key runs a clinic in chicago, a rehabilitation clinic. -- he runs a clinic in chicago, rehabilitation clinic. he once said to me of all the politicians that have been connected to this issue, no one has the direct intuitive connection with people with disabilities as president bush had. there is no hesitation. he said i do not know how to explain it. he has members of his family that are disabled, but so does every family. i just want to say that his view about this was a truly instinctive. it was a pleasure, really a lesson to work with him. another anecdote and then i will set hut up