but on top of that what leland stanford did was he made sure there was connectivity between stanford and the surrounding industry -- the very little that there was at that time -- in addition to professors getting involved in civil, civic engagements as well. be on the board of planning commissions and really having a voice in the development of pal lowal eau and the surrounding -- palo alto and the surrounding community. from there i definitely identify that the leading act fors that create silicon -- factors that create silicon valley. but i believe william somethingly and the treacherous eight, there was eight guys that came to work for shockly at shockly semiconductors who got a little fed up with his management style and also wanted to continue down path of working on semiconductors. they had all worked at bell labs together in new jersey, and william shockly couldn't quite make up his mind what he wanted to do. so these guys explored what really became the first venture capital investment, although they didn't know that at the time. what they thought they were going to do was b

. >> host: you say there's something between stanford, palo alto, google, and mountain view. >> guest: that's correct. i'm trying to capture the essence and looking at it from the outsider's perspective of what would somebody want to know about silicon valley? what could they learn from it? it's for entrepreneurs, people interested in how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers, and from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is it different than in other places which it is because so much is based on failure and learning from one's experiences, but it's also recognizing that you can be part of the process of adopting other people's ideas, or you may have the idea for the next big thing, but bottom line is there's an authenticity to the way things are done in the val

this was in 2001, a few months after he left stanford.he was a first round draft pick for the new jersey jets. he left to become part of the finals. it will be interesting to see what team he signs for next. >> social media, especially the twitter verse exploded after jason collins' announcement broke this morning. celebrities and fellow athletes and politicians tweeted their support. among them, nancy pelosi, fellow stanford grad and pro at least kerry walshç jennings and spik lee used the announcement to start a new conversation with his followers online. as we mentioned, president obama called collins to offer his support. the first lady tweeted this. "so proud of you jason collins. this is a huge step forward for our country. we've got your back." former president bill clinton is proud to call jason collins a friend. it's something he tweeted earlier today. clinton also released a statement commending the athlete's courage. "i have known jason collins since he was chelsea's classmate and friend at stanford. jason's announcement today

the stanford professor is battling leukemia. she needs a bone marrow transplant and has turned to social media, facebook, twitter, blogs, all spreading the word trying to get more people to try and register as a donor. she became the first indian-american female professor in psychology at harvard. she also worked at tufts university and now here at stanford. the website, nalinineedsyou.com explains how you can get involved, going to registration events or registering online. a cheek swab is all you need to get started. that can be sent to you. the challenge is that the pool of south asian donors is very small. even if you are not a match, donations are still needed to cover test kits that they are trying to get out in india. reporting live at stanford university, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> we wish her well. 6:06 right now. christina loren is sprinkling sunshine, good vibrations all over our weekend. it looks beautiful, young lady. >> that on top of the icing that is friday. good morning to you. great-looking day. gr

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>> well, first team, for stanford to go to a college world soorz this group of 80-year-olds put stanfordon the map. >> we crack that had barrier. would we be seen four straight times that year? that is a big milestone for use we had to look up to trough yanz not always academically. >> this team lost to michigan that year and nine of the players went on to play pro ball. >> i couldn't beat out roberto clemente. >> a 60 year reunion can be tough on memory. >> we're trying to remember good things we did but until you can see name tag you're not sure. you know? >> they all remember 1953. >> reporting at sanford abc 7 news. >> terrific. after eight years david lee pumped to be on a playoff team for all of one game. lee suffered a torn hip flechlsor. so that leaves warriors without their best front line player. lee got hurt landing awkwardly then goes right down and knew it was bad. needs three months to recoverry. without lee the warriors hanging with nuggets. and andre miller game two, tomorrow night in denver. >> in order to advance you've got to win four games. now it's about making room

stanford upended by georgia. bears dominating in the second half to advance to the elite eight for the first time in school history. they're ranked in the top ten most of the season but cal is still searching for national recognition, the kind of which stanford has had for years. >> i've been in conversations with my coach friends who joked last year when we played a good game against notre dame. you guys are pretty good. we didn't know there was basketball 0 on stanford. i think anytime you proffer well on the big stage it helps the entire west coast. we're happy to be the ones people are looking at. >> cal and georgia tomorrow night. the sharks are enjoying the four-game win streak. they had a little light practice, family tau, joe pavelski with his son and daughter. one player was just culled up front the mineors. played ought hockey for the junior sharks and is now playing for the team he rooted for as a kid. >> those guys, just normal guys just like me, so they're all great guys and helped me feel welcome. >

i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. that is another level of this conversation teary let me extend the conversation a little bit. one of the things that it was after i left or go, i taught for many years at stanford and talk, as i told the kids, real stuff. i started a class on cloud computing. three years ago, i started a class at the university in beijing as well on this subject because i feel it is really important. we are in my opinion in the second year of a 20-year cycle that is no different than the client server cycle that happened last time around, and i think education is an important component of this. so i'm going to take my four or five minutes to educate you guys a little bit on what is this thing we call cloud computing. i'm going to try uses much plain english as i can, leave all the technical buzzwords aside, and try to eliminate -- illuminate for you what is happening. fundamentally, is an economic thing that is happening, and that is what has always driven technologies economics. i will get to that in

>> well, first team, for stanford to go to a college world soorz this group of 80-year-olds put stanford baseball on the map. >> we crack that had barrier. would we be seen four straight times that year? that is a big milestone for use we had to look up to trough yanz not always academically. >> this team lost to michigan that year and nine of the players went on to play pro ball. >> i couldn't beat out roberto clemente. >> a 60 year reunion can be tough on memory. >> we're trying to remember good things we did but until you can see name tag you're not sure. you know? >> they all remember 1953. >> reporting at sanford abc 7 news. >> terrific. after eight years david lee pumped to be on a playoff team for all of one game. lee suffered a torn hip flechlsor. so that leaves warriors without their best front line player. lee got hurt landing awkwardly then goes right down and knew it was bad. needs three months to recoverry. without lee the warriors hanging with nuggets. and andre miller game two, tomorrow night in denver. >> in order to advance you've got to win four games. now it's about ma

so the benefits of stanford they claim that over 6,000 companies have come out of stanford, whether the company itself or the business plan was created there. financially, they benefit tremendously. stanford made -- just offered its equity investment and google made $360 million in royalty income. not bad. >> speaking of google, is google the giant in silicon valley? >> i think there are many giants. i have to say i'm personal to google, only in the sense that i think what they did was not only adopt the silicon valley culture but they massively expanded it. what is so interesting to me, there are two ways of thought. they were willing to do what ever they could to create this incredible, creative environment for people to flourish and work within. rule r it was their 20% where they could have people a day a week to do what they want, or adopt more of the silicon valley lifestyle into the workplace. when we first arrived at google, i toured the campus, it is so colorful, it is two stories, how can people take it seriously? now they have expanded way beyond that. you go now and you will

collins is a stanford graduate. during the cardinals winning run to the final 4 back in 1988. collins said he dated women and got engaged. i have endured years of misery and gone enormous length of living a lies. yet, when i acknowled ty sexuality i felt whole for the first time. >> i always suspected and we are just talking and he just acknowledged it and it was not an earth shaking event. >> at stanford today current students say they're proud of his action >> great for him and great for his over all community. >> it is definiteling a step in the right direction fo athletes athletes comfortable in their own skin. >> i support him in his effort and courage. >> reporter: just three hours ago, collins posted a thank you from his twitter account. he's been getting supports all supporting his action. reporting live in stanford tonight, ktvu channel 2 news. >> have the benefit of everyday of having to walk this path, it is a story that will resinate with everybody, he's just another guy, he happens to beet tall and happens to be very good at playing basketball. >> other members of

former stanford star, jason collins has come out of the closet and into the international spot light. in a revealing interview with "sports illustrated" magazine collins has become the first actively gay player in a professional team sport. we begin with cheryl hurd who joins us at stanford where he was a superstar. >> reporter: free agent jason collins took his team in the early 2000s to the final four. now folks here on campus are talking about him in a whole different way. reaction to jason collins' decision to go public by announcing he is gay in a "sports illustrated" article came quickly here on stanford's campus. >> what i can try to convey to jason today is how much i love him, how much i respect him and how much i love his family. >> reporter: so far collins has played basketball for six nba teams in his 12 seasons. all of that did not get the attention he is gettingod

stanford is using the robot in certain patient ice rooms right now. if it proves to be effective you could see it in other parts of the hospital, as well. >> the robots are also used at night to help disinfect more than 20 operating rooms. the tests indicate the robots are completing their mission. >> we set the machine up and rent it for different amounts of time to determine if there were any remaining bacterial loads. what we found after a ten minute cycle is that it was unable to measure any bacteria. >> the robot can kill more than 20 microorganisms including mersa. staff first uses bleach and germ sid solutions will help stop the spread of infections. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> the number of babies found at home is on the rise and that is why today the american academy of pediatrics released new guidelines for caring for newborns no matter where they are born. the guidelines include identifying one person eitherer a mid wife or family member who will be responsible for the baby's well being at all times. the academy suggests testing

his daughter, chelsea was a friend here at stanford. the statement of a good man who wants no more than what so many of us seek to be able to do what we want because of who we are. we're life at stanford, nbc, bay area news. >> we've got a lot more on our web site, including a link to the column he wrote for "sports illustrated." all you need to do is search jason collins. >> yes, a lot of you are going to enjoy all of this sunshine coming by the coast. once again, winds are going to get gusty, especially by the afternoon. let's get you outside at a live hd sky camera network. we made it through the first part of the workweek, everyone. as you can see, we have sochl hazy conditions right now. that's a sign in decreased air quality. looking towards san francisco, no fog present. there is a bit of marine area of clouds trying to develop. but it's going to have a hard time, in fact, most of the coast will be artingff clear. there you can see that clear picture in san francisco. we have a cooler system off to the north and we have hot high

stanford won by a score of 7-1. the cardinal scored at least one run in their first five innings and starting pitcher teagan gerhart threw 5 shutout innings, five hits, and oone strike out. the spartans only run of the game came in the fifth inning when outfielder markesha collins hit her seventh homerun of the season. the teams head coach says the loss is not that important. ">>>"our goal is league. don't get me wrong this means a lot to us to play here but i can't burn my number one pitcher and two of my starters who i said needed some mental time and to get ready for this weekend."" the spartans will have a three game series against ut arlington next week. and that covers it for sports. back to you guys. that'll do it for now. thanks for spending some time with us. catch us next week when s-j-s-u president mohammad qayoumi joins us in studio! and don't forget to check us out on facebook by searching 's-j-s-u update news.'

and stanford football's spring game going on now. the good news, stanford is winning.he bad news, stanford is also losing. so i'll let you decide whether you're a glass half full or glass half empty type. >> got it. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> still ahea dozens of families are welcomed home in daly city. the latest bay area project. >>> habitat for humanity welcomed dozens of families into a new condo development in daly city today. organizers say this development is the largest for the nonprofit on the west coast and features a sustainable urban design. 158 people are moving in. all are low income from ten different countries. and organizers say each family spent at least 500 hours helping to build their homes and other people's homes, as well. 12,000 volunteers joined the 36 families building the new development on 2/3 of an acre on mission street. >>> after a month's long contentious contract fight, the san francisco symphony approved a new bargaining grammy yesterday. the new 26-month contract includes a wage freeze until november. but a pay increase of 4.5%

i want to be the president of stanford university. stand up if you have ever said that aloud to anyone else. >> stand up, lean in. these are more than buzz words for cheryl sandberg who says that women need to fight hardener the workplace. she wants women doing more than reading her book. they want them in lean in circles. >> it's blieklike a book club w purpose. >> reporter: here in.org encourages people to form lean in circles not just to share experiences but to push one another. >> focus on what women can do. >> reporter: catalyst found this year that women make up 18% of elected officials into congress. 14% of executive officers. 8% of top earners and just 4% of ceos. >> women have held 14% of top jobs in corporate america for ten years. ten years of exactly no progress. >> reporter: as for the gender wage gap the institute for women's policy research found progress but even after decades women make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid. >> men always negotiate and women rarely negotiate. that's where the wage gap comes from. >

stanford, i'm going to ask you another question.r spring meeting, and they're going to talk about rebranding the republican party to attract more minorities. one of the headliners is dick cheney, and his mission is to help the republicans rebrand the party. how do young people, young african-americans view dick cheney? >> not favorably. not at all. >> why not? >> well, people are still thinking about the bush years and what happened in that administration, so some of his policies weren't very popular. especially war mongering policies. >> i think that sometimes we forget that not just young african-americans, but young people in general aren't really in favor of war. is that correct, stanford? am i saying that right? >> definitely. one of the few cheers rand paul did get yesterday is when he spoke about needing congressional approval to go to war and being anti-drone strike. >> there's a mixed message going on. rand paul does a courageous thing and goes to howard, but then the republicans invite dick cheney assist a headliner to hel

collin has played with stanford in the final four, before moving on to the nba. as mostly a backup center, he played for six teams over a dozen years including the celtics and the nets. last season, he was on the washington wizards. but he is a free agent for next year. collin says he wants to continue playing. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> and the white house has come out in support of collins commending his courage. >>> well, stocks are edging higher. wall street motivated by an increase in consumer last month. before the market opened, the government came out saying spending and income rose 0.2% last month. it is a big day for monday. a live look at the big board. up nearly 100 points. not so good news here. thousands of californians who collect unemployment are seeing cuts beginning today. jobless benefits are reduced 18%. and the cuts apply to only federal benefits which kick in after someone has used up 26 weeks of state benefits. cuts are a direct effect of the sequester budget cuts. >>> a new startup in san francisco aims to transform old muni

a third fact about me, i started at stanford as premed. i started the economics and premed track at the same time. ultimately, i decide to go into the business world. taketo get a sense, can i a quick poll -- who are undergrads in the audience? and business school students? and members of the community? faculty? great. we have an excellent and diverse audience. you will have a good dialogue, onmagine people are split these issues. --ouple things i will say the professor mentioned the op- ed i wrote about goldman sachs. everything i said i very much believe is true to the industry. i do not think -- goldman is a smart firm and excellent firm at what it does. are not think it practices very different to the industry more broadly. when i wrote the book and the op-ed, i was using my career there as a view of what i think has become conflicted in the industry. the second thing i would say, i think a lot of people would would want to classify my views or this talk as in the occupy wall street camp or a different type of camp. i would say, i am v

i'm going to open up with the fund around the stanford university about the quality education act. specifically what the pta has increased the district by over $500 per student is a two year measure. and the teacher element is in two components around teacher recruitment and retention and peer review. in the study had a very straightforward focus to document the p t and evaluate the effectiveness. opposing open around the recruitment we're drawing applicants who have only applied to once higher paying district and as a result there's been a increase to 20 to 25 percent of the number of applicants and 49 percent were is new hires from the district. particularly drawn to the initiative were folks drawn to the salary increase. now to the retention increase during the implementation of the pta was the economical challenges which corresponds to the initiative but as the result there was higher retention in the higher staff schools because of the bonus. secondly, for the par program it may be that par is one of the best aspects for the teacher quality. you'll see at the same time there a

stanford tied in zack of the first bay area student going through the philadelphia. the al american a of controversy after the incident of who he said had a relationship with a woman had died and later found out who she did not exist. >>> well, in this case it is a lot more than just a pretty penny how one long forgotten nickel ended up being worth 60 million time of its original value. >>> meteorologist will let us know some of us will be feeling the heat in the the middle of the day. also, you can watch the weather live on your computer, get the app or go to ktvu.com. >>> new electrical distribution center, reroute electricity across the area in minutes during a natural disaster. others will be rebuilt in build. >>> our meteorologist mark is here and all afternoon he's been answering what does the weekend looks like for us in the news room, he's telling us tonight. >> basically for both saturday and sunday, temperatures will be warming back up. but, by sunday the warmest location can be inch closer to 90 degrees. as far as temperatures today they range from 50s. a

the man was on the front lawn was injured and taken to stanford hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. here is a look at the scene. the driver was 75 years old. >>> president obama is expected to be in the bay area tomorrow to raise money for democratic congressal. on thursday the president adds to a brunch where ticket ross going for more than $23,000 a plate. >>> today the president unveiled a 100 million-dollar project. bay university the initiative seeks to record and map brain circuits to unlock the mysteries of the mind. >> think about what we could do once we do crack this code. imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of epilepsy. >> a stanford profession support is named as one of the coco leaders. the president is the asking congress to approve $100 million for fiscal year 2014. >>> you might have noticed various boxes across san francisco. they are for the disposable of used needles. it's part of the pilot program to cope the city cleaner and safer. >> reporter: it's an owe a sis across th

stanford were upended by georgia.he bears dominating in the second half to advance to the elite eight for the first time in school history. now 31-' 3 and have been ranked in the top ten. cal still searching for the national recognition. >> i've been in conversations with my coach friends who joked with us last year when we played a good game against notre dame, wow, you guys are pretty good. we didn't know there was basketball other than stanford. you have to have a good product so anytime you proffer well on the big stage, helps the entire west coast. we're happy to be the ones people are looking at. >> now, cal play georgia tomorrow night. louisville holds superstar brittany griner to 14 points. baylor down 19 in the second half. reed fouled by groiner, makes both feet treats. time for a desperation heave by simms. no. 82-18 the final. louisville dethrones the defending national champs in one of the biggest upsets in women's basketball history and the door opens wide for cal. >> the sharks are enjoying a four-game

[ laughter ] >> reporter: in november, the stanford professor was diagnosed with leukemia.mo has sent it into remission. but to beat it for sure, she needs a bone marrow transport. the problem, there aren't a lot of indians and south asians signed up in the donor registry. the chance is 1 in 20,000. so began the social media blitz! the facebook page is closing in on 1,000 likes. the address itself, the logo, the photos. >> reporter: and the videos are all meant to humanize the disease. 80 drives have pond up across the -- popped up across the planet. >> you seem confident you're going to find somebody. >> yeah, we have to be, right? >> reporter: they're modeling their strategy after amid gupta from san francisco. he found a donor match in a number of months. >> i can't imagine this happening without twitter and facebook and tumblr. i didn't believe it until the first group of friends started to drive the word. >> it's just sort of humbling and if it could save my life, that would be amazing. >> reporter: as one person tweeted, "got compassion?" >> at one point, nalini had a

fisher, stanford, >> good afternoon, i'm peter win kel scene. i'm here for the planning negotiation. i have reviewed the project and been all through building in our opinion the addition is minimal and minimal impact on the neighborhood and we recommend that you not take dr and prove the project as shown. thank you very much. >> i'm here to give my perspective nor for the project. pet trees loved oh. when 535 on --el camino sold we were happy it was purchased by the snaers. with were happy they did not turn the house into something it was not meant to be. being sensitive to its architectural design of the house. we have seen the plans, have seen the drawings of the addition. it will beset back from the street and have minimal change to the facade of the house and entirely in keeping with the existing architecture. we support the project and look forward to having them move in as neighbors. >> thank you. any other speaker in favor of the project sponsor? >> my name is stanford. i live with my wife in the property next door to the building. we are

a third fact about m i started at stanford as premed. i started the economics and premed track at the same time. ultimately, i decide to go into he business world. just to get a sense, can i take a quick poll -- who are undergrads in the audience? and business school students? and members of the community? faculty? great. we have an excellent and diverse udience. you will have a good dialogue, i imagine people are split on these issues. a couple things i will say -- the professor mentioned the op-ed i wrote about goldman sachs. everything i said i very much believe is true to the industry. i do not think -- goldman is a smart firm and excellent firm at what it does. i do not think it practices are very different to the industry more broadly. when i wrote the book and the op-ed, i was using my career there as a view of what i think has become conflicted in the industry. the second thing i would say, i think a lot of people would would want to classify my views or this talk as in the occupy wall street camp or a different type of camp. i w

i happily attended stanford law school. in the process i met my husband to become a john o'connor. he was a year behind me in law school. we decided to get married, and i graduated from law school. we both like to eat, and that meant one of those was going to have to work. since i was out of law school of thought, oh, no problem getting a job. there were at least 40 notices on stanford's bulletin board at the law school from law firms in california saying, stanford law graduates, we have this -- we would be happy to talk to you about job opportunities. give us a call. and there were 40 different messages from different law firms in california on above board. so i called every one of those notices. not a single one would even give me an interview. i said why. they said, we don't hire women. and that was the way it was. no, i got out of law school, i guess, but 1952. isn't that amazing? there would not even talk. and i really did need to get a job. so i heard that the county attorney in san mateo county, california, the county seat is in redwood city, they once had a woman lawyer on

coming up, stanford's condoleezza wright hits in augusta. >>> the world champion giants now have theewelry to prove it. the special world series rings next >>> shaking it up on the roads in the literal sense. look at this. windy shot. this is fremont, flags waving. we are going to talk about why this is not the worst you are going to see coming up. >>> welcome back at 4:54. the master's golf tournament starts later this week. one very special member of augusta is already there. former secretary of state and current stanford professor, condoleezza wright was at the golf course meeting fellow members in her jacket. she meets them with phil nicholson. he says she can putt better than most members. she became one of the first female members along with darla moore. >>> on the diamond, the world series celebration for the giants is over after the team received their rings. >> pretty cool. >> they certainly brought them in to the park in true san francisco style, aboard a cable car. the 2012 rings were much larger than the ones from 2010 but were created to reflect the special circumstances

i believe this is a regional medical center of the caliber of stanford from south bay where you put your best and brightest and all throughout the system where people have special needs and need the best of care, they are sent to the van ness hospital. so i hope that's still going to be the case and i remember the whole process we went through and i know very much about the packard hospital approval and stanford and what they gave to san mateo county and it was a lot less than sutter to san francisco on this project. those are things that have to be worked out politically. i do have some specific questions for mr. rich first of all. the 75 percent utilization rate for saint luke's before cal pacific can increase their van ness hospital by 30 more beds. isn't that arbitrary? it depends on how many people are ill. >> let me give you that background. one that was not on the current agreement, a 20-year guarantee to keep saint luke's open. that was replaced to the better satisfaction of everyone. not only did saint luke's get bigger but cathedral hill got smaller. it is the fact that now sai

former stanford man and andrew luck in the first row. go to work on the two-man advantage.e scores on baxtrum. grip it and rip it. we are tied at two. the sharks regain momentum and he is trying to pass here. it ricochets off the skate of clayton stoner, great name. 4-2 final. the sharks six straight wins for the men in teal. they are taking off tomorrow for final four in new orleans. we have a pep rally sandoff for the bears. that's a 10:30 a.m. and cal will face louisville in the national semifinal game. second-year coach has the bears believes in national title hopes. >> i said before i think we thrive on the big stage. i don't think it is going to worry us. i just think we are going to have to handle bigger lights and more people and do what we do. >> player of the year will forego his senior season. projected as a late first round pick, but on the court he was passive at times this year. another year in berkeley might have turned him into a lottery pick. we'll see how it works out. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino on a very busy night. >> up next, the do

mike montgomery, cal coach who coached jason at stanford.n is an exceptional person who put a great deal of thought into this decision. this took a lot of courage, and i support him. >> catherine: no fan frenzy at the oracle todayas tickets went on sale for game 6 versus the denver nuggets in the n-b-a playoffs with the warriors having a commanding 3 game lead in the best of 7 series -- only a few fans were in line for tickets to a possible game 6. it would happen back at oracle. ",,,go warriors" a win tomorrow would mean the warriors where they would face the san antonio spurs. still to come. a tragedy in the water. a missing sheriff's deputy is found dead. the latest from vallejo's marina. bart police are putting measures in place to keep riders safer. their advice -- follow the three "b's". we'll explain. and if you're a high school junior -- your application for college scholarships is about to change. why children of same-sex couples are claiming another victory. as the kron-4 news at six continues. you're on timeout leo! some things wo

. >>>00 of bay area high school seniors could find out today if they made it into stanford. the university says it sent letters to more than 38 students from around the world on friday. of them, a little more than 2200 were accepted. stanford said this was the largest applicant pool in university history with just under 6% getting acceptance letters. students have until may 1st to decide if they will attend in the fall. >>> stockton bankruptcy case expected to get a ruling from a federal judge today. the cash strapped city filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection of a the financial crisis devastated tax revenues. the decision follows a three-day trial last week where the city says it is $26 million in debt. historically municipal bankruptcies have been rare but this ruling could set a precedent for other troubled u.s. cities. san bernardino has also filed for bankruptcy. some expect detroit to be next. >>> coming your way, it is the injury that just has everybody talking this morning. while very gruesome, we do have some good news about the louisville player's recovery. >>>

a professor of psychology at stanford but has leukemia.as just seven week to find a bone marrow match. after that too weak for a transplant. >> cancer so aggressive then. that there is not much chance of curing it. >>reporter: search for her donor started in november when her leukemia relapsed. her students sprung into action. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1 in over 2,000 people finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and tomorrow. in sunnyvale, lisa, abc 7 news. >> we have information on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor on our web site. look under see it on tv. such a difference. >> easy process. >> let's turn our attention back to the forecast now. >> sandhya

>>reporter: margaret thatcher is honorary fellow with stanford university hoover institution. >> forhousands of cancer patients smoking medical marijuana is an effective option for controlling the pain and side effects of their disease. but now research project that we have been following for several years could be on the verge of using a compound in marijuana to fight cancer. itself. medical marijuana and ingredient thc provided relief and accompanying buzz for patients fighting cancer. but a little more than 5 years ago researchers at california pacific medical center in san francisco began focusing their attention on a far tamer compound in the marijuana plant. >> this is a non-toxic agent from cannabis that is also not psycho active. >>reporter: shawn and pierre are producing synthetic version of cbd which they say targets a specific gene in the body related to the spread of cance cancer. >> we found this had specific effect on l cancer cell. very agrivs tumor cell. >>reporter: in the recently published study the team documented that affect on brain cancer in large scale animal s

that's the team that beat stanford. the winner is going to the final four. >> both teams are going to be that hunger of, we're not ready to stop. keep pushing and playing till someone stops you. >> we're a team that embraces the moment, enjoys it, says, this is cool but without losing our focus or losing our hunger to want to do more. >>> how about hockey here. the sharks have regained their bite. winning four straight games to climb into sixth in the western conference standings. with confidence, the team knows they need to carry momentum into april's final stretch of games starting monday against the canucks. >> they probably weren't very happy with the outcome in edmonton last night. so that alone will have them in a growly, grumpy mood. they'll be very competitive to start. as far as the standing goes, it's just within reach and the points coming forward will be real important for us. last chance to play against them. and they're always competitive nights when the two teams get together. >> and here's video you don'

>>reporter: margaret thatcher is honorary fellow with stanford university hoover institution. >> for thousands of cancer patients smoking medical marijuana is an effective option for controlling the pain and side effects of their disease. but now research project that we have been following for several years could be on the verge of using a compound in marijuana to fight cancer. itself. medical marijuana and ingredient thc provided relief and accompanying buzz for patients fighting cancer. but a little more than 5 years ago researchers at california pacific medical center in san francisco began focusing their attention on a far tamer compound in the marijuana plant. >> this is a non-toxic agent from cannabis that is also not psycho active. >>reporter: shawn and pierre are producing synthetic version of cbd which they say targets a specific gene in the body related to the spread of cance cancer. >> we found this had specific effect on l cancer cell. very agrivs tumor cell. >>reporter: in the recently published study the team documented that affect on brain cancer in large scale animal

. >>> a stanford university professor diagnosed with leukemia is turning to social media to help save her life. she has only eight weeks to live unless she receives a bone marrow transplant. she is of south asian dissent. they say the chances of finding a match are 1 in 20,000. they are asking to tweet her story to find a do i nor. all it takes to determine if you are a match is a swab of the inside of your cheek. >>> san francisco leading that charge on its first ever walk to work day. mayor ed lee and other city leaders will march from the powell street b.a.r.t. station all the way to city hall. organizers say san francisco is the very first city in the entire country to celebrate walk to work. the event is being held to promote ped safety following recent deadly collisions involving cars. mayor lee is expected to unveil new public safety initiative. >>> checking out the forecast with christina loren. >> happy, happy friday, everybody! . you made it. we have a really good day and weekend shaping up. temperatures are nice and mild if you will be walking to work at 8:00 a.m. we are ta

they installed their software on stanford's computers.so how did you get from stanford and this sort of theoretical project you were doing for your phd into a business? >> well, we had created a test search engine... >> which they named "google," a play on the word "googol," a math term meaning "1 followed by 100 zeros." >> we just let a few of our friends know about it so they would go to that website with a test search engine, try it out, and people started to use it more and more, and word spread. you know, it really started to grow, and eventually, we ran out of computers. >> they started building their own computers and moved into their world headquarters: that garage. >> we were very conservative. we didn't hire very many people. we never ran super bowl ads, like many other dot-coms. >> remember, this was at the height of the dot-com boom. when that boom went bust in late 2000, says silicon valley author john battelle, google was one of the few survivors. >> google was this odd company that--it seemed like the internet bust never ha

march and said, guess what, in about a dozen years you'll be teaching african-american history at stanford university. i would have said, yes, and i'll be living on mars also. because many of you know that that was an inconceivable dream for a 19 year old at that point. or in two decades coretta scott king would call me and edit the papers of her late husband. or in three decades that i would be asked to join this team roma design right here in san francisco and design the king national memorial. and i would be going back to the mall where i was as a 19 year old as one of the 2 million people who were there for the first inauguration of president barack obama. and just a year later, a couple of years later, going back there to actually see the dedication of that memorial. all of these things would have been inconceivable in 1963. so, when i talk about martin's dream, what i'm really talking about is the expansion of all of our dreams, to include things that we might not imagine. and i guess my hope in doing the work that i do is that a young teenager today would have that same experience i

ed i went to stanford. -- i went to stanford. when i graduated, i move to san francisco. my first job, i started working developing economic policies for low-income communities statewide in california. i worked with young people, parents, families are around issues that concern our neighborhoods, whether it was communities, affordable housing, public schools, or just planning issues in neighborhoods like parks. i did that and actually ran for the board of education here in san francisco. i got a term on the school board working for families in our public school system and actually worked for the lawyers community and i came to the board of supervisors. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor kim: you know, i do not know if i have a good answer for that. i just wanted to try it out. >> tell me what motivated your interest in politics. supervisor kim: that is a tough question to answer. i never had any intention to get involved in the electoral process. >> really? supervisor kim: i was always politically active. i was always working on statewide initiativ

maryland monroe was a star let and it was banner season for stanford baseball team.union. mike with more. i have. >> duty of playing a team scored. always have a bond with the group for the rest of your life. 1953 baseball team held the 60 year reyawnkm(-yesty was this team so special. >> well first team for stanford to go to the college world series. >> this group of 80-year-old put baseball on the map in era when usc was on top. >> we cracked the barrier. beat usc 4 state times that year. to that was a big milestone for us. >> we had had to look up to the trom an. not always academically. >> this team lost to michigan. eventual champion that year and 9 of the players went on to play pro ball with mixed results. >> i couldn't beat out robert o. he wasn't too shabby. >>reporter: 60 year reunion can be toughp, on man memory. >> i think we are trying to remember some of the good things that we did but until you see the name tag not quite sure, you know. >> but they all remember 1953. >> we take pride feeling we might have something to do with building what is here tod