and in fact, as you know now, uc, and csus will not accept that and that father today was here by the way he was part of the qta, advisory group and he was told no, because your son will not be successful in that class. and so, we were seeing that in a, through g requirement was really the only way to give all and we do it very well, and we do two things for students. and we give them access to a, to g, classes and which we never allowed them to take before. and then the majority of the students who got integrated science and integrated math, and then some districts and they get things like household math, or they get you know, all of this other stuff, right? the only way was to, i mean, if these students the majority of them were black and brown and when we looked at our graduation rate of who graduated a, through, g qualified, we saw that there was a huge disparity and a gap between black and brown students and our asian and white students, and now, we also firmly believe us on the board that we are students, and that our students are the foundation for the democracy and the livelih

more time to convene the mayor's construction work force advisory committee, the mayor has been very csus port i have of the implementation of the local hire ordinance. ~ and we wouldn't be where we were if we didn't have a chance to develop the community support, contractor support, labor, nonprofits, a fortedable housing folks. sound like we'll have a chance to answer those questions. i know we're very supportive. we just met over at our office at bright line with about six different community based organizations that are supporting this proposal. we're very interested to make sure that we keep, as supervisor avalos said, the winning com benation to see this ordinance be prevailing wage and local hire. local hire and prevailing wage. we see it as a package that supports the community work force that supports everything we are trying to do ~. i'm a member of the local hire task force, look forward to that, and all of us getting together with the union labor contractor [speaker not understood] come back the 21st. thanks. >> thank you. any other members of the public wish to speak? okay, s

. >> the soul of the csu has been cut deeply. >> nearly 20 coming from the san francisco area. >> many of them are first generations and students from low income who have done all the right academic things and have had their dream taken away. >> investigators are focusing at least primarily on the driver of that fedex truck as they try to figure out what caused this crash. but this investigation is just getting started and is expected to last several months at least. >> more details now. that stretch of interstate 5 doesn't have a barrier separating the traffic going in the opposite direction. cal tran says 25,000 vehicles travel the interstate there. cal tran officials say it's unclear if a concrete barrier would have prevented the crash. the -- school district said 19 of its students were on the bus. said the trip was not organized by the district. they said the district spent all night trying to identify its students that went on that trip and notify their families. counselors were sent to help the victims and their families. >>> go to ktvu.com for more stories including the identic

the average csu student pays $12,000 in fees on top of almost $5,500 in tuition. much of that money comes in the form of something called the student success fee and that can be used to pay for classes, faculty, salaries and even athletics. the "mercury news" reports san jose students pay almost $1,900 in extra fees and csu east bay students and cal poly pay the most, $3,200. >>> a charity hockey game turn under to an all-out brawl over the weekend. if you're wondering why nobody called the cops turgthis fight because they were all there. those are the cops down there on the ice. the police versus firefighters hockey game in new york city. with the score tied up at 3-3. the gloves came off and the refs had trouble figuring out the penalties. the new york firefighters won the last five matches but this time the police won, 8-5. both departments are refusing to comment on that brawl. >> never hit the guy that is going to come and put out the fire at your house. >> you would think they could keep it together being the police and firefighters, no such luck. >>> the qu

. >> adding $95 million to the budget would create better access for students into the csu and at the same time restore positions that were cut. >> the current contract expires june 30. >>> mozilla announced the new ceo is stepping down amid protests over his support to ban same-sex marriage. he come under fire because of a $1,000 contribution he made towards a 3,008 ballot initiative to ban gay marriage in california. in a statement the company said they pride themselves on being held to a different standard and we didn't live up to it. we know why people are hurt and angry, they are right. the company is expected to have more information next week on who will replace him. >>> well, the san francisco giants got a late start in phoenix today. >> they did. the pest problem that delayed the game against the diamondbacks. there it is. sports is next. ?ñÑ;Ñ; >>> mark ibanez is here. >> they don't open till tuesday but nice way to start the season and they do it in come back fashion again. as they had to a couple times. look at this. a bee infestation caused the delay. tim lincecum dealing

the so serena i see the csu those who report on the numbers tomorrow when sally bag the probably deliver resilient first quarter results like you feel appears to have beaten market expectations despite worries about high corporate debt and a slowing economy. icc is actually the most highly recommended of china's state owned banks according to reuters estimates. that's because a solid long term growth estimates and operating margins of the thirty three analysts polled by reuters twenty seven recommend either a strong buy or a bye for its hong kong listed shares remembering the previous quarter. i cbc posted better than expected earnings thanks to strong interest income shares in hong kong close to ten seven percent lower ahead of earnings back to you thank you very much on ice on the icy continues tomorrow think it adds are in a barren for a steampunk on what you can't get no favors from a strong again today. blue chip exporters were mostly softer today but i'm something of the commanders sported some earnings related gangs to just laugh and could not block the sunlight tennis elbow to ge

he'll be speaking at csu east bay on wednesday.and then at the commonwealth club in san francisco on thursday. paul says he'll be talking about the views on the american political system. >>> we're continuing to follow that breaking news in the south bay. firefighters still on the scene of a home fire that has burned three houses. completely destroyed one home. they're still there. the concern is a gas line that has ruptured, that pg & e is letting the gas run out until it is safe enough to cap it. this is what it looked like at the height of the fire. one home completely destroyed at this point. >>> also, time running out. crews are trying to find the black boxes of the missing malaysian airliner. are they any closer to finding the pings? >>> and see how businesses are getting ready to play ball. >>> then at 6:00, california spending a lot of money to add new dmvs. why most drivers won't be able to use them. that's at 6:00. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's

so students can feel as suck csus heful as me. thank you. >> thank you. >> michael pappas. [speaker not understood]. bleach phillips. david salivary. >> good afternoon, mr. tion appas. >>> chair nolan, the muni and sfmta board, i came here today to speak to you and ask you to roll back and heed the mayor's call to roll back sunday meter parking. if i reder correctly from the director's report, this is what you intend to do. so, i'm going to seed my time to the rest of the good people here. i would just say there are a lot of wonderful people of faith in this room and people who contribute back so much to this community and people who have been impacted for the last six plus months by this issue. hear them. hear them, because they are the voices of our city, too. and we look in the inter faith community, we look forward to working with the mta on issues of greening our congregations, of promoting bike to worship, and being collaborator and partners in your important work. we thank you for the recommendation that you're making and we look forward to working with you in the fu

we look forward to continuing these programs in the future, but the soul of the csu has been cut deeply by this horrific accident. >> reporter: a college recruiter ended up succumbing to his burn injuries at uc davis early this morning and very hard stuff to take. back to you. >> you know, sam, thank you so much for the latest there. and i think that was part of the questions that we had, is exactly what was happening there, some of those bodies that that had not been i.d.'d. so sam answering that question for us, however tragic it may be this morning. 11:16 right now, as we continue on, authorities are still scouring the indian ocean for any sign of that missing jet. now they say they are confident that they know the location of the plane's black boxes. now, that news, despite some disappointing news about the latest ping, nbc's katy tur has more now from perth, australia. >> reporter: the search continued today, and although there was a little bit of disappointing news, leaders say they remain optimistic that they are in the right area. day 35 and a retraction on the latest set of pin

this coming fall 11 of the 23 csu campuses will start charging a student success fee. the money from that fee will go to things like classes and faculty salaries. that will raise the total campus fees at san jose state to almost $2,000 a year. >>> the suspension of leland yee has left his constituents without representation in sacramento. the state senate voted to suspend yee after he was charged in an fbi avid. the president of the state senate has asked yee to resign so someone else could fill his seat and represent his constituents but yee has refused. his staff members are continuing to respond to questions. >>> time is just about 6:11. another person crossing a san francisco street hit and killed by a car. this is the seventh one this year. the major street that added yet another chapter to its deadly history. >>> next family rescued off the coast of mexico on their way home this morning. the message they have after their baby got very sick and the boat they were on was stranded. >> good morning. right now we are looking at a commute that is definitely busier than

the second highest in the system and its fees will rise up to $2,000 a year this fall. 11 of the 23 csu campuses will start charging a student success fee on top of the other costs. the cost of going to san jose state will go up to $7300. that is the second highest in the state. cal state east bay will go to up $6500. and the most expensive cal state will be cal poly at $8700. >>> you may call it cow tipping with an urban twist. coming up the unusual case of vandalism in san francisco targeting a specific type of car. >> tens of thousands of mazda's recalled. what is happening to the fuel tanks of one type of car and the insect that is causing the problem. >> good morning. we are looking at a commute that so far looks good on a monday as we ease back into it. we will tell you more about the san mateo bridge and the bay bridge approach. >> skies are clear and temperatures will be warming up pretty fast. will this be the warmest day of the week or even warmer tomorrow? shut up! [woman] shut up! [screams] take the kid,take the kid,take the kid! [woman] oh my god! [everyone laughter,crying]

san jose state is the first team in the csu system to be invited. good luck to the team.e don't need any weather luck. rain would be lucky but not going to happen. >> not going to happen. a few clouds left over. in santa cruz, nice and sunny all morning long. a beautiful day on tap. highs in the mid-60s. one of the warmer beach locations. it's going to be cool in point reyes, upper 50s to near 60s. 61 in half moon bay. san mateo warms to 65, as well as oakland. concord, 69 with 70 in livermore. and antioch, the accuweather seven-day forecast, shows more warming tomorrow for about 80 inland. mid-70s around the bay. 5 degrees warming at the coast tomorrow. but thank goodness for that rain because winds are offshore tomorrow through tuesday. and then it's not till wednesday when they're more of an onshore component. a little too soon for those 80s. but it has been a wacky winter and spring. nothing surprises us. >> all the surprises are not surprising. thanks, lisa. thanks for joining us on abc 7 saturday morning news. the news continues now online on twitter, facebook and o

the rising cost of college tuition was frozen around the state in 2012 but this fall, 11 of the 23 csuses will begin charging a student success fee. that money will go to things such as classes and faculty salaries. that will raise the total campus fees at san jose state to almost $2,000 a year. that's the second highest in the state. >>> 8:09. san jose is taking a bold new step now trying to stop police officers from moving away to other cities. the mercury news reports the city council is aideriy to -- is ready to ease disability limits. the pension union argues that injured police officers could be left without a job or pension under the retirement limits voters approved two years ago. they say measure b is the main reason that police officers are moving away to other cities. the city council takes up the issue tomorrow night. >>> kamala harris said she's engaged. she said told the chronicle she will marry los angeles attorney douglas emhoff sometime this year. the two have been dating since they went on a blind date. emhoff has offices in southern california and northern california

staff and faculty at cal state university are taking part in what they call a take a stand rally at the csu hayward. now, this is scheduled for noontime. it will show support for university workers like custodians, the grounds workers, and the lay burglary assist -- library assistants. the union is in contracts with negotiators. >>> a group of san francisco city college students are considering legal action. this is in connection with a protest at the campus last month that turned violent. it left students and police officers hurt. the save ccsf coalition says they want to hear from students who were injured. now, during the protests demonstrators tried to push their way into the administration building. two students were arrested. one was accused of threatening police officers and the other for hitting an officer. at least one student was pepper sprayed. >>> it is 8:55. an expert swimmer is feared dead after she appeared to have been taken by a large shark off the coast of australia. 63-year-old christine armstrong was on a routine swim with her husband and friends near sydney this morning