the greek system is saying no more parties on school grounds for now. >>> ransacked and robbed. a peninsula woman is held up in gunpoint inside her own home. the clues police have that could help catch the people responsible. >> the rv fire that stops all traffic on 101 yesterday, even by bay area standards, some say this is the worst jam they've ever seen. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> plenty of time to join us this morning. glad you're with us on this friday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> welcome to friday. the weekend, almost here. >> the weather good for the weekend. seven-day forecast has a lot of changes as we go through the next couple days. outside this morning, mostly clear skies to start. for the afternoon, one more day where valleys have a chance of climbing into the 80s. 78 in san jose, close to 70 in san francisco. we're watching increasing clouds and increasing rain chances in the seven-day forecast. a look at that in a few minutes. to see your highway 4 commute in concord. here is mike. >> most of highway 4 through antioch will be expect

in response the greek system has chosen to suspend parties at both fraternities and vo sororities. the group met to discuss policing events going forward. >>> a game was played and an injured player was from the opposing team. trainers escorted him off the field. an balance took him to the field. students say seeing the injury shook them up. >> it's a scary thing even though it wasn't one of my players. it's kind of sad to see another player down because they don't come out here wanting to get injured. >> witnesses say the boy was walking, talking and moving after the injury. lincoln won 21-18. >>> the trip from the east bay to treasure island got safer and easier today. new off and onramps opened up to drivers. the biggest difference is the exit is now on the right side of the bridge instead of the far left. the tight turns and quick merges are gone as well. the project cost $98 million to complete. they are scheduled to open the last part of the bay bridge bike path tomorrow. it will finally go all the way to the island. riders need to take a shuttle because the roads aren't safe

. >>> a bay area college greek system and from partying after reports of sexual assaults. >> it appears they may be lifting that been. our reporter is in uc berkeley. and a meeting has just wrapped up. >> it just ended minutes ago. they decided to lift that dan on parties. and they decided to create guidelines to reduce sex crimes. they may not have said much as they walked into the meeting. >> people who are coming in right now cannot provide comments. >> there was a lot to talk about. >> any arrest? >> none so far. >> reporter: there were two apart - - reports of sexual assaults and the allegedly comes, uc berkeley students. and it led to an unprecedented been on parties until further notice - - until further notice. >> they are taking it seriously and i respect that. >> reporter: crime is common on and off the campus. >> we are used to these e-mails about new dangers and crime but i got used to it and it is kind of scary. >> reporter: we met with the sororities today as they talk about setting new guidelines. it is unknown when they would lift the ban on parties and the fact it was e

the greek system at uc berkeley is voluntarily suspending all fraternity and sorority parties on campus because of recent accusations of sexual assault. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joining us from uc berkeley. these alleged assaults actually happened off campus? >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. you are correct, they happened at an off-campus frat party. you have the fraternities and sororities taking action and volunteering to suspend the parties for the time being. a big issue of concern for folks on campus when it comes to safety. look at the latest stats from the uc berkeley police department. it says 22 cases of rape reported on campus in 2015. of course those aren't all related to fraternities and sorority parties. i want to read part of the e-mail sent out by the council to different chapter presidents. it reads, quote, the mem brerps of the executive board of the interfraternity council at the university of california berkeley on behalf of our 1500 constituents wish to express our condemnation of the vial and unjust incidents that have recently occurred in our c

the greek system at uc berkeley is getting proactive in the wake of several recent reports of sexual assault. >>> major changes coming to this year's surfing competition. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. i don't know if it will be quite hot enough to get out there for surf's up. >> 80s yesterday. warm temperatures as we head through the afternoon. patchy low clouds on the coast and temperatures in the 50s and 60s outside. should see numbers in the low 80s around the tri-valley. 78 in san jose, close to 70 in san francisco and then for the weekend, more clouds and more cooling and a chance of rain. a look at that in the seven-day forecast. to see what's happening with your commute, here is mike. >> smooth drive on the roads right now. no major issues. maybe a couple of slower trucks as they clear overnight road work. i'll call out the bart status. you might have heard us talk about the delays. the b.a.r.t. police checked things out because one of the station agents thought something was going on

the greek system is cracking down on parties while police investigate allegations of sexual assault. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington is in berkeley with the story for us. >> reporter: very unusual for a student group and not university officials to put a stop to these parties. the greek system does not want its members to host events where people are drink, and they hope this sends a strong message against sexual violence. typically before a big football game uc berkeley's greek row on piedmont avenue is packed with parties, but this game day it's quiet. the student-run intrafraternity council has called for a ban on all greek social events following allegations of sexual assaults in fraternity houses. two women reported being attacked last weekend. in a facebook post, the president called the incidents vile. he writes we wish to reiterate our pledge to eliminate sexual violence from our community and reaffirm our commitment to our members and students of berk throw provide a safe environment for all. the ifc is suspending fraternity and sorority parties while members re-evalua

the greek system agreed to halt parties this weekend while they report at least two reports of sexual assault. but today leaders lifted the ban after coming up with new guidelines. they will limit who attends parties and educating people about the meaning of con sent. >> other thicks we are working on are -- things we are working on are making parties more controlled. they are not open and members who aren't educated on consent or alcohol and sexual assault prevention aren't entering our parties. >> they plan to encourage people to look out for one another and if they see something to say something. >>> tonight an arrest in an unusual hit and run involving a horse trailer. it happened in concord and injured the driver and the horse inside. we caught up with chance the horse who has a long road to recovery. >> when you look at the mangled end of this horse trailer you know there was a violent crash involved. it was october 4th in concord when the chp says casey slammed into the back of this trailer. >> the guy hit chance so hard in his trailer that the truck jackknifed so it hit the tr

the greek system is saying no more parties on school grounds for now. >>> ransacked and robbed.n is held up in gunpoint inside her own home. the clues police have that could help catch the people responsible. >> the rv fire that stops all traffic on 101 yesterday, even by bay area standards, some say this is the worst jam they've ever seen. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> plenty of time to join us this morning. glad you're with us on this friday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> welcome to friday. the

cal's greek system imposed a voluntary ban on parties a week ago after two women reported being sexually assaulted at off-campus fraternity houses. hosts will give one to two-minute consent talks to partiers. there were 22 rapes that were reported on campus or in student housing in 2015. that's according to the university's crime statistics. four were reported off campus. >>> narcotics officers seized drugs worth half a million in oakland today. the alameda county sheriff's office tweeted photos of 16 pounds of cocaine and overs arrested seven people in connection with the drug haul and they say they were involved with the mexican trafficking organization. >> the dmv says all but five of its offices are back to normal after a computer glitch wiped out most of its operations this week. we now know what -- as you know, there was just a huge problem with the dmv and as a result many people were unable to get their help that they needed at the dmv. the remaining offices were snowed to return to full strength. seems like the dmv didn't have a recovery system in place. two-thirds of businesses

some question the greek system's ability to self-regulate. >> i don't think it would last long-term. i would be amazed if they could enforce it for a full weekend. >> reporter: berkeley police is not involved, since it is voluntary and not law. charge has to come from within. >> the students speak, something finally happens. that's a good thing. >> if anything will be effective, will be the students banding together to make it happen. >> reporter: there are 18 unregistered fraternities, and they are not part of the ban. >>> it is down to the wire. 17 days to go until election. if voters headed to the poll today, hillary clinton would win. here is the map. abc news demographics shifts and polling had determined clinton right now would receive 307 electoral votes, donald trump would get 180. 270 are needed to become president. political analysts say the 270 electoral votes for trump is challenging. the best hope is to rev up the base and hope for low voter turnout. >> he is not pursuing independence fundamentally. >> north carolina and ohio remain toss up state, and trump supporters ar

. >>> the greek system voluntarily suspended parties over the weekend after two alleged sexual assaults at fraternities. nbc bay area elyce. >> reporter: over the weekend members of sororities and fraternities talked to the new party standards but not everyone wants to talk about it on camera. standing outside fraternity and sorority houses on greek row. can i ask you a question about the ban on parties? >> sorry. >> reporter: are you afraid to talk about it? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: but few wanted to talk about parties. we were even asked to hide the identity of this sorority member after she let us know a text asked her and others not to talk to the media about the new rules. after two women were sexually assaulted at greek events last week, the innerfraternity counsel banned parties this past weekend. they're lifting the ban but setting new party guidelines. >> it's kind of a bummer that they are putting restrictions on people not doing anything wrong in this situation. >> reporter: party guests will be given new guidelines when entering parties. every house must have three sobe

in response, the greek system has chosen to suspend parties at both fraternities and sororities. the group met yesterday to discuss the ban and to self police future social events. >> a 32-year-old was arrested yesterday after officers received tips from a public. on october 4th a person slammed into the back of a horse trailer and left the scene. the horse, named chance, was initially not expected to survive. chance has recovered, but can never be ridden again. >>> an enormous tree crushed a man in his own backyard in san rafael. he was gardening when it happened. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has more. >> reporter: this 75-foot tall eucalyptus tree cracked at the base of its trunk and toppled not onto the house, but onto a man out in his backyard watering and digging. the 911 call came in 3:30 in the afternoon of friday. >> the owner of the property was found underneath the tree. >> pinned under the tree. >> pinned under the tree, unconscious. we were able to remove him from under the tree. we attempted some rescusitative efforts on scene but were not successful. 77-year-o

in response, the greek system has chosen to suspend parties at both fraught tern tis and sore or tis. the group met yesterday to discuss their plans. on october fourth a person slammed into the back of a horse trailer and left the scene. the horse, had named chance, was initially not expected to survive. chance has recovered, but can never be ridden again. >>> and an enormous tree crushed a man in his own backyard in san rafael. he was gardening when it happened. leslie brinkley has more. >> reporter: this 75-foot tall eucalyptus tree cracked at the base of its trunk and top emnot on to the house but on to a man in his backyard watering and digging. the 911 call came in 3:30 in the afternoon. >> the owner of the property was found underneath the tree. >> pinned under the tree. >> pinned under the tree, unconscious. we were able to remove him from under the tree. attempted some efforts on scene but were not successful. >> shocked neighbors and friends came through the gated driveway in this steep be made. groves of eucalyptus trees are everywhere and in every yard. >> the eucalyptuses

in response, the greek system has chosen to suspend parties at both fraternities and sororities. the group met yesterday to discuss their plans and to self secure their events going forward. >>> on october 4th a person slammed into the back of a horse trailer and left the scene. the horse, named chance, was initially not expected to survive. chance has recovered, but can never be ridden again. >>> an enormous tree crushed a man in his own backyard in san rafael. he was gardening when it happened. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has more. >> reporter: this 75-foot tall eucalyptus tree cracked at the base of its trunk and toppled not onto the house, but onto a man out in his backyard watering and digging. the 911 call came in 3:30 in the afternoon. >> the owner of the property was found underneath the tree. >> pinned under the tree. >> pinned under the tree, unconscious. we were able to remove him from under the tree. we attempted some rescusitative efforts on scene but were not successful. >> shocked neighbors and friends came through the gated driveway in this steep neighborho

some question the greek's system ability to self-regulate. >> i don't think it would last long-term. i would be amazed if they could enforce it for a full weekend, to be honest >> the police are not involved with enforcing the ban because i's voluntary and not law. change has to come from within. >> the only time they speak around here is if something happens. but that's a good thing. >> if anything is going to be effective is the students banding together and making it happen. >> reporter: there are 18 unregistered fraternities and sororities. they are not part of the band. abc news. >>> 17 days to go until election day and brand new polls show voters headed to the polled to, hillary clinton would win. here's the map. the demographic shifts in polling determined clinton would receive 307 electoral votes and donald trump 280. and political analysts tell abc news trump's path to 270 electoral votes is challenging. the best hope to rev up the republican base now and hope for a low voter turnout on election day. >> he's not pursuing independents, he's not pursuing soft democrats who may

she is acting out of a preexisting agenda she doesn't like the greek system.e the false story as pretext for restricting fraternities is sending a very clear message to the students at the school. the purpose to be there educate them learn key life lesson the lesson she is illustrating to them adults, people in charge are irrational. irrational thing to do. we learned the story didn't have. we don't punish the person who made up the story. libel. we are punishing you because she alleged did something even though we now know you didn't. that's crazy. >> on top of that the university of virginia has a just rye li renowned honor system. >> yes. >> it's not nearly as strict as it was when i was a student there more than 50 years ago in which case any offense you are gone. it is now surrounded with all kinds of legal procedures and protections and so on for the accused that didn't used to exist. and when i was there, boy, did it work. i mean, your check was good anywhere. your word was good everywhere. i don't think that's quite as true as it is now. although they

some question the greek's system ability to self regulate. >> i don't think it would last long-term. >> be the ban is voluntary and not law. change has to come from within. >> the only time they speak around here is if something happens. but that's a good thing. >> if anything is going to be effective is the students banding together and making it happen. >> there are 18 unveg centered fraught tern tis and sore -- fraternities and sore roar tis. they are not part of the banjo 17 days to go in the election day and brand new polls show voters headed to the polled to, hillary clinton would win. here's the map. the demographic shifts in polling determined clinton would receive 307 electoral votes and donald trump 280. and political analysts tell abc news trump's path to 270 elector really votes is challenging. the best hope to ref up the republican base now and hope for a low voter turnout on election day. >> he's not pursuing soft democrats who may not like hillary clinton. >> north carolina and ohio remain a toss-up. toss-up states and trump supporters are hopeful states like pennsylva

the greek system says the suspension was voluntary after two women reported being sexually assaulted at off-campus fraternity houses. the ban isn't the only thing they're doing. at parties they say guests will be greeted with a door with consent talk and there will be people monitoring partygoers' sobriety. >>> more serious than the sniffles. hundreds of students calling in sick at an east bay high school. parents and school leaders are getting worried. >> sore throat and really runny nose and fever. >> all those sick calls are at clayton valley charter high school in concord. school officials say the flu is going around. every day this week about 250 kids stayed home which they say is double a typical day. >> last week another school had high incidences, i think antioch and pittsburg had issues. >> school officials are disinfecting restrooms daily, wiping down desk tops and spraying a lot of disinfectant. those good old wipes. >> those clorox wipes are always helpful. >>> a live look at pacifica where the storm is continuing to store up activity along the coastline. a combination of

this is at a time when the greek system dominated the social scene on campus completely, but the frats and sororities were all white. there weren't black fraternities and sororities as an alternative to those. no student center. you'd walk, an african-american classmate would notice as she would sit around there were no other black students-- white students wouldn't sit next to her in that row or in the row behind her. you'd walk into biology lab and whoever sat next to you became your lab partner, what if no one sat next to you. there was incredible isolation and it denied him and his friends their humanity and that's the most difficult parts of the experience. during college and trying to come to terms after it. perry didn't quit. he had been a student of sports history and read about jackie robinson, what would jackie robinson do in this situation and that was not quit. his mom, very church-going person, told perry to put on the full armor of god and that's going to protect you. and his mom, have he close, dedicates the last game of his career to his mom. and he plays the game of hi

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happening now, the party is over for now when it comes to the greek system on cal's fraternity row.ed not to stage any parties in the wake of recent sexual assault reports. our home page shows what has to happen first. >>> bernie sanders has asked one group to stop using his names in political ads. details that are causing him to bubble over. on our facebook page, donald trump traded with hillary clinton at a charity dinner last night. another local news update in half an hour. have a good friday. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, cheers and years. hillary clinton and donald trump trade jokes and >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, cheers and years. hillary clinton and donald trump trade jokes and jabs at a high-profile charity dinner. >> hillary accidentally bumped into me and she very civilly said, pardon me. >> donald looks at the statue of liberty and sees a "4". >> as trump takes off the gloves and hears it from the crowd. >> hillary is so corrupt -- >> boo! >> so, was the republican nominee out of line or is it all fair game? >>> plus, southern charm. jenna catches up with

separate issue about the arrangements that take place within greece in relation to the asylum system and the greekovernment has made some changes in the way they deal with asylum claims in response to the requirements of the eu-turkey deal. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister is saying and characteristic -- this is staying uncharacteristically coy about the terms of the negotiation to leave the european union, and yet we know once the papers are given to the commission, they will be shared with the european parliament. will she now undertake that she will share those rivers with this parliament -- those papers with this parliament, a sovereign parliament, so that we can at a proper opportunity to look at the position the government is taking and comment? prime minister may: i can assure this house as i have done before that this house will have the proper opportunity to look at these issues as we go through , but not just a one-off opportunity. as i set out, there will be a number of debates, which will enable members of this house to give more to tell comments on various aspects -- give more detai

system. in europe it's just the opposite when the greek banks are the problem, greece has to bail it out and about weekends the government even more and they've pay for the unemployment insurance. otherwise the money is going to leave the strong and the idea of having what they call the banking unit is now accepted that germany does not now. sometime in the future but of course the damage that has to be done is going to be hard to reverse. when people leave the spanish banking system or the other, they are not going to come back quickly, and the same thing about the people. so, one is banking. the other thing that europe did knowingly and i don't think people realized at the time is they created the sovereign debt crisis. something that again i saw as the chief economist of the world bank when you borrow money is always a risk of not being able to prepay. we owe a lot of money but what do we owe it in. if the printing press breaks down or we have no electricity, so you can imagine a disaster of this kind but it's almost unimaginable. so, but in europe, they created a situation where greece a

greek life at the school is putting a hold on parties amid two alleged sexual assaults that happened at house parties. officials are taking this break to assess the situation. the fraternity system is independent of the university. this is a student decision. >>> flying into or out of sfo may be slower due to construction. they are breaking ground on the next phase of renovation at sfo. and that means parts of the lane closest to terminal one on both the arrival and departure levels will be closed. the $2.4 billion overhaul is expected to take about two years. >>> new at noon, surfers are gearing up for one of california's biggest contests. today is the opening ceremony of the titans of mavericks surf contest near half moon bay. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is there and tells us about a major change this year. >> reporter: it is a good day for women surf enthusiasts because this year's contest will indeed include women. surfers and spectators are showing up at mavericks beach for the opening ceremony of the, um, opening of the window, the window, the contest window for the titans of mavericks competition that opens in november but today is the opening ceremony. they are going to

greek students it's other people." "so i think other communities who host parties it would be nice for them to also have that kind of systeming california. fire officials are looking into the cause of a massive fire that broke out at a southern california cardboard recycling center. the plume of smoke could be seen for miles. this is in ontario.about 35 miles east of downtown l-a. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon at around 4:30. at one point, the fire jumped to nearby railroad tracks and those caught fire. >> marty:the railroad tracks are now shut down. after several hours, the firefighters contained the fire to just the recycling yard. the air quality in the area is now being affected. no injuries have been reported. and new this morning. white powder sent to hillary clinton's campaign office tested negative for harmful substances. we first broke to you that the envelope was sent to clinton's office in new york last night during kron four news at ten. the envelope containing white powder forced the evacuation of the office. a clinton campaign spokesman said federal and local officials found the substance to be non-h

lemonis: like the soup market, the simple greek was a struggling family-run franchise that also had five stores, each with its own design and systemsted a uniform look that was customer friendly, and, with all due respect to dave, it was relaxing and inviting. that's how you scale a business. everything that we do, you're not gonna have full control of. you got to get your head around that. dave: [ clears throat ] sure, surprise me. lemonis: okay, perfect. thank you. dave: all right. lemonis: trust. ♪ dave's constant resistance is exhausting. so i'm gonna spend some time with kevin to really dig into these operational issues. where are all the sandwiches at? stephanie: this body's not working good. kevin: that went on the fritz. stephanie: so we just put them in here for now. lemonis: is there any other equipment not working? stephanie: this one right here is, like, old, and we've been having problems with it. we already fixed it, like, three times. kevin: yeah. lemonis: so, kevin, i have to ask you, if you're the operations guy, and you come here and that doesn't work and this is broken, what exactly are you doing when you come he

system. so the cost cost of additional insurance is picked up nationally. in europe it's the opposite. when a greek bank has a problem greece has to bail it out and that weekends the greek government even more. they have to pay for the unemployment insurance. they have this downward circle. so that gives you a hint about what is required. one of the things you have to have is common deposit insurance otherwise money is going to leave the week countries and go to the strong. the idea of having a banking union is now accepted but germany says not now. sometime in the future. but of course the damage is being done is going to be hard to reverse. when money leaves the spanish banking system they're not going to come back quickly. in in the same thing about the people. one of the things europe did unknowingly and i don't think many people realize at the time was they created the sovereign debt crises. something i saw as a cheap economist of the world bank. when you borrow money and a currency you don't control there's a risk of you not been able to repay. the united states will never have a sovereign de

recession we have a national unemployment system so the cost of additional uninsurance is picked up nationally. so in europe it's just the opposite, when a greek bank has a problem, greece has to bail it out and that weakness the greek government even more and they have to pay for their own unemployment insurance. they have the downward vicious circle. so that gives you a hint about what is required, one of the things you have to have is common deposit insurance because others money is going to leave the weak countries and go to the strong. but the idea of having, what they call a banking union is now accepted but germany says, not now. sometime in the future, but, of course, the damage that is being done is going to be hard to reverse. when money leaves the spanish banking system or the other banking system, they're not going to come back quickly and the same thing about the people. so one is a banking union, one of the things that europe did knowingly and i don't think many people realized it at the time they created the sovereign debt crisis. when you borrow money in a currency that you don't control, there's always a risk of you not being

there are systemic dimensions to well,hat, if not managed could set back the entire process of european recovery. we have been talking today about greekery. there was a period of that in 2014. unfortunately, that was lost. i think we need to avoid measures and put in place mechanisms for the banks, even if it requires some use of government capital, to avoid a major setback for the european recovery. charles dallara rock, thank you. back to you david in new york. david: thank you, mike mckee. the former managing director of the institute of international finance. ahead, janet yellen speaks before the federal reserve bank of boston's annual research conference. bloomberg will have live coverage of that on tv, radio, our website, and the bloomberg itself. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "bloomberg markets." i'm david gura. thes time for some of biggest business stories in the news right now. china is planning a merger of its top two chemical companies. the deal would combine more than $100 billion in assets. that is according to a progressive delay with the matter who says the goal is to create an oil to chemicals giant as