the u-c berkeley and the u-c system together shelled out about six hundred grand.if all the free speecheek events do happen - with speeches from the likes of milo yiannopoulos - it will cost cal berkeley about a million dollars this time. "we'd much rather be spending it on the academic mission or improving the student experience, but this isn't going to have any impact on tuition."ann coulter was among the right-wing speakers scheduled to speak, but she told the associated press friday she's not coming, because she says the school is dead-set on blocking her appearance.but mogulof says that's absolutely not true. "the law is absolutely clear: the university, particularly a public university, has no choice but to abide by the first amendment, and these speakers, as much as we may disagree with some of what they say and how they say it, they have a constitutional right to be here."milo yiannopoulos is scheduled to hold a news conference saturday to set the record straight about what will happen next week. as far as classes go, if there are big events and protests and counter-protests nex

he was selling hot dogs outside a u-c berkeley football game over the weekend.is video showing an officer taking 60-dollars from beto's wallet and then handing him a ticket. the officer says he took the money because it was earned illegaly. he says beto did ánot have a permit. the man who took the video set up the fundraiser... and says he plans to give beto the money within a couple weeks. (mark) good news if you're looking to make some extra cash this holiday season. target plans to hire 100-thousand temporary workers for the holiday shopping rush. that's up from the more than 77-thousand workers they hired last year. current target workers may also see their hours increase during the holiday season. all target stores will participate in a holiday hiring event on october 13th, 14th, and 15th. (robin) major hot spot on wb 580 at eden canyon fatal accident blocking all lanes. traffic being diverted to the offramp. take 680 north or south or bart we took legendary, and made it liberating. we took safe, and made it daring. we took intelligent, and made it utterly

he was selling hot dogs outside a u-c berkeley football game over the weekend.took this video showing an officer taking 60-dollars from beto's wallet and then handing him a ticket. the officer says he took the money because it was earned illegaly. he says beto did ánot have a permit. the man who took the video set up the fundraiser... and says he plans to give beto the money within a couple weeks. ( darya ) if you're craving pumpkin spice around this time of year... we now know why. doctors in chicago say pumpkin spice is usually combined with sugar and you train your brain and body to remember how delicious the combination is. and as soon as you smell or even imagine pumpkin spice, your body will have a positive response to it and crave it. researchers also found 80 percent of people also crave the smell of pumpkin spice because it reminds them of friendly times such as family gatherings and celebrations. ( darya ) the f-d-a will soon label foods that contain crushed peanuts... that are appropriate for infants to eat. doctors have found that introducing peanut

political commentator milo yiannopolous says he is still planning to hold "free speech week," at u-c berkeley. this comes despite reports that the event this sunday might be canceled. this is video from violent protests back in february when he was scheduled to speak on campus. yiannopoulos says he plans to hold a news conference tomorrow to explain how the event will proceed. some of the headline speakers, including ann coulter, have backed away from the event or said their names were listed as speakers without their knowledge. school officials say they are preparing tight security on the assumption the event will go on. (grant) a young woman is punched in the face by a complete stranger... as she was riding a bart train in the east bay. this is a story you will only see on kron four... her parents - are outraged that their daughter was attacked... simply while riding bart. kron four's terisa estacio joins us live now from bart police headquarters with the parents' story - and what they want to see happen. terisa estacio - imagine picking up your daughter at a bart station , and finding her

and at some point shots were fired and dominguez was killed. ( darya ) u-c berkeley is allowing the group behind the upcoming "free speech week" events to go ahead with planning. this is despite the group already missing three deadlines. a student organization called "berkeley patriot" is planning to host 12 events starting next sunday. the events are rumored to feature conservative speaker milo yiannopolous, ann coulter and former white house strategist steve bannon. but a u-c spokesperson says some of the speakers have told the school they will not be there. free speech events at u-c berkeley have come with a cost. the school has spent more than a million dollars this year on event security. ( darya ) conservative speaker milo yiannaopoulos is expected to make an announcment today about "free speech week" in berkeley this is video from violent protests back in february when yiannapoulos was set to speak on campus. the event was canceled after people rioted outside and hurled molotov cocktails at officers. they caused 100-thousand dollars worth of damage. (mark) breaking overnight... a t

u-c berkeley police says the money was taken as evidence in the case.he man who started the go-fund-me campaign says the vendor... is a construction worker who sells hot dogs on weekends to earn extra money. (mark) a new billboard on the bay bridge is calling on congress to begin impeachment proceedings against president trump. the billboard, which reads "impeach" with a photo of president trump, was put up yesterday morning. the california-based courage campaign paid for the new billboard. the executive director of the courage campaign says there is enough in their mind for the president to be removed from office. <> (mark) the courage campaign says that the billboard was funded through donations. (darya) california may soon release more of the state's prisoners. it is an attempt to keep the

protestors, at times, stopped traffic...nats- music before the large group finally made it to u-c berkeley a closing rally near sproul plaza. in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron four news. (justine) as this rally was going on.. kron four sent out updates through our new and improved mobile app. the app is free to download for apple and android devices. make sure you enable the push alert feature to receive breaking news updates. (jrstone) mexico was hit by another massive earthquake... it comes just four days after a quake rocked mexico city. the six-point-two tremor was centered in southern mexico... near the pacific coast. the quake was nearly 300-miles from mexico city... and caused damage to a countless number of buildings. rescue operations have been hampered by all the damage. the mexican government says search and rescue missions will continue for at least "two more weeks." (dennis cross/rescue worker): "we have team members, there's two behind me, that have been born here and have family here. i mean, obviously living and coming from southern california, we've got a really deep conn

a rally against white supremacy will be held at u-c berkeley.( mark ) this comes after nearly a dozen people were arrested at protests when conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos showed up on campus yesterday. ( darya ) lydia pantazes is live at u-c berkeley this morning with the details. lydia. ( lydia ) <"i think, ya know, he should have the opportunity to have a platform. i don't think he should have a special opportunity; i think he should have the same opportunity as anyone else." there should be no fascist or white supremacist setting foot on this campus, they should be driven out of berkeley and they should be driven out of the white house.> ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) president trump issues a new order... revising his controversial travel ban. the new restrictions limit travel from eight countries. starting next month, new restrictions go into place for some citizens of chad, iran, libya, somalia, syria, yemen, venezuela and north korea. these new restrictions replace portions of the president's previous travel ban that

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(james) to the east bay, where u-c berkeley says they are allowing a group behind upcoming "free speechts to continue planning ---despite the group already missing three deadlines.(robin) a student organization called "berkeley patriot" had planned to host 12 events starting a week from today. but the university says the group must meet all planning requirements if the event is to go on. the events are rumored to feature conservative provocateur milo yiannopolous, ann coulter and former white house strategist steve bannon. however a u-c spokesperson says a number of the identified speakers have told the school they will not be there.(james) the university also says the group signed last-minute venue contracts friday. and failed to pay to reserve those venues. free speech events at berkeley have come with a cost. the school has spent more than one point five million dollars this year to secure events on campus. (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... a big night for streaming shows... s-n-l... and diversity in hollywood. your 2017 emmys recap.. coming up after the break. (robi

today we talked to the u-c berkeley college republicans -- who invited the speaker -- about what theyhink about the plan. (steve) the group anti fascism dot org says being kept away from the event is a violation of their right to protest. the group is planning to hold a community speak-out event outside the uc berkeley campus around the same time as the ben shapiro event. (pam) coming up:the new i- phones have been revealed... are they worth the high price tag? we'll breakdown the new features. (steve) then - new at ten: meet the local woman who helped save a friend trapped by floodwaters in florida.. how she did it -- without

u-c berkeley police says the money was taken as evidence in the case.o-fund-me campaign says the vendor... is a construction worker who sells hot dogs on weekends to earn extra money. ( darya ) a funeral service for a c-h-p officer who was killed in a motorcycle accident will be held on friday. officer james branik of san jose was riding his motorcycle on monterey highway- just south of chester avenue earlier this month when he was hit by a pickup truck. branik was assigned to the c-h-p's gilroy commercial vehicle enforcement facility in san mar-teen. branik's funeral wil be held at the morgan hill community and cultural center on friday afternoon. nobody has been arrested in connection (mark) police are investigating a deadly shooting at a city park in pittsburg. it happened on sunday night near 17th street and railroad avenue. police found a 20-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. he died at the scene. now police are trying to figure out if the victim knew his attacker. this is pittsburg's seventh homicide of the year. (mark) a new billboard on

kron four's terisa estacio joins us live from the u-c berkeley campus with more on the controversy and the costs. terisa? estacio, live, berkeley - it was heated exchange at times during this rally today here at uc berkeley - the group holding this event - said they were doing so to push back against hate however, at times, they were hostile themselves. (estacio reporting) natural sound we stand here in oppotion of a growing well financed moment coming to uc cal, do destroy public information in general - at this rally monday - strong words from this passionate group speaking out against the planned free speech week which has since been cancled at uc berkeley. speaker, i thank you for coming - we are bigger and stronger than the group behind milo yiannopoulous, coulter. a pointed dig at british commentator milo yiannopouls and berkely patriot who had for weeks promised to hold a multi-day event with speakers including the controversial yiannopoulous however, the whole thing canceled at the last minute. let me in - and while, speakers spoke about inclusion at this rally, it was not for

another rally is expected to be held at u-c berkeley for free speech week. ( mark ) this comes after early a dozen people were arrested yesterday when conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos showed up on campus.( darya ) lydia pantazes is live at u-c berkeley this morning with the details. lydia. ( lydia ) conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos was on campus even after student organizers cancelled 'free speech week' which was supposed to start yesterday. yiannopoulos greeted supporters on the steps of sproul hall. there were counter protesters at the event. police did have to confiscate some weapons including a knife and a sling shot. but for the most part police say the protests remained peaceful. the university says they are unsure if any more speakers plan campus this week. ( mark ) happening now... police are looking for the person who broke into several cars at a shopping center in milpitas. the break-ins happened at the milpitas square strip mall on barber lane on saturday night. the thieves stoll two laptops and a cell phone. ( mark ) president trump issues a new order revising

high- security events at u-c berkeley are coming at a cost. a campus spokesperson says so far the school has spent at least one point four million on security for events this year (vicki) another big story we are tracking tonight. north korea's top diplomat says president trump has "declared war" on his country. the north's foreign minister says it was over a tweet the president sent over the weekend. in it he said that kim jong un 'won't be around much longer.' north korea's foreign minister today that it would take counter measures - including the the right to shoot down u.s. bombers flying over the korean peninsula. white house press secretary sarah huckabee said we've not declared war on north korea. and called the suggestion absurd. insisting that the u.s. is trying all peaceful diplomatic and economic options with the country. ahead at eight.. enough is enough. local lawmakers pushing to tackle what they are calling an epidemic of car break-ins. plus. a new sign turning heads on an east bay freeway. a call to impeach trump... and next. t

as hundreds gather to protest a speech at u-c berkeley.(pam) hannah benjamin and sarah roark were arrested for carrying a banned weapon. police say, benjamin was also arrested for battery on an officer. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. (steve) and i'm steve aveson. there is heavy police security at the event tonight and at the protest near the u-c campus. kron-4's dan kerman is live where shapiro is still speaking. but first hermela aregawi joins us from about a block away from the campus... hermela is there any sign of unrest out there? (pam) thank you hermela. now we turn to kron-4's dan kerman.(steve) he's live just outside where ben shapiro is speaking right now. dan did shapiro address the controversy surrounding his appearance? (steve) ben shapiro has not shied away from controversy. even tweeting today: "berkeley bring it on" it's not the first time he has sparked backlash. a recent appearance in los angeles ignited protests and shapiro had to be escorted out for security reasons. shapiro is known for strong and sometimes con

u-c berkeley police said the money was taken as evidence in the case.tarted the go-fund-me campaign says the vendor... is a construction worker who sells hot dogs on weekends to earn extra money. (vicki) u-c berkeley is known for hosting various political events and protest... but it comes with a price. berkeley officials say the university spends millions of dollars defending free speech and keeping students and faculty safe. protesters gathered on campus today... despite the last minute cancellation of "free speech week." some say today's event was held to push back against hate... others had a more hostile approach. berkeley officials say the university is committed to protecting the first amendment. (dan mogulof/uc berkeley spokesperson): "security is for security... to the first amendment.(vicki) mogulof says by the end of the week... the university will have spent around one- point-five million dollars. (grant) maybe you've seen it by now... a brand new billboard over the bay bridge toll plaza...reading... "impeach" beside a picture of president t

outside a u-c berkeley football game over the weekend. a bystander took this video...ws an officer taking 60-dollars from beto's wallet and then handing him a ticket. the officer says he took the money because it was earned illegaly... the officer says beto did ánot have a permit. the man who took the video - set up the fundraisor... and says he plans to give beto the money within a couple weeks. (steve) former c=e-o martin shkreli (sh-krel'ee) is heading to jail. after a judge revoked the bail of the man once- dubbed the "most hated ceo" . that judge sided with a government demand to jail him following provocative online antics. at one point -- shkreli offered 5-thousand dollars for someone to grab hair from hillary clinton's head. his defense attorneys called it "political satire" but the government said it was a threat that required "significant expenditure of resources by the u.s. secret service." shkreli is awaiting sentencing for a securities fraud conviction (steve)a live look outside at the golden gate bridge tonight (pam)chief meteorologist brittney shipp has

hundreds of people gathered at u-c berkeley to protest a speech by former breitbart editor ben shapiro. demonstrations were mostly peaceful, but as the speech went on inside, police say at least 9 people were arrested outside. the university stepped up security-- to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence that occured after a cancelled speech by milo yiannapolost. u.c. berkeley reportedly spent almost 600-thousand dolars on security big trouble at google this morning. the company is now facing a class action lawsuit-- accusing it of gender discrimination. the three female plaintiffs say they were placed in lower level jobs and denied promotions despite excellent performance reviews. a lawyer for the current and former employees have come forward with similar claims. a google spokeswoman said the company would review the lawsuit but denied the plaintiffs' allegations and we continue to cover that breaking news in london. an update on a blast reported inside a train station.. coming up. when your t-shirt smells more appoinlike a t-bone...house? that's when you know it's half-washed. add

have taken it out, taken a photograph of it and given it back to the hot dog vendor">( mark ) u-c berkeley says they are investigating the incident. three other people were cited for vending without a license near the stadium on saturday. ( mark ) and berkeley mayor jesse arreguin has responded to the video. he posted on his facebook page saying -- quote -- "it is outrageous this happened. to harass a poor street vendor and take his money! i will be reaching out to ucpd and chancellor demanding justice." ( darya ) a shopper has posted a video of a mouse crawling across the cookie display at mrs. field's in san francisco. it happened at the stonestown galleria in san francisco last week. the cookie shop is still open but a health inspector has checked the business out since it happened. the video has been shared over 10 thousand times on social media. those who have seen it say they are disgusted by <""i just think that's completely unacceptable. like, if it was up to me, i would have them shut down immediately.are you serious? mrs. field's? what is that? damn. i love mrs. field's too, bro.

(vicki) then - we got back out live to u-c berkeley...where the school at stanford health care, we can now repair complex aortic aneurysms without invasive surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. and if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. if we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. (grant) a six million dollar lawsuit has been filed against bart by several victims who were beaten and robbed while they were on the train.(vicki) it is a joint lawsuit that covers different passengers who were robbed by a mob of teens on different dates...but the robbery location was the same. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story. a civil lawsuit has been filed by six bart passengers who were beaten and robbed by mobs of teenagers in three separate incidents at the coliseum

two people arrested at a rally at u-c berkeley will demand that the charges against them be dropped. yvette felarca and eddy robinson were among the three people arrested on tuesday when they clashed with supporters of a conservative group that was rallying on campus. felarca and robinson will be speakg out at u-c berkeley later this mog to demand that the charges against them ( mark ) four people are recovering this morning after two a-c transit buses crashed in san francisco. it happened yesterday morning on fremont street... between harrison and howard streets. an a-c transit spokesperson says a bus lost control and hit two cars and another bus. two bus drivers and two passengers were taken to the hospital. their conditions are unknown this morning. a-c transit is investigating whether it was human error or a mechanical problem that caused the accident. ( darya ) a former teacher at east palo alto charter school has been convicted of committing lewd acts on a child. the victim was a 15-year-old student at the school. danielle matko was convicted on four different charges. police s

who is a ph-d- candidate at u-c berkeley.. is worried he will be separated from his four younger siblings if daca is not replaced.(pam) he spoke to kron 4's hermela aregawi about his struggle to stay optimistic. hermela? (hermela aregawi) you can imagine.. it's incredibly difficult. daca is actually the reason he enrolled in the phd program here at uc berkeley...and now that he's in his fifth year.. the very thing that helped him is going away. in six months, arturo fernandez's life could be dramatically different. arturo fernandez/phd candidate and daca recipienti try to be realistic and i try to be optimistic. i hope that congress can do something to fix this, to help not only the dreamers but also their families but at least at the very minimum to give these young individuals who have built their lives now with daca fernandez and his parents crossed the border from mexico when he was three years old. now more than 20 years later... he faces deportation. and being separated from his four younger siblings who are american cit

u-c berkeley police says the money was taken as evidence in the case.he man who started the go-fund-me campaign says the vendor... is a construction worker who sells hot dogs on weekends to earn extra money. (grant) developing tonight: angry words between north korea and the u-s have escalated to the point... that north korea's top diplomat says that president trump has declared 'war.' and he says that his country will take counter measures.... including the right to shoot down u.s. bombers flying over the korean peninsula....even if they don't enter north korean air space. this follows a weekend tweet by president trump... in which he referred to kim jung un again as 'little rocket man' -- suggesting if north korean threats continue...he "won't be around much longer." today...the white house was adamant... that no one is talking about war... and the u-s will continue working to see the peaceful "de- nuclearization" of north korea. (grant) also today -- the supreme court announced today it has canceled the october 10-th hearing on president trump's trav

the u-c berkeley and the u-c system together shelled out about six hundred grand.if all the free speech week events do happen - with speeches from the likes of milo yiannopoulos - it will cost cal berkeley about a million dollars this time. "we'd much rather be spending it on the academic mission or improving the student experience, but this isn't going to have any impact on tuition."ann coulter was among the right-wing speakers scheduled to speak, but she told the associated press friday she's not coming, because she says the school is dead-set on blocking her appearance.but mogulof says that's absolutely not true. "the law is absolutely clear: the university, particularly a public university, has no choice but to abide by the first amendment, and these speakers, as much as we may disagree with some of what they say and how they say it, they have a constitutional right to be here."milo yiannopoulos is scheduled to hold a news conference saturday to set the record straight about what will happen next week. (marty)yanopoulis facebooked this photo of his packed luggage... with the caption

(steve) and more conservative speakrs are scheduled to speaek at u-c berkeley later this month. it is part of a "free speech week" on campus. former white house chief strategist steve bannon is speaking on the final day. political commentators milo yiannopoulous and ann coulter are also speaking during the event. they were both scheduled to speak on campus before...but the speeches were cnacelled due to violent protests and safety concerns. (pam) a bit of relief tonight for residents in the alameda point neighborhood. the water in that community is still not safe to drink, but the city of alameda just announced, that the tap water is now safe for bodily contact... that means you can take a shower or wash your hands with the water.((vo)) the city says, all residents and businesses in this part of town... should still flush their water fixtures for 10 minutes before using water for bathing and showering.. kron 4's justine waldman shows us what is being done to help people cope with this huge inconvienence. 10 portable showers are now set-up at the fire department training center.n

have taken it out, taken a photograph of it and given it back to the hot dog vendor">( mark ) u-c berkeley says they are investigating the incident. three other people were cited for vending without a license near the stadium on saturday. ( mark ) and berkeley mayor jesse arreguin has responded to the video. he posted on his facebook page saying -- quote -- "it is outrageous this happened. to harass a poor street vendor and take his money! i will be reaching out to ucpd and chancellor demanding justice." ( darya ) a shopper has posted a video of a mouse crawling across the cookie display at mrs. field's in san francisco. it happened at the stonestown galleria in san francisco last week. the cookie shop is still open but a health inspector has checked the business out since it happened. the video has been shared over 10 thousand times on social media. those who have seen it say they are disgusted by it. <""i just think that's completely unacceptable. like, if it was up to me, i would have them shut down immediately.are you serious? mrs. field's? what is that? damn. i love mrs. field's too,

"i was just brutally and forcefully ejected by berkeley police, or u-c berkeley police off of sproul plaza for non- violently holding a sign." unlike many previous berkeley protests, this one didn't get violent."i don't see antifa out here. yeah, it's a little more peaceful."in fact, we actually came across several people civilly engaged in conversations with people who didn't agree with them."if you don't defend constitutional rights on one side, you don't - you're not upholding your duties.""they don't want to defend free speech, but like it gets scary. it literally gets scary, and they have to make a decision."video from milo yiannopoulos' facebook page shows his arrival, and his brief speech from the steps.the social media star criticized police for not letting more people in to hear him.take a look at what they confiscated from one person - ball bearings, marbles, a knife, a slingshot, and more. (looklive)university spokesman dan mogulof says he doesn't know of any other controversial speakers planning to make an appearance this week.they've been told milo is ánot returning this

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u-s... illegally is about to be released from custody. (grant) there is a price to pay for free speech. it cost the city of berkeley and u-c berkeley hundreds of thousands of dollars - to put the campus on virtual lockdown... as conservative commentator ben shapiro spoke last night. nine people were arrested last night. there wasn't any looting or vandalism like what happened earlir in the year, but still...the price tag was high. kron four's terisa estacio spoke to the city's mayor... and has more now on how is the city dealing with this financial burden. berkeley's mayor told me that it is vital for his city to defend the right to free speech, this city is the birthplace of free speech movement. however, he added that these events are really taking a toll on this city in many different ways (estacio reporting) jesse arreguin. "free speech is not free. berkeley's mayor friday reflecting on how the city is paying a high price going all out to make sure this time, when controversial conserviative ben shapiro's spoke thursday it went off without any major violence - unlike what happened back in february. jesse arreguin. berk

u-c berkeley student karen juarez says that for starters.....the news is affectingher ability to worker undergraduate studies.. student - i don't feel comfortable committing to a graduate program - something i wanted to do. i was interested in going to law school later but now that's been put on hold until i find out what's happening with my work permit status. and it comes with a feeling of all the money and time put into education and not being able to work. and even not being able to do the work you've wanted to do for so long. karen says that she and many friends were able to work and study freely.....some were even able to study abroad. she says that it's heartbreaking that all of that has likely changed... pam and steve? ( steve ) the president of the university of california system was the original author of the daca program as homeland security secretary and she is promising to protect dreamers. janet napolitano released this statement... "president trump's decision undermines the ability of affected students to support themselves while at uc or other universities. in light of

commentator comes to u-c berkeley. this time... ben shapiro is >>> berkeley's chief of police wants to repeat -- prevent a repeat of violent protests when a conservative commentator comes to uc berkeley. this time [ indiscernible ] is scheduled to speak on thursday. police want clearance to use pepper spray.>>reporter: that is right. even though the speech will take place here on cal campus, berkeley police will be called in to help out if the demonstration gets out of hand like last time. that is why the berkeley police chief is asking the city council to give them permission to use pepper spray for crowd control. berkeley police already care pepper spray. right now they can only use it to arrest unruly suspects. they are banned from using the spray for crowd control. the city council voted for the ban in 1997. the protest now are very different, anarchists often turn peaceful protests into bloodbath in berkeley. the police chief is asking the current city council to overturn the 20-year-old ban to allow his officers to use pepper

vendor is telling his side of the story after a viral video that's raised some big questions for u-c berkeleyice... join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. >>> here'sth look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> florida governor rick scott met with hurricane victims. he spent part of his day yesterday visiting a school. he says his administration is makering sure people have basic necessities. >> we're trying to make sure people have fuel and water and people have food and we'll get people back to more nool as quick as poopossible. >> now that murn irma has moved out of florida the rescue effort has movered in. jeff glor has the story. >> off the coast of sarasota as irma began to churn in. >> reporter: the coast guard made it to rough seas. >> two people and their dog lifted to safety. >> the scene reminiscent of houston after harvey. irma overturned cars and left homes under water. we went up over plant city. >> right now we are passing through east of tampa as irma's eye came through. we're not seeing a lot of trees downed but many of t

involving a u-c berkeley police officer. take a look. . >>> we are learning more about a video growing viral tonight including a burke b police officer. involving -- a uc berkeley police officer. involving the police officer. you see him talking to a vendor who seems confused and then you see the police officer go through his wallet and take the money out. people are claiming the officer over stepped his bounds. we reached out to the department who told us the officer took the money as evidence in the case and he did nothing wrong. they said the citation will go through a review process. >>> we heard of distracted driving but what about distracted walking? kpix 5's john ramos on the new push in california to get our eyes off our phones in the crosswalk. >> reporter: many people feel they can't live without their smart phones. >> people can lie looking at their -- die looking at their cell phones. >> reporter: he believes pedestrian accidents, one quarter of all fatalities are increasing because walkers pay too much attention

there is no word on the child's condition this morning. ( darya ) u-c berkeley is gearing up for proteststor and former breitbart editor ben shapiro is scheduled to speak on campus. berkeley police are stepping up security measures to keep expected protests from getting out of control. this is video from when milo yiannapolous was set to speak earlier this year and violent protests forced the event to be canceled. this time security measures will include a closed perimeter around the speech location. the group "anti fascism dot org" says being kept away from the event is a violation of their right to protest. ( darya ) and in case the protests turn violent... berkeley police are allowed to use pepper spray for the first time in decades. in a 6-3 vote... city council members agreed to let officers use pepper spray in a violent crowd. the berkeley police chief says they needed another non-lethal tool to combat an increase in violence at rallies. police say pepper spray is a better alternative to gear gas which they are already allowed to use ( darya ) the san mateo county board of superviso

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tonight: u-c berkeley is sparing no expense - for security. elizabeth >>> provocative poster, rising tensions, free speech week is in three days. tonight, uc berkeley is sparing no expense for securi. good evening. >>> free speech comes with a 7- figure price tag. >> reporter: the university is saying it's going to cost up to a million dollars to protect students during free speech week. that is still a few days out, but already, tensions are boiling over on campus. milo posted the picture on his facebook, shows students wallpapering -- your city is run by thugs and black masks. >> it was about promoting discussion. >> reporter: a volunteer for the group putting on free speech week helped pump the posters up last night. an hour after they went up, he was confronted by some cal senators. cell phone video shows what happened next. >> they quickly came into the plaza, and proceeded to film us, called us derogatory terms, etcetera, and proceeded to tear down the flyers we just posted. >> you got a react, you were ready to film it. was this just to

as hundreds gather to protest a speech at u-c berkeley.jamin and sarah roark were arrested for carrying a banned weapon. police say, benjamin was also arrested for battery on an officer. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. (steve) and i'm steve aveson. there is heavy police

u-c berkeley.es ago, police informed us, the crowds have disperse >>> just in to our news room, the latest from the protests at uc berkley. minutes ago the police informed us the crowds have disbersed. at least nine arrested. >>> dramatic cell phone theft caught on video. the woman in the black t-shirt asked to borrow a man's phone then jumped into his suv with his cell potential. the man tried to grap her but was left with nasty scrapes after he was thrown out of the car. >> my first instinct was get my phone, i was holding onto her hair, the car was moving, the door shut on me and i was pinched inside the door. >> he said he loaned the woman his phone because she seemed to be in distress. police have not made any arrests. >>> the conversation about gender differences continue at google continue. three female employees filed a lawsuit saying google pays women less than men. google fired back in a statement saying it has systems in place to ensure equal pay for equal work. right back with sports. h

free speech week, called off at u-c berkeley. but that )s not stong >>> right now at 6. free speech week called off at uc berkeley. that's not stopping a conser conservative speak r from going anyway. >> good evening everyone. thank you for joining us. free speech week featuring a line up of conservative speakers cancelled a day before it was supposed to start. a controversial speaker says he'll show up anyway. protestors will be there for him. we have coverage for you. the developments have people's heads spinning. >> that's right. a lot of back and forth on this. the university did put out a statement today they received information that the event was cancelled. the university said they did work hard to facility this including putting in place plans to spend a substantial amount of money on security. so they say that should speakers show up tomorrow, they're prepared. >> reporter: berkeley on sunday. where he plans to come with a number of speaks after it was announced the group cancelled free speech week. he announced he would come anyway. and

nats- music before the finally made it to u-c berkeley for a closing sproul plaza. djegal, kron four news. ( marty ) sproul plaza on the cal campus is at the site of more possible counterprotes ts today -- as milo yiannopoulos has called for a rally on campus today at noon. this despite the cancellation of the "free speech" event.(ááátake boxesááá) kron four's camila bernal is at sproul plaza this morning, where u-c berkleley police are preparing foranything. (camila)marty, good morning, these two groups have said that they will continue with planned events and protests here at the university.that's why authorities are already here, there's been police presence for a couple of hours already and the barricades have gone up the first event is scheduled to start at 10am and they are calling it "no fascist speech week".organizers say they are gathering to protest white supremacy and fascism.their goal is to protest against milo yiannopoulos, who said that even though the student group had cancelled the "free speech week events" he would still be speaking at the universi

hand at u-c berkeley as a right-wing speaker came to campus. still getting mixed messages as to whether president trump's decision to end the daca program will be reversed... the latest on the back-and-forth battle. and tickets go on sale today for the new ice cream museum in san francisco... we'll take you inside for a sneak peek. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday, september 15th. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities often the country. >>> ripped to right, around the right. fair ball. >>> a walk-off double in tenth inning last night propelled the cleveland indians to its 22nd win in a row. they are within four of the major league record of 26 set by the 1960 new york giants. >>> car seats can save a child's life in an accident and the study of good and bad news of how parents are using their car seats. >> for the infant seat, we're going to use the latch. >> reporter: kelly massler has bay boy on the way. she comes to this station where instructors help her install her car seat

kennedy's decision is temporary pending a response from hawaii. 5xxx and this morning - a u-c berkeley campus police officer is under fire for confiscating all the earnings from a hot dog vendor..all because he didn't have a permit. the officer is caught on camera pulling money from the vendors wallet. when the vendor asked for his money back - he was given a citation and asked to appear in court. many say the officer crossed the line. the video has since gone viral. it's been shared more than 135-thousand times on facebook. a go fund me page has been started for the vendors legal defense and it's already raised over 27-thousand dollars. a separate online petition has also started to have the officer involved removed from the department. of connecticut this morning. take a look. a plane crash - caught on camera! the plane was coming in for a landing when it swerved into a nearby parking lot and hit a tree before crashing to the ground. amazingly the pilot only suffered minor injures. now to a scary scene in myrtle beach south carolina. take a look at this. winds from tropical storm irm

it's being called the most expensive photo op in u-c berkeley history.n right-wing speaker milo yiannapolous showed up at campus. and a bay area man is killed by police after holding his own family hostage... join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's monday, september 25th. forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> first lady melania trump joined britain's prince harry at the opening ceremonies of the invictus games in toronto on saturday. wounded service veterans compete in the games, and prince harry's girlfriend was there. it was her first appearance at a public event with him. >>> many athletes are doing exercise in water that cuts down the wear and tear on their body. danielle noti intingham has the story. >> reporter: former baseball player max gilbert suffers aches and pains when working out. so he's doing a different kind of impact training using a treadmill that's under water that you're basically using all of your extremities. you're fighting against the treadmill to see what you can get out of your b

and a whole lot of confusion at u-c berkeley this morning as the campus prepares to host extreme right-wings... join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good m >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> you're looking at a goat roaming through an auburn, massachusetts, motel. it escape by hopping over a five-foot fence at a pig farm last wednesday. police started getting phone calls from people who spotted the goat and on monday it checked out of the motel.g >>> a scary scene at new york yankee stadium. a young girl in the stands was hit by a 105-mile-an-hour foul ball yesterday. now, that's called for all ballparks to install protective netting. anna werner has more. >> wow. >> foul. >> reporter: the foul ball flew off the bat of todd frazier down the third base line hitting the young girl. players looked upset and stunned. frazier took a knee and lowered his head. a line drive hit a girl. yehereerlyli earhier t explorsing protective netting fr . in 2015 major league baseball recommended they implement netting for all field-level seats lo

two people arrested at a rally at u-c berkeley will demand that the charges against them be dropped.felarca and eddy robinson were among the three people arrested on tuesday when they clashed with supporters of a conservative group that was rallying on campus. felarca and robinson will be speaking out at u-c berkeley later this morning to demand that the charges against them be dropped. ( mark ) four people are recovering this morning after two a-c transit buses crashed in san francisco. it happened yesterday morning on fremont street... between harrison and howard streets. an a-c transit spokesperson says a bus lost control and hit two cars and another bus. two b operators and two passengers were taken to the hospital. their conditions are unknown this morning. a-c transit is investigating whether it was human error or a mechanical problem that caused the accident. ( darya ) a former teacher at east palo alto charter school has been convicted of committing lewd acts on a child. the victim was a 15-year-old student at the school. danielle matko was convicted on four different charges

at u-c berkeley is supposed to start this weekend. but itex not cls tly o acr whea christin ayers tried to get us.. some answers. >>> free speech week at uc- berkeley starts this weekend but it's not clear who is colling to campus. christin ayers reports. >> reporter: free speech week is in four days. the student group organizing the event is claiming discrimination and calling for dertmentof justice to step in. the complaint from attorneys representing the berkeley patriot group says the search at berkeley is dangerous the past year for conservative students and urges the department of justice to open an investigation into whether uc-berkeley and its key administrators are systematically and intentionally violating civil rights of our clients. >> people are saying that we have been treating this particular student group differently. they're right. because not in anybody's recent memory have so many people spent so much time trying to support a small student group in holding successful events. >> reporter: this uc-berkeley spokesman wo

the fate of the so-called "free speech week" at u-c berkeley is up in the air...ool officials say the planned events are now in jeopardy... and it was a record-breaking night at the 69th annual emmy awards... we'll have a complete wrap up of the biggest night in television... join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's monday, september 18th. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> the opioid crisis gripping the nation is leaving its mark on the country's future. young people are showing up at hospitals in growing numbers addicted to powerful painkillers and heroin. kenneth craig has the story. >> reporter: this 22-year-old became addicted to opioids when he was in the eighth grade. a snowboarding accident shattered his leg, and the doctor prescribed powerful painkillers. he asked that we not show his face. >> by my senior year i was in the bathroom every other period at least to do dope. >> reporter: pain pills led to other hard drugs and at least three hospitalizations for overdoses. he's far