today's event in berkeley starts at 8:45. then after that she heads to san francisco for the luncheon. >> she is a busy lady. kiet do live in berkeley, thank you. >>> and in about 90 minutes president obama will head down to puerto rico for a rare visit trying to drum up support from hispanic voters. it's the first presidential trip to the island since jfk visited down there in 1961. mr. obama will spend about five hours on the island before heading back to washington for a democratic fundraiser. >>> the democratic president was the main target in new hampshire last night in the first major debate among the gop, who hope to challenge him next year. >> what's happened in this administration is that they have passed oppressive policies and oppressive regulation, obamacare first and foremost. >> he failed at a time when the american people counted on him to create jobs and move the economy. >> this economy is stalled, like a train on the tracks with no engine. >> talk about opting out of obamacare, why can't we opt out of the wh

kiet do is live in berkeley with more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're here on the 500 block of craigmont in berkeley and this is the scene of a basically an arson fire. there is an investigator here looking for evidence trying to figure out what happened here. and you see him standing there? that's pretty much where the fire started this morning at about 1:00. and so as firefighters were coming out to this scene, they noticed one person was out here trying to fight the fire himself with some sort of garden hose. there was one person inside along with a pet. they rescued that person, as well. as a second crew was heading to this scene on the 500 block, they noticed there was a second fire on the 400 block. and so the berkeley fire department says that -- a slim chance that there is a coincidence. there wasn't any lightning or anything like that. so the chances of two fires starting within minutes of each other on the same street -- it's suspicious at this point. there is a strong odor of fuel, burnt metal, w

the first stop in berkeley. as kiet do explains, call it the breakfast of champions as long as you have a big checkbook. i don't know about the breakfast but certainly cost a lot. kiet, good morning. >> reporter: hi there, good morning. it's getting busy. we saw the bomb squad with the local sheriff's office show up an hour ago so things are picking up and that will be the case when the secret service arrives for the security sweep. yesterday, mrs. obama was in pasadena talking about military servicemembers and their families. she is also taken up the cause of eating righ and exercising. she wants to eliminate obesity. alice waters is a big supporter of the campaign and so is cooking breakfast. it's unclear what mr. obama will be talking about today. but here were her remarks yesterday about how to help out military family members. >> so part of what we can do as individuals is look into our schools, our choice. , our community groups and just identify the people who are military families. that should be part of

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at aquatic park in berkeley.re what's going on. we'll have a live report at the scene, as our reporters are live there. >>> did you injoy your cup of coffee this morning? a new report says if you play a lot -- drink a lot of coffee, your ears may play tricks on you. a group of volunteers were asked to listen to white noise. and they were told the song played white christmas and to press a button when they hear it. the song never heard but they reported some did think they did hear it and pressed the button. >> wow. >>> a woman's bracelet -- a necklace really saved the life of a man in georgia. bizarre story. a man and his wife were opening this store in savannah store in georgia, their store. a robber walked in. the robber pointed the gun at the man's wife, the husband stepped in front. the bullet hit the man's necklace and deflected off of it and he only suffered minor injuries. >> wow. >>> 8:24. let's check in again with sal. sal, do you have any on this breaking news in berkeley? >> only that there's some sort

check out a live shot next on 80 in berkeley. the drive time though it's crowded at university, only 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, friday light traffic. no delays right now. it's been a good ride across the golden gate bridge. the roadwork was cleared. head to peninsula where we had earlier problems reported. right now, you won't find delays northbound op 101 from millbrae up to san francisco. southbound is great to mountain view. we have a live shot as well in san jose showing delay-free ride on northbound 280 from the downtown area. 17 fine out of the santa cruz mountains. you can always get traffic conditions for your route to work whenever you want going to the website abc7news.com. >> thank you very much. >>> it's just about 6:19. >> giants first baseman aubrey huff gave his wife quite a birthday gift last night. huff hit three home runs in the team's 12-7 victory over the st. louis cardinals. the first time in his career that he accomplished the feat. huff says his wife

westbound 80 still looking good through berkeley.u heard amy hollyfield's report, look for the extra traffic around the claremont hotel due to first lady's visit. and 101 looks great southbound through san rafael, drive time from novato, highway 37 down to golden gate bridge is under 20 minutes. 101 in millbrae, also light right now. moving northbound, southbound out of mountain view and mass transit systems reporting no delays. get traffic whenever you want by going to our website at abc7news.com. >>> a family outside minneapolis just wanted a swimming pool. instead, they got a huge hole in their house. a crane was being used to install the fiberglass pool in the homeowner's backyard when the whole thing tipped over in an instant. take a look. >> the point made by an electrician that was filming it. garage roof was destroyed and they say a computer error is to blame the pool suffered just a crack. so the crane company is paying for the damages and the installation should be complete pretty soon. >>> coming up, new time line rumors a

arson investigators on the scene of two suspicious fires in berkeley.ut 1:00 this morning, firefighters rescued a person and a family pet from a burning home off craigmont avenue. another fire crew heading that to scene spotted a separate house fire on the same street. two people had to be rescued there from that home. kiet do is headed to berkeley land have a live report for us coming up in the next hour. >>> a suspected southern california bank robber shot dead by police in san francisco. officers say the man tried to run them down withist his car. anne makovec is in san francisco and has more. >> reporter: good morning. the suspect is dead, the scene is cleared and now the investigation is going on here at the sfpd this morning. take a look at the scene last night. this happened at around 5:40 p.m. the lower haight neighborhood. buena vista avenue east at haight and duboce. local police got a ten from the fbi that the man was wanted for two bank robberies in irvine. so they tracked him to this neighborhood because the fbi says he was driving a stolen

two early morning fires in the berkeley hills. tara moriarty is at the scene of the first fire with information about why the two may be linked. tara. >> reporter: could an arsonist be on the loose? that's what fire investigators are tying to determine this morning. if you look behind me here you can see where this fire started at this car and how the flames lapped up against the roof of the house. these two fires broke out within one block of each other around 1:00 mt. morning. someone called in the first fire saying a car was up in flames close to a house. crews drove by another fire along the way and believed these two may be connected. >> the second fire we officially had reports of individuals trapped in the building. fortunately they were able to extinguish the fire so there is no injury to the residence. >> reporter: no one was hurt in either of these fires. we have no word on damage estimates. this investigator will be out here for the next several hours. coming up a little bit later we will tell you how an alert firefight

85 in berkeley. 86 in berkeley. all the way up to 94 in fremont.hore, too. mid-to-upper 90s in south bay. los gatos, 99 degrees. low to mid-90s. we have the low mid-70s along the coast. low to mid-90s through north bay valley. a look at the giants game. warm for at&t park. 74 degrees at 7:15. the first pitch. to 66 as the twins are in town. mid-to-upper 50s, half moon bay. san francisco. notice clouds. cooling trend that will move in tomorrow. until then, look at the trifecta of high pressure. all the over the eastern pacific. tomorrow to thursday, saturday and sunday, 12 to 20 degrees cooler. temperatures hold through the weekend. >> new accident just came in. westbound 4 at bailey. blocking two lanes. traffic is heavy there. it will slow down more. they are reporting no delays but they are not free today. north 101 in san jose approaching 880. we had the earlier accident reported. it looks like it's not blocking any lanes. but there is a couple of spots where slowing already on north 101 past the capital expressway. again, from alum rock to 880.

live in berkeley, amy hollyfield "abc 7 news". >>> it's 5:32.an hopefuls gathered on stage for their first major presidential debate in a key early voting state of new hampshire. it was the first debate of the season for front-runner mitt romney and newly declared candidate michele bachmann. his record was front and center for obama. >> seven republicans were in fire but the target was not in the stage. >> failure of leadership. >> this president has failed. >> president obama making stops in miami and north carolina defended his record as a tale of historic progress. >> we stabilized the economy, we prevented a financial meltdown, an economy that was shrinking is now growing. >> tea party favorite michele bachmann made the first headline. >> i -- filed my paperwork to seen the office. >> tim pawlenty who coined the phrase obamney care. >> in the term obamney care was reflection of president's obamacare on massachusetts plan. >> if i'm elected president i will repeal obamacare and on my first day in office, i will grant a waiver to all 50 states

live in berkeley, amy hollyfield "abc 7 news." >>> president obama himself spoke in puerto rico this morning. this is the first official presidential visit to the territory in 50 years. puerto ricans are expected to play a large role in the 2012 election. nobody in the territory is allowed to vote, nearly 5 million puerto ricans live on the u.s. mainland. he supports a referendum allowing them to decide their status, whether they become the 51th state or remain a territory or an independent country. >> in march a report from our presidential task force provided a meaningful way forward on this question so the residents can determine their own future. >> the last president to visit puerto rico was john f. kennedy in 1961. >> we should know within a few hours if a judge will overturn the ban on same-sex marriage. he should have decision by this afternoon after hearing two hours of arguments. opponents say vaughn walker who ruled that prop 8 was unconstitutional should have removed himself from the case because he is in the same sex relationship and could benefit from the outcome but th

berkeley 80 for you.tures are definitely climbing all due to this high pressure ridge and all due to a northerly flow that is keeping temperatures just a bit warmer. santa rosa 91. sonoma 90. lots of 80s. high 70s and 90s in the forecast. in addition your pollen report high for grasses. as we take a look at your air quality index for the next week we can see moderate for the east bay, santa clara valley seeing moderate conditions. south central bay, north bay and central bay seeing good conditions all around. better conditions. go ahead and enjoy this week but understand conditions will be a little testy as far as the quality index as far as air quality index goes and uv index will be very high. here is a look at your exten extended forecast. first day of summer. then a cool down by late wednesday into thursday. we are finally going to see some cooler temperatures. some high 50s into high 80s. saturday and sunday. cooler temperatures. then partly cloudy sky conditions. a warm up and then a bit of a cool d

we are live in berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> time now 5:02. another early morning fire in marin county is also under investigation. this started just after midnight at a home on cypress avenue. firefighters rushed to the scene. some damage you can see it's reported there. we don't know if anyone was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> firefighters rushed to put out this fire on the union pacific railroad tracks. the car was abandoned on the tracks and deliberately set on fire. this is still under investigation. >>> the mayor of alameda is now taking action in response to that now infamous memorial day drowning. jade hernandez. >> reporter: the crown memorial beach is closed at this hour. what is not closed is debate over what happened on memorial day. the community is extremely upset. the mayor says that she is going to do something about this. she wants to prevent this from happening again. a commission will now review this drowning death. the controversy stems from 52- year-old raymond zach's death as he waded in the wate

take a look at live shot of interstate 80 in berkeley, frames are out from this car fire but there was lot of smoke, still smoke coming from the car. traffic is flowing well but looks like the right lane is blocked, as well. i'm going check out the drive time from the carquinez bridge coming up in a few. more news with carolyn. >>> it is 6:13. a new study likely to be scrutinized by the television networks are more people are starting to watch programming online. tv viewing is up from last year. while on the internet it jumped 35%. viewing on mobile devices rose 20%. tv networks had hoped they could offer shows online to entice new audiences but retain their traditional viewers. these nielsen findings seem to contradict the strategy. >> people who spend a lot of time on social networks are not the geeky loners we've been led to believe. they surveyed 2200 facebook users, they find that far from being isolated, facebook users are more trusting, have more close friends and get more social support than their non-network counter parts. they say facebook users have 9% more close ties than o

two early morning fires in the berkeley hills. why firefighters rushed to the scene suspect arson. >>> and a silicon valley we have been telling you about what has been happening in alameda about a man that drowned and firefighters that watched that. we'll tell you what is the latest from alameda in that case. >>> and the opening bell on wall street is about to ring. stay tuned. pam will bring you all of the early numbers. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ it's a smart way to go. >>> welcome back to the morning news. there is the opening bell. yale school of management at the new york stock exchange hosting a ceo summit on the nasdaq. t

ktvu's heather holmes is live in berkeley and learned that a third fire may be connected. heather?d fire also happened about the same time just at the hill here on euclet avenue. it was small and the homeowner was able to put it out. the homeowner here also tried to fight the flames but with no success as they had already engulfed this station wagon. a charred frame is all that's left of the 1994 mercedes that investigators suspect was intentionally set ablaze early this morning. >> and it was just fire all over here. >> reporter: she and her husband were sleeping when they heard a loud pop. both came 0 outside to friend their car and garage door on fire. they grabbed this garden hose to try to quench the flames before they spread. >> well, it is scary for not only me but everybody else around. >> reporter: as firefighters were on their way flames 12 feet high were jumping up the stucco wall of another house on craigmont avenue. >> if it would have been on this side of the house which is wood the house would have gone up in flames. >> very difficult to have two fires in close proxi

live in berkeley, amy hollyfield "abc 7 news." >>> president obama himself spoke in puerto rico this morning. this is the first official presidential visit to the territory in 50 years. puerto ricans are expected to play a large role in the 2012 election. nobody in the territory is allowed to vote, nearly 5 million puerto ricans live on the u.s. mainland. he supports a referendum allowing them to decide their status, whether they become the 51th state or remain a territory or an independent country. >> in march a report from our presidential task force provided a meaningful way forward on this question so the residents can determine their own future. >> the last president to visit puerto rico was john f. kennedy in 1961. >> we should know within a few hours if a judge will overturn the ban on same-sex marriage. he should have decision by this afternoon after hearing two hours of arguments. opponents say vaughn walker who ruled that prop 8 was unconstitutional should have removed himself from the case because he is in the same sex relationship and could benefit from the outcome but th

then it says vacation protection plan from berkeley care insurance. it cancels vacations due to illness but it wouldn't paid the williams. she hadn't followed the rules for submitting the claim. >> i explained to them i had vertigo for a number of years. i had medication and i knew what to do. >> reporter: she did go to a doctor later but the policy is clear. sickness must be verified by a physician before you terminate the cruise, not after. peggy admits she never bothered to get a copy of the policy and never read it so the couple was out nearly $5,000. >> one person suggested that i call channel 7. so i did. >> berkeley care reviewed her case and after she provided additional documentation the company came through with two checks, for $2,399 each. the full amount. >> i felt very pleased channel 7 on your side was definitely on our side. >> reporter: we would like to thank berkeley care insurance for working with us. get a copy of your travelers insurance policy and follow the rules. >> eric: scientists at lawrence livermore lab is taking a new appr

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the scene here on berkeley way, a firefighter still here, and police still here. still a crime scene as they try to determine what started the fire. they feel confident they know what took the life of the firefighter and what injured the two others. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thank you. station 26 with the flag flying at half staff in his honor. as him amy mentioned, mayor ed lee ordered flags at half staff for several days. perez's name will eventually appear along with those who fall with fallen firefighters at memorial wall inside the firefighter headquarters on second street. >>> director of a local non-profit that works with children is free on bail after being arrested on child pornography charges. 46-year-old anthony norris turned himself in to the f.b.i. yesterday. authorities say they found pornographic images of multiple children on his home computer during a search in april. norris is the founder and director of kids serve, an organization that offers art instruction on the children. he faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison if he is convic

it's his first appearance in 12 years at berkeley. >> cal's defense kept them in the game.irginia could not cash in. line drive to left, caught by bunker. it stayed that way into the seventh inning. virginia takes a 1-0 lead. 2-0, virginia in the eighth. king lines one just out of the reach of chad bunting. they go on to win 4-1. the bears next play tuesday in a loser's bracket. another loss and they're done. >> i think we've got them right where we want them. from here on out, everybody is going to be coming off a loss and we're going to be coming off a win. that's when we were at our best. >> cal being here is one of the best things that could happen for college baseball. i think it sends a message across the country that there's a lot of programs that really care about their baseball programs. you know, i was just glad we had an opportunity to play them today and fortunately fortunately we won. >> you have to think brian say yap is making a lot of calls. trevor cahill, winless in his last several starts. nate schierholtz comes around to score, and the giants lead 1- 0. n

. >> robert came to uc berkeley in 1963. he was a student. four years later people seeing his promise offered him a job. he's been there ever since. in 1949 the granddaughter of mark twain gave uc berkeley the material that's in the mark twain archives. in 1980 robert became the chief, the general editor of these archives. and in 2005, um, they began the process of putting together the volume, the first volume that i know many of you have already seen. there will be three volumes, and there's a tremendous amount of excitement associated at uc press and with all of us who love the role that mark twain has played in american literature and culture to know that a half a million copies of that autobiography have already been sold. it's on "the new york times" bestsellers list where it's been for 14, 15, 19 weeks, a long time. and i'm really delighted that we have robert here to tell us even more. robert hearst. [applause] >> i have to turn myself on here, no pun. [laughter] thank you, susan, for that introduction. it always reminds me of the way

christie smith is live in berkeley where the first lady will host a breakfast. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. when it comes to food, the first lady is going straight to the top with this big breakfast produced by alice waters here in berkeley. this is going to be all local food that they are serving. and this breakfast is the first of two stops in the bay area for michelle obama. the clairemont breakfast with 200 guests expected to pay about $1,000 to $2,500 just to eat. then it's off to san francisco where 400 supporters are expected to shell out $2,500 to attend a luncheon in the financial district, a trip that should pick up big money for the obama 2012 re-election campaign and democratic national committee. we spoke with the chef making lunch for the first lady and others who consider her a real health and food celebrity. >> i am a huge fan of hers. i think that as a woman she's very, very inspiring and also as a chef, like i said the work she's doing with her get fit campaign is important. >> i think that we should go back and eat wh

anne makovec has the story from from berkeley. >> reporter: if the pews looked empty at mass this morning, it's because a lot of the parishioners are outside. >> we need to move on. it's like having two heads, two pastors. you cannot have that. >> protesters are upset about the loss of former pastor george cressman. he retired in 2005 but remained part of the parish. >> he was asked to leave where he lived. >> it's office at the discretion of the pastor. i can say i know father john wouldn't make that decision arbitrarily. >> father john is the current pastor. >> his ability to communicate have been lacking. >> many of the protesters don't like the direction he's taking the church. >> the church was the star and the light of the community of berkeley. it's slowly becoming prey of the most obscure trends of conservatism in the catholic church. >> they're saying they -- like pro testing nuclear testing and the death penalty. >> we tried to speak with father john, the current pastor. he didn't want to speak on camera and didn't have a statement to give. but the bishop of oakland is taking it

mary's elementary school and uc- berkeley. he was the oldest child in his family. they often relied on him for translating for his parents, who did not speak english, as well as introducing them at his siblings to american culture. i attended the funeral on sunday in the richmond district. i had that mr. yen when he was at the uc-berkeley. we work together have the pacific islander organization. and the california progressive student alliance on many different campaigns in the 1980's. we studied computer technologies at uc-berkeley or he received an award for outstanding achievements. he was an it support specialist. he also worked for the san francisco unified school district as well. when he was 10 years old, dave became disabled by severe rheumatoid arthritis. he nevertheless remained a strong person. i enjoyed spending time with him at the civic center plaza. he was a great lover of all kinds of food, especially san francisco food. you live life to the fullest and never let his disability defeat him or get in his way. he has been a devoted san francisco giants

bob bea of the center for emergency response in berkeley, uc berkeley, a manmade disaster.anmade. >> right. >> .the greatest manmade engineering catastrophe since chernobyl. chernobyl used to be a big deal until fukushima but still. >> right, reference point. >> .it's kind of a big deal. >> the reference points always get updated. >> that's right. >> but you've been adamant in the discussion of this film online and as you've presented it around the country. >> yeah. >> and saying do not talk about this as a film about the aftereffects of katrina. do not talk about this as a film about the natural disaster. this was something that had proper planning put in place, had more work been done in advance, could have been prevented. >> had proper engineering been done. >> yeah. >> .on a hurricane protection system that congress mandated in 1965. bob bea's partner, ray seed at uc berkeley said the worst that would have happened to new orleans in 2005 is, quote 'wet ankles'. >> wet ankles as you say at the beginning of the film. >> yeah. >> why, why do we all think we understand this

to me this is not respect. >> reporter: in berkeley, anne makovec, cbs5. >> some bay area churches areling on some of their congreggants to take better care of domestic workers. she told her story through a translator. >> there were rats. the dogs lived inside of the house. there was trash everywhere. >> reporter: she is asking for the same protections other workers have including breaks and overtime pay. the bill passed the assembly and is now heading to the senate. >>> overall revenue downtown raising slightly. even the hotels closest to san jose's big attractions saw only slight increases in business. >>> well, some startling numbers on income in san francisco for workers and retirees. the chronicle reports the average pension for retired city workers is higher than the average income of most city workers. 46,000 versus about $44,000. numbers from the san francisco employees retirement show the average pension after 30 years in city government is nearly $77,000. for everyone else, 41,000. some city leaders are pushing to have public employees contribute more of their salaries to the

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a breakfast in berkeley and a lunch in san francisco. dozens of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of mrs. obama as she left. about some 250 guests attended the breakfast fund-raiser paying between $1,000 and $25,000 a seat. famed chef alex waters catered the event. mrs. obama later attended a luncheon in san francisco. >>> just into the newsroom, some candid photos from the first lady's fund-raiser in berkeley. you'll recognize some of these. faces, you see it there. there's sully sullenberger, chef alice waters and in this one, the first lady herself. >>> new tonight at 6:00, a new state law may prohibit you from buying beer and liquor using the self checkout lanes at the grocery store. a senate committee delayed a vote on the measure today. the backers of the bill, including mothers against drunk drivers say young people are abusing the self check systems. retailers disagree and they say there are enough safeguards in place to prevent alcohol purchases by minors. >> this bill is an incremental effort to discourage and prevent

in march, a gun was fired in a bathroom at berkeley high school.t's one of a half dozen gun related incidents at that school over a 3-month period. changes are being proposed, boosting the number much security guards, requiring students to carry id cards at all times, shutting town four campus entrances. the district rejected a plan to small metal detectors. >>> president obama says america has a little more than a month before it can't cover its bills. he says he's been doing plenty of work to try to help the country. today he's asking lawmakers to do the same. chip read was there. >> reporter: more than a month before the deadline, the president said the situation is already urgent and the conversation questions of the economy of not raising the debt limit would be unpredictable. >> we're having to do a whole bunch of things to make sure that our bills are paid. by august 2nd, we run out of tools to make sure that all our bills are paid. so that is a hard deadline. >> reporter: to get the negotiations done, both parties need to compromise on his

reporting live in berkeley, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right, kraig. dallas now. the dallas mavericks beat the miami heat 105-95. and the mavericks are the nba champions for the first time. can you hear me now? big crowd. dallas police made about 14 arrests in all of this, but most of the crowd in downtown dallas cooperated after the mavericks won over the miami heat in game six. jason terri led with 27 points. dirk nowitzki there added 21. nowitzki went right off to the locker room after the win. he said he could feel tears coming on. look at his face. understand what he means. by the way dirk nowitzki was the most valuable player. >>> couldn't even talk. >> yeah. >>> all right. let's check in with allie for a look at traffic. any trouble spots you're keeping an eye on, allie? >>> pam, things are picking up on bay area highways. first off tell you about a report of a pedestrian on the roadway on the highway. this is at macarthur boulevard and eastbound 580. still getting information about this but right now chp is on the scene trying to get that perso

where i pursued public policy -- also you see -- also uc-berkeley. that was really what shape my interest in public policy. >> where you place yourself on the local political spectrum? the left or right? supervisor chu: i know a lot of folks want to put a person in the position where they call you left, progressive, moderate, whatever category that might be, and i think it really depends on the issue. generally, i am a very practical legislator. i like to look at what the impacts of legislation would be before voting on it, so i think, depending on the issue, you could move around, and i think that should be the way that most people think, which is, "let's consider the facts of legislation before you actually consider it, irrespective of what spectrum it comes from." >> what did you learn from campaigning for supervisor? supervisor chu: it is hard. i learned that my shoes were out pretty quickly -- wore out pretty quickly. i learned to be more practical about the types of shoes i war, of course, but overall, i learned how important it is to communica

he was teaching at the university of california, berkeley. >> your gallery celebrated the 50th anniversaryf continuous operation. you are a pioneer in introducing the work and representing him. >> i have represented him since 1966. i was not in business until 1961. he made a big deal out of working in clay. the things he was doing was something never seen before. >> it is a large scale bronze. it has been sitting here of the hall of justice since 1971. talk about what happens to the work of art out of the elements. >> the arts commission commissioned the piece. they did not set aside money for repair. it has slowly changed color. it was black. it has been restored. >> it has been restored to the original patina. >> there was no damage done to its. i do not think there were any holes made in it. they have been working on it for six or eight weeks. it is practically ready to go. i am very excited to see it done. >> over the course of the arts in richmond program, we have added almost 800 works of art into the public space. maintaining that is not something that the bond funds allow us to do.

i was a political science major at uc-berkeley. i actually enjoyed studying maps and political demographics and a always had a passion for how folks get represented in these communities and the importance of redistricting and having fair minded folks who can take into account community feedback. my interest specifically in this position, why this redistricting commission and why this year, is that in my time in san francisco, i've worked almost exclusively at the tenderloin housing clinic, working as a community organizer color and managing editor of the on-line web site. district 6 more than any other district will be changed more by this map. district 6 has to lose over 20,000 people. you need someone at the table of this commission is intimately familiar with that community and who can make sure the district gets a fair shot. but it's not just about district 6. if you look at this map, the population changes have not been uniform. the three districts that will have to shrink our six, 10 and 11. that means all the other districts

thank you, erica. >>> well, berkeley celebrated california's oldest juneteenth festival today.teenth honors african american heritage. it's become a day not only to mark the end of slavery, but to celebrate african american culture. >> it is an opportunity for people to get together and just like black groups, to be able to provide an opportunity for people to actually enjoy the culture of america's rich black culture and heritage. >> this is berkeley's 24th juneteenth festival. the actual date of juneteenth is june 19th, but the day of the celebration varies around the bay area. >>> how do we reverse the curse? >> for some reason, every time somebody comes on with me, something bad happens! a's player troy neil, designated hitter for the a's, had him on my show, next day sent to the minor league and sent to japan! you can't explain it. last sunday's guest, tony stewart crashes at infineon. today, we'll show you who hit victory lane, next. ,,,, i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up w

it is a home at 133 berkeley way. you can see some of the firefighters standing around the aftermath of this incident. that's what happened at 10:30 we're told a fire broke out, neighbors who were witnesses said three women came running out of the house that you see there asking for folks to call the fire department to call the police. we're told by witnesses that the fire grew steadily. a lot of smoke. a lot of flames. firefighters that responded to the scene were told in developed what's known as a flash point in which a fire grows so much seemingly everything catches fire and explodes into flames. right now you can see an aerial look from chopper 2 of the scene. the firefighters still on the scene. we've just learned as i've said the three firefighters were injured responding to this fire. neighbors, again, tell us that firefighters were brought out with burns on their arms and have been taken to san francisco general right now. we're waiting further word on their conditions. right now the firefighters are still ch

. >>> a college prep school in berkeley co-founded by uc berkeley and aspire public schools, which is a charter school group, graduated its first class of seniors all 17 of them, and every single one of them was accepted to a four-year college. congratulations. many are the first in their family to go a university. the charter school, by the way, has mostly low-income students and was awarded more than $1 million in scholarships. cal prep seniors were accepted to schools as uc berkeley, uc santa truz, cal poly to name a couple. >>> ahead at 6:00. a volcano erupting in chile continues to spread ash for thousands of miles. >>> congressman anthony weiner refuses to resign as a new photo surfaces in the twitter pick scandal. >>> coming up next, lieutenant governor welcomes a key member to his personal staff. s >>> a look at cool conditions. 70s inland, napa and fair feel. g brhaee tzet will back off fort the work week. temperatures climbing in the seven-day forecast. completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make uast, s

berkeley could be cooler at 86.upper 90s around the south bay. 95 at cupertino. 97 at campbell. 99 at los gatos. we have mid-to-upper 80s around millbrae, san mateo. low to mid-90s for the rest of the peninsula. if you want relief from the heat, low to mid-70s along the coast today. mid-80s for downtown san francisco. saucelito. also heat relief at the north bay beaches. low to mid-70s there. while we have mid-to-upper 90s inland. we have the mid-to-upper 70s around the monterey bay. 82 in salinas. to mid-to-upper 90s inland. if you are traveling over at at&t park today, it will be warm by at&t pakistan dards. 74 degrees and sunshine. 7:15. dropping down to say a mild 66 by the time the game ends. most of us in the 60 again tonight. antioch could be warmer at 74. san francisco, cooler at 58. a couple of areas of high pressure dominating the eastern pacific. and the western third of our country. because of that, it makes the heat peak today. because tomorrow, the sea breeze returns. the temperature drops # degrees ar

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berkeley will be close to 80 degrees.n the san ramon valley, and temperatures will warm into the upper 80s and we can squeeze out a 90 degree reading in concord, 92 for antioch. the south bay brings us andan abundance of eighties in the '90s. this morning temperatures are slowly starting to warm. in the '60s for antioch, 52 in san francisco, your 7 day around the bay does show a couple of days when have the feeling of summer, we cool of by thursday and friday. pettifog over the weekend. >> we are still free of hot spots for your ride around the bay area. no major incidents or unusual delays. you will see the usual slowing on 58 westbound as you head towards livermore coming out of the altemont pass. your ride in the castro valley looks good. at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound, the back of is fairly steady and does not appear to be building. we are back up to about was grand ave. this is without any accidents or stalls. unusually light traffic on the bay bridge. upon your ride on the san mateo bridge is a good, there a

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