america lot people are back out enjoying the uc berkeley campus. but thursday morning it looked like this. >> heavy police presence and alarms sounded. >> telling everyone on campus to go inside and stay away from doors and windows. graduate student, hulsey johnson was in a lecture. she says everyone in the class was moved to a safe windowless room in the basement and they stay there for about 4 hours. luckily, the game of telephone didn't go on too far and it felt like there's consistent like. >> calm information, which helped cause. i don't know. you never know if it's time to panic, but it's hope very control. she says they were checking social media to figure out what was happening. >> university officials say someone affiliated with the university issued a serious and credible threat of violence towards others at the school. it would have been sad no matter who was. >> get threatened. it's also sad for that. her son is obviously having a mental health crisis, but it's just all sad. i'm think i'm going to go home and think about how sad it all

berkeley campus. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. alrighty. evan. thank you for that. it's a rainy day for much of the bay area. a live look outside shows clouds and just the tiniest bit of sun in the east bay as we look down interstate 80 in the berkeley emeryville area boy, it was a different story. several hours ago. let's bring in ktvu meteorologists mark tamayo. we slept to the sound of rain as early risers woke up to it, but it's just about gone for now for right now, gaussian, frank. yeah, but we have a bit of everything out there with some sunshine, some clouds and some downpours, and that's what we have right now. all across the entire bay area, kind of have that mixture of whether elements out there as far as the rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, really adding up in the santa cruz mountains, ben lomond 1.42 inches, lots of areas approaching a half an inch for santa rosa san mateo conquered san francisco 0.36 just about a quarter of an inch for san rafael and in san jose very active

. >>> affordable student housing is hard to find in berkeley. now, residents of one of the most affordable complexes near cal are facing a shift. kpix5 explains why their rent could be raised by 55%. >> reporter: there is no doubt affordable student housing is hard to find around the berkeley campus, now, hundreds of units may go off of the market due to a safety issue. >> if we don't do what they are asking us to do we are at risk of losing thland. >> reporter: the berkeley student cooperative holding a rally tonight, they are about to lose the lease where hundreds of students reside. >> the only way to extend our lease basically is if we fund a retrofit that we estimate will cost about $20 million. >> reporter: berkeley student cooperative says 80% of the residents in these units are first generation, low income college students. if they have to pay for the retrofit rates will go up to $4200 a semester. >> it was cheap rent and was the cheapest in the area just helped me get through college in an even mildly sustainable manner. >> reporter: th

staying in berkeley here. the berkeley unified school district has released new numbers on covid.s tripled at berkeley schools last week compared to the week before. the district says it had 91 new cases last week, likely due to the highly transmissible omicron variant and the loosening of mask restrictions. health department says the increase reflects an uptick in covid cases across the bay area in the north bay marine county is responding to a recent increase in covid cases by tightening safety recommendations for events such as proms and graduations. according to the marin independent journal. the county health department says there has been a big increase in cases following spring break and recent events recently more than 50. students at redwood high tested positive following the school's prom. earlier this month, dozens of students tested positive after a school trip to washington d. c. the county's advising schools to require proof of vaccination, negative covid tests and masking if large events are indoors. a new report finds california's k through 12 public schools return

people on the campus of uc berkeley are being asked to shelter in place while they investigate a credible campuswide threat. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. this is very unnerving of course. we want to get right to bob redell who is on campus this morning. bob, what do we know at this point? >> reporter: well, kris and marcus, as you mentioned, cal has issued a shelter in place order for people on campus. it's late thursday morning. normally this place would be like grand central with students going to and from class off and on campus but they are taking this seriously. cal has announced they have shut down in-person classes for today and all services of the right now there's a campus police officer or several of them around the student union where they are searching inside. i spoke with an officer. they believe that the suspect they are looking for could be inside. they have been outside this building for at least i'd say the past 30 to 45 minutes. this officer tells me they are looking for a person, a man. this is a person that they know. they have

berkeley and at the berkeley animal care services building on boulevard drive. good information to know. and this is good to know also you'll need your umbrella tomorrow from time to time. it's not going to be a complete washout all day long, but we will have spotty showers. right now. the ceiling is lowered at 3500 ft. mostly cloudy skies. clouds are thickening temperatures 48 degrees in santa rosa. otherwise in the fifties across the board , it is now 51 degrees and pleasant in livermore, sam ramon dublin back in all the way into denville and walnut creek periods of rain for your thursday mainly in the north bay. it will be cloudy on your friday with a chance of rain by the evening hours and certainly raining overnight into your saturday with just a chance during the afternoon hours, we fire it up our doppler radar. we have precipitation right now. and you kaya back into eureka. a little bit of burger over the san jose area where the rain is evaporating before it hits the landmass, but that's okay. you'll get some light smattering of precipitation tomorrow. ri

you've got a pocket of heavy rainfall, berkeley hills.he midst of it right now to some heavy stuff on the eastern span of the bay bridge and then also down into burlingame millbrae just north of sfo right around san bruno down towards the southern end of daly city in the we do have some pockets of heavy rain right there. right across san francisco, it's coming down. pretty good right now. little quieter for the south bay, san jose. just a few sprinkles for you. you drive up north of redwood city and it starts to be picking up a little bit further 2 low-pressure areas working their way through this results in the waves of energy. we will be seeing today. you have a push of rain, calm spot, another push of it. another common sunny spot in that final push into the evening tonight. snow up in the sierra nevada stays with us all day long. while those waves of energy work through the bay area, embedded in these spots of rain are those pockets of heavy rain. you see the yellow, the orange spots. those areas could even produce some isolated thund

berkeley has the lowest number of beds per student than any u. c. campus.he called that unacceptable but said the college is stepping up and prioritizing student housing. power bills are costing us more , and that increases boosting pg and e s bottom line. the utility announces first quarter earnings. and they are up a lot. ktvu is tom baker takes a look at the big rate increases and just how much money pg and e is raking it. in the wake of two large rate increases on natural gas and electricity imposed during the first quarter. pg knees january through march, profits sharply increased to $475 million, almost quadruple its profits for the same quarter a year ago. wall street is popping champagne corks. in fact , the genie shares jumped about 3.5% on thursday alone, thanks to the report on profits, profits being on the back of record price increases. pg and e ceo patty poppy told wall street this today we can make our system safe with the right investment and keep customer bills affordable. on top of the 14% increase already imposed this year. another rate i

class is back in session at uc berkeley.shut down today as police look for someone who threatened violence. they found the present but did not show who it was. >> waiting to learn if mike tyson will face charges after he punched a fellow passenger on a plane at sfo. tyson's publicist says the passenger was harassing tyson and threw a water bottle at him. >> dr. fauci says regulators are planning a meeting for june to consider authorizing the pfizer and moderna vaccine for kids under five. they are currently the only age group not eligible for a vaccine. >> the traditional gilroy garlic festival is no more. organizers say financial challengesre forcing them to reimagine the festival. >> we are tracking showers this morning. scattered but you will encounter wet roadways. a storm a view from the exploratorium camera. showers are out this afternoon. the afternoon is partly cloudy. temperatures to the 50's and 60's. >> we are following your friday morning commute with a major accident and intercession closed. montague expressway

uc berkeley, a preview tasting. opened in the courtyard of berkeley's university press books, but the store closed in the pandemic. but cafe has a new home on berkeley campus. previewed what the restaurant will be serving when it reopens. tickets sold out fast. founders couldn't be happier. >> to be able to see new relations developed here at university of california berkeley, to see healing take place. our culture made visible. it's historic and we're grateful it's happening right now. know that ancestors and elders make it possible for us. >> some of the items on the unique menu include venison backstrap, native mushrooms, fried seaweed, rose hip tea and chia seed brownies. >>> volunteer led festival is more than a decade old, first times it been held since the pandemic started. say recognizing earth day is important to the city. say it's time to walk the walk. >> it's really important, especially in san francisco. as we know, all the politicians speak the rhetoric of climate change but what are we actually doing

berkeley campus. police say two suspects wearing black ski masks used a knife to rob the victim of their apple airpods. and then they fled it a white car. anyone with information is asked to call berkeley police state health officials are warning people not to eat oysters imported from british columbia. the california department of public health today says at least 34 people have reportedly become ill with norovirus after eating the raw oysters, almost a dozen california restaurants as well. those illnesses were reported between march 11th through march, 19th. people in other states have also been getting sick. in canada. 279 people became ill. anyone who becomes ill after eating raw oysters should contact your health care provider and reported to their local health department. alright so for the first time in more than two years, fans at tonight's warriors and sharks home games do not need to prove they're vaccinated or even show a negative covid test. the entire bay area is aligning with the state r

a statement from uc berkeley to ktvu reads quote. we appreciate extensive support for the project from city hall, the community business leaders and, according to a recent independent study 65% of our students, the campus is also grateful for a partnership with the city of berkley. that is enabling us to offer transitional housing and a new daytime drop in center for on housed people who are currently living or gathering in the park. let's take you back, live out here to use the birthdays. campus looks like they finally got that banner up there. you see the line of people with their signs in front of, say, the gate here. the university says it can start building as early as this summer and has a plan to move that homeless encampment to a nearby hotel paid for by a state grant. but those folks are out here protesting say that is just a band aid and not a long term solution. we're live this morning in berkeley. i'm james torres. ktvu fox two news, james . thank you for that new this morning, a european journalist was killed in a russia

these are live pictures from berkeley.ters held a rally in san francisco's mission district celebrating cesar chavez day. season wellins would have turned 95 years old yesterday and one of the men in the rally told us he met sees a job says when he was only 10 years old. he later worked in the fields joined the united farm workers and went on to become an attorney. we didn't believe in ourselves and he made his believe it ourselves since it can be done, but we haven't had another sister chavez come around a person like him male or female. yes, he's a chavez died in 1993. supporters of the united farm workers say the fight for respect better wages and rights continues. it is 6 57 tomorrow, former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick will take part in the festivities for the university of michigan. spring football again. kaepernick attended their practice this week. he's been named an honorary captain for that game. now. michigan's head coach jim harbaugh, all coached kaepernick when they were both with the 49ers. kaepernick s

not separate on the berkeley campus. we do not have the ability as the campus to waive those. >>> a federal appeals court is allowing caltrans to clear homeless encampments along highways. tony lopez looks at what happens now. >> this is the worst it has been. >> reporter: crews have swept homeless, a property before forcing cameras to pick up their belongings and move somewhere else. >> it is clear for a week to a month at the most. then, they start creeping in. >> reporter: caltrans says he's in camas but public safety at risk creating a danger for drivers and problems like this fire last february that started in a camp under highway 50 forcing a temporary closure of the on and off ramps. a new legal ruling could allow the state to permanently ban homeless on highway right of ways. >> it happy to hear there may be a solution. >> reporter: a previous a federal appeals court decision prevented authorities from forcing homeless on public property to leave unless there was enough shelter space to accommodate them. they hav

in berkeley. i'm elissa harrington ktvu fox two news, south beach.now san jose state students picketed outside the santa clara county jail this morning, calling on county supervisors to reconsider their vote to approve a new jail. do do do. in january , county supervisors voted to spend $390 million for that new jail after years of debate. protesters want the county to reconsider that built. the students say the money would be better spent on programs for inmates. we want that to be put back into the community and to mental health programs for inmates in prison. we want them to revamp the current facilities that are going on and to use that money also in programs for reintroduction programs for citizens for prisoners to go back into society. the students say if supervisors do not reconsider their vote, they will look at putting a referendum on the 2024 ballot to try and stop the jail from moving forward. new attend skiing on memorial day the recent storms are extending the season for at least one popular resort palisades tahoe says it will now be ope

c berkeley energy economist said.as prices come down more significantly at the palm i think we are going to see prices come down pretty soon because we had a big spike not just in crude oil prices, but in that margin between the crude oil price and the price of gasoline, the refinery margins and those seem to be coming down already at the wholesale level. when that happens, it's usually a week or two before they really come through to the retail level. professor bernstein says he expects over the next couple of weeks. gas prices should drop by about 20 or 30 cents a gallon. barry is finally beginning to see just the tiniest drop in gas prices. tripoli reports this morning in san francisco. a gallon of regular gas is averaging. $5.92 oakland's averages. 5 84 san jose's 5 83 all these prices down a penny from yesterday's average just a couple of cents lower than where we were a week ago, and gas prices are still so high in california that some people in southern california actually headed to mexico to fill up those tank

in berkeley. i'm elissa harrington ktvu, fox two news. oakland teachers walked off the job today in protest of the plan to close or merge 11 schools over the next two years. they say the district board of directors listens to their complaints every two weeks, but it's not making any changes. all usd has not honored their agreement coming out of the 2000 and 19 strike that there must be at least one year of community engagement before making any decision to close schools. we are displacing 230 children who walk to school who live in the neighborhood, and the school board is not being transparent about the use of the site. today is one day walkout kept students from attending school. this is the third time this semester that oakland teachers have gone on strike to protest the closures. 11 the napa valley is leading the state is tourism begins to rebound, state tourism officials say tourism napa is just 19% below the record number seen in 2019. the chronicle reports. numbers from visit california show tourism spending in san francisco. is le

the berkeley unified school district says counselors have been available to students since tuesday. and they will continue to be available for students across the district. u c. berkeley officials say police have detained the student who made credible threats towards others today, forcing a lockdown of the campus that lasted several hours. students who were in morning classes were told to shelter in place while police searched the campus. police say they were looking for a person who made what they wanted. they wanted to harm specific individuals, they say. one student said her professor closed the windows and doors turned off the lights and people sat in silence for several hours. everyone got pretty silent, including me were all just worry, just waiting. shelter in place order was finally lifted shortly before two p.m. and hundreds of students streaming down to the classes. no word yet on what charges the student who made the threats may face a former catholic priest who was removed from the clergy in a sex abuse scandal appeared in court today on vehicular manslaughter and dy cha

members of the berkeley high school mountain bike team were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. abandoned for bikes were stolen during a carjacking. >> well, forcefully to go all talked with the head coach who admits it's been a rough week for the team. >> after a tranquil bike trip in napa county, 3 coaches and to student athletes with the berkeley high school mountain bike team were held up at gunpoint when they got off the freeway in berkeley saturday to drop one of the students often home. both men wearing ski masks, head coach nick kapur to mix as the carjacking and robbery happened just after 3 o'clock that afternoon at the busy residential intersection of 8th and virginia are men came up in a car. >> and ordered them to, you know, drop what they're doing get out of the car. and then they just took the car to thieves, drove off in a coach's van with 4 bikes attached. another bike was left behind but severely damaged. >> in all the loss totals, more than $20,000. pepper to make was a part of the group earlier in the day but was not there during the robbery. no one was injur

order for the entire campus of uc berkeley.in, as you can see in the tweet, they're recommending everybody on campus to go inside and move away from doors and windows they're only describing this as a police activity. so we're unclear is exactly what's happening. but that is the warning they're putting out right now. we have crews on the way to try and find out more information. so keep it to the kron. 4 will update you when we do get those details. and i 48 in other headlines this morning. members of the berkeley high school mountain bike team were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. happened near the intersection of 8th and virginia streets on saturday. the team's head coach says the team was robbed while they were dropping off one of their teammates at their house. he says the thieves came up. they were armed. they were wearing ski masks. and in the end they drove off with the coaches fan that had 4 bikes attached to it, leaving behind one bike that was severely damaged. the coach says he just feels horrible for the traumat

this was across the street from berkeley city college. the berkeley heights principal says some people saw that student fall. students and staff are being offered counseling on campus today. police say no foul play is suspected. the cause is still under investigation. >>> new video from southern california shows the aftermath of a police chase that ended with a rollover crash. it happened early this morning in los angeles. officers were chasing a stolen suv when it occurred. four people were hospitalized, including two lapd officers. the pursuit suspect did get away and is still on the run. >>> take a live look now at the san francisco skyline where today, city supervisors are taking up the issue of dna from rape kits being used in criminal cases. now, it comes after the victim of a sexual crime was recently arrested in connection to a property crime in san francisco based on her rape kit dna. today, supervisors will consider a new ordinance that will protect victims of sexual assault by limiting how rape kit dna is stored and handled. st

berkeley campus. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. we now know the name of a berkeley high school student who fell to his death this week at a parking garage, police say 18 year old dominic hernandez died monday after falling during a lunch break. he was at a parking garage at mill via and center streets. many students reportedly saw it happen. berkeley police are investigating and say as of now , there does not appear to be any signs of foul play. vice president kamal harris back in the bay area, she is working to address maternal healthcare vice president spent the day at the mission bay campus at ucsf ktvu tom baker tells us about her goal of improving health care for pregnant women. vice president harris visiting the ucsf medical center in mission bay, has been campaigning for better maternal healthcare and ending the generally worse healthcare outcomes for african american moms. native american moms. and moms living in rural areas. harris met with leaders and participants in ucsf's embrace program. that's a program for african am

. >>> for coaches and students on the berkeley hot mountain biking. police say two robbers carjacked to them for their expensive bikes mounted on the van. the east bay biking community is on edge after a series of gunpoint robberies targeting bikes. >> two of the coaches were outside helping to get my bike off and a white sports car drives up really fast and stops abruptly behind us into men in masks come out of the car. one of them pulled out a gun and says, don't touch that. >> reporter: there were five mountain bikes mounted on the minivan. this berkeley high school student had just taken down her bike. >> after us all the guns, i got a sense of like the danger and i guess like fight or flight kicked in. i just stood behind the fence. >> he tugged on my shirt and when i saw the gun i got out. >> the robert sped away with the van and four box. this bike was worth roughly $5000. >> i was kind of blank. it was like shocking. a bit of an out of body experience. >> they said one driver drive dragged the bike for about 50 feet before letting go. >> after

berkeley campus demagogues ktvu fox two news. new at 11. tonight, hundreds of people protested outside the walt disney studios in burbank this afternoon, calling for a boycott over what they call the company's woke agenda. disney has come under fire from all sides of the political spectrum . last month, the ceo apologized to employees for the company's slow response to florida's so called don't say gay bill, which is now law that bans teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity in school from kindergarten through third grade . disney later denounced it, but not everyone agrees. truthfully i just want to protect children. i don't think that disney promoting these task forces that are trying to include the lgbtq agenda onto children at such a young age them protesting governor to sentence in florida for protecting kids from pre k to third grade. is a good idea to them. i just don't think it's right. the protesters say they're upset that disney is doing away with gender specific greetings instead of boys and girls, or ladies and gentl

not sent by the berkeley campus. we do not have an ability as our campus to waive those. >>> a federal appeals court is allowing caltrans to clear homeless encampments on highways. tony lopez looks at what happens now. >> this is the worst it has been. >> reporter: a cruise swept homeless from the state property before. they had to pick up their belongings and move somewhere else. >> maybe a week to a month at the most? then, they start coming back in. >> reporter: reason comments puts public safety at risk, creating a danger for drivers and problems like this fire last february that started at a camp under phi way 50. the temporary closure of the on and off frames. a new legal ruling could allow the state to personally ban homeless on highway right-of- way is. >> there might be solutions. >> reporter: previous federal appeals court decision had vetted authoritifr rcin publpro shelter space to accommodate the. >> they have nowhere to go. >> reporter: the same report released a new decision based on a case in berkeley

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that's what happened to uc berkeley students today. but tonight they're relieved the ordeal is over. police spent the day searching for a person who made specific threats against people who work or learn at the university. nbc bay area's sharon katsuda is live at uc berkeley with the latest for us. very busy day out there today, sharon. >> reporter: that's right, audrey. a cal spokesperson said the person who made the threat is affiliated with the university and they took these threats very seriously. >> are you okay? >> reporter: a father nervously talked to his daughter on the phone who's hiding inside the student union. that was the focus of the search at 9:30 when campus police told people to shelter in place. >> oh, my god my friends are in there and stuff. so i was hoping for the best that nothing happened. >> reporter: campus police sent out emails warning the community someone made serious and credible threats against specific individuals on campus. the alert came through around 9:30 to shelter in place and stay away from doors

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this but all the week looking outside at berkeley right now, we've got clear skies overhead and we are in the midst of a cool breezy morning. a couple of 30's up in the north bay to start this morning. so we're off to one of the coldest start to the week so far. that might actually joe chill wake a little bit more. see. pete, thank bill for that cold. if you look at it that way, anyways, today we are going to see a few passing clouds in that light breeze does continue sending us a long sleeves. light jacket, kind of stuff. definitely don't need to layer up. it's just a comfortably. cool afternoon to be expected. at times you'll see a few passing clouds, but still plenty bright on into tomorrow. skies brighten up a little bit more still on the cool side, though, we're going to hold off on temperatures warming up until friday at which point we'll start to see those numbers climbing near the 80's. by the time we reach saturday. as for today's daytime highs, 50's and 60's for san francisco. we've got some 50's right along the coastline and then 60's for most of our bayshore cities today, b

reporting live at uc berkeley. evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news very unsettling day there on the calle campus, evan. thank you. san jose police today released a new photo of the suspect, who is accused of starting that massive fire that destroyed a home depot store earlier this month. 27 year old dylan gold was arrested last week on felony arson charges. police are now sharing this surveillance image of him at another business before the fire as they seek more witnesses . in this case, investigators say, go carried out thefts and other san jose businesses on the same day as the home depot fire he's accused of intentionally starting that fire to cover up the theft of tools. police seen gog to contact them. alright now to our weather, and we saw plenty of downpours across the bay area today and in livermore . we even saw some hail this video from our own roberta gonzalez in the sierra. it looked a lot like winter with snow blanketing interstate 80 near soda springs. drivers face some treacherous driving conditions t

tripled at berkeley schools in just a week's time. this is according to the district superintendent. >> as of thursday, there were 91 cases in a week earlier there were 29 berkeley unified says it's also seeing more cases among its sports teams and the factors being blamed include the easing of mask restrictions. the district is planning to pass out more at home testing kits. >> spring usually means prom season due graduations and other end of your celebrations. but now a covid outbreak in greene county schools is threatening those events prompting health officials to issue some new guidelines. and our grant lotus joins us now with details on the new guidelines scrapped. here we go again. at least everybody's vaccinated here. marin county are most people, marin county health officials are advising schools to take extra precautions after seeing a spike in covid cases. recently. they say the spike could be due in part to people coming back from spring break trips and also, you know, dealing with these large indoor gatherings downs this

. >>> we're learning more about the death of a student near berkeley high school. it happened yesterday during the lunch period. berkeley police say an 18-year-old student fell from one of the higher levels of a parking garage. the principal at berkeley high say some students actually saw the teenager plunge off the garage. police say no foul play is suspected. students and staff members at berkeley high are being offered counseling. >>> a theranos blood testing machines and how they were used in wallgreens drugstores took center stage today. the former chief operating officer of theranos and one time boyfriend of the ceo is accused of defrauding both investors and patients. today jurors heard from a former walgreens executive who testified he was involved. in addition to putting the pressure on the defense team today's testimony also serves as a warning to other medical companies thinking about using technology from startups. >> any large company like a walgreens better be 110% sure that any kind of technology that could impact the lives and well-being of the peop

the at things are going to get shaky here in berkeley. up to give people and to really let them know what an earthquake feels like. it's a simulator and people will be able to step in and really get the full experience. i have a jose lara with me from cal o e s office of emergency services. now, jose, you guys are currently setting up the simulator. so kind of explain how this all works out. >> yeah, there are. some later will provide the opportunity to experience the intensity. an earthquake anywhere from maybe 2 of 3 to a 7 point. oh, i'm worth quake. but the intensity so use like 6 brings about one g force when they are on the simulator. all right. and then you guys will also be here kind of telling people how to prepare for an earthquake. i'm from florida. we deal with hurricanes. we do not deal with kind of give us some tips on what people should do when an earthquake comes. sure. this simple way of simple things that anybody can do to prepare for the next earthquake. the first thing is identify your hazards, whether that be in your

new cases tripled to berkeley schools last week compared to the week before. the district says it had 91 new cases last week, likely due to the highly transmissible omicron baron and the loosening of mass restrictions. health department says the increase reflects an uptake in covid cases across the bay area. the fda announced today. covid vaccines could be available for children five and under by june, the fda plans to hold meetings on june 8th june 21st june 22nd to review applications from moderna and fighter for child vaccines. the fda meetings are typically the final step for the authorization of the rollout of the vaccine to come. at noon, thousands of a area families displaced from their homes in the coming months. the threat they face when it comes to rental assistance, plus another report reflecting the surgeon prices, but some economists say there is a bright spot. i'm either rivera in washington, with details coming up up to 10 degrees warmer today and throughout many neighborhoods and compares into yesterday, but the change in the forecast for the w

a lot of trouble in berkeley. i'm james torres ktvu. wall street, where a big selloff today was fueled by a slump in tech stocks. the dow fell 939 points today. nearly 3% nasdaq was down 536 points and the s and p lost 155 points. chairs in amazon were down 14% after the retail and tech giant reported a rare quarterly loss earlier at four financial expert george and the chetty said that investors are worried about corporate earnings and inflation. position to that markets very disappointed that the supply chain has not been really built out yet. that's what's really causing a lot of our inflation we have, you know, less supply and much more demand, and the supply channel hasn't been completed yet. the cherry said he does not foresee a recession , saying next quarter should be positive, with gradual improvement in the supply chain . the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates next week to tamp down inflation, despite concerns such a move. could trigger a recession. faxes medlin river reports from washington on the political i

but the east bay shoreline, upper 60's, you'll note looks oakland's coming in at 68. 71 for berkeley. 66. meanwhile, 4 petaluma going into this evening keeping a notation of a few scattered clouds still working their magic 66 8 by 9. we're talking 62 again, going to more of a a clear bias by tomorrow morning. do have those winds on shore now they're going to intensify little bit by tomorrow afternoon. that's going to be added in tore cooling program. but this cooling pattern is very short-lived. what do you see that 7 day forecast to see a nice pop happening. justine. our covid-19 coverage. 10. >> the latest sign of things getting back to normal is that california has dropped its vaccine requirements for so-called mega events. those are events with 1000 people or more. instead, the state is strongly recommending vaccine verification or proof of a negative test for attendees. but it's up to county leaders to decide whether or not they want to align with the state guidance or keep that mandate. people we spoke with conceived too, faced by these loosening restrictions. >> like it's so it

berkeley high school mountain bike team were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. were stolen during a carjacking cross forcefully to call. spoke with the head coach of the mountain bike team who says it has been a rough week for the squat. >> the berkeley police department is reviewing surveillance footage that may have captured the weekend carjacking involving coaches and members of the berkeley high school mountain bike team. the group of 5 was robbed at gunpoint near the intersection of 8th and virginia streets just after 3 o'clock saturday afternoon, head coach nick effort to make says the thieves were armed with guns wearing ski masks. coaches van for bikes were stolen and another badly damaged. well, the suspects drove off unfortunate. there's also tragic death on monday at the high school. >> that has affected the team that day. a student died after falling from a parking structure pepper to mix as they were not a part of the club. >> but were well known to members who are taking the loss our emotional taxing. we've definitely been working as a team to star

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>>> on kpix5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, a lock down on uc berkeley campus. what police are calling a credible threat cancels classes for today. good afternoon. >>> we begin with the developing story. it's been a tense morning on the campus. the university issued a campus wide lock down after 10:00. it happened after police say they were looking for a person suspected of trying to hurt specific people. no additional details yet. earlier chopper 5 caught security in place. we want to get you back to live pictures from the campus. as a result the university has canceled classes for the rest of the day. food service on campus has also been suspended and people on campus are told to stay inside. we are monitoring that situation. more as we get it. >>> turning to first alert weather. this is a first alert weather day specifically because of what we are seeing on first alert doppler. to the east there is a complex of lightning strikes. that's moved into the central valley. our concern would be the ones showing up out here to the west, either to our west or directly

berkeley. high officials say other students witnessed the fall. the student's name has not been released publicly. the investigation into the fall is still ongoing. >> from online scammers to car smash and grabs. it seems like criminals are looking for just about any way they can to take your money these days. and that includes stealing a t m's. there have been several recent examples of that here in the bay area. kron four's. catherine heenan live for us in the newsroom with more catherine? yes, some police departments can say there is a definite spike in these very brazen. usually overnight thefts and attempted thefts. we're talking about messy, very damaging robberies. the atm, so ripped straight from the walls of buildings. you're looking at a recent example in brentwood where there have been 2 such incidents with an a the last few days and weeks. police say sunday's somebody used stolen tractorlto tear out a machine a month earlier. thieves used a forklift stolen from a construction site. and in sunday, somebody tried and failed to steal an a

and we also do want to note of straight the media representatives over at berkeley at uc berkeley. they've said that if you're not on campus, please do stay away from the area. we don't want anyone in or >>of interfering with that presence there. all right. now to our next story, a former priest and convicted child molester faces a judge this afternoon. he is accused of killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence. 75 year-old steven chi's lee is charged with hitting 2 victims in walnut creek. investigators say he struck a couple while they were walking on the sidewalk. 64 year-old curtis gunn died at the scene and his wife, laura lynn, was taken to the hospital. just bought by the spot where there's i think, you know, leftovers from the flares and it just >>just hit me, you know, because i haven't been out since since the news. yeah, i'm just very, very sad. isley previously served time for molesting several children at parishes in fremont and pineau. >>he remains in custody at the martinez jail. and take a look at this san jose police just released a new photo today of

america lot people are back out enjoying the uc berkeley campus.y morning it looked like this. >> heavy police presence and alarms sounded. >> telling everyone on campus to go inside and stay away from doors and windows. graduate student, hulsey johnson was in a lecture. she says everyone in the class was moved to a safe windowless room in the basement and they stay there for about 4 hours. luckily, the game of telephone didn't go on too far and it felt like there's consistent like. >> calm information, which helped cause. i don't know. you never know if it's time to panic, but it's hope very control. she says they were checking social media to figure out what was happening. >> university officials say someone affiliated with the university issued a serious and credible threat of violence towards others at the school. it would have been sad no matter who was. >> get threatened. it's also sad for that. her son is obviously having a mental health crisis, but it's just all sad. i'm think i'm going to go home and think about how sad it all when asked f

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america lot people are back out enjoying the uc berkeley campus. but thursday morning it looked like this. >> heavy police presence and alarms sounded. >> telling everyone on campus to go inside and stay away from doors and windows. graduate student, hulsey johnson was in a lecture. she says everyone in the class was moved to a safe windowless room in the basement and they stay there for about 4 hours. luckily, the game of telephone didn't go on too far and it felt like there's consistent like. >> calm information, which helped cause. i don't know. you never know if it's time to panic, but it's hope very control. she says they were checking social media to figure out what was happening. >> university officials say someone affiliated with the university issued a serious and credible threat of violence towards others at the school. it would have been sad no matter who was. >> getting threatened. it's also sad for that. person who's obviously having a mental health crisis. but it's just all sad. i'm think i'm going to go home and think about how sad i

what the thieves took from coaches and students in berkeley. >> after two years of distancing. people are returning to big events in san francisco. [singing] >>> on this easter sunday, local ukrainians were sending out prayers for their country. >>> rain once again in the forecast, actually, a one, two, three punch this week. we will have the details. good evening. >>> we begin tonight with a frightening experience for coaches and students on the berkeley high mountain bike team. in fact two robbers carjacked them for the expensive bikes mounted on the van. kpix reporting, the east bay biking community is on edge after a series of gunpoint robberies targeting bikes. >> two of the coaches were outside helping to get my bike off and white sports car just drives up really fast, stops behind us and two men in ski masks come out of the car and one of them pulls out a gun and says don't touch that. >> reporter: there were five mountain bikes on the honda minivan. she just taken down her bike. >> after i saw the guns i sort of, i got a sense of sort of like the danger. i guess like fi

here at uc berkeley. things are slowly getting back to normal. university officials confirming an individual responsible for making violent threats has been found. the entire campus on lockdown. class is canceled. this is when students and staff got the all clear. >> it was a very frightening moment. it was like we did not know what was going to happen. >> sky 7 was over the mostly deserted campus after a shelter-in-place order came down around 10:00 a.m., lasting almost four hours. students in this classroom shoving a desk in front of a door. >> all of the rooms were locked, everybody was locked in. police tweeted there is not an active shooter on campus. police are looking for specific individuals. buildings are closed and locked down. students say they were moved around by police. >> we were on the fifth floor in a building or just in a room and then they brought us to the fourth floor because they had been sweeping the building. >> university officials say an invalid -- say an individual believes resp

uc berkeley has this housing shortage. to admit about 3000 fewer students because there wasn't enough housing available for the school's growing student population feel like most students go into this process blind and not knowing how bad and how difficult it is to find. over your head in berkeley. i definitely was not prepared. to be this stressed about housing every year and about like rent. california state legislature bypass that ruling, which now allows cow to continue its emissions as planned. now the university is working towards building more affordable housing . one plan targets people's park near the campus where the school hopes the house about students, the mayor of berkeley, says the school's looking at nine sites to build each are in and around the city and not on cows. campus. you know the campuses set of policy that they will not build on the campus park itself. um and i think they should reconsider that, as there is land that's available to build student housing. other campuses built housing on the on thei

. >> uc berkeley students have concerns hours after the lockdown on campus and did. they tell us how it unfolded. >> gilroy garlic festival organizers say farewell to the large event. what challenges are forcing changes. >> tracking showers for the morning commute and possible thunder. hour-by-hour forecast coming up. abc7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> when it is happening to you, so many things are running through your head. >> uc berkeley students not quite easy after the multi-hour lockdown that took place on campus. classes will be back to normal tomorrow as investigators say today's issue is resolved. it was tense for a time. i'm dan ashley. abc7 reporter tim johns was on campus and spoke with several students. >> the sound of sirens greeted thousands of students thursday morning. the campus implemented a replace order around 10:00. it would last for hours. >> it was definitely a scary experience. >> school officials received information an individual affiliated with the universi

police have just ended the shelter-in-place order at uc berkeley. this ends a 4 hour ordeal that sent students and staff scrambling as police search for a person who made a credible threat to the school community. plus, former heavyweight champ mike tyson punching a man on board a plane right here in the bay area. what kicked off this this fight. and san jose police have just released a new photo of the suspect wanted in connection for that hit and run that killed a mother and daughter earlier this month. now from the area's local news station. >> this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 3 o'clock today. i'm justine waltman. that lockdown just ended, but classes were canceled. and the uc berkeley campus was empty today because around 9.30, this morning, university police sounded the campus sirens which triggered a shelter in place. university police were looking for a person who was possibly wanting to harm specific people on campus kron. 4 such a call is joining us now live from the cal campus with