you know, berkeley comes in the seventh in the 1640s. bacon's rebellion is in 1676. it's a different world. by then, there a lot of grievances that that bacon, you know, lobbies against against the royal governor and taxes is just one of them. so yeah. one of the implications of the 16th hundreds is as an irish-american cromwell massacred whole cities in ireland. absolutely and the idea was that if you these people are playing for keeps and and if you have any any with cromwell and by by extension the the the eventual british government after oh seven you could end up really a world of hurt. right. so i think that the the importance the 1600s on on our our story not to be underestimated. and i thank for making that clear today. oh, thank. and, you know, to your point, there are this begets an incredible, you know, wave of migration of scots, irish presbyterian boys into virginia. as virginia starts to lax. it's its laws on religion have a lot of religious freedom sent. well, i don't to say a lot. we have some religious freedom in virginia, specifically because we hav

you rather live at uc berkeley, henry lee ktvu fox studios. oakland police are investigating a shooting this afternoon in the 3900 block of masterson street, having just a short time ago around 2 15 this afternoon, officers arrived on scene to find one victim with a gunshot wound. officers later discovered a second victim, also with a gunshot wound. that person had arrived at an area hospital. the conditions of those victims is not known at this time. no information regarding a suspect either. we have an update on the victims from wednesday's oakland school shooting, ktvu has learned from highland hospital officials, one of their two patients is now stable. one still remains in critical condition. six people in total were shot that day. king estates campus for other victims have already been released from hospitals. oakland police say all six victims are connected to the school but were not the targets of the shooting. they continue to look for two suspects. newly elected alameda county sheriff yesenia sanchez is now speaking out about those 4

ktvu jana katsuyama spoke to protesters in the crowd at uc berkeley.

the top public university belongs to uc berkeley and ucla. they tied. uc berkeley. kumasi: we have more eye candy from nasa's james webb telescope and it is positioned on a cluster of stars being born in orion nebula. this gives astronomers insight into how stars and planetary systems form. the photo was taking -- taken using infrared light which allows astronomers to see through layers of just. -- players ofd -- layers of dust. the hubble telescope only captures visible light. i will show you the difference where it feels like the web telescope is like look at this fabulous thing we just saw. you see? hubble, webb. reggie: hubble did really well for its time. and end of an era in san jose as a community gardener is hanging up his tools. rich santoro has planted thousands of flowers in his 2000 square-foot backyard. since 1985, visitors have flocked to the garden to catch a glimpse. it became so popular he turned the garden into a fundraiser, donating proceeds to st. jude's children's research hospital. he wants to focus on his family and performing as a vocalist. t

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ktvu jana katsuyama spoke to protesters in the crowd at uc berkeley. awesome. putting their pain into signs and chants of protest. hundreds of people from the bay area's iranian communities joined together at uc berkeley friday night, they chanted the name of a 22 year old iranian woman who died in police custody after she was arrested september 16th by iran's morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab headscarf tightly enough. police say she died of heart failure. witnesses say she was beaten in the head crowd, a mix of young and old spoken english and farsi , grieving for the young woman angry at the regime that imposes mandatory head coverings on women in iran and has cut off social media to quell the protests that have erupted across the country. vacation has been cut voices have been silenced. we're here to kind of bring that voice back. many of the candlelight vigil say they are inspired by the iranian women and supporters who have since taken to the streets in iran, removing their hijabs and burning them. dozens have been killed in the protests.

oakland and berkeley. 92, which isn't as hot as inland areas.but if you don't have ac, that's hot enough antioch in fairfield, that won't end well vacaville at one 15 today, santa rosa through center fell each in the triple digits as well. tomorrow's daytime highs just as hot if not hotter than today's and same for thursday. so this is an extended heat wave with triple digit heat inland all the way through friday. multiple days of heat means get yourself to those cool spots. any outdoor activities during morning hours and just take it easy during your afternoons overall, staying hydrated more than anything else weekend will finally bring some relief with temperatures cooling into the 90's and 80's inland bayside areas. you'll start to take some relief towards wednesday and thursday with highs falling out of the 90's and back into the 80's. reyna jumping over that. let's get a look at your traffic this morning. awfully not of people. a lot of people out on the road custard stand home, sleep in. >> 7 minutes. mason at fremont street exit. the san

oakland and berkeley up to 92. i mentioned at one 15 triple digits as well from santa rosa to center fell. get out stinson beach and find yourself. 77 tomorrow. just as hot, if not even a little hotter than today. thursday remaining really warm as well by friday. at least it's the last day of triple digits. the weekend we cool into the 80's and 90's inland 70's by the bay 60's returning towards the coast again this weekend. as for our bridges bay bridge, very empty. just a few cars making your way out of the peninsula. i'm sure most of those people are getting to the city to escape the heat further inland. san mateo bridge, a 12 minute drive. if you're crossing the richmond so no traffic whatsoever. and crystal clear at the golden gate bridge on the roads and in the skies, james. all right, john, thank you. time now 9.47. in a young oakland woman. >> has published her first novel and now she's part of oprah winfrey's book club. can you believe it? check your started writing this book when she was just 16 years old,

well, new this morning, a train track collision prompting a street closure in berkeley. the crash happened about 5 o'clock this morning on the train tracks right between gilman street and curtis street. >> the train hit an unoccupied car that was on the tracks. it did suffer some damage to the engine. several intersections between gilman and virginia streets are closed right now in both directions. the police department is asking residents to use alternate routes to get around this at this point. in the east bay. police are looking for 2 inmates who escaped from a detention facility. makeshift pictures of them share to us by contra costa county sheriff's department there looking for these 2 who escaped yesterday from the marsh creek detention center out in clayton, the prison on the left. who is 33 year-old gerardo ramirez, vera of richmond. he's been sentenced on weapons, burglary and vandalism charges. the person on the right. his 28 year-old jorge garcia, pittsburgh, and he is facing charges including vehicle theft and drug possession. police say in the if you're in t

you know, berkeley comes in the seventh in the 1640s. bacon's rebellion is in 1676. it's a different world. by then, there a lot of grievances that that bacon, you know, lobbies against against the royal governor and taxes is just one of them. so yeah. one of the implications of the 16th hundreds is as an irish-american cromwell massacred whole cities in ireland. absolutely and the idea was that if you these people are playing for keeps and and if you have any any with cromwell and by by extension the the the eventual british government after oh seven you could end up really a world of hurt. right. so i think that the the importance the 1600s on on our our story not to be underestimated. and i thank for making that clear today. oh, thank. and, you know, to your point, there are this begets an incredible, you know, wave of migration of scots, irish presbyterian boys into virginia. as virginia starts to lax. it's its laws on religion have a lot of religious freedom sent. well, i don't to say a lot. we have some religious freedom in virginia, specifically because we hav

we see why. >> reporter: is that the berkeley beach you go to? elsa has lived in the berkeley hills with her husband for nearly 50 . 50 years. a few years ago, she was looking to do something new and meaningful. on social media, media, she heard about a grandmother in england who cleaned her local beach for a y. a year. >> i thought that's interestingi love to pick up trash. maybe i could pick up trash for a year. >> reporter: so alpha began weekly visits to the beach. cleaning up at the berkeley marina and beyond for two hours at a time. the retired cal berkeley graduate assistant found it fulfilling. >> a year went by and i thought this is still fun so i have beeg it now for about four and half years now. >> reporter: the 82-year-old says the habit has opened her eyes. >> i was surprised that once i started taking things up, how does anybody leave this down here? i noticed there were more things to pick up. every time you bend over you see a straw and you bend over to pick it up and then you see five other little pieces of plastic. >> reporter:

i talked to a woman in berkeley, who left her home in the hills to be the heat. >> i will get you outre. >> reporter: this is maggie starr a couple days ago, panting to keep cool. this is the eight-month old lab, tonight, comfortable in an air-conditioned hotel in berkeley with her owner, allie. she says she had no choice but to book a hotel room, because the temperatures inside her berkeley hills apartment were over 100 degrees. >> i had a project i was working on, a presentation to deliver to executives. i had to get in good shape, and i could not really think because it was so hot. i looked up dog friendly hotels in the neighborhood. >> reporter: she found this one in the berkeley marina, where things are cooler. cool temperatures, nonexistent in the south bay. nearly 100,000 san jose pg&e customers, including three hospitals, found themselves in the dark, this week, because of the heat. the mayor is blaming the utility infrastructure failures. >> we saw that in 2020, when we had blown transformers and thousands of residents without power. the problem was not fixed. >> the mayor sa

, so this direction is heading towards berkeley.e they're trying to write it right now, and that traffic is going to be busy in the area. so give yourself plenty of time again. this is eastbound 5 80 in richmond at bayview. as we pull back, you can see the other direction heading toward the richmond bridge is doing okay. now let's go to another problem . we have a new crash westbound 5 86 80 in dublin that one is blocking lanes as well. minor injuries, but if it staysig traffic jam. so we're kind of off to a busy start. let's take a quick look at the bay bridge that looks all right for now. 5 19, let's go to rosemary. for you today, sal. good morning to all of you. we are looking at low clouds, fog, patchy drizzle and onshore breeze. that pattern is going to hang around for the rest of the week and we may actually see some rain by the end of the weekend. here's a look at what is going on over sfo. bit of a dark start. you can see the clouds overhead. little bit of patchy drizzle storm tracker to their fairly quiet from this vantage

berkeley police are looking for help in finding a missing boy and his mother. their names are as real. and julia police have not revealed much more information but did say the child and a woman have not been seen since thursday. this point is considered to be at risk. anyone with any information is encouraged to call berkeley police. >> it's time now to get you a check of your 4 zone forecast. we're taking a live look at downtown san francisco tonight. nice little blanket of fog. just kind of streaming its way. like the city's playing hide and seek to. hiding behind the fog popping out in some spots. reaser a drug is. joining us now to look at the forecast. a recent hey there, jen and well, yeah, it is going to become more widespread during the overnight hours. so let's take a live look outside a golden gate bridge. >> noticing some better lifting and clearing with that low fog bank. but visibility for most of downtown san francisco, up to 7 miles down to 6. for those of you at half moon bay. and we could see visibility at or near 0 shortly before midnight toni

berkeley, kensington and richmond.hmond. further to the north, a bit of a break. with the low-pressure offshore, we see continued rotation of showers. isn't that a gorgeous site? 63 in oakland, 50 nine half moon bay. mount tam with a soggy picture, anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch. santa rosa just 59 degrees with 63 in concord, 80 degrees temperature and southerly winds in the east bay valley. a lot going on with the gusty winds over 30 miles an hour, southerly wind will stay with us right on through early tomorrow. upper elevation wind, over 30 miles an hour and will continue to increase. 24 hour temperature change, cool in the north bay and muggy inland. as we get there 11:00, look at the wind. 20, 30, 40 miles an hour. over 50 through the afternoon. colors indicate the strong flow. area of low pressure optional a few breaks and sunshine, that will prime the atmosphere for more downpours this afternoon into monday. this is 3:00. through cloverdale into the east bay, could see heavy downpours. through 6:00 to

uc berkeley professor of economics, jeffrey per loft says programs like this can make a difference. great inequality in this country. any programs will benefit the poor people would come by and we're talking about very poor people in. >> basically it goes for. >> the program is a 5.4 million dollars effort funded by the sonoma county board of supervisors and the santa rosa petaluma and healdsburg city council's more than 90% of the funding is from the federal american rescue plan. act intended to help the county recover from the covid pandemic santa rosa. >> when you talk about the folks who actually qualify, if our teachers that are even tease that farm workers, it's all of the people that we just deemed as essential workers were pandemic that are not making enough money to afford to live here in the bay area county to qualify. families must live in sonoma county have a household income up to 185% above the federal poverty level depended on the family size. >> and have a child under the age of 6. santa rosa mayor chris rogers says he's optimistic about what the program will do for

who remembers the berkeley free speech movement?f we should. 60 years ago mario savio led 500 students to protest the university's ban on political activity. imagine that. no politics at berkeley. well, that was three generations ago. savio's protest eventually ended the ban. free speech won. fast forward to july of this year and a clash in congress between senator josh hawley and berkeley professor keira bridges. there's a fascinating back and forth about what you are allowed to say. it showed where we are today on free speech. professor bridge withs asserted that trans men could get pregnant. hawley wanted to straighten this out and asked if a biological man could have a baby. that's not a question you're allowed to ask, apparently. professor bridges said that line of questioning is trans-phobic and encourages violence. that was her answer. that's not free speech. what on earth is going on at our universities these days? three generations ago mario savio was arrested for demanding free and open political discussion at berkeley. hi

a uc berkeley professor bill join us to explain why. september is national suicide prevention month. we will share the story of some bay area teens making strides in mental health awareness. but first, storm watch. our weather team is tracking some isolated showers and the chance for thunderstorms. let's get to sandia. sandhya: it has been active in the last 24 to 36 hours. i want to show you live doppler because we have some showers moving through right now. we are getting moderate rain around the altamont pass. you will notice heavier showers moving through this region. rainfall rates just over an inch an hour. later showers moving through bay pointe, wesley lynn road. i want to show you what is going on here that low-pressure still spinning off the coast line. as long as this load is spinning right here, you are going to continue to see waves of showers moving in. there is potential for thunderstorms. this is from the severe predictions center for the u.s. predicting the best possibility for thunderstorms in the northern and eastern

yes verizon afar a uc berkeley student among the many people moved to take action. it could have been me. it could have been me i i grew up in iran rizik has ravi helped organize sunday's human chain event across the golden gate bridge. you're all nasa. we are all her sister her brother and she had 80 million people. as her family and we want to we want to show that to the government that this time. we are not just one person that you can be and kill. during the custody. we are all together and this time it's different. at union square more demonstrators. also adamant that change in iran is necessary and coming this is the time for the world to break silence about the iranian regimes atrocities demonstrators across the bay area determined to raise awareness and for people like in kitchens. it's making a difference it definitely did. i actually cross the street. i was gonna hold a sign masamini's death a spark for change. wow, so i mean he is basically igniter for this operating. and local organizers estimate about 4 to 5,000 people made it onto the golden gate bridg

berkeley police asked again today for the public's help to try to solve the mysterious killing of a 35 year-old man from chile. >> the police department is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrests. a doleful ignacio said they don't. bravo was killed 12 years ago today, which also happens to be as 35th birthday. police say 7 don't and his fiance were robbed at gunpoint early in the morning when they're walking to home after attending a party during the robbery solid own was shot and killed. his fiance was punched in the face. the 2 suspects ran away after that. anyone with information can call berkeley police, the california department of cannabis control and antioch police more than 10,000 unlicensed indoor cannabis plans today. >> the seizure amounts to an estimated value of 7.3 million dollars. investigators also found $23,000 in cash and 6 firearms, according to antioch 17 war served throughout the city from august, the 31st through september, the 7th. >> in southern california judge has denied a bail request for a nurse accused of a deadly crash in los angeles.

cleaning up at the berkeley marina and beyond for two hours at a time. the retired cal berkeley graduate assistant found it fulfilling. >> a year went by and i thought this is still fun so i have been been doing now for 4 1/2 years . years now. >> reporter: the 82-year-old says the habit has opened her e. i was surprised that once i stad i started picking things up, how up, how would anybody leave this leave this down here. i noticed more things to be picked up. every time you bend over you see see a straw and you bend over to to pick up a straw and then you see five other little pieces ofc of plastic. >>are you feelg abo withtrash at they drop it as jo e soloissi. mfucre aware to the sound of the water and the sound of the birds. and i look at the things, plastic lids lids and something, that i'm wag by. >> reporter: on the say she foud a hard hat and issue in 15 minutes. most days she holds out out a grocery bag full of recyc. of recyclables. and some treasures in the trash. >> i have a friend who had a new a new grandchild and i found a y cute plastic

the man from berkeley is currently in the hospital. the incident took place while a city council meeting was happening in the building. gunshots were heard outside the building at about 2.15, this afternoon. the shooting took place at frank ogawa plaza and just a short time ago, oakland police provided an update on the victims. arrival officers located 2 male adult victims. >> both suffering from gunshot one of the victims, unfortunately, was pronounced deceased on scene and the second victim was transported to a local hospital where he is currently undergoing surgery. >> and of course, all of this happening after a deadly night in the city of oakland where a pair of separate shootings left 3 people dead at the first shooting overnight, taking place close to alta bates summit medical center on telegraph avenue near 31st street. >> that was just before 8 o'clock. the second one happening down the street from garfield elementary school on east 20th street. that was a little before 8.30. >> and police are asking for help in finding the sh

i looked up dog-friendly hotels. >> reporter: she found this one in the berkeley marina where things are cooler. cool temperatures nonexistent in the south bay. nearly 100,000 san jose pg&e customers including three hospitals found themselves in the dark this week because of the heat. the mayor is blaming the utility's infrastructure failures. >> we saw that back in 2020 when we had blown transformers and thousands of residents without power. the problem wasn't fixed. >> reporter: the mayor says if pg&e doesn't present a plan to repair and replace problems this time, the city will seek a court injunction to force it to do so. >> we cannot continue to have a grid that is not reliable enough to protect the basic health and safety of san jose residents. >> reporter: pg&e says it already replaced 700 transformers across the city in the last couple of years and it, too, is frustrated with the outages. >> this is historic. it is unacceptable. we all rely on power. it is absolutely essential to our quality of life. >> reporter: there have been eight straight days of energy alerts. another i

there's a flip in american culture to speak about the berkeley thing.the party of free speech and the left is the sensor. they make joe mccarthy sound like abby hoffmann. joe wasn't trying to sensor people and chasing communist and in this case, you can't have a debate anymore because they claim you cannot debate a side that is dangerous and harmful. they're not eligible for debate. they canceled a conference because republicans were there and don't oppose viewpoints and it's hate speech or disinformation. >> jessica, it seems like the younger generation now is accustomed to which one and it's danger in certain environments and a lot goes back to poor civics education and not enough emphasis on the rules of the road and speaking about the first amendment and what real life will look like and it's a strange job for a liberal that i sit around with conservatives every day and talk about issues and not saying you have to go and do that. some of the most interesting relationships that i've had throughout my life is people with a differing viewpoint and if h

her remains will take to her final resting place and a robbery in berkeley today. this one involving an ar 15. what we know still to come. >> now to our wildfire coverage tonight. the mosquito fire has been burning for 6 days. and tonight, placer county officials are confirming it remains at 10% containment. the fire scorched more than 46,000 acres in placer and el dorado counties. firefighters say for the first time since tuesday, we have a small containment line. nearly 6,000 homes in both counties remain threatened by those flames. tonight. >> meanwhile, the mountain fire is still growing and roaring cal-fire officials issuing evacuation orders and warnings throughout siskyou county. the fire burned in the maxx gold drainage last night with wind gusts over 30 miles per hour dryness leading to some uphill runs by these flames that were aided by heavy brush and timber. as of this morning, the fire has spread more than 13,000 acres. it is 60% contained. >> and in southern california, crews are battling the fairview fire in riverside county and they got some help fr

areas like oakland, berkeley hayward, fremont climbing well into the 90's. this is not going to be the most fun of conditions towards the afternoon. so make sure to get those windows open right now. get that cool. breeze lead in were lot of us are in the 60's. although berkeley conquered livermore, brentwood in pittsburgh still holding on to the 70's during your overnight hours. petaluma really good chance to allow some cool air in your at 59 right now. so some of us are cool. some of us are still fairly warm. whatever the case get outside during morning hours. let that cool breeze in and find that cool place to get to later on today. important note will be any sort of marine layer today. right now the fog is pushed well off shore. we are going to see the return of some sea breeze near the coastline towards the afternoon today. so we will have some really hot temperatures right along the coast. nice little push of fog right through the golden gate bridge is possible towards the tail end of the day today. that could at least have a moderating effect at the co

sue has been tracking problems in berkeley. sue: look at that, 80 westbound. we had an earlier problem that gilman locking all lanes for a time. that has been seared out of lanes, but the damage is done for this portion. you can see it is pretty heavy for 5:43 in the morning. our backup is starting to diminish, but you will still find very slow traffic in the minute -- in the vicinity. a fatal accident was a motorcycle that went off the road, westbound 92 at skyline. the coroner has been called. expect delays. there's one way traffic control, westbound 92 right at skyline, so if you are later this morning heading to the coast, you may want to check back in because it definitely looks like it is going to be a wild for this one. if you are headed westbound you will want to take highway one through pacifica for your better alternate eating over towards half moon bay. even eastbound is going to be slow due to this accident. we will be back with more have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪♪

people are encouraged to visit berkeley humane .org for more information . well we can experience an earthquake here in the bay area at any moment. we know that. but stanford scientists are now warning of the possibility of a large earthquake specifically. under silicon valley. a new study finds that two lesser known false known together as the foothill thrust belt fall could produce an earthquake as strong as a magnitude 69 every 252 300 years, the scientists emphasize an earthquake that size is not going to happen, but that those faults have the capability of producing a strong quake a packed house at levi stadium tonight as mexico's men's national soccer team took on columbia ktvu. south bay reporter lamonica peters. is more now on the first international match ever held in santa clara since levi stadium was named as one of the host venues for the 2026 fifa world cup. thousands of fans tailgated just outside of levi stadium on tuesday. as traditional music played, tailgaters waved their mexican and colombian flags in support of their team and vendors gril

cal berkeley was knocked from number one to number two. this year's top spot goes to m.i.t.s done its rankings based on return on investment, graduating on time, securing high salaries. the list focused on private and public universities. >> stunning images of the titanic reveal the most amazing detail yet of the 110-year-old shipwreck. clearly visible is the enormous anchor. each chain-link weighs about 200 pounds. other images show one of the oilers that fell to the floor. this new high-resolution video will help determine the ship's rate of decay. ocean rate says the video was taken during the 2022 expedition to the world's most iconic shipwreck. it takes me right back to the movie. next at 6:30, the push to hire more teachers at schools across the country. how the lack of educators is impacting students. >> we share what we learned about a senior living facility where 90-year-old woman was accidentally poisoned and died. >> a live look outside this morning. 6:20 six is the time. 6:20 six is the time. we will be right what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26?

there's really ministry is admitted for the 1st time that their agenda is showing a berkeley was not killed by israeli soldier, responding to fire from palestinian gunman. it says it will not pursue any criminal charges. this trust has been picked up the new leader of the u. k. conservative party and is such a great bar. johnson as british prime minister on tuesday. she beat for johnson and she's not around $20000.00 boats. and gas prices have rocketed across europe after russia warned it will not reopen the north stream. one pipeline to the continent until sanctions lifted. the cost of gas increased by 30 percent on monday and is up for 100 percent from the start of the year. can you supreme court has upheld william rooters when in last month's presidential election and throughout all the allegations of vote rigging, presented by his opponent rather dinner. the veteran opposition leader says he will respect the ruling, even though he disagrees with it. easing fears of a repeat of previous post election violence conference or reports from nairobi. those judges, i can your supreme cou

i am currently, as i put it, an inmate at uc berkeley. berkeley gets a bad reputation. it is such a big place, but there is more intellectual diversity there than at a lot of small places. i do like university life. it is also good for people to hang around with people with different views. i enjoy the challenge of being the only conservative in the room at a seminar. i attend a lot of workshops there at berkeley. it is not that i disagree violently with what is being done. i will often raise my hand and people say they enjoy having a challenge from the right. i have a disposition for it. i tend to be a people person and i attend to like everybody, even if they have different views for me. john: you see yourself staying at berkeley? steven: possibly. covid has kind of thrown a wrench into things, but student life is not quite back to what it was before the pandemic and it is slowly recovering. that is very discouraging. john: he talked about competing for the space. who are today's conservative thinkers? who are the leading conservative thinkers? steven: i mentioned one

i am currently, as i put it, an inmate at uc berkeley. berkeley gets a bad reputation. it is such a big place, but there is more intellectual diversity there than at a lot of small places. i do like university life. it is also good for people to hang around with people with different views. i enjoy the challenge of being the only conservative in the room at a seminar. i attend a lot of workshops there at berkeley. it is not that i disagree violently with what is being done. i will often raise my hand and people say they enjoy having a challenge from the right. i have a disposition for it. i tend to be a people person and i attend to like everybody, even if they have different views for me. john: you see yourself staying at berkeley? steven: possibly. covid has kind of thrown a wrench into things, but student life is not quite back to what it was before the pandemic and it is slowly recovering. that is very discouraging. john: he talked about competing for the space. who are today's conservative thinkers? who are the leading conservative thinkers? steven: i mentioned one

they take on the uc davis aggies kickoff for that game set for one in berkeley. i got to be rooting for my bear. so go bears. and from athletics to academics, a new federal study confirms a dramatic drop in student performance across the country during the pandemic. according to the national center for education statistics, the big the biggest drops were in math and reading among 9 year-old the new data finding reading score saw their largest decrease in 30 years. mass corps have their first decrease in the history of this study and students of color were especially impacted. mass scores drop by 13 points for black students and 8 points for hispanic students. the u.s. secretary of education blaming both the covid-19 outbreak and the trump administration. >> efforts were not there to safely reopen schools. there's a lot of rhetoric but no action. we need to create. i can do problem solving unifying back to basics, environment in schools. >> no good. the good news here is officials say that this is not a permanent problem. the education secretary and the president

a lot of recent a robbery in berkeley today. this one involving an ar 15. >> what we know still to come. >> plus, the queen's cough and arriving in edinburgh, scotland. today we're taking a look at the journey. her remains will take to her final resting place. but first, an update on the mosquito by fire burning north of the bay area. we'll have details on that >> now to our wildfire coverage. the mosquito fire has been burning for 6 days and tonight, placer county officials confirm it remains at 10% containment. the fire scorched more than 46,000 acres in placer and el dorado counties. firefighters say for the first time since tuesday, they have a small containment line. nearly 6,000 homes, though, in both counties are remaining threatened by those flames. meanwhile, the mountain fire is still growing and roaring cal-fire officials issuing evacuation orders and warnings. >> throughout siskyou county, the fire burned in the maxx gulch drainage last night with wind gusts over 30 miles per hour dryness leading a pill runs of flame

you know, berkeley and oakland streets very close call for ben eichenberger and his 13 year old son, leo. the pair were among hundreds taking part in friday's east bay bike party when a driver rolled through the crowd . like all of a sudden there's a car coming down like the right land, like really, really fast and we just had time to get out of the way. and i just remember thinking, oh, god, this guy is going to plow into the crowd, and i just i wanted to slow him down. so i so i got off my bike and i was just trying to like, be in front of him, just like say, stop! stop! stop and he just accelerated into me. i jumped out of the way just in time. ben is seen in this cell phone video jumping off his bike right before it's hit, he said the driver also clipped a bike in front of him, which sent the cyclist tumbling into the road. this happened on alcatraz avenue near shaddock in north oakland. police initially said nobody filed a report but later confirmed they are investigating this as a hit and run with two victims, leo said the car was only inches away from him and his friends proba

uc berkeley law student just returned from iran. she says the u.s.ns many places create huge hardships. >> think what a lot of people in the united states failed to recognize is the role the united states has to be more oppressive toward the arminian people on the ground. -- iranian people on the ground. >> population even then was going -- growing restless with sanctions. >> people are tired of not having a government that represents them, that they get to choose. they are tired of compulsion. >> it could trigger a domino effect. >> what's especially beautiful about what's happening in iran, people are being centered in the movement for progress. we see a breakdown of barriers between ethnic minorities. >> even if iran's laws don't change, the women have. >> eastern parts of canada are bracing for historic storm conditions tonight as florida prepares for tropical storm of its own. canada's hurricane season -- center say fiona could be the strongest storm on record to hit the country. the storm is inspected to make landfall tomorrow. the owner alread

berkeley promise promise 60% of the parks greens preserved after construction wraps up. controversy brewing around the san francisco fire department. a firefighter shown on duty wearing a shirt with let's go brandon printed across the back of it. we don't know who the firefighter is. an official from s in througdiscipnary action and thl. looked into. oakland police department is putting extra patrol officers downtown this weekend. they are focusing on areas with the bars clubs and restaurants. in a segment between broadway between 17th and 19th will be closed to traffic. this comes after a violent weekend in oakland. they they saw a violent string of murders and shootings. governor newsom has vetoed a bill. from nonprofits that had ties to the january 6 attack on the capital. capital. a national volition group tied to the attack of oath oath keepers has tacked branch keepers. extremist groups like this should be investigated through the judial pss. 100 people came to san francisco francisco city hall today. to sd in solidarity with protesters in in iran after the death o

jefferson would have had to say to berkeley and do you think some of that sentiment that berkeley expressed still existed in virginia century later? i i love that quote. it's one of my favorites that education essentially opens. pandora's box needs to anarchy. yeah, of course jefferson would have deployed it. he would deployed berkeley is the royalists and the cavalier. ironically the university sports teams. no known as the cavaliers they really the royalists who fought against parliament. so i've always seen the tournaments almost subversive of by students of jefferson's round head commentary vision, but you're quite right. it's cavalier tradition continued ironically elite virginians like to think of themselves as the descendants of cavaliers the descendants of english aristocrats as opposed to the puritan roundheads in the north because many of those who went to massachusetts and the great great migration and 1620s went to escape charles the first the what's known as the period of personal rule by the yeah monarchy. and the virginian leaked the love to think of themselves as our express

anyone with information is asked to call berkeley ponies.in redwood city. police say it happened last month when he shot at the u center building in hoover park. the intended victim was not hit and no injuries were reported. officers arrested. 32 year-old jorge gomez on wednesday. investigators say he had an illegal gun almost an ounce of meth and more than $3,000 in cash. they believe the money may have come from drug sales. now coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a school district is asking the city of san jose for more traffic safety. >> after a young boy was killed walking to school last week. plus, an update on puerto rico has more than half of the people continue to be without power after hurricane fiona slammed the island. and after the break, new developments in the case of cal poly slow student. kristin smart, disappeared in 1996. coming up the deal. the suspects attorneys looked to make with prosecutors. where's mommy? oh, oh hey sweetie. mother nature is at work, but father nature is here. i'm hungry. okay... let's see. oh, how

yeah, it was nearly 31 years ago when the tunnel fire ignited in the oakland berkeley hills. the fire destroyed thousands of homes and killed people as well. kron four's terisa stuff. takes a closer look at a program that involves the community and fire officials and what they hope to accomplish. when i tell people when i do community meetings is to practice your evacuation routes. >> and have 2 ways to do it. one by foot and the other by car. those are things that we can do ahead of time. so that way when there is an emergency and we do want people to evacuate, they're not panicking. that's berkeley assistant fire chief kevin ravilla. >> talking to me about firewise the national community-based program offers a structured plan for residents to follow and hopes to trying to avoid disasters like this. the 1991 firestorm that swept through the oakland berkeley hills, killing. 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes and apartments. >> well, like about this house, is that the first thing is there plants are well maintained. they're healthy. and we're really like is the hea

in the east bay berkeley.investigating 2 brush fires set at the people's park housing construction site. they are investigating the fires as arson. an unknown person set 2 brush fires at 10 45 friday night in the center area and northwest areas of the park. anyone with information about the fires is asked to contact the berkeley police. and berkeley place are also dealing with another case. officers are looking for a woman accused of trying to lure a 12 year-old boy into her car. this happened tuesday night in the area of sacramento avenue and addison street. police say the boy was riding a scooter on the sidewalk when a woman stopped her car and try to convince him to get inside. now he refused but told officers that the woman then follow him in her car. the child managed to get away. police think the incident may be related to one that happened. august 29th in the area of ousted way and mckinley avenue involving a 13 year-old girl. witnesses describe the suspect as a woman about 30 to 40 years old. she's abo

event catering to vegan food lovers happens this weekend in berkeley. joining me now is era is erika hazel. good afternoon, erika. thanks for being with u. >> i want to know more about what the food festival is all about. >> yes. so it is basically the t thing for both. we want to mikee mike sure everyone has an amazig an amazing time and basically the festival is geared towardss as well. >> what is some of the dishes that we will see this week and what we can try out? >> yeah. we will have lots of vegan ice cream for you to try out. lots of vegan soul food as well as other latin x flavors.e flavors. there will be such a gt variety. our amazing sponsors are going to be giving away free ice cream and energy drinks. as well. >> yum. okay. it will be reallyt really not weekend. what kind of precautions are you guys takino taking so people can still come out and enjoy but also stay safe? >> absolutely. last year it was hot as well during labor day weekend. now we have a ton of pop up tents for people to sit under and stay cool. they can o can also go into t

i am married to dolores gibson, the flower of berkeley. >> she had better be looking at this. >> yes. >> we love up in marin county. i i was in law enforcement for 30. 30 years. started in the berkeley police department for 20 years and came over to -- as a captain and deputy chief. and, and, i still live up there. >> i told you earlier i did not know you have that police background in law enforcement. i i was at a gym one day and they said their church, allen temple do a lot of work and you have been that liaison. he said wow, he is a police officer. i said i i did not know that. he said yes, he has had a lot of experience in law enforcement. you have a great reputation for that. >> i always believed in matthew, matthew fives, blessed are the . the peacemakers. for they should should be called children of go. of god. i always wanted to be ar a peacemaker as opposed to a pe. a peacekeeper. anyone can keep the peace if you have enough power and weapons and authority. authority. but a peacemaker has to listen and understand all fa. all factions. and try to navigate and create a peaceful