but i don't think it devalues the berkeley education.we're still known as one of the most competitive university in the united states. and our graduates are highly, highly regarded. and i see that when i write letters of recommendation for them, when they're applying to graduate programs, when they apply to internships, they're nationally competitive. they're actually i think they're extraordinary. >> we indeed. in fact, i think berkeley has risen in recent years in u.s. news and world report. not that that's the end. all but i'm pretty sure that i would not get in these days. vice provost, i feel the same way right? vice provost oliver o'reilly, thank you very much for coming on the show today. appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me here today. >> a reminder you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather and more with our abc7 bay area streaming tv app available on apple tv, google tv, fire tv and roku. just search abc sev are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults w

berkeley's mayor uc berkeley. the idea is to build a 17 story building 1100 places where those students can stay. uc berkeley desperately needs housing. it has the fewest housing as far as population for students to live at 23%. and again, it has the blessing of the state government as well as local government. we got a chance to talk to uc berkeley in the overnight hours. here's why there are mobilizing at this time. >> what we're going to be doing over the next 3 or 4 days, we're going to be cordoning off our with shipping containers actually. and this really a matter of we're not able to start construction yet. expect to do that in the months ahead. and we really wanted to take this move now during winter break in order to minimize the chance of trouble and destruction for students and also for our neighbors, neighbors and the campus. >> now, opponents of people sparked they have filed with the court saying that they don't want to touch believing this is a national landmark. it is very important to activists an

. >>> also, clashes at people's park in berkeley. why it's happening and why this piece of land is so historically significant. >>> plus, will the a.i. revolution lead to thousands of layoffs? a silicon valley congressman has a powerful warning and some possible solutions. >>> and they're now the number one ranked team in the country. the women's basketball powerhouse at a high school in the south bay. >>> good evening. this is "nbc bay area news tonight." i'm raj mathai. congressman ro khanna is standing by. his suggestions, pretty interesting about a.i. and all of our jobs. >>> but we start with new information about the shooting of an oakland undercover cop. three men now formally facing charges. tonight, we're learning more about what happened the night of the crime. all three making their first court appearances today. that includes 27-year-old mark sanders of tracy. he's accused of shooting and killing officer tu juan le last friday during an undercover operation near jack london square. prosecutors say officers were there beca

we're live in berkeley, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> thanks.to follow this story on the air and online on nbcbayarea.com. you can also download our free nbc bay area app to get updates sent right to your phone. >>> let's get to kari hall. >> we are getting started with temperatures for most of us in the 40s. a few low 50s in san francisco and along the coastline. it's all mostly clear as we started out with spotty showers moving through the north bay that since dissipated. throughout the day we will see sunshine and temperatures in fremont in the low 40s as you are heading to work. your lunch hour will be in the mid-50s and continuing to go up a few more degrees. only reaching 59 degrees there. 60 in concord. >>> cinthia, you are tracking a new crash in san rafael? >> yeah, about 30 minutes ago there was one crash and a couple cars got involved, and now another one is on southbound 101. as you are making your way tara linda, you need to be careful with what is going on with that scene. the log says, the chp log says there's fluid in the lanes s

manes were found at tilden park in the berkeley hills. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live tonight at the police station in capitola, and lamonica, the woman's boyfriend, now in custody. >> yeah, that's right, mike capitola. police haven't publicly identified those remains found in that berkeley park. but after alice, herman's boyfriend, was arrested, people on her santa cruz paddling team are talking about this tragic turn of events. >> we are a family, which is why it's so devastating to us as a community. >> 61 year old alice alex herman was not just a neuroscientist with a degree from caltech, but she also competed with outrigger santa cruz, a canoe paddling group for people of all ages. herman was last seen with her paddling team on december 3rd, and after missing a flight to hawaii nine days later, she was reported missing by her family. >> i was not there that last day, she paddled on the third, but everybody said that she was excited for upcoming trip to hawaii and she was in a great mood and happy. and that's how i remem

as well berkeley's mayor.ers going show you video from midnight. you can clearly see police officers moving in and that i'm making arrests. we do know that ultimately they did arrest about 7 people throughout yesterday. construct then later, back to you. >> all right. well, thank you for that update. there. well, the family of the former east bay police officer charged with shooting his wife is now speaking out. the former officer entering a not guilty plea in court on thursday. kron four's terisa stasio has that story. >> not guilty. that was the plea entered thursday by the former pittsburgh police officer facing a long list of felony charges following a standoff last month several times during the brief hearing john lee m saint child looked out into the courtroom. we're a large group of his family and friends were in attendance. >> outside court, saint charles wife held signs of support his mother spoke. >> i can tell you how grateful. and to enforcement presidio. the parties conca police, pace of phrase an

they've said they're confident the court will rule in their favor in berkeley. ryan curry abc seven news a car accident in richmond killed two people today. >> it happened near the intersection of carlson boulevard and florida avenue around 715 this morning when police arrived, they discovered a black sedan that had ripped into three pieces with the rear of the vehicle resting on the median. both people inside were pronounced dead at the scene. >> it's heartbreaking. i mean, especially for uh- just going about your daily life and having something like that happen. i mean, it's heartbreaking for both the families, for our community, for everyone who's in the neighborhood who watched what happened, it was something that was very heartbreaking. >> although the crash is under investigation, officers say speed was definitely a factor. the impact obviously just overwhelming. >> mayor london breed has signed legislation to install new automatic license plate readers across san francisco. at least 400 cameras will be installed in an effort to combat crime, including ret

to uc berkeley's spokesman in the overnight hours. here's what they're doing right now. >> what we're going to be doing over the next 3 or 4 days, we're going to be cordoning off the car with shipping containers actually. and this really a matter of we're not able to start construction yet. expect to do that in the months ahead. and we really wanted to take this move now during winter break in order to minimize the chance of trouble and disruption for students and also for our neighbors, neighbors, the campus. >> at its height, we heard that maybe about 100 protesters were at the scene. it looks like it has de-escalated just a little bit. although there are protesters around want to show you exactly what they are doing. they are moving cargo containers around this area. they want to cordon off people's part. now the protesters, they want to preserve people's park saying it is a national landmark. it is very special to berkeley as this was a gathering place for civil rights activists in the 60's as well as a place where they believe fr

berkeley as the fight over the future of people's park takes a new turn. >>> the day long show of resistance to a plan to build student housing. >> is one of the things that people know for. >> when you don't have to have this forced choice of a park or student housing, build the project someplace else. >>> plus, we are in the courtroom as three suspects arrested in the killing of an oakland police officer face a judge, we have new details about the night up the deadly shooting. >>> following the fentanyl money >> reporter:, a member of a new task or shows us how the feds are helping tackle san francisco's drug crisis. >> we are able to tackle both ends of the supply and then the payments that i think we are looking at it from the whole picture. >>> plus the a's say no to the b's, the rejection that is rubbing some baseball fans in oakland the wrong way. >> i'm incredibly surprised, i did not think this is going to be the move. >>> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >>> getting in, it is a landmark symbol of free speech and berkeley, blocked off this evening as the long fight

it's been an almost never ending fight to keep uc berkeley from building on the land. tonight, people's park is off limits to the people. cal walled it off by double stacking shipping containers. officers swooped in for a midnight takeover, surrounding the park, kicking out campers, and making people come down from tree houses. city and campus police arrested a total of nine people, and the university didn't waste time starting to raise the land. [ chanting ] >> people's park! >> that's a piece of people's history that is known internationally around the world, and it's one of the things that people know berkeley for. >> roads are also blocked off around the park. protesters got as close as they could, facing off with riot police for hours. to really understand why this is such a big deal, you need to go all the way back to the late 1960s. that's when the university first bought the 2.8-acre plot of land to build dorms. it sat as a vacant lot and became a magnet for anti-war protesters who used it for gatherings and demonstrations. but when the university tried to buil

uc berkeley does have the support of governor gavin newsom as well as berkeley's mayor. thank you. >> now to the latest on a deadly high school shooting in iowa. it happened students were returning home from winter rather returning from winter break. this is in the city of perry about 40 miles from des moines. authorities say 2 students in administrator was shot and taken to the hospital. we are hearing reports of students taking cover and hiding in a small room when they heard gunshots and glass breaking. the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he's been identified as dylan butler, a senior at the school. it's still an active scene there on campus. will bring you more details as soon as they come into our newsroom. in the south bay. now, san jose police chief anthony mata released additional details in the case of racist text messages sent by a former police officer. that is his former officer mark mcnamara exchange racist text messages with another officer that the mayor elect the force in november. the other officer left the department in 2020 and was hi

live in berkeley.day . the three men arrested and accused in the shooting death of oakland police officer tuan lay are scheduled to make their first court appearances this morning. ktvu is andre senior here now to tell us about the charges they face james. >> alameda county district attorney pamela price has filed murder charges with special circumstances in the killing of officer lay. oakland police say 27 year-old mark sanders of tracy was arrested in livermore on tuesday. he's accused of shooting and killing officer lay last week during a burglary at an oakland marijuana dispensary. alan brown was arrested in chico, where he resides, on sunday. he is accused of being the getaway driver. both are charged with murder and also with the special circumstance of firing from a vehicle. they're scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. the other person arrested in connection with this case is brian russell. he is set to be in court at 830 this morning. >> i will leverage the full weight of my office against these

in berkeley, gia vang, nbc bay area news. >>> another set of unsealed documents related to convicted offender, jeffrey epstein were released today. many of them focused on how teenage girls were recruited to his florida home and then asked to bring friends for additional payment to those girls. the first back of court docs were unsealed yesterday and revealed the names of 150 people from his victims to his associate, included on that list, prominent people who have denied accusations against them, including prince andrew, of great britain, and litigator alan dershowitz. epstein never made it to trial, he died by suicide in jail after being charged with child sex trafficking court documents are collected to come in the next few days. >>> we are back in 60 seconds, up next, fighting electric vehicle fires, that can burn for hours. the new technology and local fire department is using to quickly put out those flames. >>> a bay area high school basketball team ranked number one in the country, we will explain why tonight win is so important. >>> i am chief meteorologist >>> as you know,

not to mention berkeley's mayor. we've got a chance to talk to uc berkeley's spokesman in the overnight hours. here's what they planned to do at this location in the days ahead. >> what we're going to be doing over the next 3 or 4 days are going to be cordoning off the car with shipping containers actually. and this really a matter of we're not able to start construction yet. expect to do that in the months ahead. really wanted to take this move now during winter break in order to minimize the chance of trouble and disruption for students and also for our neighbors, neighbors, the campus. in because this will be student housing predominant back to you. thank you. will. >> 805, is the time. and happening today, 3 men are going to be in court facing charges in the death of oakland police officer twan lay lay was responding to a burglary call friday morning was shot and killed. robertson and harry has the story. >> to hold people accountable for their actions. mayor sheng thao alongside alameda county district attorney

y el histórico peoples park, en berkeley volvió a convertirse en el escenario de una protesta.oyecto de dormitorios universitarios en ese parque, pero esta vez personas a favor del pueblo palestino. también se unieron a esta movilización, ya que, aseguran, ambas casas tienen mucho en común. nathalie vera nos explica decenas de organizadores arribaron a la intersección de las calles telegraph y east en berkeley en protesta de lo que ellos llaman la ocupación ilegal de 2 terrenos gaza y peoples park en berkeley. >> es así? califica la situación en el histórico parque, el cual hasta hace un par de días era el hogar de muchos desamparados de la ciudad. el viernes en la madrugada, estudiantes y activistas intentaron prevenir el desalojo, pero fue en vano. contra los esfuerzos de los uniformados y ahora contenedores de carga y rejas de metal rodean el perímetro. a medida que la universidad uc berkeley avanza con sus planes de convertir el lugar en viviendas, quiere tenerlo en solo para la universidad en vez de la gente que originalmente era la. >> pues el parque para la gente dice qu

alvarez will tran isuc berkeley started bringing cargo containers.t allowed to resume construction on the 17 story building that will house about 1100 students as well as a separate building for 125 people, many of them will hold unhoused people. again, this as full cooperation of government agencies, including governor gavin newsom. but right now is being held up in the state supreme court. uc berkeley believes they will ultimately win despite protesters filing with the court trying to block this from happening. they want to save people's park. now we got a chance to talk to uc berkeley in the overnight hours. here's why they're securing the area at this particular time. >> what we're going to be doing over the next 3 or 4 days, we're going to be cordoning off our with shipping containers actually. and this really a matter of we're not able to start construction yet. expect to do that in the months ahead. and we really wanted to take this move now during winter break in order to minimize the chance of trouble and destruction for students and also fo

and berkeley is synonymous with free speech. they don't want it touched uc berkeley. people spark still working its way through the court system. the state supreme court will ultimately decide whether or not uc berkeley resume construction. but clearly uc berkeley believes that they will win as they are mobilizing as we speak. as far as what's going to happen. we do know that this will continue with construction workers and police officers, at least for the next several days. >> thanks a lot. we'll check in with later. will. >> all right, 803, the time and other developing news this morning. 3 men charged in the killing of oakland police officer twan lay made their first court appearance on thursday. they did not enter a plea. prosecutors say that mark sanders, you see here. >> pulled the trigger. he's charged with 72 felonies, including murder of a peace officer. and also he's accused of knowing that officer lay was working undercover. police arrested sanders in livermore on tuesday. previously has convictions for manslaughter in 2015 as well. then the second man arr

they knew that uc berkeley would start according office area. despite the state supreme court making a ruling just yet on what's going to happen to people's park. the protestors got too close to the construction workers and the site forcing the chp officers and other officers to move in and at the very least remove them from that area or even possibly make arrests. but again, never got explosive. i can tell you that all access to part has been choked off, only authorized personnel are allowed to go into that location. uc berkeley, they are confident that the state supreme court will allow them to resume construction, which they began back in 2022, here's uc berkeley spokesman talking about their plans for the next several days. >> what we're going to be doing over the next 3 or 4 days, we're going to be cordoning off our with shipping containers actually. and this really a matter of we're not able to start construction yet. expect to do that in the months ahead. and we really wanted to take this move now during winter break in order to minimize

the city council here in berkeley.ve district four, which does encompass downtown berkeley and she had a number of years left on her terms not set to expire until 2026. now, she was elected to city council back in 2017 after a lengthy career in the public sector. she announced her resignation at the city council meeting just yesterday as people in attendance began yelling out to free people's park. the berkeley scanner, a daily news site focused on public safety, posted a video of harrison's speech on its youtube page. three people per three people per. >> densiflora okay, i thought about this for a very long time, and i'm sorry to do this to my constituents, but i decided to resign from berkeley city council. all i could say what officeholders usually say that they would like to spend more time with their family, but that is not the reason. nor am i being harassed in any way to make this decision. i'm doing so because i only burn these processes are broken and i cannot in good time continue to serve on this body. >> h

and businesses in berkeley reacting after a court blocked berkeley's first in the nation ban on natural gas. the sense of relief that's being felt at some restaurants in just a quick reminder for you, you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and see stories on demand on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv or android tv. just search for the fox local app, then select ktvu circuit rejected berkeley's petition for the court to rehear the case. after the ban was ruled illegal last year. as ktvu is, amber lee tells us, the reaction to that decision in there is a sense of relief at lamarca restaurant in berkeley as the staff cooks up spanish cuisine on all natural gas appliances. >> as after a federal appeals court refused tuesday to allow the city to enforce its first in the nation ban on installing natural gas appliances in new buildings, surprised but really relieved emily charlotte, the restaurant's co-owner, tells me. the concern was that such a ban would eventually lead to prohibiting restaurants cooking with natural gas appliances. >> cook times would

uh, reporting live outside of berkeley city hall.ley o'carroll, ktvu fox two news. >> millie. thank you. federal investigation continues now into a deadly plane crash in concord. it crashed in the busy intersection of concord avenue and diamond boulevard near interstate 680. you see, right behind me and a golf course and south of the concord airport, where the plane was based. now, the ntsb is leading the investigation. witnesses say the plane's engine sputtered before it hit the ground. the pilot died, and a man who was in a car at the intersection was treated for injuries. one witness said he saw the plane in distress and knew it was going to crash. >> i seen it come over and i thought he was doing another one of his stunts, and then i heard it go boop boop boop boop. and it died. and then it went behind the building and i heard the thud, you know, i heard it. i saw him go out of control, and he was pointed straight down. it's like there's no way he's going to pull out of that. >> so the two seat plane was registered to a man in be

uc berkeley served for many years. now. 27 year-old robinson which currently the front runner to become berkeley's next. mayor youngest-ever mayor even earning the support from the state attorney general rob bonta. but robinson and now it's this week that he's burned out by harassment from political opponents and he's sick of threats being made to him and his family berkeley's mayor currently just the air again thanked robinson for his service. spoke with the mayor earlier tonight and he said he was shocked by this and again, thanked him for what he has done to help the city of berkeley posted on x and said that he is deeply thankful for all of the support since he announced his decision says i'm entirely overwhelmed and have hundreds of kind messages and emails to respond to. he says which i will do in time. could attacks on california's ultra wealthy be part of the solution to solving the state's multibillion-dollar deficit. >> one assembly member says yes, but the governor quite the opposite. plus, a recall effort t

es para continuar con el proyecto de la universidad de berkeley de construir viviendas justo en ese ven, desató protestas, arrestos y pilar niello, desde berkeley, nos cuenta cuál es la controversia. Ánimos caldeados. decenas de manifestantes y arrestados. todo hizo parte de la resistencia de algunos al nuevo intento de la universidad de berkeley de desalojar a quienes hasta el día de hoy vivían en peoples park, el parque de la gente en berkeley al medio de la noche, la universidad mandó a policías a sacar a la fuerza violentamente a la gente del parque. estas son algunas imágenes de cómo desmantelaron en la madrugada. lo que había sido construido por quienes allí vivían. la policía destruyen todo y cortar, cortar la cocina cuando mis amigos está adentro. durante el día de hoy, se observó un despliegue masivo de policía en todas las calles adyacentes al parque. preguntamos al vocero de la universidad si esto era necesario. basado en nuestra experiencia, sí, lo es. cuando primero cerramos el parque hace un año nos topamos con manifestantes que recurrieron a violencia de destrucción d

uc berkeley close the park overnight. ahead more of the resistance local law enforcement is being met with and the response from the university. >>> plus, due in court. today the suspects accused of killing an oakland police officer faces a judge, this has the prosecutor promises to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. >>> i am kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew. laura and marcus have the day off, and we will get to that breaking news in a minute, but first meteorologist, kari hall, tracking our weather. >> we don't have the issues of the rain moving through, and we are in the low 40s. in walnut creek, one of the cooler temperatures on the map there. oakland, you are stepping out the door at 44 degrees. it's 45 right now in san josÉ. looking at what we will see throughout the day, some of the showers moving through the north bay and will quickly pass by the rest of the bay area before we clear out the day. we are seeing rain over santa rosa, marin county and extending off towards the north. once again, that is th

uc berkeley begins to make good on its promise to build student housing in people's park. the transformation overnight as the long battle enters a new chapter. ♪♪ >>> well, good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us in our midday newscast. our top story is that controversial move in berkeley. >> we want to give you a look from above from nbc bay area skyranger over peoples park. a very much calmer and different scene from what happened overnight. officers moved in, taking out dozens of people who had been occupying the park in an attempt to keep a major student housing park from being built there and officers did have to arrest folks who refused to leave. >> bringing us updates throughout, tom, what's the latest? >> well, good morning to both of you. i don't know if you can see from the shot above, but they've made a lot of headway building this perimeter around people's park that got all of the protesters out and brought in this heavy equipment and started building this perimeter this morning and stacking shipping containers two high to make sure the protesters and

berkeley's streets. we'll tell you what they want the city to do. and today is a day that dungeons crab season begins for part of northern california . the ason it's been delayed for almost two months from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is mornings on two. >> well good morning. thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. it is friday. it is january fifth. and steve paulson is right here steve. well we see some sunshine later i think later today dave. >> cloudy skies here this morning has even been some lightrillionain on the saw. this yesterday morning. then it cleared out for a nice day. looks similar again today. 40s 50s but concord reporting some light rain. there's been some again not a lot here. maybe a oh one or something, but it's all coming. you can see again, this will swiftly kick out of here. so just for about another hour or two we'll get some clouds then. mostly sunny. our next upstream system will be here on saturday, but for the rest of today, after we get through th

he is live in berkeley. shawn, you are seeing already police in riot gear, get us up to speed on both sides of the issue and each side's why so to speak. >> reporter: yeah, reed, well, first of all i want to point out that we're having growing situation here in terms of the challenges for traffic. see this right now. right behind us, there's a barricade that has been created by some trash cans that were knocked down. so cars are coming along telegraph, this is between dwight and hayes and realizing the hard way that they are not going to be able to turn around which is why someone now trying to mark that there will need to be a detour here. and this is in-between two different police barricades that would normally lead up to the park. now let's show you what was happening overnight and earlier this morning. that's where we could see trees being cut down and part of the reason why protesters came out here. still so frustrated with what is happening here. police were making some arrests and the university has

to our friends in berkeley, listen up. this is going to be a big headline where you live and could cause some traffic issues around people's park. so that is where we find shawn chitnis live in berkeley. shawn, you are seeing police in riot gear this morning? >> reporter: reed, good morning. this is quite the situation that we see developing here at telegraph and dwight if you look behind me you see that's where there's a barricade that police have made. and that is right by one of the entrances to the park. and then over on the -- you will see -- [ inaudible ] >> the project of the people's park site is a really important project for the university but it was a project that was carefully designed to benefit not just students, but also the community at large. [ no audio ] >> reporter: sorry about that. having some audio issues here but just trying to paint a pick purr here. we have two different location around the park and the video you have been seeing will show there was a lot of activity happening overnight as there we

reportando en berkeley nathalie vera noticiero telemundo, california. >> gracias natalia.lar de este niño que ven esos momentos en su pantalla. fíjese el decidió vivir un fin de semana de reyes magos muy diferente a otros niños de su edad. más adelante tendremos esta historia. el plan de presupuesto para el año 2024. y es que el estado enfrenta un déficit de 68 mil millones de dólares tan solo unos años atrás california tenía un exceso de 97 mil millones y el dinero se regresó a las manos de los contribuyentes. este año pudiera haber recortes de gastos en las escuelas y también en los colegios comunitarios, entre otros. el mal tiempo afecta a miles de californianos en el sur del estado. el viento ya causó apagones y la caída de muchos árboles en esa zona. luis zaragoza nos habla más de esta situación. >> así quedó tirado en el piso un enorme árbol que sucumbió repentinamente ante el asombro de decenas de personas, quienes se encontraban en un mercado sobre ruedas. estaban mirando el árbol y de repente veo que va para abajo. 1234, bum! y había mucha gente adentro. wow, much

it is appropriate for more units reporting in berkeley.a sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> the chp wants drivers to slow down while they're out in the snow to avoid something like this. a driver slid off the road and rolled down an embankment at the donner pass rest area in truckee. the chp releasing this video of the incident to see the car down there. the driver only suffered minor injuries, but the chp is recommending caution. well, driving in winter conditions as more know is expected to fall this weekend. and here's a look at some of some snow that came down. this is video from our friends at mammoth mountain. here's a look at that. impressive snow at the southern sierra ski resort. the resort says they got upwards of 15 inches of snow wednesday. they're expecting more throughout the week. 113 trails are open. the resort is operating. 16 lifts after the biggest snowfall so far this season, mammoth mountain says they are working to open even more train as conditions allow. and let's see what those conditions are going to do as we chat about

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the protesters tell me they plan to be out here every night to fight for people's park in berkeley. amber lee ktvu, fox two news, mike. >> it is making its first major change to its keyboards and making room for an artificial intelligence chat bot button. starting this month, new personal computers with windows 11 will have a special copy key that launches the software giant's chat bot. the keyboard redesign will be microsoft's biggest change to pc keyboards in three decades, since it introduced a special windows key in the 90s. the move marks a symbolic kickoff to what is expected to be a big year for tech companies. when it comes to artificial intelligence. >> new at 11 tonight, a disturbing new report finds the average leader of bottled water contains nearly a quarter million microplastics. scientists for the first time have been able to detect them using a microscope with dual lasers for a long time, it's been suspected there were a lot of these microscopic plastic pieces in the water, but now researchers at columbia and rutgers universities have been able to get an idea of just

. >>> right now on the afternoon edition, a showdown at people's park in berkeley , as the fight over a controversial student housing project takes a new turn. good afternoon, i'm elizabeth cook, in for ryan today. just moments ago, our chopper was over the park where police summoned riot gear, are standing by on one side of the road while a group of protesters are standing on the other side, just outside the barricade this all began overnight, when uc berkeley sent hundreds of officers to people's park. authorities blocked off the street and crews put up large shipping containers. police also removed several activists and unhoused people from the park. many of those protesters are now back at that site today, and that is where we find our shot gymnast, sean? >> as you explain, that same situation is still unfolding right now, take a look behind me and you will see a large crowd, one of the largest crowds we have seen all day here on one side of the barricade and then all of those chp officers on the other side , and then the progress that has been made throughout the morning as we ha

uc berkeley now moving forward with plans to break ground people's park. it's long been a public space that has played host to many civil rights movements and their activities there. but the university is insisting there is a dire need to turn that space into more student housing kron four's also money and reports now from the new barricades that just been put up in order to keep the protesters out. >> uc berkeley has started to stop shipping containers on top of one another to separate people here who are against this area turning into a private space for apartments. >> demonstrators on thursday continue to protest against converting people's park into housing as police in riot gear kept them at bay while a barricade was made at telegraph avenue and street, the rally began before dawn 2 people arrested for trespassing, including gordon gilmore, who is back again after being released. continue my work because i think it's really important that people shouldn't. >> we? not be criminalized for not being properly the same time. and this is ostensibly sanctuar

new poll just came out today from berkeley igs.t shows that porter and steve garvey, the old dodger and padres legend, are really locked into a battle for second place, with adam schiff looking pretty strong in first place. we here at ktvu are going to be hosting the first tv debate of the entire senate race. it's monday, january 22nd, live from 6 to 730 on ktvu. you and i talked to porter about her strategy for that debate. >> well, this is a race about california's future. this is a race about making sure that we change what washington has been doing, which is catering to greedy corporations and get it working for us, for california families and workers. and so that's what i'm going to be focusing on talking about. my top priorities include cleaning up corruption, making sure housing affordability. challenges are met, and addressing the challenges of climate change. and so this is a chance for me to talk about what i've accomplished in my five years in congress. what makes me different, for example, than i'm the only candidate in

live in berkeley.nda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, amanda, thank you. time now. 736 some state lawmakers want to reform proposition 47. the ballot measure passed by voters to reclassify ify some criminal offenses as misdemeanors. now, prop 47 has been blamed by some for the rise in retail theft around the state right now, any single stolen item must be worth more than $950 for a crime to be a felony. now, under the proposed legislation, prosecutors could add up the values of what was stolen and if that amounts to more than $950, it's a felony. the legislation is targeting repeat retail thefts. >> the same individual is continuing to do these types of crimes. they could be held accountable for up to three offenses that also equals jail time changing proposition 47 will not address those concerns. >> our criminal justice system has never been very good at solving theft or retail crime. it's urgent that we enforce existing law and expand programs that are reducing recidivism to get better at

we're live in berkeley.ristina rendon, ktvu, fox two news still a very active scene in the story . >> still not over. cristina. thank you. none of that developing story you've been following out of iowa now that shooting at a school near des moines, at least three people struck by gunfire, that frightening scene playing out on the first day back to classes from winter break. the scene unfolding in the city of perry. law enforcement officials say two students and a school administrator were injured in that shooting. no word yet on their conditions. the still unidentified gunman is dead, killed himself in a self-inflicted gunshot wound. authorities say there could have been more victims, but the shooting happened before school started. this happened at approximately 737. >> this morning. school didn't start yet, luckily, so there was very few students and faculty in the building, which i think contributed to the a good outcome in that sense. >> a motive for that shooting is not yet known. well, new at noon. ma

but uc berkeley and they have the support of governor gavin newsom as well as berkeley's mayor. they plan to build a 17 story building that will house 1100 students. and right now syoff completely people's park. back to you. >> all right. thank you will for the update 603. right now. and we have another developing story we're following for you. 3 men charged in connection with in oakland police officer twan lay who was killed. they made their first court appearance. they did on thursday. did not enter a plea. prosecutors say mark sanders, who you see on your screen here is the one who pulled the trigger. he's charged with 72 felonies, including murder of a police officer. he's also accused of knowing that officer lay was working undercover police arrested sanders in livermore on tuesday. if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. sanders was previously convicted of manslaughter back in 2015. now the second man identified as alan brown is also charged with murdering a police officer in a drive-by shooting. he is a chico native. he was arrested in that city on sunday. c

today was the last day in office for berkeley's youngest councilmember. our grant lotus talked with the mayor about robinson today and he joins us now live from our newsroom with more. yeah, can really a sad state of affairs where public discourse is as we heard at the top there, mayor jesse are again, berkeley's mayor said. >> robinson's resignation really came as a shock. the mayor said he even tried to talk him out of it in 2018 little background here. robinson was elected to the berkeley city council at just 22 years old this year as a 27 year-old now council member robinson became the front runner to become berkeley's youngest mayor, even earning support from state attorney general rob bonta. however, robinson revealed just this week shocking everyone that he's just been in a perpetual state of stress and exhaustion for as long as he can remember, says he's been harassed and threatened that followed home, been told to kill himself. berkeley's mayor called the circumstances that robinson faced an acceptable, especially when he was just trying to do it

. >>> tensions are reaching a fever pitch at berkeley's park. protesters are facing off with police after shipping containers were placed at the park, at the perimeter, to wall people off. what the university's plan is moving forward and how activists are fighting back. >>> also, another shooting spree on a school campus, this time in a small iowa town about one hour from des moines. the new details we are learning about this latest tragedy. >>> and for the seventh straight year, a report is shining a light on racial disparities involving police stops in california. we dig into the numbers to provide context. >>> news at 5:30 starts right now. thanks for joining us. i am audrey asistio. >> and i am raj mathai. >>> there was a shooting in perry, a town in iowa. a 16-year-old student opened fire in the lunchroom before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. a sixth-grader who was killed has not been identified. four other students and a school administrator were injured. investigators identified the shooter as dylan butler. he was armed with a

but as of now she is still running for mayor of berkeley. reporting live at berkeley city hall. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> billie, thank you. the federal investigation continues now into a deadly plane crash in concord. it crashed in a busy intersection of concord avenue and diamond boulevard near interstate 680 and the golf course and south of the concord airport, where the plane was based. now, the ntsb is leading the investigation. witnesses say the plane's engine sputtered before it hit the ground. the pilot died and a man who was in a car at the intersection was treated for injuries. one witness said he saw the plane in distress and knew it was going to crash. >> i seen it come over and i thought he was doing another one of his stunts, and then i heard it go boom, boop boop boop. and it died. and then it went behind the building and i heard the thud. you know, i heard it. i saw him go out of control, and he was pointed straight down. it's like there's no way he's going to pull out of that. >> the two seat plane was registered to a man in berkeley. >> oakla

we did reach out again to uc berkeley. we're hoping to get more answers later this morning. we'll send it back to you guys live in the studio. okay. thanks a lot. we'll check in with you later 603, is the time. now to more breaking news from overnight. working smoke alarms have saved the family of 5 this morning. >> the san francisco fire department says the smoke alarms help that family escaped a fire that started on the second story of their building. >> at about 3.15, this morning, this was on gear. arch street right there in the portola district. the family of 5 have been displaced. now they're being assisted by the american red cross. happening tonight, a coalition of oakland voters are holding a press conference. regarding the recall of mayor sheng thao. they say the recall is and absurd waste of taxpayer money and they would they said that it would cost over 4 and a half million dollars to do. the group is calling on oakland residents instead to decline to sign. that's the slogan they're going with and rather to unite behind the mayor and the council to work towards t

aquí en berkeley.ncuentras es el único lugar donde se planea construir el proyecto habitacional. lo han hablado de alguna otra locación. >> no, de hecho, el vocero indicó que es. este es 1 de los lugares, pero me dicen que en total son 9000 camas eh, que tienen que construir. así que esto es nada más. 1 de los lugares en donde están construyendo más viviendas. regreso contigo, seguiremos atentos a tus reportes, natalie, y esperamos que todo continúe de manera pacífica. >> gracias. nos quedamos por lo tanto, en berkeley, porque precisamente allí, esta mañana, alrededor de las 6, la universidad de california emitió una orden de encierro preventivo. luego de reportarse un tiroteo y la presencia de un hombre armado en la cuadra 7 de la calle harrison. según la policía, hallaron a un hombre baleado a quien le brindaron los primeros auxilios al no localizar al sospechoso, se emitió la orden de encierro preventivo que se canceló una hora después. el incidente sigue bajo investigación y buscan a un responsable

supreme court agrees to review it in berkeley.mber lee ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, now to san francisco and a live look at ocean beach right now. big waves battering the bay area coastline. it's what's left of that storm that led to the showers that some of us dealt with this morning. here's ktvu meteorologist steve paulson. now with a full look at your bay area forecast. >> all right. on this wednesday, we've calmed down a little bit from the overnight rain in the morning rain. not too bad. i posted this last wednesday and so i'll follow it up again. the pattern here in january looks active. there are some what we call teleconnections, which are in our favor that really weren't in our favor in november, and parts of december, they started to turn a little bit. one factor that i did not count on, i did think it would be a little bit colder system, but not this much . this is coming right down out of the north. this is called a meridional pattern versus a zonal. zonal is west to east. this is north to south. this will probabl

. >>> we begin with breaking news this morning out of the uc berkeley campus. a shelter in place has been issued, and police are actively investigating what they call a critical incident. just after 6:00 this morning, an emergency was reported on harrison street near the university village or uva. people are being told to stay inside, move away from doors and win windows. we will update you on air and online as this unfolds. >>> also new overnight. police are investigating a shooting in san francisco. it happened just after 10:00 p.m. outside chase center. police are only confirming with us that this is a homicide investigation. we're waiting for a response regarding how many people were involved and what led to that shooting. >>> in the east bay, oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened just before 6:00 p.m. a woman who was shot later died at the hospital. we have no other information. >>> and a live look at sfo. one of the bay area airports where passengers are dealing with delays and cancellations. travel headaches will continue throu

and uc berkeley security remains on scene. it really all and streets that are closed off because of this situation. so by 6 o'clock tonight, this fence you see here will be taken but those containers you see will remain here. take a look. this is a map we've on your screens. you can see exactly where we're talking about. it's right near haste street and dwight way. those will both be open back up at about 6 o'clock tonight. they're the streets that surround people's park in berkeley and by the streets will be back open. the security on the streets remain along with those shipping containers, barricading people's park we've got video up on your screens you can see from last week. now this is when the university officials begin to put up those shipping containers and removed people along with their belongings from people's park to start its controversial or prepare, i should say, for its controversial student housing project, which is led to numerous protests that we saw throughout the week and while construction for the project

and a city of berkeley has declined to consider one. secretary of state antony blinken is in israel today to try and ease tensions and prevent widespread conflict in the region. this is his 4th trip to the middle east since the israel-hamas war began. blinken plans to meet with palestinian leaders tomorrow. >> we want this war to end as soon as possible. >> blinken says his talks made progress tuesday, particularly for northern gaza, which israeli forces have surrounded since october blinken says the united nations will now be able to assess when people could safely return. >> as soon as conditions allow, we want to see people be able to move back to their homes. are choices need to be made in order to get there. but you can see. that that possibility. >> blinken says ultimately ending the war will require guaranteed security for israelis and political rights for palestinians. streets around people's park are expected to open in less than an hour at 6 o'clock tonight in berkeley. >> uc berkeley leaders say the street barricades are comi

pam we're here at people's park in berkeley.site, and folks here, we've met some activists this morning who are here, and they're saying that they don't want housing in this region. >> let's build a community center. let's honor the space as it's been historic and has been utilized historic berkeley. and don't just sanitize the area like they're doing the rest of berkeley. >> now, there are several tents. if you look over my right shoulder, you'll see that there are some folks that are using people's park as shelter. we spoke with one activist, lisa teague, who says she intends on staying put no matter when they intend to bring in cyclone fencing to fence off the park. >> there are still a number of factors in play. we're certainly not throwing in the towel, giving up, not, you know, we're here, we're planning on showing up and challenging the university when they do come. >> now, right now, this case is in the california state supreme court. they did rule that folks are the state can put up fencing . the university can put up f