there's the berkeley curve and it's visible as you're approaching the berkeley curve, causing more slowing. i'm going to show you the opposite angle. there's a crash, backup, slowing for 24, the build and visible slowdown for the distraction off the berkeley curve. outside of that portion of the east bay, approaching the maze off of west 580, everything else is clear. i would advise folks to choose 880 for the time being. >>> at least it is quiet with weather, temperatures in the low to mid-50s as you head out the door. it's still going to be well above our normal high temperature, headed for 70 in santa rosa, concord 75 with the high today, and some 60s in san francisco and oakland, while san jose will reach a high of 72 degrees. we'll talk about a cooldown and when rain comes back in the full microclimate forecast. >>> well, developing this morning, in the south bay, san jose leaders will debate new cannabis regulations and it comes as dispenary owners say the city falls short on protecting them from crime. >> "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez joins us from the newsroom. this is a sticki

and so they were serving up their food at berkeley bowl, all the sales going to the berkeley food networking to address hunger and food insecurity? >> absolutely. so berkeley food network established in 2016, really aims to fight food insecurity and hunger. so lamarca, sergio and emily the amazingc chefs there were able o donate their time and create amazing food sales for proceeds to go to the berkeley food network and really supporting food insecurity open to all, and making sure that folks have, a grocery style approach to being able to choose the items they want, not. here's the items you have to take, but you get to pick what works for you, for your cultural preferences and dietary needs as well. >> that's great. canc we talk this is for berkeleyof a boost restaurants? i mean, we've all been talking about, you know, the struggles of some restaurants, especially post. ss offer them a big boost in business. >> absolutely. i mean, ultimately, we are a marketing organization with visit berkeley. this is the 12th year that we've done it, and we really want to give restaurants the highligh

the city of berkeley will cover the rest. the plans for the site could include a cultural center and commemorative park. >>> an update on a big land battle in berkeley over the future of people's park. the state supreme court will hear arguments in early april in an appeal related to a big student housing project planned for the site. uc berkeley took over the park earlier this year and closed it off as a construction site. but a lower court ruled there is an issue with the projects report. that's what the school is now appealing. >>> the winds have picked up, prompting a first alert weather day. more on the wind advisory that took effect in the last hour. >> reporter: yeah, the winds will pick up overnight. nothing too strong at the lower elevations, which is where we will get most of our automated sensor data. and it is one of the higher numbers on the map. those winds are going to accelerate as the atmosphere gets squeezed by the approaching area of high pressure. it will suppress the development in the clouds and that is

this isn't just berkeley's history.t about out of time. but very briefly, what is the visionúfor the for the future of that piece of land? >> the vision is a cultural center, an educational center. we are going to be working with uc berkeley to try and rematriate some of the artifacts ,úthe skeletal remains that were really a place to educate and celebrate and learn about the indigenousúpeople who have always been with usl who are still with us. and, we can't wait to step into this next phase and partnership onceúagain of legion. karina gould, andest- with the strong support of mayor origene, who's been a huge spchampion, others, such a significant settlement. >>c we appreciateúyou coming in to talk about it. berkeley council member sophie hahnl thanks forúthe time. thank you. all right, claudine, over to you. >> all right. coming up, the oakland tech bulldogs celebrate a state championship title house. the team is live here in the key to ( ♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving.

the elementary in berkeley just south of hopkins street, according to berkeley police, the child was leaving the elementary school yesterday when they were approached by an unknown suspect in a white van or possibly an suv. they rolled up next to the student, asked the child if they wanted to get in the car. the child said no. then immediately ran home. as of this morning, that student is safe and was not harmed. but police are urging parents to be aware and to speak with their children. take a look at your screen. these are some tips that police have put out saying if a student things they're being followed, they should rent to the new year's crowd and called 9-1-1 always travel in a group and walking home or at least with one other person. if someone asked them to get in a vehicle or if they want to write, they should say no and stay away from the vehicle. if a stranger is following them on foot, they should run and yell help. lastly, they also say to never leave the school with anyone they do. berkeley police say the investigation is still ongoing. and this morning they just want

you see the berkeley curve. as you can see, traffic is flowing past the scene.showing you the berkeley curve moves smoothly, the scene i just showed you is right there slowing. you see the backup out of 580 and highway 24. switching angles, we do have at the top now, this is showing some slowing approaching the area on westbound 24, including westbound 580. that is continuing to be an issue. if you're coming out of oakland, you can use 880 instead of 580. 880 still moves smoothly toward the bay bridge. the bay bridge has lighter traffic, but there is now a build out of concord for westbound highway 4. so more traffic coming out of contra costa county. anywhere south of there is moving pleasantly. >>> as we get started this morning, we are seeing a few low clouds over san francisco, parts of the bay area starting out mostly cloudy. we are going to go from temperatures in the low 50s this morning to upper 50s, overall a cool day and a few low 60s in parts of the city. as you make your way inland, it's still going to reach into the 70s, even though yesterday was th

responses to monday night's disruption of a public event by pro-palestinian protesters at uc berkeley. >> include calls for an investigation and heightened to campus security. the american jewish committee is calling for a criminal investigation now on uc berkeley following the protest against an israeli speaker monday night. kron four's gayle ong reports. >> on monday around 200 protesters broke through the doors of the zellerbach playhouse at uc berkeley where presentation was supposed to take place in the window was broken. people were called you. >> and then the speaker could not complete is his remarks. the campus police department says 4 reports were filed with allegations of assault and battery along with anti-semitic slurs. >> the speaker, israeli attorney and former member of the israeli defense force ran bar-yoshafat was evacuated on thursday. the american jewish committee which advocates for the well being of jewish people and the country of israel sent letters to alameda county district attorney pamela price and the department of justice, assistant attorney general for civ

. >> new tonight some uc berkeley parents are upset about what they say is a lack of safety measures on campus, so they've taken matters into their own hands. the group has raised $40,000 to hire private security ambassadors that will patrol the areas near campus. but as ktvu zac sos tells us, the security guards will only be able to patrol until the end of next week. >> it is kind of scary having that threat of like, it could be anyone and at any time. >> why cal freshman taylor ho now counts himself among the students, happy to see private security guards like these roaming his campus at night, especially at night. >> it can get kind of scary, like walking back home. >> the guards, also known as safety ambassadors. how you doing today? part of a pilot program launched last week by the nonprofit safe bears, a group of parents concerned about an uptick in crime on campus. >> they don't have batons. they don't have mace, they don't have handcuffs, nothing like that. they have radios, radios. >> group president jatani says the guards can use to call police as a last resort, but the hop

plus, a berkeley mother brutally killed in that city's first homicide of the year.are remembering the victim tonight. it's all coming up tonight at - my childhood was kind of rough. my parents loved us but, they had a hard time showing it, you know. i wanna break out of that pattern so my daughter feels safe in a way that i didn't. - have you ever heard of something called toxic stress? it can develop in people who experience trauma as kids and don't get the support they need. when they have their own kids, it can be hard for them to be the type of parent they wanna be. - well, i want toxic stress to end with me. - learn more at first5california.com. is violating antitrust laws by only selling to certain spcustomers. now, the suit clais the french brand unlawfully allows only customers with sufficient purchase history with the company to buy its famed birkin bags. the plaintiffs of one item to the purchase of another, and they say that sales associatesúdrive the scheme by pushing customers to buy shoes, scarves, jewelry and other items to gain an opportunity to buy

. >> leaders in congress want answers from uc berkeley.why theyúlaunched an investigation into what the university didn't do in response to allegations of anti-semitism on campus. plus you constantly have to be, paranoid or have your head on a swivel. and you wonder if you're going, to get hit on a daily basis. >> new calls for more speed enforcement across san francisco, how people are taking action following a string of dangerous incidents on city streets. then a sonoma county sheriff's deputy seriously hurt in a shootout and chase new video of the incident and the plea for help from his colleagues as he works to recover from life threatening injuries two news this is mornis on two. >> good morning and welcome back. i'm garcia mikaelian and good morning i'm dave clark. >> welcome to the middle of the week. it's wednesday. it's march r0th. the first full day of spring gasia spring has sprung. >> you and pam look so springy in your pastel colors and your gorgeous pink. i only follow you. >> well, steve has your forecast on this first full

this morning, berkeley officials announced an agreement to return west berkeley's ohlone shellmound villagetrust. yesterday, the berkeley city council unanimously voted to approve a global settlement to purchase a two acre site. it's on fourth street and the mouth of the strawberry creek, and it's where the first human settlement on the shores of san francisco bay was established. more than 57 years ago. that belongs. and i tell land everybody that i see every day that this land is our land. we're still here.úwe've never spleft. my family's never left alameda county ever since time began. andúwe're still here. >> ohlone tribal leaders say this marksúone of the most urban land backed movement in california history. the chaos continues in haiti now. the new team sent by the united states to help protect u.s. citizens and the embassy there. plus, violence in observers of ramadan here, a man enteringúa marin county mosque with a gun and then pepper spraying someone inside. the fear and concern during this holy month and in barry weather, the rain clouds are of here. >> we are expecting more sun

ablec to 20% of uc berkeley students don't actually live ina junior at the school, said he park butc,úit's basically become a cesspool of drugs, you know, crime, it's not what it once wac . >> right now,úthe university is spbarred from starting construction at the park until the ongoing supreme court lawsuit. but they are allowed to put up fencing, which surroundey shipping containers and 24 over seven security. >> if there were a anti-protest, you know, where everybody was for people's park being demolished, i would be out there with the with a sign. >> i should note that the building plans thatúuc berkeley submitted call for one third of the land to be used for housing the people's park would be left alone as a green space in berkeley. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> budget cuts could be city has after city workers got a raise. what the mayor says could be on the chopping block also, cities and counties want a bigger say in whether driverless cars >> how a new law could grant the city and county governments actually more control, and lawmakersc inching closer to a secu

in berkeley, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> here is some good news now.les in scottsdale. today the giants' new third baseman took the field in orange and black. gold glove third baseman matt chapman working out today for the first time as a giant. yesterday he signed that one-year deal worth $18 million. the contract also includes options in the upcoming years that could keep him in san francisco for four years. now, we know chapman well. he started his career with the a's and played for then-a's manager bob melvin. the two are knew reunited. the giants also continue to be rumored as possible landing spots for reigning cy young award winner blake snell and all-star pitcher jordan montgomery. >>> march is women's history month, and we are highlighting inspiring women making a distance in our community. tonight, for the past 25 years, she's run the center for employment training in san jose. she's grown cet to include 11 satellite centers across the country, offering training and medical careers, child care, and the trades. the programs have been credited

the campus knows that at the summit is a serious problem at berkeley. the campus is trying to address it as best it can maybe needs to move a little faster. >> professor gave that ire out thought he says he is gaining support with professors from other schools like stanford, for instance, where they're also seeing folks sleeping in their offices. uc berkeley sent us this statement in response saying the university remains committed to fostering an environment conducive to robust free speech and in which all members of its community feel that they may engage in campus life without fear of harassment, including harassment on the basis of religion, ethnic and or national identity. a famous falcon, a top uc berkeley's camp in bell tower has laid 3 new aches. her name is annie and she's lived there since 2016 she's now shacking up with a male companion, archie who arrived earlier this year. they're getting busy. the pair's first egg arrived saturday. second came in the 3rd today and he's raised 18 chicks on the bell tower and the cal falcons group estimates

that congressional committee is not just talking to uc berkeley. now on a list that includes harvard, columbia and mit. >> and they're serving subpoenas. ducas take comes for documents on universities all over the united states and asking various universities to turn over anything and everything regarding any sort and activities look at our universities, engaging in anti-semitism in 2024. when the university administration doesn't enforce policy, that results in a hostile unsafe island campus regions. >> the house education committee says there are what it calls grave concerns about the in adequacy of the uc berkeley response to anti-semitism and referred to a failure to protect jewish students. and if that's what the investigation shows, that's awful. >> i mean, that's terrible. that any student wouldn't be protected by virtue of their religious affiliation. whether you're catholic or baptist or hindu or buddhist or muslim, that's america. >> uc berkeley says in a statement it is committed to confronting antisemitism and plans to release a compreh

we've told you like what we want and you're not listening. >> in berkeley.y, abc seven news. >> elsewhere in berkeley today they took action to in an effort to return some land to indigenous people. the city council unanimously approved a plan to return to the ohlone people, land that is now a parking lot for thousands of years, the land was burial and ceremonial grounds. the current owner of the land will receive $27 million in exchange for the property. the majority of the money will come from a trust that works to return land to native peoples. >> still ahead banning the social media app tiktok across the entire country, the effort by congress and the impact it could have. abc seven news at ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter contact your volvo or a human cannonball... or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year! not only will you save hundreds but you'll

ahora hay 2 proyectos en berkeley que hay loterías para viviendas asequibles.iudad de berkeley explica que familias o individuos podrán solicitar para alguna de las 2 propiedades, ya sea para green hill, que está ubicada en la 25 27. san pablo avenue o strawberry creek lodge en la 13 20, arizona street, en berkeley. cada 1 cumple con diferentes criterios de edad. por ejemplo, para green hill, la cabeza de la familia tiene que tener al menos de 18 años y para strawberry creek lodge será para personas que tienen al menos 62 años. son maravillosos. desde hace 12 años, don rafael vive en una de esas viviendas asequibles y asegura vivir tranquilo, pues ayudas como estas son muy gratificantes. ayuda al ser humano, ayuda al ser humano a no vivir en la calle, al no vivir en condiciones, vaya retrógrada. los límites de ingresos anuales para cada proyecto varían según el tamaño del hogar. por ejemplo, the green hill, un hogar de 2 a 5 personas que ganen un mínimo de 45.000 hasta 95.000 $ al año pagarían 1.875 $ por una unidad de 2 dormitorios o para strawberry creek lodg

"today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live for us in berkeley this morning. ginger, talk to us about this. what is expected to happen today? >> reporter: well, later today, marcus and laura, jewish students will march in a protest they're calling liberate the gate and they're marching in protest to say that the university is lacking in its action to protect the physical safety of jewish students, as well as their right to free speech. now, this follows a protest that's happening actually -- that continues to happen from one of the university's professors. it's happening at the social sciences building here on campus. it is happening at the office of ron hassner, the chair of israel studies here at berkeley. he started his protest saying he will teach, eat and sleep in his office, that will be open at all hours of the day and night to students who do not feel safe or have been subjected to anti-semitic abuse, or students who wish to chat. he wrote, quote, i am pessimistic that this will sway the administration certainly in the short term. i am willing to wait

. >> in the east bay and a few 100 protesters gathered at the uc berkeley campus. organizers say it's in response to anti-semitic violence on campus. kron four's tiffany justice justice was at the rally. >> alright, students here at uc berkeley gathered to start march, but they were also joined by alumni, faculty and alumns. >> jewish students and any student should not have to are their identity to educate themselves and participate in a institution like this. demonstrators gather monday on the uc berkeley campus to protest what they say is the university's failure to respond to anti-semitic violence on campus. >> the protest is being called liberate the gate. students deserve safe access to campus. organizers say pro-palestinian and anti-israel protesters have blocked, say their gate for weeks and campus policy cited by protest. organizers indicate that say they're should not be blocked. we want the university administration to enforce their policy part of this means calling out hate against jews. but more than that when there's a student or student organization

parents of uc berkeley pair parents of uc berkeley students rather are taking campus safety into theiring money to hire private security from prison. and hari has the latest >> according to the department of education. uc berkeley is the 3rd most dangerous college campus in america. and that needs to change. sauder to tiny is the president of safe bears and a father of 2 uc berkeley students. he says as soon as they arrived on campus in 2022. >> there were safety concerns. iithink there's a real the man. >> for more safety resources around the university, he says he started the nonprofit a year ago after felt the university wasn't doing enough to keep students safe were forced to invest and talk about safety. >> the cause it's become so dire. safe bears worked with cal parents in 2023 to raise more than $40,000 to launch a pilot security program that just started this week. private security guards are now stationed around the uc berkeley campus. 6 safety ambassadors are stationed around the marked areas from 6, 30 at night until 3 in the morning. all are wearing bright colored jackets.

uc berkeley just added to a list of universities under scrutiny by the federal government. what happened on campus that's causing the extra attention and troubling news on the public a e justc learning about now, who's covered by a warning from the health department? >> this is ktvu, fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm who visir speastúbay restaurant recently. they may to with details. ali on where and exactly when those customers may have been put at risk. >> garcia alameda county to the sons of liberty alehouse, it's a restaurant and bar in downtown san leandro on the evening hours of saturday, march to measles if you dined, worked, or even walked into the sons of liberty restaurant between 4 and 7 in the evening. saturday, march 9th, alameda county health officials say you may have been exposed to someone with measles, a highly contagious airborne virus. >> it's extremely dangerous, which is why it's a mandatory vaccination in as a requisite to go into daycares and schools and things like that, so weútake it very seriously and it can be fatal. >> most people in

the israeli push for a cease-fire did not happen. >>> jewish students at uc berkeley are making their voices heard. this is a demonstration on campus calling for the school to protect them. an incident last month where organizers a jewish students were holding another on-campus event when pro-palestinian protesters broke down and shattered the glass door to a venue where an israeli speaker was scheduled to give a talk. the university says it is aware of and concerned about rising tensions on campus and they are seeking to reduce those tensions through dialogue. in the meantime, counterprotesters put up this banner in front of the sather gate which accuses u.s. and israel of starving 2.2 million people in gaza. >>> we are highlighting steph curry for his passion off the court, reading. young students are struggling with reading. the oakland unified school district found that two years ago, based on standardized test scores, 36% of third-graders were reading at grade level. that is a stat that curry can see needs to be changed. he sat down to discuss his career on the court and his late

. >>> plus uc berkeley parents took student safety into their own hands by hiring private security. >>> and a wet start to the weekend for the bay area. we're going to have a check on the rest of your weekend forecast. >>> good evening. a lot of questions, not many answers tonight after a rare and deadly mountain lion attack. it happened this afternoon in eldorado county in the sierra foothills out here. two brothers were hiking about 20 miles east of auburn looking for deer antlers that had been shed. there's a market for those antlers. around 1:00 an 18-year-old man called the sheriff's office saying he and his 20-year-old brother had been attack. when deputies got there they found the younger brother with traumatic injuries to his face. after a search they found the other brother with the mountain lion next to him. they fired guns to scare off the big cat. the older brother was dead. no word tonight how the younger brother is doing, but officials say attacks like this are extremely rare. >> all the time we'll get sightings. even working patrol i'll see a mountain lion in the path

abc seven news. >> an update today on people's park in berkeley.ince it was shut down and blocked off. uc berkeley reportedly spent $6 million for the operation to block off the park with shipping containers. in january, the park was shut down to build new housing for students in the unhoused community. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has an update. >> if you go around dwight way and haste street, all you'll see are shipping containers stacked on top of each other with cameras all around the park. >> the university made this unannounced move on tuesday. >> students and alumni stood in front of the barricade of shipping containers, asking the university to open the park. >> this space was actually cultivated by residents, community members, students. >> it's been over two months since the university closed the park. while they wait to start building a new housing project, uc berkeley plans to build over 1000 new units of student housing and 100 units of supportive, low income housing. that project is on hold, waiting for a ruling from the state s

if you're going highway one to san francisco, number seven, berkeley's mayor and ohlone tribal leaders about a plan to return a parking lot to the tribe. >> yesterday, the city council unanimously approved the plan for thousands of years, it was a burial and ceremonial ground. >> $3 million in federal funding is coming to san mateo county in the wake of last year's mass shooting at two farm sites in half moon bay. this money is going to the half moon bay farm workers ownership project. the county says it's going to be used to add 20 housing units, as well as a rec space in that area . that deadly shooting of seven people last january brought the working conditions of these farm workers to the forefront. at. >> a california lawmaker is pushing a new bill which would standardize active shooter drills in schools. assembly bill 1858 would provide guidance on drill tactics, including requiring schools to notify parents beforehand and making a school wide announcement prior to the drill. starting the bill would also ban the use of simulated gunfire to make it a potentially less disturbing ev

. >>> parents anti-semitism is rampant at berkeley unified. they filed a federal claim against the school district and we spoke with parents and the district about what they say is happening. >>> also closer to a peace agreement between israel and hamas, the request by president harris to get humanitarian aid into the region and it is official former president trump cannot be kept off the ballot! the supreme court announced their decision today and we talked about the impact in the election. the news at 5:30 starts right now thank you for joining us on terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm raj mathai. berkeley unified school district is facing a civil rights complaint alleging it ignored severe and persistent harassment of jewish students. this also includes teachers. here is nbc's marianne favro. >> since i'm off attacks on israel in october dozens of jewish students at berkeley unified have complained about anti-semitic images in the classroom. this mom says she pulled her son out of his art class because of his teacher's actions. >> his art teacher w

was last seen around 1:00 this was walkingúon alcatraz avenue near sacramento street in berkeley. as a black man standing about five feet, six inches tall, and darkt the time of his disappearance. anyone with information is being to askedúto call 911. well, it was a tense few hours for willow glen high school in san jose when that campus after school. now it turned out to be tells us, that discovery camear- despite a safety plan from police and school officials. >> san jose police tactical officers on the willow glen high school campus wednesday after a student brought my 16 year old n started texting in the bathroom. sheúcouldn't get back in her classroom. she was like, freaking out. school officials initiated a shelter i& place, then notified parents ca. >> many nervous descended on carl avenue waiting for additional information san e officers surrounded the school's library. >> so you just wait outside forg happened will happen. then they will say something. no update from the principal. no, that's not okay. that's not okayn >> look at him. that's not okay. we shouldn't be like

in berkeley. o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news okay, bailey thank you. >> time 704 san francisco police now reexamining the case from last year of an older chinese woman who fell to the ground and later died in was said to have accidentally knocked the woman to the ground take a second look atúthe case. after miss hopkins was arrested last week suspected of assaulting a 71 year old chinese woman. >> the suspect, you know, reported he, pushed or attacked two elderly asian women, within blocks of one another. >> now, the public defender representing miss hopkins says she has not seen evidence connecting this latest case to last year's deadly incident. >> there's nothing about these new allegations and charges that, change the fact that the district attorney and the police officially deemed the 2023 incident as an accident. there's some asian american groups say last year's incident was caught on camera, and they want that video released. >> but in a statement, san francisco police said, quote, the sfpd

uc berkeley says they plan to house more than 1000 students on the site. but construction is being held up in the supreme court state supreme court justices are set to hear arguments in los angeles next month. >> kron four's your local election headquarters and it is still tech-ically too close to call when it comes to california's prop one measure. but the people who oppose it say it is likely to pass the proposition backed by governor newsom would raise more than 6 billion dollars in tax money for homeless and mental health services. the latest tally shows prop one is leading by about 4200 votes with an estimated 85% of the ballots counted. in a statement, the group californians against prop one said, quote, we almost took down the bear, but it looks like we will fall short. >> meantime, republican steve garvey is now leading congressman adam schiff in the race for the u.s. senate by 4800 votes. whatever the outcome of the primary, both men will be on ballot in november to decide who will fill the late senator dianne feinstein's seat. a recent la times p

alameda county ever since time spoke with berkeley city council member sophie hahn.rn about the history of the ohlone. sp>> the vision is working with uc berkeley to try and rematriate some of the artifacts, the skeletal remains that were stolen and to really o educate and celebrate and learn about what the indigenous people who have always been with us, who are still with us. >> the ohlone tribal leaders say this marksúone of the most significant victories for the spurban land backed movement in california history. >> california's supreme court is scheduled to hear the controversial case on uc berkeley's plan to develop people's park. they're set to hear the case on april thirdúin los angeles. the school is hoping to develop a one third of the area and leave two thirds as a green space. people who have called are not giving upc on their fight to keep the park, but the the project will speed spup. >> we worked hard to get this, the park, the way it is and to keep it like this. it's battle m really, really appalled. we're cautiously optimistic about the upcoming and c

meanwhile, uc berkeley is under investigation by the u.s. department of education for possible discrimination tied to the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. this investigation comes following allegations that the university violated title 6 of the civil rights act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. it is unclear what event or events triggered this investigation. we've reached out to leaders uc berkeley for comment on this and have not yet heard back. let's take a peek outside the golden gate bridge on a monday night. folks using their wipers crossing the mighty golden gate because we're dealing with some rain and some snow up in the high country, lawrence. yeah, really coming down in the high country. their chain up on 80 again and. >> well, here we go again. the last winter storm of the season is rolling on in. now we are seeing that snow falling now across the sierra nevada. this could be an issue if you're travel

uc berkeley is the 3rd most dangerous college campus in america. and that needs to change. sauder to tiny is the president of safe. and a father of 2 uc berkeley students, he says as soon as they arrived on campus in 2022. >> there were safety concerns. i think there's a real. >> the man for more safety resources around the university. he says he started the nonprofit a year ago after felt the university wasn't doing enough to keep students safe were forced to invest and talk about safety. the cause it's become so dire. safe bears worked with cal parents in 2023 to raise more than $40,000 to launch a pilot security program that just started this week. private security guards are now stationed around the uc berkeley campus. 6 safety ambassadors are stationed around the marked areas from 6, 30 at night until 3 in the morning. all are wearing bright colored jackets. that's a security. i think that there's more mixed feelings from the administration about what we're doing. >> we were very forthcoming. we told them what we had in mind. they've known about this for months now. bu

berkeley mayor jesse arreguin is the clear frontrunner. the battle for second place is where it's interesting. about 1000 votes separate. jovanka beckels and dan kalb, the top two winners in the primary, move on to the general election in november. >> the only statewide measure on the ballot is still too close to call and the margin is shrinking . now. proposition one would use billions in bonds to provide housing for the homeless and the mentally ill. currently, it's 50.1% for yes, the number of yes votes outnumbers no votes by about 10,000. so it's very close. all ballots had to be received by yesterday, one week after the election, in order to be counted. ballots are still being processed. there are roughly a million to go at last check. voter turnout is up to 31. now that's about average close to it anyway. turnout in a california primary election has been running about 33% over the past 20 years, and you can find local race results from california's primary election on abc seven news.com. a judge in georgia has dismissed some of the e

>ñ it's not safe to be a jewish student at uc berkeley. >> in a statement to ktvu, the university said feels safe and welcome at all times in they are or what they believe in. the letter sent to the university informing them of the investigation gives them until april 2nd to turn over a wide range of documents, including reports on anti-semitic incidents dating back to 2021 and what action wasútaken donats and copies of meeting minutes from leaders on campus. rabbi blum has been a rabbi in the east bay for 23 years. he says anti-semitic harassment has been brewing on campus for decades. >> what is now to say, to be is a whole different ball game today, he says. >> despite the investigation, he's unsurec can take will make& for the unequal treatment. >> and although i think cal berkeley specifically, and the chancellor has said all the right things, they're not doing the right things because the >> i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu,d- fox two news.t& >> meantime, state lawmakers are considering a new free speech oe campuses. east bay state requiring universities and colleges to update their st

in berkeley.n jewish committee is calling for a criminal investigation into a protest that happened of an israeli speaker kron four's gayle ong has more. >> on monday, around 200 protesters broke through the doors of the zellerbach playhouse at uc berkeley where presentation was supposed to take place in the window was broken. people recall ju. >> and then the speaker could not complete is his remarks. the campus police department says 4 reports were filed. >> with allegations of assault and battery along with anti-semitic slurs. the speaker, israeli attorney and former member of the israeli defense force ran bar-yoshafat was evacuated on thursday. the american jewish committee which advocates for the well being of jewish people and the country of israel sent letters to alameda county district attorney pamela price and the department of justice, assistant attorney general for civil rights. kristen clarke calling for a criminal investigation on uc berkeley following monday night's protest art. >> p

that congressional committee is not just talking to uc berkeley. it is now on a list that includes harvard, columbia and mit. >> and they're serving subpoenas. ducas take comes for documents on universities all over the united states and asking various universities to turn over anything and everything regarding any sort and so activities to look at our universities, engaging in anti-semitism in 2024. when the university administration doesn't enforce policy, that results in a hostile unsafe island campus ridges. >> the house education committee says there are what it calls grave concerns about the in adequacy of the uc berkeley response to anti-semitism and referred to a failure to protect jewish students. and if that's what the investigation shows, that's awful. >> i mean, that's terrible. that any student wouldn't be protected by virtue of their religious affiliation. whether you're catholic or baptist or hindu or buddhist or muslim, that's america. >> uc berkeley says in a statement it is committed to confronting antisemitism and plans to releas

and as we get more feedback from the uc berkeley officials will keep you updated. live in the newsroom. i'm michael thomas reyna darnell. send it back to all right, michael, thank you for that. time now is 708, and daly city police are looking for a man who tried to rob a grocery store employee. this happened. >> tuesday around 2 in the morning. the worker was going to work at lucky's on mission street. and a man approached him, pointed a gun at him, demanded his wallet. the employee actually started banging on the doors of the store to try to get him. the man ended up shooting him in the foot and then took off in a silver toyota avalon. and the north bay, a sonoma man has been arrested for an armed robbery of a convenience store. police arrested joseph witching. they say that he went to the community store, the glenn l and communities arnold drive around 11 o'clock tuesday night demanded money. the clerk refused and then they say he that showed a gun tucked into his waistband, took off with the cash register cash from the cash register now in the south bay. you've

michael thomas is in berkeley with the latest. this attempted kidnapping took place yesterday with a large vehicle allegedly approaching a student and asking them to get in. thankfully that child was able to get away. but now officials >> are warning parents to be aware. this scary and frightening attempted kidnapping took place in berkeley near ruth the elementary school on rhodes street, which is just south of hopkins street. >> neighbors say the area is pretty quiet, but according to berkeley unified school district, a child was leaving the school yesterday when they were approached by an unknown suspect that was in a white van or possibly an suv. they pulled up next to the student and ask them to get in. thankfully, the student said no. and immediately ran home. the child was unharmed, but the suspect was never caught. the incident was reported to berkley police and the district has put out these tips for students to follow that were given by the police department. if a student does feel that they're in danger, they should hea

uc berkeley now include calls for an investigation. >> as well as heightened campus security. >> yeah, the american jewish committee is calling for a criminal investigation in to uc berkeley following that protest against an israeli speaker on monday night. kron four's gayle ong reports. >> on monday around 200 protesters broke through the doors of the zellerbach playhouse at uc berkeley where presentation was supposed to take place in the window was broken. people were called you. >> and then the speaker could not complete is his remarks. the campus police department says 4 reports were filed with allegations of assault and battery along with anti-semitic slurs. >> the speaker, israeli attorney and former member of the israeli defense force ran bar-yoshafat was evacuated on thursday. the american jewish committee which advocates for the well being of jewish people and the country of israel sent letters to alameda county district attorney pamela price and the department of justice, assistant attorney general for civil rights. kristen clarke calling for a criminal investigation on uc b

uc berkeley says it plans to house more than 1000 students on this site. but construction is being held up in the supreme court. the state supreme court justices are set to hear arguments in la next month. berkeley is returning a parking lot on top of the sacred site to loney tribe. the parking lot is located at 4th street near 5.80. it sits on the first human settlement to the shores of san francisco bay, which was was established 5700 years ago. berkeley mayor jesse eric, says that this is a historic step towards righting the wrongs of history. >> coming up, the san lorenzo family came very close to tragedy after 2 gunmen shoot up their home during an attempted car theft just barely missing the family inside the homeowner confronted those suspects. members of the legislature are calling for immediate action to tackle california is home insurance crisis >> capital correspondent, a tall was a stick with those on both sides of the aisle. and i'll share what the situation just got. personal for one lawmaker. >> and more on the new bill that would change the

do hereby declare february 14th 2024 to the repo its day in the city of berkeley. congratulations. thank you so very much. i am. i appreciate this honor. i never realized that i do a tv show for 40 years. but here we are. baker determined at a young age growing up in iowa to bring people together. >> receiving her business degree and iowa state university moved to california. but before she started, we pull its she dedicated many years to working in higher education at the university of california berkeley. >> sally baker, you are institution that has been in our community and a wonderful resource who are just handful. sal, you've given so much to the community. >> you've helped so many young promoting literacy, giving the motivation to speak in public. >> i'm just so impressed with with the way that. she has been able to bring the community of people together and tell their stories and for giving me this opportu ity of getting more experience. and it's really inspiring i think she's one of the most passionate people who just like enjoy doing what she loves for ver

>>c a uc berkeley professor is n day three of a sit in protest.ofessor ron hassner has been locked inside his office since thursday at 6 p.m. he saysúit's his way of trying to persuade the university to do more to protect jewish studentsn hassner will leave his office once he sees change on campus. meantime, a group of about 300 students, staff and faculty alumni are expected to demonstrate on campus tomorrow morning in response to, say, their gate being blocked by protesters. in. >> in the last few weeks, jewish students on the berkeley campus have had to suffer, a good deal of harassment, there's been a blockade in the middle of campus , and, the, the students who are sort of guarding that blockade, are targeting jewish students specifically, sort of threatening them, intimidating them, hannah schlacter is a graduate student at uc berkeley who testified before congress in february about what sheúcalls a crisis on the university's campus. some people argue the university is being selective when applying its policies to different protesters. on fe

that congressional committee is not just talking to uc berkeley.n a list that includes harvard, columbia and mit. >> and they're serving subpoenas. ducas take comes for documents on universities all over the united states and asking various universities to turn over anything and everything regarding any sort and activities look at our universities, engaging in anti-semitism in 2024. when the university administration doesn't enforce policy, that results in a hostile unsafe island campus ridges. >> the house education committee says there are what it calls grave concerns about the in adequacy of the uc berkeley response to anti-semitism and referred to a failure to protect jewish students. and if that's what the investigation shows, that's awful. >> i think that's terrible that any student wouldn't be protected by virtue of their religious affiliation. whether you're catholic or baptist or hindu or buddhist or muslim, that's america. >> uc berkeley says in a statement it is committed to confronting antisemitism and plans to release a comprehensive r

uc berkeley is no stranger to protests and demonstrations. in fact, they've been part of campus culture for decades. but a group of israeli students says one demonstration got scary fast when protesters broke down the door of their oncampus event. our itay hod spoke with a student who was forced underground to escape. >> i saw a girl get grabbed by the neck and shoved. i saw my friend get spat at. and i saw just how much anger and hatred they had towards us at this moment. >> reporter: for about half an hour last week, sharon, a 19-year-old berkeley student, says she feared for her life. >> i couldn't understand, like, where this loud noise was coming from, and it's just them going like, like this with all of their strength, all their might to the point that they shattered the glass completely. >> reporter: on february 26th, hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters broke down the door of uc berkeley's play house, where an israeli speaker was set to address jewish students. the demonstration appears to have been organized by a student group bear

and jazmin paris became the first ever woman to complete the berkeley marathons.hat? i think with anything, you have to start small and grow. you know, jasmine started out fell running. she is actually from derbyshire. she started out in the fells in derbyshire. learning to climb, learning to go hours and hours in the mountains. she eventually develops. she won some races. then she went on and won one of the toughest races in the uk, a staged race over five days in wales called the dragon's back, she won that. that is another stepping stone across the route. you may remember in 2019 a lady won the spine race which is across the pennine way in winter. this lady expressed milk for her child at all of the aid stations along the route. that was jazmine. she has learned and trained. you have to train every week, build up your mileage, build up the strength and endurance in your body to even attempt the berkeley marathons. there are some very, very famous, well—rounded runners with huge amounts of experience who get one loop done of the berkeley marathons and tapped out

that congressional committee is not just talking to uc berkeley.ow on a list that includes harvard, columbia and mit. >> and they're serving subpoenas. ducas take comes for documents on universities all over the united states and asking various universities to turn over anything and everything regarding any sort and activities look at our universities, engaging in anti-semitism in 2024. when the university administration doesn't enforce policy, that results in a hostile unsafe island campus ridges. >> the house education committee says there are what it calls grave concerns about the in adequacy of the uc berkeley response to anti-semitism and referred to a failure to protect jewish students. and if that's what the investigation shows, that's awful. >> i mean, that's terrible. that any student wouldn't be protected by virtue of their religious affiliation. whether you're catholic or baptist or hindu or buddhist or muslim, that's america. >> uc berkeley says in a statement it is committed to confronting anti-semitism and says it plans to release a c

ktvu to gain says more now from berkeley. more than 300 jewish students, faculty staff members, alumni and allies are sather gas part of their liberate the gate effort on monday morning. >> the group says the environment at uc berkeley has grown increasingly hostile towards theújewish community since the start of the israel-hamas conflict, and they argue the university is selective when applying its policies to different protesters . according to organizers, a pro-palestine protest held on completely blocked off by gate demonstrators, forcing students to walk through the creek bed to access campus. >> there's policy that states say their gate cannot be blocked on campus. this is a student organization that is responsible , my understanding for the riot that occurred. so not only is this organization still registered at berkeley, but they've been allowed to block sather gate. >> the student march isn't the only effort to support the jewish community at cal. professor lock in inside of his office at 6 p.m. on thursday. he says

live in berkeley. tori tori, thank you for that.ganizers of the effort to recall oakland mayor shang tao sayútheir effort to remove her from office is rapidly picking up steaml and supporters of than downtown oakland that housed a once popular vietnamese restaurant. that restaurant is now closed due in part to street crime. the retired alameda county judge leading the recall effort blames mayor tao for the rising crime in the city. >> it didn't inherit all of these problems. she caused a number of problems. people who say, give her more time, more time to do what she has ruined our city organizers must get at least 10% of oakland's registered voters to sign a petition by july. >> they are now confident they will get those required signatures several months ahead of that deadline to qualify for that upcoming november ballot, mayor tao has sent ktvu news this statement in response to the recall effort. it reads, my focus is fighting for a safer, more affordable and more prosperous oakland. i ask all oaklanders to help me achieve that

in a letter, the committee's chair cited uc berkeley's failure to detect jewish students. she cited a list of incidents since the october 7 thomas attack on israel. >>> on february 26, hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters broke down the door of uc berkeley's playhouse . that is were an israeli speaker was sent to address jewish students. the protest appears to be organized by a pro-palestinian student group. in the days after that incident, uc berkeley called it unacceptable and today, they told us they will be providing a comprehensive response to the house committee's questions and concerns. >>> onto first alert weather mag now. -- weather now. it is the first day of spring. it sure does look like it. meteorologist jessica burch is tracking our temperatures, our winds and when things will change. >> the morning clouds are starting to roll out of the bay area. we are left with plenty of sunshine for our afternoon hours today ended has been a quiet start to the week so far. the clouds will hold on tight to our coastline throughout the afternoon but other than that, a bea