>> the spill that seeped into a uc berkley creek and why some say it's making them ill. >> a surprise for parents to learn today their children's school will be closing tomorrow. and why they're being summoned to the school in the morning. >> a california teenager tried to avoid the wrath of his parents ended up facing the fire department instead. >> a cold day across the bay area and also a few showers that we had way back in and throughout the morning hours. let's take a look. those numbers today dropping out in san jose at 54 degrees. and as we continue throughout the night, well, numbers dropping down into the 30s for the south bay. we'll let you know if your sky cam view this weekend will look as clear as it does right now in just a few minutes. >>> days after 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into a nearby creek were learning workers have become very ill. there's also concern tonight about the environmental impact. >> reporter: hi, there. employees work right inside this building here behind me. we spoke to one of them. her office looks out onto strawberry creek. >> it smells

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los integrantes de occupied berkley recicbieron la advertenica que no pueden esar aquí.a policía no ha intervenido de ninguna forma, algunos ya se han idol. >> la ciudad ya envió notificacion que no se permite a nadie después de las 10 de la noche y desalojará la polo. >> van a llegar en la madrugada, hace rato vinieron 20 polos. policías.>> en caso de que la policía venga no opondran resistencia sino que irán alrededor del parque >> la resistencia que hemos tenido hace que sea más poderoso nuestro movimiento para ayudar a las comunidades y traer atención de la injusticia social que tenemos.>> en los últimos días se reportaron actos delictivos como asalto sexual y apuñalamiento y las condiciones sanitarias no son buenas. la policía está al cruzar la ciudad. >> podemos agregar que hace unos momentos personas pasaron hoja volante que los incidentes que pasaron no esatn relacionados con miemrbos del movimiento. también no hay movimiento policial, no se desde aquí algún contingente policial o antimotines. >> gracias. la alcaldesa de oakland dijo que se investigarán las tácti

they told me they're here because of the talent, the graduates coming out of berkley and stanford and the school systems are really feeding the kind of talent that they're wanting to have in their companies and the industries are growing, and they're growing from different kinds of bio research to clean tech research. so our formula that began there, and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it's attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in that very same time. i think the companies here, from what i can interview, they're very excited to be here. they really feel the cross fertilization of talent that's coming in within the building. that, again, reflects not on the consistent policy we've had here about technology companies as well as bio, life science, and clean tech in

it's a shame, very scary. >> berkley police say call the cops if unannounced workers show up at your home. also a spokesperson told us the company's technicians do not show up at your door unless you're expecting them, that they are always carrying i.d. and always in a marked comcast vehicle. >>> streams of mourners in north korea are paying respects to their former leader, kim jong-il. his open coffin is on display in pyongyang. while it was well-known kim's health was in decline, his death caught the international community by surprise. kim began transferring power to his son, kim jong-un 13 months ago. the obama administration is watching the situation closely, adding stability is key and the stakes are high. >> we reiterate our hope for improved relations with the people of north korea and remain deeply concerned about their well being. >> north korea has nuclear weapons, and we're worried about who's hands those may fall into. >> concerns over north korea's nuclear program is calling a meeting with key countries including russia and china. >>> the long road to recovery and the i

>>>reabrieron el campus de la universidad de berkley, el combustible fue a dar a la bahia. >>> la mujerllada lourdes, intentaba cruzar una calle peatonal. >>> un sospechoso ataco a una mujer, en ambos casos las victimas fueron atacadas por la espalda. >>> en mexico comenzo el exodo de mexicanos que abarrotaron el templo de guadalupe, 5 millones 600 mile personas sin incidentes, el cardenal mexicano ademÁs de dedicarse a la virgen de guadalupe. >>> al sur de la bahia se celebra con mucha pasion el fervor guadalupano. >>> la virgen del guadalupe celebra una vez mas su aparicion, el sagrado corazÓn donde padres de familia, muchas familias que cantaron las maÑanitas en este aniversario mas de su aparicion y por su agradecimiento. >>> que . >> antes de irnos al siguiente reportaje nos hacemos a un lado para tomar las imágenes de la virgen de guadalupe que esta con muchachos a la virgen para compartir el servicio a las 7 de la tarde en la iglesia del sagrado corazón . >> les presento en al calle san antonio en san josé lo tenemos flavio . >> (♪ ♪) . >> (♪ ♪) . >> (♪ ♪) . >> como todos los año

berkley's considerable help and understanding of the concern that were raised, our offices willingness with him to find a solution, we would like to announce in cooperation with the port commission we have a solution. we have agreed to an exchange of development rights with the organizing committee, the event authority. they will be giving up their long-term development rights to pier 14 to 22 1/2 and will be offered and have accepted the rights to pier 54. i think that is a major agreement. a lot of concern were raised about views, the impact of developing in front of those marina piers. this has been a wonderful solution, took a lot of sensitivity on everyone's part to understand those concerns, while at the same time, making sure we've fulfilled the eir. we are working for different sets of hands as we are moving the acr event forward. i want to once again praised mr. barkley's participation. he is learning what it is like to do business with the city. he is learning, has kept a calm approach -- perhaps not at the beginning. there was a high level of anxiety. we have a lot of other

. >> a school at berkley is taking issue with the occupy movement.ot because of their message but out of concern for students. >> did they really paint the dogs? and a controversial proposal in san francisco will give businesses a tax break for hiring ex-felons. >>> what uc davis is doing in

. >>> usc -- uc berkley caps student tuition fees at 15% of their earnings. if they make between 80 and $100,000 a year will be eligible. philanthropic donations will help pay for that program. >>> mark is planning on a major research project on the health affects of pepper spray. his pledge comes from uc davis. last month we watched campus police pepper spray foreman -- more than a dozen protesters, and she asked the questions that were on the minds of many workers... >> did i direct the police to use pepper spray, the answer is no, did i direct the police to use force, the answer is no. >> william brandon is leading the investigation and he is expected to release his report next months. >>> well it turns out the woman featured on time magazine's featured person of the year issue, she is from california. the woman is an active member of the l.a. movement. and it is by the same street artist who created the president barack obama hope posters before the 2008 presidential campaign. >>> negotiations over the america's cup race continues today and the issue of a

. >>> the people's park in berkley is getting a new makeover.t they're trying to get rid of, and there are a lot of them. >>> you may want to bring along a recording of your favorite song. the next time you're scheduled for a less than pleasant experience. >>> soon have to pay more oh to get into the park. the entrance fee is set to increase from $5-$7 starting january 1st. the additional $2 will go directly to the county parks department which is facing severe budget cuts. holders of federal lands or state park passes will not have to pay anything extra. >>> uc berkley is launching a clean up effort to make sure rats don't take over people's park. they hope the work will help get rid of the rats. crews >> we're taking those ferns out and taking away a space for rats to live. >> in the next few months, they plan to install more lights and new trash and compost bins in people's park to behelp deter the rats. >>> bay area commuters will not be able to dedoesn't as much of their transportation expenses next year. they have been able to deduct up to

one with police pepper spraying students and one at uc berkley accused of hurting students with batons. several students are among those testifying in the hearing in sacramento. >>> the port of oakland took a big economic hit. they lost as much as $800 million and truck drivers lost between 500 and $1,000 of their own money. occupied protesters blocked the entrances creating delays for long shore men, truck delivers and pick ups. >>> following news out of oakland, firefighters are on the scene of a fire. it started just about 45 minutes ago on 22nd and international. now we are hearing that the structure is some type of shed. police told the crew marijuana was found there though and arson investigators have both been called to the scene. we will bring you information as soon as it becomes available. >>> pg&e has formally taken responsibility for the pipeline disaster. the utility admits they are legally responsible for killing several people and destroying several homes. the judge is handling a barrage of lawsuits and the judge demand to know whether they would take responsibility or s

done with the climb and it's time for me to head back to berkley. i was very weak and fortunately, we were still alive. that year five of 12 climbers that ascending died during the descend. i had to walk five days back to the nearest village to catch a jeep back to civilization. as i got to the village a string of kids started grabbing on to me and as i got near there was a stout, gruff man with a silver grin and he looked at me and he said peace be with you and then he looked at me and shook his a had had and said chiz l.a. i'm from the midwest and the best translation is what the heck. i was skruf if i and looked pretty bad and he said, son, i'd like you to come to our village but first, you need to take a bath. so, i went down to the river, very filthy, a washed up and we went for tea. in that sorry lame i learned many things. one out of three children there dies before the age of one. usually dehydration or diarrhea induced dehydration. many young men have left the villages to try and get jobs as dishwashers in the cities or work on construction

. >>> berkley has delivered an eviction notice to the occupy encampment in martin luther king civic park t advises protestors they have until 10 p.m. to move out or face arrest t has been there since october 15th. officials say that it is in violation of two city ordinances, one that closes parks to the public at 10 p.m., another that prohibits camping on public land without a permit. >>> knew at 7:00, san francisco pays tributes to victims of homelessness, people who died in a relative obscurity in the past year. paul chambers is in the city where leaders and activists are raising awareness about a rising number of homeless. paul? >> reporter: thank you and things wrapped up here as people in san francisco and all across the nation paid their respects for some are the forgotten ones. tonight the bell tolls. >> kevin thomas. >> reporter: one for each homeless person who died. >> a number of them have died by their own hand, some were found dead in their hotel rooms. >> found on a sidewalk. >> reporter: to make sure no one is forgotten, those from the homeless community and others came to

student is working at uc berkley systems lab designing and tweaking these robots while government agencies eagerly wait for the perfect model. the department of homeland security wants to use robots in war, sending machines in for a look before troops have to. after earthquakes and tsunamis, emergency workers can send robots walking into dangerous-type spaces to search for survivors. >> search and rescue are investigations where humans can't go. and you can imagine where you can't send humans in because it's too unstable and too dangerous and it's a little too small for humans to get through, so you can send the small robots through to find the survivors where they may be trooped. >> they cost about $250 to make and are adaptable. they can inspect pipelines, inspections that can prevent deadly accidents like the pipeline explosion. and they can carry more than cameras. >> you can also imagine swapping out that camera for just a carbon dioxide sensor. if you can detect carbon diox e dioxide, you can detect humans breathing. >> reporter: now, right now, these robots are about the size of my

live in berkley tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our time is now 6:03. another occupied camp has been removed on the campus of san francisco state. they set up tents earlier this month however university officials say they can't say during the holiday break. after negotiations they finally took the camp down this week. >>> we have more on why nurses are planning on walking off the job, lorraine? >> reporter: you are right, nurses will be out here, almost 2000 striking out here. they have already arrived on the scene and they are ready to picket. hospital management is also out here and you can see they have extra security in front of them. let's look at what it looked like the last time and during that strike a patient died. these nurses are highly skilled and well trained but some patients are a bit worried about coming to the hospital during the strike while others are changing their appointments. >> nurses go on strike as they have in the past and it was a sad incident during the strike. i think they happen every day and i think we are aware of it bec

. >>> a devastating fire in berkley last months can take action today to recover and rebuild their lives. kraig debro is in berkeley with all the details, kraig? >>> again, that was ktvu channel 2 news' kraig debro's latest and we will get to him later and we have more on news coming up. >>> police found a man lying in a parking lot of an apartment complex on 81 avenue just after midnight. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition and right now police don't have any suspects for the motive or the shooting. >>> public memorial service will be held for hiram lawrence junior. the little boy was removed from life support last week. the service will be held at the gospel church and that church is located in oakland. the service is open to the public. it begins at 11:00 a.m. >>> that time is now 5:04, later we will get more details about a major pot club in the east bay. they targeted two locations, a club and a home tied to that club in danville. ktvu channel 2 news took video of this yesterday afternoon. they spent hours inside the happy wellness center removing several items. that c

. >> reporter: well a student sent me an e-mail from the uc berkley chancellors apologizing about the baton incidents here on the campus. it says i will do my very best to ensure this will not happen again. one student says that apology is not enough. the hearing at the state capital will examine this incident as well as the pepper spraying at uc davis. they will talk about nonviolence enforced rules. >> the chancellor should step it up and be more visible on campus show their faces and take more into consideration regardless of the issue violence is not okay. >> reporter: now uc davis chancellors are set to testify this afternoon at this hearing as well as student leaders and it is set to take place at the state capital today. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they will announce a new aid program for families. it is the first of its kind and uc berkeley has a lock history dark are -- long history of helping students and families there. >>> a payroll tax cut extension, now they are challenging the u.s. senate. >> the senate can take up the bill, they can pass it, amends it and

. >> harry reed is the big power broker in nevada politics has helped shelly berkley not face any primary opposition. it is incredible that we talked about 1992 being the year of the women when a big increase of women democrats getting elected to congress and the senate. if all goes right, this would with a bigger surge. democrats need these races to hold on to the senate. sit a very tough environment for him. they are going. they think that's the ticket. to hold it on to the majority that they have. >> you did say that if democrats expect a replay of 1992, they are in for a tough road. >> like we have been talking about this is an anti-washington environment. it's time to see if the ideology overwhelms that. >> we talk so much about the presidential race but i think the senate race will be great. >>> and kbram had been suffering from a slight fever, could have, and congestion. he has counciled every president since truman. he is said to be in stable condition. >> rachel weeks was manufacturing her product in sri lanka. she plans on continuing to expand her business locally, committed to

berkley: i thank the gentleman from new york for yielding. mr. speaker, let's be clear on what's happening here today. with thousands of nevadans who are struggling to make ends meet, house republicans are trying to sentence this middle class tax cut to death by committee. by conference. instead of allowing an up or down vote, house republicans are trying to kill this middle class tax relief bill by burying it in one more washington bureaucracy. death by committee. conference. the american people have had enough of these cynical washington games. i know that i certainly have. if house republicans don't want a middle class tax cut, they should have the courage to stand up and vote no. 1.2 million nevadans who will see their taxes go up would be grateful to know the truth. 28,000 unemployed nevadans who are unemployed through no fault of their own, they would appreciate knowing the truth, why their unemployment benefits are going to disappear on january 1. so why won't the republicans do this? why won't they just come clean and express their opposi

. >> i think it's elizabeth warren so far, i'm not sure about berkley because nevada is very hard tond let's go to john tester. let's talk about him. he is a very attractive candidate, not a lefty from back east. a farmer from the state that he's from, from montana. your thoughts about it, christina? >> don't forget that tester won by a very, very slim margin, less than 1,000 votes in 2006. it was also like one of those races like jim webb's in 2006 that helped decide the senate for the democrats, so this was already going to be close. denny reberg is a congressman. he's elected at large so he's already won statewide there. this is going to be a razor thin race and dave is exactly right. with all the spending from outside groups, particularly crossroads, it's cheap to advertise there. voters will be real tired of seeing ads on this guy and tester is in some big trouble. you never know.açó the obama people really recognize that this is a key state so that might mean they stay out of it for the presidential, but they will make sure organizationally people are in place. >> anybody wit

waz goes to berkley, but the first semester there, he makes the first digital version of it, and there you see the partnership, and fortunately, i can't see waz and whether he's shaking his head or not, but they come up with the amazing circuit board and, of course, loves to show it off. steve says we can package it and sell it and make money. they went door-to-door selling this thing and testing it out by, i think, calling the vatican, and waz pretended to be henry kissinger and said he was at a meeting and had to speak to the pope. i can see him nodding. [laughter] they never got the pope on the phone, and they were smart enough to figure out it was not henry kiss -- and if not for the blue box, it wouldn't have been apple. >> that's pretty profound. why did he feel that way? what could they do together? >> they were very complement ri meaning they complemented each other well. he could say waz could have meetings in his head, and he had been taught by, you know, his father, being an engineer is the highest calling, so he never thought about it. maybe we should package it, a good pow

you're an indian working why silicone valley, and we know from surveys there's great stuff done at berkley and other foundations in kansas city, and they've just looked at how much time, you know, or what proportion of what chinese and indian entrepreneurs in silicone valley share information with their friends back home, and what proportion of returnees, so you have the engineers working in silicone valley for awhile, learn a bunch of stuff, and then go back home to set up new businesses. now, almost all of them will ring back to their acquaintances, their friends, their contacts in silicone valley. you know, every month, swapping information about, you know, what's happening on the investment front, what ideas are out there, what are the cool ideas going around? who is spending money on things? they swap tips about technology and business, and that's how business happens faster. you know, when business happens faster, people make more money, and the world's a bester place. >> host: certainly. one thing you wrote, i think the quote was that made me think -- culture shock makes you think.

highway 80 to the berkley curve,there is no delay. no delays in the south bay. only slowing approaching 280. > >mark: developing story as nurses are on strike from sutter hospitals. > >will: the nurses are telling patiens that they should be afraid. > > the replacement nurses come for a quick buck. we do not know where they come from. that >>will: this spokesperson says regardless of what happened in september, they have adequate doctors who according to him, some doctors have skipped a vacation time to be here as well as the nurses who are fully trained. it is up to you to decide who to believe. the nurses will be at least throughout the day especially at 4:00 p.m. when they will hold a massive rally when all the nurses should come here as well. much more on that when the kron4 evening news begins. >>mark: the nurses say they're striking because contract negotiations were stalled for six months. the nurses say setter wants to take away paid sick leave and make them pay increased costs for health benefits. sutter said off the nurses have the option of a fully pa

berkley: i'd like to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. berkley: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today on behalf of nevada's middle class families. because of the economic downturn, thousands of nevadans are struggling to find a job, pay their rent and put food on their family's tables. they cannot afford a tax increase. however, washington gridlock is threatening just that. a massive tax increase on middle class families. why? because some washington republicans refuse to roll back special tax breaks for wall street millionaires in order to pay for our middle class tax cut for $1.2 -- 1.2 million nevadans. that's just not right. so my message today is this -- no holiday vacation for congress without extending the middle class tax cut. we cannot go home while nevada families are hurting and desperate for this extension of their payroll tax cuts. however, that's going to require washington republicans to stop protecting wall street millionaires and stop putting nevada's families first. the only

the democratic candidate, congresswoman shelley berkley, is a strong candidate. i think that might go the way of the presidential contest in nevada. you know, so many of these cone tests, jon, are going to be coattail races. that is the winner of the presidential contest in these key states may very well pick up a bonus senate seat by winning the state's electoral votes. we're in a very polarized environment and when people start voting republican at the top of the ticket, they're going to probably continue to vote republican. when people start voting democrat at the top of the ticket they will probably continue to vote democratic in november 2012. jon: elabeth warren in massachusetts, and she is a strong democratic contender there, obviously should be in a state that is blue against scott brown, she is typical, some say, of what democrats have done well this year, which is recruiting strong female candidates to challenge for some of these seats. >> absolutely. look, if you look at where the votes are for the two parties disproportionately women contribute to dem

berkley: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding. mr. speaker, i thank expedited screening for military service members is very important and i'm glad we're taking this pill up on a bipartisan basis but i think there are some other things happening right now that should take our attention and give it complete attention to what we're going to talk about. with the highest unemployment rate in the nation, far too many nevadans are worried about how to make ends meet and nevada's middle class families who still have a job cannot afford a massive tax increase in january. but that's exactly the direction we appear to be heading toward, thanks to the tea party extremists in the house of representatives. they're holding middle income families hosstabbling, they're holding unemployee -- hostage, they're holing unemployed people hostage and whire holding senior citizens hostage. why? to protect their big business buddies, corporations that ship american jobs overseas. mr. speaker, enough is enough. it would be a disaster if the house republicans r

and john armed, berkley center of green chemicals said, this effort is well intentioned but will cause more problems than it will solve. we are against drugs that harm our people, but we had no hearings in the judiciary committee on this, and i think the placing of these molecules on schedule i is evidence of that lack of scholarship. these drugs need to be controlled but need to be controlled in such a way that there is no harm done to the vital scientific and medical research that we count on. i join mr. scott and urge a no vote on this bill in the hopes we can come back with a measure that accomplishes the worthy goals without doing damage to scientific research that will save so many lives. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, former prosecutor, congressman pat meehan. mr. meehan: i rise in support of h.r. 1254 for the reason that as a prosecutor, i have seen the impact of what can be done when children are lured to the false

waz goes off to berkley, but in the first semester there, able to make the first digital version of it, and there you see the partnership. i can't see whether he's shaking his head or not -- [laughter] but he comes up with an amazing circuit board and loves to show it off. steve says we can package that and sell it and make money. they went doo-to-door selling this thing, and testing it out by calling the vatican, and waz pretented to be henry kissinger saying he was at a summit meeting and he needed to speak to the pope. as far as i can tell, they never actually got the pope on the phone, and the entire college of cardinals was smart enough to realize it was not henry kissinger calling, but they showed it off, and steve said when he described that story and the whole blue box story, that if not for the blue box, it wouldn't have been apple. >> that's pretty profound. why did he feel that way? what was the thing they could do together that -- >> very complementary meaning they complemented each other way. he said of waz that he could be 50 times better than meetings in his head and des

princeton in electrical engineering, and then he went from princeton to university of california berkleyting a master's degree in computer science, and in 1982, a ph.d. in computer science. from there, he went to work at xerox and he worked in the computer science lab, and then from there, went to work in a few other technology company, and ultimately went to work at sun microsystems there for software manager rising up to be the chief technology officer for sun microsystems and recruitedded away to be the ceo of nobel. today, as executive chairman of google, he is actively involved in a number of public issues that he'll talk about and many ways is the public face and washington face of google, but he also has time for other outside activities. he has served on the board of trustees of principle university and carnegie melon and now on the board of advanced city, and is an adviser to the president of the united states, adviser to the president's transition team, and now serves as an adviser to the president's commission on science and technology and innovation, and he has a wide range o