. >> we heard back from berkley, fremont and san francisco.heir procedures are pretty similar with a few differences. here are the commonalities. for reporting a car burglary, all say call 911 if a break-this is in progress or just happened because the vandal could still be nearby. now, for reporting a burglary after some time has passed, all say report online, by phone or at the police station. san francisco requests you call 311. as for the police response, all say they will send an officer if the scene is fresh, but here is where the departments differ. once the case is cold -- that's one hour for berkley, and when it is no longer in progress for san francisco, they will send an officer only if they're not busy with other priority calls. fremont say it they will almost always still send an officer unless the victim does not want that or there's a severe staffing shortage. a quick glance at the number of car burglaries in those cities in first half of 2018 through june, berkley has 263 cases, san francisco has 12,442 cases -- not a typo -- a

right underneath this street in berkley. starts over there, crosses this intersection and runs underneath that house right there on cedar street. you see there's a couple of obvious cracks here at this intersection. that is why the california earthquake authority is helping a variety of things will help homeowners retrofit their home. the risk is real. you recently bought a house in the bay area, congratulations. now you need to protect that home from an imminent earthquake. >> i don't think the house is going to collapse. it might move a bit, but yeah, i don't think it's going to collapse on top of me, which is something that i kind of stayed up at night worrying about before. >> reporter: patricia sleeps better thanks in part to the program. ebb gave her a $3,000 check that allowed her to retrofit her house which was built in 1927. now they're offering others similar grants if you qualify. >> i wouldn't have done it if there wasn't a subsidy. because i don't have a lot of money. >> you are avoiding damage that can be in th

berkley. shared by james allison from the university of texas and for the advances in how the immune system can fight cancer. they developed a new treatment approach. he gives credit to graduate students and fellows and colleagues at several research facilities including uc berkeley. the work lead to long-term remission in patients with metastatic cancer and they will share of $1 million prize. >>> this morning president trump is praising the agreement reached late last night for canada to join the free trade act. the president says the wonderful new trade deal will be the united states mexico canada agreement or you mca and opens markets to farmers and manufacturers, reduces trade barriers to the u.s. and will bring nations closer together in competition with the rest of

, an all-around musical artist, born in the philippines, raised in san lorenzo, and a graduate of berkleyollege of music. and also here is the cofounder and a member of the board of directors, james richard, who is also an accomplished musician, hailing from oakland. welcome to the show. both: thank you for having us. robert: well, you're mr. dandan, so tell us a little bit about how the dandan performing arts got started. john dandan: well, you know, i grew up in a family of musicians, six brothers and sisters, and a single mom, and, you know, everybody pretty much just played music and, you know, i pretty much, you know, have been fortunate enough to study at the highest level of music in berkley college of music in boston with a full scholarship, and i wanted to give that same level of expertise bacin you know, blessed.counity le in terms of opportunity? james richard: it's going away, and so we're excited because we're trying to be a light in the community. you know, i'm from oakland, but i graduated from san lorenzo high school, so san lorenzo means something to me. and so, i've been

uc berkley is no stranger to mail bombs. the notorious unabomber sent two mail bombs in the '80s, injuring a professor and fwrad wgraduate. the university is being extra cautious. reporting live at uc berkley, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> just into the newsroom, the father of a 3 year old boy has been arrested in the east bay. this was part of our breaking news coverage last night at 11:00. the 3 year old boy was hit by gunfire inside a home just after 7:00 p.m. in oakland. the d.a. is currently reviewing this case. the boy is in critical condition at children's hospital, oak land. >>> some tense moments for drivers on 880 this morning. they say they saw a man waving a gun. chp officers pulled the driver of that white vanover a over an approached them with guns drawn. he was 25 years old and waving a pellet gun. this is video of that gun. the man is on a 72-hour psych hold. nobody was hurt. >>> a hard-fought legal battle. the grounds keeper who accused monsanto of giving him cancer is accepting the money he's been

the crucial role uc berkley played in this discovery. leaderi >>> is it a double standard? most california politicians consider themselves leader in fighting climate change, but many are saying that politicians have taken millions of dollars for their campaigns from the gas and oil industry. stephen stock is tracking it. >> we tracked money to state political leaders, causes and the democratic and republican parties here in california and found that in a system where money talks, the oil and gas industry is one of the loudest. just consider this fact. according to state campaign data, oil and gas companies here in green california spent more money on state politics than in north dakota, montana, new mexico and texas combined. >> you take oil industry money, you can't stop drilling in the state. don't claim you're a climate leader if you're not willing to stop fossil fuels. >> do they have an inordinate power? >> no, not at all. not as much as the labor unions, insurance companies. >> pharmaceuticals are higher. >> they've all got power. you've got to be able to stand up and

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uc berkley was last among the ucs. >> another time that the ele electorate is fired up. more than 19 million people are on the california voting rolls. the majority registered as of september 7th. that's biggest since bob dole challenged bill clinton. many are registering as no party preference. >> plans are in the works to keep the west nile virus from spreading. this affects people lives in san martin. they will treat santa theresa boulevard. it will take a few hours. if you live in that area, close your windows and stay indoors until the treatment is over. there's something else you can do. if you have any water that's been collecting, dump it out. >> a big mess and two employees counting their blessings after a roof collapsed at a store and weather is likely to blame. a 600-foot section collapsed at the home goods store. police arrived to find two employees standing outside and they got out just in time. >> they said they were moving inventory within the building. heard a noise, saw tile come down and left the building. >> the company is asisisessing e the owners of

. >>> in the east bay a long-time berkley family is hoping to revitalize their once-bustling nursery, cannabis. katie utehs has more on the seeds of change. >> reporter: grandma keeps the former nursery lot clear of weeds while her grandson has a vision for its future. >> we will have the cannabis retail on this end. >> reporter: the budding entrepreneur is sowing the seeds for the cannabis nursery. >> it will be off the seeds of the plant, maybe pollen. >> reporter: the white way nursery has been in the family since 1984. >> i helped my father and mother way back when, starting at six or seven years old helping my dad. it is in my blood. >> reporter: cannabis wasn't in the cards until cancer took his grandfather and aunt. >> what got us into it was the passing of some of our family members. >> reporter: the nursery closed in 2014 when she died. she and kenny ran the business their parents started. now they're ready to go in a new direction. >> we come from a family of gardeners. i'm excited he has gotten the green thumb. >> we want to have our nursery as a platform, educational plat

the professors from uc berkley demonstrated all the details as follows. further, uc berkley for housing fair and inclusive society shows that rent control policies are the key to stabilizing the state's housing crisis. the research found that rent control, when a supplied with other housing policy, can prevent housing costs from spiraling out of control and forcing families to leave their communities. yet you don't follow this information. >> good afternoon. my name is joe lopez. i am representing n.p.u. non plus ultra. we are the curators of the old mint. what i'd like to do today is to let you know our intentions and what we do at the mint. right now, one of our highest priorities is making the mint community activated. we creatively put together different types of events to open up two the youth, to families, to the elderly, to all communities. it is also our intention to connect with neighboring businesses and residents surrounding the mint. right now, as everyone has been able to see what the mint has gone through, we do -- it is a challenge to keep

we are joined from berkley with how you can get a chance to get that money. >> reporter: we all know that of all the faults in the bay areas the hayward fault may pose the biggest threat yet and it runs right underneath laloma avenue. if you have an older home that has not been retrofitted and the next big one hits, there is a big chance that home is either going to collapse or slide right off. the good news is there's a new program hoping to prevent that. >> i'm not an engineer, but i've done everything i could. >> reporter: patricia is confident her house will still be standing if the big one hits. >> it might move a bit, but yeah, i don't think it's going to collapse on top of me, which is something i kind of stayed up at night worrying about before. >> reporter: she's relieved because her basement looks like this. anchor bolts to her house's foundation and planks of plywood to stiffen the walls and prevent the home from collapsing. >> you are avoiding damage that can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: patricia was able to retrofit her home after she received

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during advance recent visit to berkley and german chancellor angela merkel agreed to this weekend's summit russia iran and turkey have used the syrian conflict to reestablish their positions as regional powers in the middle east. but reconstruction will require western money perhaps giving leaders like merkel additional clouds. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world turkey has called on saudi arabia to extradite suspects in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi but the saudi government has said it would punish those involved itself and says it was a rogue operation he was killed after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second. many of the central american migrants traveling through south and mexico have rejected a proposal from that country's president to apply for refugee status and obtain benefits there the group of several thousand central americans vowed to continue heading north to the u.s. border. brazilians head to the polls on sunday in the country's most divisive presidential election in decades far right candidates show you both a

berkley was storing it at uc berkley. it's currently at a storage facility for the library.hey intend to distribute it across the city in all the branch libraries and have that section of the model displayed for three months. starting on january, february and march. they're looking, they have not located a space yet, but they're look to go assemble the model for another three months. the goal is to talk about it and toen spire conversations around the development of the city. so stay tuned. we'll keep you posted on that. it's really a phenomenal. >> it was fantastic. one of the things i found extraordinary about it, it's not just the downtown, it's the city. every block. every block is designed to be removable. >> it's an ex extraordinary piece of work. i was blown away by the detail. they painted the buildings the appropriate color. the actual colors they existed at the time. some parts of the downtown, as i understand it, which we didn't fully see, were updated overtime. most of the city is as it was in the w.p.a. era. so 30s i guess. and we are all looking at where we can

i sit on the commission of disability in berkley. what i want to bring up is my own personal concern about transportation and alternative transportation systems not necessarily including persons with disabilities. for instance, our adaptive bike and city chair programs don't have any bikes that are accessible for persons with disabilities. three-wheeled bike. as we progress with areas of alternative transportation, the community is running into a huge issue of what transportation is going to be available to us. lift and uber and those different ride share programs are not necessarily accessible. they have some accessible components, but they're not necessarily in full gear. we have our muni transportation and what not that is having some issues in regards to insurance of people being able to take public transportation. we have bird scooters and these other types of transportation systems that are also not including. all these systems of alternative transportation cause pedestrians hazards in safety. i'm speaking for all our communiti

target.com said pick it up at the berkley star. >> we go to the berkley sergeant store and they say, i don't know why they would have you pick it up here because we don't have phones here anymore. >> with time running out, she rushed to target in richmond. that store had an iphone but had no idea about a free gift card. >> that was a two-hour process. >> finally she got the phone and the card and went home happy. until two weeks later. >> oh, i'm going to use my target gift card. so i went to a target store. they said, oh, there's no balance on this card. >> turns out that $250 gift card was worth exactly zero. >> i ended up spending at least ten hours or more on the phone. >> she says target kept promising to send another gift card. >> transfer here, transfer there. hung up on. >> the card never came. she contacted "7 on your side." we reached out to target and it said she did qualify for the gift card with that purchase, and we want our guests to have a positive experience every time they shop at target. we apologize for ms. rankin's experience and are glad we could resolve the sit

. >>> let's talk about berkley. the bears ended the three-game losing streak this past weekend with an impressive 49-7 road win at oregon state. now they're playing the underdog, looking to upset the huskies? >> blow-out win is something you like to see, especially how we struggled in the last three weeks, but i think themore al of the team after that was definitely high and offensively made us feel really good about ourselves. >> kickoff at memorial stadium at 3:30. >> we have a game in berkley, game in stanford and raiders game in oakland on sunday afternoon. >> and all the halloween activity. >> we're good at least for those games in the 70s for both of those. if you go inland, we'll be in the low 80s tomorrow and by sunday, 76. we get some rain to the north. but for us, we'll keep that cloud cover and so far so good for halloween. >> we made it to the weekend. enjoy this great weather tomorrow and sunday. >> we'll be back at 11. hope to see you then. you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. or..

she starts early in the morning delivering paint and supplies for janko corporation in berkley.hen she finishes there, parisi takes fresh clothes out of her trunk, washes up and a few minutes later heads to her second job where she earns minimum wage working at this dollar store at gillman and san pablo avenues. her take-home pay is there $2,700 a month. >> if i had a place where my first and my last was paid, i would be able to sustain a rent of at least $1,000 a month. >> reporter: but lately she has had to pay for new tires and have some work done on the engine, on top of the cost of her car insurance and food. she pays a local gym $30 a month so she can use the showers. >> it is a different lifestyle. you don't wake up in the morning and run into the bathroom and wan't d that.you have a water b. you get up, you swish, you do what you can. >> reporter: for the past year, her bed has been the front seat of her car. her body has somehow learned to adjust. >> when i go to sleep in a real bed is when it gets uncomfortable, because i'm used to the angle, and if i go like spend the

uc berkley police say there's no reason to believe any explosives have been sent to the school.c says they've had sploexplo detection dogs checking mail since last week and officers are making extra checks of the library. >>> a longstanding american tradition under fierce debate. >> president trump is toying with the idea of ending the automatic of granting of citizenship to people who are born here. next, see how our current policy compares to other countries. >>> and we certainly want to know what you think when it comes to birthrights citizenship. should the u.s. keep it or end go tobc7news.com/voom of yr scr. 57% say keep california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state supe

. >> reporter: now, i also spoke to the mayor of berkley and he says he is very concerned because more people are expected in the bay area in the next ten or so years. he says we're not ready, and the kind of public transportation that is needed, he says, is simply not there. on treasure island, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> thanks very much. is there a really bad road where you live? probably. let us know. use the #betterbayarea with a picture, video and location and we will reach out to city officials to see why it is not getting fixed. it is part of our ongoing commitment to building a better bay area. >>> let's look at what is being done to improve transportation now. you can see where construction is underway to extend express lanes between martinez and walnut creek on 680. solo drivers can play tolls for the bus lanes once they open. 7l elected leaders took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the project. cal tran says it will help relieve a series of bottle necks drivers face each day. plans call for extending express lanes on northbound 680 as well. >>> here is a live l

. >>> a warning at uc berkley after the fbi notifies the university that cal was on the radar of that students this aftn alerting them that the suspend, cesar sayoc did a search on the library. they did a search of the buildings on campus. he didn't make any specific threat to cal, but they're being extra cautious. >> we're doing everything we can. we've got extra targeted patrols. >> the university is asking all studentsnd staff to stay vigilant and be on the look out for anything suspicious weather alert. a red flag warning through this evening. high winds with dry conditions mean high fire danger. contra costa fire took these pictures. they've staffed the department with more ground crews, fire engines and bulldozers just in case something does braeak out. jeff ranieri has been tracking this for us. >> you see we got up to 62 miles per hour at mt. saint helena. and close to sea level, only 16 miles per hour. this event is expected to be just at the highest elevations. so we're not anticipating a whole lot down at the surface. that's why not many of you felt much wind gust today. al

. >> it came from c o 40 and we reached with a research team from uc berkley so if you are asking whoas actually conducting the research it was a team of four led by a researcher professor meredith from uc berkley. we were involved in coordinating the research and helping it all move forward and a variety of community groups and binging it to you today. so, we started out knowing from a variety of work knowing that any given time about a third of the people who are biking in san francisco are women. that is something we've known in san francisco for a number of years. what we've never had a sense of is why. we can say anecdotally. you might each right now have annan he can total sense of why that is and why you yourself do or do not bike or women you know do or do not bike in san francisco. the city had never done any kind of comprehensive work and any kind of data base approach of asking people and other people who bike in san francisco why that is. so as we set out to begin this survey the research team came up with a few key research questions. i believe wendy mentioned very briefl

the clairemont hotel in berkley has a spa that offers unforge e unforgettable experiences. but for this woman, the experience last december was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. >> when he massaged up my body, his hands caressed the side of my breasts. >> reporter: with just a sheet over her chest he grabbed her. >> he just went for it. put his hands around my breast

the salto—1p, designed by researchers at berkley, bounces on one leg, and, like a ninja, can bounce across top the funny hopper allow it to twist midair. and finally, the creepiest robot ever has been unveiled by university researchers in japan. smooth, slippery, and determined, the snakebot can wind itself up and down ladders with ease, potentially sending shivers down the spines of window cleaners and diy enthusiasts everywhere. cable—powered, its only known predator is the fearsome off switch. back now to google, which hopes we forget about its recent data breach and be dazzled by a new line—up of devices it unveiled this week. new smartphones, its pixel 3 and pixel 3l have bigger screens. and the cameras have had an update too, helping them see better in the dark. they also sport a second front facing wide—angle camera lens intended for easier selfies. which is just what the world needs. more features than you can shake a selfie stick at comes with a price. and a new member of its smart speaker range was unveiled. the pixel 3l comes with the google assistant and a seven inches display.

the city of berkley had more. san diego had dozens of them and i tred to figure out why was san francisco behind. and the answer actually was because the state law didn't think about places like san francisco, where we had mixed-use neighborhoods. the vibrant communities of polk street, north beach, and so we had to create our own law. that became article 15 of our business and tax regulation code. that began, what has spread all over san francisco. now let me say, it is very rare that people come together to celebrate the fact that they all voted to raise their taxes. that is exactly what we are doing today. it stays in the community. it does not mean a diminishment of city services. it's services on top. i am very bullish on polk street. it is remarkably a vibrant community. i want to salute the lower polk neighbors and the lower polk c.b.d. which was at the forefront, that gave suzanne and the steering committee the vision that the c.b.d. to be extended in a northerly manner. there's going to be an economy of s

often on groups like the taliban prevent the food from being delivered to those who need it tony berkley has a report from herat in afghanistan. is seven months old she weighed less than seven kilograms when she entered this camp almost half the weight who would a child her age should be. she's one of a growing number of severely malnourished children who are suffering from lack of food and hunger hygienic living conditions they have fled to camps like these in herat their families are too poor and helpless to survive without outside help. her family traveled three hundred fifty kilometers to herat to escape hunger and conflict it's an all too familiar story in afghanistan more than forty percent of children under the age of five have stunted growth through lack of food and poor nutrition and ten percent are wasting away to skin and bones it leaves them prone to illness and disease and sometimes an early death by the end of this year it is estimated that around two million children could suffer from severe malnutrition. the u.s. is the largest food donor here this year it has donated nea

. >> reporter: uc berkley professor bornstein says not changing the time has nmore complications. it would stay darker in the morning. >> we will have a lot more people driving to work and a lot more kids walking to school in the dark. >> reporter: and while claire would miss his climb, there would be plenty of time to do other things. joe risotto jr., nbc bay area news. >> i wonder what our meteorologist thinks about this. >> i'm torn on that. i don't know. >> pros and cons, i guess. >> depending on the time, certain times of the year it might impact some of the official temperatures and how warm they are, the more i think about that right now. so that would be interesting. you never know. okay. our forecast as we head through the next couple days does have a couple changes in it. let's get you to the micro climate forecast. the sun is continuing to set earlier and earlier. so we're starting to feel that chill through the bay area. and we'll have more on that coming nun coming up in a couple minutes. the hot area of high pressure that brought the heat the past couple of days is m

the clairemont hotel in berkley has a spa that offers unforge e unforgettable experiences. but for this woman, the experience last december was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. >> when he massaged up my body, his hands caressed the side of my breasts. >> reporter: with just a sheet over her chest he grabbed her. >> he just went for it. put his hands around my breasts. i grabbed him by the hands immediately and pulled him off and said no, that's not okay and reported it immediately to the management. >> reporter: two days later she filed this report with police. we reached out but haven't heard back because he hasn't been questioned by police, nbc bay area is not naming him. what's your understanding of where that investigation stands right now? >> i don't know. >> reporter: so she turned to the state which regulates massage therapists to file a complaint, to learn that his certificate expired in november, a month before her incident. what happened when you filed that complaint with the state? >> i don't know. i've been in touch multiple times. >> reporter: doe said

uc berkley tried to get the school to provide the pills but they said no. governor brown vetoed the bill because services are available off campus in california. they advise taking two pills during the first two weeks of the pregnancy. >>> professor james alison started his research at cal in the 1990s, now he works at the md anderson clinic in texas. he shares the prize with his research partner from japan. it includes a cash reward of just over $1 million. >>> okay, a run away turns into an emergency. the creative way that rescuers managed to save the bay area dog that just kept swimming away from >>> you industry does. made possible by tens of millions of contributions to lawmakers. >> how can you be a climate leader if you do that? >> you know, politics runs on money. >> we investigate the power that money buys in green california tonight at 11:00. rewarded todaya schools were named "national blue ribbon re >>> a lot of hard work was rewarded today as 12 california schools were named national blue ribbon recipients. the bay area dominated the list. frem