is marie and i'm a native of san francisco and grew up in the sunset district graduating from cal berkeley. i made san francisco my home for over 26 years. my home is a 1930 style home with high ceilings and a small room. this addition is important to me for three reasons. my dad is getting older and i need to expand so my can stay with me for extended periods of time and the grand kids can visit with their grandfather. this has been a dream for me and the family to modernize the home with a clean and simple edition. i saved up enough money to make this dream an addition. i can't wait to stand on the roof and take in that fresh air and enjoy the views and watch the stars. dreams can come true in san francisco. this is a priority for the city. third, i need to address the mold and the moss and the water proof issues. this is a single family residential project. glen park is an urban neighborhood with wonderful character, however, it does not have any single rhyme. the character of the block will not change as the addition will be setback 40 feet so minimal visible from the walkway and the s

. >> republican accept coming to cal berkeley with a emergency about government surveillance. >> a big plunder of a baltimore >>> covering santa clara, east bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5 5:14. a private college in baltimore sent acceptance e-mails to dozens of those rejected. they sent congratulations to 60 students who either were rejected or wait listed. the school says the rejected students were accidentally added to a mass e-mail for students who were accepted. college officials say it was a human mistake and they reached out to nose students explaining but they are withdrawing the "welcome to our college." >> no fun. >> an announcement is expected in an hour about a federal settlement that toyota reached regarding issues with their cars. >> here is america's money report. >> one of the largest penalties ever against an automaker and the government will announce $1 billion settlement with toyota and at issue is whether they misled regulators about cards that suddenly sped up. >> food prices were up the most since september of 2011. the increases are

steven henshaw, professor of psychology at cal berkeley. the problem in perspective, centers for disease control says the number of children diagnosed with adhd has jumped 40% in the last decade. maybe that's not necessarily a bad thing, ride? perhaps it means that kids who are in need of a diagnosis are now getting necessary treatment. >> yes, i mean, part of the issue here is that we're finally recognizing a real condition. but a 40% jump in nine years stretches, it must be that we're diagnosing too many kids on the basis of a very brief pediatric visit that doesn't do the thorough job that's needed. recognizing adhd is fine but this kind of increase has us concerned. >> and you have charts and maps in the book that illustrate your point about the disparity that exists among the states in terms of diagnosis and medication. i putting one of them up on the screen right now. think about it for a moment. by living in north carolina instead of california, the chances that a child would be diagnosed with adhd were 2 1/2 times higher. how come?

. >> cal berkeley working to predict the next big earthquake.he university now is monitoring the earth. >> more clouds moving in overhead right now. what does that mean for the first day of spring in we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we are closely watching a new solo car accident coming into san francisco northbound 280. traffic backs up to aleman -- traffic backs up to a.m. main any. >>> good morning. it's thursday, march 20. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning, i'm frank mallicoat. >>> developing news in the hunt for a malaysian flight 370. about 20 minutes ago, australia suspended the search for two large objects seen boning in the indian ocean about 1500 might from perth. poor visibility made it difficult to identify the debris. it's nighttime and the search will begin again at daylight. >> reporter: investigators are investigating a possible debris field southwest of perth in the indian ocean that may be tied to the missing malaysian airliner. >> two possible objects related to the search have been identified. the task of locating t

. >>> senior night in berkeley. cal taking on washington. morning the seniors, she knocks down her game-high 24. but the huskies spoil the party. 70-65 was the final. despite the loss, cal is the number two seed in the pac-12 tournament. >>> still to come, stanford opens spring football practice. >>> and russell henley makes a run for the lead at n: i train w, a team that shares my drive and commitment. that's why i serve in the united states coast guard. maybe you were born ready. find out at gocoastguard.com. >>> one of the great stories for the athletics last season was the emergence of sonny gray. it's spring training. gray looked good throwing two shutout innings allowing two hits while striking out a pair. scribner had one strikeout. drew pomeranz gets this hitter swinging. >>> stanford held the first of three open practice sessions today. the cardinal will have to replace 12 starters, six on defense and six on offense. tyler gaffney accounted for 69% of the rushing yards and had 1700 yards on the ground and 22 touchdowns. it will be t

. >>> senior night in berkeley. cal taking on washington.orning the seniors, she knocks down her game-high 24. but the huskies spoil the party. 70-65 was the final. despite the loss, cal is the number two seed in the pac-12 tournament. >>> still to come, stanford opens spring football practice. >>> and russell henley makes a run for the lead at this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. get sta-green fertilizer now just $8 at lowe's. ♪ >>> one of the great stories for the athletics last season was the emergence of sonny gray. it's spring training. gray looked good throwing two shutout innings allowing two hits while striking out a pair. scribner had one strikeout. drew pomeranz gets this hitter swi

of all things is on the front page of the new york times today because he made a big splash at cal berkeleyember dominoes will be bad crust? think republicans already admitted that crust, we needed different kind of party. stuart: there was a standing ovation. the host of special reports on the fox news channel. can you welcome to the program, that looks to me like a flat out split in the republican party, libertarians versus everybody else. what do you say? >> rand paul is trying to to get that group, that young group, different demographic, he is going to speak to groups, african-american groups, hispanic groups, make the out reach case that a libertarian version of what has been the republican party is better able to go after the middle of the country, better able to go after constituencies that previously republicans haven't been able to get. this is leading up to a 2016 run. stuart: the issues appealed very much to young people. that speech in berkeley was specifically nailing the nsa and snooping and domestic spying. unpopular with young people. he also played the marijuana card, lega

hiss a cal berkeley alumni. he was a rugby player. this is a true inspiration.ot into the opportunity to basically save those lives. >> we salute them, we salute his mother. >> this is typical family festival, you have to go to get this type of quality. this is how you can be a part of it. >> the fall number is 408, 295,fest. you can get all types of companies and countries are represented. you can find everything online there a including purchasing tickets. >> that she's so much for comin thank you so much for coming. we will be right back. >> today is international women's day. and it's being celebrated across the world. the theme is "equality for women is progress for all." organizers are marking the event in several cities across the world, from the phillippines, to right here in san francisco. members of the california domestic workers coalition will be gathering today at at 925 mission street to celebrate with an afternoon of art. more events are happening around the bay area to celebrate women's day. for a for list, go to our website, kron four-dot-com. >

it was also senior night in berkeley. the cal women took on washington.ocks down three of her game high 24. the huskies spoil the festivities. jasmine davis who is from san jose scored 20. 70-65 was the final. despite the loss, cal is still the number two seed in this week's pac 12 women's tournament. one of the great stories for the athletics last season was the emergence of rookie pitcher sonny gray. today he got the start against texas. it is spring training but ace hall of famer rollie fingers threw out the ceremonial first pitch. gray looked good with two shutout innings. allowed just two hits while striking out a pair. xrivner had two strikeouts in his one inning of relief. in all the pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts. this batter gets swinging and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. the giants and cubs were rained out. two-time defending pac 12 football champ stanford held the first of its three open practice sessions today. they have to replace 12 starters six on defense six on offense. last season tyler gaffaney accounted for 59% of stanford's r

cal finishes another solid year with record of 22 and 10 but after final 4 last year they are done for the season. all right. mit second round berkeleye. powers and facia facial. the dunk on the head of 6 foot 7. powers. that was nasty so is this. david travi travis. denial. not a single razor back on defense. byrd with a dunk. cal right now up 6-1. 44. late second half we have those complete highlights for you coming up at 11:00. >> stanford men also in the sweet 16 first time since 2008 and 2 seed kansas yesterday. head to memphis tomorrow date on on twhurs a 4:15 tip off. powell and john seniors and the athletes experience together is paying off in this year tournament. with two wins the team now know these can play with anyone including that cinderella team that is here. >> they have had some unbeliev unbelievable wins on the tournament. clutch wins and that's what we have had to do as well to advance. that's what it's about. >> i say it's exciting because we have an opportunity to keep playing and move on total this. >> i wouldn't say pressure but we are aware of what's on the line. need to prepare like the last game it very wel

berkeley the tea party favorite spoke today and nick smith was there as well. >> senator rand paul entered the chevron auditorium to a warm reception the choices of cal and the city of berkeley to win votes may look like an uphill battleful the city's voter pool almost 65% democratic. the message more about turning democrats into republicans about issues he says americans of ever political stripe can relate to. government spying. >> p you own a cell phone, you're under surveillance i believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business. >> that is one of several lines brought applause from the audience suggesting why some find the senator so appealing. >> i don't agree with either extreme completely. just a more moderate candidate. >> it's good to counter the motion that berkeley is a liberal place >> she says the invitation to speak makes perfect sense >> i know the government reached to have and winning a lot of wars we shouldn't be about. the senator addressed the elephant in the room. >> and from there i don't know. >> the crowd meant some supporters were forced to wait outside to catch a glimpse of the man they believe could change the f

in berkeley the cal women took on washington.the huskies spoil the festivities, davis from san jose scored 20. 75-65 was the final. cal is still the number two seed in this week's pac-12 tournament. >>> one of the great stories for the athletics was the eger mens of sonny gray. he got the start against texas. it's spring training but a's hall of famer rolly fingers threw out the first pitch. he allowed just two hits while striking out a pair. >>> evan scribner had two strikeouts in this one inning of relief. the a's pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts through pom rants. the game ended in a 2-2, the giants and cubs were rained out. >>> two-time defending pac-12 football champ stanford held the first of its three open practice sessions yesterday. the cardinal will have to replace 12 starters, six on defense, six on offense. last season tyler gaffney accounted for 59% of their rushing yards. he was so tough to bring down he finished with more than 1,700 yards on the ground and 22 touchdowns. it will be tough filling his shoes,

. >>> it was also senior night in berkeley the cal women took on washington.knocks down three of her game high 24 but the huskies spoil the festivities, davis from san jose scored 20. 75-65 was the final. cal is still the number two seed in this week's pac-12 tournament. >>> one of the great stories for the athletics was the emergence of sonny gray. he got the start against texas. it's spring training but a's hall of famer rolly fingers threw out the first pitch. ray looked good, throwing two shutout innings, allowed two hits while striking out a pair. >>> evan scribner had two strikeouts in this one inning of relief. the a's pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts through pom rants. the game ended in a 2-2, the giants and cubs were rained out. >>> two-time defending pac-12 football champ stanford held the first of its three open practice sessions yesterday. the cardinal will have to replace 12 starters, six on defense, six on offense. last season tyler gaffney accounted for 59% of their rushing yards. he was so tough to bring down he finished with more than

berkeley with the look at the issues of funding and reliability. good morning mark. >> reporter: good morning frank. we're here at cal where they have the berkeley seismology lab. sure yesterday's earthquake didn't do much damage in southern california but it did wake a lot of people up to the reality that the state's early alert system for earthquakes, it is still not up and running. some scientists got the alert but the rest of us did not. [ sirens ] this is what cal tech seismologist tom heaton heard early in the morning just seconds before his home swayed as the southern california earthquake rolled through. >> i was sitting there at breakfast. and my laptop computer told me the shaking was coming and then i felt it and it was -- it was nice. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey says the warning system worked just the way they hoped it would. >> the system gave us a couple of seconds of warning. which is kind of what we'd expect at this distance. the -- the magnitude was a little bit off but it certainly worked in terms of notifying ahead of time before the shaking arrived. >> reporter: the problem is, the res

cal students matching a plan -- rather, hatching a plan to get president obama to deliver the commencement speech. there is a lot of excitement. you'll be surprised to say only eight u.s. presidents only visited uc berkeley. where does one convince the president of the united states to address cal's graduating class of 2015? you have to first sell to it student senate. last week, 20 members voted to support the plan. that got attention of the student newspaper. >> it's no longer can it happen, it's more of the question of how. >> the student behind the plan, his organization called students for change he'll ask the president to focus on his commitment to public education. >> what we're doing is drafting the help of the organization and chancellor's office. >> noernl influential person is the former dean of the u.s. berkeley school of law. >> so he can under score uc as a success model talking about the needs to preserve it for decades still to come. >> students weighing in on the possible visit. >> it's exciting. i would love that to happen. >> good opportunity for students, too. >> the only president to deliver a commencement speech was john f kennedy in 1962. republicans think berkeley is too liberal.

just joining us or headed out the door here are seven things to know: breaking news in berkeley a fire neared cal campus forced 100 to evacuate apartment building including many students. investigators say debris in an alley caught fire after someone threw a cigarette butt out a when. one was treated for smoke inthatlation. >> mendocino county authorities are investigating the shooting of a sheriff deupty killed by a suspect with an assault rifle. the 32-year-old suspect strayed the patrol car with bullets and a fort bragg police officer exchanged gunfire with cheney who was found dead. >> veilian -- australian officials say two large objects spotted in the water could be from missing malaysia airlines flight 370 which is 1,500 miles southwest of perth, australia. >>> stunning number from the university of california: a fourth of students and employees in the system have been intimidated or felt excluded on campus according for a system system-wide climate study. >>> a teen is facing trespassing charges after climbing to the top of a world trade center in the middle of night. the 16-year-old was

now and you can hear a lot of talk about the bubble and cal put themselves right in the middle of all of this limbo with a loss tonight. in berkeley rubik's cube in 12 seconds. he calls himself a speed cuber. richard solomon and strong inside. like stanford cal on the tournament bubble and looking like the washington generals. pick up the ball. that is dure -- wright's brother. they pull the game off and clutch three's late. that one was a dagger. utah with up upset as cal false to 18-12. as we mentioned stanford is in the same boat with cal. you know what they could have used 1234* jim harbaugh's touch. the coach still h when i was living without insurance, it was very scary. charles not having coverage stressed me out. knowing that i have an insurance card in my pocket gives me a sense of reassurance. i'm in because nobody deserves to be without health insurance. i'm in because my coverage can't be denied. i'm in so i can protect my family and my future. i'm in because she wouldn't take "no" for an answer. i'm in. [ both ] we're in. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? go to coveredca.com

now and you can hear a lot of talk about the bubble and cal put themselves right in the middle of all of this limbo with a loss tonight. in berkeley, he did the rubik's cube in 12 seconds. he calls himself a speed cuber. richard solomon and strong inside. like stanford cal on the tournament bubble and looking like the washington generals. pick up the ball. that is dure -- wright's brother. they pull the game off and clutch three's late. that one was a dagger. utah with up upset as cal false to 18-12. as we mentioned stanford is in the same boat with cal. you know what they could have used 1234* jim harbaugh's touch. the coach still has skills. since i had had health insurance -- icy i needed. of since i had hwhat policy i needed.- within 4icy. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. sherman gave the hoops team a little pep talk before the game with colorado. the result was mediocre. sorry, could not resist that. josh houston helping out jason randal. then randal caps a 7-0 cardinal run. they were back in the game with two minutes left. they take a f

and will save $26,000 in a year >> a win by cal bears won't be the only reason to celebrate at memorial stadium. uc berkeleyannouncing it's opening club levels to weddings. and corporate meetings there will be food venters and students inside of the stadium. it reopened in august 2012. >> starting next week walmart can trade at the store, customers can trade in used video games for store credit also offering refurbished used games in the stores it's a blow for stores like game stop. so there is this. you can buy a $25 hot dog at shea stadium. it's an 18 inch long corn dog. with a side of fries and a defibrilator. fans fobling up 25,000 of these things $25 a throw. can you believe it? >> i wonder how many ant acids were consumed. goodness oochl they say timing is everything. >> is this your daughter? >> coming up a little girl with the passat tdi clean diesell des gets up to 795 highway miles per tank. , we're th salesperson #2: actually, we're throwing in a $1,000 fuel reward card. we've never done that. that's why there's never been a better time to buy a passat tdi clean diesel. husband: so it's like two

now and you can hear a lot of talk about the bubble and cal put themselves right in the middle of all of this limbo with a loss tonight. in berkeley he calls himself a speed cuber. richard solomon and strong inside. like stanford cal on the tournament bubble and looking like the washington generals. pick up the ball. that is dure -- wright's brother. they pull the game off and clutch three's late. that one was a dagger. utah with up upset as cal false to 18-12. as we mentioned stanford is in the same boat with cal. you know what they could have used 1234* jim harbaugh's touch. the coach still has ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ sherman gave the little pep talk before the game with colorado. the result was mediocre. sorry, could not resist that. josh houston helping out jason randal. then ran

during his six seasons at cal the bears won their first league title in 50 years in 2010. before going to berkeleye spent 18 years at stanford and two as a warrior's head coach. the men's final four is now set. 7th seat connecticut took on third thseed michigan state. harris with a little magic of his own led michigan state with 22. uconn, player scored 25 points and up by five with 20 seconds left he goes deep nor nolan who puts this game away. uconn wins 60-54. in the mit west regional, kentuc kentucky, follow the bouncing ball as the wolverines try to tie it up. they keep missing. jordan morgan tips it into even the score at 52. harrison knocks it down with two seconds left. one last shot from mid court but it is off the backboard. the wild cats win. they will play wisconsin in the final four on saturday. i'm picking florida and wisconsin in the championship with the gators winning it all. i think you are probably right. i'm going to go with you. with ohio state. my bracket was lost. >> up next, christians were upset with changes made to biblical story "noah >>> coming up tonight at 11:00 the n

. >> breaking news in berkeley an early morning fire near the cal campus on university at san pablo forced 100 people to evacuate mostly students. someone throughout a a lit yet butt out a window and caught debris on fire. one person was treated for small inhalation and we have a report at 6:30. also, contra costa county four fighters responded to a fire in pleasanton him this morning, four fighters tweeted out this photo which shows flames shooting from the house and trailer with crews report no injuries and the scene was cleared by 3:00 a.m. and the cause is under investigation. >>> this morning authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a mendocino sheriff deputy kills when a suspect turned his rifle on him. this started with a carjacking in eugene, oregon, yesterday or and ended in the delegate of deputy north of fort bragg. the 32-year-old cheney of eugene, oregon, sprayed the deputy's patrol car with bullets. a fort bragg police officer exchanged gunfire with cheney who ran into the woods prompting an all-out manhunt. his body was found dead from multiple wounds suffered dur

berkeley. kimberly tere has more from cal. >> your rights, especially your right to privacy is under assault. i'm here to tell you if you own a cell phone, you're under surveillance. >> reporter: in his 30-minute speech one of the senate's most poll ri poll rising figure expressed his controversy around the claims the cia was spying on the intelligence committee. >> i look into the eyes of senators and i think i see real fe fear, maybe just my imagination but drunk with power. >> reporter: senator paul went on to criticize president barack obama for the surveillance program. >> i find it ironic the first african american allowed this vast exercise of raw power by the nsa. certainly, jay edgar hoover's illegal spying on martin luther king and others should give us all pause. >> reporter: students say the republican known for his often controversial statement seemed more toned down today in front of the traditionally liberal crowd at uc berkeley. it's a small move according to political science experts who believe paul may be atetempting to get his message to a wider audience. early they are mo

the heart of uc berkeley, the group drawn to scale is a small scale representation of the student body's racial makeup. across california 14% of the population is asian-american. here on cal campus, that number is 43%. >> primarily asian and black and african-american. >> reporter: african-americans make up only 4% of berkeley's student body. that's one of the reasons behind the push to use the student's race and ethnicity as part of the college admissions process. >> there's a lot of things working giving people of color, definitely like a stepping stone to help us get into places like this and prove we are capable of being here. >> i'm asian-american. >> reporter: student leaders across the uc system like deera bannic want more diversity but she is in the minority when it comes to her own race. >> being one of the very few american asians at least publicly support of this. >> reporter: thousands of asian- american parents complained to stake lawmakers. chen called state senator leland yee and was one of the 100,000 to sign an online petition against the affirmative action amendment. chen is worried the idea to add diversity will mean fewer asian- american students will

berkeley. an easy drive. right around cal, ashby avenue, the major surface street shows the red. in the south bay slowing north 101 from 680 up to 880. we saw a burst of traffic. there was a cluster here from 680 and got a big caravan moving north but that started to sort itself out. back to the maps, the rest of the traffic around the bay, heading over to slow spots here approaching the dublin. typical through the trivalley and traffic held up behind a crash, three cars involved, they moved to the shoulder but kind of held up out of the altamont pass. north of the dumbarton bridge on ever side you are starting toward the bay bridge because of the volume it's starting to build. >> thank you much. general motors under scrutiny after the automaker failed to take action on faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. gm's part supplier says the company approved the faulty switches in 2002 even though they knew they did not meet specifications. the house is going to hold a hearing tomorrow where gm's ceo will testify. >> the pentagon is beefing up cyber security and it hopes to have

berkeley, the group drawn to scale is a small scale representation of the student body's racial makeup. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: across california, 14% of the population is asian- american. here on calampus, that number is 43%. >> primarily asian and lacking in african-american. >> reporter: african-americans make up only 4% of berkeley's student body. that's one of the reasons behind the push to use a student's race and ethnicity as part of the college admissions process. >> there's a lot of things working against people of color especially for african- americans so there's definitely a stepping stone to help us get into places like this and prove we are capable of being here. >> i'm asian-american. >> reporter: student leaders across the system want more diversity but she is in the minority when it comes to her own race. >> especially being one of the very few asian-americans who are in support of this at least publicly in support of this. >> reporter: thousands of asian- american parents like oakland's carl chan complained to state lawmakers. chan called state senator leland yee and was one of the 100,000 to sign an online petition against the affirmative action amendment. chan's

uc berkeley is ranked 8th. callist followed by harvard. >>> and i hope you remembered to spring forward. it began at 2:00 this morning. you should have set your clocks one hour ahead at that time. hopefully you're not an hour late this morning. it's 9:40 right now. >>> the la marathon this morning. many attended the blessing of the running shoes. the monsignor of our lady of the angels say they can provide support and prayers for the runners. that started at dodger stadium and will end in sapta moncu. >>> still ahead, a deadly shooting breaks out overnight at an ohio night club. we'll have that coming up. and take this live look outside. this is the view under partly cloudy skies. we'll be right back. santa monica it is moncuit is onica it is . >>> let's check out the weather. we understand there are some changes in store. >> reporter: we have showers approaching. we're going to see an increase in cloud cover. we're waking up to clouds and seeing them here in san from our room camera. so as the system approaches, w

. >> in berkeley investigators say a burning cigarette is to blame for an early morning fire near the cal campus that break out outside a building on university avenue forcing more than 100 people to evacuate. most are students. investigators say the debris caught fire after someone knew a lit cigarette butt out of the window. >> i woke up at 2:13 and i smelled electrical fire. usually the building you wills are very thin so i thought it was someone else. but it was going everywhere. >>> no one was seriously hurt and you heard ashley took this photo of someone being treated for smoke and shared video of people standing outside after everyone was evacuated. >> more on the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370 that disappeared march 8 with 239 people on board the satellite images have prompted new searches and hope. katie marzullo is here. >> lanes and ships will resume the efforts tomorrow. it is nighttime right now in the search area complicating things. the weather ahead for poor visibility so at this point we still don't know if the images in the satellite photo are debris from the ma

berkeley came in 8th. they were ranked the top public university in the entire world. cal tech was followed by harvard. >>> dais tonight. hawaii and arizona will not change. daylight savings time ends november 2nd. looks like folks made the most of a beautiful spring day. >> it was gorgeous. highs to 60s and 70s. 74, oakland was 72. san mateo 67. downtown san francisco was 71. out there. people got their hike in. we are seeing changes. you can see the beautiful night out there. we have cloudy conditions outside. the clouds are an indication of changes. sunday will be cooler. there is rain on the horizon. most of it is north of us and off on the coast. we will time it for you later. get ready for nice spring-like temperatures coming this way. >>> coverage of the unrest in the ukraine, russia is ramping up defense. there are military vehicles being unloaded. they have denied sending troops. >> we are ready to continue dialogue with the understanding that it will be honest and a partnership and a party to the conflict. this crisis was not created by us. >> the white house say

and uc berkeley are ranked in the were top 10 on the list of the best universities in the world. 400 universities were ranked worldwide based on quality of teaching, research, and innovation. calfirst in the world. stanford was fourth, uc berkeley was 8. >>> hundreds of people are expected to fill the streets along the embarcadero today to kick off the start of san francisco sunday streets events. it starts at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until 4:00. more than three miles was city's water front will become a car free zone. it has free bike rentals, rock climbing and face painting. events will take place at nine locations across san francisco. >>> a mid-air collision between a skydiverer's parachute and small plane. the maneuver they were practicing that luckily kept them close to the ground. >> reassure frnts white house to the canadian prime minister after he says president obama has yet to pay up on a bet involving beer, and hockey. >> today mostly cloudy, mild, mostly dry. who may see a passing shower today and when the steady rain is expected to arrive coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and on

during his six seasons at cal the bears made the ncaa tournament four times and win their first league title in 50 years in 2010. before taking over in berkeleywo as the warriors head coach. >> the men's final four is now set. we started these regional where connecticut took on michigan state. all-time spartans great magic johnson in the house. gary harris with a little magic. bet the shot clock. 'm uconn rallied behind shabazz napier. with just 20 seconds left, the huskies get the ball to phillip knowland, who puts the game airplane. uconn wins, the first seven seed to make the final four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. >> in the midwest regional, kentucky and michigan went down to the final seconds. the wildcats led by two michigan with the ball and check out this frantic sequence. the wolverines keep missing but keep getting the rebound before finally jordan morgan ties the score. 72. kentucky then unties it at aaron harrison knocks down the two. time for michigan to get off a shot, wildcats win so they're headed to the final four in arlington, texas. >> at the valero open in san antonio, the leader looking relaxed there

cal tech in pasadena once again ranked first in the world stanford came in 4th and uc berkeley was rankedth. >>> a saturday morning commute looks very unusual on one bay area bridge. check that out. what we have learned about the secret film shoot that caused a major traffic back-up near the bridge today. >>> first a home-cooked steak sends a pregnant woman to the hospital. after the break, the hidden ingredient that had her hallucinating. . >>> and in weather, the clouds already moving into northern california. coming up, we'll break down sunday's showers chance as and the timing of our next round of moderate rainfall. here in philadelphia you can access a philly cheesesteak anytime, day or night. just like you can access geico anytime, day or night. there is only one way to celebrate this unique similarity. witness the cheesesteak shuffle. ♪ cheesesteak, cheesesteak ♪ ♪ it's the cheesesteak shuffle! huh! ♪ ♪ every day, all day, cheesesteak, cheesesteak! ♪ ♪ every night, all night cheesesteak, cheesesteak! ♪ ♪ 9 a.m. cheesesteak! ♪ 2 p.m. cheesesteak! ♪ 4 a.m. cheesesteak! ♪ any time (ruh!

cal tech in pasadena once again ranked first in the world stanford came in 4th and uc berkeley was rankedth. >>> a saturday morning commute looks very unusual on one bay area bridge. check that out. what we have learned about the secret film shoot that caused a major traffic back-up near the bridge today. >>> first a home-cooked steak sends a pregnant woman to the hospital. after the break, the hidden ingredient that had her hallucinating. . >>> and ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] only yoplait light and yoplait greek 100 are endorsed by weight watchers. so many delicious flavors that taste outta sight. ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. . >>> a freak accident near tampa, florida hurt two people when a small plane collided with a skydiver. a witness captured the accident on-camera. you can see in the pictures somehow the plane's wing was tackled wi

. >>> in berkeley tonight, vincent chu did the rubik's cube in 12 seconds. richard solomon, get off of me. cal generals on this play. wright, brother of daryl wright. look what i found. >>> baseball. cactus league action today. a's and brewers. two for three with a second-inning home run. should have done the story today. ryan braun, he was the story last year. seven of eight. deep off of gared parker. brewers go on to win, 7-2. >>> scottsdale, matt cain and the giants, hosting the angels. three scoreless innings here. pablo sandoval, the panda, looking good. the weight issues and all. the weight's down. drives in two of the three giant runs. blanco scoring. the giants beat the angels, 3-2. sergio romo made interesting comments in the off-season. was not happy with himself as a person or a teammate. turned 31 yesterday. promising a more mature approach in 2014. abc 7's mike shuman with more on the giants closer. >> belt. to romo. that's the ball game. >> reporter: sergio romo was third in the national league last year with 38 saves. he learned a lot about himself and hopes it shows up this sea

cal comes up short, 59-56. sitting at 19-13 overall and 10-in the pac-12, bears on the ncaau bubble at best. selection sunday might not be fun day in berkeleye. hr(t&háhp &c >> thanks, ja rod. >> we'll be right back. >>> one of the most heartwarming stories of the paste1 olympics they made theirw3 game during t games. not talking abouul the athletes but the puppies of sochi. team usa's gus ken worthy made it his mission to bring home a group of strays from the games and they're finaltyt here. the silver medal skier tweeted about the journey. now his friend has finally arrived stateside with the three you. is in tow. ken worthy and his new puppies will be on the "today" show" tomorrow morning. >> can't wait to see those. keep them all or let them get adopted. >> some of his3w friends have d they want to grab one. >> those are so cute. they want to grab on his promis >> he made good on his promise. they're all heading to colorado. >> we've got good weather coming our way throughout friday. and right in your weekend, napa tomorrow 81 degrees. the three-day weekend looks perfect. fremont 77, walnut creekÑi 76 a livermore at 77. check out this

cal will cover the brittle shale rock with concrete and fashion gadgets to battle earthquakes. >> we like to put our seismic equipment in quiet places. thionines we are measuring the earth's noises. >> reporter: the berkeley campus is hardly quiet except inside here where there is not even a ripple in the standing water. >> we want to be close to the hayward fault. the problem is that the hayward fault is full of buildings and cars and roads and things. but the old mine is actually fairly secluded so that when the hayward fault starts moving, we can hear it doing something. >> reporter: an old mine with new tricks. all part of a plan to give the bay area a little head's up before a big quake hits. andria borba, kpix5. >> amazeing to see that. well cal hopes to have the seismic equipment installed inside the mine shaft in the next six weeks. >> all right, he is installing a weekend, you are probably going to like it pretty well. >> this is a good one to get outside. maybe a hike before things turn brown again. maybe the backyard picnic. maybe a barbecue at ken's house. >> you are all invited. >> saturday? >> come on over. >> ken will be out of town this weekend. [ laughter ] here is our weather, it is goin

berkeley. they ranked fourth overall. here are a look at some of the top four schools from this year's list. cal tech in pasadena.rd, oxford, with stanford following at fourth. >>> t-e-i-f-l-e-i-n? >> maybe you didn't catch that. fifth grader sophia hoffman misspelled the word. it was the first word she got wrong in two weeks in a regional spelling bee contest. up until that point, she and a seventh were back and fourth for 66 rounds. when he stepped up to the mike, all he had to do was spell the word "definition" right. d-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n. definition. >> i was getting pretty sad when she got that word incorrect. it's sort of messed up that, you know, that it came to that. >> yeah. that was a bummer word to misspell. sharma is now headed to washington, d.c. for the national spelling bee competition. hoffman, again, just a fifth grader, says she'll be rooting for him. maybe she'll win next year. >>> we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we have more local news for you tonight starting at 5:00. an hour and a half straight. then we'll wrap up the day with you at 11:00. of course, any ti

now, the cal men in the sweet sixteen of the n.i.t., tyrone wallace and the bears all over visiting arkansas. they advance 75-64 in berkeley> the terrelle pryor era in oakland appears to be over. the 24-year-old raider quarterback reportedly wants out after the team traded for matt schaub. reggie mackenzie the gm confirmed the team is trying to trade him and if they can't, they will probably release him. changes with the oakland raiders. >>> so the stanford women and the stanford men both going to the sweet sixteen in the ncaa tournament. congratulations to them. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day, we have nba action. clippers and bucks. crawford off the rebound finds griffin who does the rest with the fine little finish and see you later, he dunks it down on the transition. clippers get the win and more importantly, oh, look at that behind the back, slo-mo, it's much better and look at griffin puts it up and in. your play of the day right there. >> was that a little fake? >> that's a little ball fake. >> all right. >>> 5:25 right now. search teams in washington are desperately looking for survivors

uc berkeley says it's having trouble to admit enough minorities to reflect the diversity of the community. cal officials blame proposition 209, the 1996, voter approved ban on affirmative action for their struggles. uc officials say the percentage of latino and african-american californians being admitted has plummeted from 46% before prop 209 to just 12% right now. they also say top minority candidates are getting generous scholarship offers from private schools and choosing to go there instead. uc berkeley officials recently filed a brief in connection with to a u.s. supreme court case involving minority admissions at the university of michigan. >>> time is 7:11. some of the biggest names in music and movies, they're going to be in san francisco next week performing at a special benefit concert. it's all to raise money for ucsf and a special camp for children with life threatening illnesses. the long list of stars scheduled to be there includes jackson nickelson, annette being and bonnie raitt. >>> sunday streets kicks off its 6th season this weekend in san francisco. the car free event runs

berkeley to read from their memoir, a sliver of slight. it details a story of their capture and time in jail. the cal say they often had a tough time just staying sane. [inaudible] >> so desperate in solitary confinement, i was looking forward to interrogation. somebody to talk to. >> shourd was freed after more than 400 days in jail. bauer and fattal spent twice that time behind bars. the three appear at the commonwealth club in san francisco tonight. >>> there is a new federal report out on autism that says one in every 68 children has some form of autism. the centers for disease control says autism -- audio difficulties. >> some experts say the rise in autism doesn't reflect an increase in the number of autistic children but instead, there's more awareness about the condition and the increase in diagnosis. >> there's probably environmental changes that are shifting because the -- it's a really steep growth. >> now, the cdc's new estimate isbationed on education tal -- is based on educational records in 11 states but california was not in the survey. >>> 7:42. new details on the petaluma slaughterh