. >>> the california supreme court today upheld a controversial state law ruling that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks as legal california residents. the high court upheld the law that any student regardless of imitation -- immigration status to be eligible for in-state tuition rates. jana katsuyama is live in san francisco with the story. >> reporter: with most surprising is that this ruling here at the california state supreme court came out in a unanimous ruling by all justices even the most conservative. students were out in the sunshine heading to class and stopping by tables. that's where we found a group called rise. >> i was born in mexico city. i spent a few years in l.a. and have lived in san jose for the a few years now. >> reporter: he came to california at the age of six. >> we have been in the system for 12 or 13 years now. >> reporter: by california law, he and other illegal immigrants can qualify for in-state tuition. today the california supreme court ruled against a lawsuit challenging that could it was filed by a group of out-of- state student

sas of top stories california state university could be one step closer to raising tuition again. >> a teacher is arrested allegedly for having with the students >> the crucible ship to know whether appear to they are not expected to get off the ship until tomorrow. >> you probably heard it rained last night and there's still some left over. >> we are trying out everywhere this morning. this morning we had passing showers. the shot of the bay bridge approach roof wet road ways out there. we had fog on tap for tomorrow morning in your friday morning as well. a pretty mild weekend ahead of us. here's a look at your storm tracker fo4 the showers are spreading south along the peninsula but at this hour we are seeing dry. most of the precipitation is over the sierra. chain requires on to 88. satellite and radar shows the storm losing strength and movie east. we will stay drive for the next few days and into next week as well. right now temperatures warmer than it were yesterday no third is for the forecast but we are chilly in santa rosa 45, net of 46, 58 livermore, along the coast '50s.

topping our news, angry and frustrated california state university students will have something to be even more upset about today. the board of trustees will take a vote on tuition votes. how much of an increase? >> talking about 5% for this school year and 10% for next school year and the hikes just keep on coming. take a look at some of the students impacted. massive state budget cuts to blame. tuition has gone up 30% this past year. 76% over five years. and csu has responded by cutting faculty, putting more courses online. and when they've done these hikes in the past, there's been student unrest. protest, building takeovers. it's not always students doing all that. you hear me using the word tuition today. csu and u.c. for that matter used to use the word fees when they increased student costs. that's because california many years ago vowed to have awe tuition free system. now they're no longer pretending. now they're getting real. the good news is one-half of ucs students, will nay be paying these increased tuition because their fees, their tuition is covered. live at san francis

that is >>> california's state parks and beaches are facing another bleak year and that's after this week's defeated proposition 21. it would have added $18 to the vehicle registration fee to fund state parks bringing a $500 million -- bringing in $500 million a year. as a result, park closures are a possibility next year. to avoid that, the state parks director is setting higher entrance fees, corporate sponsorships and other funding options to avoid the closures. >>> hopefully though you had a chance to get outside today in some of our parks because it was a beautiful fall day. >> million-dollar view around much of the bay area. >> spectacular. . >> but we have major changes. we have a significant storm system headed toward the bay area. looks like that rain is going to be picking up overnight. still outside, got a couple of clouds floating across your skies but nothing has looks too ominous out at ocean beach right now, just some stratus at the coastline but that's going to change as we head in toward the next 5, 6 hours or so as we see a storm system headed our way. doppler radar

the california state university system is getting more expensive planning to raise tuition 15% next year. 5% this coming spring and then 10% in fall 2011. so the protest here at ucsf is expected to start at 7:30. kind of hard to tell exactly how many students will be here but we know that there was kind of a pre-protest yesterday at uc-berkeley, there were about 40 students there. at one point they did try to block an entrance and they were signing up people to get on buses to come to this protest today. so we shall see. sydnie? >> anne, thank you. anne makovec in san francisco. >>> let's get another check of our weather and traffic. tracy is here to tell us that things might be changing. we are so used to this beautiful weather. >> i know. the weekend was exceptional. we started the workweek off monday and tuesday with record highs. bye-bye high temperatures, hello november. it's going to be more seasonal especially for today. out the door, patchy fog expected inland and for the bay and also for the coast. i can't read this morning. mostly clear conditions for the coast and the bay and

state library. in 2000, california voters approved the reading literacy improvement and public library construction of 2000. that provided $350 million for construction, renovation of public libraries. as a result of that initiative, 45 public libraries were funded, resulting in over 1.5 million of public cyberspace. as part of the evaluation team, i can tell you that it was a highly competitive situation. over three cycles of the program, we received 199 applications totaling 1 billion, six under 64 million, $271,076 in request said. your graph for it the richmond library was in the second cycle of the grant program, and we received 66 applications totaling 547 million, $149,519 in requests. 16 projects were recommended and funded, and i wish to congratulate the san francisco public library. [applause] luis mentioned that this library was carnegie library, established in 1914. at that time, the price given for this library was $49,400. we certainly have, long way since then. the public library is the heart of the community because it reaches out to all segments of your population and it is the gre

schwarzenegger is appealing the court ruling that demanded the state reduce prison population by 40,000 inmates. overcrowding in california's3 state prisons violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment but they contend it threatens public safety. california already has a plan to reduce the inmate population and the court shouldn't tell them how to do it. >> in santa cruz questions are asked why one deputy went with him to the hospital for tests. a standoff began when he tased that deputy and took her gun. abc 7 has the story. >> well, a santa cruz county sheriff's deputy was putting the shackled on aimsworth, he punched her, bit her and ran out into the parking lot. >> he took the deputy's taser, taseds the deputy and took the handgun. he fired around at a family bystander and fled into a neighborhood nearby. >> ainsworth kicked down the door of the secret garden ii preschool. >> he was holding one of my teachers with a gun it had she had a baby and another infant in the room as well. i don't know if she was holding both of him and she wanted her keys. she gave him her keys but police were swarming so he

gas oil rigs off the coast of california completely replaced with wave energy systems which again exist around the world but aren't being taken advantage of here in the statefornia as they could or should be. we have done a lot on solar. in fact, we're very proud to have taken the leadership on our solar initiative a number of years ago the public passed a $100 solar bond in san francisco. this is years and years ago, which became the impetus for the million solar roof initiative that governor schwarzenegger, to his credit, advanced a number of years ago and succeeded with a year or so ago. we have the largest municipally owned solar project in the united states of america just right here over at our moscone facility. we have 450 projects throughout san francisco. we have incentivized wisely over the counter permits so people can navigate the bureaucracy, a $98 fee, flat fee. we are developing projects in this city with minimum requirements for lead building standards. in fact we have a proposal that i will be presenting in front of our san francisco board of supervisors that says you want to build a commercial structure in excess of 50,000 square feet, yo

i sit on the california state association of counties, and it was kind of a battle. what will be the impact of passage of 22 on health and human service programs that go to the counties? supervisor mar: the $1 billion that was booked from the fuel tax is vulnerable, is likely gone as a resource to the general fund. now i have been meeting on baffle of the coalition i lead over the last three days trying to come up with an approach to take to the lendl slache that re-- to the legislature that protects a vast majority of the $1 billion and protecting the fund i have been talking about. prop 26, the key thing it does there, at the state level it does two key things. the first one, it does away with a tool the legislature has had for years where if they want to make an adjustment in taxation, particularly it has been helpful in federal tax conformity. you can combine a tax increase with an equal amount of tax reductions. this past year there has been the ongoing potential for an oil searches tax on california home oil companies,off set by minor reduction ns a host of oth

california gets. we just reelected barbara boxer and jerry brown to a third term in the stat state of california. bode very well for the state of california within. $500 billion in the arears in pensions. we have real problems in california. i'm hoping and praying that washington elites don't think they need to bail out california. we need to figure it out ourselves. shannon: let me ask you about california. for most places november 2, what's going on out there? there were hopes for the first time in a long time within the gop they would be able to take on the governorship. barbara boxer's senate seat. but when it couple down to it is wasn't close. >> because meg whitman could never relate to anybody making less than a million dollars. people thought she was the only one supporting her campaign with $140 million in it. she never took it some jerry brown. carlie, and the other hand ultimately gave up. she put $5.5 million in a primary to defeat a person could have defeated for $1 million. i think she just gave up. i don't think she really wanted to become a senator. somebody in the family didn't w

most importantly, the california political reform act is the body of state law that governs how we thinkabout a number of issues and how nominations are made, complications that occurred when in nomination is made. the california political forma -- aligned this document is a very interactive way. i know in the draft, a number of those items are required by the california state law. others are required by the city charter as well as the board rules. i have zero perspective on what the process should be. that is a discussion that we have to have. if the board chooses to go as closely as we have, i think the challenge is that we have a process by which we can selected board president. we also have a process by which we have the rules committee. right now, the city charter is silent on how we would select the interim mayor. this is really met to set up the conversation for us. i asked outside counsel to let us know which aspects of that process, from the various governing authorities that take us through the day. that is something that we need to consider in the coming weeks. >> i don't know

hikes are needed to offset deep cuts in state funding that have led to staff furloughs, fewer course offerings and enrollments. >> there is more budget pain for california tonight. the state nonpartisan analyst says the hole has grown to a staggering $25.4 billion. that is twice what lawmakers are expecting. $6 million is a short fall. $19 billion is a projected deficit for next year. advocates for public schools say they're concerned. >> this is a very, obviously daunting number coming out today. and education is clearly threatened by that number. no matter what. and they're going to be tough choices people are going have to have make. >> jerry brown will be forced to deal with the problem in january. and will face a constitutional deadline to present a budget just a week later. >> and tonight, we should finally know who winner is in the oakland mayoral race. the registrar due to announce the vote count at 6:00. we'll have that for you coming up at abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and the passengers aboard that cruise ship stranded at sea by an engine room firing now banned from upper pool deck and casinos plus bars are closed. it's been inconvenient for them. t

>> california state vehicle code section 21806a states the following: >> when you see and hear an emergency vehicle approaching you, it is your obligation by law to pull over to the right and clear the road for them. the fine for 21806a of the vehicle code usually runs around $360 and it could be a possible point on your driving record. >> here are some useful tips on what to do to help us get there! keep your music and radio level down so you can hear the sirens. curb cellar phone useage to a minimum while driving. use your mirrors often. watch for us...when going through intersections. >>> in the city, when driving in congested areas, if you hear sirens or air horns and you do not see the flashing light, please do the following: slow down. stay calm. turn your radio down. check your mirrors frequently. stay focused and anticipate the emergency vehicle. don't: panic. (don't) enter an intersection until it's clear. >>> while at intersections, and you are stopped and you hear a siren or see flashing lights, do the following: look to see where the emergency vehicle is approaching from. if the

state students because they pay more. make more money out of them and international students the question becomes what does that do for california residents if on one hand you are getting a tuition increase are there fewer slots for you? >> one notion out there, is that the idea of increasing number of out of state students or international students is taking seat of california resident. it is not. we are guaranteeing the top 12% of california students a place at a uc campus. might not be their first choice they might not be able to get into berkley or ucla we have a home for them. it is important to note these out of state students bring not only incredible credentials but they are helping supplement ucs budget so they are in fact, paying for some of the unfunded students that we have at uc. >> whenever we do tuition increase stories in the media i walk around and talk with people bars, coffee shops i hear the same thing over and over. that football coach why are they paying him so much and i know a lot of times is what that comes from different funds or whatever but on the macro how do you sit there we are going broke but we a

. >> taryn was the speaker of the california state assembly and now is a freshman in congress. she says the message from voters was clear. >> first and foremost it was the economy and jobs and the need for us to get something done in dc. >> today, tea party activists gathered. >> they need to do what is right and go with the american people, not with nancy pelosi. >> the tea party activists that we spoke to say they are calling the new virginia congressional delegation one of the most conservative in a generation. now they have their sights set on 1600 pennsylvania avenue, hoping the new freshman class will help them and do many of those -- many of obama's initiatives. >> our house ethics committee investigation resumed today without charlie rangel. he faces 13 allegations, including failing to pay taxes on a home in the dominican republic. if they decide that he rang -- that he violated house rules, most likely it would be a house vote deploring his conduct. >> will guandique take the stand in his own defense. it >> and we are hearing from in his own defense. it >> and we are

california. there will be divisions in the state capitol. so i think as my challenge, forging a common purpose, but the common purpose based not just on compromise, but on a vision of what california can be, and i see a california once again leading in renewable energy, in public education -- [ cheering and applause ] >> and in openness to every kind of person, whatever their color is, and we're all god's children, and while i'm really into this politics thing, i still carry with me my sense of kind of that missionary zeal to transform the world, and that's always been a part of what i do so i understand the political part, but i also understand what it's all about, the vision. and i'm hoping and i'm praying that this breakdown that's going on for so many years in the state capitol, and we're watching it in washington, that the breakdown paves the way for a breakthrough, and that's the spirit that i want to take back to sacramento 28 years later, full of energy, full of creativity and ready to serve you the people of california. thank you ver

mark sayre is at san jose state, where some say the increase will price families out of california colleges. mark, here we go again. >> reporter: indeed, allen. here at san jose state and throughout california students and their families now trying to figure out how to pay for this 15% fee increase. an increase that trustees this morning defended as necessary. >> reporter: more than 400,000 students are enrolled in the 23 campus california state university system. today system trustees approved a 5% fee hike effective this academic year and another 10% for the next academic year. here at san jose state, the system's original campus students say the fee hike will have an impact. >> it means that my financial aid is not going to cover it anymore. it has to come from my pocket now. so i know it's going to be a struggle for my family and me. >> right now it's already hard for me to pay for it because of problems. so i don't know, i'll just have to figure it out with my family and going to jc maybe for a few years. >> reporter: trustees say the increases are necessary because of a drop in state

this is supported by california state laws and policies. in 2009, the state implemented the recycled water policy of implementing recycled water use by 1 million acres per year by the year 2020. the city of san francisco is committed to recycled water and its role in water supply goals. it began in 1991 with the recycled water ordinance that would begin planning of a recycled water system for the city of san francisco. this was further endorsed with the 2009 amendment to the san francisco park code which called for maximizing water efficiency. recycled water is a drought per free source of non potable water and is a -- drought profoof free source of non potable water. this was later transition to ground water. the park was an early leader in what reduce through the use of secondary water from the mcqueen plant. recycled water represents the future of park sustainability and will keep the park green even during drought conditions. this will be our ability to supply water for irrigation. our project began in 1996. many sites have been consider

and recently, just last month the california state legislature, passed acr-181 that declares november 2010 would be declared the sikh american awareness and appreciation month. and under this it recognizes sikh americans have been in the u.s. for over a century, they have contributed immensely toward the states economy. they have leading roles in the industries, farming, strucking, high tech, medicine. you can find sikhs everywhere in all walks of life. >> we have a photograph here that -- tell us about this. >> this is a picture of sikh immigrants who landed in san francisco in 1910 at angel island retention facility. so they have been -- this was the first time and this is punjabi on the walls of angel island in san francisco written i have been here for 9 months when he was detained before he was let go. it has a very long past in that sense. >> very much a part of the bay area. and there are how many -- i would say temples. >> sikh temples. >> yeah, in the bay area. >> five. >> five and where? >> well, there is one in san jose which is the finest i think there is a picture of that

the california state university system is also getting more expensive planning on raising tuition 15% next year, 5% this spring and 10% in fall 2012. the protest here starts at 7:30 this morning outside the uc board of regents meeting. and they are holding a march then at 11 a.m. >> anne, thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. >>> antioch police investigating a deadly shooting outside a 7-eleven store. 21-year-old gregory flynn levy was found shot in his car before 9 p.m. last night. a second person in the car was not hurt. the shooter got away on foot. police don't believe it was gang-related but they believe the killer somehow knew levy. >>> and this morning, an oakland congregation is trying to come to grips with the murder of a man just steps outside their church. it happened just before noon yesterday near the alan temple baptist church on 85th avenue. leon wilson ran outside of a ged class after getting a call on his cell. he was then gunned down by a person in a passing car. >> this is probably one of the largest congregations in the city and very popular church. we spoke to

first albany and now palo alto and are hoping the state of california will adopt these similar requirements and that will definitely save lives. probably 100 lives could be saved state wide. >> reporter: ionization alarms pose a problem. >> five times more likely to have nuisance alarms when people cook or use their fireplace and that causes about 20% of the ionization alarms in this country to be disconnected within the first year. >> reporter: but not everyone supports the idea of requiring photo electric detectors. >> it is something else they are just digging in your pocket for. it just cost the contractors more money then we got to get to the homeowner and right now, you are bidding against, 100 other guys trying to get the job done. >> reporter: the photo electric detector costs $5 more. lopez says it will be more when you have to pay for labor. >> it should be your choice which one you want to put in instead of someone telling you you have to put this one in. >> reporter: all homeowners are supposed to change their smoke detectors. check on the become. i for ionization or p for photo

. >>> on the heat of the california state university announcing tuition hike, san jose state's university students are spending >>> it is taking longer than expected for that disabled cruise ship to reach port since it's beinged to farther so san diego. the plan now is for the ship to reach port late tomorrow. some 4500 people are on board. supplies are reaching them by way of helicopters from the uss ronald reagan. the niece of one passenger said she's worried about her aunt who is diabetic. >> my aunt had started feeling like she was going into diabetic shock. my uncle notified one of the crew members. they gave him one tic-tac to give to her. >>> stocks edged higher today on the eve of the g20 global economic summit. the dow picked up only ten points. the nasdaq gained about 15. >>> google is giving its entire work force a 10% raise. the reason for the raise is to keep workers from going to other internet companies, especially facebook where about 10% of the employees there are former google workers. also tonight, there are reports that the google employee who leaked the information ab

where is the tobacco money from the state of california? it was much larger amounts of money because it was a whole state. do any of you know? it is just part of the hole in the state's budget. it went into the general fund. what do we have because of luis? we have this beautiful building. [applause] >> unfortunately, those were my real words. i will tell you the aftermath of that story. it is even worse with the state of california. they securitized their tobacco money. it is already pissed away. there you go. today is a great celebration not only for the entire laguna honda community but for the city of san francisco. i know that many of you know from its very beginning laguna honda and san francisco have been intertwined. back in the days of the gold rush, it was started as an alms house and evolved over the years to where we are today. today, we have a new chapter where a quality of care will be constantly given as it has always been given so well in the past, and where community will be even more deeply engaged. it has been said that no

california state university students will pay 15.5% more by next school year for tuition.the csu board of trustees has voted to approve a plan to raise the fees for undergraduate, graduate, and credential programs starting. costs will go up by 5% in each of the winter and spring terms this school year with the remaining 10.5% hike taking effect next fall.when students register for classes at the start of the 2011-2012 school year, in state undergraduates will pay $4,884 annually. officials say they hope to raise $176 million through the increases to help offset kron4 is there this morning shows what protestors say. there are signs that capture how frustrated the students are overhauling to pay more for school. thought signs like you want me in kron4 prisonclause or in prison? tuitn hike in the hottest topic the students and even some of the administrators who have joined in the purchase a education and being able to afford it is more important than ever. will tran, kron4 news >>. election officials say that city councilwoman jean quan is the new mayor-elect of oakland.the alameda count

right now california taxpayers are spending about $208 million every year subsidizing the tuition for illegal aliens, that's from a stateng the rest of us in america to help pay their debt. there suspect the money to do this right now. >> did you say that if i'm a legal alien in california, i cannot get this tuition break? >> that's correct. if you're a legal alien on a temporary visa, like any student visa or you're a dependent, you cannot get it. >> i've lived in california for all that time. >> yeah. and you lived in california all that time. >> that seems to be a knock-off punch, man. i got to be honest with you. how do you justify that? >> he's distorting this again. if you're a legal immigrant in california, you get in-state tuition. >> no, that's a green card that gets in-state tuition. >> i let you speak. let me speak. first of all, legal immigrants can get in-state tuition. they are on green cards. citizens can get in-state tuition. the only students we're talking about right here and blocking their dream, this is what we're talking about, kicking these kids out of school, not allowing them to go to college, th

>>reporter: estimate theed 25,000 illegal immigrants 7 in state tuition rates in california. out of state attorneys say that cost tax paces 208 million dollars a year not to mention about the slot that would go to student with citizenship. uc student not involved in the lawsuit felt the court made the right decision. >> i happen to think that education should be more for right rat than a privilege. it does no good to have population that is ignorant. >>reporter: lawyers for the out of state students say they plan to appeal directly to the u.s. supreme court p.the battle is certainly not of. at uc davis 7 news. >>> well just as the cost of college has been rising so too has the paycheck have the paycheck for college president. according to the chronicle of higher education 30 president took in more than 1 million dollars in total compensation in 2008. that's the most recent year for which statistics are available. but one bay area academic on the list is john hennessee. president of establish ford. he earned just under 1.1 million dollars. no. 1 on the list, bernard lander foun

california state universities are about to get more expensive. the final approval to a 15-percent hike starting this winter term. tuition will go up another 10- percent next fall. trustees say the increases are necessary, because of state funding cuts. last year, there was a 32 percent tuition increase. the u-c system is also proposing an 8 percent fee hike. a couple of cities in san mateo county may raise fees on parking meter violations... to make up for money the state is taking away. the state currently collects 4-fifty from cities for each parking violation. but that will go up three dollars, starting in december. the "san francisco examiner" says san bruno and south san francisco are considering increases in fines. plans to build a new 49ers stadium in santa clara are moving forward. the city council approved zoning changes to the entertainment district where the stadium would be built. it also signed off on several measures to address impacts such as noise and traffic. financing plans are still in the works... with the stadium is set to op

. >> first uc students and now california state students are facing tuition hikes. the csu board of trustees approved a plan to raise tuition for under graduate, graduate and credential programs by 15.5% on top of the more than 30% increase over the past year. the plan is to hike true diminution in two steps increasing by 5% in the winter and spring terms and another 10.5% next fall. >>> sliding ahead of the opening bell as leaders strengthen a week economy. for more on that let's turn live to courtney reagan. good morning. >> futures are lower this morning partly due to disappointing earnings from cisco systems when they reported after the bell. it is the largest maker of net gear so look for the nasdaq to be lower. a sharp drop in people file are figure unemployment. those numbers came out a day early because of the holiday today. investors are uneasy in the market this morning. asian marks rose overnight. good data out of china. europe a touch lower. there is a lot going on with the european debt crisis over there. new data in the u.s. today because the bond mark

extent allowable under california law, so cleaning your record up to the extent allowable under california state law is really different from saying "clean slate." i feel like we are at best raising expectations unfairly because there is no clean slate in california, but we are trying to improve the laws that there are and expand them. actually, this session and assembly -- my coworker who works on policy in my office has been successful in working with community partners and putting forward ab 2068, and it is really a technical fix, not sending terribly exciting, and if i say it, your eyeballs will fall out of your head, but it basically updates penal code section 1204a the expunge men or dismissal remedy, and brings it up to the same level as 120 3.4. the point is in some cases, people who can get that a remedy for cases when they did not go to prison, there will be eligible to legally say -- some people, certain jobs, they are able to answer "no convictions" for certain jobs, but again, is a far cry from now even having to answer those questions. the problem with the laws in california are th