i teach first grade at eldorado elementary school. before i start, i am much to ask you all to practice some attentive listening. i notice a lot of people putting their heads down. i think we deserve some attention and respect i was part of the san francisco residency program, a program that you are partners in. i was in a room with mr. garcia and you told me your sincere support in the work and training that our program is doing. so much support that you promised all of us jobs for three years. today i got a pink slips and the male and you told me that my services were no longer needed. what happened to the promises that you made and the sincere support that he supposedly had for the students? i teach my students every day the importance of honesty and. i am now asking you to be honest. if you do not truly believe in quality education for all students in, your actions say you do not, do not say you do, do not bother applying to us and getting our hopes up. [applause] >> my name is christie. i have taught for seven years at galileo hi

our teachers want to be at eldorado. they receive specialized training, including $45,000 of teacher training at columbia university. we also host the only san francisco teaching residency program in elementary schools. we think that schools in the desert protection. to put struggling schools against each other to fight for crumbs is not a positive resolution for our district. i ask you to support all schools in need, not just the ones labeled in the zone. that is not equitable. i have a letter i would like to submit that shows we are in need of protection for our teachers. >> i am carolyn samoa, the vice president of paraprofessionals at the elementary and middle school. very soon, you are going to lay off paraprofessionals, and reduced hours, for a total of 249. i urge you to vote down the resolution. i am here to bring your attention to how these layoffs are going to affect not only those who will be laid off, but the students at the schools their work at. if you go through this resolution, including the language, for

and if we could do all 25 schools, which would include eldorado, that would be my preference. but we're not talking about all 25 schools, but we're supporting them the best weekend. -- the best we can. i know this is wrong in your mind, and in my heart, it is not wrong. and, you know, it is one of those votes that mr. kelly and the union, i hope that this does not break up what we have built over the years, because that has been why we as a district have been able to move forward. and we have all had to give up some things. but i don't look at this as giving up something. i look at this as really wanting to do something that is right for our kids. so i want to continue to invest in our improvements and out onto in our improvements and out onto continue to give our kids in the >> truthfully, i was counting votes. i was thinking, do i have to do this? can i let somebody else do the heavy lifting for once? but i cannot. thougi know what it feels like o have people take the easy vote because they know that others will make the hard votes, and i will not do that. so i have thought

a man tried -- eldorado school. the principal sent out this message to parents at about 6:45 yesterday evening. >> this afternoon, two 6th grade girls notified administrators that a latino male in a black car stopped them on the way to school this morning and asked them to get into his vehicle. >> that recorded message goes on to say that the girls did say no and notified administrators at the middle school. they met with the girls and they are investigating the incident but the principal goes on to say that it's important for parents to tell their children to be on the alert. if a stranger bothers them on the way to school, they should tell administration immediately upon arriving at school and do not wait until the afternoon. >> again we told you we met with that custodian and school staff is just arriving. we are waiting for a school principal and a school's resource officer to arrive. i called them at about 5:00 this morning and that resource officer is in charge of this investigation and we are waiting for that

radius from eldorado models will. police are investigating the incident.ne: rain for much of the bay area. let's take a look at closer pictures. see a francisco starting to dry out. here is what we see with rainfall totals over the past 24 hours. santa rosa by far has seen the most rain. tomorrow, spotty morning showers. dry conditions on tap for the afternoon but there's more rain in the extended forecast. details coming up. >>pam: the wet weather is still causing flight delays up to four hours as the bow and even some cancellations. scores of people were forced to spend the day at the congested airport. >>pam: those traveling tonight or tomorrow should contact their airlines to see if there are delays or cancellations. a gate area woman is out of jail after being caught speeding three times in one hour. we spoke with the woman to find out where she was going so fast. >> i got a phone call that she had fallen on her back need. >> this woman was worried about her 79 year-old mother. she raced from hayward to get to paradise. >> i was concentrating on my mo

the eldorado county rescue group has contacted the guiness book of world's records.et had to give her chest compressions and mouth to mouth to start her heart after she was born. she will be up for adoption as well as the siblings in may. she's so small, they say she can fit in a spoon. >> i'm looking at your maps over there, it is wet. >> get that umbrella. get the jacket for that dog. you can see that latest storm moving in. it is not winter, but it is officially spring. we'll be tracking all of this for you coming up at 6:00 p.m. >> thank you, jeff. thanks for watching tonight. nightly news is next. we're back, like jeff said, at 6:00.

what about the students and teachers at eldorado, which has been struggling for years? >> reporter: the 14 schools are located primarily in the bay view and the mission, and more than $7 million has been spent on training the staff at those schools in hopes of improvement. >> they've made a bold move. >> reporter: reporting >>> another big rally in union city. teachers there also protesting cuts and layoffs. just last week, more than 100 pink slips were issued to teachers in the new haven school district which encompasses 45 schools between union city and hayward. students there will likely see more children in their classes and music and art programs will likely disappear. >>> we continue to track the storm and its impact on the bay area. how some residents in one city are preparing for floods. and we take you to the sierra where the snow made it tough to travel. >> we did it again. [ cheering and applause ] >>> more wins for rick santorum on the road to the white house. votes being counted into the night in the deep south and hawaii. >>> a shocking day considering the

a former eldorado sheriff is under arrest accused of stealing money from funds of four oakland police officers that were killed in the line of duty. he is accused of taking more than $20,000. he's facing 44 felony counts including grand theft and perjury. some of the money taken was intended for the families of mark duncan, daniel. the four oakland officers were shot and killed by a parolee back in 2009. investigators say the families never received any donations from adkins or the deputies association. >>> there is not good news for people planning to fly. coming up in 11 minutes the new prediction from the faa where ticket prices are expected to go. >>> little less than an hour the labor department will release its jobs report. analyst expected to say the economy created 210,000 jobs last month. that would make it the third month in a row the labor increased for the third month in a row. >>> it's 4:37. i want to check in with sal. early look at the commute. a little crackling going on. >> yeah. i don't know. we will have to fix that. right now hopefully you can hear me, pam. good mo

the horse fell into a creek in eldorado county yesterday, firefighters and uc davis vet emergency responsem used ropes and cables to rescue the animal. by the end of the rescue effort the horse was eating and drinking and didn't appear to be injured >>> california national guard is marking historic military promotion. sylvia crockett is the guard's first latina brigadier general. governor presided over the ceremony yesterday. she entered the guard in 1992, rose through the ranks. >> california national guard and the army as a whole was the first organization to integrate. we are a very progressive organization. we have put aside the whole issue with the don't ask/don't tell so everybody serves freely without reservations. >> brigadier general crockett is director of the strategic communications for the state's military department. >>> authorities are warning a scam involving facebook, thieves try to imitate the voices of your children, grandchildren or friends to trick you into sending them emergency money. >> sorry for the bad connection i really need your help i'm in a lot of trouble. >>

according to that message, two girls at eldorado middle school told administrators a man in a black car stopped them on the way to school. the girls say they told him no and simply walked away. >>> now to a developing story in san jose, where evacuation orders are being lifted after postal workers get sick handling packages containing an unknown powdery substance. fire trucks and police cars now pulling away from the scene, 105 north 1st street, close to st. james park there. nbc bay area stephanie chuang joins us live with all of the details. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, jon. as you can see the scene is different from an hour ago, it is all clear. the hazmat has been called off. turns out it was a misunderstanding of sorts. an older gentleman in san jose ordered an herbal remedy from taiwan, and that was the mysterious white substance that caused some of the postal workers to get a little bit sick. hazmat crews were able to determine it was not a hazmat substance and the san jose police contacted the man, brought him here to get the full story. that's what happened here. p

anyone with information about the millers is asked to call eldorado. businesses and customers are adding up the fallout and learning a lesson from a widespread communications outage. morgan hill we reported for you that a construction crew accidentally cut a fiberoptic line. that shutdown phone and internet service as well as atm and credit card machines for 7 hours. one gas station it lost $2,000 in business because it could only accept cash. 911 service was not interrupted. the outage should serve as a wake up call. >> we have to look outside and beprepared to use some of the older technologies and have good family plans in place. >> jennifer recommends keeping certain eye times on hand including supply of cash. >> an alameda judge blocked a release of report today in a incident uc davis protest. we have video right here that shows police spraying protesters during the demonstration. the task force was set to release its finding on there incident this afternoon but this morning a judge inside rented a temporary restraining order requested by the poli

like to see even in iraq is your focus is really because i was already in the midst of making the eldorado photos liaising laser herbert opened up a can of worms here lyndsey you first go ahead. we the problem is if you talk to most iraqis and after all many iraqis at the time of saddam hussein many of them argued this should be intervention because this would get rid of a dictator and that was what they wanted virtually nobody in iraq will say that the thing has been a success there's been a lot of failure the troops had to leave the british troops left several years ago the american troops have now left for the most part of left the country and they've left a totally broken country but quite incredibly trying to do the same again both in syria and in my view even more dangerously in the wrong and you know what you have to recognize that this view. of the whole of world peace has been the americans is olds with what millions of people around the world really think is not an accurate description of the end of the second world war it's not a night for a description of a post-war period wher

. >> reporter: kristin bernstein takes it a step further for her fourth-graders at eldorado elementary school in douglas county. she got one of the $5,000 grants and used part of the money to buy ipad tablet computers, which the children use for everything from simple calculations to internet financial research. she serves them a steady diet of fiscal responsibility. >> what do i wanna buy? why do i wanna buy it? why is really, really important. that's what's gotten people in lots of trouble with their money because they bought things they really didn't need, and they really didn't know why they wanted it. they just bought it to have it. >> reporter: her classroom has a store stocked by parents, and students use the simulated money they earn in class to buy things. the purchases are deducted from their classroom bank accounts. remember, that's 150. okay, you wanted gum. gum's popular today. >> reporter: a student economist evaluates supply and demand and adjusts the store's prices accordingly. they'll also tell me what we're running low on because of supply and demand. so my kids have

the sixth graders were working to eldorado models will. >> it is awfully close to home. >> to both theted feeling sick after dealing with a powdery substance in a package their handling. three workers and a going to the hospital to be checked out in this scene was cleared. the post office was reopened after it was determined that the substance was only an herbal remedy. >>stanley: when you visit a bart station, you might expect to see a train. how you might expect to see transients or it can network. tonight at 8:00 p.m., what i found in one station had one person make this statement. >> people are more open- minded around here. what do you think of this one? really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her b