for these boys and young men, it is just a fun part of fraternity life. it's part of the party scene. certainly not every man who parties is a rapist, and not every woman who parties is a rape victim. studies show that multiple variables including individual psychology, rape myths and rape culture or and -- [inaudible] lead to rape. the use of rape drugs to intention beally incapacitate college women is particularly reprehensible insofar as it's not only premeditated rape, but also these drugs are in themselves dangerous, even lethal at high doses. in 2014 at the university of wisconsin, for example, several girls ended up in the hospital after they were served punch spiked with prohip knoll at a -- prohip knoll at a pa alternative my -- fraternity party, a rape conspiracy by planning sexual assault and intentionally drugging unsuspecting women. as long as college men continue to see women as sexual prey or trophies, rape will continue to plague college campuses. as an aside, just a couple days ago i learned of a new fingernail polish that detects rape dr

fraternities and sororities are not partying tonight. the move is a response to a rash of sex assaults on campus. the news at 11:00 starts right now. good friday evening and thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. it is game night at cal. the bears taking on the oregon ducks. it's rowdy at the stadium. just along greek row, a much more subdued tone. sororities and fraternities voluntarily suspending their parties. rick has more. >> reporter: it is. about an hour ago, we walked up and down all the streets the sorority houses and fraternity houses were. that happened around 9:00. just close to 10:00. and tonight the party zone was actually kind of mild. friday night at cal. we walked past a couple dozen cal sororities and fraternities, and a majority of the students were abiding by the no party ban. >> people just dance all night to the, you know, to the 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, and it really is really noisy. >> reporter: the voluntary on-campus move to suspend partiparty s comes after two women were sexually assaulted at greek off-ca

>>pam moore: their suspending fraternity parties until further notice thank you for joining us to of course of central seoul last weekend but some of them don't seem to be listening. >>reporter: at this fall we do see a lot of people carrying cases no party is indefinitely according to the council president will this seems a few from houses are still enjoying the game than their report of the unwanted sexual conduct happened and is off campus fraternity would not reveal which house the management team along with the president of both sort of the fraternities and risen in 1500 members will meet saturn they're limiting the types of liquor served drinking beer and wine is not only of to greeks like to stress awareness that will be meeting tomorrow at 3:00 to cold and solution to canada's asked sexual violence . >>reporter: her husband killed her and then took his own life i spoke with him hours before he jumped off the bay bridge he killed himself in the our remorse that he will be identified as the killer they did find that after he killed her he transferred money to their two sons for

. >>> a usf fraternity is suspended after a member is accused of assaulting a girl at a weekend fraternity party. reporter brenda shows us the one the campus tonight. >>reporter: underage drinking isn't as much of a surprise, it's the fact it was a 16-year-old girl who says she came to a party and then was raped here that has many students upset. >> that's a scary situation. >> it saddens me. >> news of reported sexual assault -- >> things like that shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: isn't what students want to hear. >> at this point in you're in college, you really should know better. >> reporter: campus police say they early sunday morning after a 16-year-old girl says she was sexually assaulted while at a fraternity party on campus. >> they knew each other. it wasn't that there was a stranger off campus type of situation. >> reporter: police arrested 19-year-old man after he admitted he had sex with the teen while she was unconscious. for students living at the school, the news is both concerning -- >> very concerning, especially living here. obviously i want to feel safe. could possi

members were involved in either sexual assault on fraternity property. the council has a planned meeting for tomorrow at 3:00 to further discuss the plan and what potential penalties could come to those that are not in compliance. >>> time for whether. but get over to mark and find out what is going on. we have a weekend and a beautiful day. but the weekend a few hours away and it will be cooling-off and we can transition toward next week because we are talking about rain next week. as far as today, very nice, temperatures maxed out in the 70s and 80s and temperatures cooler than yesterday. cooling-off more so into saturday. they talk about a temperature drop of four to a degrees. the main reason why we have stormy activity to the north and this jet stream will gradually moved to the south over a good portion of the state and as a result we're talking about cooldown and eventually the dynamics for a rainfall. right now the high clouds up to the north toward eureka and cape mendocino. current numbers out there we will check in on those and everything look

>> reporter: a spokesperson confirmed with me this fraternity is provisionally suspended which in plain uncertain. >>> in the fight for your vote a week after the first presidential debate a new poll shows hillary clinton now has a five point lead on donald trump. the democratic nominee leads her republican counterpart 47- 42% among likely voters. the poll also show big gains for clinton versus trump in support from men, a 22 point deficit trimmed now to just five. so now the for battleground florida is on. >>> today vice president joe biden made his way to the sunshine state to stomp for hillary clinton in orlando and in the bay area in sarasota. afterwards i got an exclusive one on one interview with the vp and talked about the race and the what if's had he run. >> reporter: do you think people who already had their minds made up can have their minds changed by your candidate at this point? >> i think there are probably somewhere around 25% of the it's a bigger number? >> no, i really don't think that's a hard number. at least the polling stuff we see is people are still in the proces

tonight with the ban lifted the council has announced new rules to make fraternity parties safer. no hard alcohol. sober monitors appointed at each house to supervised parties. mandatory sexual consent talks before guests can enter a party. >> i think it is a good idea because it gives people a basis of what consent means. and they cannot be liable. everyone knows going in exactly what the guidelines are. >> reporter: others say the guidelines simply don't do enough. >> you cannot say okay here is any role without explaining and educating people why the rule is in place. >> reporter: the new rules are not enough to get her to go to a fraternity party. she is hopeful this is just the beginning. >> i hope with a small steps we will be heading in the right direction. >>> the mercury news reports students will have to pass a quiz about sexual consent before they are allowed to enter the party. >>> a health alert in the east bay. 500 students at clayton valley charter high school have been out sick in the past couple of days. because of an outbreak of the flu. a nasty strain. the schoo

usf police say the party was place in this fraternity house. students were shocked and saddened to hear the news. >> it's a shame. honestly, i mean you join a fraternity to improve yourself as an individual, and you go and take advantage of girls who are under the influence, that's a shame in general. >> reporter: and this is a mug shot of 18-year-old dillon lagamma. u.s. police say he had sex with a 126-year-old early sunday morning, and she was unconscious at the time. we tried to get comment fr answered the door when we went by last night. he's a student at the school, but the victim is not. the suspect posted a $7,500 bond and left jail yesterday afternoon. now the fraternity is suspended as the investigation continues, and of course the status of the frat at this point, gayle, is in limbo. >> we know you will stay on top of this. thank you, ryan. >>> two children are hospitalized after a car were riding on in st. petersburg. >> reporter: for hours fhp troopers had no idea who the victims were or the names of the parents either. mary mcgwir

the fraternity is now suspended. the investigation will continue at this hour, gayle. >> update, ryan. >>> and right now two children are hospitalized a a car crashed into the bicycle that they were riding on in st. petersburg. >> and for hours, fhp troopers had no idea who the victims were or who the parents were either. mary mcgwire is live from all children's hospital, and now with no -- and now we know more about them? >> reporter: that's right. late last night the troopers parents. they are just 6 and 9 years old. it was yesterday afternoon in st. petersburg, and the troopers say the crash happened when traffic westbound was stopped. one boy was riding the bicycle, and the other was on the handlebars. one employee says she sees them often. >> i watched them cross the road the other day, and it hurt my heart. i'm looking and peeking and thinking the worst, thinking they was going to get hit. >> the driver wh claims they didn't see the boys, and the impact threw both of the children into the street and this case w

still disheartening and alarming that they have occurred on fraternity property. now, as a result of all of this, you're going to see campus patrols beefed up around campus. there's no idea when the suspension will be lifted. but i know that the fraternity and sorority councils will meet up to discuss this issue tomorrow. we're live in berkeley, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> pete, with thank you very much. >>> all-new at 11:00, a car-sized sinkhole is creating problems for drivers in oakland. our chopper flew over the scene about an hour ago. that is right near the intersection of adele and montana in the diamond district of oakland. this started with a water main break, but that caused mud to then overflow on to several oakland city treats. you can see plenty of crews out there right now working to remove that mud. no word on what caused the break or when the streets will be reopened. >>> in a few hours, the most recent oakland police officer accused of having a sexual relationship with a prostitute is set to appear in a court to be arraigned. this is the l

began sorties are pending all parties after to sexual assault were reported at a fraternity party last week. the self-imposed ban is an all out effort by frats to look into safety and sexual assault prevention at their parties. leigh martinez joins us now on the day that usually would have tailgating parties. >> reporter: tonight is cal versus oregon and typically there would be tailgating parties up and down channing way and piedmont avenue however did find this that appears to be a fraternity party and appear to have drinks in her hands and people they are not typically associated with fraternities. earlier we did talk to a few students who said they were in favor of the spam and even though tonight is a big game this whole block could use a break. the university of california berkeley frat row get the party started early on game day. sockets get started from 5 am to like whenever. >> i have not heard much in ways this week and it is kind of weird because by now it is early morning and people have already started making noise and having parties. >> reporter: the inter- fraternity cou

that they occurred on fraternity property. you'll see beefed up patrols by uc berkeley's pd. no timing on when the suspension will be lifted. i'm told the fraternities and sororities will have a council meeting to discuss the issue later today. live at uc berkeley, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >>> 6:32 this morning. police are searching for a man who claimed to be an undercover officer who tried to lure a de anza community college student into his car. it happened just before 9:00 on wednesday night in lot a at the college in cupertino. the victim said the man told her she shouldn't be walking alone and told her to get in his car. the student was able to get to the car safely when another car drove in between them. police say the man was driving a black late model four-door bmw with heavily intoed windowtion and there were two passengers in that car. >>> investigators in mountain view are searching for more possible victims after a man was arrested on child molestation charges. 73-year-old donald morris was arrested in

but as we found out tonight not all the fraternities have signed on. good evening i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm heather holmes. julie haener and frank somerville have the night off. that self-imposed party ban at uc berkeley follows two reports of sexual assaults at frat houses just last weekend. ktvu jana katsuyama live now on campus where the football team is playing a home game, but the party scene is rather a subdued. >> reporter: well heather, people right now are starting to come out of the game. but as you mentioned a little bit earlier, it is much quieter than usual for a friday night here on the south side of campus for most of cal's greek houses. the fraternity council posted the message on facebook saying they are voluntarily suspending all social events until they figure out how to make their parties safer. friday game night means big crowds for cal football. and for fraternity parties on the south side of campus. but this week. many greek houses were empty and quiet. uc berkeley icc and the council of sorority announced online they condemned

among those crimes two reported sexual assaults at off-campus uc berkeley fraternities. kron 4's alecia reid is on top of the story. she explains the steps now being taken to try and keep students safe. >> reporter: just after midnight friday, about two blocks from the uc berkeley campus, a victim was robbed of her purse and cell phone. >> i would walk home at like 1:00 a.m. with as much confidence as i used to before. >> i'm going to be extra cautious when i go out at night. >> reporter: police are looking for three suspects, two men and a woman all in their 20s that took off in a sedan. >> really scary for us because we're athletes. we have early morning practice so we're walking to practice in the morning before the sun is up. >> reporter: police say a cal student was attending a social event at a fraternity when she was sexually assaulted. >> it is definitely scary. >> reporter: on saturday morning another student reported an assault. this time by someone she knew. authorities are being very tightlipped about exactly which fraternity the's alleged sex assaults but st

new man in an upperclassman, who happens to be a member of one of the school's most prominent fraternities, phi kappa psi. >> she said that there was somebody in her chemistry class who wanted to go on a date with her. >> reporter: did she give that person a name? >> yes. she said his name was haven monahan. >> reporter: remember that name. haven monahan, a name as peculiar as it will become paramount. >> this new guy comes on the scene who's suddenly interested in jackie. and jackie's -- loves to tell us all about it, i guess loves to tell ryan all about it. >> reporter: and according to with words. >> she was a great storyteller. she always told stories with a lot of detail and a lot of specifics that made you feel like you were -- almost like you were there. >> reporter: and on september 28th, 2012, jackie tells her friends a story that will change all of their lives, and countless others. take us back to that night. >> i got a phone call from her where she said, "hey, something happened. >> reporter: you immediately go? >> yeah. >> reporter: what did you see? >> she was sitting on a pi

disheartening and alarming that they have occurred on fraternity property. in response to this, you'll see beefed up patrols on campus. no eta as far as when the suspension will be lifted. the fraternities and sororities will be lifted discussed later today. >>> frightening encounter and police are searching for a man who claimed to be an undercover officer and tried to lure a deanza community college student into his car. it happened in lot a at the college in tuper teen know. the victim said the man told her she shouldn't be walking alone and threatened to give her a ticket and told her to get in his car. police say the man was driving a black late model four-door bmw with heavily intoed windows and two passengers in the car. >>> investigators in mountain view are searching for more possible victims after a man has been arrested on child molestation charges. 73-year-old donald lawrence was arrested in nevada. authorities say he once worked as an apartment manager in mountain view. police say the evidence only surfaced last month. >>> 5:33. this morning a 4

and the fraternity is also suing rolling stone. >> and we'll be continuing to follow this case. we want to know what you think. let us know on facebook and twitter. >> and you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, we have resources on we are just hearing from a rescuer who saved a woman trapped in a simm car. >> also breaking in. the sex offender whose release sparked outrage just arrested again. >> the airline phone ban take eg fek in hours. the emergency kits being rushed ton planes. >> temperatures refalling be the suburbs. howlow they will get and how quick the temperature recovery will be. >> a serial kidnapper on the lose tonight. the new video the fbi wants you to see. >> breaking new a a hero comes forward. one of is now telling the story. good evening, i am j.c. monahan. john atwater is live in mouton are he caught up with the rescuer. john, road evening. john: he and a friend were bike around the pond in arlington

and the fraternity is also suing rolling stone. >> and we'll be continuing to follow this case. we want to know what you th in the end? let us know on facebook and twitter. >> and you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, we have resources on >>> there you go. one down, three to go. your cleveland under yans just braet the blue jays in game one. >>reporter: man, what a great night over at the ballpk. hours and the indians jump out in a 1-0 lead. kluber was on fire. standing ovation when he left the crowd. indians got on the board with

no word what will happen now that the fraternity is suspended. the investigation will continue, and we will stay on top of it. >> ryan, thank you. >>> neighbors in st. petersburg and clear water will join police officers for national night out against crime. in clear water, the event will be held at the clear water mall on the intersection of and in in st. petersburg if will be at the target on mlk north. we have the information on wfla.com. >>> and in your vote this morning, thousands of vote-by- mail ballots will go out to the voters, this coming as the vice presidential candidates will debate. the debate between mike pence and tim kaine will be held at expected much of it will focus on recent controversies involving their runningmates, donald trump and hillary clinton. >>> coming up on 5:08 on this tuesday, lehigh, what is going on out there? >> we will not have any effects for matthew. we are keeping our eye on it. i have to tell you what is happening today. hour-by-hour so you know how to plan out the mix of sun and clouds. i don't think as

and the fraternity is also suing rolling stone. >> and we'll be continuing to follow this case. we want to know wha what really happened to jackie in the end? let us know on facebook and twitter. >> and you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, we have resources on our website, abcnews.com. >> thanks for watching tonight. have a greet weekend. good night. move tonight. why it is such a complicated job to let the tide float away, part of the sarah long bridge. >> new tonight the rescue of three teenagers after their boat overturned in the middle of a derry lake. >> a cold, frosty start to the weekend tomorrow morning. how chilly it gets overnight plus when a warming trend takes temperatures back into the 70's. >> these guys deserve recognition because they don't get enough. >> the portsmouth man saved from a burning boat joins others tonight in saluting our heroes. >> starting right now at 11:00 the main section of the sarah long bridge is getting set to be floated away. it's a major step in the replacement of the historic span. good evening you to. i'm shelley

chapter.the fraternity has been terminated as a student organization for violating student organization code of conduct policies.the fraternity had previously been placed on suspension in december for policy violations. it won't be able to re- register as a student organization for five years this morning police are looking for the a group of people who stole an s-u-v full it happened at a popular restaurant in the third ward in broad daylight. i was like they took it in the middle of daylight. it's insane. the guts someone has to do something like that in the 3rd ward, in the middle of the day. that's the owner of the su-v ... nathanial kane-igyou can see six people checking out his vehicle which was parked right behind o-nesto's where he was working at the . was targeted because of the expensive equipmentmilwaukee police are investigating this car theft, but no arrests have been made yet. a warning this morning from citgo - check your credit cards.spokesman with citgo tells us... customers may see duplicate authorizations on september 29th and 30th.' 'due to a technical glitch...'they

and the fraternity is also suing rolling stone. >> and we'll be continuing to follow this case. we want to know what you think. what really happened to jackie in the end? twitter. >> and you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, we have resources on our website, abcnews.com. >> thanks for watching tonight. have a greet weekend. good night. a rock into a family. plus... right now... new images coming in as crews scrambling to put out this days. but we're getting right to breaking news- a child killed in a crash near owens and civic center. david schuman is live there now. david... here's a map showing stanley avenue.. avenue.. where that crash happened. police will be on the scene for a while so you'll want to avoid

the messages made fraternity members scared to return their dorm. but since it was in a residence hall that does have secure access we're assuming that it's need to vandalize property and do things like that to make their hateful messages known. the university has an app called hawk watch that they are encouraging students and staff to use to report any suspicious activity. a project to remodel the 150 year old jail in dubuque county is about to wrap up. our coverage partner k-d- t-h radio says the county will hold a ribbon cutting next month at the reconverted building. w the county wanted to transform the building to hold offices for veterans affairs, the medical examiner's office, and county i-t. the county supervisors say the old jail provided some much needed extra space. before this year, the dubuque county historical society controlled the building. the ribbon cutting is set for november 10th. it all started at chicago's o'hare airport when a plane blew out a tire on the runway. but it turned into this, a fiery passengers talk about the inten

is located on the 2300 block of piedmont avenue known as fraternity row. the other is located on the 2400 block of prospect avenue. today many students were aware of the alleged assaults. >> there was just very shocking that some place like uc berkeley would have that going on. >> reporter: while police have yet to arrest anyone they are taking the matter very seriously. one of the women report knowing the person who assaulted her, and 80% of these cases are perpetrated by someone they know but the second woman was not familiar with the person who assaulted her. >> i think any time where college students are in -- in a lot of cases drinking more alcohol than they probably should, going out without a plan, maybe not looking out for their friends, there's the potential that this could happen. >> reporter: students at cal are given a safety orientation and the prevention message is constantly enforced. >> they are really adamant about like what consent was and like what certain situations consent could be given and things like that. >> my study groups are at

. >>> a concord college student has critical injuries after a fall at a fraternity house. he fell early sunday at the sigma nu house. the university suspended the fraternity from operating on campus pending an investigation. >>> tonight the party is over for frats and sororities at uc berkeley. kpix5's christin ayers says the crackdown comes after two women say they were sexually assaulted. >> reporter: tonight frat row on the uc berkeley campus is quiet, no social events. es on monday. uc berkeley interfraternity col president daniel saedie say and the he c council me and absolutely no gameday fraternity parties like this one. led decision. for some students...that didn' ..one user co >> these are two alleged felonies that occurred in our community. so we really do need to take time off and assess the situation. >> reporter: the alleged felonies? a couple sexual assaults that two students claim happened at frat house parties on monday. uc berkeley interfraternity council president daniel sadie says he and the head of the pan hellenic council met and decided to suspend fut

we got a bunch of players in the fraternity.everybody was obviously very upset. >> charlie tan admitting that he'd shot his father to death. >> i think it was probably disbelief more than, and shock that this occurred. >> we had a team meeting about it, but immediately after, there was so much support for him. and everyone was amazed by the support. >> from the get-go, there was no debate. the entire frat and team had charlie's back. >> not just the football team, but everybody on cornell campus that he knew well was showing support for him. everyone was always trying to help him and ask if there's anything we could do for him. >> to his friends at home, there was shock there of course too. and yet the heartbreaking story of charlie tan protecting his mom by any means necessary made some kind of weird sense. he was, after all, the kid who was always trying hard to help. people talk about him being selfless. >> yeah. >> lives to help other people. >> yeah. he would do anything for people. >> close friend anna had a hard time wrap

but some fraternities are partying on.ur's ella sogomonian reports from "frat row" where some students celebrated before the cal football game, despite the party ban. >> reporter:no parties - indefinitely according to the uc berekely inter-fraternity council president daniel saedi. but it seems a few frat houses are still enjoying game day. the attempted suspension on social functions came as a response to back to back sexual assault allegations from two separate victims last weekend. "it's deeply upsetting because it's my peers fellow students perpetrating these assaults on other students" "ya i think it's concerning because it happens this often and we are getting notifications about it." both women reported the unwanted sexual conduct happened at an off campus fraternity but it was not revealed which house. "i don't think necessarily it means more is happening i think it's probably been happening it's just more people are comfortable bringing it up when other people are bringing it up." saedi says a risk management team

you can see fraternities are relatively quiet. there will be no greek events this weekend as leaders hope to eliminate the party culture in the wake of sexual assault allegations. in an unusual move, the fraternity council is asking for a ban on parties. two women reported being attacked last weekend. the ifc president writes the ifc decided to suspend all social events until we can care for those who have been affected. student leaders are meeting this weekend to discuss what changes they need to make to keep students safe. >> there have been too many sexual assaults and rapes. >> cal junior melanie pitman is encouraged. >> gives me more confidence we can deal with this issue if the students are taking an active role to make it stop. administration is not at these parties. >> this is not fair. >> others say partying is part of college life saying ban or no ban. students will find a place to drink alcohol. >> students need an outlet. >> there have been 80 allegations of sexual assault this year. a cal spokeswoman says the universi

you can see fraternities are relatively quiet. there will be no greek events this weekend as leaders hope to eliminate the party culture in the wake of sexual assault allegations. in an unusual move, the fraternity council is asking for a ban on parties. two women reported being attacked last weekend. the ifc president writes the ifc decided to suspend all social events until we can care for those who have been affected. student leaders are meeting this weekd to discuss what changes they need to make to keep students safe. >> there have been too many sexual assaults and rapes. >> cal junior melanie pitman is encouraged. >> gives me more confidence we can deal with this issue if the students are taking an active role to make it stop. administration is not at these parties. >> this is not fair. >> others say partying is part of college life saying ban or no ban. students will find a place to drink alcohol. >> students need an outlet. >> there have been 80 allegations of sexual assault this year. a cal spokeswoman says the university

>> the defendant sends an e-mail to his fraternity brothers called "showtime." >> or was the truth something completely different? >> one of the things that was always a question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. >> a trial where nothing went by the book. >> three of the jurors were crying really hard. >> they're turning around in their seats, getting emotional. they see what's coming. >> he was becoming unhinged. >> welcome to "date line extra." i'm tamron hall. he was an ivy league we are a bright future. it seemed like charlie tan had the whole world aohead of him. but then charlie's father was killed in the tan home and everything changed. police were being told one story but evidence was telling them another. there were also three 911 calls. did one of them hold a clue that would unlock what really happened on that wintry night? here's dennis murphy with "house of secrets." >> cayuga. that's cayuga lake in ithaca, new york, and where you'll find one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. cornell, the ivy league big red. more than 13,000 undergrads work toward d

we know exactly the name of the fraternity. alleged to be the site of this rape.ow the names of the people in the fraternity. we don't know the name of the accuser. we have in effect "the washington post continues in effect to take sides in this case even though they know is that she stallsly acaused them that fraternity you are looking at right there was defaced. its members were threatened. >> defamed as well. >> defamed and physically defaced and defamed and yet it turns out they were completely in the. the school itself passed a series of restrictions against fraternities and kept this in place even when they were fawlsz. making policy because of a movie or saw when it's not true. it's a falsehood. >> acted to the story with outrage not that it was false but indignation about the rape culture that is widely believed on the american left in particular to be pervasive at universities. >> right. >> and she enacted a series of restrictions that you pointed out that would -- you can't think of how she would have reacted differently had the story proven to be true.

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he falls down a flight of stairs of his college fraternity last weekend and suffers a traumatic brain injury. >> his family updates us on his condition. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. start a former baseball player is fighting for his life after falling down the stairs and his fraternity in reno. it is believed to be a freak accident. >> we have more on what happened and the outpouring of support for the 18-year-old and his family. >> his jersey and metal sit on the pitcher's mound. his initials etched in the sand. students are praying and hoping for the best after he fell down a flight of stairs in his fraternity house in reno on sunday. his family believed he missed a step fell and hit his head on a concrete wall . he suffered a critical brain injury and is in intensive care to reno hospital. doctors didn't think you would survive the first night that he is making progress surrounded by his family and two brothers. >> he initially came in unconscious not moving at all throughout the day he stepped in with his left side an

. >> one fraternity is located on the 2300 block of piedmont avenue. known as fraternity row. other located on the 2400 block of prospect avenue. she and friends are aware of the alleged assaults. >> it was just very shocking this someplace like uc berkeley would have. that going on. >>reporter: police have yet to arrest any one they are taking the matter very seriously. one of the women reported knowing the person who assaulted her. 80 percent of these cases are perpetrated by some one they know. but the second woman was not familiar with the person who assaulted her. >> i think any time college students are in a lot of cases drinking more alcohol than they probably should. going out without a plan. maybe not looking out for the trends. there's potential this could happen. >> students at cal given a safety orientation and the prevention message is constantly enforced. he. >> just always stay safe. study in safe place. go in group. stay away from the obvious places that you are known you shouldn't be in. >> i think guys now days have to be more careful

on saturday, another female student reported she was at an off campus fraternity and an aquantitiance assaulted her. police have not disclosed governor they are connected or happened at the same fraternity. >> new developments in the volkswagen scandal. >> big settlement could come shortly. we are tracking that from the live desk. >> a final decision is expected in the next few hours at 8:00 this morning. for more than $16 billion giving money to car owners and dealerships, and under the decision, the german carmaker would spend a large sum of money buying back cars and fixing them. there is also research money set aside to help reduce emissions. it is decide by united states district court judge charles breyer here in san francisco. a preliminary decision was already handed down in summer, but, today's ruling will not only be important here in california but it will set a resident for other cases filed against volkswagen in six other states. back to you. >> vallejo police are still trying to figure out why a man tried to gun down two officers with an assault life goal at starbucks. t

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