he graduated high school with a 1.75 gpa, but in the military met role models who changed his life. today he's the role model. >> after he came in, he motivated me to keep moving forward. not look at the past. >> reporter: now the l.a. school district is recruiting veterans through a program called troops to education. that's not how he got his job, he thinks teaching is the perfect career for vets searching for a sense of purpose and a public mission after their time in uniform is done. >> now i'm back in the classroom, it's like i'm serving. i'm serving my country again. >> reporter: and it's how he plans to serve until the day he retires. joe fryer, nbc news los angeles. >>> still ahead tonight, the bombshell involving real estate heir robert durst. could it affect the murder case against him? >>> also, remembering their life together. enduring love of john and annie glenn. # >>> we're back with an explosive new development in the murder case of real estate heir robert durst. a revelation what he told prosecutors after his arrest following the poplar hbo documentary series "the j

he felt like -- 3.8 gpa. he felt like he was getting a cold.fter his surgery he could not breathe on his own. meningitis has been ruled out. health officials are investigating what looks to be a mysterious rare infection. if a cure is ever developed, they'll name it after isaiah's middle name bojack. >> bojack saved many lives. i know he'll be smiling down at us saying don't cry, guys. stay strong and i'll always be here with you. >> reporter: his cousin paul said it well. sunset is their proof. rest easy. >>> police in australia have made several arrests after they uncovered plans for christmas day bombings. the suspects were allegedly inspired by isis and planned their attack on melbourne, the country's second largest city. they planned to bomb a train station, cathedral and town square. >> they had been planning for the explosive event. >> seven people were initially arrested. two were let go. >>> chipping video out of germ -- chilling video out of germany tonight showing a truck in berlin moments before it crashed into a christmas market. d

weeks ago he had just finished his first football season with the menlo- atherton bears with a 3.8 gpa. he felt like he had a cold and collapsed december 12. after a week, his condition worsened. surgeons tried to reduce the fluid building on his brain but after the surgery, he never regained consciousness and could not even breathe on his own. the hospital says meningitis has been ruled out. health officials are investigating what looks to be a mysterious rare infection. the brother says if a cure is ever developed he will name it after his middle name bow jack. >> i know he going to be smiling down at us saying don't cry, stay strong, and i'm always going to be here for you. >> reporter: at 14 years old, 6 feet tall and more than 200 pounds, they called him the gentle giant. he was quick to help pick up groceries, read to young children in bible study or read a prayer. in the past three days nearly 700 people donated more than $70,000 to his medical fund. >> all the thoughts and prayers that they are sending him just made us feel like we had, like, that we had a family to fall back o

. >> you told me about your gpa. you got a good grade this time. >> 3.0 or higher.show people i can do it. no matter the circumstances or whatever it is. you can make it. >> reporter: the team's moto is we're all we got, we're all we need. the team did not compete for the state title, but for the city of richmond, they're winners. the owner of jillian's was so impressed with these young men, he said next year, he'll host a banquet again. >> has the owner said he's ever done this before? >> reporter: nothing to this grand of a scale. he said he was really impressed with the young men and wanted to give them an opportunity to let people know they do care about them, and to give them a path to success that they're on. >> they're great football players. they had an outstanding season, but beyond that, these are great guys. they're really good guys, and i think that's what people appreciate. >> reporter: exactly. more importantly, get those grades up. this is the first time that everyone on that team had passing grades, and that's something he wants to continue to build

did you say i read this study that got put out, the gpa said the following. here's why we think this is an important decision or here's why i think sometimes the narrative is incorrect on this. have you done your job to work with the reporter to inform them to the best of your ability? if you've done that, that's the healthiest thing that a press shop can do is make sure we are getting the facts and story out to the best of our ability. >> how do you see your role? you have competitive exchanges with people on the campaign trail, myself included. is that the role of the fighting back, is that how you see it? >> it depends, if there is a conversation and it's a true conversation with the reporter who says i'd like to do a story onthat, tell me what you think about this, what do you have for the good folks on your shop , but at the end of the day we come out and we don't like the story, that's one thing. too often the phone call i get is can you give me a quote, we're writing a story that says the following. that's not journalism. i'm not going to hand over quo

dwayne johnson was not wearing the gpa ankle bracelet at the time of his arrest in mccauley's murder because a prosecution request for him to wear it was denied because johnson had no verifiable address. he has been arrested a handful of times this year. johnson is due in court on january 13th. >>> bao bao and bei bei's grandfather pay pay has died. he died at a conservation and research sent fer in china. the cause of death has not been determined. >>> from new york to d.c. last minute preps for new year's eve. they are under way. in new york as we take a look approximately one million people will pack times square to ring in 2017. it will be a much different scene. to ensure their safety the city is deploying 7,000 officers and bomb sniffing dogs. in addition they are going to have 65 garbage trucks and sand trucks line times square perimeter. it's a precaution after trucks plowed into crowds in berl nice, france. >>> closer to home officials are doing what they can to keep drunk drivers off the road. >> megan mcgrath is live out on the road with details about the free sober ride p

you told me about your gpa. you got good grades this time. >> 3.0 and higher.o keep my grades up to show people that you can do it. no matter the circumstances, you can still make it. >> reporter: the owner of jillian's was so impressed with the team he says next year they can have the banquet here again. >>> well, warriors got off to a hot start and put on a show out on the court. including this one, andre iguodala through the legs. i could watch it all afternoon. i probably will actually. more highlights and who is up next for golden state. >>> there's a chill in the air. we are in for a wet change to our weather. rosemary orozco is back with another look at our bay area forecast. >> the warriors got off to a and start last night at oracle and held off the raptors. they scored 42 points in the first quarter. check out this deep three from steph curry. he finished with 28 points. the warriors led by as many as 25. nine turnovers in the 2nd quarter allowed the raptors to trim the lead. kevin durrant apartment had a big game at both ends of the floor. finished w

you told me earlier about your gpa. you got a good grade. >> 3.0 and higher.ades up and show people you can do it. no matter the circumstances or whatever it is, you can make it. >> reporter: the owner of jillian's was so impressed with the team that he said next year they can have the banquet here again. >> that's a great story. we had the coach on the 9 not too long ago. he is an amazing young man too. >> what is interesting is the owner of the restaurant, you look for a connection that one may have. he said his connection was the loss of his daughter and he also felt that, you know, as a parent he understands the loss somewhat there and he wanted to reach out. and he did. i and understand the importance of the award banquets. it is the icing on the cake for a fantastic season. >> i think also understanding that sometimes when they're kind of going through the challenges of life, they don't realize how many people care and how many strangers and different people in the community are inspired by them and that gives them the courage and the fortitude to keep g

malik: he happens to have the best gpa right now. right now.urrently, currently, currently. malik: currently. steve: ah, ah, ah. ah, i think we're going to have to battle it out now. i think khalil got you, man0.

. >> you told me about your gpa. >> 3.0 and higher. i try to keep my imraidz up and -- grades up and show people you can do it no matter the circumstances, whatever it is. you can still make it. >> the owner of jillian's was so impressed with the team he said next year they can have their banquet here again. ktvu fox 2 news. >> ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 starts now. >> 72 hours to get out. the obama administration orders russian diplomats including some in san francisco to leave the country. it all stems from russia's attempt to influence the presidential election. good evening. i'm ken wayne, frank is off tonight. >> the white house announced today a number of penalties its imposing on russia for interfering in the u.s. presidential election by hacking american political sites and e-mail accounts. they ejected 35 government officials from the u.s. believed to be russian spice and are sanctioning two intelligence agencies which took part in a cyber attack against the democratic national party. the administration is closing two so-called r

isaiah had just finished his first football season with the menlo-atherton bears maintaining a 3.8 gpa. he felt like he was coming down with a cold and collapsed december 12. after a week, his condition worsened. surgeons tried to reduce the fluid that was building up pressure on his brain. but after the surgery, isaiah never regained consciousness and could not even breathe on his own. the hospital says meningitis has been ruled out. health officials are investigating what looks to be a mysterious rare infection. the brother says if a cure is ever developed they will name it after his middle name bojack. >> i know he is going to be smiling down at us, don't cry, stay strong, i'm always going to be here for you guys. >> reporter: at 14 years old, 6 feet tall and more than 200 pounds, they called him the gentle giant. he was quick to help pick up groceries and prayer. in the past few days 700 people donated more than $70,000 to his medical fund. >> all the thoughts and prayers that they are sending him, just made us feel like we had like that we had a family to fall back on and, um, tha

that's for people who have successfully completed 12 credits at 2.5 gpa or higher. they get a little more incentives in terms of computers or cash scholarships. we have annual scholarships that range for the person most improved in academics to the person with the least debt associated to the person whose most community involved. we give ten scholarships in our graduation event. we have a graduate program called college beyond. many of our students come right all the way through that pathway from community sisters up through fellowship and graduate school. the glue that holds our work together is really that it's not -- it's not just another door you knock on to get another scholarship. it's not just another form you fill out to get support. it is one to one academic counseling, tutoring, mentoring and also group based network and social building through life skills workshops that people take at their will, depending on the topic, plus community meetings that are mandatory where the community meeting is not always someone standing in front of the room giving informa

to about by terms and conditions which includes but not limited to providing sfmta with continuous gpa tracking data for their vehicles following operational protocols at stops and having labor harmony. since the pilot we have seen a 15% increase in ridership. we have seen increase in the number of shuttle vehicles on the street each day. during the vehicle it was 300 vehicles and today it's 360 to 390 vehicles on the streets. however at the same time we see the total stops remain constant from the pilot, on average 3200 stops a day. like i mentioned a key component of the current program is restricting large vehicles that caltrans designated arterial streets. this map illustrates how through the rule we reduced greatly the proportion of san francisco streets that the vehicles can travel on. and hayes street is one example where we see this policy working. prior to the implementation of the current program hayes street was a popular shuttle route however under the program large vehicles are not allowed on the street. through gps tracking staff can identify anytime a large vehicle trave

to be the first in the nation to be free for all san francisco residents regardless of aim income or gpa requirements and we had a supplemental if it passed to give seed funding to the administration to move forward with the free city college in 2017. rem fra -- registrations starts this spring and asking the board of directors to commit seed funding for the fall semester august 27 for the administration to feel comfortable on revamping the portal system allowing students to register for free in april. we put together a $9 million supplemental based on some of the following assumptions. one the controller's office estimated that roughly $14 million will come in between january and june if it passed and which it did and thank you to everyone in the room for making sure it passed and passed with 62% affirmation vote from our voters and excited this new revenue will be coming in. with the controller's office estimating an additional increase revenue of $14 million we put forward a $9 million supplemental. however this number came to be we estimate making free city college today assuming tod

to be the first in the nation to be free for all san francisco residents regardless of aim income or gpa requirements and we had a supplemental if it passed to give seed funding to the administration to move forward with the free city college in 2017. rem fra -- registrations starts this spring and asking the board of directors to commit seed funding for the fall semester august 27 for the administration to feel comfortable on revamping the portal system allowing students to register for free in april. we put together a $9 million supplemental based on some of the following assumptions. one the controller's office estimated that roughly $14 million will come in between january and june if it passed and which it did and thank you to everyone in the room for making sure it passed and passed with 62% affirmation vote from our voters and excited this new revenue will be coming in. with the controller's office estimating an additional increase revenue of $14 million we put forward a $9 million supplemental. however this number came to be we estimate making free city college today assuming tod

to be the first in the nation to be free for all san francisco residents regardless of aim income or gpa requirements and we had a supplemental if it passed to give seed funding to the administration to move forward with the free city college in 2017. rem fra -- registrations starts this spring and asking the board of directors to commit seed funding for the fall semester august 27 for the administration to feel comfortable on revamping the portal system allowing students to register for free in april. we put together a $9 million supplemental based on some of the following assumptions. one the controller's office estimated that roughly $14 million will come in between january and june if it passed and which it did and thank you to everyone in the room for making sure it passed and passed with 62% affirmation vote from our voters and excited this new revenue will be coming in. with the controller's office estimating an additional increase revenue of $14 million we put forward a $9 million supplemental. however this number came to be we estimate making free city college today assuming tod