hazing with a lower case h. so you have the hazing that goes on behind closed doors, the dangerous drinking and behavior, and then you have the hazing that's wearing the same clothing and having an older member of your fraternity or sorority wearing the same clothing as you and having a partnership, which is also hazing. i think there can be a murky definition and a blurry line as there is already. and i think that across the board, hazing exists in some capacity, whether it's at the team level of wearing the same clothes or at the dangerous, sort of behind closed doors level. and i think for me, the big part of is it is not so much attacking hazing but placing an emphasis on not asking questions, and not accepting what you're told when you first join a house. that's the most dangerous act. you're expected to dob what you're told and not and questions, and be a follower, and that's what perpetuates the hazing. it's not so much the hazing itself, but it seems like an off-product of a culture where you can't say n

. , banninghat this means hazing?s a good idea for them to ban hazing and i would like to see other groups do it. we have seen with this the national went around its undergraduates, which, year after year, would not approve something like this. what will happen without pledging is that we will not have the semester long hazing that has led to so many of the deaths you describe. >> is it during hazing exercises when these occurred or could adjust the wild partying echo those are two different things. >> i keep track of the 170 plus hazing deaths that happened at the collegiate level in the country. if i kept track of all of the party deaths, automobile related deaths, the number would be off the charts. >> professor, it is one thing for the national organization to make a decision as sae has done in this case. it is another thing altogether for each of the individual chapters to honor that decision. realistically, what are the chances that would happen? >> in the next four years, until this sroup of undergraduate gradu

fraternities is ending it's practice of hazing recruits. the fraternity was reportedly with the most reported hazing deaths. and others are following suit. the decades long practice. as always, raj is bringing in

you're talking about hazing. what is new about it? >> the fraternity dubbed the deadliest in the nation is banning hazing, and many are saying too little too late and are asking if the fraternity should be banned forever. >> even fraternities that are trying the hardest to turn things around with hazing are struggling. we look at how deep the culture of secrecy plays a role. >> reporter: that's "the stream after "real money." >> new york's attorney general erik schneiderman is ramping up his campaign against what he says are unfair advantages enjoyed by elite stock traders. i admit this is complicated but it's important to you because these traders now account for half of all the stocks traded in the united states. schneiderman wants stock exchanges to stop giving traders ways to trade information before other investors can possibly react. high frequency traders use super fast computers, complex programs and rate stocks that approach the speed of light. they use algorithms to react to data much faster than any human can, and they exec

are still talking about the haze and the smoke out here. furthermore very unhealthy here in indonesia. what we are going to be seeing into the forecast, unfortunately is still dry conditions. the good news is the northwesterly winds will continue to prevail. at least for the time being pushing a lot of snow back down there towards the south. farther towards the north let's see what's going on in southeastern china. we are seeing rainfall out here. some areas could see 30 to 50 millimeters into the next 24 hours. also looking at the threat of haze in northeastern china due to its high pressure working back in yet again. across the japan, the pacific coast of japan, sunny skies in your forecast. temperatures will be chilly. we have northwesterly winds coming in out of siberia, winds gusting up to 126 kilometers per hour. saw some images i'll show you later on of what is going on in western parts of hokkaido, white-out conditions people are dealing with. not completely uncommon for this part of japan but definitely not something you want to se

he died in 2008 after a fraternity hazing ritual.y have started the organization aware awake and alive. they join us from santa barbara, california. please, welcome. it's good to have you on the program. julia, let me just ask you first. what was your reaction to the decision by sae? >> hi john. honestly i was speechless. when i heard the news i started crying, for ten minutes i couldn't stop crying, i was -- i was happy. i was sad that you know, the reason that it came to be but i was overjoyed. >> scott, what was your son like? was he someone who would party a lot? >> not at all, john. carson was very health-conscious. he was into all kinds of sports. he was -- he was a very unique person. he had an uncanny ability to sense the needs of other people, and at a young age the ability to act on that. and he was really known for helping people and it is very ironic that that's what caused his death is that other people didn't help him. >> what happens at hazings like this? >> you know, the night that carson died, he was being initiated.

we will call it haze sunshine and cooler everywhere but clouds tonight and the same stuff this morningl happen the next couple of mornings and clouds along the coast and the bay and partly cloudy with patchy fog inland and brighter afternoons and a slit warming trend before a pattern change next week and cooler conditions and hopefully a couple of chances of rain. a cold robert is passing through with high pressure feeding into the cold front. we will be significantly cooler today. it is brisk along the coast and upper 50's to low 60's into san francisco and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay shore and down and the south bay and upper 60's to low 70's inland. tonight, the temperatures fall into the low 40's in the not bay with fog and mid-to-upper 40's with less cloud cover in the east bay develop and mid-40's, around 50 for the bay shore and to the coast. jumping ahead next week, on tuesday, a warm front rolls through with rain possible and a cold front behind it and another chance of rain right now on wednesday in the north bay and we get a break thursday and friday and saturday is a p

into when the news of the miami dolphins hazing scandal broke.here was a feeling that the story would take twists and turns before being resolved. over the last few days ritchie incog neatio provided twists and turns. this is the aftermath of incognito using a bat to bash the front-end of his ferrari thursday. if you look closely you see a piece of the back protruding from the front of the car and the bat on the ground. friday incognito was admitted to a psychiatric facility for the treatment of stress, aggression and management. that was after a tv station spoke to incognito, which was rambling. >> that was me venting. it was a piece of art. when things went down, it was unfortunate. and, you know, we understand it. me and my dad, brother and mum, dad, jonathan martin, the miami dolphins, steven ross, you br all brothers and sisters. i think we all understand that. it's time to move on. the erica ferrari is a -- the ferrari is a storey on to itself. it's an entity. it will be for sale through my mission, which is helping the brotherhood, and wha

there is a haze of smoke. >> the heat broke windows from an apartment complex locate add cross the street. it also triggered sprinklers. >> there is a ton of smoke from sprinklers and smoke that came through >>. red cross is helping those who need it the city doesn't expect the area

. >>> plus, one of the suspects in that infamous florida hazing death has been sentenced, why he's not even spending a year behind bars. >>> and the heavier shower right now to the west of the san ramon valley around norris canyon road. i'll let you know where else it's raining in the bay area come up next. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. ow to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >>> time now 8:28. a look at the top stories this evening. a busy street in san francisco's north beach neighborhood reopened to traffic following an investigation into an accidental shooting involving a san francisco police officer. it happened around 150:45 this morning on broadway when an officer approached a stolen car. police say the car door hit the officers arm causing the officer to accidentally fire a single shot. the driver got away. the car was found abandoned a short

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fraternities is ending it's practice of hazing recruits.he fraternity was reportedly with the most reported hazing deaths. and others are following suit. the decades long practice.

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. >> a potential murder case involving college hazing.e killed himself while home on spring break. police are investigating reports hazing for the sigh figure ma cap paw fraternity drove him to commit suicide. they believe he felt guilty because he was the hazer not the haze hey. >> tragedy striking the family of country music legend johnny cash. ♪ every one i know goes away in the end ♪ >> his great niece courtney cash is found stabbed to death inside a tennessee home. here's the picture. police say she got into a fight with a friend. her boyfriend also stabbed in that struggle managed to escape with the couple's daughter. the friend is facing murder charges now. her grandfather johnny cash's brother is reading the statement, we are completely heartbroken it is a time like this we are grateful for our faith and trusting the loving guidance of god. >> a grieving mick jagger in the united states is being comforted by his children as funeral arrangements being made by his long time love scott after she was found hanged inside her man hat ta

also look at san jose, you can see a little bit i don't know if it's fog or haze. we turn it over to anthony slaughter. >> i'll break it down. you don't have to worry about it. >> you do it. >> we don't have fog, actually. we have haze, air quality not the best but as we head through the day we're going to get plenty of sunshine and that's going to be the highlight today. look at these numbers. talking 70s today and this just sets the stage for what's to come. in fact, look at what we're going to watch through the next couple of days. you'll find on the temperature trend for the south bay, we're going to look at temperatures that are going to soar into the weekend, in fact, you'll notice our average in san jose around 66 degrees. we're going to be at 71 today, 73 for tomorrow. we cool off just a bit for sunday as the next storm system starts to make its approach. monday more cloud cover and shower activity. keep that in mind. enjoy the weekend, but once we hit sunday night and monday, showers return. look at this, by tuesday, i mean we don't stay cold very often. w

we still have wind throughout l alcatraz and it's mainly clear but you can see haze at the lower levels. that's because we had this area of high pressure capping everything off in the lower levels and then also a lot of pollen getting kicked around in the atmosphere. more on that coming up, but let's take you into the storm track. rainfall is out here, but it's going to continue to stay way up towards alaska and the reason why we've got all this heat is pretty simple. when you get high pressure moving across california, it's like a block. so yes, this will be considered warm weather at least for this time of the year. you can see the temperature trend tomorrow. we'll generally average the upper 70s through a lot of the valleys but by saturday and sunday, that's when it looks like the heat will top out at some of the warmest levels. 83 my saturdby saturday and clo by sunday and in the scrolling forecast, monday and tuesday cooler weather and a slight chance of showers. through sunday's forecast, you'll notice the micro climate trend by sunday have temperatures close to 90 in the north ba

>> right now i see a haze over the area.efore when the winds changed, i could see the firefighters fighting the fire. a haze over the neighborhood. >> as someone living close by, this must be just such a disturbing experience for you personally. >> a little bit, yeah. an explosion is a little worrying to know the cause. >> and at this point, no doubt you're looking down and you're seeing a mass of activity, fire and emergency vehicles responding to the scenes, streets blocked off and still as we see in the live pictures from chopper 4, this immense volume of white smoke. >> correct, yeah, i see the choppers in the air. yes, white smoke everywhere. has an acrid smell when it first started forming, had that kind of sulfur smell, which could have been burning, but i don't know if that is a part of explosion or what. i don't know. >> that's what people are investigating right now. andrew brown, thank you very much for joining us, thank you for sending us pictures, as well. as always, taking these pictures for us and videos, do i

within two months of the purpose they hazed me to vacate along with an ellis act eviction. i delighted those offers one by one i received an ventilation under the ellis act which technically i had one year to vacant. i put up a website site and a joined with the eviction free folks of san francisco a coalition and getting miff a great lawyer steve callingier here today with steve's help my eviction was quashed due to a technologist of how the ellis act was done. i was protect i didn't for others there's no relief. currently my status is in limbo, however, they can still reellis me at any time. my eviction story like many others before me and since and including that of ms. lee and the lee family and those of the senior and sdabltd folks go through the ellis act illustrate the need for reforming of the ellis act. especially the loophole that exists in the law today. the bill that senator leno put forward will get back to the original act letting landlords get out of the business and not displacing tenants. help to differentiate between the landlords and the specific last yea

there is a haze of smoke. >> the heat broke windows from an apartment complex locate add cross the street. it also triggered sprinklers. >> there is a ton of smoke from sprinklers and smoke that came through >>. red cross is helping those who need it the city doesn't expect the area to return to normal any time soon. it depends on whether flare ups happen. >> most had to stay in a hotel or with friends. >> we've paid out of pocket up front. >> some have mixed feelings. >> to have your own bed and know there are residents that aren't able to move back in. we feel, it feels good. >> many are beginning to realize disruption will be the new normal. >> fighting the fire are tricky and there is an emergency fall back plan to deal with this. >> now, the stockton tunnel is closed right now because of water bubbling from the street. ama? >> reporter: every once in a while you can hear that jack hammer going up. you can see crews are working on this water main break there. no interruption in service to anyone around the area, however, muni is being rerouted here is what it looked like afternoon. wa

duncan could hurt anyone, after months of treatment, including therapy and medication, he said that the haze speak up. especially me. i need to talk about when i'm feeling depressed and people who are also feeling depressed need to speak up when they are feeling down. >> so duncan is in a better place right now, making plans for college in the fall and looking forward to his senior season with his sports teammates. the doctor said he hopes that parents will try to keep talking with their children, if something doesn't seem right, don't hesitate to reach out for help. >>> well local cancer patients are grateful to have the help of a special cleaning service. two dozen companies are taking part in the c called cleaning for a reason. it provides maid services for people undergoing cancer treatment to give them just one less thing to worry about. >> they come home from the hoital, or even the family, they want to smell the house is nice and clean. >> helps us spend time together as a family, and not have to worry about the cleaning of a messy bathroom or picking up toys. >> it's nice the cleanin

. >>> prosecutors are dropping the charges against one of the defendants in the hazing death of a florida students. that according to the attorney for henry nesbitt. he was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing in the 2011 death of robert champion. >>> afghan president karzai says u.s. troops can leave his country by the ends of the car. he says afghan troops are ready to take over the country's security entirely. this as the u.s. continues to push him to sign a security contract to allow americans to stay in afghanistan. >>> folks going green for st. patrick's and in chicago, that includes the water. st. patrick's day festivities kicking off with the dyeing of the chicago river. that is a 52-year tradition. >> they say it is. >> is this smart? more now on a major decision that will change how the internet is run. the u.s. has announced plans to possibly give up control of the system which assigns web site addresses directs internet traffic after growing international pressure on the obama administration to turn that authority over to the global community, particularly after the nsa

it's getting set off here by again, haze and pollution in the atmosphere. the other thing is winds coming out of the north at 6 miles per hour. a slight wind out of the north is a warming wind and wait until you see what it will do for temperatures tomorrow. you can see we'll have some of the warmest weather right across the north bay where we think we could have temperatures average 74 to about 77 degrees, potentially records, 74 is your average in the east bay and south bay 73. the only thing of note is that tomorrow morning, it's likely that even in the south bay we'll start off with patchy areas of fog but do expect a sunny rebound by the afternoon. the other thing on saturday that will pose a huge problem for you is if you suffer from respiratory problems, allergies, the pollen is going to be maxed out at high levels through the first part of the weekend. the rainier changes coming throughout sunday and will again, help us with the pollen. so, as you're heading out, sunny and very warm throughout saturday with high pollen levels, then you can see as we

picture that that's a greater distance than the length of the hydrant at 20th and church so was the haze and buchanan was twice the distance and all 3 hydrants supplied the water to stop the fire from good morning into the mission district and the ham and egging is district was the first arriving company didn't know where to find water they found water locally and it turned into a longer period of time because the 395 gulf street fire was large but the fire department stopped it from going west at california and van ness avenue. so generally, that's it and we think it's time that the two hydrants be honored by calling them the silver twins did outstanding work in 1906 >> i think it's an outstanding idea hopefully, they'll do the same thing. >> they're still in service fire hydrants we've been in touch with the chief and she knows about it we're proposing to have it on buchanan at 10:00 a.m. and invite you to be there. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. >> all right. any public comment? moving on to other commission business. anything new? >> so item 7. report of general manager

we're working with the caption and president fewer to write a resolution or create a policy against hazing in or around sfusd campus area. our next meeting is 5:00 p.m. on monday april 14th. everyone is welcome that to come if you want a copy of our agenda or if you want to make a presentation contact our sf c coordinated sool demeanor >> at this time thank you senior graduates. commissioners if i have no objection i want to take out of order item h which are two proposals and the naming of the library. seeing no objection i want to hear those items they've been moved and seconded on february 11th. can we have the report from the can you remember and budget committee, please. would you like president fewer >> this is to deny or grant the petition for gateway high school charter school. >> i reported on the curriculum meeting but they came up with a positive recommendation for the gateway high school. the we are talking about committee similarly sent a positive recommendation to the board so the renewable of gateway chart >> may i have a reading of the charter by michael. >> thank you presi

there seems to be this haze of propaganda and misinformation that hangs over this crisis.ters are getting two different answers. is it possible to gauge the level of confusion on the ground because of this misinformation? >> right. first of all i think there is a confusion between ethnic russians, and russian speakers. nearly half of the citizens of ukraine speak russian at their home or at work, but it does not mean they are ethnically russian. 75% are ethnically ukrainian. the two nations is one of the elements of this confusion that often is mentioned in the western media. the -- the second element of confusion has to do with the bogus strategy exaggerated threat that comes from radical nationalists in ukraine. some receive government positions in the new government and that has been a mistake by the new ukrainian authorities, but all of the front runners in the current presidential election are russian speakers. klitschko was born in russia. yulia tymoshenko has been youed as a good partner with putin. and she is a front runner in the presidential election. both come f

. >> if you feel the distance is uncomfortable, be big, bad, and loud, which means to haze the coyote away from the space. >> reporter: and the park department is getting signs like this one ready. the department closed some paths to ensure dogs wouldn't get too close to coyote dens during birthing season. >>> crews working on a housing development in pleasantton today discovered a native american burial ground. they immediately stopped work and began removing the remains. r ramona garabe was keeping a close eye on the removal process. >> my job is to make sure they get respected. before, they would just mow over them. >> ramona says other burial dprowndz were found on the i-5 corridor. >>> a lawsuit says that former city administrator diana santana fired danielle preston pa because she wouldn't falsify reports about councilmember lauren brooks. danielle preston is seeking lost wage and punitive damages. the city is reviewing plaupt. >>> the highway patrol and cal tr narks s are joining forces to clear up the roadways. there will be a high message sign -- me angle signs posted through

a little bit of haze. but not a "spare the air" day and we have not had one in a long time. live doppler 7 hd shows the trend will continue and you can see how dry the air is with a few clouds off the coast and those are clouds that will come in later. as far as the winds they are fat of the at half moon bay and fairfield, but notice which way they are pounding, toward the water so that is the land breeze or offshore breeze. the reason why, right now, half moon bay is 68 degrees after a low of 37 this morning. all us in the low-to-mid 60's but for half moon bay and los gatos at 67 and novato is a little bit behind at 59. you will catch up. in san jose, can you see a few high clouds that will become more prevalent headed into the afternoon, spring begins at 9:57 with a cooling trend and our next chance of rain: next evening. the next storm is a week away. from the east bay hills, emeryville, san francisco is in the distance. how about seven degrees warmer-than-average if san francisco at 70? live more is 74, the same. napa is 75, redwood city is 74, and san jose is 75, eight

out but you can see the difference on the coast with the clouds and into the bay on the left and the haze hanging around and the fog is gone in the north bay. this is how it looks to the south, san jose, good morning. the progress is going on downtown with the cranes moving around, and it will be sunny inland with today the warmest day and temperatures are well above average at seven or eight degrees warmer than average. midweek and possibly weekend we could have rain. the high today is upper 50's to low 60's on the coast. upper 60's for san francisco and richmond. you will fan out in san rafael and oakland and fremont and palo alto and you will have the low-to-mid 70's today. tonight you have the clouds rolling in and it will not be so cold. low 50's around richmond and san mateo. notice where the rain is, it is not in our neighborhoods. here is what is happening, high pressure at the bottom of the screen is shrinking and trying to hide. that is keeping the storm away for today. that is why we will have a warm and dry day. the cold front and the trough behind it is one and two, tuesday a

goes to haze valley and it's going to be slightly cooler with some slow 60s.th bay, east bay and trivalley. numbers run to 68 to 64 degrees. looking pretty good. pleasa pleasanton expecting 67 degree at this point. we have the storm system dealing right now throughout parts of tomorrow morning. as we head throughout wednesday night and thursday, we're going to start to see more rainfall filter in. we'll have full details on nbcbayarea.com. >>> steamed over the new type of smoke. >> the bay area city that's pushing to treat electronic cigarettes more like the real thing. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> san francisco lawmakers are considering cracking down on e-cigarettes. today legislation was introd