ktvu's janine de la vega was in tonight's summit. she's in santa clara with more. >> reporter: ken, companies like yahoo and facebook and mcafee all took part of this survey. in this survey they talked about if they are hiring, what their concerns on and what they need to survive 2011. the ice was broken when governor jerry brown was given this gift for his dog. >> do you have anything for the legislature? >> reporter: brown was given beer which he joked would be helpful while hashing out differences with legislators in sacramento. brown sat on a panel of ceo analysts. among business leaders top concerns. >> the issues that are important in the boardroom are equally important in the living room. what are the top issues? housing that people can afford. a good transportation system. quality k-12 and higher education system. >>> with the state facing a $26 billion shortfall and proposed cuts. companies worry if the future generation is being prepared. >> in order to turn out the engineers that companies that my company needs, other comp

ktvu's janine de la vega is live to explay why those bands came. >> reporter: as you can see this concert is still going on and all about 300 people showed up. this is all put on by a kid who had an idea last summer to help gay teens. the sound was checked and bands rehearsed. even concert merchandise was laid out. in the background noah chandler watched. this 13-year-old kid put together this concert to help gay teenagers who have committed suicide. >> reporter: noah says he's not gay but has friends who are. he created a website with a video asking people to donate money so he could put on the concert. >> hi, my name is noah. i'm an eighth grader from norman california and i'm hoping i can make a difference. >> reporter: noah contacted some of his favorite indie bands. three bands signed on including the band rabbit who traveled from florida. avenue q even traveled from l.a. to attend the concert. >> as a gay kid myself, there was never nothing like this to help me. >> reporter: and noah's older brother julian wrote a song about it which he performed tonight. over $20,000 was raised ton

. >>> a teenage boy's trip to disneyland turns tragic as ktvu's janine de la vega tells us the high schoolbasketball star is now on life support. >> he got on the flight and i'm waving to him. and i'm thinking, look at my baby taking a flight by himself with his friends. he never made it to disneyland. >> reporter: miguel now lies in the intensive care unit. he suffered an aneurysm on the plane. he suffered two surgeries. >> he does not look like my son at all. >> reporter: he is blistered all over and is now blind. winley is running out of money for food, hotel or transportation. >> so they tried to send him to berkeley burn university. berkeley wouldn't accept him because he's not a resident of california. >> reporter: crystal fidel saw finley crying in the hospital and wanted to help by opening up a trust fund. >> her story broke my heart. what a mommy. and i couldn't believe what she had been through. >> i think that is such a blessing. that is such a blessing for her to do that. >> reporter: if you would like to help windley while her son is here at stanford you can go to our website

reporting live from oakland, janine de la vega, ktvu news. >>> a sacramento teenager who says she might be bisexual has been expelled from school. alexandria elia says a teacher told her to leave after discovering her comments on facebook. alias says she is bisexual. >> i am not accepted here. my teacher said, take your books and leave. i've always been curious about it but i've never really had a girl friend. >> reporter: her mother says the school called her and asked if her daughter or anyone else she knew were gay. >>> the u.s. military has released the latest set of training material to prepare troops for the end of the don't ask don't tell materials. among the new materials, is how soldiers may react if they see a servicemen off campus with a couple of the same-sex. >>> and nominating leon peneta to serve as -- if the senate confirms him, paneta will replace gates. >>> some members of congress want to change the law to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. the fdi says 247 people in the u.s. terror watch list bought guns last year. the 450,000 people on that list can be p

janine de la vega is in berkeley a city that's usually known for tolerance. >> reporter: we're here ontelegraph avenue. even here at night it is still a popular area to shop and eat. but it's still frequented by homeless people. and now some people are considering making it illegal to sit and lie during the evening hours. some are fed up with people who set up camp on the sidewalk. >> i think it brings down the entire neighborhood. that it's terrible for berkeley business and especially for tourism. >> reporter: the manager at the restaurant says they were vandalized. >>> the berkeley chamber of commerce is in talks with city leaders to clean up the area and make it more inviting. >> it's ridiculous, everybody needs a place to be. i didn't think that not having a house was a crime. >> reporter: city councilman max anderson thinks it's a waste of time for police to impose time on people who are loitering but recognizes something has to be done. >> the solution is what we're most concerned about. because a solution that is humane is respectful of people's constitutional rights. >> report

janine de la vega. >>> on wall street, the dow closed in the red dropping 30 points while the nasdaq gained four. but the over all performance during the first quarter was the best during 1998. sales of tesla motors were up today. shares could reach $70. the analysts is bullish because tesla's fremont factory will allow them to build more vehicles than its competitors. >>> if you're on the market for a toyota scion get ready for sticker shock, prices are going up. they say the strong value of the yen compared to the dollar is the reason its raising taxes. the increases range from $60 to $900. >>> the head of the irs told congress today taxpayers who file electronically can get refunds in as little as three weeks. the irs extended the filing deadline this year to april 18th to be able to accommodate immancipation day. >>> today's event cost $45 but it was a good cause, it went to raising money to troubled youth. organizers said they expected to take in between 60 and $80,000 tonight. as for the game itself, mark ibanez will show us how it turned out today in sports. >>> a war of words

. >>> a teenage boy's trip to disneyland turns tragic as ktvu's janine de la vega tells us the high schoolbasketball star is now on life support. >> he got on the flight and i'm waving to him. and i'm thinking, look at my baby taking a flight by himself with his friends. he never made it to disneyland. >> reporter: miguel now lies in the intensive care unit. he suffered an aneurysm on the plane. he suffered two surgeries. >> he does not look like my son at all. >> reporter: he is blistered all over and is now blind. winley is running out of money for food, hotel or transportation. >> so they tried to send him to berkeley burn university. berkeley wouldn't accept him because he's not a resident of california. >> reporter: crystal fidel saw finley crying in the hospital and wanted to help by opening up a trust fund. >> her story broke my heart. what a mommy. and i couldn't believe what she had been through. >> i think that is such a blessing. that is such a blessing for her to do that. >> reporter: if you would like to help windley while her son is here at stanford you can go to our website

janine de la vega is in berkeley a city that's usually known for tolerance. >> reporter: we're here ontelegraph avenue. even here at night it is still a popular area to shop and eat. but it's still frequented by homeless people. and now some people are considering making it illegal to sit and lie during the evening hours. some are fed up with people who set up camp on the sidewalk. >> i think it brings down the entire neighborhood. that it's terrible for berkeley business and especially for tourism. >> reporter: the manager at the restaurant says they were vandalized. >>> the berkeley chamber of commerce is in talks with city leaders to clean up the area and make it more inviting. >> it's ridiculous, everybody needs a place to be. i didn't think that not having a house was a crime. >> reporter: city councilman max anderson thinks it's a waste of time for police to impose time on people who are loitering but recognizes something has to be done. >> the solution is what we're most concerned about. because a solution that is humane is respectful of people's constitutional rights. >> report

janine de la vega. >>> on wall street, the dow closed in the red dropping 30 points while the nasdaq gained four. but the over all performance during the first quarter was the best during 1998. sales of tesla motors were up today. shares could reach $70. the analysts is bullish because tesla's fremont factory will allow them to build more vehicles than its competitors. >>> if you're on the market for a toyota scion get ready for sticker shock, prices are going up. they say the strong value of the yen compared to the dollar is the reason its raising taxes. the increases range from $60 to $900. >>> the head of the irs told congress today taxpayers who file electronically can get refunds in as little as three weeks. the irs extended the filing deadline this year to april 18th to be able to accommodate immancipation day. >>> today's event cost $45 but it was a good cause, it went to raising money to troubled youth. organizers said they expected to take in between 60 and $80,000 tonight. as for the game itself, mark ibanez will show us how it turned out today in sports. >>> a war of words

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> opponents of the californialaw regulates greenhouse gas emissions from cars suffered a set back in court today. the u.s. court of appeals in washington, d.c. rejected a lawsuit by the u.s. chamber of commerce and car manufacturers. they claimed the epa had no right to allow california to set stricter emissions standards on cars sold on that state. 13 other states then adopted the emissions standards in 2009. effectively forcing auto makers to produce more efficient lower emission vehicles. >>> the federal judge today gave the go ahead to hundreds of lawsuits filed against toyota. the suits grew out of toyota lawsuits last year out of break defects on its prius hybrid. the toyota has asked the judge twice to are dismiss the suits and she has twice said no. >>> kia motors is recalling 200 of its spectra cars. the straps holding the car's gas tanks can corrode when exposed to salt used on icy roads. the recall does not affect cars originally registered here in california. >>> a man was electrocuted today in souther

janine de la vega. >> reporter: right now many high school students are filling out community collegeapplications thinking they might have no problem getting in. here at san jose city college and at others it may be a challenge. >> reporter: jessica testino is brimming with excitement. in less than two months she will graduate from oak grove high school. >> i can't wait. i can't wait for college. >> reporter: kestino just sent her application but she and other prospective students are facing a grim reality. huge slashes to the state community colleges. the number has doubled to $800 million in cuts. >> we would be closing the doors to about 5,000 students. that's unmanageable. we're 25,000 of full time equivalent students. to go to that lenght would mean for us to be decimating the ability to educate students. >> reporter: high school guidance counselor says 50% of the students at elk grove high school goes to community college. >> cutting these many classes, they may give up and not go. that would be horrible. >> reporter: the chancellor met with two community college spokespersons a

janine de la vega is live. >> reporter: this kelp right here is from the waters from monterey bay. most people don't eat kelp. the number 1 use for it in california is for aqua farming. it's used to feed abalone, which is a delicacy. >> i often say it tastes like a cross between calamari and scallop. >> reporter: you can find abalone in high end restaurants along the coast. they are expensive to raise and buy. >> go through and measure them. that one is perfect size. >> reporter: the monterey abalone company has been forming them for 19 years. the snails are fed kelp in their cages below the water. >> the last thing we want is to have a product tainted in any way. we need to find out what's happening. >> reporter: a nuclear scientist recently found that the radioactive iodine 131 released by the japan reactors absorbed into seaweed in vancouver. >> this is essentially the type of stuff you would expect to be washing up the beach right now in vancouver. >> reporter: this doctor with the moss landing marine lab says it's possible kelp here in california could be radioactive. he says

. >> reporter: reporting live, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> developing news. an update on a story we have been following. we learned that san jose will reopen butcher dog park tomorrow afternoon. it was closed after a dog playing in the park collapsed and died and poisoning was suspected. the dog that died showed no apparent signs of poisoning. the park will be power washed to make sure it is safe. >>> a republican official in southern california who circulated an e-mail involving president obama apologized today. sheads mitted she septout an e- mail with a photo of the president face on a chimpanzee. she meant it as a joke and asked forgiveness for her unwise behavior. >> i assume i offended the black people and having friends that are black, i never even -- i never intended for that. >> the republican chairman and naacp called on her to resign but she refused. >>> researchers found evidence that apple is tracking users. the researchers said apple is storing information from iphones using the operating system and 3g-i pads. the data is stored. we tried contac