tweets, and people can go to my twitter tizzy the full list of can roth's tweets --ouraging a serious strike to see the full list of kenoth's tweets encouraging a syria strike. >> reed brody? >> the needs to be a firewall between kenneth roth and the u.s. government? has the the last 27 years at human rights watch. i really don't imagine that he will ever be working for the united states government. but let me address the issue of intervention. human rights watch -- and you can see on our website and hear from ken, human rights watch does not call and has not called for an armed intervention or any intervention -- well, call for humanitarian intervention and the assistance to displaced people. the countries of the world in 2005, all the countries of the general assembly, agreed the recession circumstances -- agreed there were certain circumstances when they invoke the right to protect, when a may be necessary for the toernational community use force. that is the lesson of rwanda. human rights watch does not call -- in fact, since rwanda, the last time human rights called for a military intervention was over 20 years ag

ktvu's rob roth is live there now with a new push to try to save it, rob. >> reporter: ken, the richmond city council budget hearing is now just beginning here at city hall. and facing the possibility of a massive cut the richmond art center. art camp at the richmond art center. these richmond students are painting sculptures they made. but this and other art programs for young people and grown ups could see deep cuts. the richmond city manager is proposing cutting all of the $375,000 a year it provides the center. about 1/3 of the center's budget. >> it will impact a number of programs particularly the youth that we serve in the community. they are bringing their endeavors to the art center. >> reporter: the art center is the largest in the east bay, it displays the work of local artists and holds classes. >> getting ideas and putting them where everybody will see them. >> reporter: and has other benefits. >> usually kids have nothing else to do. so they go around and do stuff, weird things. >> reporter: the city says it need to cut more than $6 million from its budget. a little down fr

roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the santa clara coroner's office is identifying the bodies of two people found dead. the bodies of ken pruitt and yem pruitt were found. investigators have not ruled this as a case of a murder suicide but they do say there is no threat to the public. >>> san francisco police and fire investigators are looking into three more arsons in just the last 48 hours. police say three small fires were reported in three different parts of the city. the latest was set in a pile of debris in the mission district just this morning. the other two were set in trash cans on market street and into the tenderloin. investigators are not saying if the cases are connected to a string of about a dozen arsons south of market. police have released video of a person of interest in these cases. >>> new at 5:00, the oakland a's may be staying in oakland for another decade. the team has reached an agreement on a lease to stay at the coliseum. but it isn't a done deal yet. ktvu's john sasaki with what is next, john. >> reporter: in the past 90 minutes i spoke to the members of the council and both of them are on th