>>> next on "kqed newsroom" --.úq ♪ the future of entertainment.om sports to the symphony. >> they think they're going to come in here and they have to be quiet and it's stuffy and everyone's you know, wearing a tuxedo. ♪ >>> good evening. welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott shafer. we're going to start with some breaking news. the verdict in a high-profile gender discrimination case. a case very closely watched in silicon valley. this afternoon a jury ruled that venture capital firm kleiner perkins did not discriminate against ellen pao. pao had sued the firm claiming it did not promote her because of her gender. the case has focused attention on the lack of diversity in the tech industry. joining me now to discuss the verdict's impact is fran meyer, the founder of match.com and trustee. fran meyer thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much for having me. >> first of all the obvious question. what's your reaction to this verdict? >> somewhat surprised although i think everybody knew that discrimination cases like this could be complex and ellen wa

>>> next on "kqed newsroom" -- privatizing transit. from buses to shuttles. >> it's a perfect fit for a. >> what's driving the trend. >>> good evening, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. private companies are changing the way many of us are getting to work. for years google facebook and other firms have run shuttle buses to take their employees to and from their campuses. now some start-ups are getting into the transit business. in the past year three new companies have begun offering some san francisco commuters a faster way to work at more than twice the price of a muni ride. scott shafer checks out two of the new transit options. >> everyone likes having options, right? especially when it comes to your daily commute to work. this week i checked out two new alternatives to san francisco's muni bus system. starting with the newest kid on the block leap. leap launched its first bus route this week. >> so tell me how you found out about leap. >> i read an article on tech fringe that was circulated around our office. i got exci

good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott schafer. tonight we want to bring attention to something that's simply unacceptable. violence that's taking the lives of young people in oakland. last saturday night davon ellis was shot and killed while walking to the store with some friends. ellis was a freshman at oakland technical high school. he'd received a scholarship to attend a private school in heyward next year. he was just 14 years old. his death of course has devastated his family and the community. police have identified a person of interest in the case. in the past five years 41 children under the age of 18 have been killed in oakland. most were killed by guns. another 670 kids have been wounded in shootings. i asked some students at metwest high school in oakland this week to talk about the impact of violence on their lives. here's what they had to say. >> just tell me a little bit about davon. >> davon he was a cool person. could always make you laugh. if he was having a bad day he could cheer you up. >> how so? >> yeah. >> he

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>>> next on "kqed newsroom" -- dying orchards, parched fields. >> we've got good years and bad years. this is -- i call it the worst years. this is really bad. >> california's extreme drought and the future of the state's water supply. >>> good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. >> and i'm scott shafer. california desperately needs rain. the drought that began in 2011 has grown worse every year since. >> and if you have any doubt about the drought's impact, take a look at these pictures. this was folsom reservoir in 2011, and this is what the reservoir looks like after three years of drought. this is like oroville in 2011, and this is what the lake looked like last year. and this is what the snowpack looks like in 2013. and this is what it looks like just a year later. state officials say the sierra snowpack is near record lows and any late season rainfall won't have much of an impact. in the central valley farmers are watching their crops wither and ranchers are selling off cattle to pay for hay to feed their remaining cows. >> i've got to sell more cattle so i can

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is >>> next on "kqed newsroom" -- dying orchards, parched fields. >> we've got good years and bad years. this is -- i call it the worst years. this is really bad. >> california's extreme drought and the future of the state's water supply. >>> good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. >> and i'm scott shafer. california desperately needs rain. the drought that began in 2011 has grown worse every year since. >> and if you have any doubt about the drought's impact, take a look at these pictures. this was folsom reservoir in 2011, and this is what the reservoir looks like after three years of drought. this is like

good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott schafer. tonight we want to bring attention to something that's simply unacceptable. violence that's taking the lives of young people in oakland. last saturday night davon ellis was shot and killed while walking to the store with some friends. ellis was a freshman at oakland technical high sc

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom" -- privatizing transit. from buses to shuttles. >> it's a perfect fit for a. >> what's driving the trend. >>> good evening, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. private companies are changing the way many of us are getting to work. for years google facebook and other firms have run shuttle buses to take their employees to and from their campuses. now some start-ups are getting into the transit business. in the past year three new companies have begun offering some san francisco commuters a faster way to work at more than twice the price of a muni ride. scott shafer checks out two of the new

kqed's scott shafer tells us, the ads are aimed at a very select group of drivers.or some landing in silicon valley is like arriving in shangri-la the place apple facebook and google call home. but even in paradise there's traffic. the commute along this 40 mile stretch of freeway between san francisco and san jose can take a couple of hours. drivers have plenty of time to stare out their windows at the seemingly endless stream of ads for tech companies. some billboards promote the familiar, but others seem to require a translator. >> box box no have-- i don't have that one. >> standford university marketing professor pedro gardett say the billboard use a private language aimed at the tech set. >> these billboards are in a sense different from anything we've seen before. these companies have found a new way to do it which is putting up some little rid will-- riddles that in a sense say this ad is you. so it really makes sense in the microclimate we live in. >> among those driving by >> reporter: among those driving by are some of the biggest names in venture capital

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom" --.úq ♪ the future of entertainment.om sports to the symphony. >> they think they're going to come in here and they have to be quiet and it's stuffy and everyone's you know, wearing a tuxedo. ♪ >>> good evening. welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott shafer. we're going to start with some breaking news. the verdict in a high-profile gender discrimination case. a case very closely watched in silicon valley. this afternoon a jury ruled that venture capital firm kleiner perkins did not discriminate against ellen pao. pao had sued the firm claiming it did not promote her because of her

for all of kqed's news coverage please go to kqed.org. i'm thuy vu.ave a good night. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday march 1: congress gears up to continue the debate over funding homeland security. how the arrest of three men in new york and florida this week reveals the difficulties of fighting isis at home. and, in our signature segment from ohio: thieves stealing valuable metal, and putting the public in danger. >> the would-be-thieves climbed up and cut the line. when an s.u.v. got too close, there was a bright flash that blew out the windshield and knocked the driver unconscious. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

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hari sreenivasan has the story from our pbs station, kqed in san francisco. >> sreenivasan: the sex discriminationdrew attention to gender imbalance, working conditions and outright discrimination for women in the tech world. attorneys for ellen pao argued she was denied a promotion at kleiner perkins and kept out of meetings because she is a woman. she was later fired in 2012. kleiner perkins said pao was a chronic complainer who twisted the facts and was not a team player. the jury rejected all of pao's gender discrimination claims. late today, the judge sent the jury back to reconsider one claim: whether she was fired in retaliation after making complaints. fran maier is the founder of trustee, an online privacy management services provider and co-founder of match.com. she's been watching this case closely. are you surprised by the decision? >> you know, i think from the beginning everybody thought it was going to be a tough case one way or the other. there were a lot of different kinds of issues. gender discrimination suits are hard to prove, but i am disappointed and i think many women in the

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. >> announcer: "a kqed television production." >> it's sort of like old fisherman's wharf. it reminds me of old san francisco. >> and you'd be a little bit like jean valjean, with the teeth, whatever. >> and worth the calories, the cholesterol, and the heart attack you might have. >> it's like an adventure, you know! you gotta put on your miner's helmet. >> it reminds me of oatmeal with a touch of wet dog. >> i did. inhaled it. >> people when they say sommelier or something. you say it, sommelier, som-l-yay!

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