>>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up, the health implications of raising the smoking age to 21. plus what teenagers think are today's most pressing issues. we take you inside a unique video project. and cool art, or should we say cold art. drawings inspired by snow. >>> first we take a look at a series of sexual misconduct cases at uc berkeley that has raised questions about whether the university tolerates such behavior. in the past several months at least four faculty and staff members have either resigned or were fired over sexual harassment charges. they include astronomy professor jeff marcie. chowdhury, dean of berkeley's law school. former vice chancellor graham fleming. and just this week, assistant basketball coach huffneagle. allegations range to kissing and groping to sexual harassment of a reporter. uc chancellor janet napolitano is promising swift action. joining us is reporter sarah hosseini. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >>what has been the response on campus to the way universi

>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. >>> coming up on our program, the fierce election battle ahead and california's primary. length lating expiration labels to cut down on food waste. remember the fonz? henry weerng letter, best-selling author. >>> history was made when president obama traveled to cuba, the first trip by a u.s. sitting president in almost 90 years. mr. obama met with president raul castro and took in a baseball game. it was clear that deep disagreements about human rights issues remain. >> i believe citizens should be free to speak their mind without fear. to organize and to criticize their governments and to protest peacefully. and that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detentions of people who exercise those rights. >> oakland congresswoman barbara lee was one of seven california lawmakers who joined president obama on the trip. she joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for being here. >> happy to be with you. >> we'll get to cuba in just a moment. i wanted to ask you first ab

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>>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. later, what the new speaker hopes to accomplish and a courtrder has parents worried about the prircvacy of their children's school records and carolyn paul talks about her new book on the importance of girls taking risks. first, this week health officials confirmed additional cases of zika virus in the bay area including a pregnant woman in napa and a san francisco resident. we learned staid state-wide, eight cases of zika, all traveled represented. transmitted through the bite of a particular mesquiosquito and d to birth defects. last month, it was declared a world wide emergency. joining me, editor of kqed state of health log. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here, thuy. >> off the top, what of the statistics? >> the county health officials are saying the woman has already recovered from her infection. and that is really all the information they would release. as for the san francisco resident, all the health officials would say it's a person who is not pregnant and would not di

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>>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up, the health implications of raising the smoking age to 21. plus what teenagers think are today's most pressing issues. we take you inside a unique video project. and cool art, or should we say cold art. drawings inspired by snow. >>> first we take a look at a series of sexual misconduct cases at uc berkeley that has raised questions about whether the university tolerates such behavior. in the past several months at least four faculty and staff members have either resigned or were fired over sexual harassment charges. they include astronomy professor jeff marcie. chowdhury, dean of

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. later, what the new speaker hopes to accomplish and a courtrder has parents worried about the prircvacy of their children's school records and carolyn paul talks about her new book on the importance of girls taking risks. first, this week health officials confirmed additional cases of zika virus in the bay area including a pregnant woman in napa and a san francisco resident. we learned staid state-wide, eight cases of zika, all traveled represented. transmitted through the bite

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