>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up on our program, kqed investigation of the rise in inmate suicides at california county jails and a look ahead to an exciting and colorful fall season in the bay area arts world but first the city of san jose could declare a public safety emergency as early as next week over a shortage of police officers. the move is necessary to ensure that patrols are staffed. many experienced cut backs since the he recession of 2008. joining me with more on the situation in san jose are are kqed south bay reporter. paul kelly president of the san jose police officers association and san jose's vice mayor. thank you for being on the program. so how severe is the officer shortage? >> we do have an officer shortage in san jose and it's getting more severe overtime but we have to take a look at how this has all happened. it's been a perfect storm. it's been a crisis that's been brewing. we had the great recession and we lost officers due to disabilities and due to retirement and due to dispute

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. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up on our program, kqed investigation of the rise in inmate suicides at california county jails and a look ahead to an exciting and colorful fall season in the bay area arts world but first the city of san jose could declare a public safety emergency as early as next week over a shortage of police officers. the move is necessary to ensure that patrols are staffed. many experienced cut backs since the he recession of 2008. joining me with more on the situation in san jose are are kqed south bay reporter.

>>> hello and become to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program a closer look at proposition 61, a pat local measure aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. >>> author josh le. ws explains why paternity leave is critical for business and society. >>> wildfires have been raging across the state. a wildfire in lake county north of napa has displaced hundreds of residents and burned about 4,000 acres. >>> this week governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in southern california for a devastating the blaze that has sent more than 80,000 people fleeing their homes in san bernardino county. >>> while wildfires in california are nothing new, experts warn they may be getting more frequent skin tense. joining me to explain why is scott stevens, professor of fire science at uc berkeley, welcome. so far this year we've been hundreds of square miles of acreage burned in wildfires in california. how does this compare to previous years? >> southern california and central california are ahead. i think we've had a real dry p

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>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, workplace diversity. it continues to lag in the tech industry. we'll talk with a woman at the forefront of efforts to change that. >>> plus from edgy opera to political art. we'll bring you our bay area arts preview for august. >>> first, an important case for students with disabilities in california. this week the u.s. department of education's office of civil rights issued a finding that calls into question the use of prone restraint on special education students. it's a practice that involves immobilizing a student facedown as a disciplinary method. the federal report found that oakland student stewart candle had been denied education and subjected to a hostile environment after being restrained 90 times in a year. in this interview with disability rights of california which filed the complaint stewart describes his experience. >> when they restrain me, there was two people. pretend this is me. they held my wrists down. and they also held my legs down. and it really hurt. it was like they were grinding

a kqed special. many inmates are doing time for crimes like murder and assault. most will be released back into our communities. once known for its violence today, san quentin has some of the most rehabilitative in the california prison system. we'll talk to a victims right advocate and what she learned through volunteering in prison. but first, let's go inside san quentin to hear from inmates who have been participating in a unique program. one that's helping them tell their stories in their own words. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when a person decides to change, they want everyone to know they've changed. so it's important for them to get that out. television portrays prison as this negative place where people just are running around being violence, but san quentin is actually totally the opposite from that. these guys are going to college. every day, they go to self-help groups, religious services. everyone here is trying to get out of prison, not stay in prison. i got to san quentin in 1984 via l.a. county jail. >> since 2012, we've been working on a story telling project and re

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visit ncicap.org] >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." tonight, the trump factor in california politics. and the legislative countdown is on in sacramento. plus the struggle to find enough teachers as students get ready to head back to school. how two bay area middle school sisters won a global competition with an innovative app aimed at eliminating waste. first this week jurors in san francisco found utility giant pg & e guilty of six criminal charges for its role in a deadly explosion six years ago in san bruno. the jury found that pg & e obstructed the federal investigation into the explosion of one much its pipelines. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." tonight, the trump factor in california politics. and the legislative countdown is on in sacramento. plus the struggle to find enough teachers as students get ready to head back to school. how two bay area middle school sisters won a global competition with an innovative app aimed at eliminating waste. first this week jurors in san francisco found utility giant pg & e guilty of six criminal charges for its role in a deadly explosion six years ago in san bruno. the jury found that pg & e obstructed the federal investigation into the explosion of one much its pipelines. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, workplace diversity. it continues to lag in the tech industry. we'll talk with a woman at the forefront of efforts to change that. >>> plus from edgy opera to political art. we'll bring you our bay area arts preview for august. >>> first, an important case for students with disabilities in california. this week the u.s. department of education's office of civil rights issued a finding that calls into question the use of prone restraint on special education students. it's a practice that involves immobilizing a student facedown as a disciplinary method. the federal report found that oakland student stewart candle

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a kqed television production. kacyra: it kind of was, like, the bang that set off the night.will make your insides smile. [ laughter ] klugman: more tortillas, please! khazar: what is comfort food if it isn't gluten and grease? braff: i love crème brûlée. sobel: the octopus should have been, like, quadripus, because it was really small. sbrocco: and you know that when you split something, all the calories evaporate, and then there's none. whalen: that's right.

mark stellar, for the record, i just wanted to alert the commission to a very important post on the kqed news website that i got over the weekend pertaining to linar corporation, and the developments that are occurring both -- at both locations in the city. there's a significant and new items that are being reported in regards to the three indictments that have come down, so i did want to alert you to that and if you don't have it, i can forward it to you. or to your executive director who will forward it to you, okay, i wanted to alert you to that important item. >> i'm bob plant hold, i just wanted to offer comment about what may be change tos the pending whisleblower ordinance that supervisor breed has introduced and because of their [inaudible] may not be heard in committee for some time. our group, friends of ethics is suggesting that there ought to be added a requirement that there be mandatory training for all city employees. right now, department heads, certain levels of managers, commissioners have to get training in ethics and sunshine, the kurntd draft of the whisleblower seem

we were covered on all the local news stations and local papers, kqed and john [inaudible] is doing a series in the chronicle so we are educated about the sea wall vulnerabilities. we also added a new objective 4 to engage strategic partnership tooz include maritime security committee and training and planning for emergency responsiveness and added 6 and 7 which is keep the port commission engaged for setting policy for financial goals and public informed about our financial situation. liveability, we have notable accomplishments. we work with sfmta and south beach area on pedestrian safety programen embarcadero. there are complaints about pedestrian bicycle conflicts and we are working on a pilot to make it safer for all. we spearheaded design work for the mission bay ferry landsing which is a very important for the mission bay community. we selected a developing for pier 29 and working tirelessly to address the homeless issue in the city that is impacting port property. with reziziancy we completed that vulnerability study on the sea wall in marp which you heard from stephen real an