>>> next, on "kqed newsroom" -- >> state city college. >> city college of san francisco fights to maintain its accreditation and stay open. plus, a visit with the family behind the anderson art collection at stanford university. >> the painting does have something to say to each and every one of us, depending upon us. >> looking at art. >>> good evening, welcome to "kqed newsroom." the battle for city college of san francisco to maintain its accreditation is heating up. today protesters staged a rally and attended a meeting in downtown sacramento. the fight has mobilized state and federal politicians, fall cu -- and students to keep the largest college in california from closing its doors. >> community is what this is about. >> nearly two years ago, the accrediting committee ordered a number of but a lawsuit filed will prevent the school from closure in 22 months. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> paint a picture for us about what happened today at the state capital. >> we had a semiannual meeting. as you may know, they had put in a decision last year to d

and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. the debate over california's state budget used to be full of political fireworks and almost always went long past the fourth of july. lawmakers lose their paychecks if they miss the june 15th deadline. still the deal to be voted on this weekend is not without controversy. it calls for a subsidy to build a high-speed rail, and it fails to restore long-term funding to some programs slashed during the recession. >> reporter: john myers, in most budget negotiations everybody gets a little, everybody gives a little. is that what we have this time around? >> yeah. what you have seen time and time again is the governor, i think, coming out with the winning hand. he has become the de facto leading voice, leading crafter of budgets. he has a line, and he holds tight on that line. and i think we saw it again this year. >> reporter: what did he get that the democrats and the legislature just really didn't want to give him? >> a couple of things come to mind. the first thing is the projection of

>>> next on "kqed newsroom" should fair and open internet access be debated? >>> environmental crime on the rise, stealing off redwood trees. >> the most blatant cut we've seen, five yards from the road way. >> yosemite turns 150 years old. the history on display. >> the sacredness of that landscape whether you've seen it 100 times or been there 100 types is so overwhelming and beautiful. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. dem stray tomorrows protested in mountain view and want the internet to remain open without access fees or censorship by internet providers. it's known as net neutrality. it's heating up because the fcc is considering new rules for the internet. a public comment period ends july 15th. the issue gains high-speed momentum africa median john oliver highlighted it on his hbo show. it generated so many comments it crashed the agency's website. here is a clip of last week's tonight with john oliver. >> here is the thing, net neutrality is hugely important. essentially it means all data has to be treated equally no ma

i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom.eport criticizes the port of san francisco for the management of the scewaterfront, including america's cup and the washington street development proposal and says the mayor's office has too much influence and the port commission should seek more public input. here to explain are san francisco chronicle city hall reporter and elaina smidt. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> elaina, a key finding is recent activities have been strongly influenced by the mayor's office. what are some of the critical projects that have been strongly influenced and what impact has that had on the public? >> i think that the influence, the projects that we've looked at recently were the america's cup, 8 washington, the warriors arena and when we looked at it, we were looking basically to see how they were developed in terms of who came together to kind of create the project, what was the dollar flow in the project, what did it mean to the port, and what we found was that when the projects were moving awa

. >>> next, on "kqed newsroom" -- >> state city college. >> city college of san francisco fights to maintainditation and stay open. plus, a visit with the family behind the anderson art collection at stanford university. >> the painting does have something to say to each and every one of us, depending upon us. >> looking at art.

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom" should fair and open internet access be debated?nvironmental crime on the rise, stealing off redwood trees. >> the most blatant cut we've seen, five yards from the road way. >> yosemite turns 150 years old. the history on display. >> the sacredness of that landscape whether you've seen it 100 times or been there 100 types is so overwhelming and beautiful. ♪ ♪

. >> next on kqed newsroom, the port commission is called into question for too much political influencetoo little public input. the world cup kicks off soccer mania in the bay area. [ cheers ] >> plus, the provocative photographty of anthony captures the dawn of gay caulture in california. >> they express themselves in a freeway with love and affection and humor. i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom," a landmark ruling shakes up california's education system. a judge rejects tenure for teachers. lawmakers hammer out next year's budget. b.d. wong and his role in the "orphan of zhao." >> the actor uses the emotions of his life and the feelings of his life to create the characters that he creates. >> i do not know this minister. i do not know this orphan.

. >>> next, on "kqed newsroom" -- >> state city college. >> city college of san francisco fights to maintain its accreditation and stay open. plus, a visit with the family behind the anderson art collection at stanford university. >> the painting does have something to say to each and every one of us, depending upon us. >> looking at art.

. >> next on kqed newsroom, the port commission is called into question for too much political influence and too little public input. the world cup kicks off soccer mania in the bay area. [ cheers ] >> plus, the provocative photographty of anthony captures the dawn of gay caulture in california. >> they express themselves in a freeway with love and affection and humor. i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪

our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america designing customized group retirement >> next on kqed newsroom the port commission is called into question for too much political influence and too little public input. the world cup kicks off soccer mania in the bay area. [ cheers ] >> plus, the provocative photographty of anthony captures the dawn of gay caulture in california. >> they express themselves in a freeway with love and affection and humor. i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom" should fair and open internet access be debated? >>> environmental crime on the rise, stealing off redwood trees. >> the most blatant cut we've seen, five yards from the road way. >> yosemite turns 150 years old. the history on display. >> the sacredness of that landscape whether you've seen it 100 times or been there 100 types is so overwhelming and beautiful. ♪ ♪

. >>> next on "kqed newsroom" should fair and open internet access be debated? >>> environmental crime on the rise, stealing off redwood trees. >> the most blatant cut we've seen, five yards from the road way. >> yosemite turns 150 years old. the history on display. >> the sacredness of that landscape whether you've seen it 100 times or been there 100 types is so overwhelming and beautiful. ♪ ♪

. >> next on kqed newsroom, the port commission is called into question for too much political influence and too little public input. the world cup kicks off soccer mania in the bay area. [ cheers ] >> plus, the provocative photographty of anthony captures the dawn of gay caulture in california. >> they express themselves in a freeway with love and affection and humor. i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪

. >> be >>> next on "kqed newsroom," a landmark ruling shakes up california's education system. a judge rejects tenure for teachers. lawmakers hammer out next year's budget. b.d. wong and his role in the "orphan of zhao." >> the actor uses the emotions of his life and the feelings of his life to create the characters that he creates. >> i do not know this minister. i do not know this orphan.