>>> 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 disputes

. >>> 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. 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

. >> reliable, >>> 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

>>> 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. the utility faces a fine of $3 million. an amount some consider too small to prevent such disasters from happening again. joining me now is george avalos, business reporter for the san jose mercury news. nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> pg & e faced 12 criminal charges. it was found guilty of six. aside from obstructing an investigation charge, what were some of the other charges they were found guilty of? >>

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. 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

>>> 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

. >>> 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