they are diverse group which lilian kim tells us is whole idea. >> you teach all day and ay at night. >> these are fired teachers getting a crash course what it's going to take to get a job. most are minorities who grew up in oakland. >> i was one of those kids who was misunderstood. i have a clear understanding what is going on out there. i can help. >> the nonprofits federally funded group teach tomorrow in oakland thinks so, too. they recruited this diverse pool of applicants. they are helping minority teachers can turn around the dropout rate which is about 40%. >> we need to have young men who can see african-american me teaching who teaching who are leading schools to use different strategies. >> according to information collected from the sta2% of 92%f the students at oakland unified are minorities but teaching staff less than half are people of color. >> reporter: sheryl moore a former city worker says she was so tired of hearing the numbers she decided to come out of retirement. she will be able to talk to black students others may not. >> i may look like a mama figure to the

lilian kim, abc7 news. >>> 4:37 now. court hearing today means a report on last fall's pepper straying incident at uc davis won't be released today as expected. the union representing uc police is asking a court to block the release of the report until its own investigation is complete. campus police officers sprayed students in the face with pepper spray last november during an occupy process. the -- protest. the union attorney says they don't want their names published. >>> four more woman saying they were victimized by a man posing as a doctor. he remains in custody after he was arrested in december. he's accused of performing dangerous cosmetic surgeries out a license, including liposuction that infected a woman's abdomen. the latest women to come forward had gone to his office on mission street during the past three years for facelifts and other procedures. one woman's surgery was botched. another claims she was groped during an exam. >>> you are waking to a little drizzle that is going to change. >> first of all th

lilian kim is live from uc berkeley tonight. lilian? >> ama, many of the protesters will be traveling to sacramento by bus. one of the meeting places will be here on the south side of the uc berkeley campus. >> she got as much studying done as she could because tomorrow she will be taking part in the education rally in sacramento. there will be buses campuses eae morning, and in there will be thousands of students, teachers and administrators ready to protest at the state capital. >> i am working two jobs this semester. since i started as an under graduate my tuition quadrupled. >> tomorrow will be the culmination of a series of rallies that began last week. dozens have been marching from the bay area toward the capital since friday. they passed through late this afternoon and the demands are simple. no more cuts to education. instead they want a in millionaire's tax to fund school programs. >> we are not going to destroy any property. we are not going to harm anyone. >> peter brown is a professor in oaknd la. oakland. while there are n

lilian kim reports from mount hamilton. >> in less than 24 hours, a fresh blanket of snow covered the top of mount hamilton. the observatory is at theñr center of it all. but as pretty as it may seem, conditions are pretty harsh. >> any weather is accompanied by a lot of wind. that's what we've got right now. that's what we have had the last couple days. we are ready for spring to come. >> we are at the summit at 4200 feet. it started snowing yesterday and continued this morning. about six inches have fallen so far. despite the cold and blustery conditions people have been clamoring to get to the top. they didn't have a chance to go to tahoe this season and said this was their onlyÑi opportunity to see some snow. >> we noticed the snow because the mountain cleared for a second. i took an old road we knew right up and over. >> the cal trans workers had to turn people away. they closed mount hamilton road due to icy and dangerous conditions. he was understanding, yet disappointed. he wanted his relatives from india to see sno

lilian kim abc7 news. >> tomorrow marks one month since an unarmed florida teen was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. the case continues to receive national attention including here in the bay area. some congregations in oakland traded in their robes for hooded sweatshirts in solidarity for trayvon martin. the 17-year-old was wearing a hoodie when he was killed. >> this young man was not a threat, and yet he still ended up being killed and the perpetrator has not even been arrested so an investigation can begin. >> george zimmerman says he was acting in self-defense and his attorney tells abc news his client fears for his life after getting death threats. and members of the black panther party offered a bounty for his capture. >>> a man who shot an intruder does not appear to have broken the law. the incident happened around 4:30 in the 600 block of crane avenue. an occupant in the house said he saw somebody trying to open the door so he called 9-1-1. as police arrived they heard gunshots and found the intruder wounded. the san mateo resident underwent surgery and is r