>> lowell. pres. biden: i've been to lowell many times. thank you. what is your name? how are you? good to see you. did you get it, man? are you set? all right, what is your name? >> julie. pres. biden: and what is your name? and how long have you been helping out doing this? that means you are almost a lifer here. how long have you been doing this? >> about four months now. pres. biden: you are saving people's lives. >> it is our pleasure. pres. biden: -- >> do you think the worst is behind us? pres. biden: i think it will be, but it is not over. we are in a situation where i believe by the end of the summer we will have a significant portion of the american public vaccinated. back at the white house, we are going to announce how far down the road we are in terms of the number of people vaccinated at least one shot. i think before another 25 days, we will probably have somewhere in excess of 200 million shots administered. the good news is a clear overwhelming majority of people over the age of 65 have gotten at least one shot. that is the most susceptible age bracket. the good th

lowell. looked at your faces. i didn't see any comment. i hope to get an e-mail from one of you guys. just to be very clear, we sit there and talk to the students about choosing the best school for them. not all of our kiddos, not all the black and brown kids want to go. and i'm speaking to you as a lowell alumni. doesn't mean they're going to choose lowell. that doesn't mean the kids that go to willie brown are the dumb black and brown children that go earlier. and this is one of issues that we need to have in these conversations within the black and asian community. just because my skin is dark, doesn't mean i'm not smart enough to go to lowell and the person that came after the lowell group also said i wasn't smart enough to go to lowell, i probably didn't graduate from lowell. i know. i'm getting off. as a willie brown teacher, ya'll should come check us out and support us before you say things about us. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> thank you for organizing that. >> can i make a sta

>> lowell. pres. biden: i've been to lowell many times. where do you work? >> one of the nurse managers. pres. biden: oh, great. you really do a lot of good work. thank you. what is your name? how are you? good to see you. did you get it, man? are you set? all right, what is your name? >> julie. pres. biden: how are you? >> go to, how are you. pres. biden: and what is your name? and how long have you been helping out doing this? >> since august. that means you are almost a lifer here. how long have you been doing this? >> about four months now. pres. biden: great. great. thanks for what you are doing. you are saving people's lives. >> it is our pleasure. >> do you think the worst is behind us? pres. biden: i think it will be, but it is not over. we are in a situation where i believe by the end of the summer we will have a significant portion of the american public vaccinated. i'm going to be making a speech when i leave here. back at the white house, we are going to announce how far down the road we are in terms of the number of people vaccinated at least on

both of which lowell opposed. that year lowell penned, along with these famous lines, once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide in the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side. in the 1930 churchill was for a while alone in saying that such a moment arrived for britain and for us. in 1946 he came to fulton to urge our nation to measure up to another such moment and our nation did. the united states turned to the business of creating the architecture of collective security for the word and the liberal regime of trade that's lifted billions of people out of poverty. the united states, or as churchill liked to call us, the great republic was weary, but rose to the challenge that he issued at westminster college three quarters of a century ago. the cold war was declared. the cold war was on. the cold war would be won. today americans, again, are weary of responsibilities abroad and discord at home. they have been plied and belabored with isolation. were churchill to return to fulton today

according to chronicle stems from ending merit based system to get into lowell. lawsuit claims they violated state's open meeting law. did not properly list resolution ahead of vote or give equal time to both sides in public comment. >>> former san jose teacher coughing on baby in yogurt shop charged with assault. last june nancy nordland got into argument, then took off her mask and coughed on a baby in the stroller there and left without paying. at the time worked as teacher in oak grove, no longer works there. will appear before a judge next tuesday. >>> third vaccine is back in the mix. cdc lifted hold on administering the johnson & johnson vaccines after rare blood clotting issue was discovered. what does it mean moving forward for the supply of the dose and will people be hesitant to get it? ian cull. >> reporter: tonight the johnson & johnson single dose vaccine gets okay to go back into service. cdc and fda giving the green light after it was paused for 11 days. >> after a thorough review of all available data, fda and cond >> reporter: that concern is bl

another surprise lowell davidson was a guy in our class who was a vet avalon card pianist pianist and he became a protege of one that coleman the jazz musician and they did an album lowell did one album called the lowell davidson trio and when we got looked at the album the drummer on the on the album was a guy named milford graves who i'd gone to boys high school. and had written the subways of new york and buses of new york every day for about three years. so it was very very surprised to see him and it was nice to have so we did at an interviewed him. he was out in bennington college and that was a surprise and the third surprise. was that one of our classmates was gay and he had had the suppress that his whole time at harvard and he was from atlanta and he tells in the book you'll see he tells some sort of harrowing stories about being in the closet at that time at harvard and how it how do we wanted to sort of keep that away from us that sort of thing and the third the fourth i guess surprise which is not in the book. but is that one of our classmates was while we were there work

i talked with some of her asian american supporters who say, changes at lowell high school are why thed by the group, working to recall collins and other board members. in february, the school board voted to removed the process, for a lottery system to increase diversity. collins is a vocal supporter. >> there several times i was so frustrated, because race relations were not addressed. >> they were not racist. i think they could've been worded more tactfully, but she was in such a, such a of pain and i could see exactly where she's coming from. >> just the screenshots, it's really taking advantage of the pain of asian americans now. >> she discovered those tweets. she told me, she dug them up, after hearing a rumor that someone on the school board thought there were too many asians at lowell high school. also accused of using language carrying anti-black rhetoric on line. we found evidence of that as well. she does respond to those accusations, and you can see her reaction and much more, including how the lottery system is already impacting demographic numbers at lowell, for this upco

the board's change in the admission process at lowell high school.the board decided to end merit-based admissions because of the lack of diversity at the school. one of the attorneys suing the school board says the lawsuit is less about the admissions process and more about the fact that no member of the public was involved in the decision-making. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> the school board says they changed the admission process at lowell to increase diversity. turning our attention now to our forecast as we take a live look outsid

those over the board's change in the admission process at lowell high school.d decided to end merit-based admissions because of the lack of diversity that they were seeing at the school. one of the attorneys suing the school board says this lawsuit is less about the admissions process and really more about the fact that no member of the public was involved in this decision. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at will. >> and the school board says they changed the admission process at lowell high school to increase diversity. >> time now is 8.35 in the north bay o

proposing to rename schools and changing the merit-based admission policy at lowel high school. and now this lawsuit by one of their own. racial norton was a school board member until recently when she decided not to seek reelection. >> generally when the district got sued the district can't even take options. it is problematic. >> problematic because they can't possibly allow her as a board member to be in those sessions. now one more thing. the school district told us when served with litigation, their legal department assesses that litigation and will hire outside counsel as needed. the money comes from the general fund which as we all know also pays for educating students. in the newsroom, lee ann menendez. abc7news. >>> new season and new rules from the giants to the a's. what it takes to get into the ballpark in not everybody wants the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. 'cause i do things a bit differently. wet teddy bears! wet teddy bears here! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. lib

you might recall, lowell high school and did the merit-based emissions policy. the board stripped collins from her role as vice president after offensive posts were found on her twitter feed. she has since apologized. organizers say the time to come together and have much-needed conversations about race, equity, and solidarity. >>> as the temperatures heated up today, people headed outside in pacifica, and the sun sparkled off the hills in berkeley. is get right to whether, hey, you're live on the roof. heating up? >> getting closer to the heat. let me give you a look at some of today's high temperatures so far. san jose got up to 83 degrees today, that is a new record high for this date for san jose. you can see, almost every other location on the map there has hit 80, 81, or 82 degrees. unusually warm for this time of year. san francisco had a high of 79, and on the coast, 75 degrees at half moon bay. coastal temperatures beginning to drop off a little right now, but most locations near the bay and inland are holding onto the heat. will be back later with the

lastly, if people are still on here talking about the lowell decision -- i say this as a lowell student -- move on. the correct decision was made. thank you, i hope you all have a nice day. >> thank you. hello, gloria? >> yes. i'm a black lives matter chair of the san francisco democratic central committee. i'm an elected member. and i would like to say that i support the effort of other callers that would like this resolution rescinded that strips ms. collins of her duties and also from being vice president. and to assure proper protocol was done in making that decision and for the public input to be included in that. i would also like to say, i think part of the problem is there is a clash of cultures. there is terms that some demographics have grown up using that the general public is not used to. and that people are falsely naming ms. collins racist when all she was doing was saying stuff that we say in all our communities such as sellouts, status quo, establishment person, network, yes-man, white wash, just like how negro was used all our lives. >> that concludes the 30 minutes all

lastly, if people are still on here talking about the lowell decision -- i say this as a lowell student -- move on. the correct decision was made. thank you, i hope you all have a nice day. >> thank you. hello, gloria? >> yes. i'm a black lives matter chair of the san francisco democratic central committee. i'm an elected member. and i would like to say that i support the effort of other callers that would like this resolution rescinded that strips ms. collins of her duties and also from being vice president. and to assure proper protocol was done in making that decision and for the public input to be included in that. i would also like to say, i think part of the problem is there is a clash of cultures. there is terms that some demographics have grown up using that the general public is not used to. and that people are falsely naming ms. collins racist when all she was doing was saying stuff that we say in all our communities such as sellouts, status quo, establishment person, network, yes-man, white wash, just like how negro was used all our lives. >> that concludes the 30 minutes all

nasa has an opportunity to do things that people -- george lowell said the greatest asset nasa had was the people. my exposure to nasa and working in elements and the various working associations that i have, i find that nasa has had in the past some very dynamic and people that want to do things. the can-do attitude, hey, show me something and i'll get it done. and i think anybody, boy, girl, person, with the right attitude of a willingness to do a job, there's always a premium on a person that is able to accomplish the job wherever. within nasa industry or anywhere else. >> okay. so this area is this over here. >> the reason i find it exciting is because of the fact that due to the nature of nasa's work, i really feel that i am involved in an agency which is at the forefront of technology. i mean, we are doing things which have never before been done in the history of mankind, and perhaps will never be done again. if the 10 watt transmitter -- 10 watts is slightly more power than a christmas light uses up. with a 10-watt transmitter, we were able to communicate from the distance whic

this one is over their attempt to change the admission process at lowell high school. the board decided to in merit-based admissions because of the lack of diversity and pervasive and systematic racism inside the school. one of the attorneys suing the school board says the lawsuit is less about the admissions process and more about the fact that no member of the public was involved in that decision. he says this is not the first time this has happened. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally . made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> the school board says they changed the admission process at roud to try

he came in the spirit of james russell lowell, the 19th century american poet.n 1945 our nation was torn about the slavery and impending war with mexico. in that year, these famous lines were penned. once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide for the good or evil side. in the 1930s, churchill was for a while, nearly alone and seen and saying that such a moment had arrived for britain and for us. in 1946 he came to fulton to urge our nation to measure up to another such moment, and our nation did. united states turned to the business of creating the architecture of collective security for the world and a liberal regime of trade that has lifted billions of people out of poverty. united states, or at churchill liked to call us, the great republic was wary but rose to the challenge three quarter of a century ago. the cold war was declared and the cold war was on and the cold war would be won. today americans, again, are wary of the responsibilities abroad and discord at home. they have been belabored and enticed with the isolationism, and the temptation

up with a new product of some kind or another, i lived and represented four years communities like lowell and plenty of places that huge bills -- that have huge bills -- mills. that it went south and then it went abroad because that is the transition in economies and it happened in the industrial revolution. it happened in the revolution of technology in the 1990's and it is going to happen now. we replace it with some kind of new opportunity. do not think it is going to mean that much -- it is going to meet writer opportunity. >> given what you witnessed with the last president, and president biden is not to win in 2024, what specifically can you do now to make sure that the next president can't reverse progress? sec. kerry: i want to begin by pointing out to you that there is a company called tesla which is the highest valued auto company in the world. why? it makes one product, electric vehicles. that is a signal saying here we are, this is going to happen and gm has now already announced on its own that they are only going to produce electrical vehicles as of 2035 and ford motor compa

john 100 in minneapolis for us let's also joined by michael steele he's a professor at lowell university thomas also joins me from minneapolis has been listening in to what's being said professor it's good to have you again on the program you see watching what the prosecution's closing summary is how effective do you think it has been in terms of trying to disseminate the very complicated case that this can be for a jury of all research millions. i think it was fairly effective you know if it did take more time than i expected i thought oh in being in about an hour and it went longer than that in the risk is that you're going to lose focus if that happens it took a while to get to the core narrative 25 minutes before he really got to what happened step by step and that surprised his team which was you can believe your eyes certainly made sense i thought that he might have used the video more to emphasize than to actually walk them through as they did in the opening but maybe they began that would be redundant if they did that the witnesses that he brought up in his closing were interesti

agenda, and supporters say collins rankled people by pushing for equity, namely the recent switch of lowell high school to lottery admission, the reason why they pick it on her, because guess why? because she's a black woman with power lawsuit claims, violation of due process and free speech. do not let me or anyone else be swept under the rug. canceled or dismissed for speaking truth to power. a dozens of civic leaders, including mayor breed have said collins should resign over her tweets. julie the lawsuit just another big distraction as city schools struggle to rebound from the pandemic. yeah, it sure is. alright deborah villalon reporting live for us tonight. deb banks. we're following a developing story out of southern california tonight, where police in the city of orange are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at an office building and left four people dead, including a child. it all began about 5 30 tonight in a neighborhood that's about two miles from disneyland. the orange police department says they responded to a call of shots fired and when officers arrived, the gunma

here's lowell garcia with more. >> reporter: prince fans now have something to look forward to. ♪ shea raspberry beret ♪ ♪ the kind you find in a secondhand store ♪ >> what a talent. five years after his untimely death, an unreleased album is set to debut. "welcome 2 america" will come out on july 30th. should be good. >>> talking about an amazing discovery, a 3,000-year-old city in egypt was just uncovered. the lost city was just unearthed near luxor by archaeologists who say it's been buried under sand. they say it's the largest ancient city ever uncovered in the country, and one of the most important discoveries since the discovery of king tut's tomb. by the way, check this out. last weekend, 22 royal mummies were transported from egypt's capital of cairo to a new museum in that city as part of an elaborate convoy. egypt hopes to lure tourists back. >>> well, this was a groundbreaking show for the lgbtq community, queer as folks is now set to make a return, a reboot of the show is set to air on peacock. the series will follow a new group of members of the lgbtq community living in

district's excuse me other district high school's board members decided the lack of diversity at lowell as the main reason for the switch. the chronicle reports that suit filed today claims the school board violated public meeting rules and how it listed the item on its agenda and how it conducted public. moment and review of the plan. sales of new homes have surged last month saw an increase of more than 20% the commerce department reported today that sales climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of one million last month after a 16% tumble in february. it was the fastest pace for new home sales since the housing boom of the mid two thousands when sales reached more than a million units in august of 2006, california's unemployment office still has a backlog of hundreds of thousands of claims that have yet to be paid out, the agency said. they get people their money earlier than expected and then just blew right past their own deadline. ktvu tom vacar explains, should roll ppe you see pandemic emergency unemployment come sensation is a program to help unemployed americans keep rece

i lived and represented for years communities like lowell and lawrence, plenty of places that have these huge mills. teeming with people working in the early 1900s. then that changed. it went south in our country and then i went abroad because that is the transition in economies and it happened in the industrial revolution. it happened in the revolution of technology in the 1990's and it is going to happen now. we always replace it with a different kind of or some new opportunity. i don't think it is going to mean that much dislocation, frankly. it is going to mean greater opportunity. >> given what you witnessed within the last president, if president biden is not to win again, what can you do now to make sure the next president with a stroke of the pen cannot reverse progress you are trying to make right now? >> i will answer directly but i want to begin by pointing out to you that there is a company called tesla which is the highest valued automobile company in the world. why? all it makes is one product, electric vehicles. that is what is happening. that is the market saying here we

he came in the spirit of james russell lowell the 19th century american poet. in 1845 our nation was torn by disputes about slavery and about the impending war with mexico. both the whips local are currently opposed. in my ear lower pen to with these famous lines. once to every man a nation comes the moment to decide in the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side. in the 1930s churchill was for a while nearly alone in scene. saying that such a moment had arrived for britain. and for us in 1946. he came to fulton to urge our nation to measure up to another such a moment. and our nation did united states turned to the business of creating the architecture of collective security for the world. and a liberal regime of trade that is lifted billions of people. out of subsistence property the united states or as churchill like to call us the great republic was weary. but rose to the challenge that he issued at westminster college three quarters of a century ago. the cold war was declared. cold war was on the cold war would be one. today americans agai

hi it's lowell from the public department. the comment i want to make is a thank you and quick story. i just want to thank you for assisting the department and the energy team. quick story is that back in 2019, we were awarded with a grant, but of course like it was only 30 days. so i was stressing i thought i was going to get fired for sure, but i contacted you and your unstoppable professionalism was clearly evident. you brought the calvary you helped us get into contract in no time. and you saved me from being fired so, i really enjoy working with you and every time we chat uhcvn5■i6w)ù k learned something new from you and it's been a honor working with you and on behalf of everyone on the energy team we thank you and wish you the best. thanks. >> all right thank you for your comment. okay i see that we have another caller i'm going to unmute our next caller now. >> hi this is jen. i'm happy and sad so excited for you, but so sad for us. you have been an amazing partner to our department and specifically to my team. when yo

if it is having a lowell in the next month or so it's kind of inconsequential because what we will seever the next several years, we will have media, entertainment, athletes, musicians, games inc., and this will be a cornerstone of blockchain technology and the first consumer rise massive option of consumer technology. emily: that said, there are doubters out there. the carver financial services president said you are delusional if you think these things will have long-term value. what do you say to the people who just don't get it? >> you know, honestly, that's really exciting because it means there's so much more potential. if everyone saw it, the market would be already mature. one of my favorite videos of all time is bill gates trying to explain to a reporter in 1982 why computers would be a thing and how this video technology and multimedia technology can provide a better learning experience. i think you look at any new industry -- blockchain, internet, computers -- you see a similar trend where there will always be people who are skeptical, but the true technologists are the ones

and this one is over their attempts to change the admissions process at lowell high school. one of the attorneys behind the lawsuit says that it's not more about the admissions process, but. >> instead they are of said that no member of the public was involved in the decision. he says it's not the first time that this sort of thing has happened with the school board. >> it is very really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. the school board says they have changed the admissions process at little to try and increase diversity. >> but have not yet commented on this lawsuit directly happening tomo

>> i'm ben chen a tenth grader at lowell high school. there's been racial tensions of races blaming each other and the ongoing tension between the black and asian communities are worry me and the stereotypes have counter productive to racial healing and societal progress. this has often translated to real life tragedy such as assaults and racial rhetoric. i believe we need to solve the problems at the sort with stereotypes being spread at the local community level. more resources such as cross-racial public meetings or addressing the racial stereotypes. i urge more meetings to combat the systemic racism in our schools. thank you, i yield my time and the floor. >> thank you. >> a public comment. i'm an educator and i would like to report that -- >> sorry, you said you're an educator not a student? >> yes. >> you'll have time after the student time is up at about 4:30, okay? thank you. are you a student? >> i'm a dwraj -- graduate student and while in high school my peers and i were under trademark stress. and and many of us are increasing

filed against the san francisco school board for their attempts to end merit based admissions at lowell high school. the lawsuit was filed friday claiming the board failed to properly list. the idea on their latest agenda and to provide equal time for both sides to discuss the matter. the board decided to end merit based admissions because of the lack of diversity and pervasive and systemic racism inside the school. >> investigators are searching for 3 people involved in a strong armed robbery in south san francisco. it happened in the area of el camino real and westboro boulevard. police say the suspects approached the 47 year-old man who was standing on the side of the road with his electric scooter. the suspects asked the man if you needed help before suddenly taking his backpack wallet and cell phone the suspect. then the suspects then left the scene in a 3 series bmw with an unknown license plate. they are described as white man to white women all in their 20's. and in the south bay san jose. police are investigating the city's 14th homicide of the year. take a look at this video f

. >>> a new step in the debate over lowell's controversial admissions policy going to court. opponents are now suing the school board. the chronicle reports the lawsuit was filed yesterday. the lottery system opponents say they were shielded from the decision process with little chance for the public to comment or review. back in february you may remember the school board cited a need for more diversity when they voted to get rid of the merit based system. >>> we are getting a new look at the pandemic's effect on public schools. california has lost more than 160,000 students. that's a 2.6% decline that the state calls concerning. which districts suffered greatest losses. >> welcome back to school. >> much of the decline in the overall enrollment came from kindergarten. down by nearly 61,000 students, a drop of 12% from the year before. >> it's definitely kindergarten. seem like geffen the circumstance was he are living under some family decided to delay putting their kids in school. >> i decided to keep my 5-year- old in an extra year of preschool instead of sending her to ki

. >>> now a step in the debate over the lowell high school controversial admissions policy now takinght to court. opponents of the new lottery based student admissions plan are now suing the sfusd school board. the chronicle reports the lawsuit was filed yesterday. the lottery system opponents say they were shielded from the decision process with little chance for the public to comment or review. back in february you may remember the school board cited a need for more diversity when they voted to scrap the merit based admission system. >>> and it's the new campaign announcement adding a big name in the likely recall election against the governor. caitlin jenner tweeting i'm into run for california governor. this morning abc news reporter -- is in los angeles with the interesting dynamic this adds to the race. >> she shocked the world when she came out as transgender in 2015. now witha a new stunning announcement, she said she is running for california governor, trying to unseat the governor in a potential recall election. >> every time i turn around i'm putting myself in these high pr

down historic murals, proposing to rename schools and changing the merit-based admission policy at lowell high school. now, this lawsuit by one of their own. rachel norton with a school board member until recently when she decided not to seek reelection. >> generally, when the district gets sued, there is a briefing in closed session to understand what the options are and what strategies the district will take. they can't even do that. it is really problematic. >> so, problematic because they can't possibly allow her board member to be in those the sessions. what about gabriela lopez? the president of the board. she is the only board member who is not being sued because she was the only one who did not vote to strip collins of her title. by the way, collins is also suing to have her title restored as vice president. one more thing, when served with litigation, the legal department assesses the litigation and will hire outside counsel as needed. the money comes from the general fund, which as we know, also pays for educating students. >>> this could come out of the kids education pocket? >

. >>> a new step in the debate over lowell high school's admissions policy. taking the fight to court. opponents of the new lottery based plan are now suing the school board. the chronicle reports the lawsuit was filed yesterday. the lottery system opponents say they were blocked from the process with little chance for the public to comment or review. the board decided a need for more diversity when they voted to scrap the merit based admission system. >>> we are getting a new look at the pandemic's effect on public schools. california has lost more than 160,000 students. that is a 2.6% decline that the state calls concerning. which districts suffered the greatest losses. >> welcome back to school. >> much of the decline in the overall enrollment came from kindergarten down by nearly 61,000 students, a drop of 12% from the year before. >> it's kindergarten. it seems like geffen the circumstances we are living under right now some families decided to delay putting their kids in school. >> i decided to keep my 5-year- old in an extra year of preschool instead o

. >> reporter: her tweets were dug up by diane, the vice president of the friends of lowell foundation she says she heard this from another local alum. >> she says she might have heard someone on the board say there were too many asians -- >> reporter: so she said she started looking up all the board members, but this is where collins supporters call her out. they say her commentary online feels anti-blackness, and that's why she doesn't want it to change. >> what is your response to people that believe you have antiblack sentiments that are driving this whole argument for you? >> so i be flabbergasted or flattered. i -- i am nobody. i have no power over anything. and all that i did, you know, was i found some tweets. >> you have here all minorities have faced systemic racism in this country, yet, some minority groups are outperforming white studenstuden academically while other students or not. this indicates that systemic racism does not have a consistent or causal effect on academic performance. do you see how that message could be offensive to some? >> in what sense? >> reporter: o

at the time it cited a lack of diversity and pervasive systemic racism at lowell as the reasons. the chronicle reports the lawsuit filed yesterday urges the board to overturn that decision. attorneys for the plaintiffs say it is about improving education for all people, not excluding others pick him the lawsuit argues the board failed to properly list the resolution and their agenda and give the public enough time to review it before the vote. >>> now the road to recovery, six flags is hanging up the help wanted sign, running an online hiring fairport is every kingdom in vallejo, and in concord. now hiring for all sorts of positions from food-service to write operations and being a lifeguard there. both the full and part-time jobs available. it runs through next sunday. >>> did you feel it? the stands are still shaking in san jose because the earthquake season opener win against fc dallas happens today. they welcomed back fans to the newly renamed paypal park in san jose and unlike the sharks, warriors and giants, they are not requiring proof of vaccination or even a negative tes

as that noble bard of yesterday, james russell lowell, eloquently stated -- "once to every man and nationcrmoment to decide, in the strife of truth and falsehood, for the good or evil side some great cause, god's new messiah, off'ring each the bloom or blight, and the choice goes by forever twixt that darkness and that light. though the cause of evil prosper, yet 'tis truth alone is strong though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the throne be wrong yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown, standeth god within the shadow keeping watch above his own." and if we will only make the right choice, we will be able to transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of pee. if we will make the right choice, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. if we will but make the right choice, we will be able to speed up the day, all over america and all over the world, when justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. amy: that is dr. mark luther king delivering his speech on

and then simon lowell witnessed a brutal assault on asian women.those are just a few of the examples in my district. we need to do everything we can to address crime and violence whenever it occurs. and right now the asian community is rightly terrified, and their city needs to protect them from harm. and we need to do everything that we can. i was watching this morning on television, president biden talk about what he was going to do about the plague of gun violence, and very emotional in terms of someone finally stepping up and saying what they're going to do to address this. and what he said, too, it is his job as the president to protect people in this country. and as, you know, i knew we would be entering into this hearing today, i thought as legislators, the 11 of us on the board of supervisors, it is our job to protect everybody in the city. and it is our job to confront what is happening to the asian-american community. i know we all stand together to deliver on that promise and to provide peace of mind and safety, and to do everything that

he fathered nine children who had the wisdom to marry into wealthy families, the lowell's, lodges, cabinets, -- cavetts. the american revolution temporarily halted the flow of ulster immigration to america and it picked up again after 1783, with most going further south to philadelphia and the carolinas. napoleonic wars from 1800 to 1815 reduced the incentive for immigration among the agricultural classes of monster. -- of munster. the demand for agricultural products dropped in wages declined. the spreading cultivation of the potato for the major food source postpone massive outflows of immigrants until the 1840's. the potato was the principal food source for one third of the irish population, or about 3 million people. 10 to 14 pounds of potato per day plus a cup of two or buttermilk supplied all the nutritional needs for an average laborer. it was noted by many europeans that irish laboring men were the tallest and most fit of any of their brothers in europe. the precarious nature of the potato culture became apparent when a fungus with no known antidote struck in september of 1845 and r

it is being sued over its admissions policy at the elite lowell high school. according to the san francisco chronicle, this stems from the school board's decision to end its merits baed admissions system to get into the school. the lawsuit claims the school board violated the brown act, which is the state's open meeting law. it argues the board did not properly lift the resolution and the agenda ahead of its vote nor give equal time to both sides during public comment. it is just shy of 7:09 and we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, another celebrity governor, caitlyn jenner is throwing her hat into the ring. the olympian and reality tv star wants to challenge governor gavin newsom. could she win? political experts weigh in, next. >>> welcome back. it is 7:11 on your saturday morning. cloudy skies and rain is expected later this weekend, as we bid farewell to april and hope to get out of this drought. every little bit helps. vianey arana details when the rain will be coming in your microclimate forecast in about five minutes. but first, a b

against san francisco unified schools now challenging the district's decision to change the admissions lowell high school recently board members change the admissions process from a merit-based to a lottery drawing behind the lawsuit says it's less about the process. but more about the public not having input on that decision. this is the second lawsuit challenging the district's decision. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> the school board says it changed the lol to increase diversity among students. so far the district has not commented on this latest lawsuit. >> happening tomorro

francisco unified school district in this one is over their attempts to change the admissions process at lowell tphigh school. one of the attorneys suing the school board says this lawsuit is less about the admissions process and more about the fact that no member of the public was involved in the decision. >> he says it's not the first time that this sort of thing has happened with the school board. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> the school board says they changed the admissions process at all to try and increase diversity but have not commented on this lawsuit directly. >> happe

this one over the board's change in the admission process at lowell high school. so the board decided to end merit-based admissions because of lack of diversity at the school. well, one of the attorneys suing the school board says their lawsuit has less to do with the admissions process and more to do with the fact that no member of the public was involved in this decision. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just uniladerally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> and the school board says again, they change the admission process that little to increase diversity. >> and the north bay of fairfield family wants

filed against the san francisco school board for their attempts to and merit based admissions at lowell high school. the lawsuit was filed yesterday and says that the board failed to properly list. the idea on their latest agenda and provide equal time for both sides to discuss the lawsuit names. the district and the superintendent vincent matthews, the board decided to end merit based admissions after noting the lack of diversity at will as well as the pervasive and systematic racism. they say inside of the school. and now to our 4 zone forecast and what is turning out to be a soaker of a sunday. let's get the timing of this storm with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez she's tracking the rain tonight. yeah. and we're tracking a sneak peek of those light showers making for misty conditions right now. >> throughout parts of the san francisco peninsula specifically for downtown san francisco slick roads and also poor visibility along the coastline, even extending into the east bay shoreline sled zoom on in on radar for and we are tracking some light rain developing after the storm off t

the board's change in the admission process at lowell high school. the board decided to end merit-based admissions because of the lack of diversity at the school. one of the attorneys suing the school board says the lawsuit is less about the admissions process and more about the fact that no member of the public was involved in the decision-making. >> it's very it's really analogous to what else another important decision that the school district did an improper way and that was renaming all the schools throughout the city which a judge threw out because they didn't give the public proper notice of what they were doing. they didn't go through a hero, correct process. instead they just unilaterally made a decision. so it just like with the renaming they're going to they have to go back to the drawing board. we're really saying the same thing should happen with the admissions process at all. >> the school board says they changed the admission process at little to increase diversity. >> time now is 5.11. and still ahead on this monday morning, president

actively trying to deal with the situation and that is to divert our attention from the fact that lowell floyd was on the ground wasn't doing anything which is resistant that the crowd that they keep talking about was their defense keeps him in a crowd was no more than if you look at the video and listen to the witnesses 12 people maybe 15 people and as lieutenant zimmerman said they weren't doing anything to attack anyone so we have to keep our as our what the shopman was doing and the situation that floyd was in and not be distracted by all of these other arguments but we don't know whether anybody on the jury will inspect false one. all right thank you very much for joining us mary frances berry thank you. at least 54 people have died in taiwan's worst rail disaster on man truck rolled on to the track just as a train was approaching a tunnel in the east of the island ili 500 people wrong or did many survivors had to climb out of the wreckage the accident happened at the start of the ching main festival which is when people were tons of our ancestral villages to clean the graves of the