abc7 news education reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> let's face it, lunchtime can be lonelyor some kids. >> if i sit alone i'm going to feel all sad because -- 'cuz like i can't -- i don't have no one to sit with. >> and that feeling of not fitting in can be stressful. >> they go with other people and i just stay in the room with my other friends and then i feel different. >> does that hurt? >> kind of. >> i feel angry at them. >> but those things don't happy -- happen anymore at davidson middle school in ran rafael. the white and orange wristband symbolizes inclusion. >> you see someone sitting alone and you go and say, hey, do you want to eat with me? >> this was started by an organization called beyond differences. her daughter had a medical condition and it affected the way her classmates treated her. i tees them and say it's like occupy middle school. go back and do the most positive thing you can think of doing, change the culture. >> the no one eats alone initiative has several trained team leaders monitoring the lunch hour. they are the ones in the back t-shirts. >>

abc7 news education reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> let's face it, lunchtime can be lonelyo feel all sad because -- 'cuz like i can't -- i don't have known to sit with. >> and that feeling of not fitting in can be stressful. >> they go with other people and i just stay in the room with my other friends and then i feel different. >> does that hurt? >> kind of. >> i feel angry at them. >> but those things don't happy anymore at davidson middle school in ran rafael. the white and orange wristband symbolizes inclusion. >> you see someone sitting alone and you go and say, hey, do you want to eat with me. >> this was started by an organize called beyond differences. her daughter had a condition and it affected the way her classmates treated her. i said it's like occupy middle school. go back and do the most positive thing you can think of doing, change the culture. >> the known eats alone initiative has several team leaders monitoring the lunch hour. they are the ones in the back t-shirts. >> to make sure all the kids are involved and no one is eating alone or feeling socially is

. >> cheryl: that was lyanne melendez reporting. joining us is what is being done to combat bullying. jeanie saunders, safety manager for the alameda county office of education. i just want to start quickly. you were bullied yourself? >> i was. it goes back to that experience, i can still think of the words that the students used to bully me. i talk with other adults. >> cheryl: so it lasts a long time? >> it does. >> cheryl: you are committed to this issue. what are school administrators doing? >> school administrators start by creating policies. having clear and consistent policies and procedures for bullying. it's really the best way to start the conversation. you have to have students understand what the school's stance is on bullying. to talk about bullying and students know what to do when they are bullied and they know how to report. >> cheryl: how do teachers identify bullying? how does that work? >> teachers need to be trained to identify bullying. i think sometimes people think bullying is just teasing go and rite of passa

abc7 news education reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> let's face it, lunchtime can be lonelyalone i'm going to feel all sad because, like i can't -- i don't have no one to sit with. >> and that feeling of not fitting in can be stressful. >> they go with other people and i just stay in the room with my other friends and then i feel different. >> does that hurt? >> kind of. >> i feel angry at them. >> but those things don't happy -- happen anymore at davidson middle school in san rafael. the white and orange wristband symbolizes inclusion. >> you see someone sitting alone and you go and say, hey, do you want to eat with me? >> this was started by an organization called beyond differences. her late daughter had a medical condition and it affected the way her classmates treated her. i said it's like occupy middle school. go back and do the most positive thing you can think of doing change the culture. >> the no one eats alone initiative has several trained team leaders monitoring the lunch hour. they are the ones in the back t-shirts. >> to make sure all the kids are involved and

. >> cheryl: that was lyanne melendez reporting.ning us is what is being done to combat bullying. jeanie saunders, safety manager for the alameda county office of education. i just want to start quickly. you were bullied yourself? >> i was. it goes back to that experience, i can still think of the words that the students used to bully me. i talk with other adults. >> cheryl: so it lasts a long time? >> it does. >> cheryl: you are committed to this issue. what are school administrators doing? >> school administrators start by creating policies. having clear and consistent policies and procedures for bullying. it's really the best way to start the conversation. you have to have students understand what the school's stance is on bullying. to talk about bullying and studentsnow what to do when they are bullied and they know how to report. >> cheryl: how do teachers identify bullying? how does that work? >> teachers need to be trained to identify bullying. i think sometimes people think bullying is just teasing go and rite of passage and

abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez has their story. >> she arrived at uc berkeley from her native kenya more than a month ago. >> it is not a golden opportunity. >> that was made possible thanks to an education initiative sponsored by the mastercard foundation. >> do you want us to do that first and then give it back to you? >> the 21-year-old is one of many academically talented students enrolled in the program living in developing countries who would never be able to afford this level of education. >> they have demonstrated a commitment to giving back to their communities, to their neighbors and to their countries and their cities. >> cabel is here to study engineering. she will take that knowledge with her back to her country. she says there are places without adequate roads. her village lacks the proper water supply system. >> people go hungry. there has to be a way of building or doing something. >> in all, nine universities worldwide are participating in this program. six are here in the u.s. the cost to educate and host each of these students at cal is more than $50,000 a year. n

abc 7 news lyanne melendez joins us live with more. >> this is the report released today. four pages. in it police chief says yes, there was misconduct. those office withers will be held accountable for their actions. now, in the report, 40 officers did not follow police procedures or use excessive force during four occupy related demonstrations including one where a bean bag was fired and hit an iraq war veteran scott olsen. here is what chief howard jordan had to say. the vast majority did what they're asked to do and conducted themselves appropriately but those who did not adhere to policy are being held accountable for their actions. here is deputy chief sean wents. >> we take it seriously. we investigate it. where we are wrong we'll hold officers accountable. we want people to

abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez has their story. >> she arrived at uc berkeley from her native kenya more than a month ago. >> it is not a golden opportunity. >> that was made possible thanks to an education initiative sponsored by the mastercard foundation. >> do you want us to do that first and then give it back to you? >> the 21-year-old is one of many academically talented students enrolled in the program living in developing countries who would never be able to afford this level of education. >> they have demonstrated a commitment to giving back to their communities, to their neighbors and to their countries and their cities. >> cabel is here to study engineering. she will take that knowledge with her back to her country. she says there are places without adequate roads. her village lacks the proper water supply system. >> people go hungry. there has to be a way of building or doing something. >> in all, nine universities worldwide are participating in this program. six are here in the u.s. the cost to educate and host each of these students at cal is more than $50,000 a year. n

. >> in san francisco lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> today in san francisco's china town people will get the chance to become familiar with free services on public safety, consumer fraud, healthcare, house, a whole variety of legal resources. it's the eighth annual china town resource fair. all the services will be explained in person from 11 this morning until 2 this afternoon. the cost is just right. it's free. a variety of public and private safety organizations take part to make the city safer for everybody. the event take place at the ports smith square clubhouse. it's in china town. coming up next, an event at san francisco general hospital is morning just a cooking class. the celebrity chef shows how you can make healthy living a priority for your family. let's take a look at north carolina beach. not a lot of action there right now, but hurricane sandy passing up there. the threat, of course of course is not so much the hurricane sandy, it's what hurricane sandy is going to run into when it gets up toward delaware. more from lisa argen on that and [ male announcer ] this is t