report about the decision to change the burnett campus to the havard school because as we learned peter burnett, the first governor of california, has been very -- has some very racist policies, including extermination of native people. so they welcomed that news. i just wanted to share that the cam county of science haas has some upcoming free day -- the california county of science has some upcoming free days. may 13, 14 and 15 will be free for families in zip codes 94127, 94131 and 9413 and families can look that up on the academy of science website. president mendoza: thank you. i attended the district four, district seven budget town hall. i'm not attending fun stuff like you guys. but it's been really great that the mayor and supervisors have been including the school district in that discussion and i know that others have been going to the district meetings and there are a couple more left and then we also attended their rec and park egg hunt that they had for 4,500 students and many of our students actually performed onstage as part of the entertainment. and we got to be part of the rib

the problem, peter burnett supported laws that discriminated against blacks, asians and native americans. today the school was stripped of its name. it's now named after the city's first female african-american principal, leola havard. but while the name has changed in san francisco, the name of the former governor still appears on schools in san jose and sacramento. >>> coming up a man takes off in a cop car. why it was so easy for him to steal. >> then fears of a fuel spill after a barge tips over in the south bay. how a hazardous materials crew is responding. >>> and a way to avoid the speed traps. drivers are giving others a heads up so you can avoid getting a ticket. ,,,,,,,, it happened in golden gate park . >>> a couple of cops became victims of car theft in san francisco while they were on the job. it happened in golden gate park. joe vazquez on how the thieves stole the car and how a citizen worked to help police find it. [ pause ] >> reporter: you know hippie hill in golden gate gate market. usually there's a drum circle here. but today it's a sitar. yesterday around 4:00 two o

the burnett child development star named after former governor peter burnett will be called the lee hoe a a vard early development school. the effort to change the flame began when brown read up about burnett's racist polys. ha vard was the city's first african-american principal. >>> both sides are considering their legal option over a piece of land. native-american activists have been camped out for four weeks. the city of vallejo wants to build a park, but the activists say that would desecrate the site. the city says it won't pay for a costly legal fight and the activists say they're not leaving. >>> this morning caltrans crews are preparing for major work on the enough eastern span of the bay bridge. here is a live look at the span. in about two hours crew also place a 500 ton cable saddle on the suspension spafnlt the suspension cable will be thread through the cable saddle. work gets underway at 10:00 a.m. it's set to open in 2013. >>> california's high speed rail project could have a big effect on interstate 280 in san francisco. the examiner reports mart of the freeway could be

burnett did something similar. but they did it quietly and without fanfare. they dropped peter because they say burnett was a racist and they say that didn't fit with the diverse school. >> we didn't think it was right to name our school after a racist man if everyone here is different. >> we've had lots and lots of families go through here, i have parents all the time telling me they've promoted from here. and so we fell that the community would like to keep the name at least part of the name so that we keep with the tradition of the school. >> the burnett students dropped the name after getting the approval of the board. >>> tomorrow could be the end of the world. that's if you believe a christian radio host who's family radio network is based in oakland. his prediction has been posted on giant billboards around the world. but he's been wrong before. ktvu's paul chamber joins us now. he's been talking to bay area residents to get their take on the doomsday prediction. >> reporter: julie i've been trying to contact harold all day long. we went by his radio station, it's closed