i'm robert handa. we explore many facets of cultural heritage today. we have talked about the aarp documentary that made its debut this summer, care giving the circle of love, which urges chinese american families to prepare to care. a journalist in the documentary will join us here, richard lui of nbc and msnbc provides insight into the social and for him personal issue. then one of our favorite traditions not just the annual lantern festival but having children here to talk about the community event. then an interview with author janice lee who we got to visit with during a trip to califor a california. her first novel spent 19 weeks on "the new york times" best seller list. we will wrap up with a community calendar of big upcoming events. >>> we have heard that one way to judge a community, if not the measure of receivizaticivilizat see how it treats its elders. care giving is ever evolving. a journalist is a very appropriate guide in a documentary that tries to explore that multi-layered subject. joining me is richard lui, a well-known and respecte

nbc bay area's robert handa joins us from santa cruz. robert, do we know if it is a sick prank or something else? >> reporter: we're not really sure. three are confirmed shot and ultimately killed. an investigation is under way right now on a fourth sea otter found dead to see if it was also possibly shot and killed like the others. sea otters swim seemingly without any cares at moss landing, but that apparently changes when some leave the area. the california department of fish and wildlife reports three southern sea otters were shot and a fourth was possibly shot and washed up on to santa cruz county between august 12-20. kim steinhart is a marine photographer and lecturer. >> what happens with the sea otters tells us what is going on with the local ocean environment. for us to pay attention to sea otters is to pay attention to what is important to us. >> reporter: what is your reaction to hearing about the shootings? >> it is appalling to me. it happens every now and then. i understand there's a rash of shootings now. i can't fathom h

nbc bay area's robert handa is at city hall for us. onbert, it is beyond politics. it is all about public safety at this point. what are the details? >> reporter: that's right. we reported it was just yesterday that the city, the police department and the police union met for the first time, and now the city council has already been taking the emergency strategy behind closed doors and discussing it with police chief eddie garcia, and the first official step was taken to try to get it to a public meeting and vote. it was very quiet at today's public city council meeting. the intense action took place in private. the council needed to city if it wants to give police chief eddie garcia emergency powers and circumvent state law to make drastic changes to staff such as shifting supervisors and more detectives into patrol units. with new shifts set to the start september 1st, the department is 87 officers short of the 500 cops needed for patrol. the council, we're told, will put the emergency action before a rules committee wednesday in order for the council to have a pu

i'm robert handa live in san jose. how the strike affected cases from a murder trial all the way down to traffic court. >>>ranieri. a little bit of fog moving in across the bay to richmond. we're tracking a cooler forecast for tomorrow. i'll have details in just a few minutes. a massive strike by court clerks in the south bay began today, >>> chaos at the courthouse. a massive strike by court clerks in the south bay began today causing confusion and delays. nbc bay area's robert handa first broke details about the strike last week. he's live at the san jose hall of justice with more. robert, this sayfecti affecting people, to those trying to pay of a traffic ticket to those in a high-profile trial. >> reporter: the court workers' union reports 310 of its 380 members signed up to protest this morning and very few crossed the picket line which meant a very loud demonstration outside and scrambling inside. >> no justice! no peace! >> reporter: the picket line of striking court workers made for a hectic day at santa clara

live in san francisco, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> robert, thank you. >>> in the south bay now, thes former mayor of campbell has been arrested for domestic violence. jeffrey cristina is currently a city councilman in campbell. police say his fiancee showed up at the campbell pd just before 3:00 a.m. yesterday. she told officers she was in a domestic dispute and councilman cristina blocked her from calling 911. he posted bail yesterday afternoon. >>> a new climate change bill is one step closer to becoming law. governor jerry brown praised the bill today calling it the passing of a milestone. it calls for more reductions to greenhouse gas emissions. the goal is to drop emissions to nearly half of what they were in 1990. assembly passed that bill yesterday. the senate is expected to clear it as well. the governor says he will sign it once it hits his desk. >>> jeff ranieri with us now. about the nicest stretch of summer that i can recall. i don't think anyone is complaining about the 70s and 80s. >> perfect. >> we've had repeatedly over the past couple of weeks. it really has be

i'm robert handa live in san jose.oming up the late st on the bay that somehow survived and how it's doing now. >>> good evening, i'm mom meteorologist jeff ranieri. hot temperatures inland tomorrow. brings us a spare the air alert. details on how warm it's going to get and when we'll get a little bit of relief coming up in just a few minutes. surrounding a horrific early morning traffic accident in the >>> a lot of questions tonight surrounding a horrific early morning traffic accident in the south bay. a pregnant teenager was killed. tonight we're hearing her baby is still alive. nbc bay area's robert handa broke the story earlier for us today and joins us this evening in san jose with the very latest. robert? >> reporter: well, raj, we're here at valley medical center where the young pregnant woman was brought in shortly after the accident and died. sources tell me the baby is now listed in critical condition and sounded more optimistic about the baby's survival since our 5:00 report. they did not disclose the baby'

robert handa who broke the story with who could be impacted by the strike. robert? >> reporter: janelle, we're here at the santa clara county court building. in a way the building played a big part in the strike action. man union members were upset on so much money was spent on a new luxurious building rather than their wages. this new building and just about every court facility in the south bay will soon be missing a lot of people starting wednesday. today's protest by the superior court professional employees association was a last-ditch attempt to revive contract talks but union leaders say judges didn't respond. the union reigns about 380 workers, including court clerks, technology techs and janitors. many will strike starting wednesday and it will cause delays for people in family court, traffic court, small claims and paperwork needed to process gun purchases, writs and assistance for domestic violence victims. union leaders point out top perk salaries top out at $56,000. a year. once the strike starts, they'll be earning nothing to make a point. >> to be abl

i'm robert handa live in san jose. why some say the relief for problems is on the way on the november ballot. >> happening now, a dog goes back to work after being stabbed last month. shana was taken down after trying to bring down a hit and run suspect. see our daily feature called five to watch. it gives you the low down on the most popular events of the day. >>> we have more news after this commercial break. >>> new at of 6:00, san jose is about to put the hands of their police department in the hand of voters. >> from the san jose police department, robert, this is a big day for the sjpd. >> that's right. measure b was supposed to do a lot of things but the main impact that everybody sees is the severe staffing problem for the san jose police department. now today all of the former political enemies are together on a new proposal that supposedly will prepare damage but needs to be sold to voters. >> today's san jose police appealed ought public for help on a string of shootings and occupy vehicles on blossom hill r

robert handa broke the story on twitter and joins us from city hall. robert, what is the immediate impact? >> reporter: no one is saying giving the chief this authority will solve the crisis, but the 10-1 vote caps a long struggle to come up with a short-term solution. andy garcia is using statistics as he pleads to council, but bottom line he doesn't have enough officers on patrol. the chief, flanked by other top cops, asked for a determination of emergency to get around state law and give them the power to assign cops to patrol units, including many detectives and supervisors. gar see you needs to redeploy 47 cops, not to solve the problem but to make overtime adjustments manageable. >> to keep my officers safe and reduce, you know, quite frankly some of the fatigue and also keep our community safe, that we needed to do this and needed to do it quickly. >> reporter: the chief got support from many residents who said they don't feel safe, and a crucial endorsement from san jose poa, the police union. >> what number of officers does our department have

nbc bay area's robert handa broke the story on twitter hall. he is live at city hall. robert. >> reporter: well, that's right. the police department, the police union and the city officials have just met. in fact, they were with meeting for about two hours, and that meeting just ended. some of the representatives came out and expressed optimism. it was by most accounts a productive meeting at city hall, tempered by the vast staffing problems ahead. >> the chief's office, the city manager and us will work collaboratively through the next couple of days in order to restore staffing as fast as we can. >> reporter: everyone involve in trying to solve san jose shortage of cops agree at least 500 full-duty officers are needed to staff the patrol division. as the department heads into its september rotation shift of officers, only 413 are available. nbc bay area penned this letter from the city sent to the poa which says the gap will have to be covered by redeploying 47 officers from other assignments back to patrol, which means tough, unpopular decisions by the chief. >> it w

nbc bay area's robert handa broke the story on twitter -- and joins us now from city hall. robert -- what's the immediate impact? raj/vo residents are able to go back to consid her leon swan . >>> more americans watch nbc news than any other news organization. >>> a state of emergency, the move that san jose city leaders just made to help the police officer put more officers on the streets. the news at 6:00 starts now. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm raj mathai. the police chief took his case to city hall and within the past hour got the green light. the san jose city council vote 10d-10-1 to answer the plea of the police.

i'm robert handa. today, the olympics, olympic hopefuls. we start with the santa clara aqua maids. they are filled with talented athletes as well as possible future olympians. then a well respected woman's water polo coach will talk about his new book and the olympics. then we break from the olympics to talk about a parade and festival for the filipino american community, the largest celebration of its kind on the west coast. profiles of two current olympic athletes in rio starting with a table tennis champion and a stanford student, number one ranked foil fencer in the world. he is in rio along with his dad, a three-time olympian himself who is his coach. i used to live near the international swim center. the aqua maids practice there. i got a look at how hard it is to make synchronized swimming look to effortless. joining me is a familiar face. i saw her at a gymnast on my daughter's former gymnastic tim. i wasn't surprised to see she was here as an up and comer. also here is rachel, a member of the aqua maids and the usa junior national team. and we welcome oleo, a silver medall

as ktvu robert handa reports that the criminal investigation is now underway. >> reporter: almost 400 students have fled through the high school since june. and if enrolled in regular public schools. >> in this district at least in the last two decades that we have never seen an increase like this in a short period of time. >> reporter: they say that while the influx might be unprecedented that they have the space to absorb -- observe the children. but the district is concerned about what's going on here in the livermore charter schools and the prep schools to make the parents take their kids out of those schools. the company that operateds the schools, they are facing the criminal probe. amid allegations of transferring those students to the out of town campus and their mismanagement including failing to pay their retirement benefits. >> and that is a concern for those people and that it is at risk for retirement. that's one issue. but there's a number of those local vendors that have unpaid bills. >> reporter: they have lost their appeal to get it back. but they did not return our c

nbc bay area's robert handa joins with us the latest. >> reporter: it didn't start out looking like a day for the strike to end. the employees association members took their anger to the street and the new court building after contract talks conducted by a mediator fell apart last night after a single day. >> united. we'll never be divided. >> reporter: but nbc bay area broke the story that the union and the court management quietly decided to resume talks this morning and by the afternoon had worked out a tentative agreement. >> if these clerks could come back to court starting next week, that would be wonderful for all of my members and, frankly, everyone involve with the court system in this county. >> reporter: management had offered a two-year contract with a 9 1/2% raise in stages but no raise in the second year. we're told a new offer will be for 18 months and move up the timetable of the first raise then take some expected 2017 state funds for another 2.5% raise which could actually go up or down depending on how much state money is available. >> it re

robert handa has information on the contingency plan. >> that's right. this strike will impact just about every court facility here in the south bay and here at the main hall of justice in san jose on west heading street. the 380 member union is planning a work stoppage and picket line. >> jean is in a legal fight over a fore. he had to file paperwork with the court clerk. >> the clerks will be on strike. >> what do you think will happen. >> i probably will have a longer wait tomorrow. >> there is no doubt the strike over wages and staffing will delay court business at every level. >> and you may see the remaining court clerks or the supervisors have to go over to criminal to stop the gap problem there and all of the traffic and family type cases, all of which are extremely important to the citizens will be put on hold. >> reporter: court management acknowledged that in the contingency plan. court offices will be closed in morgan hill. palo alto and sunnyvale are limited offices for the hall of justice and the criminal proceeds. the old courthouse in san

robert handa takes a look at the bill and the cost. >> reporter: november 13, 2015 a tour bus struck cyclist near union square, creaming into a construction barricade, striking 12 other vehicles before coming to a stop two blocks away. >> it would feel like they were turning down with a u tour bus running over somebody. >> reporter: these buses are picking up the passengers this afternoon. and just some of the approximate $30 -- the approximate 30,000 tour buses. they were able to show you 20% of them and that they would assume that they would save. >> a big concern. but it is not the same. >> it is not just the safety. >> reporter: but on wednesday they would say that they stood on the steps of the city hall here today, urging the state lawmakers to pass the tour bus safety bill. the proposal would allow them to hire the chp to inspect the tour buses on the street. >> with more inspections, that i think that they would help them. >> the assemblyman said that if all goes well that they could go back to january and that it will be up to the city to make sure they would have money for

robert handa is live to show us how the problems are mounting. >> reporter: it seems to be that both sides are gambling this week as the strike enters its second week. so far, the strike has caused mainly inconvenience. but some looming court problems can't be pushed down the road. the striking court workers came out strong today, returning to the hall of justice in san jose and shutting down the clerks' offices there. the strike led to more court cases being pushed down the line, including a high profile murder trial. the trial phase started last week only to be delayed until today and now it has been moved to august 17. >> it's frustration, even though it looks like we're patient. we' we're still frustrated with the whole thing. is ki this is adding to the frustration. >> reporter: attorneys talk about confusion. >> i had four defendants on my calendar. none of them were brought over to court. so all of those arraignments had to be put over to thursday, which for i think all of them is the tenth day or else they get out of custody. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says it transpor

. >> reporter: well, that was robert handa reporting. the court workers will vote on this tentative deal at a meeting on sunday. if it all goes according to plan and they vote it through, they'll have a tentative agreement and they can go back to work on monday. >>> now, to a developing story in san francisco. a mother is in the hospital in critical condition after a large tree limb snapped and fell about 60 feet landing on her head. it happened in the children's play area at washington square park in north beach around 3:00 this afternoon. the 36-year-old woman was watching her two children play when the limb hit her. police say she suffered a serious head injury. tonight arborists are looking at the evergreen tree. they say it appears to be in good health. and a spokesperson says it was last assessed in 2010 and found it to be healthy. >>> his high flying lifestyle might be grounded. the controversial tech mogul has been sentenced to one year in jail. this stems from a domestic violence case in which police say he beat his girlfriend m

live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> we are in the home stretch, just two more days until olympic eam to a close. tonight, a victory party from danville to rio. they have the golden touch. danville's maggie steffans to a thld medal. roversy.t italy today. swimmeback-to-back gos gold from this team. we will hear from them later in ilianews cast. >> new developments in the ryan lochte controversial. james sieger got his passport back from authorities and is on is way back. as for ryan lochte apparently not enough. il critics say his apology was half hearted. people are lashing out on his hestagram account where he posted that apology. skod budman continues us with the latest details. >> this thing won't stop, janell and raj. we have the latest, ryan lochte left sing an apology over social media, and it got a lot of attention. the u.s. olympic committee apologized to rio, and the other swimmers involved with lochte left rio for home. eere is why some say his apology isn't enough. >> reporter: ryan lochte posted his apology on instagram and sent it out via twitter. the s

robert handa is -- rob roth is in cleveland explaning what happened. >> when we first came down herey about a search and rescue of the little alligator, but that wasn't the case. a hiker saw this four-foot alligator in alameda creek yesterday, they snapped a picture and notified authorities. california fish and wildlife officers couldn't find it yesterday, but they came back this morning to look again. >> we were just going to go out to try to confirm if it is or not an alligator in the alameda creek. >> hikers say that having an alligator nearby is a scary proposition. afterall a 2-year-old boy was killed by a much larger alligator at disney world in june. >> it could be provoked if you see somebody running by or walking by. it's not just the humans in danger, but the animal itself that is in danger. >> reporter: they found the alligator this morning setting itself on a rock. they ruled out trying to capture it. >> we heard a shot go off and that is when we needed to turn it around. >> we shot it and euthanized it. >> reporter: they put it in the cage and carded it off. neighborswer

i'm robert handa. we feature some talented folks on our program today. we start with the winner of the steve silver foundation and beach blanket babylon dance winner. we will talk dance, career and headware. next we went on the road to visit chef srijith gopinathan. if you know about culinary awards, he earned a mitch lynn star for campton place in frsan francisco for six years in a row. then the grant program for non-profits, 21st century solutions. >>> there is one original theatrical show i try to catch every year. beach blanket babylon is one of the true san francisco experiences everyone should catch. started by steve silver, it's a pleasure to have a young woman who has been picked as the dance winner of the steve silver foundation and beach babylon foundation for the arts. that's mari kojima who won after performing in front of judges. she's headed to uc san diego. but she's here with us now. welcome. >> hi. thank you. >> first let's talk about this scholarship win. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> what did you have to do to win? weauditi