this is linked to gloria romero's open enrollment act, cheryl. >> reporter: that's true. that list of 1,000 underperforming school is out although it is preliminary. if your school is not on that list, your school could soon become very crowded. tim taoman and his wife have two daughters. one is about to enrolled into the san francisco public school system. >> i was horrified just seeing kind of what's left there and going this is cut and this is cut and this is how much the pt has to raise. >> reporter: now the state board of education is in the process of releasing a list of 1,000 schools it feels are underperforming. what that means is that parents who have children in those schools can transfer them to a better school. >> when you call something an emergency, in this case it looks like they're trying to get people riled up. the real emergency is there's a lack of funding for schools. >> reporter: the california pta challenged the move saying the districts are not prepared to implement the new legislation. >> we think this is a process that has some potential good for

before he was 10, the romero family took flight to the williams burg section of brooklyn because of the numbered streets such as south 6th and south 7th which carried their direction. in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. this haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect

romero while brad lidge warms up. m montero, high chopper to short.es loaded for the big fella, ryan howard. uh-oh. he was 0 for 5 with 2 strikeouts. we go to the bottom of the 11th. two on, one out. tied at 2-2. phillies walk it off, 3-2. they've won eight in a row. >>> that's a look at your sports highlights. for espn news, i'm steve weissman. back to you in new york. >>> a south florida clerk targeted by a gunman said her faith made the suspect leave that store empty-handed. surveillance video released by the broward county sheriff's department captured the drama as it unfolded. >> it shows the robber crumbling after the christian clerk talked to him about her faith in jesus. she calls it divine intervention. d face armed robbery charges if he is caught. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following on this friday morning. including the latest on the economy. is it going in the wrong direction? >>> and deciding the fate of a grizzly bear and her cubs. >>> now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this friday. police are braced for more pr

state senator gloria romero's office is calling for an investigation. >> they launched a lawsuit againststate of california for inadd inadequately funding schools. and yet they continue to suck their dues from school district is like it is cool aide. and that is a troashs. -- a trow shoes. >> they allow employees to use the company credit cards for personal use. nannette miranda, abc7 news. >> tonight, he said he will leave in september and said, quote, the executive committee did not authorize my use of a corporate credit card to obtain cash advances at casinos, and i'm sorry to have created that impression, end quote. >>> the top three officials of a small los angeles suburb of bell have stepped down following intense public outrage over their high salaries. the police chief, city manager and the assistant city manager earned a combined $1.5 million. the city manager was taking in nearly $800,000, almost twice what president obama makes. citizens are going after their part-time city council people as well who make $100,000 a year. again, they are part-time. >>> we want to update you on