i think it brings a sense of renewed rivalries back between san jose state and fresno state. san jose state and san diego state, being now a conference game instead of a non-conference game." the spartans' first game will take place at spartan stadium on thursday, august 29th against the sac state bees. and that will do it for sports. back to you. that'll do it for now. be sure to check us out on facebook by searching 's-j-s-u update news.' thanks for watching and we'll see you next week.

i'm here at spx 79 the san jose state indoor pool, and i'm wearing a buoyancy compensator device. this equipment allows the scuba divers to breathe under water, at the san jose state scuba diving class, i'm tracy hinson update news." san jose state basketball is looking to bounce back...in more ways than one...from a disappointing season. find out how when we come back. but first we asked students whether we need the associated students. ">>>i fooled my mom pretty good, though. i told her i wet my bed when i woke up and she fell for it, and i said "aw, no, april fools." i asked my friend out. and then i-when she looked at me, i was like, "april fools." my friend asked me to be his girlfriend and it was really awkward. and then he's like "april fools!" and i was like "yes!" i woke up in the morning-well they're really strict with me about my car and like, miles and everything, and they're always telling me "lock your windows, lock your car," blah blah blah. and i woke up, was leaving to come back to san jose, and my car wasn't there, so i started freaking out, called my parents and

in san jose, i'm megan rodriguez...update news." san jose state's mens baseball team came within one inning of defeating number 25 ranked stanford on tuesday. the spartans made it a close game with the score tied seven to seven in the ninth inning before the cardinal pulled away with three more runs. s-j-s-u could not recover ">>>"we had our opportunity late in the game, and early in the game we just gave up, we gave them too many runs."" infielder jacob valdez's three earned runs led an inspired effort from the spartans, despite the loss. after this game the spartans are 5 and 4 in the western athletic conference and are tied for second place. the spartans softball team is in a tight race for the wac conference title. coach peter turner says their most recent loss to stanford does nothing to affect that. stanford won by a score of 7-1. the cardinal scored at least one run in their first five innings and starting pitcher teagan gerhart threw 5 shutout innings, five hits, and oone strike out. the spartans only run of the game came in the fifth inning

gonzales lets us know whaty students at san jose state are saying. ">>>before students at san jose state university get ready to close their books and say hello to summer... they must first fill out teacher evaluations. these evaluations are required at the end of the semester from every student. "the evaluations let me know how i performed, as a professor, throughout the spring course" before this semester students were required to take time out of class and bubble in a worksheet <> but now things have changed... in order for a student evaluate their professor they must log in to their my-s-j-s-u.... after being logged in they will answer a few short questions about their professors "i think its convienient and doesn't waste our time in class... especially when we are so close to finals" but the convenience does not benefit all students "i can barely remember to get all my homework done... what makes you think i will remember to take an evaluation" students have from april 30th to may 13th to complete the evaluation if students do not compl

-- we are specifically funding a journalism partnership here at san jose university and it's very crucial for u.s. interest. >> u.s. state department officer says the program is a lot of impractical information that's not taught. >> have i seen professors get very excited about the course work that they are learning here at sj san jose. have i seen them very excite -- i have seen them very excited over knowledge they have learned in afghanistan. >> the state department is providing them with english language, but eventually take the test of english as a foreign language for entrance to master's degree programs at american universities. >> i have seen incredible leaps and bounds of their english proficiency even in a short amount of time. >> not only the technical knowledge they've gained but many of the pleasant memories and friendships that are built has been transformitive and well be with them for the rest of their lives. >> he's been given the opportunity to help learn video editing. >> they're very eager to learn, that's what's first and foremost what's important. >> she began training journalists more than ten year

so i have the same fundamental issues that coach mac has with san jose state. those in the middle and below, the bottom feeders will go away. a good example of that is today, new mexico state has no idea where they are going in football. this will affect all the programs across the road. i don't disagree with your theory about education. when i got gone with pacific, pretty much, they were told, take care of yourself, see you later. with no scholarship money, i couldn't graduate there. they did not pick up the tab and i agree with that theory alone that there ease a fundamental responsibility of the university to educate the athlete. that is my standpoint. >> that goes back to the professor's statement. i look at them as the exception, not the norm, you look at him, you look at coach mac or turner. i hold a couch accountable as administrator athletics. you bring the kid in and you make sure they graduate. smart players do smart things. there's so surprise sanford is in the rose bowl. so i think it lies on the coach to make sure you graduate in a time frame ther

. >> reporter: a san jose state university -- san jose state university announced they will establish a new center for excellence in adapted and blended education to promote the blended classroom learning model. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> well, authorities in the south bay are investigating the death of a man whose badly burned body was found near a grass fire. it happened in what appears to be a homeless camp along the onramp at coddles. they found this card and turned it over to the chp. investigators are trying to determine if it does belong to the person who died. we have more information about a homicide investigation in east weckd. police say 29-year-old keith harding was fatally shot at a home on 85th avenue. now according to the oakland tribune, it appears there was a marijuana operation going on. 142 plants were found as well as licenses for grow. this is the city's 26th homicide in oakland this year. >>> a ten-time felon has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting death of a former tribune photographer. police say 28-year-old anth

san jose with a look at the pretty remarkable story. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. those students live very close to this women's shelter at a san jose state fraternity house. luck would have it that one of them happens to be an off-duty emt. we want to give you a look at the damage. allen is going to pan out to show you a look at damage. it's on the roof-top patio. it's harder to see now that daylight has dawned. those wood beams are pretty charred up this morning. most of the damage, according to fire officials, is limited to water damage. the top floor is where the fire started. it was just before 6:00 last night when stephen gifford parked his car in front of the fraternity house. he smelled smoke, saw the flames. he grabbed a couple of his fraternity brothers and immediately jumped into action, knocks on doors, yelling to get out. inside, about 40 people, women and children, including 14-year-old sierra harris and her 13-year-old brother. >> do you need help with anything? i was like, what are you talking about? they were like, it's a fire, there's a fire. i was like, really? mom, we've got to get out. there's a fire, there's a fire.

. >> reporter: a san jose state university -- san jose state university announced they will establish a new center for excellence in adapted and blended education to promote the blended classroom learning model. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> well, authorities in the south bay are investigating the death of a man whose badly burned body was found near a grass fire. it happened in what appears to be a homeless camp along the onramp at coddles. they found this card and turned it over to the chp. investigators are trying to determine if it does belong to the person who died. we have more information about a homicide investigation in east weckd. police say 29-year-old keith harding was fatally shot at a home on 85th avenue. now according to the oakland tribune, it appears there was a marijuana operation going on. 142 plants were found as well as licenses for grow. this is the city's 26th homicide in oakland this year. >>> a ten-time felon has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting death of a former tribune photographer. police say 28-year-old anth

. >>> a popular online education program offered at san jose state being expanded. lieutenant governor launched signed a remember rand yum expanding the program. it was developed by harvard and m.i.t.to offer courses at no charge. san jose state plans to add five new online courses in the fall and going to establish a trained staff member to use that system. >> thousands of people in the east bay getting a head start on earth day. earth expo sustainibility fair held today. the focus this year is going green. 80 exhibitors set up booths and eating local sustainable food. earth day is april 20th coming up soon. san jose fal tons in need of help. three peregrine falcons hatched and are now in need of new names. the naming contest is top cliff who live is go to school in san jose. art work is required to enter. for more information go to abc 7 news.com. that will be a fun project. >> yes. >> still to come we want you to meet some new babes >>> coming up at 6:00 new details in the murder of a paramedic in oakland hills. a key piece of evidence now in the hands of police.

. >>> a number of engineering courses offered to students is can expanding at san jose state. they'll offer an online engineering program to students. san jose state will also open up a training facility for faculty. >>> tonight california is taking part in its first powerball draw. at last check the estimated jackpot stood at $60 million. the drawing is set for 7:59 tonight. that's when the powerball people draw five white balls and one powerball. powerball is drawn on wednesday and saturday nights. >>> a middle schoolteacher is on leave after a video surfaced allegedly showing the teacher lashing out a stick like object. it was taken by a middle school student before spring break. the school district did not immediately respond to our request for comment. the superintendent said the district is appear of the concerns. >>> a fight on bart after a man refuses to give up his seat is broken up after a passenger sticks in. the weapon she used to end the assault. >> police said the fight started at 7:30 this morning over a seat. this man, zachary mccabe was spread across two seats

olympic gold medalist and former san jose state sprinter ronny ray smith has died. he attended san jose state during the speed area of the '60s under coach bud winter. he won the 400-meter relay at the 1968 mexico city olympics and made a world record at that event. he died yesterday in los angeles, 64 years old. >>> a san jose firefighter who almost died on the job last year is just hours away from suiting back up and getting back to work for day one. frank ryan had a heart attack while fighting flames at st. patrick's cathedral in downtown san jose in august. his fellow firefighters gave him immediate medical attention saving his life. ryan has been a san jose firefighters for 17 years and a paramedic for 20 years before that. coming up at 5:00, what he has to say about being back on the job >>> a big-time medical change for women taking effect as of today. women getting a routine mammogram will see a big-time difference, not in the actual screening itself but in the information they get following that checkup. a new state law requires doctors doing mammogram scree

. >> san jose state university, you're watching equal time. exploring new issues each week. giving equal time to competing points of view. >> hello from the campus of san jose state university. and welcome to this edition of equal time. i'm your host journalism school director bob ruck. the city of

. >> san jose state university, you're watching equal time. exploring new issues each week. giving equal time to competing points of view. >> hello from the campus of san jose state university. and welcome to this edition of equal time. i'm your host journalism school director bob ruck. the city of san jose is in silican valley. generally considered to be a well to do place. but here are also people who live a very different lifestyle. we're talking people who are transient. you have not wealthy homes, but places to live under bridges or on the banks of creeks. carlos jimenez has our story. >> in san jose, the homeless population is in the thousands. meet one of the people without a home. larry seckfried. after six years of living on the streets without if police department help, larry thinks the police should be doing more. >> i don't think they should stop us because of the way we look and stuff. but i think they should not judge us either. >> for the most part the community understands. they're frustrated, you know we need more officers. but you know what we can only do wh

. >>> a popular online education program offered at san jose state ising expanded. lieutenant governor you was on hand as the san jose state president signed a member ran dumb expanding the ed ex-program at the university and establishing 11 other csu campuses. it was developed by harvard and mit to offer online university level courses in a wide range of disciplines at no charge. >> this fall we intend to introduce three to five additional courses from mit, mike hargrove saturday and uc berkeley across multiple disciplines from from humanities to business. >> under the program announced today, san jose state will establish a is center to train fullbackty members from other campuses interested in offering the online courses. >>> students are doing more than just shaping up. they are actually supplying power to the the campus. 19 elip tick machines are are rigged up to the power grid. every step is converted to energy. the more are people pedal the more electricity they produce. >> for one person a typical 30 minute workout is equal to ten minutes of powering a televi

women and children that lived in a shelter are safe this morning thanks to some young men from san jose state. marla tellez is live with more. >> reporter: san jose state, which made all the difference for the 40 or so people who lived here because of students stephen gifford, what we wanted to show you right away, though, is the damage, pretty limited to the top floor. the third floor patio, that's where the fire started. the wooden beams are charred. they got it pretty good. it all started just before 6:00 last night when stephen gifford just parked his car in front of the kappa sigma fraternity house. snapshot of the flames to give you an idea of how serious this was. gifford is a certified emt, so without hes titation, he grabbea few of his frat brothers and ran into the building, yelling and knocking on doors. he said when it come to his job, his motto is act first, think second. >> make sure everybody was accounted for. nothing stopped me from going in, just making sure that everybody got out and knew that there was actually a fire. >> thanks to stephen gifford, all the women and childr

. >> a popular online education program offered at san jose state is being expanded. the lieutenant governor on hand today as they signed a mem rand yum expanding the program as well as establishing it at 11 other campuses. it was developed by harvard and m.i.t.to offer online courses in a wade range of disciplines at no charge. >> this to introduce three to five additional courses across multiple disciplines from humanities to business. and social sciences to applied science autos under the program san jose state will establish a senter to train members from other campuses interested in offering the online courses. >> business news now. t-mobile unrolls a new deal preparing to sell iphones for the first time and ra yahoo hoping a potential partnership will help boost their mobile revenue. >> yahoo ceo met to talk about ways her company westbound more deeply integrate nootd software that runs iphones and ipads. myer making mobile the center piece of the strategy to win back users from google. if latest numbers are an indication pc industry appears to be in free fall.

university and use a blended model on their campus that is one example, license the course to san jose state university in california in the fall of last year to very good success, early results but much success. so much the entire cal state system have decided to adopt edx campuses on 11 campuses this fall of the cal state universities will use a blended model on their campuses and the schools overtime will pay a license fee for these courses so you can think of online courses as being, think of it as the new textbook, i mean it is not exactly, much more than a textbook but think of it as a new textbook. in the past people are completely acceptable using the top friedman course book, now i think professors will use courses from other places and the professor will be up leveled from spouting content from the stage with the back turned to the class from a blackboard, but rather, work with students, teach them ethics and how to learn, but teach students how to process information, so we go from spouting content to processing information, and i think this will be a win-win for teachers and the

things from uc berkeley, san jose state and fresno state, head to head in big time and hot cooking contest. the winning team will receive a $5,000 scholarship. garlic bowl set to kick off. the start of the festival that starts up in late july. >> we'll be smelling the garlic before july. >> you cannot run from it. m loren, it is warm out there. how are the winds? >> they are picking up. good morning, jon and marla. good morning at home. i picked this picture of sunol to show you the once thriving green we had on our hills is now a thing of the past. we don't have any rain anywhere in the near future.in ft, the o. we've got more dry, warm weather headed our way. winds will pick up leading to red flag warning. that goes into effect, already in effect, it's going to stay in effect until wednesday evening. we'll be dealing with these conditions even though temperatures are running a lot mooild milder than 24 hours ago. 12 degrees cooler in livermore, 10 in oakland, looking really good all across the area. days the coolest, at least, of the next four to five. wait until i show you the seven-day

caution to use zero tolerance and exclusionary discipline policies and also i teach teachers at san jose state and hundred students who are future teachers. >> can they do a projector? >> no. my teacher did, but again using social media, integrating all of the areas is so important for the prevention. thank you for that focus too and i think that gentleman has comments. >> i was going to follow up in the conversation with digital media or literacy needed within the educational system. we are still experiencing digital divide and access and just the one you speak of recently officer when you mention the generations and investigators not engaged with this media and no don't know my book or face space and when you have to look at youth culture. we talk about texting and sexing and omg and i didn't text anything to you. i spoke to and part of the language and how they engage so until we look at the culture of young people and how do we impact today's 20th century media culture we can't make a huge impact in regards to bullying or electronic aggression or whatever name we want to place on it and is

. >>> also in san jose, an off duty emergency medical technician and some of the students at san jose state are being hailed heroes this morning. they ran into a homeless shelter that caught fire to warn people inside to get out. it happened just before 6:00 last night at the villa, a shelter for women and children and also homeless people. thanks to quick thinking, no one was hurt. stephen gifford was parking his car in front of kappa sigma fraternity and on his way to class when he saw smoke and flames. >> it was running. i'm a certified emt, kind of trained to take on situations like that. act first, think second. >> we like that he's a giants fan as well. gifford and a few others ran in the building knocking on doors. everyone got out and san jose firefighters quickly put out the flames. the cause still being investigated. but firefighters think it may have started on that rooftop patio you just saw. >>> the 40 people inside are staying at another shelter. >> talked to those fellows jumping into action. nice work. new details, something known as patient dumping. it's a practice reported

of the campaign to stop teen-aged bullying and those warriors will square off friday night at san jose state. >> that is cool. >> yes. >> in sacramento today a group of kids honored for saving someone's life because they knew how to call 911. on a lawn the kid squirmed around and an 8-year-old talked about when she called 911 because her mother was very ill. >> and then, i called and i spoke to 911 and he called me again. i knew he was going help me and my mom. i thought she was going to die. i wanted her for the rest of my life. a week later she came home. i love her. >> another honoree was a 7-year-old boy from oakland calling dispatchers after his mother saifrd seizure. >> what a sweet kid. >> coming up next, a call it science in a box. >> a small service that will do a world of knowledge for students here an >>> in the anbc news coming up at 6:00 allegations of rampant abuse in a facility for the developmentally disabled. tonight new ideas on what should be done about it. and party almost over for a colorful festival. those stories is more coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. >> marin headla

many school students are showing up to san jose state -- i beg your pardon on my ipad. ool seniors turning college freshman aren't show in up, prepared for college. many of the deals clemgs are making like san jose state, this one with udacity, designed to shore up undereducated students. underfunding of state universities, some classes so full that students have to spend more time in college waiting for the proper classes to graduate. online classes help solve that shortage. >>> we have seen our first dangerous mistake in the face-off between the two koreas. based on translations we've read, the city of yokihama japan, said that north korea launched a missile toward japan. it did not. they retracted the tweet, saying they typed the mission for ready to go. there's been talk that north korea might send another test missile over japan to hit the ocean short of guam. it hasn't happened. laura and jon, as you know, the u.s. very concerned as everybody is toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball. somebody is going to make a mistake, like announcing a missile launch that didn't happen.

he graduated from san jose state university. >>> registered nurses reached a contract agreement after months of picket lines. it covers 800 nurses affcalifornia pacific -- at california pacific. nurses will receive a pay increase of 6% over the next three years. >>> college students rallied today in support of a group of bills aimed at preventing students from excessive student loan debt. >> he introduced a four bill package. the first bill requires financial literacy courses. the next two require student loan counseling. >> i have about $20,000 in loans right now. and i am a second year at ucla. >> the 4th is a resolution supporting changes to bankruptcy laws. >>> former 49er joe montana threw his support behind a bill to build behind the stadium. he is a part of a group planning its own hotel, bar and grill near the stadium. they are scheduled to consider the project tomorrow night. >>> if you drive along the 680 you probably noticed trees cut down. that is because a project is underway to widen the interstate. crews plan to add a lane in each direction. they will reduce collisions

season starts september 7th september 7th against san jose state. this roth do orchardsupply.rks on the ice in dallas. >> ama: should tiger know the rules? >> mike: he knows the rules but checking the options he did what he normally would do and got caught. >> a ones in a lifetime experience in the am join my tonight. we'll tell you what led to a bus driver attacking a passenger on a bus. >> then at 11:00 here on abc7, the plan that could put hundreds more taxis on the road, coming up at 9:00 and 11:00 on abc7. >> a rare site in southern california. millions of joshua trees in the mojave desert are starting t show green and white flowers and nobody knows why. the same kind of blooms are spotted on other tree throughout the southwest. ecologist have never seen anything like it. the blooms may be linked to years of drought like conditions. >> mike: global warming. >> ama: that's it for us. for mike shumann, lisa, leigh glaser who is not here. thank you for joining us, see you back here at 9:00 and 11:00. the following is a paid advertisement from starvista entertainment and time

the annual event at san jose state university aimed at fighting back against sexual and relationship violence. today's events include a self-defense demonstration and a chance for survivors to speak out about the impact violence has had on them. there will be a candle light vigil and a march around cam pause. >>> it is 5:05 right now. after a couple of days off, enjoying that nice weather, christina loren is back with us showing us something happening for green week. what's going on, young lady? >> looking very refreshed, we might add. >> thank you. it is nice to get a couple days off. i'm going to be putting in an extra day this weekend as a lot of people will be. after all, it is green week. out here at the guadalupe park reservoir, the heritage rose garden, you are going to have an opportunity to get out here and we are going to get together and help clean up this park and beautify the bay area. it is ease wy to go green. you see the beautiful magenta, fresh dew glistening in the moonlight. you might find a little bit of patchy fog on your way to work as you head out there, specia

teams from uc berkeley, san jose state and fresno state plan to go head to head in a big-time cooking contest. the winning team will receive a $5,000 scholarship. garlic bowl kicks off the start of the festival coming up in late june. >> a whole lot of breath mints. >> a massive intergalactic hur acain you have to see to believe >>> what once belonged to winston churchill. how much this beautiful ride sold for and why other than it's previous owner is such a collector's item. >>> we are looking at 101, smooth drive on university avenue. we'll talk about the east bay. a little bit of trouble there coming up off of 238. >>> welcome back. live to san francisco international airport. looks like its own city as the planes get ready to make their first flights out of the bay area on this tuesday morning. 4:53 now. >>> a rare car once used by former british prime minister, winston churchill, has been sold on ebay. the coupe sold for $616,000. it is the only one of its kind left. only eight were built. a british auction house tried to sell it but the owners put it on ebay. 114 offers, no info

. >>> san jose state students are on alert after an early morning robbery. they received an e-mail saying a man used a pistol to rob a student outside the freshman dorm around 4:00. the area is patrolled, rather, by police regularly. it is not usually deserted. even in the early morning hours. police are warning students not to walk or bike alone after dark. >>> in palo alto, police looking for the man who robbed a local credit union. police say the proof dent credit union on el camino real near page mill was robbed at about 9:00. this man was caught on surveillance video. he handed the teller a note saying he had a gun but he never showed the gun. the man drove off in a silver or gray thunderbird. that same credit union was robbed back in january. police did make an arrest in that case. >> the trial for an accused serial killer is set to begin in less than two weeks. today, lawyers will make their final pre-trial motions in that case. joseph massa is set to go on trial for the murders of four women. he is acting as his own attorney. his trial has been throu

san jose state african-american studies professor dr.teven milner says baseball has become very costly to play. he also says youths are drawn to sports that will give them more notoriety and a big salary straight out of college. >> and then when they look at major league baseball, it's like i don't want to play major league baseball because i don't even see anyone that looks like me out there. so why should i want to go in that direction? >> reporter: damian is part of the african-american baseball league in oakland. he says it's important to keep the sport jackie robinson loved so much alive for black youth. he's also hoping that playing in this local league will inspire them to take more interest in the history and the future of the game. nbc bay area news. >> another gorgeous day today. >> yes, it was. >> can we keep them coming? gr i don't know. perhaps we should ask our meteorologist. >> what's going on? >> look who's here. >> a lot of pressure. you know, today was pretty nice. right now we've got the winds picking up. maybe not so

he's now at home recovering from the shock of this i want. >>> students at san jose state on alert this morning as police search for a man accused of an armed robbery on campus. campus police say the man used a pistol to rob a student outside a freshman dorm around 4:00 sunday morning. police are warning students not to walk or bike alone on campus after dark. >> uc berkeley releasing this sketch of a cal student that attacked a man on campus at sprawl hall back on april 1st, punching him, knocking him to the ground of the suspect was last seen at bancroft near the south side of the gym. >> palo alto police are releasing this surveillance photo of a man accused of robbing providence credit union on camino real. police say he handed the teller a note saying he had a gun. police say he never took out a weapon. witnesses say the suspect may have driven away in a silver or gray thunderbird. the same credit union was robbed in january but the two cases are not linked. >>> teachers in fremont frustrated with contract negotiations are now taking to the street. this was a scene outside this mor

. >>> students at san jose state are on alert tonight following an armed robbery on campus early this morning. students received an e-mail from campus police that a man used a pistol to hold up a student outside the freshman dorm on campus. it happened at about 4:00 this morning. the area is patrolled by police regularly and is usually not deserted even in early morning hours. >> this is right in front of the dorm. aside from walking you to the door there's not a whole lot they can do other than drop you off in the general area. they only have so much manpower. >> police are warning students not to walk or bike alone on campus after dark. >>> new at 6:00, a palo alto bank has been robbed frlt second time this year. the robbery happened yesterday. thieves have hit the credit union in palo alto twice. this time police say the suspect in this surveillance photo presented a note to the teller saying he had a firearm but one was never seen. no one's saying how much money he got away with. witnesses describe the suspect as a black man in his 40s or 50s between 5'9" and 6'1" with a thin buil

the annual event at san jose state is aimed at combatting sexual and relationship violence. today's events include a self-defense demonstration and a chance for survivors to speak about the impact the violence has had on them. at dusk, there will be a candlelight vigil and march around campus. >>> a former san francisco state university director and a university vendor could now fis more than 100 years in prison after being charged with hundreds of counts of bribery. prosecutors accusing robert sharer of taking prescribes from steven chung, the owner of an environmental waste firm. the prescribes were apparently in exchange for $4 million in university contracts for chung's company. both are currently in jail with bail set at $5 million each. >>> three oil workers have severe burns after several explosions on board two fuel barges in the mobile river in alabama. firefighters said they let the barges burn because the situation is still too unstable. the flames are now out. the coast guard says a spark from cleaning likely caused that explosion. >>> and in texas today, a memor

caution to use zero tolerance and exclusionary discipline policies and also i teach teachers at san jose state and hundred students who are future teachers. >> can they do a projector? >> no. my teacher did, but again using social media, integrating all of the areas is so important for the prevention. thank you for that focus too and i think that gentleman has comments. >> i was going to follow up in the conversation with digital media or literacy needed within the educational system. we are still experiencing digital divide and access and just the one you speak of recently officer when you mention the generations and

this is a violent prevention coordinator at san jose state and says schools have an important role in preventing bullying. >> the first step for any college campus and any school campus is to call it what it is. it's bullying. it's violence, and it's not okay >> reporter: and just about an hour ago the district issued a lengthy statement which says in part, quote, our internal investigation showed that audrie never reported or south counseling for bullying before or after the alleged sexual assault. if she had, our staff would have reported it and taken preventive steps to stop it. the district also refutes one of the family's accusations saying that the principal had permission from audrie's stepmother to announce her death to the school and as for why the thee boys were not expelled or suspended the statement reads, quote, school districts cannot suspend or expel someone based solely on alleged behavior outside of school. if you'd like to read the entire four pages of the school's response, can you go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and click on the audrie potts story. nbc bay area n

san jose state university is expanding its online classes. the school announced this morning it is partnering with online course developer ed eshe to offer more classes online. other schools are part of this expansion. governor brown has pushed for schools to aggressively pursue online courses as a way to deal with overcrowding at public universities. lieutenant governor gavin newsom was at the campus for the announcement. >> this is evidence-base ad provo to a new form of learning in a world that's no longer connected, but hyper-connected. in a world that's changing as rapidly as any other time in human history. no longer localized, no longer centralized, it's people-centric. technology is democratizing voices and giving people more choices. >> $10 million in state money has been earmarked for the online-only courses. >>> still ahead at 5:00, fast forward treatment. the potential breast cancer breakthrough that was green lighted today. >>> not a regular call. firefighters respond only to become the emergency themselves. the late-breaking det

take a look at san jose state university. take them if they are not citizens even though they are well educated and have good grades. >> it's not controversial here but everybody knows here the execs included that's going to be hard to get things done. >> julia joins us from los angeles as well. weigh in. this is not a new industry for technology. back in 2008, bill gates testified in front of congress about this very same issue. the tech sector has long been frustrated about the ability to get the talent they need for the united states. >> i hear about this all the time when i'm talking to start-ups and he also feels like it needs to be fixed both for facebook and for the industry as a whole. and i think it's really key to notice that there are people from both sides of the aisle coming together to make a difference. >> yahoo! google, ebay, sun mike systems. john? all of them have immigrants as their founders. maybe google would not have been founded had they not made it here. >> that's not counting companies like linked in.

flash forward to 2006, lisa graduates from san jose state's library school and discovers that times have changed. sensible pumps are no longer the [speaker not understood] for public libraryianses. they need to get out from behind the reference desk, lace up running shoes, and get out into the community. and that's exactly what lease did when she started working in the omi. as an oceanview branch manager of the san francisco public library, lease took a position conducting in-depth research of the oceanview neighborhood to discover how best to serve this diverse community's needs. in reaching out to the community she learned that seniors needed a place to learn computer skills and so she developed and led weekly basic computer classes for seniors and she also did this with teens by creating a regular gaming program that appealed to young people. she helped expand the oceanview branch's current collection of culturally relevant books and other materials that focus on the african-american and chinese patronage and beyond this she partnered with a local food pantry that serves chinese mono

san jose state will open a training center for faculty to promote the program. >>> scientists said exercise can boost brain power but now they say certain exercises may be more beneficial for memory than others. researchers did a study of women with mild impairment. they found women who did endurance exercises did better on memory tests than women who just stretched and toned. woman who walked showed greater gains in verbal memory than women who lifted weights. >>> taco bell is planning to improve the nutritional part of their food. having 20% meet one third of the dietary guide lines. they expect the changes to be in place by 2020. >>> 135 years ago today san francisco's california cable car street line began its climb. 1878. today to celebrate they rang the bell as many times as he could in one minute. the total donation was $1,100. >>> seal pup found yesterday is being nursed back to health. they say she is 5 weeks old and 10 pounds lighter than she should be. it will take a while before she could be released back into the wild. >>> quite a day today. temperatures in the mid-80s, even up

san jose state will open a training center for faculty to promote the program. >>> scientists said exercise can boost brain power but now they say certain exercises may be more beneficial for memory than others. researchers did a study of women with mild impairment. they found women who did endurance exercises did better on memory tests than women who just stretched and toned. woman who walked showed greater gains in verbal memory than women who lifted weights. >>> taco bell is planning to improve the nutritional part of their food. having 20% meet one third of the dietary guide lines. they expect the changes to be in place by 2020. >>> 135 years ago today san francisco's california cable car street line began its climb. 1878. today to celebrate they rang the bell as many times as he could in one minute. the total donation was $1,100. >>> seal pup found yesterday is being nursed back to health. they say she is 5 weeks old and 10 pounds lighter than she should be. it will take a while before she could be released back into the wild. >>> quite a day today. temperatures in the mid-80s, even up

gavin newsom and san jose state university's president agreed to create a center to oversee hybrid onlineer campuses in the california state university system. the hybrid college class is offered by the nonprofit the de-excite, through harvard, mit and 10 other universities, combine on- line video lectures and discussions boards with a class interactions with instructors, live discussions, a group quizzes an individual tests. sjs you decided to start the new center thanks to the success of mit's the dx online course " circuits and electronics " taken by students of as up-to-date as you ' as electio sjsu's elecl engineering department last fall and this semester. >> the seas have had the worst drop in sales in the last 19 years. the market research firm " idc " says that shipments of the personal computer fell 14% worldwide last quarter. that is nearly twice what they had predicted. idc partially blames the " windows 80 operating program from microsoft. it was expected to give the industry a boost, but received mixed reviews when it debuted. >> if you bought a power ball ticket, you could

sky 7 live over breaking news now this, two story apartment complex caught fire just outside san jose state university campus. you can see crews have put out flames but not before they burned through the roof. there are no reports of injuries no, word yet on how this started. >> a solid surge in stock prices despite the three minute plunge following a fake tweet this morning we talked about today. net flix gained almost 25% after adding two million subscribers. we reported this new it daita center in an iowa wheat field. the new center may also house instagram. burger king says it will offer delivery service at 15 franchises. they tell us it's improved sales so they're expanding to chicago, los angeles and san francisco. minimum order is $10. >> stocks weren't the only things soaring today, take a look at sky 7 hd over san francisco bay. not a glider but a solar powered airplane. it flew at 3,000 feet today but can go as high as 30,000 feet. creators took it to show technology alreadiestists for nalt tiff fuels. >> it's huge. yes. >> there is more still to come tonight at 6:00. first up, th

sky 7 live over breaking news now this, two story apartment complex caught fire just outside san jose state university campus. you can see crews have put out flames but not before they burned through the roof. there are no reports of injuries no, word yet on how this started. >> a solid surge in stock prices despite the three minute plunge following a fake tweet this morning we talked about today. net flix gained almost 25% after adding two million subscribers. we reported this new it daita center in an iowa wheat field. the new center may also house instagram. burger king says it will offer delivery service at 15 franchises. they tell us it's improved sales so they're expanding to chicago, los angeles and san francisco. minimum order is $10. >> stocks weren't the only things soaring today, take a look at sky 7 hd over san francisco bay. not a glider but a solar powered airplane. it flew at 3,000 feet today but can go as high as 30,000 feet. creators took it to show technology alreadiestists for nalt tiff fuels. >> it's huge. yes. >> there is more still to come tonight at 6:00. first up, th

season starts september 7th september 7th against sans jose state. >> nascar, texas style, rough day for ricky stenshouse,. >> dan: -- danicka patrick's boyfriend. kyle busch takes the checkering in for his 26th career cup victory and also won last night's nationwide series. >> this sports report brought to you by river rock casino. coming up later, ncaa hockey grounds a champion, and you won't believe it. tiger's never come from behind to wayne major tournament and don't think he will tomorrow. >> ama: an emotional presidential address. what the mother of a newtown shooting victim said to the country today. >> a -- it's san francisco's newest waterfront attraction. what makes the new ñ Ñ,ÑjÑpr9çit >> ama: good evening. i'm ama daetz. tonight, an amtrak train with 178 passengers and crew onboard derailed in fremont. the conductor told authorities it was a track-related issue. no one was hurt. amtrak will use the remaining engine to power the train to vancouver. >> a candlelight victimle was held in union city in honor of a man shot by police. his family and friend insist he was murde

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