university. it's an issue of conflict and questions at san jose state. an investigation that started with students and faculty calling nbc bay area accusing the university of a cover-up and calling for accountability at the highest levels. tonight, we investigate missing money and questionable decisions. inside this building, inside these classrooms professors talk about equity, fairness, and the principals of justice. >> this is the justice studies department. is justice served here? >> no. >> she's a professor in the department. >> if san jose state university thinks that what happened at the department is done with and justice was served, i openly disagree with them. >> did the university do the right thing here? >> in my eyes, no. >> reporter: he's a former staff member. he served as the department coordinator. >> for me it just seems like things got swept under the rug and everything was a-okay. >> the concerns in question center on former department head dr. mark correia, questionable spending and this university investigation. >> i'm really alarmed

san jose have tough new restrictions. >>> a keynote speaker at san jose state university graduation ceremony filed an excessive force plan. they beat him and threw him to the ground. cell phone video captured some of that confrontation outside of a downtown san jose nightclub. howard says it happened when he requested the police officers that were citing his friend for urinating in public. the san jose police union has issued this response. simple, clear, and reasonable commands from a police officer should always be followed. it is unfortunate when those commands are not followed when he puts police officers and those that we are sworn to protect in potential danger. >>> a washington post reporter with bay area ties has been detaped in iran. these are photos of 38-year-old jason on his twitter page. now he is the tehran correspondent for the paper. he and his wife were detained on tuesday and the paper is deeply troubled and concerned about the couples welfare. the paper does not know why he is being held. he has written for the san francisco chronicle. >>> more bodies from may lay sha airlines flight 317 will arrive in

. >>> a keynote speaker at a san jose state university graduation ceremony has filed an excessive force complaint against san jose police. nathaniel howard says officers beat him and threw him to the ground just hours after he spoke at a graduation ceremony in may. cell phone video captured some of that confrontation outside of a downtown san jose nightclub. howard says it happened after he questioned the police officers that were citing his friend for urinating in public. the san jose police union has herb ewed this response. quote, simple, clear, and reasonable commands from a police officer should always be followed. it is always unfortunate when those commands are not followed. and it puts police officers in potential danger. >>> time is 6:15. a woman that works as a therapist for blind military veterans in san francisco may now sue to force a man to get out of her condo. corey says she wanted to make extra money by renting out her condo in palm springs. when she turned to air b & b to rent out that unit for 44 days. now she says the tenant a man named maxine was refusing to leave.

last may he gave a commencement speech at san jose state university. what happened following an after party was caught on a cell pone. it shows san jose police and a group of african-americans, many college students. watch carefully as police beat nate howard with a baton and throw him on the ground where he is handcuffed and taken into custody. >> it happened so fast. i was in complete shock. >> howard skypeed with us from san diego. he said he did nothing wrong and was only questioning police actions against a friend. lawyers call it over the top and filed a conduct complaint against san jose police. >> excessive use of force was implemented and unwarranted because he posed no danger or threat to public safety. >> howard was never charged. he filed a complaint with police's internal affairs. when he heard nothing, a new conduct complaint was filed with the san jose independent police auditor who works with internal affairs. >> we determine if it was thorough and objective and if the analysis was objective. if we disagree with how they handled it we se

last may he gave a commencement speech at san jose state university. what happened following an after party was caught on a cell pone. it shows san jose police and a group of african-americans, many college students. watch carefully as police beat nate howard with a baton and throw him on the ground where he is handcuffed and taken into custody. >> it happened so fast. i was in complete shock. >> howard skypeed with us from san diego. he said he did nothing wrong and was only questioning police actions against a friend. lawyers call it over the top and filed a conduct complaint against san jose police. >> excessive use of force was implemented and unwarranted because he posed no danger or threat to public safety. >> howard was never charged. he filed a complaint with police's internal affairs. when he heard nothing, a new conduct complaint was filed with the san jose independent police auditor who works with internal affairs. >> we determine if it was thorough and objective and if the analysis was objective. if we disagree with how they handled it we se

teaches high school students to write and perform poems and gave a commencement speech at san jose state university. what happened after was captured on cell phone showing san jose police in a group of african-americans, many college students, and you can see police beat him with a baton and throw hill on the ground where he is handcuffed and taken into custody. >> it happened so fast. i was in complete shock. >> he skyped with us from san diego and said he did nothing wrong and was only questioning police actions against a friend. the lawyers committee for u.s. calls the police action over-the-top and filed a conduct complaint against san jose police. >> excessive use of force was unwe are ranted, he posed no danger or threat. he was never charged and filed a complaint with police internal affair when he heard nothing was filed with the independent place auditor who works directly with internal affairs. >> we determined their investigation was objective and if we disagree how they handled it and thing they are too bias we send it back. >> i am more motivated to come to an understanding how the pol

. >>> you may notice a heavy police presence at san jose state university today. the cal state university system requires the training to be held on each of its campuses every five years. the training was originally scheduled for may but it was postponed following the deadly rampage. the library will be closed until 1:30 this afternoon. >>> time now 4:37. a professor from san francisco state university is facing serious charges this morning after being caught, accused secretly of video taping students while they use the bathroom at his home. former college of business associate professor mark is accused of video taping more than a dozen, current, and former students. prosecutors say landis would host students at his home but one day a male student found a camera in a bathroom. >> it was pointed directly at their genitals. >> i think that he should be punished to the full extent of the law for violating students because he is in a position of power. >> the investigation began last november. landis taught accounting at sf state from 2006 until last friday. counselin

are that that > > he is no longer a professor here at san jose state university. he was arrested on wednesday but was bailed out of jail he. will face a judge for the first time next week >>a developing story. the wreckage of the air algeria plane that had been missing -- has been found in mali. it was found about 30 miles from the border of burkina faso.near a village in mali. searchers say they've found human remains. and scattered wreckage. the jet was carrying 116 people when it disappeared in a rainstorm. nearly half the people on board the plane were french. today was the bloodiest day yet in the more than two week conflict between israel and hamas militants. 119 palestinians died today alone -- including 15 at a u-n shelter. israel insists it didn't do it.suggesting it was a hamas mis-fire. international observers say no way -- it was a deliberate act. palestinian officials agree -- saying that israelis knew exactly what they were shelling. the victims again included many palestinian children > > we do not target u.n. facilities we knew where the facilities

. >> gary teaches political science at san jose state university and is an expert in state politics. he says like previous heads of state before him, if elected, kashkari could exercise a line item vote. that means he could strip money for high-speed rail out of the budget and leave everything else untouched or kashkari could refuse to unlock the billions in bond money that voters authorized back in 2008, critical to keeping the project alive. >> the governor through the budget process could decide to not spend money or spend it in ways that aren't favorable to the project. >> and lawmakers who don't want to see high-speed rail go away can't always override the governor's veto. but as gavin' knnewsom demonstrated, a two-thirds majority could seem unluckily. >>> coming up, last but certainly not least, you've heard it for years, don't wash your jeans. experts recommend just putting your pants in the freezer and killing bacteria that way. but will it really work? we test the theory out for you next. at 1-800-dentist, we're about one thing. helping you find a dentist you'll want to go t

. >> derek teaches political science at san jose state university and is an expert in state politics me said like previous hea of states before him, if elected kashkari could emphasize a line item veto and leave everything else untouched. or kashakri would refuse to unlock in billions in bond money that voters authorized in 2008, critical in keeping the project alive. >> the governor could decide to not spend money or spend it in ways that are not favorable to the project. >> and lawmakers who don't want to see high speed rail go away can always override the governor's veto but as gavin newsom demonstrated key democrats are starting to jump ship making two-thirds majority that is required seem unlikely. should kashkari win the governor's race, his threats to pull the plug are real. >>> you've heard it for years, don't wash your jeans. experts recommend just putting your pants in the freezer and killing bacteria that way. will it really work? we test the theory out for you, next. did you remember to pay the dog sitter? yeah, citi mobile. and deposit that check? citi mobile. pack your

. >>> more housing is coming to san jose state university. construction is about to get underway at phase 2. it will add 850 dorm beds to the campus. the $126 million will be ten stories tall. it will be on campus just acoz from the phase 1 complex. construction is set to be completed in the summer of 2016. >>> there is new evidence the oakland as are ready to move out of the city if they don't get a ten-year lease extension at the coliseum. the croppicle reports that the as may move to montreal and san antonio if they cannot settle the ongoing lease dispute in oakland. yesterday, the entire city council met in a closed door session to discuss the lease dispute with the oakland city attorney. >>> i'm pretty optimistic. our goal is to keep the as in oakland and the council needs more information. we'll be having some meetings with the as. >> later the oakland city council is set to approve a new lease at the oakland coliseum. negotiators have spent the last 14 months trying to come up with a deal that keep the as in oakland. >>> harry potter h

. >>> police officers armed with rifles and wearing bullet proof vests will storm san jose state university for a drill, active shooter drill today because of this, the martin luther king jr. library will be closed until 1:30 this afternoon. and if you live in the neighborhood, do expect to see lots of officers, maybe even some fake gunfire. >>> disgraced state senator leland ye faces new charges this morning in addition to bribery, money laundering. prosecutors are charging ye with racketeering as well. >>> orange is the new black, but -- >> yeah when it comes to the drought, brown is the new green. that's the slogan santa clara valley water district is launching today. it's part of its new campaign. the goal is to encourage people to let their lawns go, a little brown this summer. the district says half of all the water used in households goes towards watering the lawns and landscapes. the district wants to reduce water use by 20% during the drought. >>> all right. well 6:12, it is that time of year again, the gilroy garlic festival coming back to the south bay, and there's just these tra

these two are undergraduate students at san jose state university. michael has taken a sum total of one astrophysics class in his career. but that did not stop either of them from shooting for the stars and finding them. literally. the great space discoveries of our day are no longer made looking through an eyepiece at an observatory. they are made crunching numbers on a computer. it's why when assistant san jose state physics and astronomy professor aaron romanowski wanted to teach a student how to find a newly discovered galaxy -- >> three to five arcs is where we'll look. >> it took richard about a year to learn how to even do the search. but when he did earlier this year -- >> it was the first time he looked for something. and he found something right away. usually that's just a mistake but it turned out to be real. >> there's more mass packed in the smaller -- >> what richard found was the densest collection of stars or ultracompact dwarf galaxy anyone anywhere had ever found. >> we don't know much about it at all. we just know it's out there. >

last may he gave a commencement speech at san jose state university. what happened following an after party was caught on a cell pone. it shows san jose police and a group of african-americans, many college students. watch carefully as police beat nate howard with a baton and throw him on the ground where he is handcuffed and taken into custody. >> it happened so fast. i was in complete shock. >> howard skypeed with us from san diego. he said he did nothing wrong and was only questioning police actions against a friend. lawyers call it over the top and filed a conduct complaint against san jose police. >> excessive use of force was implemented and unwarranted because he posed no danger or threat to public safety. >> howard was never charged. he filed a complaint with police's internal affairs. when he heard nothing, a new conduct complaint was filed with the san jose independent police auditor who works with internal affairs. >> we determine if it was thorough and objective and if the analysis was objective. if we disagree with how they handled it we se

richard bow and michael sandoval are undergraduate students at san jose state university. not only do neither of them yet have a college degree, michael has take be a sum total of one astrophysics class in his career. that did not stop either of them for shooting for the stars and finding them. literally. the great space discoveries of our day are no longer made looking through an eye piece at an observatory. they are made crunching numbers on a computer. it's why when assistant san jose state physics and astronomy professor aaron romanowski wants to teach an eager student how to find a newly discovered type of galaxy, he pointed him not to a telescope but a set of data. it took that student, richard, about a year to learn how to even do the search. but when he did earlier this year -- >> it was the first time he looked for something and seemed to find something right away. usually that's just a mistake. but it turned out to be real. >> more mass packed in a smaller spot. >> reporter: what richard found was the densest collection of stars or ultra compact dwarf galaxy anyo

. >>> this motivational speaker gave a commencement speech at san jose state university. and a few hours later he says police beat him up. kpix 5's betty yu has video of the confrontation outside a nightclub in downtown san jose. [ screaming ] >> no, no! >> reporter: the guy in the white shirt in this youtube video so this left him badly bruised and traumatized. >> threw me to the ground and then picking me up again to throw me back on the ground and then what did -- you know, [ indiscernible ] >> 23-year-old nate howard spoke to me from his san diego home by skype. he said he had just given a speech at a black graduation ceremony in san jose. >> i was a visitor. i was looked at as another brother with dreads causing trouble. >> reporter: he said they celebrated at a nightclub and things got messy as his friend was charged with public urination. nate is a motivational speaker who graduated from usc. he says he was simply standing up for himself when the cops forced his hands behind his back. [ indiscernible ] media we play this idea is he using the race card? yes. i'm -- i

. >>> this motivational speaker gave a commencement speech at san jose state university.ter he says police beat him up. kpix 5's betty yu has video of the confrontation outside a nightclub in downtown san jose. [ screaming ] >> no, no! >> reporter: the guy in the white shirt in this youtube video so this left him badly

whether it's going to take place they're going through this drill today here on the campus of san jose state university right in the campus library. the drill bits of the way at 9:00 this morning and is put on by university police. the sheriff's office will also take part it is going to look exactly like the real thing. that includes gunfire. each campus every five years and they describe as a full scale exercise. the key word today is courting a share. that is key when responding to these events. those skills will be put to the test just a couple of hours from now. we are expecting the first of the police to of arrive here on the scene very soon. we hope to have this for you at 7:00 this morning. >>:james: they're investigating a stabbing that happened last night it happened at dar would weigh that's when they found five men also have or be in. they have been taken to the hospital one of them is suffering life-threatening injuries. >>: their investigate a hit-and- run accident that happened in the parking lot at brandon avenue yesterday. he raced to the man and dragged him. they say that the drivers m

howard was in town to give a commencement speech at a san jose state university. he told us police were out of line after he questioned how they were treating his friend. now howard is demanding more police accountability. sjpd is not commenting on this case, but they say they are looking into it. his attorneys have now filed a complaint, which may lead to a lawsuit. >>> also in san jose, a man was shot and stabbed last sunday on loma verde drive near winchester boulevard. it's the city's 20th homicide of the year. last year at this time, san jose had 29 homicides. >>> now to a developing story. for the third time in a week, a passenger jet crashes. and once again, there appears to be no survivors. in this case, it's believed that bad weather brought the plane down. search teams in africa late tonight reported finding the wreckage of an air algerie flight in northern mali near the burkina faso border. the plane had 116 people on board. the plane took off from the capital of burkina faso for algiers and was flying over an area of separatist violence. but there was

san jose. we no injury is believed life threaten. >>> a former san francisco state university professor is accusedpeeping on a dozen students from two schools. mark landis placed a lidden camera at his home and recorded students in the we bathroom. there could be more victims. >>> three, there are no survivors from air algerie plane crash. the president of france says all 116 people died when the plane went down in mali. french troops secured one of the two black boxes. >> israeli cabinet will begin talks on a possible cease-fire today. the 18th straight day of conflict with hamas. the plan calls for a week long humanitarian cease-fire and talks of how to solve gaza's economic and political and security issues. >> five, signs are up warning drivers of weekend closings for the san francisco marathon, the course is expected to close by 11:30 and roads could stay closed through sunday afternoon. >>> you can beat the heat at the coast with water temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's and air temperatures in the 70's to nearly 80 and this is how it looks at santa cruz, gramming the sand this morning becau

san jose on darwin way. nick will have a report in a few minutes. >> a former san francisco state university professor is accuseseping on more than a dozen of his students from two different schools. investigators believe there could be more victims. they say mark landis placed a hidden camera in the bathroom at home in castro and recorded students. >> there are no survivors from the air algerie plane crash and the president of france said all 116 people on board died when the plane went down in mali and french troops secured one of the two black boxes and bad weather is the cause. >> the israeli cabinet is expected to begin discussions on a possible cease-fire today. the 18th straight day of conflict with hamas and the proposal calls for a week long humanitarian cease-fire and redrawing of the border of gaza. >> drivers are warned of closings on sunday for the san francisco marathon this is from last year, the course is expected to close by 11:30 and some roads stay closed through sunday afternoon for clean up. >>> you can see the haze developing over the bay area as poor air quality is impossible and heat wave

san jose state university meetology department. our observer michael is 60. that is 17 under. low clouds will peel back. there are a few high clouds. maybe parts in solano county. there is also it looks like a renewed source of tropical clouds come into southern california and the sierra in evidence it wouldn't be until sunday and another low spinning out some clouds. these might all come together especially on sunday. not today or tomorrow. but coast, drizzle, fog, sun, breezy. afternoon temps. petaluma 75. kentfield 73. 68 berkeley. 85 brentwood to oakley. pleasanton at 80. alameda at 70. inland temps seem o be running a little below arch. san jose 79. east san jose around 83-84. 60s on the coast. 67 in the city. low 70s san bruno. and redwood city we will go 80. it will be close for palo alto. fog, nights and mornings into saturday. and then sunday maybe some of the higher clouds. definitely southern california and in the sierra again. >>> general motors should fire its chief legal officer. that is what senators demanded at a hearing yesterday. they say gm's chief council w

now, this drill is put on by san jose state university police. n jose fair and police as well as the santa clara county sheriff's office and university employees also partook in the drill this morning. the california state university system requires each campus to undergo a full scale emergency response drill every five years. san jose state officials tell me they made it an active shooter drills, citing the many school shootings we have seen in recent years. >> going back to columbine, what the public probably doesn't see is that campuses that are working very hard to vastly improve how we respond in situations like this one. it is a topic that is discussed almost every day on a campus like ours. so this exercise makes a lot of sense. >> reporter: and one of the key training elements today was coordinating between the police department and fire department to get officials inside the building while an active shooter was still on scene. authorities tell me if fire officials can get inside the building and get the victims out of the building within

. >>> a man wants an apology from the san jose police because of what happened after he gave a graduation speech at san jose state university. nate howard is the man here in the white shares in the youtube video saying he was badly bruised and traumatized by the police after he asked them about citing his friend for public urination. >> threw me to the ground and then you can see in the video picking me up again to throw me back on the ground and then what is, you know, right to then pull out of a pub? >> howard is a motivational speaker who spoke at san jose state's black graduation and filed a complaint with the police auditor. >>> developing news in the middle east. israel meets on whether to expand the offensive in gaza or consider a cease-fire. at the same time, u.s. secretary of state john kerry is trying to work out a deal. susan mcginnis dells us this follows the bloodiest day of the conflict so far. >> reporter: palestinians clash with israeli soldiers near ramallah in the west bank this morning. after thousands gathered for a demonstration to protest the violence in gaza. overnight, israeli forces continued to bom

. >>> police officers armed with rifles and wearing bullet proof vests will storm san jose state university drill, an active shooter training drill today. the martin luther king jr. library will be closed until 1:30 this afternoon. people in the neighborhood should expect to see lots of officers, maybe even hear fake gunfire. state university system requires are its schools to have these drills every five years. this one was actually scheduled for the last week of may, but then it was postponed after a real life gunman opened fire near uc santa barbara killing six people, including three from the bay area. >>> it's 5:37 right now, the sun is coming up, that means people coming out and hitting the roadways. christina filling in for mike, pulling double duty. morning commute. >> it's really light out there. good morning to you, laura, scott, everybody at home, happy friday. you made it to the end of the week. today will be the hottest day of the weekend. hottest day of the year. so i just to want make sure you're aware of that. jump in the forecast in just a moment. we have some really great

it is near san jose state university. among the businesses burn second a pallet yard , the fire ripped through tens of thousands of wooden pallets, officials say five buildings were damaged, three are considered a total loss. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. officials think it sparked on the east side of the pallet yarr. firefighters this grass fire that burned five acres. it started around 4:30, they are staying on scene to monitor the area and make sure it doesn't reignite. no structures damaged, no injuries reported. >>> coming up, a wild fire raging in northern california leaves people without a home this weekend. >>> plus sanctions rising overseas as the war on the strip escalates, an update coming up. >>> protesters taking their message to the streets about immigration as the deadline for a bill looms. an update when we come back. protesting an appearance sat. his supporters were on hand to show appreciation to the lawman known as americas toughest sheriff. our pieio gave opinions including illegal

but the delta breeze, the sea breeze has kicked up. 60s for some. 63 gilroy. 63 saratoga, san jose state university 66. but they still get a little component of the southeasterly breeze. 74 up in reno under mostly sunny skies. 63 sacramento. they are cooling off in the 80s. that strong delta breeze that ushers in the cooler breeze. we have a fog bank there. sunny to the south and then a mix of high clouds and low clouds to the north bay. but overall, it will be a cooler, breezy pattern even with the sun. you get more of a westerly breeze for most. morning fog, drizzle. .04 in sausalito. 74 sonoma. kentfield, 73. 79 at travis. that's it. fairfield. 68 berkeley. antioch, brentwood coming way down from monday. san leandro, oakland at 70 degrees. what's interesting is the spread between the inland temperatures and the bay area have wum down. they are only -- have come down. they are only within 10 degrees of each other. 6s on the coast -- 60s on the coast. if you get the sun, it's really nice. 75 in redwood city. menlo park, 74. mountain view, 75. everyone is close. woodside, 77. not much change going

. >>> the parent of a san jose student who hanged himself at school are suing the university for $11 million. he was found dead in the dom in san jose state in february and according to our media partner the campus police and resident advisors talked to him and knew he was upset and the school is facing a suit from the family of another student who claims he was bullied for months by the four white roommates. >> customs at the water direct could be paying more for water although they are using less. they meet to consider a water rate hike to make up for $15 million budget game blamed on drought. directors considering a surcharge for customers who keyed man difficultied water use levels, the more they used higher the charge. it would take affect on monday. the meeting is open to the public at the district office in fremont. >> people are documenting violations now that state has ordered mandatory water restrictions. san francisco workers are watering the sidewalks which is allowed. the public utility commission says recycleed water is okay to >>> if you remember, yesterday morning at this time we had drizzle. what is the difference? >> sti

san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> the family of a student who committed suicide at san jose state is now suing the university for $11 million. 18-year-old brenden tiggs hanged himself in his room at a campus residence hall in february. his family says he was distraught the night before but instead of calling in professional help, university police left him in his room. sjsu says it can't comment on a pending case. >>> 5:10 now. allegations of fraud have surfaced against backers of that measure to split california into six states. opponents want the secretary of state to investigate reports that signature gatherers misstated the initiative's goal. allegedly a petitioner told a potential signer the measure was to stop a breakup not to promote it. silicon valley billionaire tim draper has now submitted more than a million signatures to put that plan on the ballot in 2016. >>> it is 5:10. they were trying to beat san francisco's awful parking situation but ended up in hot water. coming up a crackdown on a scam involving disabled placards. >> also ahead, another twist in a bizarre groping incident at the san francisc

san jose university for an active shooter training drill. people should expect to see a lot of officers and hear fake gunfire. state university system requires all schools to have these drills every five years. that was scheduled for the last week of may, but it was postp e postponed after a gunman opened fire, killing six people, including three from the bay area. >>> san francisco state professor accused of secretly taping students while they were going to the bathroom is out on bail this morning. 38-year-old mark landis is not working now, but recently taught accounting at the university. he was arrested wednesday. investigators say he invited students to his apartment in november. that's when one of the students reportedly found a camera hidden in a tissue box in the bathroom. >> i don't know how i would react to that. that's really surprising, i don't think a professor should be doing that. keep it on school ground. >> landis has been evicted. he's facing 15 misdemeanor accounts. >>> 4:35, new charges against leland ye in addition to the original bribery, money laundering and gun running charges, also racketee

san francisco state universe professor. >>> two homes went up in flames today as a fire sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky. ktvu's ann rubin is live now in san jose where 90 firefighters were called into battle the flames. >> san jose officials knew it would take a lot of resources to battle the fire and with so many firefighters here they could be in trouble if there was another emergency somewhere else. >> 5 alarm fire, two houses engulfed. more threatened. san jose had 90 people on scene. >> right now we are calling for help. calling for help. you know, we are doing what we can. >> the san jose fire department says they are struggling, not with the fire but with their budget. there were cuts in 2009 that left them short staffed. we called the city of san jose and they say they are down 79 firefighters. 5 or 6 engine companies remain closed. >> it is tough. if we had another incident right now we would have to call a lot of folks to assist. >> today scara city and -- santa clara city and county picked up the slack. >> with the cut backs, it is good to see they are here to stop it. >> reporter: they were able to contain the fire but it was too l

san francisco state and the university of san francisco. prosecutors say the incident involving at least 15 men occurred at his home. >>> police are investigating an early-morning stabbing in the heart of downtown san jose. it happened at plaza de cesar chavez. a call to police reported a man was being attacked by five or six people. that man had multiple stab wounds and later died at the hospital. so far, there are no arrests. the city has gone six weeks without a homicide. but now this is the third in a week. >>> people are being allowed back into their homes of in the sierra foothills but the fire danger isn't over. the sands fire is burning near the amador/el dorado county east of sacramento. the el portal fire is inching into yosemite from the west. people forced from their homes in el portal learned last night that they could go home this morning. one home was burned at foresta. the road that connects state route 120 with yosemite valley is closed right now. and so are three campgrounds in the national park. and the fire is 5% contained. >>> the sands fire in amador county is now 75% contained and most evacuees are heading home. the fire burned 3800 acres and destroyed 13 homes. >>> the man accuse

san jose state is holding an active shooter exercise. >>: university officials i'm not releasing any once this gets away their of the calling this an active your is fun to take place right behind me. and for the offices they don't know what they want to encounter their want this to be as realistic as possible. this is put on by san jose state police. employers will also take place and the treat and the jurors this morning. each campus will hold a full- scale act of shooting drill. and this is standard response tactics >>: one of the key aspects that we are practicing today is having not police department work with the fire department to enter the building. why the act the shooter is still in play. this is something that is new. >>: university official says the goal is to remove the victim with and an hour. once this gets going the street behind me is appalling to fill with police fire and you hear the sounds of simulated gunfire and the message has gone out to surrounding communities that it will look like the real thing. >>: the coliseum station is close to naming no trains are gett

. >>> the family of a san jose state student who took his own life has filed a claim against the university for $11 million. 18-year-old brandon tigs was found hanging in his room last february. his family says the school didn't do enough to prevent his death. according to the claim, tigs drinking the night he died. cams showed tigs was distraught, and they told him about counseling services, but allowed him to return to his room. >>> a judge said today the trial will move forward in october, and will not be delayed. the san francisco city attorney's office is suing the accrediting commission for community and junior colleges. the lawsuit claims city college was treated unfairly in the review process. last month, the commission gave the school two more years to address financial, and administrative issues. >>> san francisco home prices have hit a milestone. the median price for a home or condo in san francisco is now $1 million. that is a 13% increase over last year. marin county also tops $1 million. for the 9 county bay area though, the median price in june was $618,000. >>> on wall stree

university. this is an artist's rendering of what it will look like. they say additional housing is necessary if san jose stateontinues to grow. housing project, which will add nearly 900 more beds to the campus is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016. >>> would you like some wine with your produce? effective immediately, wine will be available at local farmers markets. governor brown signed an emergency measure to allow tastings at farmers markets. the bill was approved by both houses of the legislature. proponents say it will allow small wineries to build their brand. it limits tastings to 3 ounces per person. >>> our monsoonal moisture, i had to say it one more time. it's leaving the area. >> i've got you hooked on a weather term. the fog is moving back in right now. some thick fog at the coastline. we'll talk more about that in our forecast also, how the typhoon in japan will impact our weather coming in a few minutes. >>> game two of the bay bridge series, and pablo sandoval is back in the lineup. can he help their ailing offense. we'll have a live report coming up. >>> president obama is asking

of san jose, silicon valley, and the 49er stem leadership institute, which was established just last week. roaring live in santa clara. patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california state universityystem says it needs to limit enrollment for the fall semester after state funding fell short of expectations. csu will reportedly have to turn away 10,000 per spentive students. however, the university is increasing the number of out of state students. they of course, pay higher tuition than california students. >>> facebook seems to be getting a lot of likes on wall street. tonight, the quarterly earnings report beat expectations. facebook says it added 40 million users, and saw significant boosts from advertising. profits of $791 million. >>> it was a mixed day for the markets. the dow dropped 26 points. nasdaq gained 17, due in part to apple's positive earnings report yesterday. >>> we investigate disturbing claims by flooring giving off potential cancer causing fumes. >> people need to do a little more research on things before they purchase. >> temperatures on increase, and fire danger returns. how long it could take for the mercury to climb into the upper 90s. >> and forced to ev

foundation, southern new hampshire university, california state university system and the open learning -- and their open learning initiative and san jose state for their ex peer tease in these programs -- expertise in these programs. this demonstration program makes sense because we need to test these programs before we can make significant commitments of new federal investments. specifically this bill gives colleges the chance to create company-based programs to help students succeed by measuring what they know and not solely the number of hours that they spent in the classroom. under this legislation, students will still learn the basic academic work but this model allows them to become proficient at their own pace, potentially shortening the time it takes to earn a degree. for the returning veteran, this could mean army medical skills are more easily transferred toward an r.n. degree or om sore -- or some other medical degree. this could mean a computer science degree a shorter time frame and at less cost. combined with new technology, company-based education is one of the most promising new innovations to help make college more aff