[intro music] welcome to the campus of san jose state university in this edition of equal time. i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. more than half of the faculty in the california state university system are lecturers - faculty with full or part-time temporary positions. on this edition of equal time, correspondent jennifer gonzalez discusses the challenges that adjunct professors face. year after year, cal state institutions undergo drastic budget cuts and are expected to meet the needs of students, faculty, and administration. in a search to cut costs, institutions like san jose state hire a greater amount of adjunct professors. despite the advantages of part-time lecturers, adjuncts across campuses say they are faced with discrimination and exploitation. they are given low wages, little to no benefits, and a lack of job security. associate english professor andrew fleck says adjunct situations affect not only the individual, but they place a strain on a students' education. many students may not realize that the professor that they have is, you know, teaching

san jose earlier this morning. this is what's left behind this afternoon. heavy flames turned through the vacant two-story house just after 3:00 this morning. it happened on north 9th street near san jose state university. a firefighter had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries. >>> now to new details from whole foods after a security guard allegedly beat a shopper unconscious in oakland on thursday. the security guard is now permanently off the job. an eyewitness posted these pictures on facebook after the incident. a spokeswoman for the grocery chain says the customer made physical contact with an employee before the guard intervened. the customer is hospitalized in stable condition. oakland police and whole foods are investigating. a company representative issued a new statement today saying, quote, we do have a zero tolerance policy for violence. as a result of the violent behavior of the security guard at whole foods market oakland we are replacing this security firm in the store. >>> a disturbing child important bust in san francisco this week. it involves young victims from several states and overseas, some as young as a year old. yesterday the san francisco pd and the fbi announced the

[intro music] welcome to the campus of san jose state university in this edition of equal time.ore than half of the faculty

. >> san jose state university also at home. >> big weekend. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. >>> over to meteorologist mark tamayo. >> from one mark to another mark. lots of sunshine in the bay area. gusty winds. you felt the winds last night into this morning. blowing chop on the bay waters. lots of clear skies. has as you can see here. clear conditions. not much in the way of widespread fog this morning. a few patches. basely lots of -- basically lots of sunshine. a circulation towards the pacific northwest and that will be moving into northern california over the next couple days. right now as i mentioned we are in the clear. just a patch or two of fog near the shoreline, closer to pillar point. current numbers for the 4:00 p.m. hour, showing you 60s and 70s. santa rosa the warmer spots, 80 degrees. livermore 77. and san jose reporting 73. and mostly sunny skies. as far as wind speeds 12-15 miles per hour. south, napa 20 miles per hour. and more wind reports, sfo, sustained 20. gusting to 28 miles per hour. headlines for tonight, clear and breezy. cooler in your friday fo

. >>> nine san jose state university students are without a place to live now after a fire destroyeds just after 3:00 a couple of blocks from the school's campus. you can see in the video the flames shooting from the roof but everybody got out okay. there was a second fire after the initial one. >> they got through the hole, checked the attic before on the first fire. so it was just shooting out of that hole. and it was crazy, about 15 feet high. flames. >> the fire was so intense it took firefighters three hours to put it out. no one was hurt. >>> in the south bay on highway 237 this afternoon, a lot of you noticed a grass fire burning near caribbean drive. abc 7 viewer curtis light posted the video showing a huge cloud of smoke that could be seen for miles. the fire started at 11 and quickly spread. the firefighters brought the fire under control in less than an hour but it did cause a big traffic backup. >>> whole foods has fired an entire security company after a violent incident involving one of its guards in oakland. a warning, the following images may be difficult to see. poli

san jose where heavy flames burned a vacant two-story house. we're told the fire was mainly in the attic. it happened shortly after 3:00 on north 9th street near san jose state university. several people in the area reported smelling strong fumes from the fire. a firefighter had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries. no word yet on what start thad fire. >>> a popular labor day destination now a danger zone for your pets. a warning this weekend after a south bay's family tragic trip to the russian river. the family's dog died after swimming in the river last week. sonoma county health officials say the river may be contaminated with toxic algae. the owners say the dog began convulsing and foaming at the mouth when it came out of the water. the algae warning resonating with many visitors. >> it's gorgeous to spend time here. but when something is like that that's out there, a family needs to be concerned. >> the river is still open. officials say if you do go there, stay away from the algae and definitely keep your pets out of the water. >>> a freak accident sends a kite surfer to the hospital. it happened yesterday afternoon just south of where sloat boulevard

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san jose this morning. this is what is left behind tonight. heavy flames burned there the vacant two-story house just after 3:00 this morning, it happened near san jose state university. a firefighter had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries. >>> now to a developing story overseas where thousands of refugees continue their harrowing journey across europe. 10,000 migrants from syria, iraq and afghanistan fleeing unrest in their countries. now they are in munich, germany, days after leaving hungary. germany welcomed them and waived asylum rules. germany has pledged to take 35,000 refugees by 2016. austria is also offering aid. >> they have offered to take the illegal migrants and take care of them. from this we are fulfilling and keeling law and order. >> 4 million people have fled syria since the crisis began in 2011. >>> a kentucky county clerk is in jail tonight after a judge found her in context of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. kim davis said doing so will violate her religious beliefs. once she is out of jail she has no plans to issue marriage licenses. her supporters compare her to civil rights figures, including mar

san jose state university researchers blame remnants of hurricane linda, the system brought unusual tropicalmoisture to california's coast last month as well as powerful winds and those strong gusts apparently caused the fire to spread quickly during its first 12 hours. >>> the butte fire east of stock ton is 95% contained. it turned 110 square miles. >>. >>> a child is in the hospital after a boating accident in the sacramento san joaquin river delta. a boat carrying the two-year-old boy and two adults hit something in the water. a nearby boater towed the boat to the marina. authorities are trying to determine what caused the accident. accident. >>> 63 happening today, the correctional deputies, two of them accused in the beating death of a men alley ill inmate will be back in tort, attorneys for matthew farris and rafael rodriguez are expected to discuss bail options with the judge. they are currently being held on $1.5 million each. farris, rodriguez and a third deputy, jl face murder charges in the death of michael tyree. >>> president obama will address the united nations, he is also me

san jose where heavy flames burned at a two-story house. it happened shortly after 3:00 on north 9th street near san jose state university. the area reported smelling strong fumes from the fire. no word yet on what started it. >>> a whole lot of criticism for the whole foods in oakland after a security guard there allegedly beat a shopper unconscious. another shopper who saw the attack posted these pictures on facebook. a spokeswoman for the high-end grocery chain says the customer made physical contact with an employee before the security guard intervened. the guard has since been. the customer taken to the hospital in stable condition. oakland police are looking into what happened as is the chain, which said it has launched its own investigation. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay," the bare area's most unique home goes on the market. we'll take you inside for an exclusive look at the flintstone house. that plus we'll have all of your top news stories coming up at 7:00. anthony slaughter will be back with a look at that entire forecast. we hope you're enjoying the weekend off. now back to the "today" show.

office here in san francisco and san jose still the focus of the unspecified criminal activity he has previous bay area ties he is a graduate of san jose state university>>james: they simply have of lot of pride for the commencement is gone campus housing and the school is not ok with this according to their live in the agreement it says no items except at the furniture designed for outdoor use may be placed on balcony's also handy the partitions may not be used in a letter to the students they say they violated the policy and now face expulsion they plan to send their grounds the bay area baseball is finally over for the giants then struck out 13 to crush the national league west with the eight when the third straight title no one had as bad a night as this fan to look even is not one not to do with three foul balls we have the bay bridge approach back with more of this on weather and traffic of the top of the our. ♪ all of our legendary racing heritage. all of our pioneering four wheel drive experience. come together in one amazing new vehicle. this is the all-new gle coupe. a mercedes-benz suv with the heart and soul of a race car. >>james: we're go

san jose are directly involved in high- tech. san jose state produces more engineers than all of the other regional universities combined. and so, it is fitting that he is right here in downtown san jose. >> reporter: for those who didn't get in tomorrow, there will be a festival and a jumbo screen set up outside. emily turner, kpix5 news. >>> the governor's meeting with the prime minister tomorrow will include a discussion on cl >>> pg&e is trying to figure out what caused a transformer explosion that injured two people in san francisco. two people were hurt when debris went flying. one was knocked unconscious. the other suffered minor burns. about 4,000 people lost power. it took pg&e crews all day to restore service. >>> just a few hours ago, a raccoon knocked out power to another 5,000 customers in the inner sunset when it tripped a high voltage line at 17th and laughton. >>> new at 11:00, an ex-uc berkeley is accused of trying to conceal a camera in a campus bathroom. joseph barber is accused of filming thousands of women over the course of several days. he also put out of order signs on another restroom to steer mor

san jose state and santa clara university are on the delivery list. use a food delivery app to make it happen. it hopes to expand to more than 100 campuses by spring. as long as they don't deliver to news rooms, we're good. we still have the freshman 15 from college years ago. >> please. >> no deliveries here. >> sounds delicious. >> what's today, wednesday? >> tuesday. >> i usually hit up chipotle on tuesday. >> we'll see you in 20 minutes. >>> you can see the sky camera network at the ballpark shows fog way off towards the distance. we have details on that full forecast and your labor day in a couple of minutes. tre'sti a altwarng--ut erere ni >>> a health warning on campus. but no new measles cases in berkeley. it was announced yesterday that a cal student was diagnosed with the highly contagious virus. that student rode a local bus, transit bus 25a to richmond last monday. he or she is now in isolation. the measles risk is very low to anyone who has been vaccinated. >>> the city of pleasanton fighting the drought with a new set of pipes. literally

university. why not? if i was in their case, why wouldn't i come here to san jose state and be out here trying to mingle with the people, as you say. bob: you're youth- montez: you're youth! bob: so you are young people, very intelligent young people, you want to connect wit them. but the other side of the coin, i'm sure the administration would want me to say, "yes, but how do we control that or at least maintain safety?" because, again, we have a responsibility as administrators to make sure that the students are safe, as well as any visitor. so how do we do that and not cross a line of making it, "get out." dwayne: i think the university is doing a fantastic job, you know, because i know personally a lot of homeless individuals that do, you know, go in this campus and they've never had any negative interaction with the students or the campus police. the campus police they're very-you know, i remember when i was being homeless, walking on the campus and, you know, had to sleep on the campus because i didn't' have no place to sleep bob: i encourage you all to keep what you're doing up and helping the youth