julia curry, professor at san jose state university.hen should we use, claudia, the term "latinx," because in your news releases with direct action for farmworkers, it's everywhere. it's campesnias, it's latinx. is that something--i know that i think the latest study was only 20% of, here i go with this, latinas and latinos identify with that and are willing to use the term "latinx." claudia: yeah, i mean we use it, and we use it because we do have, you know, the people that we serve do identify as different things, and we try to be inclusive. and you know, i think you're right about being equitable, that women are, you know, not paid as well, so we would be saying campesinas, but the thing is that with non-binary, there are people who don't identify as a woman or a man, they identify as something different, they're non-binary, right? so, i think that's why we try to be inclusive of it. and not everyone that i know identifies as latinx. there are people that are very specific. like you were saying, there's people that identify as chican

campesinos, direct action for farmers, y también la doctora julia curry, que es profesora en san josé state universityto de estudios chicanas y chicanos; bienvenidas al programa. - gracias. - gracias, damián. damián trujillo: comenzamos contigo claudia, porque tú eres la más joven entre, entre todos nosotros; ¿qué nos puedes decir del, del término "latinx"?, yo lo aprendí apenas hace 2 años, y todavía estoy acostumbrándome a ese término. claudia zabalza: bueno el término "latinx" viene de, que en el idioma español estamos tratando de tener, este, lenguaje inclusivo, porque ya sabemos que en el español, todo se basa a género, y siempre el masculino predomina, el masculino neutral, cuando es un grupo, entonces, el "x", ha venido de eso, de tratar de tener ese tipo de idioma inclusivo. damián trujillo: ah, entonces, cuando yo, hay un poco de resistencia al aceptar el término "latinx"; ah, doctora julia curry, usted se identifica como chicana, usted peleó por décadas, virtualmente y literalmente, para que se pudiera usar el término "chicana"; platíquenos de su reacción, a que estamos ahora usando un nuevo

san jose state university is trying to develop technology to save lives and property. >> we're operatingt advanced fire behavior prevention system in the world. california should be assured that we actually have the technology to predict these conditions in the future. >> san jose state's modeling will provide realtime data to cal fire and give the public notice of when fire smoke may arrive in their neighborhoods. if we do get a little more rain, it feels like it's not gonna be enough. >> you're right. we may get some rain here and there. but not nearly what we need to make to the steps. >> the deficit is so deep. i want to show you our drought. the entire state, practically, is under the drought. some areas in red are in extreme drought. and it's really growing as far as the amount of coverage of california. santa cruz county, the hills were just added. for a bay area local view, pretty much everyone in that droit, anywhere from moderate to crowd, anywhere from moderate to extreme. i do want to change things up bathe and talk about what is working in the bay area. despite the fact that

san jose state university is trying to develop technology to save lives and property. >> we're operating the most advanced fire behavior prevention system in the world. california should be assured that we actually have the technology to predict these conditions in the future. >> san jose state's modeling will provide realtime data to cal fire and give the public notice of when fire smoke may arrive in their neighborhoods. if we do get a little more rain, it feels like it's not gonna be enough. >> you're right. we may get some rain here and there. but not nearly what we need to make to the steps. >> the deficit is so deep. i want to show you our drought. the entire state, practically, is under the drought. some areas in red are in extreme drought. and it's really growing as far as the amount of coverage of california. santa cruz county, the hills were just added. for a bay area local view, pretty much everyone in that droit, anywhere from moderate to crowd, anywhere from moderate to extreme. i do want to change things up bathe and talk about what is working in the bay area. despite the f

craig from san jose state university's fire weather research lab told me earlier today things could get worse this summer. because of very dry samples of fuel or wildland vegetation. >> is a manual process you have to drive out to the mountains, dry it so you get a fuel moisture content and the information goes into our fire danger rating system that is used throughout the united states. so that's the process and what we have found for april 1 is pretty grim in terms of fire danger for the coming season. and our april 1 fuel sampling trip indicated that the fuels are very dry. and this is the time of year when those fuels should have the most moisture content of the season. they are actually the lowest that we have ever measured for april. >>> paul hagan is here and savvy paul we are staying dry for a while. >> drought conditions continue and it's important to keep in mind there is really only one way that they naturally start and that is with lightning, the rest is up to us. drought conditions pretty much where they have been since the atmospheric river moved in in late january which s

joining us now for some analysis is donna crane, political science lecturer at san jose state universityhi, donna. so what impact might this have on team newsome or will it just rattled the republicans already set to run. >> i don't read this as being a major threat to gavin the way the process works is that if a majority votes to recall well, first of all, to get on the ballot which looks like it probably will a majority vote to recall then it's the person who wins them the most votes will succeed him. and that her if the most credible challengers are seen as conservative republicans that's going to be an uphill climb in california. >> yeah. i'm curious about the conservative republican vote because caitlin kennard jenner is transgender and there are republican lawmakers across the country right now that are trying to take away transgender rights and in california, that's not happening because the democrats control the state capitol, but with california conservative republican voters vote for a transgender candidate. even if that candidate is a republican. >> yeah. that's an excellent p

the main research vessel out of the water at the moss landing marine lab, which is part of san jose state university with a year lost the transmitters that were placed on leatherbacks back in 2000, 19 are no longer sending data back. >> societies for ratios appetite for seafood is perhaps the biggest threat every year. there are fewer leatherbacks making their epic migration of about 7,000 miles between the shores of indonesia and the california coast in south asia. there's been poaching and the critical loss of nesting grounds and in the open waters of the pacific. many die getting caught in traps or commercial fishing nets. >> the impact of industrial fishing is not just leatherback sea turtles, but it it's sharks and it's all kinds of animals and it's not sustainable activists. touch diner is pushing for more protection for leatherbacks around the world. >> especially since it's an animal that's out survived dinosaurs. it's like looking back into prehistory and to prehistoric times just to see this incredibly gigantic a magnificent animal go by their beautiful. some helpful progress is being made

the san jose state university fire weather research laboratory while it may look green and healthy samples taken show no new growth. and that's not good. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. >> professor craig clements is the director of the lap and up on that ridge for the picture, the team conducts various tests in operations like this one where a truck contains a fire weather profiling system. he says those april clippings evaluated for their fuel moisture content gives insight about what may be in store for the fire season. this time of year. that means that in the summer when the jewels are generally lower in their fuel moisture content. how much water is inside the plant. >> we are getting to these values earlier on. we are really concerned about those those fuels.

the shooting happened at an off campus student apartment building near san jose state university on east. can't san carlos street police tell us a man was killed in that shooting, but they have no information on the suspect nor have they arrested anyone will continue to keep you updated on this story. >> in the east bay pleasanton police arrested a man after shooting his gun dozens of times inside his house. some of those bullets made it into neighboring homes. this happened friday night on a royal court police say about 100 rifle. rounds were fired. new. no one was injured from the gunfire. that man is expected to be evaluated by mental health professionals. he has been booked at santa rita jail. and a scary moment for some drivers on the bay bridge. a viewer sent us this video of a van on fire on the bay bridge yesterday. you can see a thick cloud of black smoke billowing from that vehicle near the flames right we have reached out to fire officials to find a little bit more information on what happened here. we haven't heard back, but we're going continue to update you on that story. >

south 3rd street at a building called the grad, which is a student housing development for san jose state university police tell us an adult male was killed. no information. a suspect or an arrest has been released just yet. we're waiting for more information from san jose police as soon as we get it, i will pass it along to you. also in san jose. police are investigating the city's 13th homicide of the year. police say a motorcyclist attacked a pedestrian with his motorcycle. this happened on april 8th. the attack happened on first street right near the airport. the suspect left the scene before police arrived in the victim later died at the hospital. anyone with information on this homicide is asked to call police. and now to the peninsula where investigators are searching for 3 people involved in a strong armed robbery. this happened in the area of. communal reality, westboro boulevard. the suspects reportedly approached a 47 year-old man who was standing on the side of the road with his electric scooter. south san francisco police say the suspects asked the man if you needed help before taking h

that's the worry we've got researchers at san jose state university studying plants in the santa cruzrying to learn more about how dangerously dry conditions really are. the plant's me looking green. but what else do they tell us. well, the samples taken show no new growth which means these plants couldn't be more fuel for wildfires. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may. and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. yeah. the cal fire battalion chief says that they rely on data from. >> the university's fire weather lab and he says the information can let them know when the be ready to go, which it seems to be earlier and earlier each year the fire season begins. we'll be back with more in a minute. time now at 40. we'll be right back. majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's

south 3rd street at a building called the grad, which is a student housing development for san jose state university students. police tell us an adult male was killed. no information on the suspect or an arrest has been released. we'll keep you updated here. also in san jose. police are investigating the city's 13th homicide of the year. investigators say a motorcyclist attacked a pedestrian with his motorcycle on april 8th. the attack happened on first street near the airport. the suspect left the scene before police arrived. the victim later died at the hospital. anyone with information is asked to contact police. now to the peninsula were investigators are searching for 3 people involved in a strong armed robbery. it happened in the area of el camino real and westboro boulevard. the suspects reportedly approached a man who was standing on the side of the road with his electric scooter. the suspects then asked the man if he needed help before taking his backpack wallet and cell phone. the suspects then left the scene in a 3 series bmw with an unknown license plate and the suspects are described as

researchers at san jose state university. they're turning to plants in the santa cruz mountains to learn more about how dangerously dry the conditions really are the samples taken so far show no new growth. that's not good. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may. and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. >> the cal fire battalion chief says they really rely on information from the university's fire weather lab. he says the information can let them know, went to be ready to go. >> let's talk weather this monday night at 9 o'clock a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza and. the one thing we need, we're probably not going know the time. so not inside. i guess conference. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow blustery, though, lawrence. certainly winds ar

we're now joined by political science lecturer at san jose state university. donna crane donaghy.so good to speak with you again. great to be here. thanks, given the number of the signatures. supporters of the recall we're seeing they had. i think this is something that we were kind of expecting that a recall was likely going to take place if the numbers of signatures were all certified and they all were deemed to authentic. >> but they say it's going to be of the most expensive recall election in history. why is it going to be so expensive and why is it 4 times the amount the governor newsome initially estimated. >> and california is an expensive place to run pretty much at any just everything about it is expensive but primarily the media market. yeah, got there. you have it. >> it really just comes down to advertising and things like that. >> yeah, it really does. i'd like to spend a little more time looking over the specific numbers of this case. just california routinely breaks records for elections. and that's because we're such huge state. we're really the size of several st

today san jose state university put on its highly regarded fire weather research workshop, displaying tools to among other things analyze fire conditions. >> having that running all the time is really where we want to go, and that's needed. that will help actually predict kind of what the season outlook is going to be on a very fine scale. so, you know, every mountain, valley, every corner, you know, every region. so that's important. >> reporter: the governor also said the state will work closely with the federal government, which wasn't always the case with the previous administration. the state legislature is expected to pass the plan monday, and the governor says he'll sign it the very next day. in the santa cruz mountains, robert handa. >> we're inviting you to join us this sunday for our hour-long "climate in crisis" special. we'll talk to environmentalists about the greatest threats facing the bay area and how you can take action to help fix this massive problem. you can watch it this sunday at 3:00 right here on nbc bay area. >>> rob mayeda joins us now. you are part of this c

the main research vessel out of the water at the moss landing marine lab, which is part of san jose state university with a year lost the transmitters that were placed on leatherbacks back in 2000, 19 are no longer sending data >> societies for ratios appetite for seafood is perhaps the biggest threat every year. there are fewer leatherbacks making their epic migration of about 7,000 miles between the shores of indonesia and the california coast in south asia. there's been poaching and the critical loss of nesting grounds and in the open waters of the pacific. many die getting caught in traps or commercial fishing nets. >> the impact of industrial fishing is not just leatherback sea turtles, but it it's sharks and it's all kinds of animals and it's not sustainable activists. touch diner is pushing for more protection for leatherbacks around the world. >> especially since it's an animal that's out survived dinosaurs. it's like looking back into prehistory and to prehistoric times just to see this incredibly gigantic a magnificent animal go by their beautiful. some helpful progress is being made here

san jose state university is trying to develop technology to save lives and property. >> actually operating the most advanced fire prediction system in the world, california should be assured that we are actually having the technology to predict these conditions in the future. >> san jose states modeling will provide real-time data to cal fire and notify you when fire smoke may be arriving in your neighborhood.>>> that is fantastic work they arararararar we will appreciate it more when we get into fire season. let's take a look at temperatures under partly cloudy skies across san francisco. mainly 45 to about 50 degrees and we have mid-40s to around 50 just about everywhere until you get to sasasasasasa some low to mid 50s and tracy and out towards pittsburgh. here is a look from the east bay health camera where it is about 43 degrees. we will stay mainly in the 43 7 o'clock. the coast is only in the low to mid 50s today. we will be 59 to about 60 at noon, the breezes pick up and they hold our temperatures 64- 68 at about 4 o'clock. everybody back into the low to mid 50s by 7 o'clock. if yo

3rd street and the building called the grad, which is a student housing development for san jose state university students. police tell us an adult male was killed. no information the suspect arrest has been released. but we will keep you updated. a bay area. nonprofit is working to keep asian-american safe in their communities the vibes and smiles organization located in south san francisco. created safety kits that include items like whistles to help call for help in case of an emergency. and this comes after a wave of assaults against the asian american community across the bay area and nationwide. >> i saw people posting in the awareness was great. but i was like, what are we doing to really help protect the elderly when they want to go out and go buy groceries or just for a walk and went without waiting for someone to help them solace thinking we need a creepy safety kids and put these in the hands of the elderly. so they feel a bit more safe. >> the kits also include small flashlights mauled defense personal sirens and pepper gels sprays members with the nonprofit say elderly asian american

we've got professor donna crane who teaches political science at san jose state university. appreciate you joining us this morning with your perspective as we try to navigate our way through the new political reality in washington. >> thanks for joining us. and what do you expect out of nancy pelosi tonight. probably not going to doing this after the >> i expect the nancy pelosi may be framing this speech instead her offense. i think she's going to be very enthusiastic about it. this is you know, this is very consistent, of course, with her ideology. >> so when we look at the the balance of power in congress. the president is going to need. you know, obviously the support of the majority of lawmakers there. what's the likelihood he's going to be able to attract any republican votes to make this thing has bipartisan. is it like it to be. >> i think it's very unlikely that people tracked any republican votes. the parties these days are pretty definitely slit. i just don't think there's any political incentive for republicans to go along with a plan like this. there is an inter

we have researchers at san jose state university taking a look at some of the plants in the santa cruz mountains to try to learn more about exactly how dangerously dry conditions are and what they found is worrisome among the samples. they collected apparently they found no new growth, which could mean more fuel for wildfires. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may. and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. the fall that becomes dry and brittle it's nothing but kindling for wildfires. the cal fire battalion chief says that they rely on data like this from universities. >> another fire weather labs to trying to assess how quickly they need to be ready to fight wildfires. but it seems like every year fire season starts earlier and earlier because conditions stride like they are now still drive for as far as you c

the san jose state university fire weather research laboratory while it may look green and healthy samplesaken show no new growth. and that's not good. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may. and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. >> professor craig clements is the director of the lap and up on that ridge for the picture. the team conducts various tests in operations like this one where a truck contains a fire weather profiling system. he says those april clippings evaluated for their fuel moisture content gives insight about what may be in store for the fire season. this time of year. that means that in the summer when the jewels are generally lower in their fuel moisture content. how much water is inside the plant. >> we are getting to these values earlier on. we are really concerned about those. those fuels.

the san jose state university fire weather research laboratory while it may look green and healthy samples taken show no new growth. and that's not good. >> so compared to the last few years. this is the driest. that's a surprise. these plants are stressed. they haven't received the right amount of rain that they require. and there not growing the way they should. so we can hope that they'll recover some in possibly may. and then that could help us throughout the season. but right now it's looking pretty dire. >> professor craig clements is the director of the lap and up on that ridge for the picture. the team conducts various tests in operations like this one where a truck contains a fire weather profiling system. he says those april clippings evaluated for their fuel moisture content gives insight about what may be in store for the fire season. this time of year. that means that in the summer when the jewels are generally lower in their fuel moisture content. how much water is inside the plant. >> we are getting to these values earlier on. we are really concerned about those those fuels.

an update now to this weekend's deadly shooting at a high rise apartment building near san jose state university, said today that the man who was shot to death at the grad apartment building yesterday was not a member of the campus community. many students reportedly live in the building, which is located near campus but is not owned by san jose state. so far, police have not identified the victim, and there's also no word on a suspect or motive. vigil was held at san jose city hall this weekend honor a transgender woman who was killed last week in male penis. police say 27 year old in italia smut was killed by her boyfriend on friday. least 22 year old elijah signora of union city called 911 about to 20 in the morning, saying that the victim was injured and that he was responsible for her injuries. officers found smart laying on the ground. when they arrived. she was taken the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. the d a will announce formal charges against agora tomorrow. do. your police are looking for the man who was caught on video attacking a 61 year old chinese american man in ea

san jose state. so for the victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made. they say the man was not a student at the university. >>> the justice department is opening a sweeping propionate policing in louisville, kentucky, over the police shooting death of breanna taylor. this comes one year after officers shot and killed the 26- year-old in her own home executed a no knock warrant with a battering ram. merrick garland says the doj will assess whether louisville police engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional practice is such as stop searches and seizures. >>> the family of a black been killed by deputies in north carolina say he had his hands on the wheel and they opened fire on his car. they made their comments after viewing the body can video today. >> he had his hands on his steering wheel. he was not reaching for anything. he was not touching anything come he wasn't there anything around, he had his hands firmly on the steering wheel. they went up to his vehicle shooting. he still stood there, sat there in his vehicle with his hands on the steering wheel while being shot at. >>own lek puti st fe drwis y b