san jose state university is warning of a groper on campus. the man apparently attacked a >>> in today's top stories, san jose state university is warning there is a groper on campus. the man apparently attacked a victim in a joe west dorm this morning. now, all students are advised to lock their doors. >>> no suspects in berkeley's first murder of the year. police believe that the man killed in an apartment on shattuck avenue last night was specifically targeted. several neighbors reported hearing a lot of gunshots in that area. >>> and today city leaders in oakland will unveil a budget cutting proposal that could save some jobs and delay layoffs. around 80 people could still lose their jobs because of a loss of redevelopment funding. >>> 6:16. it's a case similar to solyndra right here in the bay area. a green company that got a government grant now filing for bankruptcy protection because of competition from overseas. electric carmaker -- battery maker rather ener1 received an energy department grant worth $118 million in 2009. and a year ag

a short time ago police issued a campus alert at san jose university. blanco tells us this morning involves a groper inside the dorm. you've been talking to both the university and police. right lover rain? >> reporter: yes, i have. they are obviously frightened this morning. they are in joe west hall and interviewing witnesses as we speak. it said last seen third floor joe west hall residence locked doors. police on scene. now we just shot video. let's take a look at that of two females being escorted out of joe west and put into police cars. the public affairs representative on duty told us the understand accident happened about 3:30:00 a.m.. the female victim called police right away. now the school tells us there are surveillance cameras in all residence halls. right now they are reviewing video. as you can see out here live police are on scene. they are looking for a suspect. there is not a great description of the man. they say it's a male suspect in his 20s wearing black clothing. reporting live at san jose state lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 ne

women assaulted while asleep in their dorms at san jose state university. and now police are on the hunt for their attacker. gil diaz is live in san jose with what investigators know so far. gil. >> reporter: hi, frank. good afternoon. well, that woman called campus police around 3:30. and the incident happened at this residence hall right behind me known as joe west. now, even though the woman lives on the third floor, investigators are still trying to figure out whether the attacker went through more than one floor. the biggest mysteries remain unsolved this noon. just who is this guy and how did he get in? >> it said, a, let's male 20s black clothing tried doors in joe west, entered room and groped victim. last seen third floor joe west. residents lock doors, police on scene. >> reporter: that's the text message nicole brock meyer received in the middle of the night after another dorm resident reported being groped by a stranger. during the investigation, other students came forward. in all, there were four

san jose, the suspect in this case has been booked into santa clara county main jail. we have some exclusive video now showing the suspect being walked into jail by san jose state university police officers. that suspect with the hoodie tightly pulled of his head will be booked on probably at least four charges of sexual assault of students here at san jose state university in the early- morning hours this morning. university officials say they will be meeting with students in small groups throughout the evening to go over safety procedures to make sure this doesn't happen again. len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> the governor hit the airwaves today selling his budget plan. jerry brown told kcbs radio that cities complaining about cuts to redevelopment funding need to understand that everyone has to make sacrifices. >> it's almost like little children. daddy comes home and said hey, i lost my job, we don't have the money. so we can't go to the movies. we can't have a new bicycle, mor toys. california has been spending money it didn't have. i'm balancing the books honestly. and prudently and that means we have to cut back. and that cutting nobody likes. >> governor brown also promise

at san jose state university, terisa estacio, kron4 news. >>pam: san jose is a rehiring many police that were laid off as a result of budget cuts. 65 officers lost jobs last june. city hall made deep cuts to help balance the budget. over the past several months, about half of those laid-off officers have been reinstated as a result of replacing those officers who were leaving the force for other reasons. >> whenever a vacancy was created in we had an eligibility list for those offices or laid off for them to be reinstated. about half of them decided to come back. we do not want to give the public perception that we're adding officers. the only time will call those officers to come back is if there is a vacancy. the number officers in the department is hovering right around 1100. the number does change from week to week due to people coming in and resigning were being terminated for retiring. >>grant: a major san francisco intersection is shutting down. the intersection at the church and market is going to close starting friday night at 7:00 p

. >> breaking news out of san jose state university. police are searching for a man who broke into a dorm room and sexually assaulted a victim. stephanie chuang is live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the latest we heard is that police announced they are here at joe west hall on the campus, this is tenth street where the man reportedly broke in. >> we lost the signal there with stephanie. we'll hope to check back in. can you hear us now? >> reporter: i can. >> we have her back. go ahead. >> reporter: great. so what i was saying at last check university police still looking at joe west hall, looking at the dorm right now where before 5:00 this morning apparently a man broke into the dorm and the report is that he groped a student. >> we're still having trouble with the transmission. we'll try to check back with her on that right now happening at san jose state university. >> right now a man accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend's daughter will be sentenced later today. george rodriguez pleading guilty to cha

tsongas soft fluffy sphere for >>darya: san jose police are on the scene after it reported sexual assaults at san jose state university. the victim was a salted in her third floor of former. now, they are concerned about the dorms and their safety as san jose state. >>mark: let's talk whether this morning. we have a look at the fog this morning. it is still there over the heart of the date. the good news is, it is slowly starting to burn off. the east bay, the same story. in the south bay we are not bad. it is right over the heart of the date. temperatures are also on the mild side with fifties and forties. only one exception. nevada at 39. everyone else is starting off mild. we will end on a warmer no compared to yesterday. temperatures in the mid-60s for the most part. oakland an antioch and morgan hill are right around 64-65. across the north bay temperatures will range from 62 in richmond all the way up to 67 in santa rosa. more of the forecast coming up in a little bit. >>jackie: i am here at the bay bridge. this is heading to the incline the side of the bay bridge between the metering lights into the incline. he

. >>> a san jose university student is behind bars tonight, accused of sneaking into dorm rooms and molesting women while they slept. michael escovargroped four women. investigators credit surveillance video with helping them quickly find the suspect . kron4 spoke to a young woman who lives at the dorm. she believes the suspect entered her room in the middle of the night. >> i woke up this morning, and my roommate told me that in the middle of the night, around 4:00, she felt her bed shake, and when she look up, she saw a guy standing over here, kind of, and when she looked at his face, he bolted out of the room and left the door wide open. i was sound asleep the whole night. i know it's really creepy. >> police were escobar was going door to go in the complex checking for unlocked rooms >>> an unusual story. a 6-year-old boy accused of sexual assault and suspended from a hercules elementary school. his parents say the principle overreacted and says is this a case of little children, first graders, playing. not an assault. kate thompson spoke to the mother who is fighting the charge. >> this

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>>reporter: a san jose university student is behind bars tonight use of sneaking into dorm rooms and hoping at least four women. he is a junior at the school book lived off campus. he had no prior arrest with the police department police said they were able to quickly arrest him with the help of surveillance video. >> we were able to do a lot of police work very quickly everything from our officers checking the surveillance camera as soon as the call came in the continue to cover the footage and interviews of witnesses and put together what we already knew and then broke the case. >> he was going door to door checking for unlocked the on rooms and students say is, to leave their rooms unlocked. >>reporter: here with the crimes occur a talk with a suspect who said--i talk with us to do said the suspect entered her room. >> she said there was the guy in here last month. if it is almost like he was standing on the chair and then as he got up and shook the bay. she could not see his face because of a darker and when she walked over she saw him leave had run out and leave the door wide op

san jose, the suspect in this case has been booked into santa clara county main jail. we have exclusive video of the suspect after he was arrested and questioned by university police being escorted in jail. he is identified as 21-year-old michael escobar a san jose state university student. he was arrested off campus by university police around noon today for allegedly sneaking into the joe west dorm and groping four female students as they slept. he apparently slipped into the rooms of residents who left the doors unlocked. but surveillance video and witness statements led to his identification and capture. some students say the fact that the suspect is a student makes -- seems to make a bad situation even worse. >> a stranger is one thing. if you would have a student, you trust people here on campus and kind of almost like a family and then to have that happen is just -- it's wrong. >> reporter: escobar will likely face sexual assault charges. meantime university housing officials are meeting with students tonight in small groups throughout the evening to go over safety procedures. students are just back to campus this past wednesday after a very long winter break so

month fog sphere of puff >>justine: here is what is just and, police are on the scene and san jose state university after they are saying tasted was sexually assaulted in a dorm room. we are joined with a spokesperson from san jose state. >> good morning. >>justine: can you tell us what happened? >> our police department received a call, we have a female victim who was groped in her dorm room. our officers responded immediately. they are searching the building. that is a search that we are just about ready to complete. we have gone through every room of every bathroom every closet. we are also reviewing surveillance camera images. we are searching for the suspect is described as a male, has added in his early 20s with dark clothing. that is a very general description. we're asking any and all remaining witnesses to call the police stations that we can continue to work on this case. this is a situation where our alert system has worked pretty well. we received a phone call immediately when the crime occurred and we were able to get officers into the building. >>justine: does happen overnight while s

san jose. warning after several overnight attacks at san jose state university. >> i make sure my door is locked all the time. always a possibility that something could happen. >> police searched the campus early this morning for a man who went into dorm rooms and groped four students. terry mcsweeney jones us from the campus with more. >> reporter: -- four women groped in four rooms overnight here at joe west hall in the sand a state university campus. police right now are looking at surveillance video trying to get ahold of who this guy is before he strikes again. the call came in 3:30 from a woman who said she had been groped in her dorm room. after determining the man was unknown to the victim, everything changed. >> we began reviewing video, sending our officers through the dormitory which is a 10 story highrise. >> reporter: the description of the suspect is male hispanic, early 20s, dark clothing. police could not explain how four women in separate rooms could be groped but only one called police. >> i can't comment on that, i don't know enough about the behavior of victims. i can just te

san jose. he lived off campus about two blocks from here. he was a student here at san jose state university. he was a psychology major. police here on campus say he had no previous record with him. with them, rather. but tonight he is behind bars accused of breaking into the bedrooms of four women in the dorm behind me. >> definitely relieved that they were able to make an arrest. >> reporter: she just received a text alert from san jose state letting her know university police arrested a man accused of groping four female students as they slept. the attacks all happened here in joe west hall early this morning. the man entered the victims' bedrooms through unlocked doors. >> it's so scary to think about that that is occurring and people can get into the rooms that easily. >> reporter: prescott nickel lives on the same floor where one of the web was assaulted. >> she said it was scary. she wears glasses and it was dark. we're all really tight on the floor so she thought it was someone on our floor and it didn't register until something happened and she had to go to the police station. >> rep

they say that is a lot of people here at san jose state university.deo of the dorm. they are going to be looking at that, seeing if they can get a better idea of who this was. it happened 50 this morning. -- it happened 5:00 this morning. for two hours they've been searching for this person have not been able to locate him yet. more coming up at 11:00. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> good morning i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco. we are here reporting on the ross mirkarimi case. it appears prosecutors are beefing up their case or trying to against the sheriff. they now want pictures that were taken about eight months ago the chronicle is reporting investigators have subpoenaed pictures that ran in the paperback in may. this was when mirkarimi announced that he would be running for sheriff. they didn't say why they want the pictures. we got a glimpse of some of the evidence against him. prosecutors read some e-mails in court yesterday they say were written by his wife in which she writes she is very afraid and wants to runaway. those were e-mai

. >>> in south bay a college student accused of walking into a san jose state university dorm attacking four women will make his first court appearance today. the 21-year-old escobar is accused of entering the unlocked dorm rooms and groping sleeping students. escobar is a junior and noose previous arrest record at that university. >>> and san jose teacher craig chandler could make history on charges of sexually assaulting a student last fall at ob waily elementary school in san jose. police say they're still looking for other potential victims. >>> and a horrifying case of teacher child abuse coming to light in los angeles. police say the 61-year-old is charged with committing lewd acts on two dozen children over a two-year period. a film processor alerted police when they developed pictures of girls and boys between 7 and 10, blindfolded with mouths taped shut. more pictures were found 4 this in home when arrested yesterday. he's been a teacher at the same elementary school for 30 years. >>> a sear res of bar fights and brawls is forcing a police crackdown in downtown walnut creek. th

san jose. warning after several overnight attacks at san jose state university. >> i make sure my door is locked all the time. always a possibility that something could happen. >> police searched the campus early this morning for a man who went into dorm rooms and groped four students. terry mcsweeney jones us from the campus with more. >> reporter: -- four women groped in four rooms overnight here at joe west hall in the sand a state university campus. police right now are looking at surveillance video trying to get ahold of who this guy is before he strikes again. the call came in 3:30 from a woman who said she had been groped in her dorm room. after determining the man was unknown to the victim, everything changed. >> we began reviewing video, sending our officers through the dormitory which is a 10 story highrise. >> reporter: the description of the suspect is male hispanic, early 20s, dark clothing. police could not explain how four women in separate rooms could be groped but only one called police. >> i can't comment on that, i don't know enough about the behavior of victims. i can just te

. >>> and new this morning, san jose voters might be asked in november to set a higher minimum wage. the "mercury news" reports some san jose state university students have applied to circulate petitions to put the issue on the ballot. their proposal is for a $10 minimum wage. san jose already has a living wage policy that sets minimum up 13.59 an hour for businesses contracting with the city. >>> president obama gives the state of the union address tonight. he is expected to call for higher taxes on the wealthy and offer his plans for the housing crisis and unemployment. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be there on one of her final duties in office. giffords is resigning this week to concentrate on her recovery from last year's shooting. >>> the republican candidates running for president crashed in the debate in tampa, florida, with finances, the hot topic. this morning, mitt romney released tax returns for 2010 and estimated returns for 2011. now, they show that he made more than $40 million in the past two years. in 2010, he paid a tax rate of just 14% since most of his money came from investments. last night romney attached newt g

. >> and something did. 4 women groped in 4 separate dorm room overnight at san jose state university and tonight an arrest. >> we were able to yacht liz the surveillance video and interview our witnesses. >> good evening. man arrested is a student. 21-year-old michael escobar is a junior majoring in sociology. he is charged with if you are counts of burglary with the intent to commit a felony offense including sexual assault. more on the story from corrina rusk >> the suspect does not live at this dorm but the san jose student easily got into the building likely following someone else who did have access just like we did. >> not that hard to get in the building late at nature because tailgate somebody in. >> campus police say the suspect started roaming the floors. looking for unlocked bedroom doors. and groped 4 young women while they were sleeping. the attack were his first reported shortly after 3:30 this morning. >> kind of briefly talked to her. it was like she was lick oh, yes he came in my room and lick i couldn't see anything kind of happened. he just left. >>reporter: camera

a few hours later, the san jose state university police department has arrested a suspect in this case. we arrested that person off campus. >> a suspect who is a student. >> that are concerns me a lot. you never know who has access to the dorms and they are more likely to get access. i worry a lot. >> this is not the first time a groper assaulted on or near campus achl man groped a woman near the engineering building. on september 1111, two women were groped on east san salvador street next to campus. even though they need a key card to get in, people without them tailgate behind residents. many will be much more cautious. >> probably keep my door locked. >> now that she received this text, she feels much safer and has no intention of letting her guard down. police arrested the suspect about two blocks off campus and say they are not releasing his name. campus police have been intrusion him and drove him over to the santa clara county sheriff's department where they book him into county jail. he will be charged with sexual assault. later tonight staff plans to meet with the people here

i am on public health at san jose state university. my predecessor may have participated in the ribbon panel. father may be continued refinement of the agreement, we welcome the implementation of the agreements made by staff today. what was made by the administration was impressive. in-home visitation health and family wellbeing program as well as our general operations. they've been good partners with us and i'd like to urge you to support the rebuild. we believe the rebuild will bring jobs and energize the community. the ongoing economic impact will be magnified as they become a driver in the growing and dynamic healthcare economy, one in which safety, access and quality of care will increase. we expect them to be contributors to the betterment of the community. please support their efforts as we do. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is joe fang and i own a business on van ness. as you all know, especially supervisor chu here, the van ness corridor is in dire need of help. we ha

. >> the research goes on at san jose state university but one of the key tools was missing. vicki smith got on the glimpse of what she was looking for. >> i saw him little flash of it and then it showed me this screen. it gave me the feeling of what it would be like if it was this way all the time. >> these anthropology students were also caught up. >> that means i will have to do a lot more work tomorrow. >> wikipedia and thousands of other websites went to black in protest at the two bills known as sopa and the house and pipa in the senate. but those are supposed to protect content producers from having been distributed and stolen on wine but critics say the laws are too broad and do more harm than good. >> is like dropping the nuclear bomb on someone who was shoplifting. >> rob says they are afraid it will jeopardize free speech and the internet as we know it. several previous backers from the bill are already pulling away. >> pressure was on before this happened at this made it even more visible so the few supporters that were left are running screaming away from this mo

. >> reporter: dorm safety has also become a recent issue at san jose state university. just friday police arrested a 21-year-old student a sociology major for allegedly going into the unlocked dorm rooms of four female students and groping them in the early morning hours. the message to all students is of course take every precaution to keep yourself safe. live at stanford university, stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >>> $100 billion. that's what the stock market value is projected to be for facebook when it goes public. the company is expected to file papers for its initial public offering as early as this week with the ipo happening perhaps in may or june. and an ipo at facebook could mean lots of cash for its employees. jessica aguirre has the story. >> reporter: check out this dream car. a 2012 lexus lfa. sticker price? >> this one's 388,600. >> reporter: it may be out of the price margin for most of us. but if facebook goes public, the rank and file employees may be able to like and afford one. >> it's going to be an exciting event. >> reporter: a monumental ini

a group from san jose state university, there they are. they are flying to cuba today, a trip by the school of journalism and mass communications there. 32 students, faculty and guest professor, all on a 12-day trip of cuba. they will come home with interviews and videos, to produce stories about cuba. >> what an awesome field trip. >>> all right, well, apple has its eye on target. the cupertino-based company wants to expand the presence inside 25 target stores. the store within a store which showcased more products. apple does sell some products inside target, though it is limited to items like the i- pod, and i-pad and i-phone. the first group of locations has been picked but they have not released where they are. >>> thousands of the world's newest electronic gadgets will be unveiled today in las vegas and very exciting. >> this is a cool show. it is the start of the annual consumer electronics show. more than 2700 companies from 130 countries, all premiering their newest device, their gadgets and what not. thed were is to generate a li

. >>> san jose voters may be asked in november to set a higher minimum wage. the "mercury news" reports that some san jose state university students have applied to circulate petitions to put the issue on the ballot. their proposal for a $10 minimum wage. san jose already has a living wage policy that is sets a minimum of 13.59 an hour for businesses contracting with the city. >> are you okay over there? >> i almost fell off my chair! [ laughter ] >> it was a serious story so i didn't want to -- sorry, frank. >> that week vacation. okay. >>> on wall street investors are going to find out apple's 4th quarter earnings today. it will be the first report since it started selling the 4s iphone. on monday the dow's four-day winning streak came to an end. down 11. the nasdaq was down 2. [ laughter ] >> dangerous on this set. >>> we have some hockey injuries on display at the white house. they were honoring the stanley cup champion boston bruins but it wasn't a professional player who was hurt. massachusetts senator john kerry has two black eyes and a broken nose. his office says that the 68- year-old was hit in the face with a h

just hours ago, a campus alert was issued at san jose and san jose state university. o is there to tell us this warning involves a groper inside a dorm. >> reporter: and we just got new information from the public affairs representative here at san jose state. she now tells us that there were actually four victims that were groped in their dorm rooms, sometime early this morning. you can see actually police just walked into the building there. they're going to be interviewing more witnesses. let's listen to what she said about how the suspect got n. >> the investigation is underway. we will continue to encourage our students to lock their bedroom doors when they go to bed at night. but our understanding is the suspect was walking down the hall, trying doors. >> officers got the call about 3:30 this morning from a female student who said she was groped in her room on the third floor of joe west hall. we saw several female students being escorted out of the building and put into police cars. we're not sure how they're related to the incident. we just talked with the stud

san jose to follow in san francisco's footsteps and raise the minimum wage. >> we are at this time putting colleges on notice. >> president obama puts universities on notice whenon fees go up, federal funding will go down. >> welcome back. the oakland police are sorting out the charges against some 300 oakland protestors. they were arrested during the day and night of clashes that left city hall damaged. the group marched on the closed convention center where they were met by police firing flash bangs, bone bags and tier gas. demonstrators threw rocks, and objects at police. three officers were injured. protestors ran away but regrouped last night. they swarmed a ymca building with police had them surrounded. all those demonstrators were taken into custody. a second group broke into city hall and damaged art work and burned an american flag. oakland leaders are outraged. >> occupy oakland has to stop using oakland as its playground. people in the occupy movement and the city have to stop making excuses for this behavior. >> basically, in my opinion, it amounts to kind of domestic terrorism when the people start taking buildings and it start costing the city an

. >> a man suspected of groping four women in san jose state university is under arrest tonight. >> ande stay sai he was a student. >> this suspect has been in custody here and will be soon booked in jail. this suspect does not live in joe west's dorm but the student got into the building. likely following someone wells access just like we did. >> this is not what hard to get in late at night. you can tail gate someone in. >> police say the suspect started roaming the floors, looking for unlocked bedroom doors and groped four young women while they were sleeping. attacks first reported shortly after 3:30 this morning. >> i briefly talked to her, he came into my room. i can't see it just skmapd he left. >> surveillance cameras did see something. a text alert went out to students. >>

. >>> san jose state university student accused of groping women in their dorm rooms expected to be arraignedr-old michael escobar is a junior. he faces four counts of burglary for entering the dorms with the intent of committing felonies. police arrested him last friday following early morning assaults at gentlemen west hall. officers -- at joe west hall. officers are reminding residents to keep their doors locked. >>> san francisco prosecutors claim ross mirkarimi isolated his wife more than 18 hours to prevent her from reporting what happened during a new year's fight that claim was included in a new motion filed by prosecutors who are trying to get a video shot by a neighbor entered into evidence. prosecutors claim mirkarimi's wife could be heard and seen detailing fight, injury and what happened after. they want the jury to see. lopez now denies that mirkarimi did anything wrong and presumably will refuse to testify against him. mirkarimi's attorney told the chronicle she intends to fight to keep that video from going to the jury. >>> several of the 400 protesters arrested saturday day n

. >>> this morning, officers are at dorms at san jose state university.ntered a room in the joe west dorms and groped a female student. police are warning students now that they need to lock their doors. >>> no suspects so far in berkeley's first murder of the year. police believe that the man killed in an apartment on shattuck avenue last night was specifically targeted. several neighbors had reported hearing a lot of gunshots. >>> and "occupy oakland" is planning to take over a vacant building tomorrow. the group says if they are evicted, they will block the oakland airport, "occupy" city hall and shut down the oakland ports. >>> we'll get an update of your traffic and your weekend weather, it's all coming up. ,,,, >>> good morning. we have a new accident now along the peninsula. it's southbound 101 just before highway 92. one lane is blocked because of an accident there. we have brake lights as far back as sfo. this is the san mateo bridge. it continues to be socked in with fog even more difficult to see now than an hour ago. the right side of your scr

. >>> we're following developing news at san jose's state university there are reports that campus policeents in the joe west dorm to stay in and their doors, shelter in place after reports that a man broke in and groped one of the residents overnight. terry mcsweeney is on his way to san jose state and we'll bring you an update coming up on the news at 6:00. >>> speaking of san jose, spins into the national spotlight this weekend as it hosts the 2012 u.s. figure skating championships at hp pavillion. it is a big honor for a region that has given fans some of the biggest names in figure skating. >> reporter: it is opening ceremonies here at hp pavillion for a skating vent that san jose has the pleasure of hosting -- for a second time. >> it is a big deal that san jose has nationals again it is rare for a city to host twice. >> reporter: rudy is one of several big named bay area figure skaters on hand. >> brian, kristi, debbie, rudy and charlie and i, we've moved to different places to take from different coaches, but we started here. >> reporter: peggy fleming still lives in the south bay

tuition costs have doubled the past five years and gas is close to four dollars a gallon, some san jose state universitylifornia's eight dollars an hour minimum wage simply isn't enough in silicone valley. >> there's poverty, there's homelessness when america has the capability to do so much better. >> the student group, campus alliance for economic justice, is supporting a citywide ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to two dollars to ten dollars an hour. they point to three neighboring states, nevada, oregon and washington, who all have higher minimum wages, and the city of san francisco which has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $10.24. supporters of the effort say san jose needs to follow san francisco's lead. >> the people and citizens of san francisco are more aware of the problems of the people as a mass and they understand if you take care of the mass, the mass will then take care of the whole. >> many small business owners are expected to fight back. josh mcgee started four street pizza five years ago. he has about 25 employees, most of them making minimum wage. >> it's tough e

the research goes on at san jose state university but one of the key tools was missing. vikki smith tried to log on to wikipedia but only got a glimpse of what she was looking for. >> i could see a little flash of it, i got excited, hey, business as usual and then to show me this screen gave me a feeling of what it would be like if it was this way all the time. >> reporter: these students were also among the millions of people caught up in wikipedia's protest. >> it means i'm going to have to do more work tomorrow instead of today. >> reporter: wikipedia and thousands of other websites went to black in protest over two internet piracy bills in congress known as sopa in the house and pipa in the senate. google also joined the protest but only blacked out the google logo on its site. the bills are supposed to help content producers from having their work stolen and distributed online. but critics say the laws are too broad and would do more harm than good. >> it's like trying to drop a nuclear bomb on somebody because they are shoplifting. it was way overkill. >> reporter:

nasa has chosen san jose state university for a $73 million federal grant, the largest in the school's-year history. the money will fund five years of research on air an space travel in conjunction with ames research center in mountain view. the goal is to develop systems to improve aviation systems and efficiency close to earth and beyond. students and employees will work side by side with nasa scientists on those projects. >>> one airline is using its website now to rant about new regulations in the air travel industry. spirit airlines is steamed about a new rule that requires airlines to include government taxes and fees in their advertised prices. before airlines often advertised low-based fares and later added taxes and fees. spirit's website now has a big pop-up soon that says, quote, new government regulations require us to hide taxes in your fares. >> what? >> i guess so. the department of transportation calls the ad campaign misguided. not surprising. >>> a car that once had barack obama behind the wheel is for sale on ebay for a million dollars. it is a chrysler 300c with a v

nasa has chosen san jose state university for a $73 million federal grant, the largest of the school's-year history. the money will fund five years of research on air and space travel in conjunction with nasa ames research center in mountain view. the goal is to develop systems to improve aviation safety and efficiency close to earth and beyond. sjsu students and employees will work side by side with nasa scientists on the projects. pretty cool. >>> it is 6:41. facebook about to "friend" wall street. our good friend brian cooley will break down the biggest tech ipo perhaps ever. coming up. >>> and the medical breakthrough on skin cancer coming up. >> the market opened a few minutes ago. take a look at the early numbers on tuesday last day of january. it was down yesterday and things are perking up a little today. not up a lot but up enough. we'll crunch the numbers with kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks right after the break. this weekend, alon >>> did you hear that? >> yes, i did. >> that's thunder! with snow. or as we just discussed snunder. it happened in ohio over the weekend a

which allows illegal immigrants to qualify for publicly funded scholarships at the state's universities. >>> san jose police are investigating that city's first homicide of 2012. police were called to alexander avenue in east san jose around 8:30 last night. officers say they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. he later dade at the hospital. no suspects have been identified but police say they are investigating the possibility the shooting was gang related. >>> san francisco police are asking for the public's help to solve a five-year-old cold case. 20-year-old alberto casila was shot and killed near a south market nightclub. it happened shortly after he was confronted by two suspects at club caliente. police say -- police will join his mother this afternoon to hand out flyers with information about the case and sketches of the two suspects. a $250,000 reward is also being offered in the case. >>> san francisco police are questioning two men who were arrested early this morning after someone fired a number of shots from a roof top in the south of market area. ktvu's tara moriarty said

. >>> and accused intruder who touched off a campus wide alert at san jose state university is now inice custody. and that suspect identified as 21-year-old michael escobar is actually is student at the university. he entered unlocked dorm rooms of four female students in the middle of the night and they say he groped them while they were sleeping. >> to have a strange is one thing but to have a student as someone you might trust a little more like you kind of trust people here on campus and kind of almost like a family and to have that happen. >> i'm scared. am i safe in my own room? people should just look their doors. >> none of the victims was injured. a surveillance camera shows escobar in the dorm building at the time of the crimes. >>> for the millions of americans unemployed searching for a job online can be a daunting task. websites are working to correct through virtual career fairs. just like regular but online employers can speak with potential candidates from around the country or the world without leaving their offices. they even help members of the military returning ho

a group from san jose state university. there they are. they are flying to cuba. a trip by the journalism and mass communications, and faculty and students and guest professors on a 12-day trip and come home with interviews and video to produce stories about cuba. >>> if you need another reason to visit the aloha state, bay area travelers heading for the hawaiian islands have another choice. >> it is pretty inexpensive. hawaiian airlines is expanding its presence at manetta international airport with new nonstop service between san jose and maui. >> that's right, hawaiian will have three flights a week starting this month. that's in addition to the san jose plate that is offered by alaska airlines. >> 298 bucks round trip. >> have you done it. what is normally to hawaii? >> it go to 5, 6, 700 in the summer. that is a great wait. anything 300-ish, excellent rate. >> good stuff. >>> you've been busy today. >> we have been busy. we're following this head-on crash in san mateo county. and we just off the phone with chp and they are hoping to have this roadway reopened

. >>> and a group from san jose state university are flying to cuba this morning, we caught up with the journalism students just before taking off. 32 student, faculty and guest professors are on the 12-day trip. they will come home with interviews and video to produce stories about cuba. i'm sure they will have a lot of stories to tell. >> i think a lot of journalists would like to go to cuba. >> i would like to go to cuba. >> absolutely. >> are you still busy? >> is this a big vacation week for folks? >> i don't know. sloppy driving. >> maybe the weekend. >> look at the bay bridge. it is really -- there is no metering lights yet. really no delay heading into san francisco. and there is really no reason that i can think of. can you think of any reason why? there is a bottleneck possibly in lafayette, but yes, it is pretty quiet. >> the new hampshire primaries. people sleeping in a little bit. we don't know. if you want to beat the rush, now is a good time to go with no metering lights on the bay bridge. lafayette, all lanes are back open on westbound 24. for a while, the lanes were clo

san jose state university police are looking at individual bro from a dorm where four women were allegedly this morning and groped heboiq police did not fan a suspect. >> meteorologist mike nicco saying fog is going to lift quickly. >> fog should be out of here in the next two hours that will lead to sunshine and low to mid 60s today mid to upper 60s tomorrow tomorrow the warmest day. >>> within the last couple of minutes, fog has lifted at the bay bridge toll. nasty back-up, hot spot in your commute getting into san francisco, two earlier stalls now gone. >>

. >>> san jose state university has been selected for a $73 million federal grant, the largest in theears of re-- the money will go toward five years of research on air and space travel in conjunction with nasa ames research center in mountain view. the goal is to develop systems to improve safety and efficiency. sjsu students and employees will be able to work side by side with nasa scientists. >>> we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. >>> good morning. eastbound 24 right before the caldecott tunnel or possibly even in the bore, there's a stalled truck causing backups right now heading from oakland into orinda and westbound 24 just seeing our usual slower speeds out of walnut creek. so again, backups in both directions heading into and out of the caldecott tunnel. so there's your drive time on westbound 24 in the commute direction about 19 minutes now between walnut creek and the macarthur maze. more traffic in about a half hour. in the meantime, let's talk weather with lawrence. >> elizabeth, a lot of low clouds and fog onshore today. the fog going to slo

police are investigating a sexual assault on the campus of san jose state university.l us it happened around 5:00 a.m. they say a student was in her dorm on the third floor of joe west hall when a man broke in and attacked her. another student nearby heard the commotion in the hallway. >> i didn't really wake up during it but i woke up after and i walked out in the hall and there were police out there, a couple of cops walking around asking people questions. i didn't really hear any of it but i mean, it -- it was definitely alarming. >> police are looking for the suspect this morning. the building is' quipped with security cameras and police will review that later today. let's move on to better nugs. looking at the forecast. look at that behind you. >> gorgeous start this morning. good morning to you. you can see that thick layer of fog over the bay. but the good news is we've got a clear beautiful sky above it. the sun is burning it off. we expect partial clearing as we head through the next couple of hours. you can see that from futurecast, the sun is going to warm u

he'll start taking business courses at san jose state university to finish the required courses to get he also plans to enjoy college life. he plans to join a fraternity, no word yet on where he will pledge. we're also finding out nor about tim lincecum's new contract with the giants, includes big bonuses for winning the cy young award and other top awards. earlier this week, the two-time cy young award winner reached a verbal agreement for the giants for a new two-year contract. lincecum will make at least $40 million over the next two seasons. >>> thousands of people are expected to attend a public memorial for former penn state football coach joe paterno on the penn state campus today. a funeral and burial service for the hall of fame coach took place yesterday. mourners line the streets during the funeral procession. paterno died last weekend at age 85. his career at penn state came to an abrupt end in november when he was let go over his handling of child abuse claims involving a former assistant coach. >>> a major medical study on a mysterious skin disease did not find an answer

. >> reporter: it wasn't the first time san jose state sophomore nicole brockmayer got a university policelert bay sexual alert on campus, but it was the first time it happened so close to her, right in the same dorm. joe west hall. >> it wasn't my floor, i wasn't as nervous but it's easy to get from floor to floor. >> a full-court press on the officers in the building, started wake waking up students, door to door, every crevice in the building searching. >> reporter: the spokeswoman says the first victim reported she had been groped by a stranger after 3:30. but it wasn't until police arrived that three additional students stepped forward and said they have been attacked. >> we encourage students to lock doors, many sleeping with unlocked doors. >> i feel like we have pretty good stuart. people need to be more careful, who is following them behind the dorms. >> reporter: little comfort to donna, whose daughter is a student here. when she spotted the university police cars, lights on, she knew the news wasn't good. >> as a mom, i mean, i'm always where are you? what are you doing? you kno

that will take five billion dollars from schools, courts, universities and state public services. >>> san jose's mayor chuck reed and the city council have been pushing for pension reform to cut their costs. now they are looking at their own retirement plans. a committee headed by the mayor unanimously approved a proposal that would take steps to eliminate pension plans for the mayor as well as councilmembers. pensions of course hot button issue in budget talks as costs ballooned into the hundreds of millions of dollars. >>> oakland has recorded its first homicide for 2012. it was a teenager who was having some difficult times struggling to make a better life for himself. this comes just days after oakland's last homicide for 2011 which was a little 5-year- old boy. christin ayers on how authorities plan to reduce gun violence in this new year. >>> reporter: the city has had a plan to target the 100 most violent blocks in oakland since summer. but that plan did nothing to save that 5-year-old boy and a college student with a bright future snuffed out. >>> reporter: as the memorial piled high at

san jose. the warning police have put out to students on the campus of one south bay university. >>> also three people in the hospital this morning after a dramatic rescue that happened at san francisco's ocean beach. >>> and we have a foggy morning this morning across the bay area. we'll show you where the hardest hit areas are and where things may clear out. >>> good morning. traffic on 237 looks very good as you cross 880. we'll tell you more straight ahead. [ male announcer ] southwest makes the call. man: please swipe credit card. what?! you've got to be kidding me?! i am absolutely not paying this fee. [ whistle blows ] whoa, whoa, whoa. break it up! please swipe credit card. i've got roughing the passenger's wallet. you okay, son? yeah, thanks, ref! looks like they hit you with a fee pretty hard. they sure did. good call, ref. please swipe credit card. look! see! that's it! you're gone! thanks, ref. swipe card, swipe card, swipe -- [ male announcer ] bags fly free. southwest airlines. it's the right call. >>> welcome back. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. this is friday, january 27th

one near university of california at berkeley and one near san jose campus. >>> we have new video of an apartment fire in concord. it came in 30 minutes ago. the fire started after 1:30 p.m. this afternoon on clayton road. initial reports had three people trapped. when firefighters arrived they found one woman inside, she was taken to the hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> a bill that gives local courts more control over their budgets. the bill passed today would give trial courts more power to determine spending priorities. they said politics should not get the involved with judicial matters. >> priority is to keep the courts open. i think that is the best example to point to. >> the bill now goes to the senate. governor jerry brown's plan to raise the sales tax is gaining powerful friends and phose. the teachers association will back the plan and now independent business and taxpayers association are uniting against it. they say california is the third most taxed state in the nation. >>> they were the perfect couple to adopt a son but 10 years later that ch