ktvu zac sos has reaction tonight from students and reports from san francisco state. free. free palestine. >> palestine. >> shortly after a rally monday at san francisco state. tents quickly going up. >> we see obviously, see that this this movement of forming an encampment is one that's, you know, taking the nation by storm, similar to other college encampment demonstrations, the students calling on the university to divest itself of investments from companies doing business with israel. san francisco state, as a member of the csu system, we think that it's important to protest their, involvement and, you know, support of the genocide. in a statement responding to the protests, the university saying in part, quote, sf state foundation investment policy reflects its commitment to the values of the university, prioritizing social and racial justice, environmental sustainability and climate action. >> i mean, the whole situation, i've been kind of like neutral, i guess, trying not to get too involved. >> nearby zach weinstein passing by the encampment. >> i've kind of kept awa

ian cole joined a group of students at san jose state today. quite an event today. >> even though it was only 35%, we saw 35% of that , not this, unfortunately. it was still mparticle incredible to put on the glasses. san jose state brought out some fancies tools. there was a group of students and professors outside of tyler hall. the eclipse peaks. many other students walking by stopped to take a look. there were special telescopes with solar lenses so they could see and up close shot of the moon partially blocking the sun. they also got a look at the sunspot in the middle of the sun that is larger than earth. there are also some sun spotters so students could see and drive the reflection of what was happening millions of miles away. >> i am a sci-fi nerd so seeing this in real life is really cool. to see it in real life with glasses is pretty awesome and the teacher makes it super exciting to learn about. >> very special because there won't be another eclipse here for at least another 20 years, right? >> yeah. the student you saw there too, sh

offensive in gaza has killed more than 34,000 people so far, and here in the bay area, students at san francisco state university today began demonstrating for the first time while they set up a protest encampment in solidarity with gaza. >> as this movement grows, ktvu is christien kafton joining us now. >> live from that san francisco campus with more on what the scene looks like. there this afternoon. christian >> yeah, as you described it, there is an encampment here now at san francisco state university. take a look. you can see that there are at least a half dozen tents out here. what started out as a rally at around noon today turned into this encampment here in the grassy area just outside of the cesar chavez student center. hey, free, free palestine, free palestine. today, as hundreds of protesters filled malcolm x plaza on the san francisco state university campus, students calling for an end to the war in gaza and for the universal city to divest its investments from companies doing business with israel. those students moving from that plaza to a nearby grassy area where they started the ba

well. >> welcome, everybody, to the sf state rally for solidarity with gaza. >> reporter: the crowd of students jammed malcolm x plaza at the noontime rally. san francisco state was about to become the latest american university to establish a live-in protest over the conflict between israel and the palestinians. >> free, free palestine. >> reporter: the student demands are now familiar, divest from israel's military, cut ties with its universities, and recognize the action in gaza as genocide and in the crowd was political science professor james martell, part of a newly formed group called faculty for justice in palestine lending support to the student movement. >> it's beautiful. i love seeing all the students and faculty all united. we've been organizing for a long time together. >> reporter: on sunday the faculty group sent a letter to the administration requesting that they take no action to hamper the on-campus protests. they're asking they refrain from dispatching police to student demonstrations, refrain from academic retaliation against students and respect their right to protest on campus. still professor martell isn't convinced thi

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and san jose state university is international. students like about 60% of them come from south asia. and we know san jose state is a very serious feeder to silicon valley's tech world. so, you know, there itself that itself is a proof of how much, you know, south asians bring to the community here to the tech sector. >> this exhibit is the first in a series. in fact, all of these exhibits will highlight south asian music and feature south asian zjsu students as well as alumni. well, a new report released today from the stanford from stanford finds that artificial intelligence is in fact, smarter than humans. in some aspects. the report finds that ai surpass human performance on several benchmarks, including some in image classification, visual reasoning, and the understanding of english. however, it found that humans are smarter with more complex tasks such as competition level math. that's going to do it for me tonight for the news at 730. really appreciate you tuning in. don't forget to download the fox local app right there to y

the question for san francisco state is whether it will be a place where history is learned or simply repeated. >> so the student union at san francisco state has also been giving out free advice on how to protest safely and what to do if you are arrested. >>> all right, paul, it's still a little windy tonight, but the skies are clear, sun kind of shining all day. we are expecting things to get a little more overcast in the next few day, huh? >> no, we're actually going to see a clear pattern and then rain chances returning into the weekend. but right now, crystal clear skies from the mark hopkins hotel. no fog, which is by itself a little bit unnushl late april and eventually early may because things above our heads in the upper levels of the atmosphere have shifted. last week had a parade of upper-level storm systems. that's shifted to the north and taking its place a hill of air in the atmosphere. it's over the pacific but close enough it's going to be influencing our weather which leads to warmer temperatures. it also has an influence on how the fog behaves. its influence on the m

nbc's terry mcsweeney is at san francisco state tonight. t, a very different look on the san francisco state campus. more than 30 tents have appeared and the people sleeping in them are vowing to stay until their demands are met. free palestine. hundreds of people demonstrating today against us support of israel in the war in gaza followed by the encampment in front of the student union and then those demands disclose, divest and like declare. that means disclose and divest any financial dealings with israel and to condemn the normalization of genocide and the normalizing ation of the state of israel, which is an illegitimate state. some faculty members showing their support. so i think the students here who are prepared for the long haul struggle that is for the liberation of palestine, is something that many faculty here support and are ready to stand alongside them. on this first day and evening of the protests here at san francisco state. not a law enforcement officer in sight. university keeping it very low key, only saying they want to

san jose mayor matt mehan reacted to the report tuesday. >> state, county and every city should have ogram for measuring the efficacy of these programs. we're committed to that in san jose. that's why we've stood up dashboards to track our spending and i'd like to see a uniform system statewide, cortez says. >> the new information brought to light by the audit can help lawmakers form solutions. >> we think that in the days ahead, this audit will establish some somewhat of a blueprint for legislative direction and guardrails going forward, you know, to improve upon, you know, some of these areas, these deficiencies and these systemic issues that that the audit, calls out in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> glide has found a new host for its annual charity lunch auction. today, the organization announced salesforce ceo marc benioff will host this year's event for two decades. that auction was hosted by billionaire investor warren buffett. over the last 24 years, the event has raised more than $53 million to support programs at glide. the 2024 charity lunch auction will take pl

again, this protest here on the san francisco state campus set to get underway any minute. or now, we are live here in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news. thank you. christian california law prevents universities from taking action on the demands of campus protesters who are calling for full divestment from israel. they've staged protests at uc berkeley. stanford. we just saw sf state and other campuses across the california region in recent weeks. they're demanding the state cut all of its economic ties to israel in a show of support for palestinians in 2016, then governor jerry brown signed a bill into law that bans all public universities in california from acting on any divestment demands . one man remains in custody accused of attacking piedmont's police chief. it unfolded the incident friday afternoon at the ace hardware store on grand avenue. police say 42 year old willie gomer randomly struck a customer inside the store. officers responded and while trying to subdue him, used a taser on gomer. they say gomer then ran to a nearby home and investigators

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the state's approval of that application was delayed to give san francisco time to align certain policies, such as adu regulations, with the pro housing requirements. earlier this month, under their newly updated pro housing designation program guidelines, hcd resubmitted our application to the state for the pro housing designation. we have worked with hcd to revise the resolution in line with their updated guidelines, as having a pro housing designation will give san francisco additional points in applications for competitive housing and infrastructure funding, including important funding sources like the affordable housing and sustainable communities grant program, the infill infrastructure grant program, and certain state transportation funding programs. san francisco needs state funding to build affordable housing. two thirds of funding for the construction of affordable housing in san francisco comes from state or federal government. only one third of the funding comes from the city. the competition for statewide affordable housing funds is intense, and every point towards a higher s

those protests have now spread to san francisco state today, a rally on campus with many students setting up an encampment that they want to show solidarity for other campus protests and carry on the tradition at san francisco state of public demonstrations. six months of protesting for just a cease fire. we're not even like we are saying, end the siege. but that's not even the main demand, just a cease fire. and it's been six months of that. and president biden can't even give us that. hey and down the peninsula at stanford, students have been camping out at white plaza for days now. the university has emailed or handed dozens of students a letter saying they could face suspension if they choose to remain on campus with those tents. protesters are demanding stanford to divest from companies who do business with israel. and at uc berkeley, the encampment remains at sproul plaza. students have been there since last week with the same demands of divestment. so far, uc says it has no plans to divest. another headline that we are watching the recount of that high stakes congressional race. we

we did speak with san jose state's fire weather lab director craig clements earlier today. he explained our relatively quiet start to wildfire activity around the state so far, the conditions around california and northern california are still really set up for a low fire year in terms of the early part of the summer and even the national predictive services is forecasting a below normal july for california, most of california. so that's good. that could be similar to last year. but then we get into the fall. things could get, maybe more dicey just because it depends on what weather conditions we have. so while we appear to be seeing a break from more widespread wildfire activity for now, when my conditions change. right. and how is climate change making it less likely we'll be enjoying years like this moving forward. our rob mayeda joins us now with a closer look. so, rob, we've been really fortunate when it comes to the weather for fire danger so far this year. but i know you've been following conditions. what's it looking like as we head into the summer? yeah, we're look

. >> also, san jose state is on its way to the ncaa regional gymnastics competition.se gary has more on their journey coming up a littl later in sports ( ♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪ clara county. after contract negotiations between the registered nurses professional association and county leaders fell apart last week. nurses say they're concerned about patient safety and unfair labor practices. this marks the first ever nurses strike in santa clara county. >> the oakland a's and the city met today to discuss terms on a lease extension at the coliseum. the a's told ktvu in a statement that the team, the city and the county are still far apart on the terms of the deal. the city has offered a five year, $97 million lease extension, w

san francisco state university, where the latest protests just got underway. kristen, good evening. >> yeah, that's right, san francisco state. now, the latest , campus here in the bay area to have a protest and an encampment just like this one. it all started with a rally on campus at around noon. and now, as you can see, there are about a dozen or so tents here in a grassy area just off of cesar chavez. student center. free, free, free palestine. >> free palestine. >> hundreds of protesters filled malcolm x plaza on the san francisco state university campus, students calling for an end to the war in gaza and for the university to divest investments from companies doing business with israel. >> csu is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the military industrial complex, and we're not okay with that. that's our tuition money, we should have a say in where all that money goes. sperm by those students moving from the plaza to a nearby grassy area where they started the bay area's third encampment on a college campus. >> media representatives for the cam

anyone with information is being asked to call san jose state police. >> man is dead after investigatorshit by a car while trying to cross highway 101 near sfo. the crash happened last night on the southbound lanes just south of the san bruno avenue exit. the chp says the driver stopped at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. the crash shut down 3 lanes of 101 for about 2 hours last night. investigators have not yet identified the person who was killed or explained why he was crossing the highway. it's been almost 2 years since governor gavin newsom said in the highway patrol and the national guard to san francisco. >> as that effort to curb crimes in the city been working, bikes coming to the bay area where officials plan to extend their rental bike program with more than 500 bikes. >> now at 10, 30 governor newsom says crime is down in san francisco after bringing the chp and >> california national guard into the city almost a year ago. but rob nesbitt talked with chp officer about their work over the past year. >> the public took notice when chp increased patrols in san fr

anyone has information is asked to call san jose state police for years. the state as well as counties and cities have spent billions of dollars to address california's homeless problems. but a new state audit reveals it's tough to tell if the programs are effective because >> government agencies are simply doing a lousy job tracking the money reporting whether they're even having successful outcomes. our kron dan kerman is live in the studio tonight with more. dan making this audit was requested by south bay state senator dave cortese. >> and while he says this lack of transparency must be corrected, he is not calling for a stop to future spending on homelessness. the state of california has spent 24 billion dollars over the last 5 years. >> to deal with the homeless crisis. but a new state audit finds it's difficult to tell how cost-effective that spending has been the audit. >> depicts a bit of a data desert south bay state senator dave cortese requested the audit which found well to a 5 state funded homelessness programs are likely cost effective the e

curator of this new exhibit. >> at least 20% of santa clara county is south asian, right, and san jose stateinternational students, like about 60% of them come from south asia. and we know san jose state is a very serious feeder to silicon valley's tech world. so, you know, there itself that itself is a proof of how much, you know, south asians bring to the community here to the tech sector. >> the exhibit is the first in a series. the exhibits will also highlight south asian music and features south asian sjsu students and alumni, winners of three straight series. >> for the first time since 2021, the a's try to keep the momentum going against those visiting cards. jason appelbaum has that story coming up next in sports. and then on the 11:00 news. >> a tunnel of love in the east bay, celebrating a very special milestone. a baby now headed home after she was born at 20 weeks, weighing less than a pound. her miraculous ecov y at 1. the first time in three years, and former giant brandon crawford back in the bay area with the cardinals. he's one for nine this season. didn't play tonight. card

we're going to live to san francisco state.gency is now looking into the group that's paying for the effort to recall. alameda county's district attorney. i'm justine waldman, kron for news at 3 is waldman, kron for news at 3 is next. i'll be honest. by the end of the day, my floors...yeesh. but who has the time to clean? that's why i love my swiffer wetjet. it's a quick and easy way to get my floors clean. wetjet absorbs and locks grime deep inside. look at that! swiffer wetjet. >> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm justine waldman. we're going to begin at san francisco state university where pro-palestine protesters are camping on the quad. they have a list of demands for

anyone who recognizes this person is asked to call san jose state police or cal fire. the man is dead after investigators say he was hit by a car while trying to cross highway 101 crash happened shortly after 10 o'clock last night on southbound 1, 1, just south of the san bruno avenue. overcrossing next to sfo. the highway patrol says the driver of the car that hit the pedestrian stopped at the scene and cooperated with investigators. the crash shut down 3 lanes for about 2 hours last night. investigators have not yet identified the person who was killed or why that person was crossing the highway contra. costa county coroner has identified the 9 year-old girl who died in rollover crash this weekend in concord as hernandez tapie a from oregon. the highway patrol says the girl's mother, 13 year-old sister and 2.17, year-old cousins. we're also in that vehicle that crashed on 6.80 sunday morning. all of them are still recovering at the hospital. investigators say the driver of that vehicle fled the scene after the crash. a proposed plan is solano county could limit the a

population. >> san francisco had 11% of the state's opioid deaths. >> we'll begin ordering this over the counter naloxone spray from amneal pharmaceuticals next month, which of course is very is just around the corner. >> at some point in the near future, cal that state brand will also buy insulin and mr. crystal at deep discounts. tom vacar, ktvu fox two news the governor's office announced today governor newsom will travel to the vatican next month to take part in a climate summit. >> pope francis is hosting the vatican climate summit may 15th through the 17th. governor newsom is scheduled to speak at the summit of mayors and governors. his office says the governor will talk about how california is affected by fires and floods and droughts. the governor said he appreciates the leadership of the pope when it comes to the climate crisis. back in 2017, former governor jerry brown also attended the vatican climate summit when he was in office. >> new at six tonight, the city of fremont is now the third most expensive place to buy a home

california if you haven't booked your tickets, book your hotel and ticket for 20 years from now. >> san jose state, ian cole nbc bay area news. >> the exploratory him in san francisco is one of the most popular places in the city to watch the kids. inside visitors were treated to a live feed coming in from teams they sent to mexico and texas within the zone of totality. lots of cheering wednesday turned tonight and then outside exploratory him's, staff members brought out a disco ball to reflect little images of the eclipse on a wall. a group of amateur astronomers set up telescopes with special filters to provide closer images of the sun. exploratory him also passed out 1003 eclipse viewing glasses and sold about 200 more. >> wanted to make sure that we got a chance to see it. and we walked all over the city to try and find the glasses and we got the last pair here. >> it's like a cookie. a yellow between cookie. >> a solar eclipse happens about once a year somewhere on the globe, but this event is unique because it passed over and erica where the moon is at just the right distance and can fully

. >>> now, to the campus protests over the war in gaza, san francisco state university is the latest school where tents sprouted up. it is not just students taking part. we heard from faculty members that showed up to support free speech. >> welcome everybody to the rally with solidarity with gaza. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the crowd of students jammed mal comx plaza. they were going to have another live in protest. >> free, free palestine. >> reporter: the student demands are now familiar. divest from israel's military, cut ties with universities and recognize the action in gaza as genocide. in the crowd was professor who is part of a newly formed group faculty for justice in palestine lending support to the student movement. >> it is beautiful. i love seeing all of the students and faculty. we have been organizing for a long time together. >> reporter: the faculty group sent a letter saying they they take no action to hamper the protest. they refrain from sending the police, retaliation against students and respect their right to protest on campus. still, professor marte

julian vogel with san jose state. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> despite the recent slowdown, california is still leading the way in the transition to ev's but there is one big roadblock that may be keeping some consumers from actually making the switch. there is not enough chargers. you have heard about range anxiety. that is to keep the cars moving. david schechter shows us how california plans to keep up with the massive charging demand. >> if you are in california doing a story about electric cars, you have to rent an electric car, go for a cruise. >> ♪ >> 10 miles per hour on the freeway. not exactly what i had in mind. >> like the speed of traffic in los angeles, the sale of electric vehicles in the u.s. is really moving. last year, americans bought 1.4 million of them. more electric vehicles means fewer greenhouse gas emissions that warm our planet but there is a downside. there are not enough publicly available electric chargers to juice all of those cars up. >> i've got an app . i am going to find is a

bay area schools included stanford, usf, san jose state, uc davis, and san francisco state. an additional 20 google employees have been fired after sit in protest of the company's offices in sunnyvale and new york. the total number of workers fired over the issue is now more than 50. protesters were demanding the company dropped the google cloud contract with the israeli government . google says the fired employees were involved in the disruption inside their offices. >> teslak reported its largest drop in revenue since 2012. >>> this comes as we are learning more than 2700 bay area employees will lose their jobs in the company's global laos. today's first quarter earnings report came out and showed a 9% drop in revenue, and a 55% drop in net income. that is a steeper decline than analysts expected. teslas sales have slumped because of more competition in the ev market. shares were down 40% for the year at market close today. but, shares jumped 11% after hours, after ceo elon musk announced a new and more affordable models would go into production sooner than expected. as fo

want to give you a look this morning over at san francisco state campus, protesters there waking up inew encampment. this was just created yesterday. and you can see there those tents lined up now, san francisco state, now one of several bay area schools. this is where tent protests are taking place. and those protesters there, like those at schools including uc berkeley and stanford, well, they have similar demands in trying to keep the united front. i think the students here who are prepared for the long haul struggle, that is for the liberation of palestine is something that many faculty here support and are ready to stand alongside them. now. police so far are staying away from sf state and campus. there now. the school issued a statement saying that it does respect the rights for those students to peacefully protest and will work to keep everyone safe. vallejo police will patrol schools today after a student brought a gun onto a campus. it happened at jesse bethel high school yesterday. the school says a staff member took the gun from the student. the student then took off before

and san jose state university's international students, like, about 60% of them come from south asia.ose state is a very serious feeder to silicon valley's tech world. so you know, there itself that itself is a proof of how much, you know, south asians bring to the community here to the tech sector, entrepreneurship. many of them become entrepreneurs, of course, and contribute. but i think this exhibit and then future events in this series will focus on not only the tech world, but also different ways in which it enriches the community and as we wrap up here, talk about how this all came to be, what what prompted you to want to put this exhibit together and how you hope this creates more visibility for south asian communities? yes, i think that's visibility is key. i think that's what we're trying to get at the visibility of south asians, lived experiences in the area. you know, i'm a relatively newcomer to the bay area. so, the, the footfall of the community struck me the moment i started, you know, working in this area, you know, commuting to and from san jose state. and i thought t

they're looking to purchase or sell their home. >> portola valley is hoping state regulators will change their mind. this san mateo county town is the first area in california to have its housing plan revoked. the state requires local governments to draft and update a plan to add more affordable housing. the town had until january to approve new zoning laws that call for more multifamily homes and dense neighborhoods. the town is now ineligible for state housing and transportation grants. >> well, a big step forward in san francisco to help ensure teachers who serve the city can live in the city as well. applications are now open for affordable housing made specifically for educators. as ktvu christien kafton tells us, this is one way the district is dealing with a teacher shortage. >> construction is still underway at shirley chisholm village in san francisco's sunset district, but already applicants are asking to be among the first to live in the 135 units of affordable housing set aside specifically for educators, the district says in the midst of a teacher shortage, the housing is part of an effort to br

the united states has committed itself to it historically. for a long time, sanrancisco state history professor maziar behrooz says iran's hardline rulers made a very significant change in policy by issuing a direct attack saturday on israel. iran up to this point has been following a doctrine known as strategic patience with israel harassing israel with allies around the country, but not directly getting involved. >> iran says it acted in retaliation for israel's attack on iran's consulate in damascus, syria. >> today, they said if israel attacks the iranian mainland, they will attack not in few days but in few seconds. >> on monday, israel promised a counterattack. >> iran will face the consequences for its actions. >> the u.s, uk and other countries, however, are urging restraint. >> this attack failed because it was defeated by israel, by the united states and by a coalition of other partners committed to israel's defense. the president urged the prime minister to think about what that success says all by itself. to the rest of the region. >> we are working u

anyone who has any information about these incidents is asked to call san jose state university police. 13 people have died in car crashes so far this year in san whole day with the most recent one being reported. >> just yesterday, it is an issue. city leaders and lawmakers have tried to fix blaming san jose's wide roads and speeding. >> kron four's jack moment joins us now after talking with safe streets, advocates and the mayor about what's next. jack. well, ken and vicki, 13 people may not sound like that. shocking of a number. but right now the number of people being killed in car crashes is outpacing the number of homicides. >> in san jose this year. now the mayor told me there have been improvements made in recent years, but advocates say they want the city to commit even more improvements in this year's budget. >> from a fatal crash on monterey road in january. to a man who spent months trying to recover but ultimately died in april after he was hit by a car off mckee wrote, we do everything right. >> we follow all the rules we wear bright clothing. and still we have a lot of t

state. free. free palestine, free palestine shortly after a rally monday at san francisco state. >> tents quicklyg up. >> we obviously, see that this movement of forming an encampment is one that's, you know, taking the nation by storm , similar to other college encampment demonstrations, the students calling on the university to divest itself of investments from companies doing business with israel. san francisco state, as a member of the csu system, we think that it's important to protest there, involvement and, you know, support of the genocide. >> in a statement responding to the protests, the university saying in part, quote, sf state foundation investment policy reflects its commitment to the values of the university, prioritizing social and racial justice, environmental sustainability and climate action. >> i mean, in the whole situation, i've been kind of like neutral, i guess. i try not to get too involved nearby. >> zach weinstein passing by the encampment. >> i've kind of kept away today. i'm only kind of been here. as it's calmed down, weinstein, who identifies as jewish, concerned ab

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, san francisco state, where a protest started just yesterday. otest at san francisco state. like the protesters at theence e university to divest or sell their do business with israel's military. free. free palestine, free palestine shortly after a rally yesterday at the university, protesters set up tents as a member of the csu system, we think that it's important to protest their, involvement and, you know, support of the genocide. >> some jewish students on campus say some of the language being used by protesters and on their sides makes them uncomfortable. >> basically saying, i can't be a part of that conversation whatsoever, because i believe that the state of israel has a right to exist. you know, it creates an unwelcoming environment. but more so it's just it's shutting down even a central conversation. >> in a statement responding to the protests, the university says in part, quote, sf state foundation investment policy reflects its commitment to the values of the university, prioritizing social and racial justice, environmental sustaina

person is suspected of setting a fire at san jose state university on march 31st. anybody who recognizes the person is asked to call san jose state police or cal fire. let's head to the east as we are learning that it took firefighters about 12 hours to put out this fire 7 monday night at a business on depaul. the way just off us very boulevard. this is video from the citizens app. now this is what the area looked like last night. owner of an adjacent business called kitchen by the hour, says the fire started west coast insulation right around 10 on monday. spread very fast damage in the store right next door. firefighters have not said what caused that fire. the contra costa county coroner identified the 9 year-old who was killed in a rollover crash this weekend in concord, dayna hernandez from oregon. chp says the girl's mother, her 13 year-old sister her 2.17, year-old cousins were also in that car crash on 6.80, and sunday morning. all of them are still recovering at the hospital. investigators say the driver took off from the scene after the crash. while the pe

it's a chant heard before at city hall protests, marches and now here at san francisco state university's campus. it's happening now in solidarity with other campus protests that are springing up across the country. this movement started at columbia university and almost two weeks later has encompassed dozens of universities and communities across the world. at this event, organizers did criticize president joe biden's handling of the conflict, saying the united states should be doing more to stop israel's continuing military campaign against hamas, which is inflicting tens of thousands of civilian palestinian deaths. but one of the main organizers also spelled out the difficult choice these students have. in an election year, we only have two choices you either vote for that white supremacist, or you vote for a pro war genocidal president. like other campuses, some in this group will be staging a protest encampment. about a dozen tents were quickly set up after the rally at the student center. unlike what we've seen at some other university campuses across the country, there were no poli

in san jose, professors at san jose state held class outside. it was beautiful to get in on this wonder. students gathered right there at tower hall. >> i'm a sci-fi nerd, so seeing this in real life is pretty cool. >> people really appreciate seeing nature's great show like this. the students are out here having their class and a hands-on learning experience. >> we walked all over the city to try and find the glasses, and we got the last pair here. >> it looks like a cookie. >> they've been learning about it all last week in school, so there's been a lot of excitement at school about this event. >> today we were all sci-fi nerds. a common description you'll hear, emotional and awe-inspiring. a few minutes ago, you might have seen on "nbc nightly news," gadi schwartz got to witness the eclipse from an airplane. here are some of his thoughts about it you didn't see. >> right now we are in full-on totality. let me see if i can show you. look! this is incredible. what a happy coincidence. a happy coincidence that reminds us all that these celestial

now, the san francisco state rally is planned for the noon time. hour and again, we expect that faculty will join the students there in calling for divestment from, the there the university's funds with israel and also calling for a ceasefire in gaza. that's coming up again at 1215 at the stanford campus. kris sanchez nbc bay area news. a lot to follow there. thanks so much, chris. well, the division over the war in gaza continues to worry. democrats scott mcgrew continues our coverage. and, scott, we saw some democrats vote uncommitted in recent primaries. they want to send a message that they're displeased with how president. exactly. right. particularly in michigan, ginger, where we saw that sort of vote. they have a larger muslim electorate in michigan compared to other states. we've seen protests and sit ins on all kinds of college campuses. you saw chris run through all those california campuses, mostly peaceful until the universities bring in force to move the students. columbia in new york has given students until 2 p.m. their time. so that

just today, students at san francisco state and sac state launched their own pro-palestinian encampments. and while demonstrations on northern california campuses have been calm, certain signs and words at these demonstrations have raised some concern. students at san francisco state are the latest to join pro-palestinian demonstrations in encampment went up monday at sonoma state. tents went up on campus friday and rallies were held throughout the weekend. protesters tell us their calls to action are not meant to make jewish students feel unsafe. a lot of us here are working class students, and we're realizing that this is a time for using institutional power to help those who can't, who don't have a voice. on monday, sonoma state president mike lee released a statement addressing that while the demonstrations have been peaceful, there are signs of anti-semitism. unfortunately, some of the messages written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the encampment are disturbing. they're anti-semitic wording has no place at sonoma state or anywhere else. respect and tolerance are practiced. th

they believe could be connected to a fire at san jose state university. they say the people on the screen right now, our suspect, the setting a fire on campus on march 31st. anyone who recognizes them is asked to call san jose state police or cal fire. in the south. a new study of santa clara county's public contracts showing that only a few were awarded to minority business owners. the study looked at the number of minority owned businesses that one public contracts between july 2016 in june 2021. >> and it found that local minority businesses that were owned by people in the county received only 15% of the county's total payment. the study recommends the county started small business enterprise program to give local diverse businesses more opportunities to bid for public contracts. city officials and the study's authors are hosting a virtual public forum next monday to get feedback from business groups. and in san francisco, mayor london breed is set to visit china in the coming week. all in an attempt to attract businesses and improve relations. kron. 4

then we're live in san francisco on the san francisco state university campus. christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news, christian. >> thank you. meantime, dozens of protesters at columbia university in new york broke into an occupied hamilton hall. there on campus, witnesses witness video shows the takeover early this morning, columbia said those students now face expulsion in response to the nationwide campus protests, house speaker mike johnson said he plans to bring an anti-semitism awareness bill to the house floor this week. it could pave the way for protesters to face criminal charges and allow lawmakers to cut federal funding to universities that don't control anti-semitic behavior. >> this is out of control. we've got to we've got to protect the innocent students there. and we got to say clearly, without any equivocation that anti-semitism is wrong, smashing windows with hammers and taking over university buildings is not free speech. >> it is lawlessness. >> columbia university officials say that those participating in the encampment there, on the main law