abc7 news anchor sherrill jennings has a look. >> from acquired lifestyle to the increasing demands ofork. bay area high school students have more distractions and responsibilities than ever before. and for many it's taking a toll at night. >> typically i get like six, seven hours of sleep. when i wake up i'm usually tired. >> people fall asleep in class. >> why add one more class to the mix? >> the reality of sleeping is something you learn how to do. you are taught how to sleep. >> owes a clinical professor at stanford and the university's sleep center. today he's conducting a crash course with students from this high school on the dangers of sleep deprivation. >> it affects your memory, academics, performance athletic performance, it affects the whole household. >> in fact recent studies found that 87% of high school students in the u.s. get less than the recommended 8.5 hours of sleep. and 28% reported falling asleep at school at least once a week. >> so i think we figure out why it works, and why we are wired that way. >> during the class students experience the same kind of high-

there's a nonprofit that has been working with government officials since the early 90s with nepal, sherrill? >> well terry earthquakes from around the world are monitoring here at the usgs building in menlo park. a nonprofit, located here worked with engineers here and with engineers in nepal, take a look at the video, it's difficult to watch. geo hazard international located in menlo park has been studying this area in decades. the 7.8 magnitude quake engineers are not surprised by what you see. a will of the buildings were constructed 80 years ago. the nonprofit goal is to help the people shore up the buildings and one of the problems is rapid growth. >> they have not had good control of the buildings as they are being constructed. you do not have building being built to a building code as you would in other countries like perhaps japan or the united states. now, that's getting better. recently they have made some progress in that direction. >> now, here's a map of the affected areas of the huge earthquake. in nepal, 30 out of 35 districts were affected by the earthquake. the local red cr